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
Moonachie police make Narcan save Moonachie police make Narcan save Moonachie police make Narcan save
Moonachie police make Narcan save SHOUT OUT: Moonachie police used Narcan to revive an overdosing drug user in the local Walmart. The 21-year-old victim came around after Sgt. Jeffrey Napolitano and Officer Andrew Finch administered the drug at the Teterboro Landing store just after 10:30 p.m. Sept. 9, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. The Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department took her to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Police Save Overdose Victim With Narcan Moonachie Police Save Overdose Victim With Narcan Moonachie Police Save Overdose Victim With Narcan
Moonachie Police Save Overdose Victim With Narcan Moonachie police used Narcan to revive an overdosing drug user in the local Walmart. The 21-year-old victim came around after Sgt. Jeffrey Napolitano and Officer Andrew Finch administered the drug at the Teterboro Landing store just after 10:30 p.m. Sept. 9, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said. The Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department took her to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford DWI driver gets 5 years in death of Carlstadt mother of four Rutherford DWI driver gets 5 years in death of Carlstadt mother of four Rutherford DWI driver gets 5 years in death of Carlstadt mother of four
Rutherford DWI driver gets 5 years in death of Carlstadt mother of four A Rutherford man was sentenced today to five years in prison for killing a 28-year-old Carlstadt mother of four on an East Rutherford sidewalk while driving drunk two years ago. “My family had to wait two years to hear him apologize,” Humberto Munoz said after Victor Kwak, 24, said he was sorry for killing Sandra Munoz-Molina the night of Aug. 22, 2013. It was too little, too late, Munoz told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian in Hackensack. “I don’t picture him getting down on his knees at the crime scene, apologizing to my sister,” Munoz said. “She wasn’t just a sister to me, s…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Police Say Man In Warm Clothes Had 160 Heroin Bags Fair Lawn Police Say Man In Warm Clothes Had 160 Heroin Bags Fair Lawn Police Say Man In Warm Clothes Had 160 Heroin Bags
Fair Lawn Police Say Man In Warm Clothes Had 160 Heroin Bags FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A Brooklyn man wearing heavy clothing in the day's heat was found carrying 160 bags of heroin marked "Diesel," Fair Lawn police said. Officer Anthony Lugo approached Nicholas Harper, 31, as he carried a backpack on Fair Lawn Avenue at Chandler Drive just before 2 p.m. this afternoon and talked to him "after observing [him] acting suspiciously and wearing heavy clothing not appropriate with the hot weather," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A search turned up needles and the heroin, he said. Harper was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus for an …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park boy, 14, says teens attack him because of sexual preference Ridgefield Park boy, 14, says teens attack him because of sexual preference Ridgefield Park boy, 14, says teens attack him because of sexual preference
Ridgefield Park boy, 14, says teens attack him because of sexual preference Ridgefield Park police were seeking the public’s help finding four teenagers who a 14-year-old boy said attacked him on the street because of his sexual preference. “Detectives are treating this incident as a bias offense due to comments made during the assault,” Capt. Daniel Hippe said this morning. The boy told police he was walking alone between 3-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday when the gang of four beat him and ran. He sustained minor injuries and no weapons were used of threatened, he said. Hippe said the boy put their ages at 14 or 15. Two were believed to be Hispanic, on e with a mediu…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Harrington Park Man, 50, Charged In Sex Assault Of Girl, 17 Harrington Park Man, 50, Charged In Sex Assault Of Girl, 17 Harrington Park Man, 50, Charged In Sex Assault Of Girl, 17
Harrington Park Man, 50, Charged In Sex Assault Of Girl, 17 HARRINGTON PARK -- A 50-year-old computer programmer from Harrington Park was being held on $150,000 bail, charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old acquaintance. Jesse R. Odom turned himself in yesterday to face charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. The girls' mother contacted Harrington Park police, who alerted Molinelli's Special Victims Unit investigators. An Oct. 14 arraignment in Superior Court in Hackensack was scheduled.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park Teen Claims Sexual Bias Assault Ridgefield Park Teen Claims Sexual Bias Assault Ridgefield Park Teen Claims Sexual Bias Assault
Ridgefield Park Teen Claims Sexual Bias Assault RIDGEFIELD PARK -- Ridgefield Park police were seeking the public's help finding four teenagers in an alleged attack on a 14-year-old youth based on sexual preference. "Detectives are treating this incident as a bias offense due to comments made during the assault," Capt. Daniel Hippe said this morning. The gang of four boys struck between 3-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, said the youth, who sustained minor injuries and said that no weapons were used or threatened. The assailants' ages were put at 14 or 15. Two were believed to be Hispanic, one with a medium complexion and the other darker,…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Officer Grabs Bronx Pair In Check Forgery New Milford Officer Grabs Bronx Pair In Check Forgery New Milford Officer Grabs Bronx Pair In Check Forgery
New Milford Officer Grabs Bronx Pair In Check Forgery NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A New Milford patrolman became the latest Bergen-based law enforcer to nab another crew of thieves from the Bronx trying to cash forged checks. Officer Derek Mattessich was checking on an illegally parked vehicle in front of the Bank of America on Ray Woods Lane just before 11:30 a.m. yesterday when he noticed a woman get out of the passenger side and enter the bank. He got closer and smelled burnt marijuana, then noticed the rear-seat passenger -- identified as 22-year-old Quentin Mulligan -- trying to hide something, Detective Kevin Van Saders. Backups arrived and he…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford police officer nabs Bronx pair in forged check scheme New Milford police officer nabs Bronx pair in forged check scheme New Milford police officer nabs Bronx pair in forged check scheme
New Milford police officer nabs Bronx pair in forged check scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Milford patrolman became the latest Bergen County law enforcer to nab another crew of thieves from the Bronx trying to cash forged checks. Officer Derek Mattessich was checking on an illegally parked vehicle in front of the Bank of America on Ray Woods Lane just before 11:30 a.m. yesterday when he noticed a woman get out of the passenger side and enter the bank. He got closer and smelled burnt marijuana, then noticed the rear-seat passenger — identified as 22-year-old Quentin Mulligan — trying to hide something, Detective Kevin Van Saders. Backups arrived a…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Four plead guilty in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Four plead guilty in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Four plead guilty in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery
Four plead guilty in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: All four defendants in the home invasion robbery of Edgewater developer Fred Daibes at his luxury high-rise apartment pleaded guilty yesterday, agreeing to prison terms ranging from 12 to 18 years. Fred Daibes (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia) A fifth suspect was referred to several times during the admissions of guilt by Alexander Suarez, 21, of the Bronx and Jorge Valencia, 48, Ramona Mercado-Vasquez, 27, and Adonis Sepulveda, 32, all of Edgewater, that person’s identity remained a mystery. Superior Court Judge Frances A. McGrogan accepted all four pleas in…

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