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
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Ex-con subdued after pointing gun at state trooper in Route 80 struggle in Teaneck Ex-con subdued after pointing gun at state trooper in Route 80 struggle in Teaneck Ex-con subdued after pointing gun at state trooper in Route 80 struggle in Teaneck
Ex-con subdued after pointing gun at state trooper in Route 80 struggle in Teaneck YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Prospect Park ex-con stopped for drunk driving pointed a gun at a New Jersey State Police trooper and was tackled after a foot chase on Route 80 in Teaneck, authorities said this morning. Heric Malave, 26, took off on foot after his silver Nissan was stopped in the highway’s westbound lanes and he failed a roadside sobriety test at mile marker 67.9 around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, NJSP Sgt. Jeff Flynn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The trooper was struggling with Malave after catching him on the grass median of the inner express roadway when Malave pulled a .25-caliber handgun …

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Hackensack, NJ
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TONIGHT: Bergen NAACP holds prayer vigil for Charleston TONIGHT: Bergen NAACP holds prayer vigil for Charleston TONIGHT: Bergen NAACP holds prayer vigil for Charleston
Tonight: Bergen NAACP holds prayer vigil for Charleston The Bergen County NAACP is holding a prayer vigil on the county courthouse steps tonight for nine people slain by a gunman during Bible study at a landmark black church in Charleston, SC. Nine people were killed when a gunman opened fire in the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church last Wednesday. Authorities captured and charged 21-year-old Dylann Roof with the cold-blooded hate-crime slayings. The Prayer Vigil for Healing is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Bergen County Courthouse, 10 Main Street in Hackensack. INFO: (201) 724-8956

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Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park police promote 7 Rochelle Park police promote 7 Rochelle Park police promote 7
Rochelle Park police promote 7 SHOUT OUTS: Rochelle Park police last week promoted seven officers. They are: Lt. Glenn Brunet Lt. Daniel Urban Lt. Dean Pinto Detective Sgt. James DePreta Sgt. Kenneth Stapleton Sgt. Edward Kukalski Sgt. Douglas Arendacs PHOTO: Courtesy RPPD

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Paterson, NJ
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Residents lead Elmwood Park police to pre-dawn van burglar Residents lead Elmwood Park police to pre-dawn van burglar Residents lead Elmwood Park police to pre-dawn van burglar
Residents lead Elmwood Park police to pre-dawn van burglar YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Callers overnight alerted Elmwood Park police to a 53-year-old Paterson man who authorities said they caught moments after he’d stolen $2,000 worth of power tools from a van. The calls from residents brought responding officers to Kipp Avenue just before 4 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Officers Bernadette Yates and Williams Woods, along with Lt. Michael Kassai and Detective Thomas Kochis, spotted an SUV fitting the callers’ description and stopped it at Martha Avenue and Miles Street. Inside they found the power tools, Foligno said. They arrested the…

