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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Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck police find guns, drugs, counterfeit cash in raid Teaneck police find guns, drugs, counterfeit cash in raid Teaneck police find guns, drugs, counterfeit cash in raid
Teaneck police find guns, drugs, counterfeit cash in raid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police said they seized a handgun, a muzzle-loading gun, ammo, a speed loader, drugs and counterfeit money during a raid of a 20-year-old accused drug dealer’s house. Detectives who “received complaints of suspected drug sales” investigated and obtained a warrant for the Friday search. They arrested Clarence Javon Childress after finding a .380 caliber handgun, a muzzle loading .45 caliber handgun, ammunition, a speed loader for a handgun, pot, crack cocaine, Oxycodone, digital scales, countefeit currency and $833 in cash believed to be the proceeds from dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Neighbors, residents help East Rutherford police crack burglary spree Neighbors, residents help East Rutherford police crack burglary spree Neighbors, residents help East Rutherford police crack burglary spree
Neighbors, residents help East Rutherford police crack burglary spree East Rutherford police said neighbors and residents helped them crack a mini-burglary spree and arrest three men, two of them from Carlstadt, after one was caught in the act. Jewelry and electronics were taken in the break-ins, which began March 28 and ended April 3, Police Chief Larry Minda said. Last Friday, detectives arrested 18-year-old Daniel Vera (above, left) and a 16-year-old boy during a burglary on Atkins Terrace, Minda said. That, in turn, led them to Adrian Rodriguez (right, below), 40, also of Carlstadt, and 24-year-old Victor Caraballo (right, above) of Jersey City – who …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Prescription drug take back day this weekend: Find your town here Prescription drug take back day this weekend: Find your town here Prescription drug take back day this weekend: Find your town here
Prescription drug take back day this weekend: Find your town here PUBLIC SAFETY: Police departments throughout Bergen County aim to top Wyckoff’s record haul from last April in this weekend’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The nationwide event gives citizens the opportunity to address pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs – with no questions asked. (BELOW: A list Bergen police departments collecting the pills.) “The medication can either be disposed of in its original container or can be removed from its container and placed in the disposal box,” Fair Lawn Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Brothers to be tried as adults in alleged rape of Bergenfield girl Brothers to be tried as adults in alleged rape of Bergenfield girl Brothers to be tried as adults in alleged rape of Bergenfield girl
Brothers to be tried as adults in alleged rape of Bergenfield girl ONLY ON CVP: Two brothers accused of sexually assaulting a Bergenfield girl over three years beginning when they were juveniles and she was 8 years old will be tried as adults. Jason Negron, now of Dumont, and his brother, Jonathan Negron of the Bronx, were teenagers from March 1998 through October 2001, when prosecutors said the assaults occurred in an acquaintance’s house. Jason Negron, Jonathan Negron (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Defense attorney Adamo Ferreira countered that his client, Jason Negron, didn’t have the opportunity to commit su…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Family of critically injured officer thanks well-wishers for ‘love, concern,’ BCPD for ‘endless assistance’ Family of critically injured officer thanks well-wishers for ‘love, concern,’ BCPD for ‘endless assistance’ Family of critically injured officer thanks well-wishers for ‘love, concern,’ BCPD for ‘endless assistance’
Family of critically injured officer thanks well-wishers for ‘love, concern,’ Bcpd for ‘endless assistance’ UPDATE: The family of critically injured Bergen County Police Officer Daniel Breslin thanked everyone this afternoon for “all the love and concern” and asked that people focus more on him and his recovery than on details of the crash at the hands of a man who authorities said was drunk. Family members also extended a special thank you for “the endless assistance the BCPD has offered [the] family.” Breslin “continues to stay strong and fight hard,” Bergen County Police Capt. James Mullin said. “While he is still in critical condition he has responded positively to treatment.” Mullin also…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Ex-con from TV’s ‘Lockup’ gets six years for buying department store goods with stolen IDs Ex-con from TV’s ‘Lockup’ gets six years for buying department store goods with stolen IDs Ex-con from TV’s ‘Lockup’ gets six years for buying department store goods with stolen IDs
