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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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Paramus man charged with putting gun to Elmwood Park woman’s head in drug robbery surrenders Paramus man charged with putting gun to Elmwood Park woman’s head in drug robbery surrenders Paramus man charged with putting gun to Elmwood Park woman’s head in drug robbery surrenders
Paramus man charged with putting gun to Elmwood Park woman’s head in drug robbery surrenders YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Paramus man who police said grabbed the wheel of a moving car, crashing it into a trio of parked vehicles while trying to rob a drug buyer at gunpoint, turned himself in last night. Marco Druskovich was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after surrendering to Hillsdale police last night, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno confirmed this morning. He is charged with first-degree armed robbery and two illegal weapons counts. The 17-year-old victim told police she’d gone to meet Druskovich around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to buy drugs…

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Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn police say suicidal former Marine threatened to kill self, not cops Fair Lawn police say suicidal former Marine threatened to kill self, not cops Fair Lawn police say suicidal former Marine threatened to kill self, not cops
Fair Lawn police say suicidal former Marine threatened to kill self, not cops YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities confirmed tonight that initial reports were unfounded that a former Marine bent on killing police with an AR-15 was on the loose in Fair Lawn and Elmwood Park. “He was talking more about how he was going to kill himself than about hurting other people,” Fair Lawn Police Lt. Derek Bastinck told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Elmwood Park and city police picked him up in Paterson tonight after authorities pinged his phone following a troubling 6 p.m. call to Fair Lawn police that prompted an area-wide alert. He was then taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center. No c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Motorist drives mile and a half with pedestrian halfway through windshield Motorist drives mile and a half with pedestrian halfway through windshield Motorist drives mile and a half with pedestrian halfway through windshield
Motorist drives mile and a half with pedestrian halfway through windshield BEYOND BERGEN: A drunk Ocean County motorist continued driving for a mile and a half with the body of a 61-year-old pedestrian he’d struck sticking halfway through his windshield, authorities said today. An Ocean Township police officer saw the victim on the hood as the car headed down a main drag off Route 9 about five minutes after hearing the alert just after 6:30 p.m. Monday, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato and township Police Chief Gerhard Frenz said. Marcos A. Ortega, 33, was being held on $150,000 bail on charges of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily inj…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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FBI, NJSP involved in probe of bomb threats that cleared schools in five Bergen towns FBI, NJSP involved in probe of bomb threats that cleared schools in five Bergen towns FBI, NJSP involved in probe of bomb threats that cleared schools in five Bergen towns
FBI, Njsp involved in probe of bomb threats that cleared schools in five Bergen towns UPDATE: School bomb scares on warm days may be a common occurrence, but when threatening calls were received today at high schools in four different towns, along with one to a Board of Education in a fifth, authorities had to take particular notice. That includes the FBI and the New Jersey State Police. Nothing was found at any of the seven schools that were evacuated and searched, Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins said. Made in succession in a span of less than a half-hour, this afternoon’s threats to Fort Lee, Hackensack, Garfield and Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood — alon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Mastermind in ‘Crazy Eddie’ securities fraud joins summit on how to avoid investment scams Mastermind in ‘Crazy Eddie’ securities fraud joins summit on how to avoid investment scams Mastermind in ‘Crazy Eddie’ securities fraud joins summit on how to avoid investment scams
Mastermind in ‘Crazy Eddie’ securities fraud joins summit on how to avoid investment scams PUBLIC SAFETY: Former “Crazy Eddie” CFO Sam Antar will participate in a summit Thursday at the Rutgers University Piscataway campus aimed at schooling investors on how to protect their hard-earned money against frauds like the one he once pulled. Some will remember Antar as masterminding one of the largest securities frauds of its time with “Crazy Eddie” founders Eddie (his cousin) and Sam (his uncle) in the 1980s. It cost several people their life savings, others their jobs and creditors millions of dollars. Once dubbed “the Darth Vader of Capitalism,” Sam Antar was the government’s key …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah, Ramsey police nab accused counterfeiters from Route 17 businesses Mahwah, Ramsey police nab accused counterfeiters from Route 17 businesses Mahwah, Ramsey police nab accused counterfeiters from Route 17 businesses
Mahwah, Ramsey police nab accused counterfeiters from Route 17 businesses YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Union County ex-cons thought that using a special marking pen would convince employees at The Home Depot on Route 17 in Mahwah that counterfeit bills they passed weren’t fake, but workers sniffed them out — and police arrested both. A township police officer and a detective from Ramsey grabbed the pair as they left the store yesterday afternoon after passing a $100 bill, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said this morning. Besides the pen, which is used to mark forgeries, officers found the two with other bogus bills bearing serial numbers consistent with funny…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Nothing unusual found in lock down drill at Ridgewood High School Nothing unusual found in lock down drill at Ridgewood High School Nothing unusual found in lock down drill at Ridgewood High School
Nothing unusual found in lock down drill at Ridgewood High School YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An unannounced lock down drill at Ridgewood High School this morning went off without a hitch, authorities said. Uniformed and plain-clothed village police officers were joined by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit. They entered the East Ridgewood Avenue side of the school around 9 a.m. and were gone in a little over a half-hour. Nothing was found, authorities said. Ridgewood High School Principal Thomas Gorman addressed the following to parents, guardians and students: November 12, 2014 Dear Parents/Guardians and Students, With the safety and well-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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National campaign brings bulletproof vests to Fort Lee police dogs National campaign brings bulletproof vests to Fort Lee police dogs National campaign brings bulletproof vests to Fort Lee police dogs
National campaign brings bulletproof vests to Fort Lee police dogs SHOUT OUT: Two Fort Lee police dogs are getting ballistic vests thanks to a nationwide fundraising campaign. The “Occasions” campaign for Groupon Grassroots produced $335,000 in conjunction with the non-profit Vested Interest in K9s Inc. to buy the vests for 350 law enforcement dogs nationwide, Fort Lee Police Capt. Robert Zevits said. The campaign requested a simple $10 tax-deductible donation “to purchase ballistic vests for our four-legged crime fighters, who put their lives on the line for the community and their partner,” Zevits said. Vested Interest is providing the body armor in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Garfield car burglar complains to judge, then takes plea deal Garfield car burglar complains to judge, then takes plea deal Garfield car burglar complains to judge, then takes plea deal
Garfield car burglar complains to judge, then takes plea deal REVOLVING DOOR: “I got to wait another month and a half?” a Passaic man asked a judge in Hackensack after pleading guilty to a Garfield car burglary in exchange for three years in prison — and a possible parole without serving a single day there when he’s sentenced in January. Jaquis T. Cooper, 29, had already threatened to blow up the plea deal — even though a prosecutor agreed to drop several other charges of burglary, theft and other offenses and let him plead guilty to a single count of breaking into a 2002 Ford Econoline van to steal it. “Sending me to prison, third time, it’s not he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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PHOTOS: Veterans Day 2014 in River Edge by Brett M. Dzadik PHOTOS: Veterans Day 2014 in River Edge by Brett M. Dzadik PHOTOS: Veterans Day 2014 in River Edge by Brett M. Dzadik
Photos: Veterans Day 2014 in River Edge by Brett M. Dzadik   CLICK HERE FOR MORE: Photos by Brett M. Dzadik SHOUT OUTS: Photographer Brett Dzadik produced a gallery of photos from today’s Veterans Day celebration in River Edge. CLICK ABOVE OR BELOW for the full show.     CLICK HERE to go to Brett’s Fire Photos  (http://www.brettsfirephotos.com)  

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