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
Breaking News
Alpine man charged in connection with 29 guns found in fortified Fort Lee apartment Alpine man charged in connection with 29 guns found in fortified Fort Lee apartment Alpine man charged in connection with 29 guns found in fortified Fort Lee apartment
Alpine man charged in connection with 29 guns found in fortified Fort Lee apartment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Alpine native whose family owns a Fort Lee pizzeria was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on a host of weapons charges in connection with 29 guns — including assault weapons — found along with thousands of rounds of ammunition behind a false wall in an apartment fortified with steel window bars, high-grade door locks and surveillance cameras. The 17-count indictment charges Onn Rapeika with illegally having: 29 firearms; two Kel-Tec model PLR 16s; a DELTA-9-THC (within 500 feet of a park) a BAL2414 model CDD-15. Fort Lee police said they discovered t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Former Becton Dickinson engineer from Mahwah admits stealing secrets for injector pen Former Becton Dickinson engineer from Mahwah admits stealing secrets for injector pen Former Becton Dickinson engineer from Mahwah admits stealing secrets for injector pen
Former Becton Dickinson engineer from Mahwah admits stealing secrets for injector pen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Mahwah man today admitted stealing trade secrets worth millions of dollars from Franklin Lakes-based medical technology giant Becton, Dickinson for a self-administered, disposable medication injector. Ketankumar “Ketan” Maniar, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton to a complaint charging him with two counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets for his own economic benefit. Sentencing was scheduled for Sept. 23. Using thumb drives and other devices, Maniar admitted, he gathered roughly 8,000 the confidential and protected information over…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Maryland driver with no license, insurance or registration released after Bergenfield DWI crash Maryland driver with no license, insurance or registration released after Bergenfield DWI crash Maryland driver with no license, insurance or registration released after Bergenfield DWI crash
Maryland driver with no license, insurance or registration released after Bergenfield DWI crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Maryland man who Bergenfield police said had no registration or insurance — or valid New Jersey driver’s license — was released on a summons after he crashed a car while drunk, authorities said. Miguel Ponce Luna, 34, of Arnold, MD was taken into custody after failing field sobriety tests following the crash near the corner of East Clinton Avenue and James Street just after 10 o’clock Saturday night, police said. Luna later gave two breath samples at police headquarters, Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said. Police gave him summonses for DWI in a school zone, re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Car, truck, motorcycle extravaganza set for this Sunday in Demarest Car, truck, motorcycle extravaganza set for this Sunday in Demarest Car, truck, motorcycle extravaganza set for this Sunday in Demarest
Car, truck, motorcycle extravaganza set for this Sunday in Demarest SHOUT OUT: One and possibly two military dogs and their handlers are expected this Sunday for the 4th annual Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project and the U.S. War Dogs Association. The event, hosted by PBA Local 233-350-399, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The 10 a.m. opening ceremonies will include the Nam Knights, the Bergen County Police Pipe and Drums and the national anthem sung by a local high school student. There will be raffle of a hot rod grill, along with foo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen inmate trial delayed in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman Bergen inmate trial delayed in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman Bergen inmate trial delayed in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman
Bergen inmate trial delayed in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman ONLY ON CVP: The trial of a Hasbrouck Heights man charged with masterminding a plot from jail last year to kidnap his former boss for $1 million has been delayed once again. That didn’t please Mohammed Ranko, a 68-year-old Syrian national who’s been held in the Bergen County Jail since his initial arrest in December 2011. “He told me ‘Please, I want to go home. I know I’m going to be deported. Let’s get this trial over’,” defense attorney Gail Hargrove had previously said. There’s just one catch: If Ranko is convicted, he’ll face up 30 years in state prison — 25½ of which he must serve.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Palisades Parkway police find 41 pounds of pot, arrest upstate NY man Palisades Parkway police find 41 pounds of pot, arrest upstate NY man Palisades Parkway police find 41 pounds of pot, arrest upstate NY man
Palisades Parkway police find 41 pounds of pot, arrest upstate NY man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An upstate New York man once tied to a major drug operation was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after Palisades Interstate Parkway police said they found him carrying 41 pounds of pot while parked illegally outside a gas station convenience store. Officers Gregory Kimbro, Jr and Robert Littlejohn were on patrol when they spotted the unoccupied black Jeep outside the Sunoco on the northbound side of the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs around 9:40 last night. They looked inside to see whether there was anyone in the Jeep who cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ringleader gets 6 years smuggling $4.5M of rhinoceros horns through Bergen, elsewhere Ringleader gets 6 years smuggling $4.5M of rhinoceros horns through Bergen, elsewhere Ringleader gets 6 years smuggling $4.5M of rhinoceros horns through Bergen, elsewhere
Ringleader gets 6 years smuggling $4.5M of rhinoceros horns through Bergen, elsewhere YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The ringleader of a global ring with Little Ferry and Ridgefield connections that trafficked in endangered black rhinoceros horns – believed to cure cancer and have aphrodisiac qualities – was sentenced to six years in federal prison today. Zhifei Li, 30, admitted in December to heading an illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which 30 rhinoceros horns and various objects made from rhino horn and elephant ivory worth more than $4.5 million were smuggled from the United States to China. The sentence is one of the longest ever imposed in the United States for a wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Guilty plea for Fairview man found with gun after losing business, family, home Guilty plea for Fairview man found with gun after losing business, family, home Guilty plea for Fairview man found with gun after losing business, family, home
Guilty plea for Fairview man found with gun after losing business, family, home ONLY ON CVP: A Fairview man whose lawyer said he hadn’t had as much as a traffic ticket before pleaded guilty today to carrying a loaded gun when police found him taking refuge in a church courtyard after losing his business, house and family. Vincenzo Riccobono, 55, could be out of jail before his sentencing next month in connection with the September 2013 arrest. Riccobono said he went to the open courtyard of Our Lady of Grace Church, as he often did, thanks to a priest there who let him stay. This time, a different priest who didn’t know him called police. Riccobono knew the two o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police find deaf, mute man, 54 Teaneck police find deaf, mute man, 54 Teaneck police find deaf, mute man, 54
Teaneck police find deaf, mute man, 54 UPDATE: Teaneck police last night found a 54-year-old deaf man with the mind of a child who went missing before dawn today. Muhammad Tariq of Glenwood Avenue was last seen at 4 a.m. walking north on Redmond Avenue towards East Cedar Lane, Acting Police Chief Robert A. Carney said. Tariq, who is 5-foot-6 and 200 pounds, “is both deaf and mute and is reported to have the mental capacity of a child,” Carney said.   PHOTO: Courtesy TEANECK PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man admits pointing loaded gun at neighbor, getting 3 years in prison Hackensack man admits pointing loaded gun at neighbor, getting 3 years in prison Hackensack man admits pointing loaded gun at neighbor, getting 3 years in prison
Hackensack man admits pointing loaded gun at neighbor, getting 3 years in prison The first of three siblings pleaded guilty today to a weapons charge for pointing a loaded gun at a Hackensack man who they said threatened their younger brother. Jahad K. Jones, 25, will spend a minimum of three years in state prison under terms of his plea agreement with prosecutors — the mandatory minimum for gun possession under the state Graves Act. In turn, dozens of charges were dropped. These included threatening to kill the man, several counts of conspiracy, possession of hollow-nose bullets, possession of a weapon without a permit, pointing a weapon at the victim with indiffer…

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