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
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4 Years For Ramsey Man Who Said He Shared 2,700 Child Porn Images 4 Years For Ramsey Man Who Said He Shared 2,700 Child Porn Images 4 Years For Ramsey Man Who Said He Shared 2,700 Child Porn Images
4 Years For Ramsey Man Who Said He Shared 2,700 Child Porn Images RAMSEY, N.J. -- A Ramsey man who authorities said had been watching child pornography for 23 years was sentenced Friday to four years in state prison, despite his mother's pleas that she needs him. Edward Ford, 48, may be eligible for parole in as little as 16 months, under a plea bargain. However, he's "going to have a shadow called a parole officer supervising everything he does for at least 15 years,” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Brian Sinclair said. Ford's mother said her mobility is limited and that her son “has been a great help to me during the last year.” “He can go out…

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Paterson, NJ
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Clifton Berkeley Student Completes Law Enforcement Workshop Clifton Berkeley Student Completes Law Enforcement Workshop Clifton Berkeley Student Completes Law Enforcement Workshop
Clifton Berkeley Student Completes Law Enforcement Workshop CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Berkeley College Criminal Justice student from Clifton was one of three who were graduated recently from the annual Law Enforcement Career Development Workshop. Brandon Hernandez participated with Kristen Gething of Westfield and Christine Torres of North Bergen in the 10-week workshop, held Monday nights at the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy in Parsippany. It was sponsored by the N.J. Police Community Affairs Officers Association, the Morris County Sherriff’s Office and the Morris County Department of Law and Public Safety. "Students wouldn’t learn th…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Dumont Man Busted For Pot After House Raid Dumont Man Busted For Pot After House Raid Dumont Man Busted For Pot After House Raid
Dumont Man Busted For Pot After House Raid DUMONT, N.J. -- Detectives arrested an unemployed Dumont man after they said they found pot and drug paraphernalia in his home and garage. Robert Cioffi, 25, remained held on $50,000 bail Friday afternoon in the Bergen County Jail, charged with marijuana possession with the intent to distribute it. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said members of his Narcotic Task Force armed with a search warrant raided Cioffi's Lafayette Avenue home on Thursday -- along with Bergen County sheriff’s officers and Dumont police -- and took him into custody. He was given a Dec. 21 hearing date in …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Signs Dedicating Waldwick Office Christopher Goodell Highway Unveiled Signs Dedicating Waldwick Office Christopher Goodell Highway Unveiled Signs Dedicating Waldwick Office Christopher Goodell Highway Unveiled
Signs Dedicating Waldwick Office Christopher Goodell Highway Unveiled WALDWICK, N.J. -- "There is nothing we can do to undo the events that took Officer Christopher Goodell’s life, but we can make sure people remember him and the sacrifice he made for his community," state State Sen. Kevin O'Toole said following the official unveiling of signs naming a stretch of Route 17 for the fallen hero. “It is a very fitting and touching tribute to a great officer,” Lt. Douglas Moore told Daily Voice. Attending Wednesday's ceremonial sign unveiling in front of the municipal public safety building -- also named for Goodell -- were his parents, Patricia and Mark…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bogota Council Moves To Settle With Reinstated Female Police Officer Bogota Council Moves To Settle With Reinstated Female Police Officer Bogota Council Moves To Settle With Reinstated Female Police Officer
Bogota Council Moves To Settle With Reinstated Female Police Officer BOGOTA, N.J. -- Bogota's Borough Council took the first step Thursday night to settling a challenge by Officer Regina Tasca over her 2012 firing. The borough already owes Tasca more than $300,000 under a judge's March order that she be reinstated. On Thursday, a council majority agreed on an undisclosed settlement amount, to be paid through insurance and municipal funds. A trial could follow if Tasca, who's back on the job, doesn't agree to the proposed deal. The council fired Tasca in 2012 following a pair of on-duty incidents more than a year earlier. Superior Court Judge Rachelle Harz…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Hillsdale Mom Hopes To Send Disadvantaged Children To Radio City Show Hillsdale Mom Hopes To Send Disadvantaged Children To Radio City Show Hillsdale Mom Hopes To Send Disadvantaged Children To Radio City Show
