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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Northern Valley, NJ
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Judge: Personal emails of school officials are public record Judge: Personal emails of school officials are public record Judge: Personal emails of school officials are public record
Judge: Personal emails of school officials are public record YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Bergen County has become the second to rule that personal emails of public officials – the type that were sent by Gov. Chris Christie’s top deputy from her Gmail account – are covered by the Open Public Records Act, under a decision involving Northern Valley Regional School District’s proposal for mandatory random drug testing for students. As part of a decision ostensibly involving the awarding of legal fees, Bergen Assignment Judge Peter Doyne said the specific emails sent by district officials from their personal emails must be turned over to lawyers fo…

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Hackensack, NJ
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New Milford police crack hot prowl burglary, arrest Hackensack man New Milford police crack hot prowl burglary, arrest Hackensack man New Milford police crack hot prowl burglary, arrest Hackensack man
New Milford police crack hot prowl burglary, arrest Hackensack man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford police, with help from colleagues in local towns – and a debit card used at an area gas station and convenience store — tracked down and charged a Hackensack man with taking laptops, jewelry, passports and other items during a local burglary. The Henley Avenue husband and wife who were burglarized while they slept overnight last Wednesday told police that they’d called their bank to cancel a stolen debit card and were told that it had just been used at the BP Gas station on Hackensack Avenue in River Edge and at a 7Eleven on Main Street in Hackensack less…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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6 Bergen moving companies fined by state, authorities urge vigilance 6 Bergen moving companies fined by state, authorities urge vigilance 6 Bergen moving companies fined by state, authorities urge vigilance
6 Bergen moving companies fined by state, authorities urge vigilance PUBLIC SAFETY: State authorities have fined 26 unlicensed moving companies that they said violated state laws $2,500 each, following a sting operation. In addition, two of the companies — one of them from Wayne — face additional civil penalties of $25,000 from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which participated in the state-led sting. The fined companies from Bergen County: Plantwurx aka Van & a Man, of Fort Lee D&D Moving & Delivery, aka NNJ Moving Help, of Palisades Park M4U Inc., d/b/a Moving For You, of Ridgefield Morristown Moving S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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8 cars burglarized overnight in Rochelle Park — all unlocked 8 cars burglarized overnight in Rochelle Park — all unlocked 8 cars burglarized overnight in Rochelle Park — all unlocked
8 cars burglarized overnight in Rochelle Park — all unlocked YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rochelle Park police are investigating a string of car burglaries from over the weekend that share a common theme — not a single vehicle was locked. The eight burglaries apparently began around 11:45 p.m. Friday and continued through 5:30 a.m. the next morning, Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. All of the vehicles were in their driveways. “Some vehicles had nothing taken, others had GPS units, assorted change and cash stolen, along with tools and a nail gun,” Flannelly said. While his detectives investigate, Flannelly urged residents to lock their vehicles. …

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Rutherford, NJ
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Super Bowl human trafficking awareness training at Hasbrouck Heights Hilton Super Bowl human trafficking awareness training at Hasbrouck Heights Hilton Super Bowl human trafficking awareness training at Hasbrouck Heights Hilton
Super Bowl human trafficking awareness training at Hasbrouck Heights Hilton PUBLIC SAFETY: State officials are continuing their campaign of raising awareness of human trafficking at next month’s Super Bowl with a training session for staff at the Hilton in Hasbrouck Heights. Roughly two dozen staffer expected to particupate more than 3,000 people already been trained in how to recognize victims and indicators of human trafficking, New Jersey Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. The staff members will also learn “how the issue relates to the hospitality sector, the impact of human trafficking on hotels, hotel staff and guests, and what to do when they be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Driver hospitalized after car hits Glen Rock utility pole Driver hospitalized after car hits Glen Rock utility pole Driver hospitalized after car hits Glen Rock utility pole
Driver hospitalized after car hits Glen Rock utility pole YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a Subaru was taken to The Valley Hospital with a head injury after the vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Route 208 in Glen Rock last night. Traffic was temporarily halted on the highway exit ramp at Harristown Road following the 9:30 p.m. crash. Traffic on 208 itself wasn’t affected, however. PSE&G was at the scene to repair the utility police, which split near the top. The Subaru had to be towed from the scene. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Chemist charged with driving drunk against World Trade Center traffic Chemist charged with driving drunk against World Trade Center traffic Chemist charged with driving drunk against World Trade Center traffic
Chemist charged with driving drunk against World Trade Center traffic BEYOND BERGEN: A Chicago-area chemist who holds four patents for adhesives was more than three times the legal limit for intoxication when he drove his car the wrong way at the southern of Manhattan’s West Side Highway near the World Trade Center, Port Authority police said. Marked units were on patrol at 4:45 a.m. yesterday when officers spotted a black 2003 Audi with Illinois plates traveling south in the northbound lanes of West Street. They pulled over the driver at Liberty Street, got him out of the car and found he had “watery eyes and a strong smell of alcohol on his breath,” the a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bond Gang’s Banks, Boone finally facing hard time Bond Gang’s Banks, Boone finally facing hard time Bond Gang’s Banks, Boone finally facing hard time
Bond Gang’s Banks, Boone finally facing hard time EXCLUSIVE: What may be the final chapters in a long tale of repeat offending are being written for four men from Englewood and Teaneck with ties to the last vestiges of the notorious James Bond Gang of burglars. Yesterday, prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to reconvene in Hackensack on Jan. 24 to resolve the fate in Bergen County of former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks, who faces a host of charges from different incidents over the past few years. Earlier in the week, Banks and three others — Akeem “Light” Boone, Aasim “Sean” Boone and Jerry Montgomery — admitted their role…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority officer with eye for DWI helps keep roads safe Port Authority officer with eye for DWI helps keep roads safe Port Authority officer with eye for DWI helps keep roads safe
Port Authority officer with eye for DWI helps keep roads safe SHOUT OUT: One driver who had nothing more than a damaged taillight and another who’d just mowed down everything in his path while driving on two flat tires on the sidewalk were among the department-record 90 DWI arrests last year for Port Authority Police Officer Edwin Berdecia, who was honored yesterday for his work. “His skill set in this particular area has been honed over the years,” Port Authority Chief Security Officer Joseph Dunne said. “He’s out there looking and hunting for bad guys and he has done a great job.” Berdecia, a 12-year-old department veteran assigned to the GWB comm…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Prosecutor: Twice-convicted Allendale DWI driver who ran light registered .31 with kids in car Prosecutor: Twice-convicted Allendale DWI driver who ran light registered .31 with kids in car Prosecutor: Twice-convicted Allendale DWI driver who ran light registered .31 with kids in car
Prosecutor: Twice-convicted Allendale DWI driver who ran light registered .31 with kids in car EXCLUSIVE: Ninety days in residential treatment kept an Allendale woman convicted twice before for drunk driving out of prison today for having her two young children in the car when she ran a red light and then registered four times the legal limit on a breath test. Prosecutors said the children — one of them 5 years old and the other 18 months — were in the vehicle when an officer pulled over Nancy Buchanan last June in Ho-Ho-Kus. Buchanan, a native of Seoul, Korea who also is known as Nancy Kronemann (above, left), failed several sobriety tests, then “blew a .31,” Assistant Bergen Coun…

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