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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Female teenage trio busted smoking pot in Elmwood Park parking lot Female teenage trio busted smoking pot in Elmwood Park parking lot Female teenage trio busted smoking pot in Elmwood Park parking lot
Female teenage trio busted smoking pot in Elmwood Park parking lot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A trio of teenage women were smoking pot in a car parked in the lot of a local business when Elmwood Park police rolled up yesterday afternoon and arrested them, authorities said. Released on court summonses charging possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia were Cynthia Rodriguez, 19, of Woodland Park and Kemily Melendez and Jamilet Gerardino, both 18-year-old Lodi High School graduates of Elmwood Park. They were “smoking marijuana that they recently obtained,” Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. Also arrested on drug charges by the Elmwood Park pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Florida man, 61, had sex with Englewood girl beginning when she was 9, authorities charge Florida man, 61, had sex with Englewood girl beginning when she was 9, authorities charge Florida man, 61, had sex with Englewood girl beginning when she was 9, authorities charge
Florida man, 61, had sex with Englewood girl beginning when she was 9, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Englewood arrested a local man in Lakeland, Florida who they said moved there after having sex with an Englewood girl for two years, beginning when she was 9 years old. The victim’s father recently discovered Internet communications between girl, who is now 15, and 61-year-old Victor Scott, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. After being contacted by the father, members of Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Englewood police interviewed the girl at his office in Paramus, the pros…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Where to donate for Mahwah fire victims Where to donate for Mahwah fire victims Where to donate for Mahwah fire victims
Where to donate for Mahwah fire victims HOW YOU CAN HELP: The Ridge Gardens Condominium Association in Mahwah is accepting gift cards for the more than two dozen residents left homeless by an overnight fire. The onsite office is located on Melville Court by the complex pool (see map, below). There is a rent mail slot on the side door where people can drop the cards after hours. Preferred gift cards: clothing stores, pharmacies, grocery stores, restaurants. PHONE: 201-661-8875 * * * * * * State Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi is also collecting donations at her office: 287 Kinderkamack Road, Westwood 07675 * * * * * * O…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Taxi driver swerves in midtown traffic, gets out screaming in knifepoint robbery, Port Authority police say Taxi driver swerves in midtown traffic, gets out screaming in knifepoint robbery, Port Authority police say Taxi driver swerves in midtown traffic, gets out screaming in knifepoint robbery, Port Authority police say
Taxi driver swerves in midtown traffic, gets out screaming in knifepoint robbery, Port Authority police say BEYOND BERGEN: A taxi driver swerved across lanes of midtown Manhattan traffic, blowing his horn and nearly hitting a police car, before a Port Authority officer grabbed his knife-wielding passenger. PAPD Sgt. Raymond Garland spotted the swerving cab on northbound Eighth Avenue near 36th Street around 3 p.m. yesterday and activated his lights and siren, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. The driver pulled over, got out and shouted: “He put a knife to my throat, and said you’re going to pay me!” He then pointed to his passenger in the left rear seat, and Garland ordered…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Protecting seniors from fraud — online, on the phone, at the door Protecting seniors from fraud — online, on the phone, at the door Protecting seniors from fraud — online, on the phone, at the door
Protecting seniors from fraud — online, on the phone, at the door PUBLIC SAFETY: Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today continued the commemoration of National Consumer Protection Week by calling attention to common scams that prey on senior citizens – and by reminding New Jersey’s seniors that they can protect themselves with basic vigilance. “Senior citizens all too often are seen by con artists, scammers, and unscrupulous businesses as tempting targets,” Acting Attorney General Hoffman said. “They recruit their victims by phone, letter, email, or even door-to-door solicitation. Their stories will v…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
25 residents displaced, one injured jumping from window at Mahwah condo fire 25 residents displaced, one injured jumping from window at Mahwah condo fire 25 residents displaced, one injured jumping from window at Mahwah condo fire
25 residents displaced, one injured jumping from window at Mahwah condo fire PHOTOS: Courtesy MAHWAH FD UPDATE: Several families with young children lost their homes, and a resident injured his shoulder jumping from a second-floor kitchen window as an overnight fire — possibly ignited by a discarded cigarette — tore through a group of Mahwah condos. The resident was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. A visitor also was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern with smoke inhalation and a firefighter was treated for minor injuries after slipping on ice. At least eight condos were destroyed and 25 people left homeless by the blaze at Ridge Gardens on Fa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
TONIGHT in Cresskill: Presentation on ‘growing epidemic’ of teen substance abuse TONIGHT in Cresskill: Presentation on ‘growing epidemic’ of teen substance abuse TONIGHT in Cresskill: Presentation on ‘growing epidemic’ of teen substance abuse
Tonight in Cresskill: Presentation on ‘growing epidemic’ of teen substance abuse PUBLIC SAFETY: A presentation for parents sponsored by parents and school officials in three Bergen County towns tonight will address “A Growing Epidemic: Teen Substance Abuse.” Scheduled speakers for the event at the Merritt Memorial School Auditorium in Cresskill — from 7-8:30 p.m. — will include detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force and parents who’ve lost children to drugs. Also: • Aykut Ozden a child, adolescent and addiction psychiatrist who is director of the Comprehensive Assessment Center at Mount Sinai-St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York City…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic County trio admits rigging inspection emissions tests Passaic County trio admits rigging inspection emissions tests Passaic County trio admits rigging inspection emissions tests
Passaic County trio admits rigging inspection emissions tests BEYOND BERGEN: Three men who operated an automobile inspection business in Paterson admitted in court in Hackensack yesterday that they rigged machines to pass vehicles that had failed emissions inspections, at up to $150 a pop. The vehicles were then taken to central inspection facilities — including those in Lodi, Paramus and Wayne — where they passed, the trio said. In exchange for their guilty pleas tampering with public records and violating the Air Pollution Control Act , prosecutors agreed to 364-day sentences in the Bergen County Jail (not state prison) and a minimum of three year…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle River electrical fire damages home Saddle River electrical fire damages home Saddle River electrical fire damages home
Saddle River electrical fire damages home FROM LAST NIGHT: What began as an electrical fire severely damaged a Saddle River mansion last night, responders said. Upper Saddle River, Allendale and Waldwick assisted their Saddle River colleagues, along with Ho-Ho-Kus FAST, at the Twins Brooks Road fire, which was called in at 8:51 p.m. Crews quickly knocked down the fire and units were released before 10 p.m. PHOTO: Courtesy SADDLE RIVER FD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Colombian national admits that he’s Leonia business-suit burglar Colombian national admits that he’s Leonia business-suit burglar Colombian national admits that he’s Leonia business-suit burglar
Colombian national admits that he’s Leonia business-suit burglar YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An illegal Colombian immigrant admitted in court in Hackensack today that he was the business-suited burglar caught on video burglarizing a Leonia home. Carlos Beccera (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) In exchange for his guilty plea to two counts of third-degree burglary, Carlos Beccera, 43, of Queens is facing less than a year in jail (not prison). Superior Court Judge James J. Guida said he’ll be deported after that. Beccera told the judge through an interpreter that his girlfriend and co-defendant, 37-year-old Carolina …

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