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Paterson, NJ
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Lodi detective, ABC investigator cite sports bar for violations Lodi detective, ABC investigator cite sports bar for violations Lodi detective, ABC investigator cite sports bar for violations
Lodi detective, ABC investigator cite sports bar for violations PUBLIC SAFETY: A Lodi police detective and ABC investigator found enough violations at a local sports bar to warrant a broader state investigation, authorities announced. Violations cited by Detective Ricardo Rodrigues and the investigator at the Sports Bar on Passaic Street included: • Marrying drinks — pouring alcohol from large bottles into smaller ones; • Contaminated bottles; • No fetal warning sign; • No employee list; • No documents on premises. Rodrigues and the agent also found minor violations at Quick Stop on South Main and Daccurso’s Wine & Liquors on Washington Street, …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood Inn’s Twin Door Tavern celebrating 60 years of taste, tradition, attractions Maywood Inn’s Twin Door Tavern celebrating 60 years of taste, tradition, attractions Maywood Inn’s Twin Door Tavern celebrating 60 years of taste, tradition, attractions
Maywood Inn’s Twin Door Tavern celebrating 60 years of taste, tradition, attractions CVP ADVERTISER: As he marks 100 years since his family began keeping saloons, David Rivara of Glen Rock is also celebrating the 60th anniversary of what’s now the Maywood Inn’s Twin Door Tavern. “We were born into a life of servitude and drudgery,” the Hoboken-born enterpreneur jokes when discussing the appeal to three generations of his family of giving people a welcome — and welcoming — retreat from everyday life. It began with the popular Hotel Victor in Hoboken in 1915 and continued in 1955 with the even-more widely-known Maywood Inn (and, later, Victor’s Maywood Inn), opened by his f…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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GoFundMe page set for family of NJ state trooper killed in Turnpike crash in Ridgefield GoFundMe page set for family of NJ state trooper killed in Turnpike crash in Ridgefield GoFundMe page set for family of NJ state trooper killed in Turnpike crash in Ridgefield
GoFundMe page set for family of NJ state trooper killed in Turnpike crash in Ridgefield TRIBUTE: A GoFundMe page has been esablished for New Jersey State Trooper Glenny Almonte, who was killed in an overnight car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield this past week. Almonte, a 28-year-old National Guard member who was engaged to be married, was “the most humble, caring, and funniest person that you would’ve ever met,” wrote Hudson County Sheriff’s Officer Carlos Santiago, who set up the page. CLICK HERE to HELP the family of NJSP Trooper Glenny Almonte “Glenny would do everything he could for anyone and especially for his beautiful parents,” Santiago (above, right…

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Hackensack, NJ
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NJ Supreme Court orders Bergen prosecutor to allow Carlstadt mayor into diversion program NJ Supreme Court orders Bergen prosecutor to allow Carlstadt mayor into diversion program NJ Supreme Court orders Bergen prosecutor to allow Carlstadt mayor into diversion program
NJ Supreme Court orders Bergen prosecutor to allow Carlstadt mayor into diversion program UPDATE: The New Jersey Supreme Court last week directed the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office to enter Carlstadt Mayor William Roseman into a pre-trial intervention program for keeping his ex-wife on the borough’s health plan for seven years after they were divorced. Forcing Roseman and his ex-wife, Lori Lewin, to either go to trial or try to negotiate plea deals instead of allowing them into the diversionary program was a “patent and gross abuse of discretion,” the state’s highest court said in a 6-0 decision. Under PTI, defendants without prior criminal records can have charges removed …

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Driver whacks relative’s car with machete in Holland Tunnel road-rage incident Driver whacks relative’s car with machete in Holland Tunnel road-rage incident Driver whacks relative’s car with machete in Holland Tunnel road-rage incident
Driver whacks relative’s car with machete in Holland Tunnel road-rage incident BEYOND BERGEN: A Brooklyn man smacked another driver’s car with a machete during a road-rage incident inside the Holland Tunnel, Port Authority police said. The 49-year-old victim told police that he was driving his 2013 Toyota towards the Jersey-bound entrance Wednesday night when he got into an argument at Varick and Broome Streets with a relative of his, 29-year-old Joel A. Estevez, who was driving a 2013 Honda wagon. Once in the tunnel, Estevez began hitting his car with the machete, damaging it, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said the victim told police. The man said he followed…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Special audience test screening fundraiser set for independent anti-drug cop thriller shot at New Milford High School Special audience test screening fundraiser set for independent anti-drug cop thriller shot at New Milford High School Special audience test screening fundraiser set for independent anti-drug cop thriller shot at New Milford High School
Special audience test screening fundraiser set for independent anti-drug cop thriller shot at New Milford High School SHOUT OUT: A Ramsey-based independent film company is partnering with the New Milford School District for a unique fundraiser to support renovations to the high school auditorium. Feenix Fillms will hold an audience test of its anti-drug police thriller “Clandestine,” much of which was filed at the high school, on Saturday (June 27) at 7:15 p.m. All proceeds from each $10 ticket will go to help finance ongoing upgrades to the auditorium. Feenix Films is “returning the support New Milford schools gave us during filming,” said the director, company President David LaRosa. One of the sce…

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