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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police, PSE&G warn citizens of utility scammers — on the phone, at the door Police, PSE&G warn citizens of utility scammers — on the phone, at the door Police, PSE&G warn citizens of utility scammers — on the phone, at the door
Police, PSE&G warn citizens of utility scammers — on the phone, at the door PUBLIC SAFETY: PSE&G is again urging customers to be alert to scam callers who threaten to turn off electric and gas service if they’re not paid — and for thieves posing as utility workers who come to the door to “check a problem.” “We’ve seen a significant uptick in the number of scams being reported to us by customers,” said Greg Dunlap, the utility’s vice president of customer operations. “The only way to protect against these scams is for customers to be cautious when contacted by someone seeking access to their home or demanding immediate payment. “Even one customer being cheated…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Firefighters Bring Orphans, Others Early Christmas Hackensack Firefighters Bring Orphans, Others Early Christmas Hackensack Firefighters Bring Orphans, Others Early Christmas
Hackensack Firefighters Bring Orphans, Others Early Christmas HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Dozens of children will have presents this Christmas thanks to a group of Hackensack firefighters, in what has become a growing annual tradition. "Most if not all these kids do not have parents, or they have been taken away from their parents," Capt. Justin Derevyanik said after a visit Tuesday to Youth Consultation Services (YCS) of Bergen County in Hackensack by members of IAFF Local 2081 and 3172. "Without our drive, these kids would not have received presents for Christmas." Union members bought gifts for 80 children ranging from 3 months to 17 ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Video Shows Englewood Drive-By Shooting Video Shows Englewood Drive-By Shooting Video Shows Englewood Drive-By Shooting
Video Shows Englewood Drive-By Shooting ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A video released by Englewood police Tuesday afternoon of a drive-by shooting shows the gun stuck out the passenger window and several muzzle flashes -- as the intended targets duck for cover. A 25-year-old city man who was among a group being fired at was hit in the foot and was scheduled for surgery Tuesday, Detective Capt. Tim Torell told Daily Voice. "We are hoping to have the footage enhanced by the FBI lab which may reveal more details, including a license plate number," Torell said. "In addition, we have determined that this was, in no way, a random…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Camper Whacks Teaneck Tree Camper Whacks Teaneck Tree Camper Whacks Teaneck Tree
Camper Whacks Teaneck Tree TEANECK, N.J. -- No injuries were immediately reported after a camper hit a leaning tree Tuesday afternoon on Palisade Avenue near Sherman Avenue in Teaneck.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Your Community
Park Ridge Dance Marathon Raising Funds For Child Cancer Research Park Ridge Dance Marathon Raising Funds For Child Cancer Research Park Ridge Dance Marathon Raising Funds For Child Cancer Research
Park Ridge Dance Marathon Raising Funds For Child Cancer Research PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- A dance marathon this Saturday in Park Ridge aims to raise money for critically underfunded childhood cancer research. Anita Ehrler’s Dance Extensions of Park Ridge is uniting with the National iDance4aCURE Campaign for the event from 5-8 p.m. at her studio on Hawthorne Avenue. More than 110 dancers from Bergen and Rockland counties have already raised more than $16,000 the past few weeks by pledging to dance three consecutive hours, Ehrler said. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack UMC, she said. “We are thr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
New York State Police: Search Continuing For Missing Mahwah Hunter New York State Police: Search Continuing For Missing Mahwah Hunter New York State Police: Search Continuing For Missing Mahwah Hunter
New York State Police: Search Continuing For Missing Mahwah Hunter MAHWAH, N.J. -- A 67-year-old hunter from Mahwah remained missing Tuesday, three days after he left his upstate New York cabin to go hunting, State Police there reported. John D. Bourgholtzer left camp in the Delaware County town of Harpersfield around 8 a.m. Saturday "to go hunting by himself," the NYSP said in a release. He may have been driving his 2011 Ford Focus with New Jersey license plates KDN45E, State Police said. Bourgholtzer was described as 6 feet tall and 180 pounds, with grey hair and brown eyes. Harpersfield is about 130 miles from Mahwah. Anyone with informatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police, PSE&G Warn: Watch Out For Utility Scammers On Phone, At Home Police, PSE&G Warn: Watch Out For Utility Scammers On Phone, At Home Police, PSE&G Warn: Watch Out For Utility Scammers On Phone, At Home
Police, PSE&G Warn: Watch Out For Utility Scammers On Phone, At Home PSE&G is again urging customers to be alert to scam callers who threaten to turn off electric and gas service if they’re not paid -- and for thieves posing as utility workers who come to the door to "check a problem." “We’ve seen a significant uptick in the number of scams being reported to us by customers,” said Greg Dunlap, the utility's vice president of customer operations. “The only way to protect against these scams is for customers to be cautious when contacted by someone seeking access to their home or demanding immediate payment. "Even one customer being cheated …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township Police Talk Web Safety With Youngsters Washington Township Police Talk Web Safety With Youngsters Washington Township Police Talk Web Safety With Youngsters
Washington Township Police Talk Web Safety With Youngsters WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Washington Township Police Lt. Richard Skinner and Officer Heather Castronova visited the Jessie F. George School and delivered two different age-appropriate assemblies regarding Internet safety. The pair spoke with pupils form kindergarten through third grade, then addressed fourth- and fifth-graders on remaining "web wise." The officers shared safety tips, as well as strategies to remain safe on the Internet. The Westwood Regional School District is the only K-12 regional school district in Bergen County, serving 2,750 or so students from Westwood…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Daughters Of Fallen Bergen Sheriff's Lieutenant Get Mall Shopping Spree Daughters Of Fallen Bergen Sheriff's Lieutenant Get Mall Shopping Spree Daughters Of Fallen Bergen Sheriff's Lieutenant Get Mall Shopping Spree
Daughters Of Fallen Bergen Sheriff's Lieutenant Get Mall Shopping Spree WESTWOOD, N.J. -- "Do you know what it's like to go the mall with four teenage girls?" Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Wilbur Lloyd asked Monday night after a five-hour Christmas shopping spree in Paramus for the five daughters of late colleague Lt. Brian Beutel. "We swept the entire mall," Lloyd told Daily Voice after the Garden State Plaza trip, made possible by a donation from LEO Only, a national law enforcement group. Lt. Brian Beutel, 47, collapsed and died during a March charity basketball tournament at FDU in Hackensack for the Tomorrows Children’s Fund. Two of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson Painter Whose Wife Disappeared Admits Living Under Phony ID Emerson Painter Whose Wife Disappeared Admits Living Under Phony ID Emerson Painter Whose Wife Disappeared Admits Living Under Phony ID
Emerson Painter Whose Wife Disappeared Admits Living Under Phony ID EMERSON, N.J. -- An Emerson man whose wife went missing eight years ago admitted Monday that he used his dead friend's identity to living illegally in the U.S. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Paschal Delahunty must self-deport to Ireland, then present himself to the U.S. Embassy in Dublin where he swore he will renounce all rights to his false American citizenship. The day of his Jan. 15 sentencing, Delahunty “will be required to present an airline ticket to me showing he is going back to Ireland," Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer said. Delahunty, a 52-…

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