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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge Police Officer Evacuates Residents During Raging Garage Fire Wood-Ridge Police Officer Evacuates Residents During Raging Garage Fire Wood-Ridge Police Officer Evacuates Residents During Raging Garage Fire
Wood-Ridge Police Officer Evacuates Residents During Raging Garage Fire WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A raging garage fire caused some damage to a house but was quickly extinguished, Wood-Ridge officials told Daily Voice. A passing borough police officer got the homeowner out, avoiding potential injury, Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano said after the 7 p.m. blaze was extinguished. "The garage is a total loss," Rutigliano said after the four-alarm blaze and Union Avenue and Jefferson street. A car that was in the garage was destroyed, as well, he said. Some vinyl siding of a neighboring house was melted. Patrol Officer Joseph Vitkovski discovered the fire, call…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Crane Crashes In Oradell Crane Crashes In Oradell Crane Crashes In Oradell
Crane Crashes In Oradell ORADELL, N.J. -- No injuries were reported after a crane barreled down Soldier Hill Road in Oradell, crossed busy Kinderkamack Road and slammed into two vehicles in the back of a parking lot this afternoon. The mishap occurred just after 1 p.m. at 600 Kinderkamack Road."Unbelievable," Christopher Lubben told Daily Voice. "It was insane how he got across the road and into the lot without hitting or hurting anyone." The driver was able to avoid a vehicle on Kinderkamack before heading into the parking lot toward the train tracks, where the crane toppled onto an SUV and two…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park Police Make Quick Arrest In Apartment Burglaries Rochelle Park Police Make Quick Arrest In Apartment Burglaries Rochelle Park Police Make Quick Arrest In Apartment Burglaries
Rochelle Park Police Make Quick Arrest In Apartment Burglaries ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Rochelle Park police investigating a series of thefts from an apartment building quickly homed in on a resident, who they said had stolen goods, burglary tools and heroin. Kenneth Struck Jr., 41, was being held on $37,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with burglary, theft, possession of drugs and paraphernalia and failing to surrender drugs to police. He also had two warrants out of Passaic County, records show. Detective Chris Bermudez found Struck in Saddle River County Park after receving the reports from a Colling Avenue apartment building, Detective Sg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood Pedestrian Hit In Saddle Brook Walking In Road, Police Say Maywood Pedestrian Hit In Saddle Brook Walking In Road, Police Say Maywood Pedestrian Hit In Saddle Brook Walking In Road, Police Say
Maywood Pedestrian Hit In Saddle Brook Walking In Road, Police Say SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Preliminary indications were that a 53-year-old Maywood man who was hospitalized with leg and head injuries after being struck by a car in Saddle Brook tonight was walking in the road, authorities said. A black Hyundai Elantra hit the victim around 7 p.m. outside the Bennigans restaurant on North Midland Avenue, Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. Saddle Brook EMS took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Preliminary indications were that he was "walking in the roadway contrary to applicable laws of the road," Kugler said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Your Community
Wood-Ridge 'Ladies Night Out' Aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study Wood-Ridge 'Ladies Night Out' Aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study Wood-Ridge 'Ladies Night Out' Aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study
Wood-Ridge 'Ladies Night Out' Aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- A Wood-Ridge couple whose 13-year-old son died of leukemia is holding its 3rd annual “Ladies Night Out” at the Fiesta in the hopes of increasing scarce funding for pediatric cancer research. Benjamin’s Hope 4 the Future foundation — which is sponsoring the Nov. 19 event -- was named for Linda and Richard Venezia's first-born son, who died in December 2012. The shop/dine/mingle “Ladies Night Out” will run from 6:30-11 p.m. and feature a four-course dinner, dessert and wine, along with raffles, door prizes, dancing and several vendors. Tickets are $55 until Friday, Oct. 1…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Neighbor Leads Rochelle Park Police To Burglar In House Neighbor Leads Rochelle Park Police To Burglar In House Neighbor Leads Rochelle Park Police To Burglar In House
Neighbor Leads Rochelle Park Police To Burglar In House ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Rochelle Park police said they caught an accused burglar in the act after an alert neighbor saw him climb in through a basement window. Officers assigned to a nearby construction detail surrounded the house after the Madison Avenue resident called the police desk on Oct. 19, Detective Sgt. James DePreta told Daily Voice. Inside they found 24-year-old Michael Grieco of Shohola, PA. "He claimed to be visiting a friend," DePreta said -- only that person "no longer lives at that residence." Grieco was being held on $10,000 bail in the Bergen County J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor Presiding At Bergen Clergy Breakfast Talk In Wood-Ridge Prosecutor Presiding At Bergen Clergy Breakfast Talk In Wood-Ridge Prosecutor Presiding At Bergen Clergy Breakfast Talk In Wood-Ridge
Prosecutor Presiding At Bergen Clergy Breakfast Talk In Wood-Ridge WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. -- Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli has invited all clergy members from throughout the county to a law enforcement breakfast talk at the Fiesta on Thursday, Oct. 22. The prosecutor said topics will include: • Tasers; • Police body cameras; • Investigations of police-involved shootings. WHAT: "Law Enforcement and Your Community" WHEN: 9-11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 22 WHERE: The Fiesta, 255 Route 17 South, Wood-Ridge CHECK IN: 8:30 a.m. MORE: (201) 226-5509 OR [email protected]

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Your Community
Networking Happy Hour Promises Connections Tonight In Englewood Networking Happy Hour Promises Connections Tonight In Englewood Networking Happy Hour Promises Connections Tonight In Englewood
Networking Happy Hour Promises Connections Tonight In Englewood ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- A networking happy hour is planned tonight, Oct. 20, in Englewood. Marleen Caycedo Gomez and Matt Libien are co-hosting the event at Solaia Restaurant beginning at 6 p.m. There's no charge to attend and Solaia will be serving complimentary hors d'oeuvres. Bergen County Republican freeholder candidates Daisy Ortiz-Berger, John Mitchell, and Ken Tyburzky are also scheduled to attend. Solaia is at 22 North Van Brunt Street.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
10 Displaced After Fire Destroys Two Lodi Homes 10 Displaced After Fire Destroys Two Lodi Homes 10 Displaced After Fire Destroys Two Lodi Homes
10 Displaced After Fire Destroys Two Lodi Homes LODI, N.J. -- No injuries were reported in an overnight Lodi fire that destroyed two houses. Roughly 10 people were displaced, Fire Chief Ron Cannici told Daily Voice. "One building is down and another is pretty much gone," he said just after 8 a.m. "A demolition crew is on the way." Flames were shooting out the front and side of one of the River Street homes and then jumped to another when emergency responders arrived around 4 a.m., Cannici said. Everyone got out OK, he said. Responders included firefighters from Garfield, Hackensack, Maywood, Rochelle Park and Saddl…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Colleagues Relieved After NJ Corrections Officer Found in Lodi Colleagues Relieved After NJ Corrections Officer Found in Lodi Colleagues Relieved After NJ Corrections Officer Found in Lodi
Colleagues Relieved After NJ Corrections Officer Found in Lodi LODI, N.J. -- His New Jersey Department of Corrections colleagues became concerned after a 19-year veteran lost his job today and posted what they said they considered a troubling message. The good news: He was found OK. "Law enforcement on duty and off -- including Pennsylvania State Police -- searched frantically throughout NJ and PA for his silver Toyota Tundra," one colleague told Daily Voice. Several of them requested help posting the officer's name and photo on area publications. Once he was found, these were removed. "We're glad he's all right," one of them sai…

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