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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Police Arrest Fugitive In Interrupted Basement Burglary Wallington Police Arrest Fugitive In Interrupted Basement Burglary Wallington Police Arrest Fugitive In Interrupted Basement Burglary
Wallington Police Arrest Fugitive In Interrupted Basement Burglary WALLINGTON, N.J. -- A Wallington woman who caught a fugitive parole violator trying to steal a mountain bike from her basement called police, who caught him a block away, authorities told Daily Voice this morning. Sgt Tomasz Kruk found Raheem Martin, 35, of Orange a block from the Hayward Place home after hearing a description of the burglar over his police radio just before 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Detective Lt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Officer Kasper Zielinski discovered a set of keys and a "Planet Fitness" barcode key that was later traced to a gym member whose keys were in a work van r…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes Fire Chief Ryan Dodd Elected to Third Term Franklin Lakes Fire Chief Ryan Dodd Elected to Third Term Franklin Lakes Fire Chief Ryan Dodd Elected to Third Term
Franklin Lakes Fire Chief Ryan Dodd Elected to Third Term FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- Ryan Dodd was elected to his third term as Franklin Lakes fire chief. Dodd, 28, of Oakland, is vice president of operations for 10-75 Emergency Lighting -- a one-stop shop for emergency vehicle products, including lights and sirens, two-way radios, and in-vehicles cameras. Dodd began as a junior firefighter before becoming a firefighter. He was promoted to lieutenant and then captain before being elected to his first term as chief.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Your Community
New Englewood Minister Brings 'Mission Focus' New Englewood Minister Brings 'Mission Focus' New Englewood Minister Brings 'Mission Focus'
New Englewood Minister Brings 'Mission Focus' ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- The new spiritual leader and pastor of Galilee United Methodist Church in Englewood has brought wiht her a mission-focused approach to her ministry. "My daily goal is to love and inspire hope and confidence in others," Shivonne C. McKay recently wrote. "Eradicating issues of social injustice, educational inequity, women empowerment, and advocacy on behalf of families and children are among the main tenets of my life’s work. "Effectively reaching the masses, this will be done by serving, educating, and empowering through one mission at a time." Mc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Police Replace D.A.R.E. With L.E.A.D Fair Lawn Police Replace D.A.R.E. With L.E.A.D Fair Lawn Police Replace D.A.R.E. With L.E.A.D
Fair Lawn Police Replace D.A.R.E. With L.E.A.D FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- With the first month of the new school year nearly complete, Fair Lawn police are raising funds for their annual Law Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.) program for local 6th graders. Formerly known as D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the program "was developed to bring law enforcement drug & violence prevention services to a new level...to serve law enforcement agencies and children to give them a safe and drug free community," Police Chief Glen Cauwels said. It's operated by the same officers who handled D.A.R.E. and involves the same lessons, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Police Credit Colleagues With Catching Accused Carjacker Lodi Police Credit Colleagues With Catching Accused Carjacker Lodi Police Credit Colleagues With Catching Accused Carjacker
Lodi Police Credit Colleagues With Catching Accused Carjacker LODI, N.J. -- A Belleville man who Lodi police said carjacked a local driver and tried o break into an area gas station posted $25,000 bail and was released from the Bergen County Jail on Sept. 30 pending a court hearing, records show. Lodi police were joined near the Rebar grill around 2:15 a.m. Sept. 27 by their Maywood and Rochelle Park colleagues in investigating the carjacking report, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Around the same time, a burglary call came in from a Shell Station down the block on Essex Street, he said. Rochelle Park Police Sgt. Doug Arendacs and Officer Ryan Burke grabbed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Weather
The Hurricane News In Bergen: Just Be Prepared The Hurricane News In Bergen: Just Be Prepared The Hurricane News In Bergen: Just Be Prepared
The Hurricane News In Bergen: Just Be Prepared BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- The Facebook messages coming in to Jersey Shore Hurricane News range from "N.J. is going to see a direct hit" to "the models are now taking the storm out to sea -- we're cool," so what does one of the country's most popular destinations for weather information say? "Just. Be. Prepared." With reports changing following National Weather Center updates is a good move, NJHN creator Justin Auciello says. At the very least, it keeps us on our toes, he says -- just in case a nor'easter due to blow in Friday tag-teams us with Hurricane Joaquin.A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Surrenders In Teaneck Hit, Run Death Of Englewood Bicyclist Driver Surrenders In Teaneck Hit, Run Death Of Englewood Bicyclist Driver Surrenders In Teaneck Hit, Run Death Of Englewood Bicyclist
Driver Surrenders In Teaneck Hit, Run Death Of Englewood Bicyclist TEANECK, N.J. -- Media accounts of a Teaneck hit-and-run crash that killed an Englewood bicyclist forced a former township man to turn himself in to authorities last night, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Daryl Watkins, 24, of Hackensack posted $25,000 bail and was released after being charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident, the prosecutor said. An arraignment was scheduled for this Monday, Oct. 5, in Teaneck Municipal Court. Police found 50-year-old Juan Vasquez sitting in a grassy area near where he was struck just before 11 p.m. on Sept. 29 at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Cliffside Park Man Sold Pot-Laced Goods To Bergen Patrons Police: Cliffside Park Man Sold Pot-Laced Goods To Bergen Patrons Police: Cliffside Park Man Sold Pot-Laced Goods To Bergen Patrons
Police: Cliffside Park Man Sold Pot-Laced Goods To Bergen Patrons CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- After grabbing four visitors from three Bergen County towns, Cliffside Park police arrested a borough man who they said all of them had just bought pot and baked marijuana goods from. Daniel Escobar, 27, was being held on $105,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with a variety of drug possession counts. Detectives armed with a search warrant found marijuana and pot-laced baked goods, along with a digital scale, heat sealer and various plastic baggies used to package drugs, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice this morning. They also seized $22,361 in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington Man Charged With Biting Child On Leg North Arlington Man Charged With Biting Child On Leg North Arlington Man Charged With Biting Child On Leg
North Arlington Man Charged With Biting Child On Leg NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. -- A cemetery worker from North Arlington bit a local child on the leg and was arrested, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. David M. Bell, 39, posted $50,000 bail and was released pending grand jury action on child endangerment charges. Bell, of Pulaski Drive, was arrested after school officials alerted members of the state New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), who notified Molinelli's Special Victims Unit. "The North Arlington Police Department was also notified and a joint investigation commenced," the prosecutor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Track Down 3rd Suspect In Route 4 T-Mobile Burglary Paramus Police Track Down 3rd Suspect In Route 4 T-Mobile Burglary Paramus Police Track Down 3rd Suspect In Route 4 T-Mobile Burglary
Paramus Police Track Down 3rd Suspect In Route 4 T-Mobile Burglary PARAMUS, N.J. -- Despite reports that he'd fled to Florida, the third suspect in the burglary of a T-Mobile shop on westbound Route 4 was tracked down and arrested by Paramus police in the Bronx. Edward A. Sweny, 35, was being held without bail pending extradition to New Jersey to face burglary and theft charges thanks to the work of Detective Sgt. Frank Scott and Detectives Dmitriy Mazur and Thomas Schroeder, all assigned to the department's Special Investigations Unit, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this morning. Two alleged accomplices were caught a short time after the Sept. 23 bre…

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