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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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Tire pops off in crash outside Seasons in Washington Township Tire pops off in crash outside Seasons in Washington Township Tire pops off in crash outside Seasons in Washington Township
Tire pops off in crash outside Seasons in Washington Township YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Two people complained of minor injuries following a crash between a Pontiac and Honda outside Seasons Restaurant in Washington Township. The impact knocked a rear wheel off the Pontiac and sent the vehicle into an entrance driveway of the Pascack Road restaurant this morning. Members of the River Vale Volunteer Ambulance Corps attended to the injured. Township police investigated and directed traffic on busy Pascack Road while both vehicles were being removed by a flatbed tow truck. Outside Seasons, Washington Township

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Midland Park man admits molesting teen, takes 3-year plea deal Midland Park man admits molesting teen, takes 3-year plea deal Midland Park man admits molesting teen, takes 3-year plea deal
Midland Park man admits molesting teen, takes 3-year plea deal EXCLUSIVE: A Midland Park man is facing a three-year mandatory prison sentence — that a judge in Hackensack said could be extended — after admitting that he molested a 15-year-old acquaintance several times. Gene W. Britton Jr., who turns 32 next month, pleaded guilty yesterday to touching the girl’s breasts and vagina under her clothes at someone else’s home this past February. Gene W. Britton Jr. in court in Hackensack yesterday(STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) In exchange for his plea, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kristin DeMarco said autho…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt court administrator, deputy charged with ticket fixing, license fraud Carlstadt court administrator, deputy charged with ticket fixing, license fraud Carlstadt court administrator, deputy charged with ticket fixing, license fraud
Carlstadt court administrator, deputy charged with ticket fixing, license fraud Carlstadt’s 69-year-old court administrator and her deputy court administrator fixed traffic tickets so people could duck fees and avoid suspensions, while conspiring to keep the deputy from losing her license by tampering with motor vehicle records, authorities charged yesterday. Court Administrator Joyce Rotundo and her deputy, 41-year-old Lori D’Amore, conspired with one another to falsify records by “sending letters and rescinding orders to the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles requesting the restoration of driving privileges and waiver of restoration fees for D’Amore and two other …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield PD: This man beat driver, 75, in road rage incident Garfield PD: This man beat driver, 75, in road rage incident Garfield PD: This man beat driver, 75, in road rage incident
Garfield PD: This man beat driver, 75, in road rage incident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A license-plate number was all Garfield police needed to find their prime suspect in the brutal beating of a 75-year-old driver in a morning road-rage incident. Working with Passaic police, Detective Michael Latona identified and  arrested 38-year-old Robert DeJesus of Passaic, with assistance from fellow Garfield Detective Sean Delahanty and Officers Mario Pozo and Marc Amos, at 6:45 p.m. Less than nine hours earlier, authorities said, DeJesus pulled the victim from his car and beat him at the Ackerman Avenue bridge in Garfield. The driver and his 64-year-old pa…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police arrest 4 from Lodi in Craigslist drug robbery Teaneck police arrest 4 from Lodi in Craigslist drug robbery Teaneck police arrest 4 from Lodi in Craigslist drug robbery
Teaneck police arrest 4 from Lodi in Craigslist drug robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A quartet of robbers conned a potential prescription drug buyer on Craigslist into a meeting in Teaneck, where he was robbed by two women posing as police officers, township police said this afternoon. Four people were arrested and a fifth was being sought in connection with the Nov. 11 holdup, Police Chief Robert A. Wilson said. The would-be buyer told police he met 19-year-old Khadijah Billups on Fort Lee Road just before 7 p.m. that night after responding to an ad on Craigslist looking to buy prescription pills. Billups (above, left) was in his car, the buyer …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Parole officer from Ridgefield Park used union dues for own legal bills, other expenses, prosecutor says Parole officer from Ridgefield Park used union dues for own legal bills, other expenses, prosecutor says Parole officer from Ridgefield Park used union dues for own legal bills, other expenses, prosecutor says
Parole officer from Ridgefield Park used union dues for own legal bills, other expenses, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities today arrested a senior parole officer from Ridgefield Park on charges of using PBA funds to pay for his personal expenses, including $10,000 in legal bills. Juan A. Villalobos, 47, was a state delegate for the New Jersey Parole Officers Association PBA Local #326 when he used union money for himself, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. From 2008 to 2010, the prosecutor said, Villalobos “created or reinforced a false impression that led the PBA union to believe they had paid for PBA legal fees in an amount less than $10,000.0…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Englewood, NJ
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Robber in Super Bowl cap holds up Englewood Cliffs PNC Bank Robber in Super Bowl cap holds up Englewood Cliffs PNC Bank Robber in Super Bowl cap holds up Englewood Cliffs PNC Bank
Robber in Super Bowl cap holds up Englewood Cliffs PNC Bank UPDATE: A robber wearing a baseball cap with the upcoming Super Bowl logo on it made off with $5,000 from the PNC Bank branch on Sylvan Avenue in Englewood Cliffs today after passing a note. “This is a robbery, give me all you have, no dyes no money packs,” said the note handed to the teller, Police Capt. Daniel Morrissey said following the 1:35 p.m. holdup. The robber, who didn’t show a weapon, was described as Hispanic, about 5-foot-10 to 5-foot-11, wearing a dark jacket, blue jeans and the football cap — part of the merchandise for the Feb. 2 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium. He walked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police: Fleeing credit card scammers hit officer, ram cruiser at mall Paramus police: Fleeing credit card scammers hit officer, ram cruiser at mall Paramus police: Fleeing credit card scammers hit officer, ram cruiser at mall
Paramus police: Fleeing credit card scammers hit officer, ram cruiser at mall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police cornered and arrested two Bronx men at the Best Buy off Route 17 after one of them clipped an officer and rammed a cruiser in an attempt to flee, authorities said this afternoon. Police Officers Mike Ditolla and Daniel Derienzo of the department’s Anti-Crime Unit responded to a 5:40 p.m. call yesterday of the men trying to buy $4,000 worth of IPad Airs and video games with stolen credit cards from the Garden State Plaza store, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They spotted them getting into a 1999 Dodge Stratus with New York state license plates, he said…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Saddle Brook, Hasbrouck Heights police team up in pot dealing bust Saddle Brook, Hasbrouck Heights police team up in pot dealing bust Saddle Brook, Hasbrouck Heights police team up in pot dealing bust
Saddle Brook, Hasbrouck Heights police team up in pot dealing bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police from four departments hit a Saddle Brook apartment last night and arrested a 37-year-old township resident on pot-dealing charges. A joint investigation by Saddle Brook and Hasbrouck Heights detectives led township police to the North Sixth Street apartment of Juan R. Perez, Deputy Chief Robert White said. Sgt. Thomas Johnson, who obtained the search warrant, led a strike force of officers from the two departments, along with their colleagues from Elmwood Park and Garfield, during last night’s raid, White said. Police seized several ounces of marijuana and…

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