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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights Girl Scouts Treat Seniors To Carols, Bingo Hasbrouck Heights Girl Scouts Treat Seniors To Carols, Bingo Hasbrouck Heights Girl Scouts Treat Seniors To Carols, Bingo
Hasbrouck Heights Girl Scouts Treat Seniors To Carols, Bingo HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Nearly two dozen community members attended the second annual Senior Holiday Bingo Party hosted by Girl Scout troops from Hasbrouck Heights. They were treated to cakes, cookies, various baked goods and coffee. The party was organized by leaders Lisa Mason and Dalia Drezek of Girl Scout Troop 4308. Assisting with item donation and operations were five other troops: 454, 4414, 4703, 4750, and 5218. After refreshments, the Scouts serenaded the seniors with classic holiday songs “Silver Bells” and “Jingle Bell Rock.” Girl Scouts then pulled the bingo balls and call…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Indictment: California Man Swapped Sex Images With Ridgefield Park Child Indictment: California Man Swapped Sex Images With Ridgefield Park Child Indictment: California Man Swapped Sex Images With Ridgefield Park Child
Indictment: California Man Swapped Sex Images With Ridgefield Park Child RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- A California man was indicted on aggravated sexual assault charges, among other counts, for what authorities said was an exchange of sexually explicit chat messages and pornographic images and videos with a 10-year-old Ridgefield Park child. George Derugin, 29, was extradited to New Jersey after being arrested at a relative's home in late October. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said members of his Computer Crimes Unit and Ridgefield Park police handled the investigation, assisted by the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit of the San Jose Police Departm…

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Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Stove Fire Doused Teaneck Stove Fire Doused Teaneck Stove Fire Doused
Teaneck Stove Fire Doused TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck firefighters quickly doused a gas stove fire on Tilman Avenue just after midnight Tuesday.

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Closter Police Helping Parents Of Special Needs Children Closter Police Helping Parents Of Special Needs Children Closter Police Helping Parents Of Special Needs Children
Closter Police Helping Parents Of Special Needs Children CLOSTER, N.J. -- Closter police are launching a pilot program for all borough residents to register their special needs children under 21 years old. The registry is entirely voluntary and will remain "in-house and confidential," Police Chief Dennis Kaine said. "It will allow us to quickly identify your child in any emergency situation in which a caregiver may not be present," the chief said. "It will provide us with emergency contact information that will be readily available to all officers." Kaine said he hopes to "expand the list to all ages in the nea…

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Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck fire leads to discovery of heroin, pot mill, two arrested Teaneck fire leads to discovery of heroin, pot mill, two arrested Teaneck fire leads to discovery of heroin, pot mill, two arrested
Teaneck fire leads to discovery of heroin, pot mill, two arrested A Teaneck house fire led to the discovery of four pounds of heroin and 16 pounds of marijuana, more than $65,000 combined, and the arrests of two men, authorities said Monday. Firefighters quickly extinguished the 9:05 p.m. Thursday blaze on Lindberg Boulevard, which caused some damage, Police Chief of Police Robert A. Carney said. One of the responders, Police Officer Michael Scalise, spotted pot, pills and drug sale packaging in the home, the chief said.

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Dumont, Tenafly Advocates Unite To Save Abused Yorkie Dumont, Tenafly Advocates Unite To Save Abused Yorkie Dumont, Tenafly Advocates Unite To Save Abused Yorkie
Dumont, Tenafly Advocates Unite To Save Abused Yorkie DUMONT, N.J. -- A Dumont pet spa owner and the operator of a pet resque organization in Tenafly have teamed up to help an abused Yorkie whose Brooklyn owners kept her in a cage for 7 months, breaking three of her legs. "Together, we're going to get Ginger the help she needs and make sure those owners are punished accordingly for their horrific behavior," said Lisa Pagnozzi of Leonia, who opened Somethin' To Wag about Pet Spa & Boutique on East Madison Avenue in October. Pagnozzi said she and Robyn Urman of Pet Pet ResQ Inc. took up Ginger's cause after hearing that she'd been …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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State Police Grab 7 Kilos Of Cocaine, Arrest Driver Off Little Ferry Circle State Police Grab 7 Kilos Of Cocaine, Arrest Driver Off Little Ferry Circle State Police Grab 7 Kilos Of Cocaine, Arrest Driver Off Little Ferry Circle
State Police Grab 7 Kilos Of Cocaine, Arrest Driver Off Little Ferry Circle LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- New Jersey State Police arrested a Honduran national in Little Ferry over the weekend with seven kilos of cocaine, authorities told Daily Voice. Alex R. Bonilla-Santos, 38, of Jersey City, was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs. Officers grabbed Bonilla-Santos at the H-Mart shopping plaza on Bergen Turnpike near the former Little Ferry circle at Route 46 around 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, NJSP Sgt. Jeff Flynn said. They charged him with possession with the intent to distribute the drugs, Flynn said.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Lab Assistant Charged With Sexually Assaulting Maywood Girl Lab Assistant Charged With Sexually Assaulting Maywood Girl Lab Assistant Charged With Sexually Assaulting Maywood Girl
Lab Assistant Charged With Sexually Assaulting Maywood Girl MAYWOOD, N.J. -- A 26-year-old lab assistant from Lodi was arrested over the weekend on charges of inappropriate sexual contact with an 11-year-old Maywood girl days earlier. Glenn C. Nidoy was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two counts of sexual assault and child endangerment stemming from an alleged Dec. 1 incident. Nidoy, a Filipino national from Silang, was arrested after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit and Maywood police spoke with the girl, who is an aquaintance of Nidoy's. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Teaneck, NJ
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Fire Reveals Teaneck Heroin, Pot Mill, Two Arrested Fire Reveals Teaneck Heroin, Pot Mill, Two Arrested Fire Reveals Teaneck Heroin, Pot Mill, Two Arrested
Fire Reveals Teaneck Heroin, Pot Mill, Two Arrested TEANECK, N.J. -- A Teaneck house fire led to the discovery of four pounds of heroin and 16 pounds of marijuana, more than $65,000 combined, and the arrests of two men, authorities said Monday. Firefighters quickly extinguished the 9:05 p.m. Thursday blaze on Lindberg Boulevard, which caused some damage, Police Chief of Police Robert A. Carney said. One of the responders, Police Officer Michael Scalise, spotted pot, pills and drug sale packaging in the home, the chief said. At that point, police took Humberto M. Cabrera and Shamir Cortorreal-Munoz into custody while detective obtained a sea…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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'Where's Jersey?' DWI Driver At 3X Legal Limit Asks Port Authority Officer 'Where's Jersey?' DWI Driver At 3X Legal Limit Asks Port Authority Officer 'Where's Jersey?' DWI Driver At 3X Legal Limit Asks Port Authority Officer
'Where's Jersey?' DWI Driver At 3X Legal Limit Asks Port Authority Officer FORT LEE, N.J. -- A driver who pulled up to a Port Authority police officer near the Holland Tunnel and asked where she could find New Jersey was three times over the legal limit, authorities told Daily Voice. Officer Rhett Peppi was on duty at 13th and Provosts streets in Jersey City at 2:30 a.m. Sunday when Karol Andino, 31, of North Bergen got out of her 200 Volkwagen Beetle, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "She said she was looking for New Jersey," he told Daily Voice. Her eyes were read and watery, Pentangelo said. While giving Peppi her driver's license, Andino vol…

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