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
Mahwah Responders Climb Mountain To Save Heart Attack Victim Mahwah Responders Climb Mountain To Save Heart Attack Victim Mahwah Responders Climb Mountain To Save Heart Attack Victim
Mahwah Responders Climb Mountain To Save Heart Attack Victim MAHWAH, N.J. -- Emergency responders went more than a mile through the woods and up steep terrain in the Ramapo Reservation in Mahwah to rescue a 64-year-old hiker who suffered an apparent heart attack. Dispatchers received the call at 12:42 p.m. that the hiker was having trouble breathing, Police Chief James Batelli told Daily Voice. Plotting the cellphone signal, Police Officers Kevin Tielemans and Daniel Stewart hiked their way to the victim beyond "Hawk's Point" and began to administer first aid, the chief said. "Bergen County Park personnel transported paramedics and Ma…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Multi-Agency Foot Chase Nets Glen Rock Check Forgery Suspect Multi-Agency Foot Chase Nets Glen Rock Check Forgery Suspect Multi-Agency Foot Chase Nets Glen Rock Check Forgery Suspect
Multi-Agency Foot Chase Nets Glen Rock Check Forgery Suspect GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- A suspected member of an organized group trying to pass bogus checks led police on a chase before they caught him near the NJ Transit tracks in Glen Rock, authorities confirmed this afternoon. Law enforcement sources told Daily Voice they believe the same man visited Bank of America branches in Ho-Ho-Kus and Ramsey earlier today before police were summoned to the one on Rock Road in Glen Rock. The nearby Central Elementary School was placed on lockdown during the search and subsequent chase of the suspecxt, who as at one point was reported hinding under a Valley Road home…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Driver Charged Hackensack Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Driver Charged Hackensack Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Driver Charged
Hackensack Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Driver Charged HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A 64-year-old city woman was hospitalized with a head injury and a local man charged after his sedan hit her as she crossed a Hackensack street this morning. The victim was expected to recover from her injuries after being struck by the 2014 Nissan Altima just before 9 a.m. at the corner of Beech Street and Prospect Avenue, Lt. Scott Sybel told Daily Voice. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. Thomas Diviner, 32, of Hackensack was given a court date on charges of driving with a suspended license and no insurance, failing to yield to a pedestria…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi Police Bust Garfield Man On Drug-Selling Charges Lodi Police Bust Garfield Man On Drug-Selling Charges Lodi Police Bust Garfield Man On Drug-Selling Charges
Lodi Police Bust Garfield Man On Drug-Selling Charges LODI, N.J. -- Detectives and patrol officers from Lodi snatched a Garfield man off the street last night after they said they caught him selling drugs. Acting on a tip, members of the Narcotics Division and uniformed officers took Joseph Buttacavoli, 35, into custody around 5:30 p.m. on Charles Street, Lt. Robert Salerno told Daily Voice. Buttacavoli, who records show has a criminal history, was charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs near a school, among other offenses. He was being held on $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities Trying to ID Man Found In Hudson River In Fort Lee Authorities Trying to ID Man Found In Hudson River In Fort Lee Authorities Trying to ID Man Found In Hudson River In Fort Lee
Authorities Trying to ID Man Found In Hudson River In Fort Lee FORT LEE, N.J. —  Authorities were seeking the public's help identifying a man whose body was pulled from the Hudson River by New Jersey State Police just north of the George Washington Bridge's north tower nine days ago. A short time earlier, a witness saw him climb over the south side walkway and jump, the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. He appears between 45 and 50 years old, 5-foot-5 and 151 pounds, with blue/green eyes, a salt and pepper shaved head, scruffy beard and missing upper teeth. He was wearing black Speedo swim shorts, blue t-shirt and black Nike sneaker…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Officers had ‘no choice’ but to shoot ex-con who rammed police cars in Rutherford, grand jury agrees Officers had ‘no choice’ but to shoot ex-con who rammed police cars in Rutherford, grand jury agrees Officers had ‘no choice’ but to shoot ex-con who rammed police cars in Rutherford, grand jury agrees
Officers had ‘no choice’ but to shoot ex-con who rammed police cars in Rutherford, grand jury agrees THE FULL STORY: Two police officers had no choice but to shoot and kill an ex-con who came at them with a stolen SUV in Rutherford following a chase, state authorities said this afternoon in announcing that a grand jury voted not to file criminal charges against any of those involved. The two officers were in danger of being killed by an SUV driven by Kashad Ashford after he crashed it on the Ridge Road overpass above Route 3 and hit the gas trying to escape the night of Sept. 15, 2014, acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman said this afternoon. One of the officers “believed h…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Leonia Firefighter Charged With Leaving Son, 5, During Car Sex Ex-Leonia Firefighter Charged With Leaving Son, 5, During Car Sex Ex-Leonia Firefighter Charged With Leaving Son, 5, During Car Sex
Ex-Leonia Firefighter Charged With Leaving Son, 5, During Car Sex LEONIA, N.J. -- A disgraced Leonia firefighter from Ridgefield Park was accused today of leaving his 5-year-old son alone in a playground next to the borough police station for nearly an hour while he was getting oral sex in a car, Daily Voice has learned. Charles Pipitone, 47, posted $2,500 bail and was released from the Bergen County Jail just after 9 o'clock tonight following his arrest this afternoon, records show. Officer Erik Goodell and Detective Sgt. Christopher Garris came running after a concerned resident went into headquarters around 1:30 p.m., Police Chief Thomas Rowe told Dail…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Task Force Charges Pair in 17-Town Burglary Spree Bergen Task Force Charges Pair in 17-Town Burglary Spree Bergen Task Force Charges Pair in 17-Town Burglary Spree
Bergen Task Force Charges Pair in 17-Town Burglary Spree BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- Two Woodland Park men were in custody and a third suspect was being sought in connection with more than two dozen burglaries of gas stations and auto repair shops in 15 Bergen County towns, and in Hawthorne and Kearny. Detectives arrested Jose L. Cardona, 29, at an East 23rd Street apartment building in Paterson just after 7 a.m. today, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight in Hackensack. Cardona was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Woodrow Garcia Jr., 21, turned himself in to detectives at Molinelli's office four hours later an…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Woodland Park Duo Charged In 17-Town Burglary Spree Woodland Park Duo Charged In 17-Town Burglary Spree Woodland Park Duo Charged In 17-Town Burglary Spree
Woodland Park Duo Charged In 17-Town Burglary Spree WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- Two Woodland Park men were in custody and a third suspect was being sought in connection with more than two dozen burglaries of gas stations and auto repair shops in 15 Bergen County towns, and in Hawthorne and Kearny. Detectives arrested Jose L. Cardona, 29, at an East 23rd Street apartment building in Paterson just after 7 a.m. today, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight. Cardona was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Woodrow Garcia Jr., 21, turned himself in to detectives at Molinelli's office four hours later and was ordered …

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
More Sexual Contact Charges Filed Against Bergenfield Doctor More Sexual Contact Charges Filed Against Bergenfield Doctor More Sexual Contact Charges Filed Against Bergenfield Doctor
More Sexual Contact Charges Filed Against Bergenfield Doctor BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Dumont physician accused of touching the private parts of current and former employees — one of whom he bit on the cheek — victimized three more female patients at his Bergenfield office, authorities charged today. Raja K. Jagtiani, a 54-year-old internist, was released after posting $50,000 bail on the new charges at Bergenfield police headquarters, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Jagtiani, who is married, had been free on $20,000 bail after authorities charged him less than a month ago on criminal sexual contact charges. Members of the prosecutor's…

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