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
Prosecutor: Mahwah Driver Who Hit Pedestrian, 88, Had Suspended License Prosecutor: Mahwah Driver Who Hit Pedestrian, 88, Had Suspended License Prosecutor: Mahwah Driver Who Hit Pedestrian, 88, Had Suspended License
Prosecutor: Mahwah Driver Who Hit Pedestrian, 88, Had Suspended License MAHWAH, N.J. -- A Mahwah man was driving without a license when he hit an 88-year-old pedestrian while backing his SUV from a township parking space Wednesday afternoon, acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. John Gallaher, 50, was arraigned Thursday afternoon in Municipal Court on a complaint charging him with causing serious bodily injury while driving suspended. He also was issued summonses for reckless driving and driving while suspended. Gallagher's 2004 Ford Explorer struck Samuel Barbagallo as he backed from the space on Tulip Tree Court just after 3 p.m. Wed…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
'Today Is The Day. I Have A Gun': Graffiti Locks Down Waldwick Schools 'Today Is The Day. I Have A Gun': Graffiti Locks Down Waldwick Schools 'Today Is The Day. I Have A Gun': Graffiti Locks Down Waldwick Schools
'Today Is The Day. I Have A Gun': Graffiti Locks Down Waldwick Schools WALDWICK, N.J. -- The message "Today is the day. I have gun. 1-14-16" written on a stall door in a Waldwick High School girl's bathroom forced a temporary lockdown of the high school and middle school Thursday morning. The lockdown was lifted around 1 p.m., a little over three hours after the message was discovered in the girl's locker room. "It's not a credible threat," Police Lt. Douglas Moore told Daily Voice. "We already have some leads." The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence, while a sheriff's K-9 squad searched …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock Pedestrian, 62, OK After Being Struck Glen Rock Pedestrian, 62, OK After Being Struck Glen Rock Pedestrian, 62, OK After Being Struck
Glen Rock Pedestrian, 62, OK After Being Struck GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A 62-year-old borough man sustained facial injuries after he was struck by a car driven by a 32-year-old Mahwah woman, Glen Rock police said. The victim was crossing Rock Road parallel to the railroad tracks when the Toyota Camry came down Main Street, turned left and struck him at 7:19 p.m. Wednesday, Lt. Daniel Dour told Daily Voice. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Dour said. The driver stopped, kept going and then was pointed out by witnesses nearby, the lieutenant said. She received summonses for careless driving and failing to report an accide…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Avenue In Rochelle Park Remaining Closed For Construction Rochelle Avenue In Rochelle Park Remaining Closed For Construction Rochelle Avenue In Rochelle Park Remaining Closed For Construction
Rochelle Avenue In Rochelle Park Remaining Closed For Construction ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Construction will keep a stretch of Rochelle Avenue closed south at Railroad Avenue and north at Essex Street, Rochelle Park police said Thursday. They advised motorists to plan alternate routes, although detour signs were in place.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Victim Believes Dad Is Kidnapped, Wires Con Man $7,500 Saddle Brook Victim Believes Dad Is Kidnapped, Wires Con Man $7,500 Saddle Brook Victim Believes Dad Is Kidnapped, Wires Con Man $7,500
Saddle Brook Victim Believes Dad Is Kidnapped, Wires Con Man $7,500 SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A caller conned a Saddle Brook man into wiring nearly $7,500 after concocting a story that his father was being held for ransom, authorities told Daily Voice. The caller told the 55-year-old resident that "his father was involved in a car accident, a fight occurred and they were holding him against his will," Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The caller said he needed to send $1,900 via a moneygram to Puerto Rico, then said there was an error and the money wasn't received, Kugler said. So he sent another $1,900. The con man then told him that he needed to sen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Police Chief Tom Juliano retiring Fairview Police Chief Tom Juliano retiring Fairview Police Chief Tom Juliano retiring
Fairview Police Chief Tom Juliano retiring TRIBUTE: Fairview Police Chief Thomas Juliano, a 23-year department veteran, formally confirmed his retirement, effective at the end of February, on Wednesday. Fairview Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn (PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia) Juliano, 56, comes from a family of public servants, many of them police officers. He rose steadily through the department ranks before taking over as the department’s officer-in-charge when former Chief Frank DelVecchio retired in April 2014. Five months later, Juliano was sworn in as chief. Juliano has been using accrued vacation time while Deputy Police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD nabs Pennsylvania fugitive texting in Holland Tunnel Port Authority PD nabs Pennsylvania fugitive texting in Holland Tunnel Port Authority PD nabs Pennsylvania fugitive texting in Holland Tunnel
Port Authority PD nabs Pennsylvania fugitive texting in Holland Tunnel BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police said they arrested a Pennsylvania driver whose rental van strayed across the double-yellow line in the Holland Tunnel, narrowly missing a bus, while he was texting. Officer Christopher Paskovich stopped the 2015 U-Haul after it emerged from the north tube into Jersey City around 7 p.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Mitchell Neil Thompson, 24, of Reading, PA handed the officer an expired Pennsylvania driver’s license, after which a computer check found he had not only a suspended license but also an active warrant fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
Fairview Police Chief Retiring Fairview Police Chief Retiring Fairview Police Chief Retiring
Fairview Police Chief Retiring FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Fairview Police Chief Thomas Juliano, a 23-year department veteran, formally confirmed his retirement, effective at the end of February, on Wednesday. Juliano, 56, comes from a family of public servants, many of them police officers. He rose steadily through the department ranks before taking over as the department's officer-in-charge when former Chief Frank DelVecchio retired in April 2014. Five months later, Juliano was sworn in as chief. Juliano has been using accrued vacation time while Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn serves as commanding officer-in-charge of the 32…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt: Transformers 'Dangle Like Chandeliers' After Bus Downs Pole Carlstadt: Transformers 'Dangle Like Chandeliers' After Bus Downs Pole Carlstadt: Transformers 'Dangle Like Chandeliers' After Bus Downs Pole
Carlstadt: Transformers 'Dangle Like Chandeliers' After Bus Downs Pole CARLSTADT, N.J. -- Transformers dangled like a chandelier over a Carlstadt street, one witness said, after a bus plowed through a utility pole, pushed aside planter and kept going to the end of the block Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported in the Hackensack Street crash near Division Avenue just before 9 a.m. The NJ Transit driver told police the bus apparently hit a patch of black ice and that she kept going to clear the downed power lines.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
On Your Side
Montvale Gym Offers Scientific Individualized Golf Training Montvale Gym Offers Scientific Individualized Golf Training Montvale Gym Offers Scientific Individualized Golf Training
Montvale Gym Offers Scientific Individualized Golf Training Montvale, N.J. -- The GYM of Montvale is offering a series of workshops and individualized golf training sessions for recreational golfers that aims to produce a more efficient, repeatable and powerful swing while reducing the chance of injury. Conducted by Pete Kandel, a Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) certified expert, the program's 4-session initial programming package costs $400. Individual pricing after that varies on the package type. Non-members pay a slight premium. Group training is available. The Titleist Performance Institute is the world's leading educational organization …

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