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
Breaking News
Two Cleared After Unfounded Shooting Report At Port Authority Bus Terminal Two Cleared After Unfounded Shooting Report At Port Authority Bus Terminal Two Cleared After Unfounded Shooting Report At Port Authority Bus Terminal
Two Cleared After Unfounded Shooting Report At Port Authority Bus Terminal FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two men were questioned and released following an unfounded report of a man with a gun at the Port Authority bus terminal in midtown Manhattan Thursday morning, Daily Voice has learned. The 911 callers "were mistaken" and didn't do anything criminal, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. Word traveled, however. "Somebody put it out there and a ton of media rushed to the terminal," Pentangelo said. "Then they left." "The call came in as an active shooter at the terminal," a law enforcement source told Daily Voice, addi…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Medical Board: North Arlington Doctor Indiscriminately Prescribed Oxy NJ Medical Board: North Arlington Doctor Indiscriminately Prescribed Oxy NJ Medical Board: North Arlington Doctor Indiscriminately Prescribed Oxy
NJ Medical Board: North Arlington Doctor Indiscriminately Prescribed Oxy NORTH ARLINGON, N.J. – New Jersey's Board of Medical Examiners temporarily suspended the medical license of North Arlington physician Eric Thomas after finding that he Oxycodone, OxyContin and other drugs to patients "without adequate medical justification." The Board also found that Thomas failed to appropriately respond when he discovered some patients had high blood pressure, uncontrolled diabetes, and other medical conditions. The Board said it also found that Thomas "failed to act when urine tests revealed that his patients were taking illegal narcotics, such as cocaine …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights PD: 'No-Shave November' May Be Done, But Donations Aren't Hasbrouck Heights PD: 'No-Shave November' May Be Done, But Donations Aren't Hasbrouck Heights PD: 'No-Shave November' May Be Done, But Donations Aren't
Hasbrouck Heights PD: 'No-Shave November' May Be Done, But Donations Aren't HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Hasbrouck Heights police are proud of raising nearly $3,500 for research and increased awareness of men's health issues during No-Shave November, but they emphasized that donations can still be made year-round. "Whether a fellow officer, family member and/or close friend, the officers respond to any cause in great numbers," the department said in a release. Donations can still be submitted to: https://us.movember.com/team/2120869 "All donations are submitted for research on the various illness that affect men today," the department said.

