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
Breaking News
Christie Calls Decision To Remove Bergen Prosecutor 'Long Overdue' Christie Calls Decision To Remove Bergen Prosecutor 'Long Overdue' Christie Calls Decision To Remove Bergen Prosecutor 'Long Overdue'
Christie Calls Decision To Remove Bergen Prosecutor 'Long Overdue' HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Gov. Christie said Monday that his decision to replace Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli after nearly 14 years was "long overdue." “When that change is officially made, I’ll give you all the reasons why,” the governor said in comments published by northjersey.com. A letter sent by the county freeholders had nothing to do with it and "certainly wouldn’t move me to make a decision of that magnitude,” the report quotes Christie saying. Molinelli told Daily Voice on Oct. 27 that he "was asked to get back to [the governor's office] and let them k…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
4-Vehicle PIP Crash In Alpine Sends One To Hospital 4-Vehicle PIP Crash In Alpine Sends One To Hospital 4-Vehicle PIP Crash In Alpine Sends One To Hospital
4-Vehicle PIP Crash In Alpine Sends One To Hospital ALPINE, N.J. -- Four cars were involved in a late-night crash Monday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway just south of the Alpine Lookout. One victim was taken to Nyack Hospital by Closter EMS while two others refused medical attention, police said. One lane of the PIP was closed while the crash was investigated and the scene cleared. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police Don't Think Anti-Semitic Group Drew Swastika On Englewood Field Police Don't Think Anti-Semitic Group Drew Swastika On Englewood Field Police Don't Think Anti-Semitic Group Drew Swastika On Englewood Field
Police Don't Think Anti-Semitic Group Drew Swastika On Englewood Field ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Authorities on Monday said they don't suspect any organized anti-Semitic group is responsible for a swastika that was made with shaving cream and eggs on a field at Dwight Englewood High School. A reward was being offered to help find whoever was responsible for the swastika and the word "JEWS!!" written in capital letters with exclamation marks that were discovered on the Solomon Field grass surface Saturday morning. "Based on the totality of the evidence thus far, we do not suspect any type of organized Anti-Semitic group activity," said Detective C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Prosecutor To Use Recovered Heroin Addicts As Mentors Bergen Prosecutor To Use Recovered Heroin Addicts As Mentors Bergen Prosecutor To Use Recovered Heroin Addicts As Mentors
Bergen Prosecutor To Use Recovered Heroin Addicts As Mentors HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Outgoing Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli on Monday announced the creation of a "Recovery Coach Academy" that enlists former heroin users as mentors for current addicts. Molinelli said he's seeding the program with $7,500 in funds forfeited by criminals to give recovered addicts "the knowledge and skills necessary to allow them to guide and mentor others through their own recovery process." The prosecutor said he's asked Children's Aid and Family Services of Fair Lawn "to interview responsible Bergen County residents who have endured th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Girl Tells Paramus Police Man Tried To Lure Her Into Car Girl Tells Paramus Police Man Tried To Lure Her Into Car Girl Tells Paramus Police Man Tried To Lure Her Into Car
Girl Tells Paramus Police Man Tried To Lure Her Into Car PARAMUS, N.J. -- Paramus police were looking for a driver who a pre-teen told them pulled up and tried waving her into his car this morning. The girl told police the incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. in the area of Ridgewood Avenue and Stevens Court, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The girl told them the driver never spoke to her and didn't get out of the vehicle, the chief said. She said she "immediately ran home and notified police," he said. The girl described the car as a 2-door, Navy blue newer model with tinted windows. The driver, she said, was white, about 30 yea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 16, Stable After Being Struck By Car Trick-Or-Treating In Wyckoff Boy, 16, Stable After Being Struck By Car Trick-Or-Treating In Wyckoff Boy, 16, Stable After Being Struck By Car Trick-Or-Treating In Wyckoff
Boy, 16, Stable After Being Struck By Car Trick-Or-Treating In Wyckoff WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A 16-year-old Franklin Lakes boy was listed in stable condition after being struck by a car while trick-or-treating with friends in Wyckoff on Halloween, authorities said. The boy was crossing Wyckoff Avenue at Hartung Drive at 8:43 p.m. when he was struck by a 2014 Acura driven by a 66-year-old Wyckoff woman, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. The Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the boy to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with internal and back injuries, Fox said. No summonses were issued to the driver, although an investigation was continuing, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington House Fire Quickly Put Down Wallington House Fire Quickly Put Down Wallington House Fire Quickly Put Down
Wallington House Fire Quickly Put Down WALLINGTON, N.J. -- Wallington firefighters quickly knocked down an afternoon house blaze on Monday. No immediate injuries were reported. Lodi and Moonachie joined their colleagues at Wadsworth Street and Morrissee Avenue. Carlstadt and Hasbrouck Heights were also called.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Drunken Little Ferry Man Hits Officer In Brawl, Police Charge Drunken Little Ferry Man Hits Officer In Brawl, Police Charge Drunken Little Ferry Man Hits Officer In Brawl, Police Charge
Drunken Little Ferry Man Hits Officer In Brawl, Police Charge LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- A Little Ferry man was drunk when he charged a pair of local police officers and whackedne of them in the face as they tried to get him into an ambulance, authorities said. Carlos Eddie Bonilla, 35, was "extremely intoxicated" when Officers James Rose and Dominick Verdi tried questioning him on Helen Street after a caller told police early Saturday evening that he'd been urinating in someone's bushes, Police Chief Ralph Verdi said. Bonilla "began cursing at the officers and refusing to speak to them," while "swaying and stumbling," the chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield, Dumont, New Milford: Be Sure CO Alarms Are Working Bergenfield, Dumont, New Milford: Be Sure CO Alarms Are Working Bergenfield, Dumont, New Milford: Be Sure CO Alarms Are Working
Bergenfield, Dumont, New Milford: Be Sure CO Alarms Are Working BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Bergenfield woman avoided tragedy after she called police to report a strange odor and what looked like smoke in her basement: Firefighters found a missing flue pipe from a gas-fired boiler that was spewing carbon monoxide. After shutting down the boiler, ventilating the house and notifying PSE&G, firefighters discovered that the homeowner's carbon monoxide detector in the basement hadn't sounded. As the weather start to get cooler, and home heating is turned on, carbon monoxide risks increase.That's why members of FMBA Local 65 said they hoped that residents used…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Your Community
1,400 Jewish Woman Participate In 'Great Big Challah Bake Off' In Rockleigh 1,400 Jewish Woman Participate In 'Great Big Challah Bake Off' In Rockleigh 1,400 Jewish Woman Participate In 'Great Big Challah Bake Off' In Rockleigh
1,400 Jewish Woman Participate In 'Great Big Challah Bake Off' In Rockleigh ROCKLEIGH, N.J. -- Under the banner of "achdut” — unity — in the community, an estimated 1,400 women from all walks of Jewish life gathered at the Rockleigh County Club to participate in the "Great Big Challah Bake Off." "We mixed with friends (old and new) and then mixed our ingredients to take home and bake two homemade Challahs," said Carla Silver, publicity director of Temple Emeth following the Oct. 22 event. Proceeds from the Shabbos Project go directly to the WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization) Shelter for Battered Women in Jerusalem. The proje…

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