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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Man Charged With Hitting Wife With Bottle, Stabbing With Drill Little Ferry Man Charged With Hitting Wife With Bottle, Stabbing With Drill Little Ferry Man Charged With Hitting Wife With Bottle, Stabbing With Drill
Little Ferry Man Charged With Hitting Wife With Bottle, Stabbing With Drill LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- A Little Ferry woman didn't require medical attention and her husband was ordered held on $20,000 bail after authorities said he hit her in the head with a bottle and stabbed her in the stomach with a cordless power drill. Bogdan Stephan Krupa, 54, was charged with domestic violence aggravated assault after police were called Monday to their Liberty Street apartment, Detective Ronald M Klein Jr. His wife obtained a temporary restraining order from a judge in the Superior Court Family Division in Hackensack, Klein said.

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Fort Lee, NJ
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PIP Police Officer OK After GWB Entrance Crash In Fort Lee PIP Police Officer OK After GWB Entrance Crash In Fort Lee PIP Police Officer OK After GWB Entrance Crash In Fort Lee
PIP Police Officer OK After GWB Entrance Crash In Fort Lee FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer was hospitalized after a crash Tuesday morning on the Lemoine Avenue approach to the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Fort Lee police were handling the investigation. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood Police: Courthouse Visitor Puts Joint Through Metal Detector Ridgewood Police: Courthouse Visitor Puts Joint Through Metal Detector Ridgewood Police: Courthouse Visitor Puts Joint Through Metal Detector
Ridgewood Police: Courthouse Visitor Puts Joint Through Metal Detector RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Ridgewood man who police said dropped a joint into the tray before putting it through a Municipal Court metal detector will have to return to face drug charges. Lt. Glenn Ender was screening entrants when Labeat (Robert) Cefa put the marijuana cigarette and other personal items in the tray, Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke said Monday. Labeat, a 37-year-old Albanian immigrant who was graduated from Ridgewood High School, was issued a summons and released pending a Municipal Court hearing. Records show Labeat has previous arrests, including for marijuana, in Florida, and was aw…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield 'Active Shooter' Drill Conducted Monday Night At School Bergenfield 'Active Shooter' Drill Conducted Monday Night At School Bergenfield 'Active Shooter' Drill Conducted Monday Night At School
Bergenfield 'Active Shooter' Drill Conducted Monday Night At School BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Bergenfield police were conducting an active shooter drill Monday night at Roy Brown Middle School on South Washington Avenue. “This is a drill” will be repeated by responders in radio communication during the exercise, which begins at 7 p.m. and was expected to continue through the evening. Borough police "will be utilizing all resources as if this was an actual incident," Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. "Police, fire, EMS and many others may be called onto the scene." Rabboh thanked the borough Board of Education for the use of the school. "This …

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Lieutenant Arrests Suspected Car Thief Paramus Police Lieutenant Arrests Suspected Car Thief Paramus Police Lieutenant Arrests Suspected Car Thief
Paramus Police Lieutenant Arrests Suspected Car Thief PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Paramus police lieutenant arrested a suspected car thief after stopping him on a local street. Lt. David Angelucci stopped 45-year-old Omar Serrano of Newark on Sears Drive after the 2002 Honda Accord he was driving crossed the double-yellow line on wesbound Midland Avenue near Farview Avenue just before noon Saturday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A computer checked showed the Honda stolen out of Hasbrouck Heights the day before, he said Monday. Inside the vehicle were assorted tools -- including screwdrivers , pliers and vise grips -- "commonly used to comm…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: Closter Police Arrest Uncovers ID Theft Ring Bergen Prosecutor: Closter Police Arrest Uncovers ID Theft Ring Bergen Prosecutor: Closter Police Arrest Uncovers ID Theft Ring
Bergen Prosecutor: Closter Police Arrest Uncovers ID Theft Ring CLOSTER, N.J. -- A Closter police arrest of a Bronx woman for trying to buy iPhones with a stolen identity led investigators to an organized ring responsible for tens of thousands of dollars of fraudulent phone purchases, authorities said Monday. Closter police took Aimee Gonzalez into custody last November after she tried using a stolen ID at a local Verizon store, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. Grewal's White Collar Crimes Unit teamed up with borough police to charge four more alleged members of the ring, which they said operated in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Officer Finds Pair With Car Stolen Out Of Hackensack Lodi Officer Finds Pair With Car Stolen Out Of Hackensack Lodi Officer Finds Pair With Car Stolen Out Of Hackensack
Lodi Officer Finds Pair With Car Stolen Out Of Hackensack LODI, N.J. -- A curious Lodi police officer arrested two men overnight Monday with a car stolen out of Hackensack. Officer David Delia saw both clouching over, reaching under the seats, in the parking lot outside the QuickChek on Route 46 just after 12:30 a.m. Monday, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Delia ran the license plate after they got out and went inside the store, then called for backups, he said. Officers Richard Cordero, Danyelle Blocker and Delia took the pair into custody when they emerged, the lieutenant said. Driver Albert Acosta, 30, of Newark was ordered held on $10,000 bail in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Police: Dumont Pickup Driver Was DWI, Suspended, Reckless In Train Crash Police: Dumont Pickup Driver Was DWI, Suspended, Reckless In Train Crash Police: Dumont Pickup Driver Was DWI, Suspended, Reckless In Train Crash
Police: Dumont Pickup Driver Was DWI, Suspended, Reckless In Train Crash DUMONT, N.J. -- A Dumont man who police said was drunk when he drove his pickup truck onto the tracks, where it was struck by a freight train, faces a host of charges. Nicholas McKay was recovering at Hackensack University Medical Center with what responders told Daily Voice was a skull fracture after the 12:30 a.m. crash Sunday at Niagara Street, south of West Madison Avenue. Investigators were preparing charges against McKay for DWI, driving while suspended, reckless driving, and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, Lt. Vincent Tamburro said. Officers responding to se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Gas Main Struck In Waldwick Gas Main Struck In Waldwick Gas Main Struck In Waldwick
Gas Main Struck In Waldwick WALDWICK, N.J. -- Waldwick firefighters and PSE&G responded after a 20-inch gas main was ruptured by a crew on West Prospect Street around 1:15 p.m.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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American Legion Holds Dignified American Flag Burning In Hillsdale American Legion Holds Dignified American Flag Burning In Hillsdale American Legion Holds Dignified American Flag Burning In Hillsdale
American Legion Holds Dignified American Flag Burning In Hillsdale HILLSDALE, N.J. -- The first of two dignified American flag burning ceremonies was conducted Monday morning in Hillsdale by members of the General Leonard E. Wood American Legion Post 162 of Hillsdale, Old Tappan and Woodcliff Lake. As an ongoing service to the community, members collect used and unserviceable flags at several locations throughout the year and then conduct the dignified ceremonies at the DPW building.

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