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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Cook Ordered Held On $500,000 Bail On Rape Charges Hackensack Cook Ordered Held On $500,000 Bail On Rape Charges Hackensack Cook Ordered Held On $500,000 Bail On Rape Charges
Hackensack Cook Ordered Held On $500,000 Bail On Rape Charges HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack cook sexually assaulted a woman after she found a cellphone video of him doing the same to a 14-year-old acquaintance, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Alcibar N. Sarmiento, 36, was being held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment and one each of aggravated sexual assault and simple assault. Sarmiento, who is married, was arrested Saturday by Hackensack police, who contacted Molinelli's Special Victims Unit. The charges followed, he said. An…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Police Rescue GWB Overdose Victim With Narcan Fort Lee Police Rescue GWB Overdose Victim With Narcan Fort Lee Police Rescue GWB Overdose Victim With Narcan
Fort Lee Police Rescue GWB Overdose Victim With Narcan FORT LEE, N.J. -- Fort Lee police revived an overdosing heroin addict on the lower level of the George Washington Bridge yesterday. Port Authority Tunnel and Bridge agents conducted CPR after borough police administered several doses of Narcan to the victim around 3:25 p.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. The Fort Lee Ambulance Corps took him to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, where he was reported in stable condition.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Detectives Bust Two In Street Pot Deal Lodi Detectives Bust Two In Street Pot Deal Lodi Detectives Bust Two In Street Pot Deal
Lodi Detectives Bust Two In Street Pot Deal LODI, N.J. -- Lodi police investigating quality-of-life complaints about drug sales arrested two men after watching a deal go down, authorities said. Detectives who "observed a hand-to-hand drug transaction" between the driver and passenger of a white Dodge van and an unidentified participant on Main Avenue near Borig Street on Sept. 21, Lt. Robert Salerno said. They stopped the van and arrested the driver Jurand Iwanicki and passenger Armand Jonusllari, he said. A Bergen County Sheriff's canine indicated the presence of drugs following a walk-around, Salerno said. Detectives se…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Amputation For Man, 18, Struck By Pickup On Route 17 In Mahwah Amputation For Man, 18, Struck By Pickup On Route 17 In Mahwah Amputation For Man, 18, Struck By Pickup On Route 17 In Mahwah
Amputation For Man, 18, Struck By Pickup On Route 17 In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. -- An 18-year-old Brick Township man had his leg amputated from the knee down after being struck by a pickup truck as he tried to cross Route 17 in Mahwah Sunday night, police told Daily Voice Monday morning. Jason Criscuolo remained at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson this morning after being flown there by AirMed One out of Hackensack University Medical Center from the scene, Police Chief James Batelli said. Witnesses called police after he was struck around 7:40 p.m. in the southbound lanes near McDonald's, Lt. Scott Cherven said. Mahwah police, fire and EMS…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Train car uncoupling causes HazMat scare in Norwood Train car uncoupling causes HazMat scare in Norwood Train car uncoupling causes HazMat scare in Norwood
Train car uncoupling causes HazMat scare in Norwood Houses in Norwood shook, and responders got a major scare when a car uncoupled on a train that was transporting 55,000 gallons of acetone — but no damage or harm occurred. “My house shook, and so did many others,” Norwood Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels told Daily Voice. “Thank goodness it turned out to be nothing,” County hazardous materials units rushed to the scene to join police and firefighters from Norwood, Old Tappan and other area towns at the end of River Vale Avenue around 7 p.m. after learning that one of the 16 CSX cars carried the paint-stripping solvent. A Norwood ambulance a…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Your Community
Good Samaritan Finds Little Ferry Family's Missing Kitty Good Samaritan Finds Little Ferry Family's Missing Kitty Good Samaritan Finds Little Ferry Family's Missing Kitty
Good Samaritan Finds Little Ferry Family's Missing Kitty LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- A good Samaritan who suspected reunited a Little Ferry woman with her missing cat over the weekend after seeing one of the fliers that were posted around town. Divinity "got locked in someone's garage all Friday night and spent the night out in the cold [Saturday] night," Linda Scherf Mann said, before the caller directed the famly to the Empire Club catering hall. He initially thought the wayward kitty belonged to someone else before spotting the flier. "See? There are good people in the world," Mann said.

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Your Community
Garfield Green Team Launching Sustainable Jersey Program Garfield Green Team Launching Sustainable Jersey Program Garfield Green Team Launching Sustainable Jersey Program
Garfield Green Team Launching Sustainable Jersey Program GARFIELD, N.J. -- "A Better Tomorrow, One Community At a Time" is the theme of a Sustainable Jersey program that kicks off in Garfield with a special Town Hall meeting aimed at recruiting volunteers this Wednesday, Sept. 30. Sustainable Jersey is a certification program for New Jersey municipalities that want to go green, save money and take long-term sustainability steps. Volunteers are those looking to support the local economy through environmental management and conservation -- while "embracing social equity and fairness in our community," organizers said. Providing…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Funeral Tuesday For Former Paramus Fire Chief Funeral Tuesday For Former Paramus Fire Chief Funeral Tuesday For Former Paramus Fire Chief
Funeral Tuesday For Former Paramus Fire Chief PARAMUS, N.J. -- A funeral Mass for longtime Paramus communications coordinator and former Fire Chief Sean Benson Sr. is set for tomorrow morning, Sept. 29, at Our Lady of the Visitation Church in Paramus, with interment in George Washington Memorial Park. "He was a great family man and friend and dedicated to the town of Paramus where he lived and worked," Mayor Richard LaBarbiera said. Benson, 50, joined the police department in 1982, was an active firefighter more than 30 years and volunteered as a communications officer for the borough's Office of Emergency Management. He le…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Fire Warning Horn Returns After 15 Years Lyndhurst Fire Warning Horn Returns After 15 Years Lyndhurst Fire Warning Horn Returns After 15 Years
Lyndhurst Fire Warning Horn Returns After 15 Years LYNDHURST, N.J. -- The Lyndhurst Fire Department has put its horn system back in service for those hours during the day when traffic around the firehouse is thickest. The system is sounding a series of three blasts between 8 a.m.-8 p.m. The township is most congested with vehicles and pedestrians during those hours, and firefighters are more likely to be out of their homes, officials. The system was taken out of service while reservations were being completed on Town Hall more than 15 years ago. " The system serves multiple purposes," officials said in a statement. "[It's] …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah Fire Company Hosting Blood Drive Mahwah Fire Company Hosting Blood Drive Mahwah Fire Company Hosting Blood Drive
Mahwah Fire Company Hosting Blood Drive MAHWAH, N.J. -- Mahwah Fire Company 1 is hosting its annual blood drive this coming Sunday, Oct. 4. You must weigh at least 110 pounds, eat before donating and bring ID. Complimentary non-fasting glucose and cholesterol tests will be offered for each donation. WHAT: Annual blood driveWHEN: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sun., Oct 4WHERE: Mahwah Fire Company #1, 100 Miller Road CLICK HERE to make an appointment/ or for more info.

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