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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Fort Lee, NJ
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New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup
New York Welcomes 2016 America's Cup America’s Cup racing next year will return to New York for the first time since 1920 with Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series racing. The May 7-8, 2016 event is one of six World Series events planned during 2016, each featuring the six America’s Cup teams competing for the oldest trophy in international sport, America's Cup said on its website (CLICK HERE for more). The Event Village will be in the Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza off Vesey Street in Battery Park Center on the lower Hudson River. The technical areas for teams, race management and America’s Cup TV production will be b…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications
Fair Lawn Citizen Police Academy Accepting Applications FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Fair Lawn police are accepting applications for their 2016 Citizen Police Academy. Free and open to borough residents 18 and older, the academy will be held Thursday nights beginning Feb. 4. It will include classes about gang awareness, firearm awareness and safety, self-defense, fraud awareness and investigations, juvenile concerns, drug awareness and investigations, traffic safety, RADAR familiarization, motor vehicle stops, search and seizure, domestic violence and crime prevention, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The academy class will also become familiarized with the diff…

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Paramus, NJ
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ShopRite Of Paramus Welcomes Registered Dietician ShopRite Of Paramus Welcomes Registered Dietician ShopRite Of Paramus Welcomes Registered Dietician
ShopRite Of Paramus Welcomes Registered Dietician PARAMUS, N.J. -- ShopRite of Paramus welcomes registered dietitian Christina Kamilaris to its in-store staff. Kamilaris, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nutritional services from Rutgers University, is pursuing her Master’s in clinical nutrition at NYU. “The Glass family is very excited that Christina has joined us at our Paramus ShopRite store,” said Terry Glass, co-president and operator of the Paramus ShopRite. “More customers are seeking ways to create healthier meals and advice on nutrition, and Christina is an expert who will be available to our customers to offer advice an…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen Charter School Student Chosen For Prestigious Washington D.C. Week Bergen Charter School Student Chosen For Prestigious Washington D.C. Week Bergen Charter School Student Chosen For Prestigious Washington D.C. Week
Bergen Charter School Student Chosen For Prestigious Washington D.C. Week HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Abigail Yashiro of Bergen Arts & Sciences Charter School in Hackensack is one of the two New Jersey students selected to participate in a week-long program in Washington, D.C. on government and leadership. Yashiro also was awarded a $5,000 college scholarship, with an emphasis on political science and history, sponsored by The Hearst Foundations. All 104 students selected nationwide for the 54th annual "Washington Week" will meet with high-level officials from different branches of government as part of the 2016 United States Senate Youth Program that begi…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi Police Charge New Milford Man With Cocaine, Heroin Possession Lodi Police Charge New Milford Man With Cocaine, Heroin Possession Lodi Police Charge New Milford Man With Cocaine, Heroin Possession
Lodi Police Charge New Milford Man With Cocaine, Heroin Possession LODI, N.J. -- Lodi police arrested a New Milford man who they said had heroin and ocaine when they found him parked in a church lot. Justin Pearly, 33, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Monday morning in a Union Street church parking lot, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Police charged him with possession of both drugs and drug paraphernalia.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Feds Charge North Arlington Man With $400G IPO Swindle Feds Charge North Arlington Man With $400G IPO Swindle Feds Charge North Arlington Man With $400G IPO Swindle
Feds Charge North Arlington Man With $400G IPO Swindle NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- Federal agents arrested a North Arlington man who they said conned investors from Bergen and Passaic counties out of hundreds of thousands of dollars that he and accomplices used for themselves. One victim lost $400,000, some of which 23-year-old Omar Hafez used to buy an $87,000 luxury car, authorities allege. From July 2014 until his arrest this morning, Hafez and the unidentified co-conspirators solicited money "purportedly to be invested in shares of various companies" prior to Initial Public Offerings, an FBI complaint on file in Newark says. One w…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Last Day For Donating 'Gently Used' Suits For Vets To Emerson Dentist Last Day For Donating 'Gently Used' Suits For Vets To Emerson Dentist Last Day For Donating 'Gently Used' Suits For Vets To Emerson Dentist
Last Day For Donating 'Gently Used' Suits For Vets To Emerson Dentist EMERSON, N.J. -- Wednesday is the last day for donations of gently used men's or women's business suits to Emerson Dental Arts for the "New Uniform. New Start" program. "It's a wonderful way to help veterans make the transition from military to civilian life," dentist Archer Katz said. Office Manager Diana Overacker brought the idea to Katz after seeing a Facebook post about the program. Her husband is a retired Marine. Those who donate get a Dunkin' Donuts gift card. Emerson Dental Arts is at 310 Main St. (201) 261-3364 CLICK HERE for office hours

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Hackensack, NJ
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Left-Behind Bag Clears Bergen County Courthouse Left-Behind Bag Clears Bergen County Courthouse Left-Behind Bag Clears Bergen County Courthouse
Left-Behind Bag Clears Bergen County Courthouse HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Bergen County Courthouse was briefly evacuated Tuesday morning because of a bag left behind in a courtroom, Anthony Cureton of the sheriff's office told Daily Voice. The sheriff's Bomb Squad responded around 10 a.m. Everyone was headed back in by 10:40. 

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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North Arlington Police Arrest Belleville Man In Gas Station Robbery North Arlington Police Arrest Belleville Man In Gas Station Robbery North Arlington Police Arrest Belleville Man In Gas Station Robbery
North Arlington Police Arrest Belleville Man In Gas Station Robbery NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- North Arlington police arrested a Belleville man who they said held up a local gas station last Thursday night. With help from their Belleville colleagues, borough detectives identified Wayne V. Barnes, 47, as their suspect and arrested him at his home Monday night, Capt. Scott Hedenberg said Tuesday morning. They also "located the clothing used during the incident, as well as a metal pipe," Hedenberg said. Police hours after the holdup released surveillance images of the robber, who the captain said threatened the attendant with the pipe while demanding …

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Paterson, NJ
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Route 3 Crash In Clifton Clogs Traffic Route 3 Crash In Clifton Clogs Traffic Route 3 Crash In Clifton Clogs Traffic
Route 3 Crash In Clifton Clogs Traffic CLIFTON, N.J. -- A crash around 9 a.m. on westbound Route 3 at Grove Street in Clifton backed up Tuesday morning traffic.

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