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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota Police Revive Heroin User, 46, With Narcan Bogota Police Revive Heroin User, 46, With Narcan Bogota Police Revive Heroin User, 46, With Narcan
Bogota Police Revive Heroin User, 46, With Narcan BOGOTA, N.J. -- A pair of Bogota police officers revived a 46-year-old heroin user who'd overdosed in a bathroom. Sgt. Geoffrey Cole and Officer Walter Kumka found the victim shirtless in his River Road bathroom -- a syringe and empty wax heroin fold nearby -- just before 8 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. James Sepp told Daily Voice. "He was unconscious and unresponsive," Sepp said. The officers deployed a shot of Narcan and waited three minutes with no response, then gave him a second dose. "After about two minutes he opened his eyes and asked what was happening," the captain sai…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Restaurant Worker Was Selling Pot From Home, Authorities Charge Ridgewood Restaurant Worker Was Selling Pot From Home, Authorities Charge Ridgewood Restaurant Worker Was Selling Pot From Home, Authorities Charge
Ridgewood Restaurant Worker Was Selling Pot From Home, Authorities Charge RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Ridgewood restaurant worker who authorities said was selling pot from his home was arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force and village police. Detectives seized a half-pound of marijuana and $13,518 in alleged drug proceeds while arresting Joel T. Schwartz, 25, during a raid Tuesday at his Hunter Road home. Investigators had watched Schwartz selling from his home "on more than one occassion," Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Schwartz was released on a summons charging him with posession of mari…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Brooklyn Trio Remains Held After East Rutherford Police Chase To Lyndhurst Brooklyn Trio Remains Held After East Rutherford Police Chase To Lyndhurst Brooklyn Trio Remains Held After East Rutherford Police Chase To Lyndhurst
Brooklyn Trio Remains Held After East Rutherford Police Chase To Lyndhurst EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- East Rutherford police grabbed a man and two women who bailed from a stolen car after a low-speed chase into Lyndhurst. The driver, 21-year-old Juan W. Blas, showed a last previous address in North Bergen but claimed he lives in Brooklyn, Police Chief Larry Minda told Daily Voice. The two others with him -- Faith Torres, 19, and Hadiya Speller, 23 -- are both from Brooklyn, as well. All were being held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, following their arrests around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday. Moments earlier, Minda said, a license plate reader registered a hit on thei…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Task Force Nabs 3rd Suspect In Ridgewood Cab Carjack Kidnapping Robbery Task Force Nabs 3rd Suspect In Ridgewood Cab Carjack Kidnapping Robbery Task Force Nabs 3rd Suspect In Ridgewood Cab Carjack Kidnapping Robbery
Task Force Nabs 3rd Suspect In Ridgewood Cab Carjack Kidnapping Robbery RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Authorities arrested a third man in connection with the kidnapping and robbery of a local cab driver carjacked in Ridgewood. Guillermo Carrillo-Iraheta, 18, was arrested Tuesday night in Mahwah by members of a task force comprised of federal, state, county and local authorities, village Police Chief John Ward said Wednesday. Daily Voice readers reported seeing a man stopped and arrested earlier on Route 17 in Mahwah, but it turned out to be Carrillo-Iraheta's brother. Already in custody were Jostin Vidal Reyes of Waldwick and Wilbur J. Barhona of Ridgewood, both 20, who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Sheriff’s Officers Arrest 67 In Child Support Sweep Bergen Sheriff’s Officers Arrest 67 In Child Support Sweep Bergen Sheriff’s Officers Arrest 67 In Child Support Sweep
Bergen Sheriff’s Officers Arrest 67 In Child Support Sweep Nearly 100 people charged with not paying child support were rounded up in Bergen and Passaic counties in a three-day statewide sweep last week. Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said his officers arrested 67 people responsible for nearly $2.8 million in unpaid support. Most were brought before judges and turned over nearly $40,000 — the second-highest amount collected in New Jersey — or made arrangements to pay, Saudino said. Those who did neither were jailed. Bergen County was second in New Jersey in the total amount owed and sixth in the number of warrants served, he said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
No Credibility To Emailed Hackensack High School Bomb Threat No Credibility To Emailed Hackensack High School Bomb Threat No Credibility To Emailed Hackensack High School Bomb Threat
No Credibility To Emailed Hackensack High School Bomb Threat HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Police on Tuesday confirmed a bomb threat directed at Hackensack High School through an email to the Bergen County Sheriff's Office tips line. The school was deemed safe after the Bergen County Bomb Squad swept the school with a K-9 unit following the 6:30 p.m. message, Capt. Timothy Lloyd, the city department commander. His detectives were working with the county prosecutor's office and New Jersey State Police to identify the source, Lloyd said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Parking Restrictions Set For Hackensack's Central Avenue During Roadwork Parking Restrictions Set For Hackensack's Central Avenue During Roadwork Parking Restrictions Set For Hackensack's Central Avenue During Roadwork
Parking Restrictions Set For Hackensack's Central Avenue During Roadwork HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Parking will be restricted on Central Avenue in Hackensack once roadwork begins there this coming Monday, police said Wednesday. Parking will be prohibited between First Street and Railroad Avenue east of the railroad tracks and west of Park Avenue. Parking will be permitted on the east side of Railroad Place and Railroad Avenue, south of Central. Police ask that driveways and fire hydrants not be blocked and to keep intersections clear. In addition, repairs on the Anderson Street Bridge are set to begin on Feb. 16. For 90 days, there will be no eastbound traffic on …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment: Dominican National Sexually Assaulted Hasbrouck Heights Girl Indictment: Dominican National Sexually Assaulted Hasbrouck Heights Girl Indictment: Dominican National Sexually Assaulted Hasbrouck Heights Girl
Indictment: Dominican National Sexually Assaulted Hasbrouck Heights Girl HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A grand jury in Hackensack returned an 11-count indictment against a Dominican national who authorities said sexually assaulted a Hasbrouck Heights girl over a period of more than four years -- beginning when she was 7. Besides intercourse, the indictment says, 34-year-old Melkis Antigua-Cruz forced the girl to give him oral sex and molested her between February 2011 and March of last year. He also showed her nude images on his computer and cellphone, it says. The girl told her sister, who alerted an aunt, authorities said. She, in turn, contacted Hasbrouck Heigh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Police Bust Paramus Pair With Heroin Elmwood Park Police Bust Paramus Pair With Heroin Elmwood Park Police Bust Paramus Pair With Heroin
Elmwood Park Police Bust Paramus Pair With Heroin ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Two Paramus men passing through town were carrying 80 bags o heroin when they were stopped, Elmwood Park police said Wednesday. Officers stopped Michael Cary, 24, and Frank Ambrosio, 22, on Locust Street around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Both were charged with possession of drugs and paraphernalia. Ambrosio was also charged with resisting arrest and hindering, the chief said. Both were released pending Municipal Court hearings.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Police Hiring Full-Time Lateral Transfers Lodi Police Hiring Full-Time Lateral Transfers Lodi Police Hiring Full-Time Lateral Transfers
Lodi Police Hiring Full-Time Lateral Transfers LODI, N.J. -- Lodi police are hiring full-time lateral transfers. Officers who are with another Civil Service Commission town and have PTC certification, and who have 1 year of service after graduation or more were being sought. You can submit your resume in person to Police Chief Vincent Quatrone or mail it to: Lodi Police Department, 1 Memorial Drive, Lodi, NJ 07644. The chief of your department must be willing to sign off on the transfer or the resume won't be considered. MORE INFO: (973) 473-7600 

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