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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
SUV Careens Into Route 17 Ditch In Ramsey SUV Careens Into Route 17 Ditch In Ramsey SUV Careens Into Route 17 Ditch In Ramsey
SUV Careens Into Route 17 Ditch In Ramsey RAMSEY, N.J. -- An SUV ripped off at least 20 feet of guard rail before landing in a ditch off southbound Route 17 in Ramsey around noon Monday. Ramsey Fire and Rescue responded along with police to the site, next to a Jeep dealership and across the highway from Boston Market.

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Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack's Bergen Brick Hosts Benefit For Injured Moonachie Student South Hackensack's Bergen Brick Hosts Benefit For Injured Moonachie Student South Hackensack's Bergen Brick Hosts Benefit For Injured Moonachie Student
South Hackensack's Bergen Brick Hosts Benefit For Injured Moonachie Student SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Bergen Brick Oven Bar and Grill in South Hackensack is hosting a fundraiser to help cover medical costs for the family of a Moonachie college student left in a coma after she was struck by a pickup truck on Route 46 in Clifton. Anna Semioli, 22, worked at the Cheesecake Factory off Route 4 in Hackensack with Bergen Brick owner Nick Schilt, who is donating the $10 admission and 20% of all proceeds from the Oct. 28 event to her family. The $10 door donation enters all patrons into a raffle for various prizes at the South Huyler Street nightspot. "It promise…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook Police Chief Among Delegation On DR Good Will Trip Saddle Brook Police Chief Among Delegation On DR Good Will Trip Saddle Brook Police Chief Among Delegation On DR Good Will Trip
Saddle Brook Police Chief Among Delegation On DR Good Will Trip SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A law enforcement delegation from New Jersey that included Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler returned from the Dominican Republic having forged new ties aimed toward a networking relationship with police there and the Dominican community here. David Chong, whose United States Asian American Law Enforcement Foundation sponsored the trip, told Daily Voice that it created "a feeling of trust between the different countries and their agencies." "It is our mission to develop a close networking relationship between law enforcement representatives from th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Swimmer drowns at Montvale health club Swimmer drowns at Montvale health club Swimmer drowns at Montvale health club
Swimmer drowns at Montvale health club A swimmer drowned at a Montvale health club this morning. The 48-year-old man was pulled from the pool at Lifetime Fitness around 10:50 a.m., Police Chief Jeremy Abrams told Daily Voice. Triboro Ambulance and paramedic units responded and continued resuscitation efforts, he said. The victim was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where sources told Daily Voice that he succumbed to his injuries. Police hadn’t officially identified him by mid-afternoon. He was in swim wear and wasn’t carrying identification, the chief said.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Swimmer Dies After Being Pulled From Montvale Health Club Pool Swimmer Dies After Being Pulled From Montvale Health Club Pool Swimmer Dies After Being Pulled From Montvale Health Club Pool
Swimmer Dies After Being Pulled From Montvale Health Club Pool MONTVALE, N.J. -- A swimmer died after being pulled from a Montvale health club pool Sunday morning. Alexandro Antzoulatos, 50, of Norwood was pulled from the pool at Lifetime Fitness around 10:50 a.m., Police Chief Jeremy Abrams told Daily Voice. Triboro Ambulance and paramedic units responded and continued resuscitation efforts, he said. The victim was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where he succumbed to his injuries. Abrams said an autopsy would determine whether had a medical injury or drowned. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Driver Dies In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash In Paramus Driver Dies In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash In Paramus Driver Dies In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash In Paramus
Driver Dies In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. -- A 26-year-old Glen Ridge man was killed when a vehicle overturned and ignited on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Paramus, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeff Flynn told Daily Voice. John Muller was trying to take the exit on the northbound side when his 2001 Acura hit the concrete median and crashed into the toll booth at Exit 165 around 11:35 a.m., Flynn said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police chief, others, take good will trip to DR Saddle Brook police chief, others, take good will trip to DR Saddle Brook police chief, others, take good will trip to DR
Saddle Brook police chief, others, take good will trip to DR PHOTOS:Top (from left): David Chong, Major Albert Della Fave, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler, DR Airforce Major General Elvis Felix Perez, Chief Paul Cell, Hernan VargasAbove: Delegation with recruits at the DRNP Police AcademyCOURTESY: Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler SHOUT OUT: A law enforcement delegation from New Jersey that included Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler returned from the Dominican Republic having forged new ties aimed toward a networking relationship with police there and the Dominican community here. David Chong, whose United States Asian American…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack police say Newark man pimped out girls at Route 46 motels South Hackensack police say Newark man pimped out girls at Route 46 motels South Hackensack police say Newark man pimped out girls at Route 46 motels
South Hackensack police say Newark man pimped out girls at Route 46 motels South Hackensack police cracked their third recent human trafficking case when they arrested a Newark man who they said was pimping out two teenage girls at motels on Route 46. A judge ordered Ricky James, 32, held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on charges of human trafficking, promoting prostitution and child endangerment. Undercover detectives who answered an ad for sex for sale discovered that one of the girls was 17 and the other had recently turned 18, Capt. Robert Kaiser told Daily Voice. MUGSHOT: Courtesy SOUTH HACKENSACK PD

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Bail bondsman blocks reggae great Peter Tosh’s son from travel after 65½-pound Mahwah pot bust Bail bondsman blocks reggae great Peter Tosh’s son from travel after 65½-pound Mahwah pot bust Bail bondsman blocks reggae great Peter Tosh’s son from travel after 65½-pound Mahwah pot bust
Bail bondsman blocks reggae great Peter Tosh’s son from travel after 65½-pound Mahwah pot bust The youngest son of late reggae great Peter Tosh won’t be leaving the country today to attend a music festival in his father’s honor: The company that posted his bail after Mahwah police said they caught him with 65½ pounds of pot won’t allow it. Jawara McIntosh, 35, speaking for the first time in several court appearances, told the judge he wouldn’t dare jump bail. “I have already shown by my track record that I’m not a flight risk,” he told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian. “And it would be absurd for me to publicly go to Jamaica and not come back. “This woman,” he said, referr…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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‘Ladies Night Out’ At Fiesta aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study ‘Ladies Night Out’ At Fiesta aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study ‘Ladies Night Out’ At Fiesta aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study
‘Ladies Night Out’ At Fiesta aims To Fund Pediatric Cancer Study SHOUT OUT: 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, nine months after he was diagnosed. The 501(c)3 organization has helped families in need, raised funds for research and established an annual scholarship for young community volunteers. The shop/dine/mingle “Ladies Night Out…

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