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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Rutherford, NJ
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Tricky tray fundraiser set for East Rutherford man on heart transplant list Tricky tray fundraiser set for East Rutherford man on heart transplant list Tricky tray fundraiser set for East Rutherford man on heart transplant list
Tricky tray fundraiser set for East Rutherford man on heart transplant list SHOUT OUT: A host of desirable prizes continues to grow for a tricky tray fundraiser next month for an East Rutherford man on the heart transplant list. A sports enthusiast who played baseball and football, Mark Roth went into cardiac arrest running to first base while playing youth baseball in 1998. The Becton Regional High School graduate was 18. Mark Roth Roth, 36, was diagnosed with IHHS, now more commonly known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. “An internal defibrillator and pace maker implanted along with multiple medication therapy had to be implanted to help Mark live a somewhat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Law enforcement officers living, passed on honored at Saddle Brook Blue Mass Law enforcement officers living, passed on honored at Saddle Brook Blue Mass Law enforcement officers living, passed on honored at Saddle Brook Blue Mass
Law enforcement officers living, passed on honored at Saddle Brook Blue Mass TRIBUTE: A special Blue Mass in Saddle Brook today honored all law enforcement officers for their selfless service to their communities, especially those from New Jersey who recently lost their lives helping others. The roster included New Jersey State Police Trooper Anthony Raspa, who was killed in a car crash last weekend; Bergen County Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Beutel, who collapsed and died during a March 18 charity basketball game for the Tomorrows Children’s Fund; and Saddle Brook dispatcher and Special Police Officer Gregory “Goose” Korczak, who died of a heart attack suffered while prepar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Law clerk who called NJ trooper’s death ‘not that sad’ resigns Law clerk who called NJ trooper’s death ‘not that sad’ resigns Law clerk who called NJ trooper’s death ‘not that sad’ resigns
Law clerk who called NJ trooper’s death ‘not that sad’ resigns NEWSBREAK: “Superior Court Judge Travis Francis has accepted the resignation of Leslie Anderson, effective immediately,” Winnie Comfort of the New Jersey State Judiciary announced just after 5 p.m. today. Travis yesterday suspended the law clerk for two weeks, with pay, pending an investigation for Facebook posts that accused a State Police trooper who was killed when his cruiser struck a deer of recklessness while expressing sympathy for the “family who lost a mommy or daddy or baby deer.” The posts on the News 12 New Jersey Facebook page by Leslie Anderson about the death of NJSP Troope…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen County students awarded Spirit of a Hero scholarships Bergen County students awarded Spirit of a Hero scholarships Bergen County students awarded Spirit of a Hero scholarships
Bergen County students awarded Spirit of a Hero scholarships SHOUT OUTS: Five Bergen County students were among 25 recipients presented with 2015 New Jersey Heroes “Spirit of a Hero” scholarships by New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie during a ceremony at the governor’s residence in Princeton. The $5,000 scholarships stem from the Heart of a Hero program for military veterans. “I am continually amazed by the character and commitment demonstrated by our young people in taking on serious issues impacting communities throughout New Jersey,” the governor’s wife said. “From human trafficking and environmental stewardship to STEM education and prog…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Montclair food pantry fundraiser set Montclair food pantry fundraiser set Montclair food pantry fundraiser set
Montclair food pantry fundraiser set SHOUT OUT: A “Human Needs Happy Hour” to raise funds for the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair in set for June 11 from 6-9 p.m. at Just Jake’s restaurant. Appetizers and drink specials will be available at the cash bar. $20 per person. There are also sponsorships: $100: Two (2) admissions for employees of the sponsoring company; Ten (10) raffle tickets to be used during the tricky tray; Logo and URL posted on BZeeBee.com and all tickets; Logo on banner displayed at the event and later presented to the pantry; Recognition on the MontclairBusinessPartnership Facebook page $150: Thr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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BCC propane tank fire snuffed BCC propane tank fire snuffed BCC propane tank fire snuffed
BCC propane tank fire snuffed PHOTO (Boyd A. Loving): A propane tank fire on a welding truck at a Bergen Community College construction site was quickly doused this afternoon. Responding were Paramus police and firefighters, Bergen County Bureau of Police Services officers and the county fire marshal.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Final defendant in Englewood gas station beating robbery brought to Bergen Final defendant in Englewood gas station beating robbery brought to Bergen Final defendant in Englewood gas station beating robbery brought to Bergen
Final defendant in Englewood gas station beating robbery brought to Bergen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Bronx man was being held on $150,000 in the Bergen County Jail after being extradited yesterday to face charges with five other defendants n the beating robbery of an Englewood gas station attendant earlier this year. Tyquan Strother is charged with robbery, aggravated assaults and making threats of harm. MUGSHOTS: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD PD Armed with arrest warrants, a team of Englewood and NYPD detectives swept through several locations in the Bronx on April 2 and, by day’s end, had Strother and five other men under arrest and booked at the 44th Prec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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NJPBA president insists law clerk be held accountable for ‘reprehensible’ comments about State Police trooper’s death NJPBA president insists law clerk be held accountable for ‘reprehensible’ comments about State Police trooper’s death NJPBA president insists law clerk be held accountable for ‘reprehensible’ comments about State Police trooper’s death
Njpba president insists law clerk be held accountable for ‘reprehensible’ comments about State Police trooper’s death YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: NJPA President Patrick Colligan today urged a state judge to hold accountable a law clerk who accused a State Police trooper killed when his cruiser struck a deer of recklessness while expressing sympathy for the “family who lost a mommy or daddy or baby deer.” NEWSBREAK: “Superior Court Judge Travis Francis has accepted the resignation of Leslie Anderson, effective immediately,” Winnie Comfort of the New Jersey State Judiciary announced just after 5 p.m. today. *        *        *        *        *        * Leslie Anderson “was not an ordinary citizen with the ab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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God sent him, man found in woman’s car in Wyckoff says God sent him, man found in woman’s car in Wyckoff says God sent him, man found in woman’s car in Wyckoff says
God sent him, man found in woman’s car in Wyckoff says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A bus driver and others came to the aid of 68-year-old woman who’d just gotten off a bus in Wyckoff last night by grabbing a 20-year-old Paterson man who police said she found in her car. “God told him to be here,” the woman told police Zakiy I. Muhammad said when she discovered him reclining in a seat in the parking lot of the Wyckoff YMCA — wearing the vehicle owner’s slippers — around 11 p.m. Muhammad “initially gave the officers a fictitious name and address and continued to state that he had been sent there by God,” Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said this morni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood school custodian inappropriately touched female student in empty classroom, police charge Ridgewood school custodian inappropriately touched female student in empty classroom, police charge Ridgewood school custodian inappropriately touched female student in empty classroom, police charge
Ridgewood school custodian inappropriately touched female student in empty classroom, police charge UPDATE: A Ridgewood school custodian is charged with inappropriately touching a middle school student while he was alone with her in a classroom late last week. Anthony Griffiths, 52, of Paterson was being held on $30,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with third-degree child endangerment through inappropriate contact. The girl, who authorities said is between 12 and 14 years old, called her parents from the Benjamin Franklin Middle School last Thursday, Ridgewood Capt. Forest Lyons told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. They told her to go straight to school officials, who called …

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