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
Missing Hackensack Woman Found Missing Hackensack Woman Found Missing Hackensack Woman Found
Missing Hackensack Woman Found Less than an hour after seeking the public's help, Hackensack police got a call from someone who spotted an an 88-year-old city woman with dementia who wandered off this morning.Quincy Cooper, who was last seen around 8:30 a.m., was "disoriented, a bit tired but OK" when police found her near Hackensack High School after receiving a call around 6:40 p.m., Detective Sgt. James Smith told Daily Voice moments later.Cooper had gone missing before, "and once ended up in [Arkansas] somehow," Smith said earlier. "But we're worried because of her age."

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Reward Offered In Garfield School Graffiti Attack Reward Offered In Garfield School Graffiti Attack Reward Offered In Garfield School Graffiti Attack
Reward Offered In Garfield School Graffiti Attack Garfield officials have offered a $100 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of two vandals who they said tagged public school property with graffiti after shoplifting spray paint from the local Walmart. A surveillance shot issued by Garfield police this afternoon shows two suspects leaving the Walmart on Pasaic Street around 2:15 a.m. last Thursday. Authorities believe the pair spray-painted "MASTO," "IKC" and "LA" and "several other indistinguisable tags" in black and white on a construction trap attached to a f…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee Man, 21, Admits Supporting ISIS Fort Lee Man, 21, Admits Supporting ISIS Fort Lee Man, 21, Admits Supporting ISIS
Fort Lee Man, 21, Admits Supporting ISIS FORT LEE, N.J. -- A 21-year-old Fort Lee man who formerly sang in an alternative rock band from Englewood admitted in federal court in Newark today that he conspired to support foreign terrorism in Iraq. Samuel Rahamin Topaz, 21, pleaded guilty to conspiring with a group of co-defendants to provide services and personnel to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. He said he saved money so he could afford an overseas trip to join ISIL. “The crimes Samuel Topaz admitted today threatened the safety of Americans here and abroad,” U.S. Attor…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
INS Detains Trucker Caught With Trafficked Teens In Elmwood Park INS Detains Trucker Caught With Trafficked Teens In Elmwood Park INS Detains Trucker Caught With Trafficked Teens In Elmwood Park
INS Detains Trucker Caught With Trafficked Teens In Elmwood Park ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – Federal authorities have issued a detainer on a 53-year-old Mexican national from California arrested in Elmwood Park on charges of trafficking two teenage girls to work as escorts. Although a judge in Hackensack ordered Bogart Velasco of Fresno held on $500,000 bail, the INS request -- which is being honored by Bergen County authorities -- keeps him in the county lockup even if a bondsman is able to post the amount. Velasco was caught "recruiting and employing two juvenile females to work as prostitutes in an on-going illicit prostitution operation that conducted …

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood Community Advisor Dawn Cetrulo Emphasizes Education Ridgewood Community Advisor Dawn Cetrulo Emphasizes Education Ridgewood Community Advisor Dawn Cetrulo Emphasizes Education
Ridgewood Community Advisor Dawn Cetrulo Emphasizes Education RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Daily Voice Ridgewood Community Advisor Dawn Cetrulo is constantly seeking ways to warn the public of dangers that they might not immediately see. Lead poisoning, rabies control, dog bites and kids or pets left in hot cars all deserve attention, says Cetrulo, the village's Division of Health supervisor and registrar of vital statistics. For instance, no fewer than 50 dog bites are reported in the village each year. "Most people don't realize you can't just walk up to a dog on the street and reach your hand out to them," Cetrulo said. Cetrulo also urges people …

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia Sex Assault Defendant Insists Girl, 16, Seduced Him Leonia Sex Assault Defendant Insists Girl, 16, Seduced Him Leonia Sex Assault Defendant Insists Girl, 16, Seduced Him
Leonia Sex Assault Defendant Insists Girl, 16, Seduced Him LEONIA, N.J. -- A judge in Hackensack yesterday rejected the guilty plea of a Leonia construction worker to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl while giving her a ride in his truck last summer after he insisted she came on to him. Wilfredo Arias, 49, said he thought the teen "was attracted to me" based on how “she rubbed up against me during the day.” An exasperated Superior Court Judge James J. Guida refused his guilty pleas to one count each of sexual assault of a minor and child endangerment. “We pick a jury [Wednesday] morning,” he said. Defense attorney Frank Lucianna t…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson man whose wife disappeared could face deportation for false ID Emerson man whose wife disappeared could face deportation for false ID Emerson man whose wife disappeared could face deportation for false ID
Emerson man whose wife disappeared could face deportation for false ID UPDATE: The attorney for an Emerson man whose wife went missing eight years ago said his client will most likely be departed to his native Ireland if convicted of using false documents to renew his driver’s license. Paschal Delahunty, a 52-year-old painter, lived in the U.S. under the name of a deceased friend from his homeland after emigrating 15 years ago, authorities said. One of the charges pending against him, for displaying a driver’s license and Social Security card in the name of Joseph A. Murphy, is considered serious enough to carry a prison term. CLIFFVIEW PILOT exclusively r…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hudson man had inappropriate sexual contact with Hackensack girl, 14, authorities charge Hudson man had inappropriate sexual contact with Hackensack girl, 14, authorities charge Hudson man had inappropriate sexual contact with Hackensack girl, 14, authorities charge
Hudson man had inappropriate sexual contact with Hackensack girl, 14, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married carpenter from North Bergen had sexual communications several times with a 14-year-old Fairview girl, said authorities who arrested him yesterday. Kevin M. Quiroz, 26, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. Special Victims Unit investigators and Fairview detectives took Quiroz into custody after the girl and her family reported the alleged behavior to police, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. He was scheduled to be arraigned tom…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen father, son charged with conning investors to pay fraud settlement Bergen father, son charged with conning investors to pay fraud settlement Bergen father, son charged with conning investors to pay fraud settlement
Bergen father, son charged with conning investors to pay fraud settlement YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After agreeing to repay the state $5.5 million for conning more than 30 victims out of investments they used to buy two Maseratis and a Ferrari, among other goodies, a Bergen County father and son defrauded half of the first victims out of an additional $3 million to help foot the bill, authorities in Trenton charged. George Bussanich Sr., 56, of Park Ridge and his son, 35-year-old George Bussanich Jr. of Saddle River – who had previously agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle charges — had help from four conspirators, including the elder Bussanich’s wife, Wilma, 54, a…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Carpenter charged with inappropriate sex talk with Fairview girl Carpenter charged with inappropriate sex talk with Fairview girl Carpenter charged with inappropriate sex talk with Fairview girl
Carpenter charged with inappropriate sex talk with Fairview girl A married carpenter from North Bergen had sexual communications several times with a 14-year-old Fairview girl, said authorities who arrested him yesterday. Kevin M. Quiroz, 26, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. Special Victims Unit investigators and Fairview detectives took Quiroz into custody after the girl and her family reported the alleged behavior to police, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. He was scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow afternoon in Superio…

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