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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighter Revived After Heart Attack At Elmwood Park Blaze Firefighter Revived After Heart Attack At Elmwood Park Blaze Firefighter Revived After Heart Attack At Elmwood Park Blaze
Firefighter Revived After Heart Attack At Elmwood Park Blaze ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A firefighter who went into cardiac arrest at an Elmwood Park blaze early Thursday evening was listed as stable after surgery, authorities told Daily Voice. "He seemed to have some sort of cardiac episode as he was putting his respirator on," Police Chief Michael Foligno told Daily Voice. "They did CPR and used defibrillators and got him to the hospital quickly," the chief said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation Unit was at the scene, although Foligno said the cause doesn't appear suspicious. The wind-blown three-alarm fire began …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Berkeley College Cuts Ribbon For Graduate School In Woodland Park Berkeley College Cuts Ribbon For Graduate School In Woodland Park Berkeley College Cuts Ribbon For Graduate School In Woodland Park
Berkeley College Cuts Ribbon For Graduate School In Woodland Park WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- Administrators and faculty members at Berkeley College were joined by lawmakers, civic leaders and graduate students on the Woodland Park campus Wednesday, Oct. 28, to celebrate the addition of the School of Graduate Studies. “As we celebrate this historic milestone at Berkeley College, we are proud of our achievements and we look forward to more,” Berkeley College President Michael J. Smith said. “On November 1, we begin offering the MBA online, making this program accessible to students throughout the region and beyond.” Smith congratulated Chris Grevesen, the new s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Undercover 'Parent' In Child Sex Chat Nails California Man Bergen Undercover 'Parent' In Child Sex Chat Nails California Man Bergen Undercover 'Parent' In Child Sex Chat Nails California Man
Bergen Undercover 'Parent' In Child Sex Chat Nails California Man HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A California man who authorities said had an online exchange about having sex with a 6-year-old girl was arrested when it turned out the "parent" he thought he was chatting with was an investigator from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Douglas Deibel, 39, was being held in Sacramento pending extradition to New Jersey on child endangerment charges following his arrest Wednesday. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack set bail at $75,000 once he is lodged at the Bergen County Jail. Using the screen name “DejaVu1877," Deibel contacted the “parent”-- a B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack Tip Leads To Ridgefield Park Couple In Home Heroin Sales South Hackensack Tip Leads To Ridgefield Park Couple In Home Heroin Sales South Hackensack Tip Leads To Ridgefield Park Couple In Home Heroin Sales
South Hackensack Tip Leads To Ridgefield Park Couple In Home Heroin Sales SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- South Hackensack and Ridgefield Park police teamed up with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force to bust a couple who they said were selling heroin from their home. A tip out of South Hackensack sparked an undercover operation at the 5th Street home of Quawan T. Hanna and Lorraine Ellis, both 34, Capt. Robert Kaiser told Daily Voice. Detectives arrested the pair while executing a search warrant around 5 p.m. Wednesday that turned up nearly 570 bags of heroin and about $3,600 in illicit proceeds, Kaiser said. Hanna and Ellis were being held on $125,000…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Who Stopped On RR Tracks Under Influence, Westwood Police Say Driver Who Stopped On RR Tracks Under Influence, Westwood Police Say Driver Who Stopped On RR Tracks Under Influence, Westwood Police Say
Driver Who Stopped On RR Tracks Under Influence, Westwood Police Say WESTWOOD, N.J. -- A driver who witnesses initially thought was dead was under the influence of something when he stopped his car on the railroad tracks in Westwood this morning, police told Daily Voice. "We don't know if it's drunk or drugs," Police Chief Frank Regino said. "He's alert and conscious, for the most part." The Honda was stopped on the Pascack Valley Line tracks between Broadway and the K-Mart shopping complex just before 9 a.m. "We contacted NJ Transit and asked them to slow things down a bit, then got the car off the tracks," Regino said minutes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist, 13, Hospitalized After Crash Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist, 13, Hospitalized After Crash Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist, 13, Hospitalized After Crash
Hasbrouck Heights Bicyclist, 13, Hospitalized After Crash HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A 13-year-old Hasbrouck Heights boy riding his bicycle to school was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following a crash Thursday morning, police told Daily Voice. No summonses were issued, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri said. The boy's mother told Daily Voice that the driver had a stop sign and that her son was in the crosswalk at the intersection of Lawrence Avenue and Boulevard when he was struck.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Judge Gives River Edge Man Deadline For Plea In Teen Sex Assaults Judge Gives River Edge Man Deadline For Plea In Teen Sex Assaults Judge Gives River Edge Man Deadline For Plea In Teen Sex Assaults
Judge Gives River Edge Man Deadline For Plea In Teen Sex Assaults RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- A 19-year old River Edge man charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy and girl in separate incidents last year has until Nov. 16 to reach a plea deal or go to trial. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kristin DeMarco told a judge in Hackensack on Monday that she's had “no response” to an offer made weeks ago to the lawyer for Joseph Llull. Defense attorney Kevin Corriston contends his client, Llull, has an alibi for at least one of the charges against him, contending that he was not in the area “for virtually the entire month” of the period when authorities allege …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Arrest Made, DEA Responds To Parking Lot Meth Lab In Wayne Arrest Made, DEA Responds To Parking Lot Meth Lab In Wayne Arrest Made, DEA Responds To Parking Lot Meth Lab In Wayne
Arrest Made, DEA Responds To Parking Lot Meth Lab In Wayne WAYNE, N.J. -- A local restaurant employee was taken into custody and the Passaic County Bomb Squad was summoned Wednesday night after Wayne detectives said they caught him cooking methamphetamine in his car in a Route 46 parking lot, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice.U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents with a mobile unit were en route, they said. "It was believed the owner of the vehicle was involved in some type of meth lab," one source said after more than a dozen emergency agencies converged on the parking lot of the Tilted Kilt restaurant a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
River Edge Road Closed For Week In New Milford For RR Work River Edge Road Closed For Week In New Milford For RR Work River Edge Road Closed For Week In New Milford For RR Work
River Edge Road Closed For Week In New Milford For RR Work NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- River Edge Road will be closed for a week beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday while safety improvements are made to the crossing next to the River Edge train station. Police will redirect traffic from Kinderkamack Road to New Milford Avenue in River Edge and to Main Street and River Road in New Milford. The work will continue through 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 -- unless it's completed earlier, the state Department of Transportation said. NJ Transit will provide buses. "In order to provide a safer and smoother railroad crossing in River Edge, the existing crossing will be r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
River Edge Road Closed For Week For RR Crossing Work River Edge Road Closed For Week For RR Crossing Work River Edge Road Closed For Week For RR Crossing Work
River Edge Road Closed For Week For RR Crossing Work RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- River Edge Road will be closed for a week beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday while safety improvements are made to the crossing next to the River Edge train station. Police will redirect traffic from Kinderkamack Road to New Milford Avenue in River Edge and to Main Street and River Road in New Milford. The work will continue through 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 -- unless it's completed earlier, the state Department of Transportation said. NJ Transit will provide buses. "In order to provide a safer and smoother railroad crossing in River Edge, the existing crossing will be re…

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