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
Bathroom Graffiti Threat Clears Riverside Square Mall In Hackensack Bathroom Graffiti Threat Clears Riverside Square Mall In Hackensack Bathroom Graffiti Threat Clears Riverside Square Mall In Hackensack
Bathroom Graffiti Threat Clears Riverside Square Mall In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bathroom-wall graffiti warning that parking spaces would be blown up Saturday afternoon forced police to evacuate the Shops at Riverside in Hackensack. The inside of the mall was searched and declared safe just before 3:30 p.m. by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad. A perimeter search was done and the mall was reopened around 4:15 p.m., Capt. Timothy Lloyd told Daily Voice. The call to police came in around 1:30 p.m. "The graffiti found on the wall of a lower-level bathroom by security said parking spaces were going to be blown up," Lloyd said. Hackensac…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
One Dead, Two Critical After BMW Overturns On PIP In Englewood Cliffs One Dead, Two Critical After BMW Overturns On PIP In Englewood Cliffs One Dead, Two Critical After BMW Overturns On PIP In Englewood Cliffs
One Dead, Two Critical After BMW Overturns On PIP In Englewood Cliffs ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- One occupant was killed and the driver and another passenger left in critical condition after a BMW overturned overnight on the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs, authorities said. It took emergency responders more than an hour and 40 minutes to remove the injured driver after police found the car on the other side of the guardrail 1,000 feet north of the Sunoco station just after 2 a.m. Saturday, PIP Police Chief Michael Coppola said Saturday afternoon. Two front-seat occupants were inside, while a rear-seat passenger was found outside t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wild Hackensack Hit-And-Run Police Chase Ends In Crash, Fire, Arrest Wild Hackensack Hit-And-Run Police Chase Ends In Crash, Fire, Arrest Wild Hackensack Hit-And-Run Police Chase Ends In Crash, Fire, Arrest
Wild Hackensack Hit-And-Run Police Chase Ends In Crash, Fire, Arrest HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A wild overnight police chase in Hackensack ended with a 20-year-old drunken driver in custody after he left the scene of one crash, split a utility pole in half and crashing his sedan through a fence and into a church bus and van. A city officer was on patrol on Passaic Street when he heard a crash near the corner of Summit Avenue around 3:30 a.m., Capt. Timothy Lloyd told Daily Voice. An ambulance took the driver of the other car to Hackensack University Medical Center with neck and back pain, Lloyd said. Meanwhile, the officer chased the hit-and-run driver, who had h…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Popular River Vale Junior Police Academy Class Graduating Popular River Vale Junior Police Academy Class Graduating Popular River Vale Junior Police Academy Class Graduating
Popular River Vale Junior Police Academy Class Graduating RIVER VALE, N.J. -- A record-tying River Vale Junior Police Academy Class will be graduated Monday night at Florentine Gardens. The Class of 2015 boasts a "remarkable" 158 recruits, matching last year's enrollment, said Detective Sgt. John DeVoe. DeVoe coordinates the popular program along with a team of instructors who include Officers Dino Dinelli, Valeri and John Guglielmotti, Jared Arcidiacono, William MacRae and Josh Wisse, assisted by Sgt. Gary Blumenthal and Detective Peter Martin. The 10-week academy provides "an avenue through which recruits can learn about their lo…

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Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Temple Choir Entertains Hackensack Shoppers Temple Choir Entertains Hackensack Shoppers Temple Choir Entertains Hackensack Shoppers
Temple Choir Entertains Hackensack Shoppers TEANECK, N.J. -- Youngsters with the Etz Chayim Choir of Temple Emeth in Teaneck entertained the shoppers at The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack. The junior choir sings under the direction of Cantor Ellen Tilem at musical services and at regular services on some holidays.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
On Your Side
Get Gifts Wrapped, Help Leonia High Schoolers, At Edgewater's City Place Get Gifts Wrapped, Help Leonia High Schoolers, At Edgewater's City Place Get Gifts Wrapped, Help Leonia High Schoolers, At Edgewater's City Place
Get Gifts Wrapped, Help Leonia High Schoolers, At Edgewater's City Place EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Get your presents gift wrapped while helping the Leonia High School Home & School Scholarship Fund on Saturday at City Place in Edgewater. The LHS Chorus will serenade shoppers with carols during what's expected to be a perfect day for shopping, with temperatures in the 60s. You'll find the wrappers near the entrance to Can Do Fitness at 42 City Place at the Promenade from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. They'll be back next Saturday, Dec. 19, at the same time.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk, NY
Breaking News
Police Get This Season's 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Rolling Police Get This Season's 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Rolling Police Get This Season's 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Rolling
Police Get This Season's 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Rolling The annual end of the year "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' officially began nationwide Friday with saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints. Through New Year's Day 2016, local and state law enforcement officers will be out and about -- on highways and local roads -- looking for drunk or impaired drivers. They hope to make the roads safer and educate the public about the dangers of driving impaired. Nationally, more than 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes. The associated "societal cost" is estimated to be $37 billion annually. Law enforcement agencies p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Eastbound Route 46 In Little Falls Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Eastbound Route 46 In Little Falls Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Eastbound Route 46 In Little Falls
Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Eastbound Route 46 In Little Falls LITTLE FALLS, N.J. -- A multi-car crash shut down eastbound Route 46 during Friday night's rush. Rubbernecking thickened traffic on the westbound side of the highway, as well, following the crash just before 7 p.m. outside 6 Brothers Diner between the Great Notch and Valley Road exits.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
DWI driver crashes rental car at Newark Airport, Port Authority police say DWI driver crashes rental car at Newark Airport, Port Authority police say DWI driver crashes rental car at Newark Airport, Port Authority police say
DWI driver crashes rental car at Newark Airport, Port Authority police say BEYOND BERGEN: A DWI driver was twice the legal limit when he crashed a rental car at the National Car facility at Newark Airport overnight, Port Authority police said. Jeffery D. Black, 38, of Califon was standing outside the 2016 Nissan, whose front end crumpled when it slammed into an exit barrier around 1:30 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. He was “unsteady on his feet, swaying,” smelled of alcohol and “admitted he had been drinking” before failing a field sobriety test, Pentangelo said. The vehicle was towed back to National. Black, who wasn’t injured, was charged wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Police Boost Bergen PBA Toy Drive For Ill, Needy Youngsters Fairview Police Boost Bergen PBA Toy Drive For Ill, Needy Youngsters Fairview Police Boost Bergen PBA Toy Drive For Ill, Needy Youngsters
Fairview Police Boost Bergen PBA Toy Drive For Ill, Needy Youngsters FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- Fairview police have jumped into the annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive to help ill and needy children during one of the Northeast's largest missions of mercy. "We'd never been involved before, so we're really excited," Sgt. John Pierotti told Daily Voice. "The response so far has been incredible." The entry of Fairview police and their colleagues from several other eastern Bergen County towns has boosted this year's number of participants to an all-time record of 47 law enforcement agencies, said retired Closter Police Sgt. Donald Nicoletti. "The…

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