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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Northvale Police Seize Guns, Knives, Ammo In Restraining Order Search Northvale Police Seize Guns, Knives, Ammo In Restraining Order Search Northvale Police Seize Guns, Knives, Ammo In Restraining Order Search
Northvale Police Seize Guns, Knives, Ammo In Restraining Order Search NORTHVALE, N.J. -- A search stemming from a temporary restraining order led to the seizure of dozens of guns, knives and ammunition magazines from a Northvale man already facing DWI crash charges, authorities said Friday. Borough officers assisted by their Old Tappan colleagues executed the search warrant at 7 p.m. Thursday and took Dustin M. Cook, 36, into custody, Police Chief William Essmann said. They seized "multiple unregistered, illegal guns along with high-capacity ammunition magazines...numerous knives, swords, and brass knuckles," the chief said. These included an assau…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale Police Bust Two Out-Of-Towners With Pot, Mushrooms, Oxy, More Montvale Police Bust Two Out-Of-Towners With Pot, Mushrooms, Oxy, More Montvale Police Bust Two Out-Of-Towners With Pot, Mushrooms, Oxy, More
Montvale Police Bust Two Out-Of-Towners With Pot, Mushrooms, Oxy, More MONTVALE, N.J. -- Two men remained free on bail after Montvale polie said they caught them with two pounds of pot, mushrooms, Oxycontin, Ecstasy and a strip of acid. Officer Eric Robalino stopped their black Audi on westbound Grand Avenue Wednesday night for having an obstructed rear license plate, Capt. Joseph Sanfilippo said. Robalino detected "a strong odor of raw marijuana" as he approached the driver, Victor Mui, 21, of Vernon Hills, Illinois, Sanfilippo said. He then had Mui and his passenger, 19-year-old Eris Gines of Maspeth, NY, get out. Gines had most of the durgs, alo…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Rotary, Chamber Boost Westwood Church's 'Circle Of Friends' Dinner Rotary, Chamber Boost Westwood Church's 'Circle Of Friends' Dinner Rotary, Chamber Boost Westwood Church's 'Circle Of Friends' Dinner
Rotary, Chamber Boost Westwood Church's 'Circle Of Friends' Dinner WESTWOOD, N.J. -- The Rotary Club of Greater Westwood and the Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce are uniting as event sponsors for this month's “Circle of Friends” dinner on Jan. 28 at Parkside Community Church. Both are providing financial aid, volunteer support and food donations -- including hot entrées served with vegetables, bread, salad and assorted desserts. “Our members are proud and excited to be a part of the initiative,” Rotary President Suzanne Mannion-Hopkins said. “We strong encourage other community organizations to get involved with this worthy cause.” “Being able t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
$1 Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized, Bronx Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop $1 Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized, Bronx Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop $1 Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized, Bronx Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop
$1 Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized, Bronx Driver Busted In Fort Lee Stop FORT LEE, N.J. -- A Fort Lee traffic stop led to the discovery of $1 million worth of cocaine in an electronically-controlled hidden vehicle compartment and the arrest of a Bronx barber. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office pulled over Oscar Junior Mercedes Rodriguez, 30, on eastbound Route 4 on Wednesday, acting Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. With help from Fort Lee police, they opened the "trap" and found 22 pounds of cocaine. Wholesale the drug was selling for about $350,000, Grewal said. If sold on the street it would fetch $1,000,000, he said. Rod…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Teen Accused Of Posting 'Shoot Up' School Threat Ridgefield Park Teen Accused Of Posting 'Shoot Up' School Threat Ridgefield Park Teen Accused Of Posting 'Shoot Up' School Threat
Ridgefield Park Teen Accused Of Posting 'Shoot Up' School Threat RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A 16-year-old Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School student was under court supervision after authorities said he posted an unfounded threat to "shoot up a school" on social media. Village detectives immediately traced Tuesday evening's single-sentence threat to the boy's home, Ridgefield Park Police Lt. Joe Rella said late Thursday afternoon. The boy was kept out of school and brought Wednesday night before a Family Division judge in Superior Court in Hackensack on delinquency complaints for offenses that include making terroristic threats, cyber hara…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Family Seeks Help Finding Turkish Former Soccer Star Cliffside Park Family Seeks Help Finding Turkish Former Soccer Star Cliffside Park Family Seeks Help Finding Turkish Former Soccer Star
Cliffside Park Family Seeks Help Finding Turkish Former Soccer Star CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A distraught Cliffside Park family is hoping someone helps find a former high school and college soccer player who was last seen on Friday after authorities in Turkey sent him back to the U.S. The family was on an extended stay in their native Turkey when 24-year-old Kazim Uyaroglu "walked into a police station there and told the cops he was there illegally with an expired visa," attorney Marie Gesualdi said. Uyaroglu -- who has mental health issues and apparently had stopped taking his medication -- was sent to a detention center after authorities verified…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Officers Talk Suicidal Man From Palisades Cliffs In Alpine Officers Talk Suicidal Man From Palisades Cliffs In Alpine Officers Talk Suicidal Man From Palisades Cliffs In Alpine
Officers Talk Suicidal Man From Palisades Cliffs In Alpine ALPINE, N.J. -- Negotiators on Wednesday afternoon talked a distraught man from jumping from the Palisades at the State Line Lookout in Alpine. "He was extremely respectful. He apologized to the officers," one of the emergency responders told Daily Voice. As Daily Voice originally reported Wednesday night, the 56-year-old Mount Kisco, N.Y. man arrived during the cold morning and wandered around before a maintenance worker asked him what he was up to. "I'm killing myself," he told the worker. Around the same time, Palisade Interstate Parkway Police received a call from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT Exercise Held In Ridgewood SWAT Exercise Held In Ridgewood SWAT Exercise Held In Ridgewood
SWAT Exercise Held In Ridgewood RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police were conducting a tactical exercise with a Bergen County Regional SWAT unit on Thursday in Habernickel Park. The exercises are conducted countywide to help local police and SWAT members coordinate potential responses to emergencies. Officers are in tactical uniforms and no live weapons are used during the exercise. The county's regional SWAT teams are made up of police from various municipalities, the Bergen County Sheriff's Office and the county prosecutor's office.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
'Rock-N-Rahl' In Park Ridge To Benefit Family Of Late Montvale Bartender 'Rock-N-Rahl' In Park Ridge To Benefit Family Of Late Montvale Bartender 'Rock-N-Rahl' In Park Ridge To Benefit Family Of Late Montvale Bartender
'Rock-n-rahl' In Park Ridge To Benefit Family Of Late Montvale Bartender MONTVALE, N.J. -- 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 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 Rummies…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Midland Park Mom's Killer Brought To Bergen Accused Midland Park Mom's Killer Brought To Bergen Accused Midland Park Mom's Killer Brought To Bergen
Accused Midland Park Mom's Killer Brought To Bergen MIDLAND PARK, N.J. -- A disgraced former NYPD officer who threw himself in front of a New York City subway train after police said he stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in her Midland Park driveway was transferred to the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack on Tuesday, Daily Voice reported that evening. Arthur Lomando -- who lost both feet in the suicide attempt -- was released to the custody of the Bergen County sheriff from The North Infirmary Command on Rikers Island after being extradited. Lomando, 44, was being held without bail in the county lockup pending a hearing this Friday in state S…

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