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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Study: NJ's State-Local Tax Burden Is 3rd-Highest In U.S. Study: NJ's State-Local Tax Burden Is 3rd-Highest In U.S. Study: NJ's State-Local Tax Burden Is 3rd-Highest In U.S.
Study: NJ's State-Local Tax Burden Is 3rd-Highest In U.S. Finishing in third place in the entire country is a dubious distinction for New Jersey when it comes to income taxes. In New Jersey, 12.2% of all income went toward state and local taxes in Fiscal Year 2012, according to the annual State-Local Tax Burden Rankings released Wednesday morning by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. Overall, New Jersey residents pay an average $4,876 in state and local taxes, the study found. The average per taxpayer for the remaining 49 states: $2,050. The percentage of that from overall income puts New Jersey right behind only New York (12.7%) and Connecticut (1…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah, Fairview Men Busted In Elmwood Park Heroin Stop Mahwah, Fairview Men Busted In Elmwood Park Heroin Stop Mahwah, Fairview Men Busted In Elmwood Park Heroin Stop
Mahwah, Fairview Men Busted In Elmwood Park Heroin Stop ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police arrested three men on drug charges after finding 60 bags of heroin in their car following a traffic stop Tuesday. Officers stopped the car at the intersection of River Drive and Locust Street at 3:30 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They charged Kevin Negit, 26, of Fairview and 23-year-old Michael Peluso of Mahwah with possession of heroin and hypodermic syringes, he said. Charges were later dropped against the third man.

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Old Tappan Police Arrest Woman Wanted In Carlstadt 'Walk-In' Break-Ins Old Tappan Police Arrest Woman Wanted In Carlstadt 'Walk-In' Break-Ins Old Tappan Police Arrest Woman Wanted In Carlstadt 'Walk-In' Break-Ins
Old Tappan Police Arrest Woman Wanted In Carlstadt 'Walk-In' Break-Ins CARLSTADT, N.J. -- A woman wanted on charges of attempting to burglarize homes in Carlstadt and Rutherford was arrested on similar counts by Old Tappan police. Detectives took Cristina Sidoti, 39, of Old Tappan into custody on Monday on charges of burglarizing several homes and vehicles from which purses and wallets containing cash and credit cards were taken. She was being held in the Bergen County Jail when Carlstadt police issued a sketch on Tuesday of a woman who they said used a ruse of trying to rent a room when residents found her in their homes. They charged her with burglary, wron…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Wood-Ridge Postal Worker In Hasbrouck Heights Sex Assault Had Gun Police: Wood-Ridge Postal Worker In Hasbrouck Heights Sex Assault Had Gun Police: Wood-Ridge Postal Worker In Hasbrouck Heights Sex Assault Had Gun
Police: Wood-Ridge Postal Worker In Hasbrouck Heights Sex Assault Had Gun HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A postal worker from Wood-Ridge was carrying a loaded handgun when police searching for him after a reported sexual assault in Hasbrouck Heights nabbed him in Essex County, authorities said. Antwain Johnson, 26, was being held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault, aggravated assault, criminal sexual contact, criminal restraint and illegal weapons possession. Hasbrouck Heights police got two calls from a Stanley Avenue home reporting a sexual assault and beating of a woman around 5:20 a.m., Monday, acting Bergen County Prosecutor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Highway Memorials Now Law For Fallen NJ Police, Firefighters, EMTs Highway Memorials Now Law For Fallen NJ Police, Firefighters, EMTs Highway Memorials Now Law For Fallen NJ Police, Firefighters, EMTs
Highway Memorials Now Law For Fallen NJ Police, Firefighters, EMTs Gov. Christie on Tuesday signed into law a roadside memorial sign program for fallen police, firefighters and EMS workers killed in the line of duty. “Patrolman Joseph Wargo’s Law” directs the state Department of Transportation to develop the program to recognize the sacrifices of first responders. It was named for Mount Arlington Police Officer Joseph Wargo, who was killed when his cruiser was struck head-on by a vehicle operated by a drunk driver on Route 80 in October 2011. “Our police, firefighters and rescue personnel put their lives on the line every day,” said Assembly Republican Wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Paterson Police Nab Addict In Elmwood Park Knifepoint Pharmacy Robbery Paterson Police Nab Addict In Elmwood Park Knifepoint Pharmacy Robbery Paterson Police Nab Addict In Elmwood Park Knifepoint Pharmacy Robbery
Paterson Police Nab Addict In Elmwood Park Knifepoint Pharmacy Robbery ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A high-speed chase ended with the arrest of a man who Elmwood Park police said robbed a 61-year-old pharmacist at knifepoint of the day's receipts and her car while explaining to her that he has a drug problem authorities told Daily Voice. Sean Janas, 35, was being held in the Passaic County Jail following his arrest Sunday night. Janas entered the Best Health Pharmacy on Broadway at 1:40 p.m. Sunday and walked out after finding the phamacist helping a customer, Police Chief Michael Foligno said Tuesday. He returned a short time later and "engaged her in conversa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota Man Charged With Selling Crack In New Milford Bogota Man Charged With Selling Crack In New Milford Bogota Man Charged With Selling Crack In New Milford
Bogota Man Charged With Selling Crack In New Milford BOGOTA, N.J. -- Detectives charged a Bogota carpenter with selling drugs in New Milford. John W. Goins, 47, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with drug distribution, following an investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force and New Milford police. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Goins was arrested without incident at his home Jan. 15 after selling crack cocaine to an undercover detective.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors Acquit 3 In Abduction, Robbery Of Bogota Woman Jurors Acquit 3 In Abduction, Robbery Of Bogota Woman Jurors Acquit 3 In Abduction, Robbery Of Bogota Woman
Jurors Acquit 3 In Abduction, Robbery Of Bogota Woman All acquitted

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Man Charged In New Year's Street Brawl Bergenfield Man Charged In New Year's Street Brawl Bergenfield Man Charged In New Year's Street Brawl
Bergenfield Man Charged In New Year's Street Brawl BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A two-week investigation of a New Year's Day fight led to the arrest of a 26-year-old borough man, authorities said Monday. Jay Arvin Macalino was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two aggravated assault charges and four illegal weapons counts -- for having a ball peen hammer and a socket wrench -- after being arrested Friday. Officers found several victims and others after being called to a large street fight following a party in the area of East Clinton and Haven avenues, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Dumont, New Milford, Oradell and Ten…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield Police Officer Recovers Car Stolen 5 Years Ago, Arrests Driver Bergenfield Police Officer Recovers Car Stolen 5 Years Ago, Arrests Driver Bergenfield Police Officer Recovers Car Stolen 5 Years Ago, Arrests Driver
Bergenfield Police Officer Recovers Car Stolen 5 Years Ago, Arrests Driver BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A persistent Bergenfield police officer recovered a stolen BMW and arrested the driver. Officer Nicolas Deleon stopped the 2004 BMW 525 on Jan. 10 on South Washington and Clinton avenues for having an expired Pennsylvania transporter plate, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said Monday. The plate was bogus and the vehicle was impounded, Rabboh said. A computer check showing the vehicle unregistered and conflicting stories from the driver "did not sit well" with DeLeon, he said. The next day, DeLeon determined that the Beamer was reported stolen out of New York in 2011. …

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