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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Orientation Set For Bergen Police Alternate Route Program Orientation Set For Bergen Police Alternate Route Program Orientation Set For Bergen Police Alternate Route Program
Orientation Set For Bergen Police Alternate Route Program Interested in becoming a police officer in New Jersey? You can pay for your own basic training through the Bergen County Alternate Route Program. Orientation was scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 a.m., and Saturday, Feb. 20, at 9 a.m., at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah. No sign-up is necessary to attend. However, attendance is mandatory for anyone applying to the program. Applications will be distributed at the orientation. The academy will then accept the first 225 applicants between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22. No applications will be accepted pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Alert Hackensack Police Officer Nabs River Edge Burglary Suspect Alert Hackensack Police Officer Nabs River Edge Burglary Suspect Alert Hackensack Police Officer Nabs River Edge Burglary Suspect
Alert Hackensack Police Officer Nabs River Edge Burglary Suspect HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A good memory helped a Hackensack police officer nab a suspect wanted in a River Edge burglary weeks earlier. Officer Manuel Tavera pulled over a two-door Mitsubishi in the 300 block of Prospect Avenue on Sunday after spotting a dent in the car -- and remembering a description issued in a Jan. 12 River Edge burglary alert, city Police Director Michael Mordaga told Daily Voice. "The alert was two weeks old, but Officer Tavera obviously has a good memory," Mordaga said. "He approached the vehicle and noticed that the driver fit the description, too." I…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Resident, Aide Flee Alpine House Fire Resident, Aide Flee Alpine House Fire Resident, Aide Flee Alpine House Fire
Resident, Aide Flee Alpine House Fire ALPINE, N.J. -- A resident and home health care aide safely fled a basement fire in Alpine overnight. The blaze brought out at a Litchfield Way home at 3:19 a.m. Police Chief Chris Belcolle told Daily Voice. "Upon arrival, the homeowner and home healthcare aid met our officers at the front door of the residence," the chief said. "Neither of them sustained injury." Responding with Alpine police and firefighters were firefighters from Closter, Demarest and Harrington Park, along with the Closter and Demarest volunteer ambulance corps and Englewood Hospital and Medical Cen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Police Veteran Recovering After Being Struck Directing Traffic Fort Lee Police Veteran Recovering After Being Struck Directing Traffic Fort Lee Police Veteran Recovering After Being Struck Directing Traffic
Fort Lee Police Veteran Recovering After Being Struck Directing Traffic FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Fort Lee police officer who was struck directing traffic Monday night was doing OK at Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities told Daily Voice. Anthony Bozzetti, 33, a department veteran of 11 years, was "sitting up in his hospital bed," Capt. Patrick Kissane told Daily Voice just after 10:30 p.m "Originally we thought that the injuries were worse than they were," he said. "He got hit pretty hard. But there don't appear to be any serious bodily injuries. "He's going to be OK." Bozzetti was uniformed with a reflective traffic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Breaking News
4 People Die In Snowstorm-Related Incidents In New Jersey 4 People Die In Snowstorm-Related Incidents In New Jersey 4 People Die In Snowstorm-Related Incidents In New Jersey
4 People Die In Snowstorm-Related Incidents In New Jersey BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- The nor'easter that struck the East Coast over the weekend was more severe — and deadly — in New Jersey.  Two youngsters walking home from grade school Monday afternoon found the body of a 64-year-old woman in Mahwah, N.J., who apparently suffered a medical emergency while shoveling snow during the storm Saturday, police said. She was identified as Mary Wall, Lt. Michael Blondin told Daily Voice.  "The kids were walking home from school around 3:30 when they spotted her jacket," Blondin said. "So they knocked on the door to tell her. When she didn't an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Schoolkids Find Mahwah Woman's Body In Snow Schoolkids Find Mahwah Woman's Body In Snow Schoolkids Find Mahwah Woman's Body In Snow
Schoolkids Find Mahwah Woman's Body In Snow MAHWAH, N.J. -- Two youngsters walking home from grade school Monday afternoon found the body of a 64-year-old Mahwah woman who police said apparently suffered a medical emergency while shoveling snow during Winter Storm Jonas on Saturday. Mary Wall, 64, of Sunnyside Road was positively identified by family members late Monday afternoon, Lt. Michael Blondin told Daily Voice. The Bergen County Medical Examiner later determined the cold contributed to a heart attack. "The kids were walking home from school around 3:30 when they spotted her jacket," Blondin said. "So they knocke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park, Clifton Duo Busted With $1.8M In Cocaine Palisades Park, Clifton Duo Busted With $1.8M In Cocaine Palisades Park, Clifton Duo Busted With $1.8M In Cocaine
Palisades Park, Clifton Duo Busted With $1.8M In Cocaine SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Two unemployed men -- one from Palisades Park and the other from Clifton -- were caught with 30 pounds of cocaine worth $1.8 million on the street, authorities said Monday. Investigators found 35-year-old Audy Rodriguez of Clifton carrying the cocaine during a traffic stop in South Hackensack during Winter Storm Jonas on Saturday, then searched the Palisades Park home of Edison Saldivar-Valdez, 32, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. There they found "numerous money wrappers as well as a machine used to detect counterfeit currency were seize…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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3-Car Wood-Ridge Crash Closes Route 17 Lane 3-Car Wood-Ridge Crash Closes Route 17 Lane 3-Car Wood-Ridge Crash Closes Route 17 Lane
3-Car Wood-Ridge Crash Closes Route 17 Lane WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A three-car crash Monday afternoon closed the right lane of Route 17 in Wood-Ridge just south of the Fiesta. The crash occurred just after 2:30 p.m. No serious injuries were immediately reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs Police Bust Three, Seize Heroin, Cocaine, Cash Englewood Cliffs Police Bust Three, Seize Heroin, Cocaine, Cash Englewood Cliffs Police Bust Three, Seize Heroin, Cocaine, Cash
Englewood Cliffs Police Bust Three, Seize Heroin, Cocaine, Cash ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- An Englewood Cliffs traffic stop led to the discovery of 162 decks and a dozen vials of crack and the arrests of three occupants from Newark. Officer Kyle Ust stopped the trio's Jaguar on Sylvan Avenue (Route 9W) just after 8 p.m. Sunday for a broken taillight, Police Chief Michael Cioffi told Daily Voice. A quick computer check turned up a warrant on the owner, he said. West also "noticed the smell of marijuana" coming from the car, the chief said. The owner, 20-year-old Jonathan Rivera, apparently switched seats with his girlfriend Tiffany Amber Reyes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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GET TICKETS: ‘Rock-N-Rahl’ to benefit family of late Davey’s bartender GET TICKETS: ‘Rock-N-Rahl’ to benefit family of late Davey’s bartender GET TICKETS: ‘Rock-N-Rahl’ to benefit family of late Davey’s bartender
GET Tickets: ‘Rock-n-rahl’ to benefit family of late Davey’s bartender TICKETS AVAILABLE: A fundraiser to benefit the family of a popular Montvale bartender who died of pancreatic cancer last month was scheduled for Valentine’s Day weekend at the Park Ridge Elks Club. “Rock-N-Rahl,” a benefit to celebrate the life of Mark Rahl, will feature food, live music, a cash bar and more. Rahl (above, with daughter Kristin) amassed legions of devoted customers — whom he called “hooligans” — during 30 years of tending bar at Davey’s Irish Pub & Restaurant. “He loved life and the people he shared it with every single day,” organizers wrote. Cellar 13 and the Rum…

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