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Armonk, NY
Obituaries
Funeral Held For Legendary 'Mickey' Corcoran, Bill Parcells Mentor Funeral Held For Legendary 'Mickey' Corcoran, Bill Parcells Mentor Funeral Held For Legendary 'Mickey' Corcoran, Bill Parcells Mentor
Funeral Held For Legendary 'Mickey' Corcoran, Bill Parcells Mentor A funeral was being held Thursday morning in Dumont, N.J., for William "Mickey" Corcoran, a longtime coach, official and athletic director who mentored former New York Giants and Jets coach Bill Parcells throughout his career. Corcoran died Sunday of what family members said was a brain tumor. He was 93. Corcoran, who received his Master's degree from Columbia University, "put all [his] education to good use teaching, coaching and mentoring young men and women for the remainder of his wonderfully blessed life," an obituary posted by Frech Funeral Home in Dumont, N.J., re…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Obituaries
Funeral Held For Legendary Bergen Coach, Parcells Mentor 'Mickey' Corcoran Funeral Held For Legendary Bergen Coach, Parcells Mentor 'Mickey' Corcoran Funeral Held For Legendary Bergen Coach, Parcells Mentor 'Mickey' Corcoran
Funeral Held For Legendary Bergen Coach, Parcells Mentor 'Mickey' Corcoran DUMONT, N.J. – A funeral was being held Thursday morning for William "Mickey" Corcoran, a longtime coach, official and athletic director who mentored former New York Giants and Jets coach Bill Parcells throughout his career. Corcoran died Sunday of what family members said was a brain tumor. He was 93. Corcoran, who received his Master's degree from Columbia University, "put all [his] education to good use teaching, coaching and mentoring young men and women for the remainder of his wonderfully blessed life," an obituary posted by Frech Funeral Home in Dumont reads. &quo…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Grade-Schoolers Planned To Vandalize High School, Police Confirm Clifton Grade-Schoolers Planned To Vandalize High School, Police Confirm Clifton Grade-Schoolers Planned To Vandalize High School, Police Confirm
Clifton Grade-Schoolers Planned To Vandalize High School, Police Confirm CLIFTON, N.J. - Five Clifton fifth-graders were suspended after authorities learned that they planned to damage the city's high school, police confirmed late Wednesday. Detective Sgt. Robert Bracken said the purpose wasn't a prank but a decided plan -- committed to paper -- to cause serious damage while on a field trip to the high school. Administrators at School 11 notified police, who said they discovered a mixture of food additives that posed no threat. The matter was being referred to the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office to determine how to deal with the juveniles. All were released t…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Your Community
Fixed Expenses Driving Education Costs, Bergen School Chiefs Say Fixed Expenses Driving Education Costs, Bergen School Chiefs Say Fixed Expenses Driving Education Costs, Bergen School Chiefs Say
Fixed Expenses Driving Education Costs, Bergen School Chiefs Say RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A summit held Wednesday in Ridgewood on some of the top issues facing local schools centered on the biggest -- money. Non-discretionary expenses are driving costs, several school superintendents who attended the hour-long breakfast session with county and state legislators at the Ridgewood Education Center said. Emerson Schools Supt. Brian Gatens cited a state-mandated 2% annual budget increase that he said makes it difficult to maintain buildings. A possible tipping point for taxpayers, said Harrington Park Schools Supt. Adam Fried, is the rise in healthcare costs. The…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
Cliffside Park Firefighters: Keep Your Eyes, Ears Open For Santa Cliffside Park Firefighters: Keep Your Eyes, Ears Open For Santa Cliffside Park Firefighters: Keep Your Eyes, Ears Open For Santa
Cliffside Park Firefighters: Keep Your Eyes, Ears Open For Santa CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Santa and his elves will again be distributing lollipops and good cheer as they ride through every street in Cliffside Park aboard a fire truck. The volunteer fire department tour hits the south end of town, with sirens blaring, starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 11. At 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, Santa & Co. will begin visiting the north end. Special visits can be arranged with handicapped children or adults. Call HQ: (201) 945-0205.

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Stop Yields Cocaine, Washington Heights Barber Arrest Paramus Stop Yields Cocaine, Washington Heights Barber Arrest Paramus Stop Yields Cocaine, Washington Heights Barber Arrest
Paramus Stop Yields Cocaine, Washington Heights Barber Arrest PARAMUS, N.J. -- Detectives who'd been watching a suspected drug dealer from Washington Heights pulled his car over in Paramus and found him carrying nearly three ounces of heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Wednesday. Anibal Hernandez, a 31-year-old barber, was ordered held on $50,000 bail, charged with cocaine possession. Members of the Bergen County Narcotic Task Force and Bergen County Sheriff's Office stopped Hernandez on Tuesday "for investigative purposes," Molinelli said.

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Officer Runs To Raise Money For Fallen Colleagues' Causes Ridgewood Officer Runs To Raise Money For Fallen Colleagues' Causes Ridgewood Officer Runs To Raise Money For Fallen Colleagues' Causes
Ridgewood Officer Runs To Raise Money For Fallen Colleagues' Causes RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- With less than two weeks to go before he runs in the Honolulu Marathon in memory of two fallen colleagues, Ridgewood Police Officer John Ward Jr. hit his $5,000 fundraising goal. The money will go to the Christopher Goodell Scholarship Fund and Special Olympics New Jersey in the name of Midland Park Officer Chris Birch. Waldwick Officer Goodell was working a radar detail in his unmarked cruiser, parked on the shoulder of southbound Route 17, when it was struck by an 18-wheeler the morning of July 17, 2014. Birch was killed this past July Fouth weekend when a four-wheeled…

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