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
Charles Leaf to wife: ‘Tell the kids I love them’ after child sex assault conviction Charles Leaf to wife: ‘Tell the kids I love them’ after child sex assault conviction Charles Leaf to wife: ‘Tell the kids I love them’ after child sex assault conviction
Charles Leaf to wife: ‘Tell the kids I love them’ after child sex assault conviction YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “Tell the kids I love them, Monica,” Charles Leaf shouted to his wife as Bergen County Sheriff’s officers led him from a Hackensack courtroom moments after jurors this afternoon convicted the Emmy-winning former Fox 5 investigative reporter of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl and of possessing child pornography on his home computer in Wyckoff. Leaf, 44, briefly flinched (photo above), the corners of his mouth turning down tightly, as jurors returned the decisions following a little more than five hours of  deliberations over two days. Monica Leaf, who sat in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Tri-Community Crime-Stoppers offers reward in Bergenfield luring of girl, 13 Tri-Community Crime-Stoppers offers reward in Bergenfield luring of girl, 13 Tri-Community Crime-Stoppers offers reward in Bergenfield luring of girl, 13
Tri-Community Crime-Stoppers offers reward in Bergenfield luring of girl, 13 PUBLIC SAFETY: Tri-Community Crime-Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest of a man who a 13-year-old Bergenfield girl said followed her yesterday and asked if she wanted a ride. *      *      *      *      *      * Courtesy: BERGENFIELD PD HAVE YOU  SEEN THIS  MAN? Bergenfield police have released a sketch of a man who a 13-year-old borough girl said followed her on Wednesday, asking whether she wanted a ride. *      *      *      *      *      * She told police she was walking along South Summit and South Taylor streets when the white driver — with or…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Driver in botched Ridgefield Park undercover drug deal wants trial Driver in botched Ridgefield Park undercover drug deal wants trial Driver in botched Ridgefield Park undercover drug deal wants trial
Driver in botched Ridgefield Park undercover drug deal wants trial ONLY ON CVP: The driver in a scheme to rob an undercover narcotics officer is headed to trial next week after turning down a final plea offer from prosecutors. Yohan Balcacer of East Elmhurst, N.Y., was in a separate car, backing up two associates who met with the officer in the parking lot of a Ridgefield Park hotel in October 2011 for what was supposed to be a $100,000 heroin deal, authorities said. The accused leader of the ring — Jose Rodriguez of Union City — was talking with him when accomplice Ronald Green of Queens got out of the lead car and put a gun to the officer’s head, prose…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
NJ introduces new mandatory prescription blanks to fight fraud NJ introduces new mandatory prescription blanks to fight fraud NJ introduces new mandatory prescription blanks to fight fraud
NJ introduces new mandatory prescription blanks to fight fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Manufacturers of the prescription blanks used by New Jersey doctors will soon be required to add new print-based security features, state authorities announced this morning. In a bid to fight the black-market sale of prescription painkillers, the security enhancements will include color-changing ink, 0.5-point micro-printing, and a hollow “VOID” hidden word feature, among others (see illustration, below). It will include all prescription blanks used by state-licensed physicians, dentists, and other prescribers. “The abuse of prescription painkillers kills approxi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Good Samaritan thrown from car trying to stop Saddle Brook shoplifters Good Samaritan thrown from car trying to stop Saddle Brook shoplifters Good Samaritan thrown from car trying to stop Saddle Brook shoplifters
Good Samaritan thrown from car trying to stop Saddle Brook shoplifters YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A good Samaritan was thrown from the car of two shoplifters, the windshield wiper assembly still in his hand, after he tried to stop them from getting away from a Saddle Brook A&P supermarket last night, police said. The 49-year-old good Samaritan hurt his shoulder and hand but denied immediate medical treatment, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. At the same time, a 57-year-old store employee used his cellphone to snap a shot of the getaway car and send it to police, along with the license plate and direction of travel. They found the vehicle a ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
SUV tips on Route 17 overpass in Paramus SUV tips on Route 17 overpass in Paramus SUV tips on Route 17 overpass in Paramus
SUV tips on Route 17 overpass in Paramus YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a Toyota 4 Runner escaped injury, climbing out of the vehicle after it landed on its side just off Route 17 this morning. The crash occurred on the East Ridgewood Avenue overpass just after 7 a.m. Paramus police, firefighters and EMS responded, and the vehicle was removed by flatbed tow truck. Minor traffic delays occurred on East Ridgewood Avenue. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fire chief orders Hawthorne strip mall evacuated due to snow, ice Fire chief orders Hawthorne strip mall evacuated due to snow, ice Fire chief orders Hawthorne strip mall evacuated due to snow, ice
Fire chief orders Hawthorne strip mall evacuated due to snow, ice BEYOND BERGEN: Hawthorne’s fire chief ordered the tenants of seven stores in a borough strip mall out until further notice today because of ice and snow damage to the roof. Fire Chief Joseph Speranza required all to evacuate the mall at 1103 Goffle Road by 7 o’clock tonight. Many had already begun closing when the order was given at 5 p.m. Damage to vent pipes and electrical conduits were apparent this afternoon as firefighters from Hawthorne Company #2 used shovels and rakes from the bucket of their tower ladder truck in an attempt to remove snow from critical areas in the rear of the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
NYC man pulled over in Paramus charged with sex trafficking girl, 16 NYC man pulled over in Paramus charged with sex trafficking girl, 16 NYC man pulled over in Paramus charged with sex trafficking girl, 16
NYC man pulled over in Paramus charged with sex trafficking girl, 16 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus police officer stopped a car driven by a 34-year-old Westchester man and discovered a 16-year-old girl whom he’d been using as a prostitute, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Miguel Hernandez of New Rochelle was arrested after the girl admitted “engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money with other men” and at first identified Hernandez as her driver, Molinelli said. An investigation determined that Hernandez “acted as more than her driver,” the prosecutor said. “[H]e facilitated the operation.” Hernandez took photos…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
No injuries in Lodi roof collapse No injuries in Lodi roof collapse No injuries in Lodi roof collapse
No injuries in Lodi roof collapse YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: All employees were accounted for in roof collapse at a trucking company off Route 46 in Lodi. L&M Trucking, the site of the cave-in just before 4 o’clock this afternoon, is off the highway behind the Elan catering hall. Among those responding were Lodi police, fire and EMS, as well as a Saddle Brook Fire Department ladder truck and a Hackensack Fire Department engine. Notifications were made to the building department and property owner. An initial request for Hackensack’s Urban Search and Rescue team was cancelled after all were accounted for, an emerge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Jail featured on MSNBC’s ‘Lockup’ Bergen County Jail featured on MSNBC’s ‘Lockup’ Bergen County Jail featured on MSNBC’s ‘Lockup’
Bergen County Jail featured on MSNBC’s ‘Lockup’ SHOUT OUT: Beginning March 1, MSNBC’s prison documentary series “Lockup” will feature six episodes about the Bergen County Jail, using interviews and footage of inmates and corrections officers and screen shots taken from CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Members of 44 Blue Productions spent nearly four months at the county jail in Hackensack last year researching “Lockup,” which explores prison facilities throughout the U.S. “Working with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, we recently filmed at the Bergen County Jail interviewing numerous inmates, including some of those whose stories have been covered …

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