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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Wanaque Winter Parking Restrictions Begin Wanaque Winter Parking Restrictions Begin Wanaque Winter Parking Restrictions Begin
Wanaque Winter Parking Restrictions Begin WANAQUE, N.J. --Winter parking restrictions are in effect in Wanaque, no matter how nice the weather is.They continue through March 1.There is no parking on any street in the borough between 1-6 a.m. unless otherwise posted, authorities said.Summonses will be issued throughout that time regardless of the weather, police said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Arson, Assault Charges Filed In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Room Fire, Brawl Arson, Assault Charges Filed In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Room Fire, Brawl Arson, Assault Charges Filed In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Room Fire, Brawl
Arson, Assault Charges Filed In Hasbrouck Heights Hotel Room Fire, Brawl HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A grand jury in Hackensack returned an indictment against two East Orange men who authorities said trashed a Hasbrouck Heights hotel room, set a small fire in the bathroom and broke a window, forcing police to ram their way in before dawn. At one point, Derrick Ellis of East Orange and Milton Hinton of Montclair were fighting each other during the Feb. 16 incident at the Hasbrouck Heights Hilton, authorities said -- then they turned on police, the indictment alleges. Besides three counts each of arson causing more than $2,000 worth of damage, Ellis and Hinton are …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park PD 'Relaxed Grooming' Produces $2,500 Cancer Center Donation Rochelle Park PD 'Relaxed Grooming' Produces $2,500 Cancer Center Donation Rochelle Park PD 'Relaxed Grooming' Produces $2,500 Cancer Center Donation
Rochelle Park PD 'Relaxed Grooming' Produces $2,500 Cancer Center Donation ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A donation of $2,500 will be made to the John Theurer Cancer Center's Urologic Oncology Division, thanks to a month of "relaxed grooming standards" at the Rochelle Park Police Department. Rochelle Park officers who didn't shave for "Movember" donated the grooming expenses to the facility at Hackensack University Medical Center. They also hoped to "bring awareness to men's health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health, and physical inactivity," Detective Sgt. James DePreta tol Daily Voice. The officers kicke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Driver Finds Man With Autism Who Walked From Englewood Cliffs Ridgewood Driver Finds Man With Autism Who Walked From Englewood Cliffs Ridgewood Driver Finds Man With Autism Who Walked From Englewood Cliffs
Ridgewood Driver Finds Man With Autism Who Walked From Englewood Cliffs ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- A 24-year-old Englewood Cliffs man with autism who wandered from home Monday afternoon walked more than 13 miles to Ridgewood, authorities said. A motorist saw Ian Grinsberg sitting by himself, without a coat, and asked if he was OK, Police Chief Michael Cioffi told Daily Voice. He then gave her his telephone number. "We had a detective at the house," Cioffi said. "He spoke with her, and then Ian's mother got on the phone and spoke with her and then with him. "He walked to Ridgewood," the chief repeated. "He's in some kind of shape.&…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey PBA Collects $3,000 To Fight Cancer During No-Shave November Ramsey PBA Collects $3,000 To Fight Cancer During No-Shave November Ramsey PBA Collects $3,000 To Fight Cancer During No-Shave November
Ramsey PBA Collects $3,000 To Fight Cancer During No-Shave November RAMSEY, N.J. -- Retired members of Ramsey PBA Local 155 joined their active counterparts in raising $3,000 to fight cancer and raise awareness during No-Shave November. Each officer donated $50, with the PBA matching the total, in the department's first-ever no-shave campaign, Local 155 President Adam Szelag said. "I am very proud of this endeavor and all of the officers that participated," Police Chief Bryan Gurney told Daily Voice. He jokingly noted that, with two female members of the department, he let the force grow facial hair for the month "if they could." A che…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview man charged with beating boy, 8 Fairview man charged with beating boy, 8 Fairview man charged with beating boy, 8
Fairview man charged with beating boy, 8 A Fairview man beat an 8-year-old boy several times with a belt and punched him in the chest, said authorities who arrested him on endangerment charges. Kenneth Carr, described as an acquaintance of the boy’s mother, was arrested after she brought the youngster to the emergency room at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with various cuts and bruises, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Monday morning. Carr, 39, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park Police Weekend Includes Four Drug Arrests Elmwood Park Police Weekend Includes Four Drug Arrests Elmwood Park Police Weekend Includes Four Drug Arrests
Elmwood Park Police Weekend Includes Four Drug Arrests ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police logged three pot arrests and one cocaine bust over the weekend. Adrian Pineyro, 19, of New Milford was released on a summons to answer cocaine and drug paraphernalia possession charges in Municipal Court following his arrest on Friday at Broadway and East 54th Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice on Monday. Also arrested that same day was 22-year-old Anthony Castillo of Paterson on marijuana possession charges. Officers released Castillo on a court summonses after stopping him on Broadway and Boulevard, Foligno said. Overnight Mond…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Old Tappan Driver, 76, Said He Didn't Think He Struck Hillsdale Woman, 70 Old Tappan Driver, 76, Said He Didn't Think He Struck Hillsdale Woman, 70 Old Tappan Driver, 76, Said He Didn't Think He Struck Hillsdale Woman, 70
Old Tappan Driver, 76, Said He Didn't Think He Struck Hillsdale Woman, 70 HILLSDALE, N.J. -- A 70-year-old Hillsdale woman was in critical condition after possibly being struck Monday morning by a pickup truck driven by a 76-year-old Old Tappan man, authorities said. AirMed One transported the victim from the soccer field at the Stonybrook Swim Club to Hackensack University Medical Center after a 911 call came in of a pedestrian struck around 8 a.m. on Piermont Avenue near Pascack Valley High School, Detective Bill Diedtrich said. Responding officers "immediately began to administer first aid and requested that a medical helicopter be dispatched due to the s…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Over 3-Year Period New Milford Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Over 3-Year Period New Milford Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Over 3-Year Period
New Milford Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen Over 3-Year Period NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A New Milford man was being held on $200,000 bail on charges that he sexually assaulted a teenager over the course of three years in New Milford and River Edge. Peter Mitchell, 43, was arrested following an investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit and police from New Milford and River Edge after the girl, now 16, went to authorities, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Monday. He was charged with sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact and child endangerment, Molinelli said. The prosecutor identified Mitchell as an EMT. He is not…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview Man Beat Boy, 8, Authorities Charge Fairview Man Beat Boy, 8, Authorities Charge Fairview Man Beat Boy, 8, Authorities Charge
Fairview Man Beat Boy, 8, Authorities Charge FAIRVIEW, N.J. -- A Fairview man beat an 8-year-old boy several times with a belt and punched him in the chest, said authorities who arrested him on endangerment charges. Kenneth Carr, described as an acquaintance of the boy's mother, was arrested after she brought the youngster to the emergency room at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with various cuts and bruises, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Monday morning. Carr, 39, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.

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