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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Police: DWI Mahwah Driver Was Asleep In Oncoming Traffic Lane Ridgewood Police: DWI Mahwah Driver Was Asleep In Oncoming Traffic Lane Ridgewood Police: DWI Mahwah Driver Was Asleep In Oncoming Traffic Lane
Ridgewood Police: DWI Mahwah Driver Was Asleep In Oncoming Traffic Lane RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police charged a Mahwah man with DWI and traffic obstruction after they said they found his passed out at the wheel of his Dodge pickup stopped in the oncoming lane on Franklin Turnpike. Patrolman Joseph Di Benedetto took Jeffrey R. Boyajian into custody following the 4 a.m. incident on Nov. 7, Detective Capt. Forrest Lyon said. Police temporarily seized the vehicle and released Boyajian pending a hearing in Ridgewood Municipal Court.

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
No Summonses After PSE&G Dump Truck Hits Tenafly Pedestrian, 74 No Summonses After PSE&G Dump Truck Hits Tenafly Pedestrian, 74 No Summonses After PSE&G Dump Truck Hits Tenafly Pedestrian, 74
No Summonses After PSE&G Dump Truck Hits Tenafly Pedestrian, 74 TENAFLY, N.J. -- No summonses were issued to the driver of a PSE&G dump truck that struck and seriously injured a 74-year-old borough woman as she crossed a dark Tenafly street Monday night -- although police said an investigation was continuing. Officers and a doctor who was driving by found the woman breathing but with a faint pulse and a head injury after she was struck by the southbound truck on Knickerbocker Avenue near the southwest corner of Day Avenue just before 8:45 p.m. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said were s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Police Seek Help Finding 2 In Strong-Arm Street Robbery Ridgefield Park Police Seek Help Finding 2 In Strong-Arm Street Robbery Ridgefield Park Police Seek Help Finding 2 In Strong-Arm Street Robbery
Ridgefield Park Police Seek Help Finding 2 In Strong-Arm Street Robbery RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- Seeking the public's help, Ridgefield Park police released surveillance camera images Tuesday of two men who they said robbed a bus passenger after he got off at the Route 46 overpass at Teaneck Road. The 32-year-old victim was walking down a stairway from the westbound highway after getting an NJ Transit #165 bus at 11:30 p.m. Sunday when the two met him near the bottom and ordered him to empty his pockets, Capt. Daniel Hippe said. They "did not produce or claim to have a weapon, but one of [them] held his hand inside his pocket as if to suggest that he [did],…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Roadwork Causes Delays On Paramus Roads Roadwork Causes Delays On Paramus Roads Roadwork Causes Delays On Paramus Roads
Roadwork Causes Delays On Paramus Roads PARAMUS, N.J. — Ridgewood Avenue traffic was shifted to one lane in each direction a rainy Tuesday afternoon for roadwork outside Paramus Park.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Danbury, CT
On Your Side
Toys 'R' Us Opening Doors At 5 p.m. On Thanksgiving Toys 'R' Us Opening Doors At 5 p.m. On Thanksgiving Toys 'R' Us Opening Doors At 5 p.m. On Thanksgiving
Toys 'R' Us Opening Doors At 5 p.m. On Thanksgiving FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Toys “R” Us will open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving, continuing its practice of having one of the earliest starting times for the Black Friday shopping season. The New Jersey-based toy retailer's web site says doors will remain open until 11 p.m. on Black Friday -- 30 straight hours. Toys "R" Us has stores in Danbury and Norwalk. “Each year, we carefully evaluate customer feedback and consumer insights to determine how we can best help those customers eager to get a jumpstart on crossing off items on their gift lists,” Toys “R” Us Senior Vice President of S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Investigate Laser Pointed At Flight Over Fort Lee Historic Park Authorities Investigate Laser Pointed At Flight Over Fort Lee Historic Park Authorities Investigate Laser Pointed At Flight Over Fort Lee Historic Park
Authorities Investigate Laser Pointed At Flight Over Fort Lee Historic Park FORT LEE, N.J. -- Federal and local authorities were investigating a report of an airplane cockpit hit by a laser Monday night as it passed over the George Washington Bridge on its approach to LaGuardia Airport. The beam apparently originated around 10 p.m. from Fort Lee Historic Park above the Hudson, which is closed after dark, local sources told Daily Voice. The FAA confirmed that the crew of Spirit Airlines 630, an Airbus A320 that came from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, reported the incident. Fort Lee police were also involved.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
On Your Side
CityMD Christens Clifton Location CityMD Christens Clifton Location CityMD Christens Clifton Location
CityMD Christens Clifton Location CLIFTON, N.J. -- Urgent care provider CityMD christened its newest location on Nov. 6 in Clifton -- its second in New Jersey and 48th in the New York metropolitan area. Among those at the ribbon cutting at the new westbound Route 3 location were Clifton Mayor James Anzaldi, state Sen. Robert Gordon, Hackensack University Medical Center CEO Robert Garrett and CityMD Chief Experience Officer Calvin Hwang. Also attending were site staff and executives from CityMD and HUMC. MORE INFO: www.citymd.net or contact Abbie Parker at [email protected]. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Your Community
Fort Lee's GW Grill Steps Up For Leonia Reunion After Bicycle Club Closes Fort Lee's GW Grill Steps Up For Leonia Reunion After Bicycle Club Closes Fort Lee's GW Grill Steps Up For Leonia Reunion After Bicycle Club Closes
Fort Lee's GW Grill Steps Up For Leonia Reunion After Bicycle Club Closes LEONIA, N.J. -- Things looked bleak for Nicole Pagnozzi when she found herself without a venue -- or her $1,400 deposit -- for the Nov. 14 Leonia High School's Class of 1995 reunion after The Bicycle Club in Englewood Cliffs suddenly closed. Then Donald Sposa, co-owner of the GWB Grill in Fort Lee, came to her rescue. The Bicycle Club's owners had the Sylvan Avenue eatery officially shut down on Nov. 5 for non-payment of rent. LeConte Realty "was taking care of the taxes on the property and other costs, but the rent wasn't being paid" by EJ Eatery Corp, a source with direct knowl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Molinelli Says He'll Retire In Mid-January, Return To Private Practice Molinelli Says He'll Retire In Mid-January, Return To Private Practice Molinelli Says He'll Retire In Mid-January, Return To Private Practice
Molinelli Says He'll Retire In Mid-January, Return To Private Practice HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli on Monday announced that he's retiring from the post in mid-January and returning to private practice in his Woodcliff Lake hometown. The Price, Meese, Shulman and D’Arminio law firm "is a prestigious one with an outstanding reputation throughout the New York metropolitan area," he said. "I have known its co-founder, Gail Price, Esq. for my entire career and I am excited to be returning to the private practice of law and the next chapter of my career." Gov. Christie's administration last month asked Molinelli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Charge Bicyclist With Molesting Westwood Woman On Street Authorities Charge Bicyclist With Molesting Westwood Woman On Street Authorities Charge Bicyclist With Molesting Westwood Woman On Street
Authorities Charge Bicyclist With Molesting Westwood Woman On Street WESTWOOD, N.J. -- Westwood police chased down a Ridgewood bicyclist moments after a woman said he molested her on the street, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Monday. Alan Broadbent, 48, was being held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and criminal sexual contact. Westwood police responding to a neighbor's 911 call the night of Nov. 6 found the woman in front of her Westwood Apartment Complex after an apparent struggle, Molinelli said. Officers found him soon after, the prosecutor said. A Nov. 18 arraignment date in Westwood Municipal …

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