Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Assembly OKs Measure For Wiretaps In Stalking, Luring, More NJ Assembly OKs Measure For Wiretaps In Stalking, Luring, More NJ Assembly OKs Measure For Wiretaps In Stalking, Luring, More
NJ Assembly OKs Measure For Wiretaps In Stalking, Luring, More A measure allowing judges to authorize wiretaps in cases involving children lured or enticed into cars, stalking, cyber-harassment and identity theft moved closed to becoming law in New Jersey when it was approved unanimously by the state Assembly on Thursday. “In order to maintain public safety, members of law enforcement agencies must have the capacity to engage in thorough criminal investigations,” said Assemblyman Gordon Johnson of Bergen County. “Expanding the scope of our wiretap statutes will better enable authorized parties to apprehend perpetrators and protect victims.” “Within the…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
2 Little Ferry Police Officers Injured In Scuffle 2 Little Ferry Police Officers Injured In Scuffle 2 Little Ferry Police Officers Injured In Scuffle
2 Little Ferry Police Officers Injured In Scuffle LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- Two Little Ferry police officers were examined for head injuries after a man who authorities said was high on drugs charged them Thursday morning. Officers responding to a 10:47 a.m. assist call for an emotionally disturbed man on Park Street chased down 56-year-old Jose Romero, Police Chief Ralph Verdi told Daily Voice. "They calmed him down at first," Verdi said. "Then, out of the blue, he just went off." Romero tackled Officer John Clark, who hit his head on the pavement, the chief said. He then punched Officer John Andronico in the face sever…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-Trailer Wedged Beneath Train Trestle In Lyndhurst Tractor-Trailer Wedged Beneath Train Trestle In Lyndhurst Tractor-Trailer Wedged Beneath Train Trestle In Lyndhurst
Tractor-Trailer Wedged Beneath Train Trestle In Lyndhurst LYNDHURST, N.J. -- An 18-wheeler got wedged beneath a New Jersey Transit train trestle on Delafield Avenue in Lyndhurst Thursday afternoon. No injuries were reported in the 2:10 p.m. mishap, which ripped part of the roof from the trailer like a metal can, Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice. A tower unhitched the trailer and pulled out it from behind. Lyndhurst and NJ Transit police responded

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Suspect In Sub Shop, Gas Station Robberies Caught In Florida Elmwood Park Suspect In Sub Shop, Gas Station Robberies Caught In Florida Elmwood Park Suspect In Sub Shop, Gas Station Robberies Caught In Florida
Elmwood Park Suspect In Sub Shop, Gas Station Robberies Caught In Florida ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- The gunman who robbed an Elmwood Park Subway shop of more than $500 last Christmas Eve and a Delta gas station of more than $300 on New Year's Day was arrested in Florida, authorities told Daily Voice on Thursday. Detectives Anthony DiPasquale and Robert Centkowski obtained arrest warrants after identifying 35-year-old Luis Haluska of Molnar Drive as their suspect, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Acting on a tip that Haluska was in Bradenton, the detectives contacted the Manatee County Sheriff's Department, whose officers found him late last week, the chief said. H…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah K-9 Remco Gets New Ride Mahwah K-9 Remco Gets New Ride Mahwah K-9 Remco Gets New Ride
Mahwah K-9 Remco Gets New Ride MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah police's youngest member recently got a new set of wheels, courtesy of All American Ford in Paramus. Having completed training, Remco is tooling around with his partner, Officer Robert Rapp, in an upgraded 2010 Ford Explorer with a special cage and temperature sensors. "All American Ford has always been good to law enforcement," Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice on Thursday. "This is a huge upgrade from the Crown Vic." Remco, a Belgian Malinoisa, is trained in drug detection and tracking. He was donated, as well -- from the Mahwah Munici…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Phone Threat Clears Paramus Schools Phone Threat Clears Paramus Schools Phone Threat Clears Paramus Schools
Phone Threat Clears Paramus Schools PARAMUS, N.J. -- A non-specific phone threat cleared all Paramus schools Thursday morning, authorities said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad found nothing suspicious after the call was received at the borough Board of Education office and police were notified at 11:15 a.m. "The superintendent has exercised extreme caution and evacuated all the schools while our police investigate," Mayor Rich LaBarbiera wrote in a message to parents. "All [schools] have been evacuated, are safe and [are] under the care of teachers and police."

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Fast-Moving Franklin Lakes Police Arrest 2 In Supermarket Credit Card Fraud Fast-Moving Franklin Lakes Police Arrest 2 In Supermarket Credit Card Fraud Fast-Moving Franklin Lakes Police Arrest 2 In Supermarket Credit Card Fraud
Fast-Moving Franklin Lakes Police Arrest 2 In Supermarket Credit Card Fraud FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Quick-responding Franklin Lakes police grabbed two Brooklyn men moments after they said they tried to use a stolen credit card at a local supermarket. Authorities said David Noel, 24, tried to use the card for a $3,000 purchase at the Super Stop and Shop on Franklin Avenue, was denied and ran out. He was trying to hop into a car being driven through the lot by 22-year-old Wollens Francois when police pulled up just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. John Bakelaar said. They stopped the vehicle on Franklin Avenue and chased down Noel on foot near Circle Avenue, he said. Bo…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Westbound Union Avenue In Rutherford Closed Until 3 P.M. Thursday Westbound Union Avenue In Rutherford Closed Until 3 P.M. Thursday Westbound Union Avenue In Rutherford Closed Until 3 P.M. Thursday
Westbound Union Avenue In Rutherford Closed Until 3 P.M. Thursday RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The westbound lane of Union Avenue in Rutherford will be closed until 3 p.m. Thursday due to utility work, police said. The eastbound lane will remain open, but traffic will be stopped for westbound NJ Transit buses to pass, they said. 

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 43, Killed On Eastbound Route 46 In Teterboro Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 43, Killed On Eastbound Route 46 In Teterboro Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 43, Killed On Eastbound Route 46 In Teterboro
Fair Lawn Pedestrian, 43, Killed On Eastbound Route 46 In Teterboro TETERBORO, N.J. -- A 43-year-old party rental store employee from Fair Lawn was struck and killed by a Chevy pickup while crossing Route 46 in Teterboro early Thursday, authorities said. "There's nothing criminal," Moonachie Police Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti told Daily Voice after the 45-year-old Lodi driver was interviewed at headquarters following the 6:15 a.m. crash on the highway's eastbound side. No summonses were issued, either, he said, adding that it was an accident. Miguel Fabian was pronounced dead at the scene. He was wearing dark clothing and not in a crosswalk when he wa…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Hudson man posed as mom to swipe $225,000 from annuity, authorities charge Hudson man posed as mom to swipe $225,000 from annuity, authorities charge Hudson man posed as mom to swipe $225,000 from annuity, authorities charge
Hudson man posed as mom to swipe $225,000 from annuity, authorities charge BEYOND BERGEN: A Jersey City man stole more than $225,000 from his 85-year-old mother’s annuity accounts by pretending to be her. auhtorities charged. Angel Fontaina, 45, who lives with his mother, siphoned the money between June 2014 and October 2014 by calling the New York Life Insurance Company and pretending to be her, acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman said this morning. The first withdrawal was for $35,000, followed by nine more in amounts ranging from $10,001 to $32,258, he said. All of the money “was directly deposited into Fontaina’s bank account,” the attorney …

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