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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
It's Official: New Jersey Local Police Departments Getting Body Cameras It's Official: New Jersey Local Police Departments Getting Body Cameras It's Official: New Jersey Local Police Departments Getting Body Cameras
It's Official: New Jersey Local Police Departments Getting Body Cameras Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman on Monday morning will officially announce an estimated $2.5 million in funding to equip local police with body cameras using money seized in criminal cases. The move "will put New Jersey in the forefront in the U.S. in embracing this technology to promote transparency, mutual accountability, and trust between police and the community," Hoffman said Sunday. Hoffman promised the funding to local police after State Police troopers began getting the cameras in late summer. While the aid will encourage statewide use of body cameras, the attorne…

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Armonk, NY
Breaking News
Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon, Warns ShopRite Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon, Warns ShopRite Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon, Warns ShopRite
Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon, Warns ShopRite ShopRite is warning consumers that another bogus coupon was being circulated on Facebook. "Please be advised that the Giveaway-Coups.com coupon, pictured here (above), is fraudulent and will NOT be honored at our stores," the supermarket chain wrote in an alert. This follows an obviously bogus September coupon "offer" of $100 off a total shopping order of $75 or more.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Police Officer Busts 2 For Pot After Citizen's Call Ramsey Police Officer Busts 2 For Pot After Citizen's Call Ramsey Police Officer Busts 2 For Pot After Citizen's Call
Ramsey Police Officer Busts 2 For Pot After Citizen's Call RAMSEY, N.J. -- Ramsey police arrested two out-of-state residents who they said were carrying a small amount of pot when an officer found them in a local neighborhood. Officer Jeffery Guilfoyle responded to the call of a suspicious vehicle on Nottingham Road just before midnight Friday into Saturday, Sgt. Michael Parise said. Valerie Loschka, 27, of Brooklyn, and Anthony Rodriquez, 37, of Lancaster, PA were released on court summonses charging marijuana possession. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
New Saddle Brook Police Officers Graduated From Academy New Saddle Brook Police Officers Graduated From Academy New Saddle Brook Police Officers Graduated From Academy
New Saddle Brook Police Officers Graduated From Academy SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Saddle Brook's three newest police officers -- all native sons -- were graduated from the 115th Police Class of the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute. Officers Joseph Scrafani, Peter Romero and Timothy Parisi will begin work with field officers. “I know each of these individuals, as well as their families, and know them to be dedicated to serving the town they grew up,” Mayor Robert White said. “I look forward to their sincere commitment and desire to serve the community and general public,” Police Chief Robert Kugler said. All three officers attended …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Severe New Charges For Pompton Plains Man In Fatal Wayne Crash Severe New Charges For Pompton Plains Man In Fatal Wayne Crash Severe New Charges For Pompton Plains Man In Fatal Wayne Crash
Severe New Charges For Pompton Plains Man In Fatal Wayne Crash WAYNE, N.J. -- A Pompton Plains driver who police said was drunk when his car slammed head-on into an SUV on a Wayne street, killing the other driver, now faces aggravated manslaughter and death by auto charges. Jeffrey A. Afflitto, 31, was fleeing another crash when his 2013 Acura TSX slammed into a 1997 GMC Jimmy driven by 63-year-old Paul J. Amarose of Oak Ridge on Newark Pompton Turnpike on Oct. 22. Amarose was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Afflitto remained held on $300,000 bail.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Police Crash Drug Deals, Seize Lexus, $4,300 Elmwood Park Police Crash Drug Deals, Seize Lexus, $4,300 Elmwood Park Police Crash Drug Deals, Seize Lexus, $4,300
Elmwood Park Police Crash Drug Deals, Seize Lexus, $4,300 ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police arrested three men in two separate street-level drug busts -- two with crack cocaine and the other with heroin -- while seizing a Lexus and $4,300 in alleged proceeds. A traffic stop at the intersection of Summit Avenue and River Drive around 9:50 p.m. Friday yielded several "rocks" and the arrests of the driver, Giles Brown, 46, and his passenger, 50-year-old Ronald Bacote, both of Paterson, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. At one point, Bacote tried to swallow three rocks but spit them out when commanded to, Foligno said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
'Tis the Burglary Season: Saddle Brook Break-Ins Prompt Countywide Warning 'Tis the Burglary Season: Saddle Brook Break-Ins Prompt Countywide Warning 'Tis the Burglary Season: Saddle Brook Break-Ins Prompt Countywide Warning
'Tis the Burglary Season: Saddle Brook Break-Ins Prompt Countywide Warning SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Saddle Brook was struck by a string of residential burglaries overnight Thursday into Friday, reported between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. "The holiday season provides the opportunity for burglars due to many residents being out of the house and busy shopping and/or at gatherings," Kugler noted. "When burglars see no lights on in the home and no cars or activity within the residence, they know the home is unoccupied." Once inside, they move quickly -- grabbing whatever's in sight and quickly rummaging through dra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
ShopRite Warns: Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon ShopRite Warns: Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon ShopRite Warns: Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon
ShopRite Warns: Don't Believe Bogus Online Coupon ShopRite warned consumers on Saturday that another bogus coupon was being circulated on Facebook. "Please be advised that the Giveaway-Coups.com coupon, pictured here (above), is fraudulent and will NOT be honored at our stores," the supermarket chain wrote in an alert. This follows an obviously bogus September coupon "offer" of $100 off a total shopping order of $75 or more.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Rock Slide Closes Palisades Parkway Road In Alpine Rock Slide Closes Palisades Parkway Road In Alpine Rock Slide Closes Palisades Parkway Road In Alpine
Rock Slide Closes Palisades Parkway Road In Alpine ALPINE, N.J. -- A rock slide Saturday morning forced the closure of Alpine Hill just south of Palisades Interstate Parkway Police headquarters. Police warned motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians to not go around the barricades.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Wild Night On The GWB: Multi-Vehicle Crashes, DWIs, Cocaine Trucker Bust Wild Night On The GWB: Multi-Vehicle Crashes, DWIs, Cocaine Trucker Bust Wild Night On The GWB: Multi-Vehicle Crashes, DWIs, Cocaine Trucker Bust
Wild Night On The GWB: Multi-Vehicle Crashes, DWIs, Cocaine Trucker Bust FORT LEE, N.J. -- A wild pre-holiday stretch at the George Washington Bridge kept Port Authority police moving -- with multi-vehicle crashes, DWI arrests and a cocaine seizure -- Friday night into Saturday morning. A vehicle overturned in a three-car crash on the upper level at 2:15 a.m., leading to DWI charges against one of the drivers. The resulting fuel spill later caused a four-vehicle pileup -- and a DWI charge for 30-year-old Jack Edward of Trumbull, CT. Hours earlier, officers were on a DWI stakeout at the upper level toll plaza when a 55-year-old Mahwah woman crashed her car into …

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