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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
CNN Vets Hire Fort Lee Firm After Motel 6 Push-In Robbery CNN Vets Hire Fort Lee Firm After Motel 6 Push-In Robbery CNN Vets Hire Fort Lee Firm After Motel 6 Push-In Robbery
CNN Vets Hire Fort Lee Firm After Motel 6 Push-In Robbery FORT LEE, N.J. -- A married pair of former CNN employees who were the victims of a push-in armed robbery at a Motel 6 in New Mexico have enlisted a Fort Lee law firm in the hopes that their experience will make traveling safer. Lynn Russell, the first female anchor at CNN (1983-2001), and her husband, Charles "Chuck" De Caro, a former correspondent for the network, were at a Motel 6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on their way last June from Washington, D.C. to a National Guard base in Los Alamedas, Calif., when the trouble happened. Russell, who was born and raised in the Newark area…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ice-Lounging Seal Off Edgewater Shore Not Uncommon On Hudson, Officials Say Ice-Lounging Seal Off Edgewater Shore Not Uncommon On Hudson, Officials Say Ice-Lounging Seal Off Edgewater Shore Not Uncommon On Hudson, Officials Say
Ice-Lounging Seal Off Edgewater Shore Not Uncommon On Hudson, Officials Say EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A seal who had to be coaxed back into the Hudson River after climbing onto a patch of ice isn't all that rare for the area, authorities said. Harbor seals are reported year-round but "are easiest to see when their dark bodies contrast sharply against an ice flow," the New York State Department of Environmental Protection wrote. "Young harp seals have also been showing up in recent years. "Often people suspect these seals of being injured or even dead - strangely enough, that stiff 'banana' posture is how seals often rest." Members of the NYPD Har…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
One Injury Reported In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Fire One Injury Reported In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Fire One Injury Reported In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Fire
One Injury Reported In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Fire HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- No major injuries and one minor one were immediately reported in an overnight fire Tuesday that apparently was sparked in a heating unit in a room at the Holiday Inn in Hasbrouck Heights. The two-alarm fire at the southbound Route 17 hotel went to three alarms. Assisting were Lodi, Wood-Ridge and Wallington fire departments and Moonachie First Aid & Rescue. A police officer reportedly went to the hospital with smoke inhalation.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Morning Crash Jams Traffic On Both Sides Of Route 4 In Englewood Morning Crash Jams Traffic On Both Sides Of Route 4 In Englewood Morning Crash Jams Traffic On Both Sides Of Route 4 In Englewood
Morning Crash Jams Traffic On Both Sides Of Route 4 In Englewood ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A Tuesday morning crash closed several lanes in both directions on Route 4 at Jones Road in Englewood.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
3-Car Crash On Route 17 In Rochelle Park Backs Up Northbound Traffic 3-Car Crash On Route 17 In Rochelle Park Backs Up Northbound Traffic 3-Car Crash On Route 17 In Rochelle Park Backs Up Northbound Traffic
3-Car Crash On Route 17 In Rochelle Park Backs Up Northbound Traffic ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A three-vehicle collision Monday morning backed up northbound Route 17 to Hasbrouck Heights.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Weather
Rain, Snow, Sleet To Make Monday Slippery In Bergen, Passaic Rain, Snow, Sleet To Make Monday Slippery In Bergen, Passaic Rain, Snow, Sleet To Make Monday Slippery In Bergen, Passaic
Rain, Snow, Sleet To Make Monday Slippery In Bergen, Passaic Light snow was expected to begin Monday afternoon and continue through the evening in North Jersey before turning to freezing rain -- with a tenth of an inch of ice possible. Road conditions were expected to be hazardous in some areas. A National Weather Service winter weather advisory remained in effect until midnight. Up to an inch or so of snow could fall. Tuesday temperatures were expected to climb intto the 50s.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Detectives Bust Quartet In Revenge Arson For Hire Plot Englewood Detectives Bust Quartet In Revenge Arson For Hire Plot Englewood Detectives Bust Quartet In Revenge Arson For Hire Plot
Englewood Detectives Bust Quartet In Revenge Arson For Hire Plot ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An Englewood woman paid her cousin and his girlfriend to torch the car of a local teen her son was having trouble with, authorities charged. City detectives worked with their colleagues from Dumont to eventually take four people into custody following an overnight Dec. 23 fire that destroyed a 2003 Mitsubishi Gallant behind a Mattlage Place house just of West Palisade Avenue, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Sunday night. "Had a firefighter been injured dousing the fire, or if the fire had spread from the vehicle to a home in that densely populated area, we could …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Legion Post Donates Bus To Paramus Vets Home Legion Post Donates Bus To Paramus Vets Home Legion Post Donates Bus To Paramus Vets Home
Legion Post Donates Bus To Paramus Vets Home PARAMUS, N.J. -- Members of American Legion Post 162 of Hillsdale, Woodcliff Lake and Old Tappan officially donated its third bus to the Paramus Veterans Home this past week. The bus purchase and donations was made possible by the donations of various veteran and service organizations and further abetted by "the many caring and generous communities throughout Bergen County," Past Commander Zoltan Horvath told Dailiy Voice. "A most special 'Thank you' with deserved kudos and accolades to County Commander Bob Salvini of Post 170, who through his tireless efforts and leadershi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Charges Mount In Different Towns Against Carlstadt Ex-Con In Burglary Spree Charges Mount In Different Towns Against Carlstadt Ex-Con In Burglary Spree Charges Mount In Different Towns Against Carlstadt Ex-Con In Burglary Spree
Charges Mount In Different Towns Against Carlstadt Ex-Con In Burglary Spree ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Police in Rochelle Park and Teaneck have joined the growing list of local authorities bringing charges against a Carlstadt ex-con in a multi-town burglary spree. Authorities believe they cracked a series of Bergen County home burglaries with the arrest of a Carlstadt ex-con outside his home on Thursday afternoon. Detectives from Hasbrouck Heights, Rochelle Park, Saddle River, River Edge, Hillsdale, River Vale, Wood-Ridge and Carlstadt formed a task force that followed Michael Martinez, 44, before taking him into custody this past Thursday. He had with him a hypodermi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Downed Lines Close Hillside Avenue in Fair Lawn Downed Lines Close Hillside Avenue in Fair Lawn Downed Lines Close Hillside Avenue in Fair Lawn
Downed Lines Close Hillside Avenue in Fair Lawn FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Saturday night's winds brought down utility lines on Hillside Avenue in Fair Lawn between Jerome and Sampson. PSE&G was on scene and detour barricades were  in place

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