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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Driver Killed By Own Jeep Lyndhurst Driver Killed By Own Jeep Lyndhurst Driver Killed By Own Jeep
Lyndhurst Driver Killed By Own Jeep LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A 50-year-old Lyndhurst man was crushed by his own Jeep in what authorities called a tragic accident. The New York Avenue victim complained of abdominal pain when officers responding to his family's 911 call found him on the sidewalk just after 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice. "He said the Jeep had gotten away from him," O'Connor said. "He either was halfway in or outside the standard-shift vehicle and went to start it while it was in gear." After crushing him against a fire hydrant, the vehicle continued across the s…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Toy Hand Grenade Closes Lincoln Avenue In Glen Rock Toy Hand Grenade Closes Lincoln Avenue In Glen Rock Toy Hand Grenade Closes Lincoln Avenue In Glen Rock
Toy Hand Grenade Closes Lincoln Avenue In Glen Rock GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A toy hand grenade found in the middle of the street late Friday morning closed a section of Lincoln Avenue in Glen Rock for less than an hour. The street was closed from Rock Road to Hillside Avenue following the discovery around 10 a.m. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad responded.

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Man Jumps To Death From George Washington Bridge Man Jumps To Death From George Washington Bridge Man Jumps To Death From George Washington Bridge
Man Jumps To Death From George Washington Bridge FORT LEE, N.J. -- A man in his mid-20s stopped his Volkswagen on the George Washington Bridge just before 2 a.m. Friday, got out and jumped to his death from the north walkway. His body was recovered from the rocks at the base of the New York tower, Port Authority police told Daily Voice.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook man not seriously injured in Paramus mall parking deck suicide bid Saddle Brook man not seriously injured in Paramus mall parking deck suicide bid Saddle Brook man not seriously injured in Paramus mall parking deck suicide bid
Saddle Brook man not seriously injured in Paramus mall parking deck suicide bid A 29-year-old Saddle Brook man was hospitalized with leg injuries after he shouted “I don’t want to live anymore” and jumped less than two stories from a parking deck at a Paramus mall Thursday night. Police responding to several callers around 7:50 p.m. found the man conscious and complaining of leg pain near the Lee Myles shop at Bergen Town Center. “It wasn’t very high,” one of them told Daily Voice. “A little more than one story.” He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Man Injured In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Suicide Try Saddle Brook Man Injured In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Suicide Try Saddle Brook Man Injured In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Suicide Try
Saddle Brook Man Injured In Paramus Mall Parking Deck Suicide Try PARAMUS, N.J. -- A 29-year-old Saddle Brook man was hospitalized with leg injuries after he shouted "I don't want to live anymore" and jumped less than two stories from a parking deck at a Paramus mall Thursday night. Police responding to several callers around 7:50 p.m. found the man conscious and complaining of leg pain near the Lee Myles shop at Bergen Town Center. "It wasn't very high," one of them told Daily Voice. "A little more than one story." He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Carlstadt Ex-Con Charged In Bergen Burglary String Hasbrouck Heights PD: Carlstadt Ex-Con Charged In Bergen Burglary String Hasbrouck Heights PD: Carlstadt Ex-Con Charged In Bergen Burglary String
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Carlstadt Ex-Con Charged In Bergen Burglary String HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- 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. Inside his car were burglary proceeds and hypodermic needles, Hasbrouck Heights Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri told Daily Voice. 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, Colaneri said. Hasbrouck Heights police immediately charged him with a Jan.…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Arrest, More Charges In Bergen Robbery Spree Takedown New Arrest, More Charges In Bergen Robbery Spree Takedown New Arrest, More Charges In Bergen Robbery Spree Takedown
New Arrest, More Charges In Bergen Robbery Spree Takedown HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Moonachie man was arrested and additional counts were filed against a Lodi man and Moonachie teen in connection with an armed robbery spree that included the shooting of a Ridgefield Park gas station attendant. Luciano Padila, 18, becomes the sixth man taken into custody, along with the 17-year-old boy, following a investigation launched two years ago involving a multi-jurisdictional task force of federal, state, county and local agents, investigators and officers. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. A judge in Hackensack ordered Padilla held on $100…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Day-Care Teacher Pushed, Threw Blocks At Kids Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Day-Care Teacher Pushed, Threw Blocks At Kids Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Day-Care Teacher Pushed, Threw Blocks At Kids
Prosecutor: Woodcliff Lake Day-Care Teacher Pushed, Threw Blocks At Kids WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- A teacher at a Woodcliff Lake day-care center threw blocks at 2- and 3-year-old children, pushed them and knocked them down, authorities charged. A judge in Hackensack ordered 27-year-old Shara Goldstein of River Edge held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on charges of child abuse and endangerment. Woodcliff Lake police were alerted last month by the state Department of Children and Families Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit following complaints about Goldstein at KinderCare Learning Center on Chestnut Ridge Road. Goldstein "was observed on numero…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Stuck Gas Pedal Sends Maywood SUV Careening Into Cars Stuck Gas Pedal Sends Maywood SUV Careening Into Cars Stuck Gas Pedal Sends Maywood SUV Careening Into Cars
Stuck Gas Pedal Sends Maywood SUV Careening Into Cars MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A Maywood man who told police his foot got stuck on the gas pedal slammed his SUV in reverse through his fence and into a parking lot next door, where it hit two cars before landing on its side. The 60-year-old driver wasn't injured and didn't receive any summonses after his Mitsubishi barreled into the parking lot of an East Central Avenue rooming house around 6:50 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg told Daily Voice. "He said his foot got stuck on the gas pedal," Pegg said.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman Fort Lee Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman Fort Lee Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman
Fort Lee Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman FORT LEE, N.J. -- Fort Lee police interrupted an alleged sexual assault, arresting a borough man who was ordered held on $200,000 bail. Lenin Escobar, 41, was charged with two counts of sexual assault after the woman dialed 911 just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Escobar and the woman were brought to police headquarters, Grewal's Special Victims Unit was notified and a joint investigation leading to the charges followed, the prosecutor said. Escobar, of Williams Street, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail.

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