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
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Hackensack High School authors raise funds for teacher with leukemia Hackensack High School authors raise funds for teacher with leukemia Hackensack High School authors raise funds for teacher with leukemia
Hackensack High School authors raise funds for teacher with leukemia SHOUT OUT: Local residents braved more snow on Saturday to support a young Hackensack High School teacher fighting leukemia. Four fellow Hackensack teachers who are also published authors read from their works and discussed writing and teaching at the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, raising nearly $800 for Ashley Paladino. The participants: Dina Nasr-Heerema, who teaches 1st grade at the Fanny Meyer Hillers School, is the author of “A Twist of Fate,” a children’s book that details her family’s journey from war-torn Lebanon to Bergen County. Ashley Paladino Caseen Gaines directs the…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park nursing home worker, 43, charged with having sex with girl, 15 Elmwood Park nursing home worker, 43, charged with having sex with girl, 15 Elmwood Park nursing home worker, 43, charged with having sex with girl, 15
Elmwood Park nursing home worker, 43, charged with having sex with girl, 15 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A nursing home employee from Elmwood Park was arrested by detectives of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims’ Unit and borough police yesterday on charges of having sex twice with a 15-year-old girl. Oneil Reid, who turned 43 two weeks ago, was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault, both involving a minor, and child endangerment. Elmwood Park police were contacted and alerted detectives who obtained an arrest warrant after interviewing the girl, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Mol…

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Paramus, NJ
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Port Authority police officer breaks wrist in bus terminal scuffle Port Authority police officer breaks wrist in bus terminal scuffle Port Authority police officer breaks wrist in bus terminal scuffle
Port Authority police officer breaks wrist in bus terminal scuffle YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Port Authority police officer sustained a broken wrist in a fight with a man who authorities said refused to leave a closed area of the authority’s midtown Manhattan bus terminal. The officer said he told 33-year-old Pablo Sanchez of Hempstead that he was “free to relocate to an open area of the bus terminal” after he found him loitering on the first floor around 1:30 this morning, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this afternoon. Sanchez then “became combative and struggled with the officer,” he said. He was taken into custody and turned over to other off…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Fair Lawn police, middle school hold ‘Soup-er Bowl’ food drive to feed hungry Fair Lawn police, middle school hold ‘Soup-er Bowl’ food drive to feed hungry Fair Lawn police, middle school hold ‘Soup-er Bowl’ food drive to feed hungry
Fair Lawn police, middle school hold ‘Soup-er Bowl’ food drive to feed hungry SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police and students and staff of Memorial Middle School are continuing to tackle hunger through a “Soup-er Bowl” food drive. Food and monetary donations are being accepted at the Fair Lawn Police Traffic & Community Policing Office in the Municipal Building, 8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue, Room 102 until Monday, Feb. 3, the day after Super Bowl XVLIII in East Rutherford. All donations will support the Fair Lawn Food Pantry.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Judge rules against Hackensack cemetery, awards former manager $1.2 million Judge rules against Hackensack cemetery, awards former manager $1.2 million Judge rules against Hackensack cemetery, awards former manager $1.2 million
Judge rules against Hackensack cemetery, awards former manager $1.2 million EXCLUSIVE: The future of one of the oldest cemeteries in Bergen County is uncertain following a Hackensack judge’s ruling that it must pay its former manager $1.2 million. Although Superior Court Judge Robert Contillo upheld the firing of Paul Desbiens from Maple Grove Cemetery in Hackensack, he didn’t support the reasoning. Now, Contillo says, the cemetery may end up in bankruptcy. The judge largely rejected arguments by the board and President Barbara Kirby that Desbiens stole large amounts of money from the cemetery, paid personal expenses for himself, his daughter and his pet dog, a…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Angry Bergen judge sends child sex offender to jail for being late to court Angry Bergen judge sends child sex offender to jail for being late to court Angry Bergen judge sends child sex offender to jail for being late to court
Angry Bergen judge sends child sex offender to jail for being late to court EXCLUSIVE: An angered judge in Hackensack today put a former North Arlington cemetery worker behind bars to await sentencing for child sex assault after he showed up 2½ hours late for court. “I’m going to revoke bail and revoke his ankle bracelet and remand him to the Passaic County Jail,” Superior Court Judge James J. Guida said of 44-year-old John Minervini. Superior Court Judge James J. Guida (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) After waiting nearly three hours, members of the victim’s family were told they have to return for the sentencing on March…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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SUV driver in Haworth rollover rescued through rear hatch SUV driver in Haworth rollover rescued through rear hatch SUV driver in Haworth rollover rescued through rear hatch
SUV driver in Haworth rollover rescued through rear hatch EXCLUSIVE: Haworth firefighters and EMS workers removed an unharmed 67-year-old driver from an overturned SUV this afternoon through the rear hatch. The Toyota Highlander rolled on Owatonna Street near Seneca Trace around 12:45 p.m., Officer James Morgan said in a report. The Haworth driver told Sgt. Michael Saudino Jr. that he wasn’t injured, but the sergeant requested the Haworth Ambulance Corps as a precaution, Morgan wrote. The street was closed as firefighters stabilized the vehicle and teamed up with EMS workers to get the driver out the back, the officer said. After being check…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Bogota computer security technician busted for child pornography Bogota computer security technician busted for child pornography Bogota computer security technician busted for child pornography
Bogota computer security technician busted for child pornography YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married Bogota man who installs security programs on computers was arrested today by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit and Bogota police on charges of trafficking in child pornography. Jorge McCausland, 54, was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, with an initial court appearance set for Tuesday on two counts of child endangerment by possessing and distributing kiddie porn. McCausland “was using the Internet to acquire and transmit images and/or video files depicting child pornography,” Bergen County Prosecutor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Super Bowl XLVIII warning: Leave pets at home or face prosecution Super Bowl XLVIII warning: Leave pets at home or face prosecution Super Bowl XLVIII warning: Leave pets at home or face prosecution
Super Bowl Xlviii warning: Leave pets at home or face prosecution YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In addition to backpacks and banners, Bergen County’s SPCA/Animal Cruelty Task Force is reminding ticket holders for next Sunday’s Super Bowl in East Rutherford to leave their pets at home — or be charged with a crime. “In the past, some people attending events at [MetLife] stadium have brought their pets with them and left them in their vehicles unattended,” said Richard Siniscalchi, a task force investigator. “This is an act of animal cruelty and punishable by law.” YOU can report animal cruelty or neglect to:BERGEN COUNTY SPCA ”It would be inhumane to leave an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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New Woodcliff Lake police officers sworn in New Woodcliff Lake police officers sworn in New Woodcliff Lake police officers sworn in
New Woodcliff Lake police officers sworn in SHOUT OUT: Two new Woodcliff Lake police officers, Matthew Schanel from Saddle Brook and Eric Ingoglia from Park Ridge, were sworn in last night. Proud loved ones and friends joined a large contingent of borough officers for the ceremony at the mayor and council meeting at Borough Hall. PHOTO, ABOVE: New Woodcliff Lake Police Officers Eric Ingoglia, Matthew Schanel, Police Chief Anthony Jannicelli (ALL PHOTOS: Courtesy LISA VOLPE YAKOMIN) New Woodcliff Lake Police Officer Eric Ingoglia is sworn New Woodcliff Lake Police Officer Matthew Schanel

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