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
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Teterboro Used-Car Dealer Among Those Cited By State Investigative Panel Teterboro Used-Car Dealer Among Those Cited By State Investigative Panel Teterboro Used-Car Dealer Among Those Cited By State Investigative Panel
Teterboro Used-Car Dealer Among Those Cited By State Investigative Panel HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Regulations governing the licensing and oversight of used‐car dealers in New Jersey were manipulated to allow businesses such as one that operated out of Teterboro to cheat customers without consequences, a state report released Wednesday alleges. A Pennsylvania resident told authorities he was nearly taken after buying a 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sport for $19,999 from Jersey Motors Inc. A week later, mechanics who inspected the vehicle called it "a death trap" and gave the owner an $8,300 repair estimate, the State Commission Of Investigation reported. Someone &qu…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Bergen Lawmakers Win Protection For Parents Of Service Dogs In Training Bergen Lawmakers Win Protection For Parents Of Service Dogs In Training Bergen Lawmakers Win Protection For Parents Of Service Dogs In Training
Bergen Lawmakers Win Protection For Parents Of Service Dogs In Training Gov. Christie on Wednesday signed into law a measure supporting individuals or groups who temporarily care for dogs in training as service animals. Caregivers are now exempt from having to obtain a license and registration tag while the service-animal-in-training is placed in a foster home, under the measure, co-sponsored by state Sen. Kevin O’Toole (R-Bergen/Passaic) and Assemblymen David Russo of Midland Park and Scott Rumana of Wayne. “Devoted volunteers dedicate years of their lives to training service animals to be faithful, steadfast companions to some of our state’s most vulnerable a…

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Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Arena Holiday Party Offers Free Skating, Food, Entertainment Englewood Arena Holiday Party Offers Free Skating, Food, Entertainment Englewood Arena Holiday Party Offers Free Skating, Food, Entertainment
Englewood Arena Holiday Party Offers Free Skating, Food, Entertainment ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Guests get to see new improvements as the John T. Wright Arena launches its second full season with a Dec. 6 holiday party. The Sunday party, from 1 to 5 p.m., will feature free ice skating, food and entertainment, Mayor Frank Huttle III said. Improvements include dasher boards and new programming from the Englewood Recreation Department, the mayor said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
5 Reasons Why You Should Get A Flu Shot 5 Reasons Why You Should Get A Flu Shot 5 Reasons Why You Should Get A Flu Shot
5 Reasons Why You Should Get A Flu Shot It's easy to dismiss the constant reminders to get a flu shot -- unless you talk to an expert. Daily Voice asked Jane Clementi, the supervisor of public health in the Department of Community Health and Community Benefit at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, for five reasons to get a flu shot. Her response: 5. It's cost effective. "Flu vaccination is the most effective way to prevent the flu," Clementi said. "The vaccination is covered by most health insurance plans -- and if yours does not cover it, the immunization usually costs between $20 and $30." 4. It's "read…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Boys Bathroom Bomb Note Clears Tenafly School Boys Bathroom Bomb Note Clears Tenafly School Boys Bathroom Bomb Note Clears Tenafly School
Boys Bathroom Bomb Note Clears Tenafly School TENAFLY, N.J. -- A note found in a second-floor boys bathroom about a bomb scheduled to explode on Dec. 1, 2018 forced the evacuation and search of Tenafly Middle School on Tuesday afternoon. All students and staff were brought around the corner to Tenafly High School while a Bergen County Sheriff's K9 unit swept the building following the 12:15 p.m. discovery. Nothing suspicious was found, Capt. Michael deMoncada told Daily Voice. The school was reopened at 1:45 p.m. Although there were no suspects identified, deMoncada noted that an investigation was continuing. He asked anyone with in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
NJSP: Girl Taken By Dad 'Safe, Sound' Thanks To GSP Samaritan In Clifton NJSP: Girl Taken By Dad 'Safe, Sound' Thanks To GSP Samaritan In Clifton NJSP: Girl Taken By Dad 'Safe, Sound' Thanks To GSP Samaritan In Clifton
Njsp: Girl Taken By Dad 'Safe, Sound' Thanks To GSP Samaritan In Clifton CLIFTON, N.J. -- "Safe and sound!" New Jersey State Police said early Tuesday evening after troopers on the Garden State Parkway in Clifton stopped a Bronx man who they said abducted his 3-year-old daughter after stabbing her mother. A driver aware of an NJSP Amber Alert for Rebecca Valenzuela followed the van and dialed 911, authorities said. Troopers from the Bloomfield barracks pulled the van over at milepost 156.9 on the northbound GSP, took Diomedes Valenzuela into custody and secured the child, State Police said. Valenzuela was considered armed and dangerous, they said in a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bergen Undercover Detectives Bust Cliffside Park Woman With Xanax Bergen Undercover Detectives Bust Cliffside Park Woman With Xanax Bergen Undercover Detectives Bust Cliffside Park Woman With Xanax
Bergen Undercover Detectives Bust Cliffside Park Woman With Xanax CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Bergen County prosecutor's investigators arrested a Cliffside Park woman at her home after they said she sold an undercover buyer Xanax. Renee L. Faddoul, 55, was released on a court summons charging her with drug distribution following Sunday's arrest, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Tuesday. Twice -- in August and September -- she sold the drugs to an undercover detective, he said. Faddoul, who Molinelli said is single and unemployed, was scheduled for an arraignment this Thursday in Municipal Court.

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Feds Help Cliffside Park Police Catch Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson Feds Help Cliffside Park Police Catch Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson Feds Help Cliffside Park Police Catch Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson
Feds Help Cliffside Park Police Catch Wanted Ex-Con In Paterson CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Cliffside Park police charged a Paterson parolee with assaulting a borough relative and stealing his car after they tracked him down with help from city police, the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force and the state Parole Division. Officers responding to a 911 call found the bleeding 55-year-old victim on the floor of his home at 1:10 a.m. Nov. 22, Police Chief Richard Gaito said Tuesday. He was admitted to the ICU Unit of Hackensack University Medical Center with head trauma and a puncture wound and eventually recovered, Gaito said. Authorities immediately began sea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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62-Foot Tree To Be Lighted At Ridgewood Holiday Event 62-Foot Tree To Be Lighted At Ridgewood Holiday Event 62-Foot Tree To Be Lighted At Ridgewood Holiday Event
62-Foot Tree To Be Lighted At Ridgewood Holiday Event RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A 62-foot Norway Spruce donated by Gary and Eileen Negrycz was in its stand awaiting decoration in time for the 30th annual village "Downtown for the Holidays" event this Friday. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Santa will be in the park for the "wee tots." Also: live entertainment by the clock and in the stores and restaurants along E. Ridgewood Avenue, featuring the RHS Marching Band, RHS Ridgewood Carolers, RHS Orchestra and Taekwondo All In. 5:30 - 9 p.m. Holiday Express Train for all the family up and down E. Ridgewood Avenue. 7 - 8 p.m. Live entertainment and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Holiday 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Begins Dec. 11 Holiday 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Begins Dec. 11 Holiday 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Begins Dec. 11
Holiday 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Campaign Begins Dec. 11 The annual end of the year "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' begins Dec. 11 nationwide 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. Last year, 27% of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol-related, New Jersey State Police said. Nationally, more than 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes. The…

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