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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Police Hunt For Driver Who Killed Englewood Cyclist In Teaneck Police Hunt For Driver Who Killed Englewood Cyclist In Teaneck Police Hunt For Driver Who Killed Englewood Cyclist In Teaneck
Police Hunt For Driver Who Killed Englewood Cyclist In Teaneck TEANECK, N.J. -- Authorities were seeking the public's help finding the driver whose vehicle struck and killed a 50-year-old Englewood bicyclist in Teaneck. Juan Vasquez was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after he was struck just before 11 p.m. on Sept. 29 at the intersection of East Englewood Avenue and Nelden Road in Teaneck, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Police had found Vasquez sitting on a grassy area nearby, the prosecutor noted. He was riding on East Englewood Avenue when he hit the vehicle's passenger side as the driver made a left onto Nelden Road,…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive In Teterboro Pot Case Captured In Colorado Fugitive In Teterboro Pot Case Captured In Colorado Fugitive In Teterboro Pot Case Captured In Colorado
Fugitive In Teterboro Pot Case Captured In Colorado TETERBORO, N.J. -- A fugitive from San Francisco captured in Colorado after three years on the run was brought to New Jersey this week to face charges of flying in to Teterboro Airport three years ago with two large boxes of marijuana. Bryan Calcott, 36, was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on drug possession charges. Calcott arrived at Teterboro on a chartered flight from Oakland with the marijuana in two large boxes on Dec. 12, 2012, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. After interviewing Calcott, authorities released him, obtained a search warrant and fo…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
High-End Car Thieves Target Key Fobs In Demarest High-End Car Thieves Target Key Fobs In Demarest High-End Car Thieves Target Key Fobs In Demarest
High-End Car Thieves Target Key Fobs In Demarest DEMAREST, N.J. -- A high-end auto theft ring is using key fob detectors, making it important that owners don't leave them in their vehicles, Demarest police said. No fewer than five vehicles were swiped in a week during the evening and early-morning hours, Police Chief James Powderly III said. He reminded people to lock their cars and to report suspicious people or circumstances immediately. Meanwhile, borough detectives were working with local, county and state authorities to investigate the thefts, Powderly said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield Detectives Nab Burglary Suspect At Motel Garfield Detectives Nab Burglary Suspect At Motel Garfield Detectives Nab Burglary Suspect At Motel
Garfield Detectives Nab Burglary Suspect At Motel GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield police got help from their South Hackensack colleagues in collaring a Paterson man wanted in connection with a pair of local burglaries. Detectives Michael Latona and Thomas LaMantia tracked Aneury Fernandez-Pena, 26, to the Congress Inn motel on Route 46 and took him into custody yesterday morning, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. He was ordered held on $60,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with burglary and theft in a pair of break-ins -- one on Prospect Street on Sept. 9 and the other on Outwater Lane on Sept. 16.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Detectives Score Sizable Saddle Brook Haul: Heroin, Cocaine, More Bergen Detectives Score Sizable Saddle Brook Haul: Heroin, Cocaine, More Bergen Detectives Score Sizable Saddle Brook Haul: Heroin, Cocaine, More
Bergen Detectives Score Sizable Saddle Brook Haul: Heroin, Cocaine, More SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A suspected drug dealer had several bricks of heroin, along with crystal meth, cocaine, Molly, prescription pills and Ketamine in his car when Bergen County Narcotic Task Force members stopped him in Saddle Brook, authorities said this afternoon. A judge ordered Paul Pirruccio, 42, of Boonton, held on $125,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said detectives obtained a search warrant for Pirruccio's car and found: 10½ ounces of crystal methamphetamine;four bricks of heroin;five ounces of cocaine; a little over two ounces of M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: Lyndhurst Child Autism Counselor Billed 'Phantom' Sessions Authorities: Lyndhurst Child Autism Counselor Billed 'Phantom' Sessions Authorities: Lyndhurst Child Autism Counselor Billed 'Phantom' Sessions
Authorities: Lyndhurst Child Autism Counselor Billed 'Phantom' Sessions LYNDHURST, N.J. -- An in-home counselor from Lyndhurst who worked with children with autism collected more than $9,000 in Medicaid payments for "phantom" sessions, state authorities charged. Stephanie Fleming, 38, was named in a 43-count grand jury indictment returned in Hackensack that charges her with repeated theft, forgery and health claims fraud between March 1, 2012 and July of this year. Fleming "fraudulently submitted Medicaid documentation seeking reimbursement for full counseling and therapy 'encounter' sessions with children that she either did not conduct at all, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Man Struck By Sedan In Edgewater, Police Investigate Man Struck By Sedan In Edgewater, Police Investigate Man Struck By Sedan In Edgewater, Police Investigate
Man Struck By Sedan In Edgewater, Police Investigate EDGEWATER, N.J. -- A 29-year-old Cliffside Park man was hospitalized after being struck by a car on Old River Road in Edgewater yesterday. Detectives from Edgewater and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigation Unit were looking into the events that led to the 1998 Acura Integra, driven by a 33-year-old Newburg, N.Y. man, hitting the victim around 12:15 p.m., Police Chief William Skidmore told Daily Voice this morning. Unconfirmed reports were that the men know one another. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. 

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Sketch Prompts Arrest In Palisades Park Street Sex Attacks Sketch Prompts Arrest In Palisades Park Street Sex Attacks Sketch Prompts Arrest In Palisades Park Street Sex Attacks
Sketch Prompts Arrest In Palisades Park Street Sex Attacks PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- Palisades Park police last night arrested the man who authorities said committed a pair of recent sexual assaults of women near local bus stops. Manual J. Tamay, a 33-year-old Ecuadoran national who lives on West Ruby Avenue, was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and attempted sexual assault. Manay, who is single and unemployed, was the subject of a massive manhunt that included the release of a sketch two weeks ago. Police Chief Benjamin Ramos had intensified patrols in the area when Officer Rory Tenant spotted a wom…

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Pelham, NY
Breaking News
Westchester Fashion Designer, 34, Faces Drug Charges In Wrong-Way Stop Westchester Fashion Designer, 34, Faces Drug Charges In Wrong-Way Stop Westchester Fashion Designer, 34, Faces Drug Charges In Wrong-Way Stop
Westchester Fashion Designer, 34, Faces Drug Charges In Wrong-Way Stop WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A fashion designer from White Plains drove the wrong way up a major Manhattan avenue toward the Holland Tunnel and then onto the sidewalk before she and her passenger were arrested on drug-related charges, Port Authority police told Daily Voice. Tonnie Schaus, 34, was arraigned Wednesday in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of reckless driving and resisting arrest. PAPD Officer Eva Mageros was joined by Lt. Joseph Macaluso near the Manhattan entrance in trying to stop a 2007 BMW headed north on southbound Varrick Street, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily V…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Shots Fired At Saddle Brook Car Investigated As Attempted Murder Shots Fired At Saddle Brook Car Investigated As Attempted Murder Shots Fired At Saddle Brook Car Investigated As Attempted Murder
Shots Fired At Saddle Brook Car Investigated As Attempted Murder SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Saddle Brook police were investigating shots fired at a parked vehicle overnight. The occupants had just gotten out of the car on South Boulevard when they heard the shots and called 911 at 12:30 a.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice. Officers founds bullet holes in the vehicle, which was impounded and turned over to the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification for examination and processing, the chief said. "As the occupants were in direct vicinity of the parked car at the time it was shot at, we are investigating the matter as what …

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