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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale Con Man Gets 20 Years In Prison For $56 Million Biodiesel Fraud Montvale Con Man Gets 20 Years In Prison For $56 Million Biodiesel Fraud Montvale Con Man Gets 20 Years In Prison For $56 Million Biodiesel Fraud
Montvale Con Man Gets 20 Years In Prison For $56 Million Biodiesel Fraud MONTVALE, N.J. -- A Montvale con man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for his role in an elaborate scheme to defraud biodiesel buyers. Joseph Furando, 50, also was ordered by a federal judge in Indianapolis to pay more than $56 million in restitution. He also must surrender a Ferrari, other cars, a million-dollar home, artwork, a piano and two biodiesel powered motorcycles as part of a plea bargain. “Programs like the Renewable Fuel Standard and the Blender’s Tax Credit open the path toward energy independence and curbing the impact of climate change,” said Assistant Attorney Ge…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling More Than $500,000 Clifton Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling More Than $500,000 Clifton Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling More Than $500,000
Clifton Manager Gets 5 Years For Embezzling More Than $500,000 CLIFTON, N.J. -- A former Clifton operations manager for a wholesale company that imports pharmaceutical ingredients was sentenced to five years state prison Friday for embezzling a half-million dollars from the company. Steven Dilk, 61, admitted nearly a year ago that he stole $512,047 from SST Corporation between January 2006 and April 2013, when he left to work for a competitor. As part of his guilty plea, Dilk entered a consent order requiring him to pay full restitution, acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. Dilk stole the money by fraudulently billing the company f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Saddle Brook Police Charge Mom In Restaurant Cellphone Theft VIDEO: Saddle Brook Police Charge Mom In Restaurant Cellphone Theft VIDEO: Saddle Brook Police Charge Mom In Restaurant Cellphone Theft
Video: Saddle Brook Police Charge Mom In Restaurant Cellphone Theft SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Surveillance video released by Saddle Brook police of a woman instructing her young son to steal a cellphone that was dropped on the floor of a local restaurant led to her arrest Friday, authorities told Daily Voice. Myra Rodriguez, 37, a Honduran national living in Garfield, turned herself in Friday morning and was booked on charges of theft and child endangerment, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. "The release of the video to the media led to several tips," Kugler told Daily Voice. "We followed up on each and every one of them and identified her. "…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Mom Sets School Support Rally Over Anti-Israeli Twitter Firestorm Fair Lawn Mom Sets School Support Rally Over Anti-Israeli Twitter Firestorm Fair Lawn Mom Sets School Support Rally Over Anti-Israeli Twitter Firestorm
Fair Lawn Mom Sets School Support Rally Over Anti-Israeli Twitter Firestorm FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- The founder of the Tripta ride-sharing service has organized "a peaceful and quiet" demonstration in front of Fair Lawn High School on Sunday to support administrators who were criticized for questioning a student about anti-Israeli tweets. Adi Vaxman, a mother of three who's lived in Fair Lawn the past 14 years, told Daily Voice that parents in the district want to show school officials how much they appreciate them "doing their job to protect our children amid the unjust bashing" they've taken over Bethany Koval. Koval, 16, raised concerns after call…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Car Rams Utility Pole Near Hackensack University Medical Center Car Rams Utility Pole Near Hackensack University Medical Center Car Rams Utility Pole Near Hackensack University Medical Center
Car Rams Utility Pole Near Hackensack University Medical Center HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An elderly driver was hospitalized Friday morning after his car jumped the curb and rammed into a utility pole, barely missing bystanders, in Hackensack. The crash occurred at the corner of Essex and Summit avenues near Hackensack University Medical Center just before 9:30 a.m. The surrounding roads were temporarily closed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
VIDEO: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Suffern-Bound Train VIDEO: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Suffern-Bound Train VIDEO: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Suffern-Bound Train
Video: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Suffern-Bound Train PATERSON, N.J. -- A driver had to be cut from his car in Paterson after witnesses said he tried to beat an NJ Transit train and lost. The 7:30 p.m. crash of the white Hyundai Sonata at the 5th Avenue grade crossing off Wait Street disrupted service on the Main Line #1125 train, which was due in Suffern at 8:09 p.m. after leaving Hoboken at 6:53 p.m., NJ Transit's Nancy Snyder told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with undetermined injuries, Snyder said. None of the 400 of so people aboard were injured, she added. Rail service was temporarily suspe…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Multi-Car Crash Jams Route 46 Little Ferry Multi-Car Crash Jams Route 46 Little Ferry Multi-Car Crash Jams Route 46
Little Ferry Multi-Car Crash Jams Route 46 LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- A multi-car crash on Route 46 at East Phillips Avenue in Little Ferry backed up traffic just before 8:30 a.m. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Train In Paterson VIDEO: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Train In Paterson VIDEO: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Train In Paterson
Video: Car Struck After Driver Tries To Beat Train In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- A driver had to be cut from his car in Paterson after witnesses said he tried to beat an NJ Transit train and lost. The 7:30 p.m. crash of the white Hyundai Sonata at the 5th Avenue grade crossing off Wait Street disrupted service on the Main Line #1125 train, which was due in Suffern at 8:09 p.m. after leaving Hoboken at 6:53 p.m., NJ Transit's Nancy Snyder told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center with undetermined injuries, Snyder said. None of the 400 of so people aboard were injured, she added. Rail service was temporarily suspe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police Bust NY Quartet With Pot, Weapons On PIP In Englewood ClIffs Police Bust NY Quartet With Pot, Weapons On PIP In Englewood ClIffs Police Bust NY Quartet With Pot, Weapons On PIP In Englewood ClIffs
Police Bust NY Quartet With Pot, Weapons On PIP In Englewood ClIffs ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Plainclothes Palisades Interstate Parkway police officers who smelled pot coming from a car parked at a service area busted a quartet of young New York man who they said had fake IDs and an air-powered rifle and handgun. Officers Gregory Kimbro and Jeffrey Lamboy spotted the Volkswagen Jetta with equipment violations parked at the northbound Mobil gas station on the PIP around 10:20 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Michael Coppola said. They directed all four occupants to get out after smelling the marijuana, he said. The driver, Demetrios Andriopoulos, 20, from Little N…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Glen Rock Police Seek Public's Help Finding Theft Suspect VIDEO: Glen Rock Police Seek Public's Help Finding Theft Suspect VIDEO: Glen Rock Police Seek Public's Help Finding Theft Suspect
Video: Glen Rock Police Seek Public's Help Finding Theft Suspect GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- Glen Rock police are hoping the public can help them identify a man who they said used a borough resident's credit card to buy an Apple Mac Book Pro. Police released a video of their suspect, who they said was wearing a fedora and driving a brand-new silver Chrysler 200 with no visible front license plate when he collected the package from UPS. "It appears to be a rental vehicle with possibly a PA or other out-of-state registration," police said in an alert. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact Detective James Calaski (j…

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