Ex-con from TV’s ‘Lockup’ gets six years for buying department store goods with stolen IDs ONLY ON CVP: A Paterson ex-con was sentenced to six years in prison today for heading an operation that resold more than $150,000 worth of goods that it bought at Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, Sears and other Bergen County stores with bogus credit cards. “You have quite a record,” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian told 33-year-old Shontera Jennings this morning. “Over 42 juvenile arrests.” TV viewers know Jennings from the MSNBC show “Lockup,” shot at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack. Her adult criminal history stretches back more than a decade and includes aggravated…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn police charge ShopRite cart collector with stealing lost pocketbook cash Fair Lawn police charge ShopRite cart collector with stealing lost pocketbook cash Fair Lawn police charge ShopRite cart collector with stealing lost pocketbook cash
Fair Lawn police charge ShopRite cart collector with stealing lost pocketbook cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police charged a ShopRite cart collector with taking $330 in cash, a bank card and checkbook from a lost pocketbook that they said he found. The victim came to police headquarters after midnight on Friday and said she realized she left the pocketbook in her shopping cart at the River Road supermarket. The woman also told police the cart collector — identified as 21-year-old Jonathan Encarnacion — denied having seen it when she asked him. Officer Luis Vasquez responded and found the pocketbook in a row of collected carts — missing the valuables, Sgt. Bri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn police say car burglar, 52, had jewelry, cellphones, GPS units Fair Lawn police say car burglar, 52, had jewelry, cellphones, GPS units Fair Lawn police say car burglar, 52, had jewelry, cellphones, GPS units
Fair Lawn police say car burglar, 52, had jewelry, cellphones, GPS units YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police said they caught a 52-year-old car burglar carrying a sack of booty — including cellphones, jewelry and GPS units — as he pedaled his bike toward Paterson overnight. Terrence Vaughn of Paterson was grabbed near the Morlot Avenue Bridge by Fair Lawn Officers Stephen Buskiewicz, Luis Vasquez, Donald MacIsaac and Joseph Mecionis — with help from the Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, at 3 a.m. yestrday after a resident reported seeing a strange man in a Bush Place driveway, police said. On him he had two GPS units, two cellphones, two pearl necklaces, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Six from Passaic County charged in bogus traffic crash that netted $78K Six from Passaic County charged in bogus traffic crash that netted $78K Six from Passaic County charged in bogus traffic crash that netted $78K
Six from Passaic County charged in bogus traffic crash that netted $78K YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Six people from Passaic County illegally collected nearly $79,000 in insurance benefits by staging a crash in which a van collided with a large sedan, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Trenton alleges. Olivares R. Liberato-Cohen, 45, of Passaic, drove the Dodge Caravan, containing three other people into a Dodge Avenger that contained a driver and passenger on April 25, 2009, the indictment says. In the Caravan were 26-year-old Jonathan Damian and 29-year-old Harold Gross, as well as Jenny Encarnacion, 33, of Paterson, it says. In the Avenger, it says, we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
BCPD Officer Daniel Breslin ‘more stable today,’ chief says BCPD Officer Daniel Breslin ‘more stable today,’ chief says BCPD Officer Daniel Breslin ‘more stable today,’ chief says
Bcpd Officer Daniel Breslin ‘more stable today,’ chief says UPDATE: Officer Daniel Breslin “continues to fight for his life but he is more stable today,” Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins said today. “The medical team at Hackensack University Medical Center is amazing and are giving PO Breslin the best possible care,” Higgins said. “What little information is relayed to us is encouraging.” “The support for PO Breslin and the sincere concern for his condition is very much appreciated,” the chief added. “We are united with so many of you in holding out hope that [he] Breslin survives this ordeal. “Thank you for your continued prayers and su…

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