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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Fraud Convict Charged With Passing Bogus $2,000 Check At Wyckoff Church Fraud Convict Charged With Passing Bogus $2,000 Check At Wyckoff Church Fraud Convict Charged With Passing Bogus $2,000 Check At Wyckoff Church
Fraud Convict Charged With Passing Bogus $2,000 Check At Wyckoff Church WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A woman who once forged teaching credentials to work with special education children walked away from a Wyckoff church with $2,000 worth of gift cards bought with a stolen check, authoriteis said. Morgan E. Lang, 32, of Carteret already was in custody in Phillipsburg for similar offenses when Detective Sgt. Joseph Soto produced theft and bad check charges on Monday, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. Lang on Nov. 17 "purchased $2,000 worth of grocery store gift cards that [St. Elizabeth School] was selling as a fundraiser," Fox said. "Five days later the sc…

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New City, NY
Breaking News
Southbound PIP Reopens After Police Chase Southbound PIP Reopens After Police Chase Southbound PIP Reopens After Police Chase
Southbound PIP Reopens After Police Chase An overnight police chase involving gunshots and the arrests of two suspects temporarily closed the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine overnight. No injuries were reported in the incident just south of Interchange 2. The highway was reopened by 7 a.m. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Paramus, NJ
Your Community
Merry Christmas Or Happy Holidays? Half Of New Jerseyans Don't Care Merry Christmas Or Happy Holidays? Half Of New Jerseyans Don't Care Merry Christmas Or Happy Holidays? Half Of New Jerseyans Don't Care
Merry Christmas Or Happy Holidays? Half Of New Jerseyans Don't Care As New Jerseyans rush through last-minute holiday shopping, they are less likely than other Americans to prefer hearing "Merry Christmas" from merchants and more likely to opt for something less religious, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. One-third still prefer “Merry Christmas,” while 19% want something less religious, such as “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings.” Nearly half don't care. “Almost nine in 10 New Jerseyans celebrate Christmas, but residents without a preference or who want a more generic greeting outnumber those who want ‘Merry Christmas’ by more …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Sergeant Chases Down Accused Paramus Mall Robber In Englewood Teaneck Sergeant Chases Down Accused Paramus Mall Robber In Englewood Teaneck Sergeant Chases Down Accused Paramus Mall Robber In Englewood
Teaneck Sergeant Chases Down Accused Paramus Mall Robber In Englewood TEANECK, N.J. -- A Teaneck police sergeant chased down an accused accused strong-arm robber who fled a short time earlier Monday from the Century 21 store in Paramus. Robert Dickerson, 37, shoved a security guard who tried to stop him for shoplifting from the Bergen Town Center store, "elevating it to a strong-arm robbery," Teaneck Sgt. Jack Garland told Daily Voice. Security officers immediately gave Paramus police a description of Dickerson and the black getaway car he jumped into around 3:20 p.m. Hearing the subsequent State Police Emergency Network call, Garland said he heade…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Driver on PCP does ‘warmups’ before DWI test outside Holland Tunnel, Port Authority police say Driver on PCP does ‘warmups’ before DWI test outside Holland Tunnel, Port Authority police say Driver on PCP does ‘warmups’ before DWI test outside Holland Tunnel, Port Authority police say
Driver on PCP does ‘warmups’ before DWI test outside Holland Tunnel, Port Authority police say BEYOND BERGEN: A Maryland driver who said he “laces his blunts” with PCP began hopping in place and waving his arms to “warm up” for a field sobriety test after drivers reported him driving erractically in the Holland Tunnel, Port Authority police said. Lt. Joseph Macaluso found the black Chrysler driven by Charles W. Wyche, 49, stopped in neutral at the corner of 14th Street and Marin Boulevard at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Wyche, whose license had been suspended, admitted ingesting PCP, he said. “Before a field sobriety test began, [Wyche…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Four Passaic County Police Departments Get NJ Grants For Body Cameras Four Passaic County Police Departments Get NJ Grants For Body Cameras Four Passaic County Police Departments Get NJ Grants For Body Cameras
Four Passaic County Police Departments Get NJ Grants For Body Cameras Four Passaic County police departments will divide $43,000 in funding for body cameras for their officers, as part of $2.5 million in grants to 176 law enforcement agencies statewide, acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced Monday morning. Hawthorne police will receive the largest grant, $15,000, followed by Passaic and Paterson, at $10,000 each, and Bloomingdale, at $7,500. The funding will come from money seized in criminal cases, Hoffman said during a news conference on the Busch campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. "We clearly are leading the nation when it comes …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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$2,000 Reward Posted For Missing Englewood Yorkie $2,000 Reward Posted For Missing Englewood Yorkie $2,000 Reward Posted For Missing Englewood Yorkie
$2,000 Reward Posted For Missing Englewood Yorkie ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Two months after her Yorkie went missing, an Englewood woman posted a $2,000 reward in the hopes that she'll be returned. Baby was wearing a blue shirt with pink sleeves when she was last seen on Orchard Street on Oct. 22. She's only five pounds and extremely shy -- and requires medication. Anyone who knows where to find Baby is asked to call Erika Orozco: (201) 783-0459 or (347) 530-4858.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Two Take Pleas In Ambush Shooting Of Paramus Officer in Garfield Two Take Pleas In Ambush Shooting Of Paramus Officer in Garfield Two Take Pleas In Ambush Shooting Of Paramus Officer in Garfield
Two Take Pleas In Ambush Shooting Of Paramus Officer in Garfield GARFIELD, N.J. -- Two accomplices involved in the April 2014 ambush shooting of an undercover Paramus police officer in Garfield pleaded guilty Monday after cutting deals with prosecutors. Melvin Guzman, 20, of Garfield, and 23-year-old Patrick Morel of Clifton each faces eight years in prison -- seven of which must be served before parole eligibility -- for their pleas to attempted robbery charges. The accused gunman, 27-year-old Rafael Vasquez of Passaic, still faces first-degree attempted murder and attempted robbery, as well as conspiracy and weapons charges. He's been offered an 18-yea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
$500 Reward Posted For Finding Missing Bogota Dog $500 Reward Posted For Finding Missing Bogota Dog $500 Reward Posted For Finding Missing Bogota Dog
$500 Reward Posted For Finding Missing Bogota Dog BOGOTA, N.J. -- A Tenafly pet rescue organization posted a $500 reward Monday 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. The dog, named Celine, "is extremely scared -- please don't chase her," Pet ResQ Inc. warns. Celine was in her foster home for six weeks before breaking through a window screen, Pet ResQ's Robyn Urman told Daily Voice. "Her foster parents are such a wonderful couple," she said. "No one has slept or stopped crying for six days." If you spot Celine, she aske…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Convicted Teaneck sex offender charged with assaulting five children Convicted Teaneck sex offender charged with assaulting five children Convicted Teaneck sex offender charged with assaulting five children
Convicted Teaneck sex offender charged with assaulting five children A registered sex offender from Teaneck abused five different children from three to nine years old — and even videotaped some of them in the act — over the course of nearly 2½ years, a sweeping indictment returned by a grand jury in Bergen County alleges. William Romero Kooney, a 42-year-old software engineer, has remained free since posting $900,000 bail on March 23, more than two weeks after his arrest. Kooney was registered in 2009 as a Megan’s Law offender for sexually assaulting a Passaic County girl under 13 and possessing child pornography. After he was arrested again on March 7,…

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