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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Montvale woman, 19, struck and killed by train in Park Ridge in suicide Montvale woman, 19, struck and killed by train in Park Ridge in suicide Montvale woman, 19, struck and killed by train in Park Ridge in suicide
Montvale woman, 19, struck and killed by train in Park Ridge in suicide UPDATE: An NJ Transit spokesman this afternoon said he couldn’t confirm a CLIFFVIEW PILOT source’s report that a female engineer was making her first run when a Hoboken-bound Pascack Valley line passenger train from Spring Valley struck and killed a 19-year-old woman who laid on the tracks in Park Ridge before dawn this morning. The 2013 Pascack Hills High School graduate — a Dean’s List student at her college — was struck between Berthoud Street and the Montvale border behind the Dunkin’ Donuts around 5:25 a.m. NJ Transit took the 20 passengers aboard to Secaucus by bus, NJ Transit’s Wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Bus disturbance leads Carlstadt police to drug, warrant arrest Bus disturbance leads Carlstadt police to drug, warrant arrest Bus disturbance leads Carlstadt police to drug, warrant arrest
Bus disturbance leads Carlstadt police to drug, warrant arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry landscaper who caused a disturbance on an NJ Transit bus was wanted on a warrant out of Newark and was carrying generic Xanax without a prescription, Carlstadt police said. Officers Scott Tronziger and William Pangaro responded to the area of Washington Avenue and Moonachie Avenue on the report of an unruly passenger aboard the #161 bus just after 4 p.m. yesterday, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The driver, who’d pulled the bus over at the intersection, identified 27-year-old Rocky Minotti, Nielsen said. The officers discovered the warrant and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man grabbed teen, masturbated in Rutherford Public Library, indictment says Man grabbed teen, masturbated in Rutherford Public Library, indictment says Man grabbed teen, masturbated in Rutherford Public Library, indictment says
Man grabbed teen, masturbated in Rutherford Public Library, indictment says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Rutherford man masturbated and grabbed a 14-year-old girl’s buttocks in the borough public library, an indictment handed up in Hackensack today alleges. Jahlil W. Pegeise already was facing another indictment for an unrelated sex charge — also in Rutherford — that authorities said ended in a scuffle with police officers. Two girls told police last Aug. 23 that Pegeise touched one of them inappropriately, for which he was originally charged with lewdness and two counts of criminal sexual contact. The grand jury today indicted him on two counts of ill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood man brought to NJ from Georgia to face charges in case of stolen Aveeno wipes Englewood man brought to NJ from Georgia to face charges in case of stolen Aveeno wipes Englewood man brought to NJ from Georgia to face charges in case of stolen Aveeno wipes
Englewood man brought to NJ from Georgia to face charges in case of stolen Aveeno wipes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Englewood man waived extradition and was brought to New Jersey from Georgia to face charges in connection with the seizure of $140,000 worth of stolen makeup removal wipes. U.S. Marshals tracked Michael Ratliff, 35. to a hotel in Dekalb County, where they took him into custody two weeks ago. The 6-foot-tall, 420-pound Ratliff took off before Englewood police arrested five people — including a brother and sister — following a chain of events that began with the brutal mugging two months ago of a Chinese food deliveryman. The victim was lured to a closed West For…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly camp counselor, 16, charged with sexually abusing boys Tenafly camp counselor, 16, charged with sexually abusing boys Tenafly camp counselor, 16, charged with sexually abusing boys
Tenafly camp counselor, 16, charged with sexually abusing boys YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have signed juvenile complaints against a 16-year-old Jewish summer day camp counselor in Tenafly who they said sexually abused a trio of 6-year-old campers. Another employee at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades Neil Klatskin Day Camp alerted a supervisor, who called Tenafly police, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. They, in turn, alerted his Special Victims Unit. Detectives interviewed “every child under [the teen’s] care,” three of whom “made disclosures involving inappropriate sexual touching,’ the prosecutor said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack health care clinic administrator charged with stealing patient IDs to commit credit card fraud Hackensack health care clinic administrator charged with stealing patient IDs to commit credit card fraud Hackensack health care clinic administrator charged with stealing patient IDs to commit credit card fraud
Hackensack health care clinic administrator charged with stealing patient IDs to commit credit card fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A medical records administrator of a Hackensack health care clinic stole patients identities that she then used to commit credit card fraud, authorities said today in announcing her arrest. Latoyha S. Sapp, 37, of Wayne was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail pending an initial court appearance this afternoon. She was charged with trafficking in personal identifying information of another and computer-related theft following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s White Collar and Computer Crimes squads. Detectives arrested Sapp yester…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fort Lee ID thieves snatched $100,000 from victims’ bank accounts, police charge Fort Lee ID thieves snatched $100,000 from victims’ bank accounts, police charge Fort Lee ID thieves snatched $100,000 from victims’ bank accounts, police charge
Fort Lee ID thieves snatched $100,000 from victims’ bank accounts, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee detectives charged one township man with 40 counts of forgery and were looking for another after cracking a major identity theft enterprise that they said stole more than $100,000 from unsuspecting victims. It began with the July 10 discovery of a car, rented with bogus credit cards, in a parking garage at 2050 Central Road, where two of the defendants live, Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul said this afternoon. Fraud Detectives T. J. Cullen and Cory Horton discovered more than 40 bogus withdrawals made from Wells Fargo Bank branches totaling $100,000, Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Metallic party balloons can knock out power, topple lines, ignite fires Metallic party balloons can knock out power, topple lines, ignite fires Metallic party balloons can knock out power, topple lines, ignite fires
Metallic party balloons can knock out power, topple lines, ignite fires PUBLIC SAFETY (VIDEO): For those wondering how a helium party balloon could bring down power lines and cause a small house fire in Lodi this morning: It happens a lot. It happens so much, in fact, that some states have enacted laws regulating the sale of foil or metalized Mylar balloons — which conduct electricity. California alone reports hundreds of power outages each year due to metallic balloons, costing hundreds of millions in damage. Mylar balloon ignite power surges when they touch power lines (or float into substations). This can cause a short-circuit that leads to an outage, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police say driver pretending to be brother had drugs, warrant, no license Wyckoff police say driver pretending to be brother had drugs, warrant, no license Wyckoff police say driver pretending to be brother had drugs, warrant, no license
Wyckoff police say driver pretending to be brother had drugs, warrant, no license YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hawthorne man stopped by Wyckoff police for driving with his high beams on was arrested after he pretended to be his brother, authorities said. Patrolman Kyle Ferreira stopped 34-year-old Joseph S. Lineberg on Route 208 just before midnight over the weekend. Saying that he didn’t have his license with him, Lineberg identified himself as his brother, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said this morning. A computer search “showed some inconsistencies in the truthfulness of it,” Fox said. After Ferreira learned his real identity, he discovered that Lineburg’s driver l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
South Jersey dealer sold sick puppies, inoculated them herself, refused to provide records, state charges South Jersey dealer sold sick puppies, inoculated them herself, refused to provide records, state charges South Jersey dealer sold sick puppies, inoculated them herself, refused to provide records, state charges
South Jersey dealer sold sick puppies, inoculated them herself, refused to provide records, state charges BEYOND BERGEN: A South Jersey puppy dealer sold sick pets without the required veterinary exams, history and health records or refunds, state authorities have charged. Jessica Durkin of “Prada Puppies” in Salem also refused to pay the cost of veterinary treatment after the puppies she sold turned out to be sick, state Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. She also vaccinated or inoculated pets herself, he said. “Families who bring a new puppy into their home will bond with that pet very quickly,” Hoffman said. “Those who purchased sick puppies from this defendant – including the…

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