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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Mastermind caught in bank ATM skimming scheme in Englewood, elsewhere Feds: Mastermind caught in bank ATM skimming scheme in Englewood, elsewhere Feds: Mastermind caught in bank ATM skimming scheme in Englewood, elsewhere
Feds: Mastermind caught in bank ATM skimming scheme in Englewood, elsewhere YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A native of Romania who was arrested in Sweden was due in federal court in Newark this afternoon to face charges that he orchestrated  an ATM skimming scheme that cost banks $5 million in Englewood, Essex and Passaic counties, and New York, Connecticut and Florida. Marius Vintila, 31 – also known as “Dan Girneata” – fled the country in July, as federal agents were rounding up members of the crew, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. He was caught on Sept. 24. Vintila faces charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to possess 1…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Instant karma: What goes around, comes down Instant karma: What goes around, comes down Instant karma: What goes around, comes down
Instant karma: What goes around, comes down A TRAVELER WRITES: I was standing on the freezing train platform at Metropark in Iselin this morning, waiting for the Acela to take me to D.C., when a well-dressed lawyer type next to me began shouting into his iPhone. “Screw all of them!” “So what?” he added. “Everybody has to face some tough times. That’s life. It’s not my problem!” As his voice got louder, a young Indian woman reached over to try and tell him something. He reacted with great irritation, pulling the phone from his ear just long enough to snap: “I’m having a conversation here. Do you mind?!” She shrugged, backed off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
West New York mayor’s son gets probation for hacking opponents’ website West New York mayor’s son gets probation for hacking opponents’ website West New York mayor’s son gets probation for hacking opponents’ website
West New York mayor’s son gets probation for hacking opponents’ website A federal judge in Newark today sentenced Joseph Roque, the son of West New York Mayor Felix Roque, to probation and 100 hours of community service for hacking a website belonging to his father’s political foes. Roque, 24, who was convicted by federal jurors of the misdemeanor charge in October, was also fined $2,500. Felix Roque was tried alongside his son and cleared of hacking and conspiracy. His son was found not guilty of conspiracy, as well. “I know this is something that can’t be expunged from my record,” he told U.S. District Court Judge Kevin McNulty this morning. The judge, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey police: Ridgefield pedestrian killed on Route 17 struck by two vehicles Ramsey police: Ridgefield pedestrian killed on Route 17 struck by two vehicles Ramsey police: Ridgefield pedestrian killed on Route 17 struck by two vehicles
Ramsey police: Ridgefield pedestrian killed on Route 17 struck by two vehicles YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 59-year-old Ridgefield man was struck and killed on Route 17 in Ramsey last night outside the Maple Shade Motel, where he’d been a guest, police said this morning The victim was hit by two vehicles on the highway’s southbound side at 9:25 p.m., Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this morning. The first was a 2004 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by an Emerson resident who told police he “hit something that he thought may have been a deer,” the chief said. The second was a 2004 Toyota driven by an Oradell resident, he said. Both drivers immediately stopped and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Three indicted in Englewood holdup Three indicted in Englewood holdup Three indicted in Englewood holdup
Three indicted in Englewood holdup EXCLUSIVE: A grand jury in Hackensack has returned first-degree robbery charges against three Englewood men in connection with a holdup and carjacking of two Brooklyn residents last summer. All three were arrested following an investigation by Englewood detectives that included a review of surveillance video. A possible fourth suspect was believed at large. Darryl R. Tinsley, 27 (above, top left) was fast asleep Aug. 1 when a task force of officers from Englewood police, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigation Squad, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Mars…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale hockey teen ordered held without bail in Massachusetts college ‘knockout’ attacks River Vale hockey teen ordered held without bail in Massachusetts college ‘knockout’ attacks River Vale hockey teen ordered held without bail in Massachusetts college ‘knockout’ attacks
River Vale hockey teen ordered held without bail in Massachusetts college ‘knockout’ attacks YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A River Vale teen who received notoriety for a Make-a-Wish meeting he had with hockey great Wayne Gretzky when he was 12 will remain behind bars until a bail hearing can be held next week in connection with a pair of “knockout game” attacks that seriously injured two fellow students at the Massachusetts college where he is a sophomore. A judge in Salem County ordered 19-year-old Dillon DeStefano of River Vale held at the request of a prosecutor who said the “completely unprovoked, vicious attacks” require a hearing to determine whether DeStefano poses a danger to the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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NJ: Free training in identifying, preventing child sex abuse announced NJ: Free training in identifying, preventing child sex abuse announced NJ: Free training in identifying, preventing child sex abuse announced
NJ: Free training in identifying, preventing child sex abuse announced YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Free online sexual abuse identification and prevention training is being offered to all state residents as part of a “proactive approach to eradicating this abominable crime in the state of New Jersey,” Acting State Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced today. In addition, all state Department of Law and Public Safety employees will be required to complete the online course, he said. “Law enforcement will continue to crack down on this vicious crime,” Hoffman said. “Yet it is important to remember that it is everyone’s responsibility — be it teachers, friends,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NJ Police say tainted heroin led to 9 overdoses, deaths NJ Police say tainted heroin led to 9 overdoses, deaths NJ Police say tainted heroin led to 9 overdoses, deaths
NJ Police say tainted heroin led to 9 overdoses, deaths // (via NJ.com) At least nine people have died or been hospitalized in New Jersey in recent months after overdosing on fentanyl-laced heroin, and law enforcement officials say they fear the potent synthetic chemical, which has been linked to dozens of deaths in the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Harrington Park woman arrested in Philip Seymour Hoffman death probe Harrington Park woman arrested in Philip Seymour Hoffman death probe Harrington Park woman arrested in Philip Seymour Hoffman death probe
Harrington Park woman arrested in Philip Seymour Hoffman death probe YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 22-year-old woman involved in a drug investigation following the heroin overdose death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is a Harrington Park native whose father is an expert New Jersey land-use attorney. Juliana Luchkiw, a drama student who was graduated from North Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan in 2009, was arrested by the NYPD in her Mott Street apartment in lower Manhattan Tuesday night on a misdemeanor drug possession charge. Three men who were there were also arrested, police said. Luchkiw’s boyfriend, 22-year-old deejay Max Rosenblum and jazz musi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Englewood school bus rear-ended, more than 40 children check out fine Police: Englewood school bus rear-ended, more than 40 children check out fine Police: Englewood school bus rear-ended, more than 40 children check out fine
Police: Englewood school bus rear-ended, more than 40 children check out fine UPDATE: There were no serious injuries, but more than 40 children were taken to the hospital as a precaution following a school bus accident this morning in Englewood. The crash occurred around 8:15 a.m. on Englewood Avenue near Elmore Avenue, Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. The bus was stopping to pick up passengers when it was rear-ended when a car behind it hit an icy patch and skidded into it, he said. All of the youngsters were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center as a precaution, the chief said. “There were no specific injuries reported at that time.  There are no …

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