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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Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
$400G Bail Set For Bergen County Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery $400G Bail Set For Bergen County Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery $400G Bail Set For Bergen County Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery
$400G Bail Set For Bergen County Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery Bail was set at $400,000 for a 30-year-old Hackensack ex-con charged with sexually assaulting and robbing a woman who notified police after she saw him in a local 7-Eleven on Christmas Eve. As Daily Voice originally reported that night, Hackensack police tracked down Willie Banks at his Poplar Avenue residence -- a short distance from the scene of the Nov. 27 assault -- after reviewing surveillance images from the Main Street convenience store. SEE: Chance Encounter Leads To Arrest Of Hackensack Ex-Con In Sex Assault He was carrying cocaine and heroin, they said. Banks was taken to police…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Reward Boosted To $1,000 For Safe Return Of Missing Bogota Dog Reward Boosted To $1,000 For Safe Return Of Missing Bogota Dog Reward Boosted To $1,000 For Safe Return Of Missing Bogota Dog
Reward Boosted To $1,000 For Safe Return Of Missing Bogota Dog BOGOTA, N.J. -- A Tenafly pet rescue organization boosted a reward to $1,000 Sunday for information leading to the safe return of a 3-year-old shepherd mix who jumped out a window and bolted from her Bogota home. "It's 11 days now," Robyn Urman, the owner/operator of Pet ResQ Inc., told Daily Voice. "We need some help finding her." The dog, named Celine, "is extremely scared -- please don't chase her," Urman said. Celine was in her foster home for two weeks before breaking through a window screen, she said. Urman asked that anyone who sees Celine call or text…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Detectives Investigate Reported Carjacking, Kidnapping Ridgewood Detectives Investigate Reported Carjacking, Kidnapping Ridgewood Detectives Investigate Reported Carjacking, Kidnapping
Ridgewood Detectives Investigate Reported Carjacking, Kidnapping RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police said they were still investigating a reported carjacking and kidnapping from overnight Saturday. They were withholding details while the investigation continued, other than to say "the vehicle in question has been located and the victim has been recovered alive, sustaining minor injuries."

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$400G Bail Set For Hackensack Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery $400G Bail Set For Hackensack Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery $400G Bail Set For Hackensack Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery
$400G Bail Set For Hackensack Ex-Con In Street Sex Assault, Robbery HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bail was set at $400,000 for a 30-year-old Hackensack ex-con charged with sexually assaulting and robbing a woman who notified police after she saw him in a local 7-Eleven on Christmas Eve. As Daily Voice originally reported that night, Hackensack police tracked down Willie Banks at his Poplar Avenue residence -- a short distance from the scene of the Nov. 27 assault -- after reviewing surveillance images from the Main Street convenience store. SEE: Chance Encounter Leads To Arrest Of Hackensack Ex-Con In Sex Assault He was carrying cocaine and heroin, they said. Banks…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Shot Dead Overnight In Illegal Paterson Nightclub Two Shot Dead Overnight In Illegal Paterson Nightclub Two Shot Dead Overnight In Illegal Paterson Nightclub
Two Shot Dead Overnight In Illegal Paterson Nightclub PATERSON, N.J. -- Two men were shot dead overnight Sunday following an argument at an illegal after-hours social club, Paterson police reported. About 30 people were partying at the 1st Avenue warehouse near the Hawthorne border when police responded to a 3:44 a.m. call, Detective Capt. Heriberto Rodriguez told nj.com. Fernando D. Irby, 24, and Kashif Belfield, 26, were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where they died, Rodriguez said. The clubs are "an uncontrolled environment," Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale told northjersey.com. "We continue to go af…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Your Community
New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup
New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup America’s Cup racing next year will return to New York for the first time since 1920 with Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing. The May 7-8, 2016 event is one of six World Series events planned during 2016, each featuring the six America’s Cup teams competing for the oldest trophy in international sport, America's Cup said on its website (CLICK HERE for more). The Event Village will be in the Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza off Vesey Street in Battery Park Center on the lower Hudson River. The technical areas for teams, race management and America’s Cup TV production will be b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Seek Help Finding SUV In Fatal Teaneck Pedestrian Crash Authorities Seek Help Finding SUV In Fatal Teaneck Pedestrian Crash Authorities Seek Help Finding SUV In Fatal Teaneck Pedestrian Crash
Authorities Seek Help Finding SUV In Fatal Teaneck Pedestrian Crash TEANECK, N.J. -- Authorities are seeking the public's help finding the driver of a large black SUV that fled after striking and killing a 59-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Cedar Lane a block from his home on Christmas night. Steven J. Leitgeb was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he died, after the 6:47 p.m. crash at Garrison Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The SUV kept going east on Cedar Lane, he said. "The vehicle may have damage to the front passenger bumper, hood and windshield," the prosecutor said. He asked that anyone with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Weather
Eleven Reported Killed In Texas Tornadoes Eleven Reported Killed In Texas Tornadoes Eleven Reported Killed In Texas Tornadoes
Eleven Reported Killed In Texas Tornadoes Eleven people were confirmed dead Sunday morning after tornadoes and severe storms tore through the Garland, Texas area outside Dallas a day earlier. Several victims were in cars that were blown off the highway , emergency responders reported. There were also several reports of buildings and trailer parks being destroyed, an undetermined number of people trapped and innumerable gas leaks as fire crews continued to respond to calls. Officials also said that west Texas and New Mexico could get up to 16 inches of snow in major blizzards. More than 600 buildings were reported destroyed or dam…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Breaking News
Bergen County Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself Bergen County Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself Bergen County Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself
Bergen County Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An Edgewater man shot his wife and 8-year-old daughter in the back of their heads, then turned the gun on himself in their luxury high-rise on the Hudson River sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said late Friday. Melissa Stasko, 49, and her daughter, Nellie, were in a bed when Michael Stasko, 52, shot them dead with a .45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets, Molinelli told reporters outside the Windsor at Mariners complex at the foot of Dempsey Avenue just before midnight. Its barrel was wrapped in a cloth…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself Edgewater Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself Edgewater Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself
Edgewater Man Shoots Wife, Daughter Dead, Then Himself EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An Edgewater man shot his wife and 8-year-old daughter in the back of their heads, then turned the gun on himself in their luxury high-rise on the Hudson River sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said late Friday. Melissa Stasko, 49, and her daughter, Mellie, were in a bed when Michael Stasko, 52, shot them dead with a .45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets, Molinelli told reporters outside the Windsor at Mariners complex at the foot of Dempsey Avenue just before midnight. Its barrel was wrapped in a cloth…

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