Hillsdale Mom Hopes To Send Disadvantaged Children To Radio City Show HILLSDALE, N.J. -- The Joan Angela D'Alessandro Foundation hopes to send a group of underprivileged children to the holiday show at Radio City Music Hall. "As part of our ongoing efforts to protect and enrich the lives of disadvantaged children," the foundation is raising funds to send children from the YCS Holley Center to the show, said Rosemarie D'Alessandro of Hillsdale. D'Alesssando made helping other parents and disadvantaged children her life’s mission after her 7-year-old daughter, Joan, was killed by a neighbor while selling cookies door-to-door in April 1973. She establi…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Bergen Police Warn: Don't Be Victimized By Porch Package Thieves Bergen Police Warn: Don't Be Victimized By Porch Package Thieves Bergen Police Warn: Don't Be Victimized By Porch Package Thieves
Bergen Police Warn: Don't Be Victimized By Porch Package Thieves 'Tis the season: Thieves again are helping themselves to packages left on porches by delivery companies -- so it’s best to make other arrangements, police say. A Paterson man was arrested by Wyckoff police after they said they caught him stealing packages while delivering newspapers with his mother. “Some thieves try to discreetly follow delivery trucks and then steal the boxes as soon as the truck drives away,” Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. “Other thieves simply drive through neighborhoods looking for packages left by doors.” There are ways to protect your deliveries: • Fox…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park Police: Jealous Ex-Boyfriend Charged In Rampage Cliffside Park Police: Jealous Ex-Boyfriend Charged In Rampage Cliffside Park Police: Jealous Ex-Boyfriend Charged In Rampage
Cliffside Park Police: Jealous Ex-Boyfriend Charged In Rampage CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A Cliffside Park man was free on $30,000 bail in connection with what police said was a rampage after he found his ex-girlfriend talking with another man. Alexander Delbert, 20, kicked in the door of an apartment after the two, spotting him pull up, went inside, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice. Delbert then assaulted the woman, smashed her cellphone on the floor and chased the man, who'd climbed out a rear window, Gaito said. Using his keys, he scratched the man's car before fleeing, the chief said. Police contacted Delbert and ordered him to return to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Union City PBA, Hackensack Fourth Watch bring toys to ill children Union City PBA, Hackensack Fourth Watch bring toys to ill children Union City PBA, Hackensack Fourth Watch bring toys to ill children
Union City PBA, Hackensack Fourth Watch bring toys to ill children A day after their counterparts from Bergen County brought Christmas gifts to the pediatric oncology ward in the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, a group of Union City police officers and others on Thursday did the same. Union City PBA Local #8 sponsored the drive for Tomorrow’s Children Fund, with considerable assistance from the Hackensack-based Fourth Watch Motorcycle Club. COURTESY: Union City PBA 201 Stylez Barbershop also participated.

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Paramus, NJ
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Former River Edge Chief, Six-Decade Firefighter Frank Dinneen, 93 Former River Edge Chief, Six-Decade Firefighter Frank Dinneen, 93 Former River Edge Chief, Six-Decade Firefighter Frank Dinneen, 93
Former River Edge Chief, Six-Decade Firefighter Frank Dinneen, 93 RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- During this year's Fourth of July parade, borough firefighters stopped out of line to pay respects to ex-Chief Frank Dinneen. "Thanks to all of you for making my dad's day," his son posted on Facebook the next day. "He continues to be a proud member of the REFD." Dinneen died earlier this week at 93. He was a department member for 61 years. "Frank was very instrumental in helping me when I was a rookie firefighter," Brett M. Dzadik wrote on Thursday. "This great man always greeted everyone with a huge smile and a hearty handshake. &q…

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