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
Judge tells deadlocked jury in Wallington assault trial to try again tomorrow Judge tells deadlocked jury in Wallington assault trial to try again tomorrow Judge tells deadlocked jury in Wallington assault trial to try again tomorrow
Judge tells deadlocked jury in Wallington assault trial to try again tomorrow EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack asked deadlocked jurors this afternoon to return tomorrow and “work together” to reach a verdict in the case of a self-styled Santeria priest accused of breaking into his former lover’s Wallington home and beat the man’s father nearly to death. Jurors informed Superior Court Judge James J. Guida at 4:30 this afternoon that they were of “totally deadlocked” on all charges against Julio Pina-Catena (above, left), including attempted murder. However, they said they’d reached a verdict on charges of destroying evidence against his roommate, Kenny Cabrera (abov…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood couple face 30 years in federal prison after mortgage fraud conviction Westwood couple face 30 years in federal prison after mortgage fraud conviction Westwood couple face 30 years in federal prison after mortgage fraud conviction
Westwood couple face 30 years in federal prison after mortgage fraud conviction YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A husband and wife from Westwood were both convicted today by federal jurors in Newark after two hours of deliberations for scamming lending companies out of $3.4 million in mortgages — $269,000 of which the government said they pocketed. Linda Yarleque, 44, and 46-year-old Fabio Moreno Vargas face up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine when they are sentenced on March 11, 2014 by U.S. District Judge William H. Walls, federal authorities said. According to a release from U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman: “Yarleque and Moreno obtained 10 fraudulent loans over…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Neighbor admits raping Cliffside Park girls after break-in as mother slept Neighbor admits raping Cliffside Park girls after break-in as mother slept Neighbor admits raping Cliffside Park girls after break-in as mother slept
Neighbor admits raping Cliffside Park girls after break-in as mother slept YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cliffside Park man today admitted raping two pre-teen sisters, biting one of them on the back, after breaking into their home. Serkan Seyrek — who will be sentenced to 28  years in prison under a plea deal with prosecutors — described in horrifying detail the early-morning Feb, 2012 attacks that put the East Bergen community atop the Palisades on edge for seven months before he was caught. Seyrek, 22, said he attacked the 9-year-old girl first, threatening to kill her if “she told anyone or made any sound.” He said he then ran to her 11-year-old sister’s bedroo…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Con man gets five years in prison for ripping off Sandy victims Con man gets five years in prison for ripping off Sandy victims Con man gets five years in prison for ripping off Sandy victims
Con man gets five years in prison for ripping off Sandy victims YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a con artist from Metuchen was sentenced to five years in state prison today for preying on victims of Superstorm Sandy.  He promised victims low-cost housing or cars and instead stole their money, defrauding them and others of approximately $55,000. David Scott Ruddy, 33, of Metuchen, was also ordered to pay restitution to all of his victims. Ruddy last month admitted stealing the money from 13 victims, including seven people who were in need of housing or a car due to Sandy, and five who needed housing or a c…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus DPW worker clipped by SUV Paramus DPW worker clipped by SUV Paramus DPW worker clipped by SUV
Paramus DPW worker clipped by SUV YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus DPW worker’s left foot was hit by a passing SUV as he got out of his garbage truck this morning, sending him to the hospital with an ankle injury, police said. Homer Wilins III, 40,  was struck by a 2008 Honda Odyssey’s passenger-side tire near the intersection of Concord Drive and Budd Road just before 8 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Wilins was being treated for an ankle injury at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the chief said. Although no sumumonses were immediately issued to the 52-year-old Paramus driver, the incident was being invest…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County victim: How a neighborhood burglar changed our world Bergen County victim: How a neighborhood burglar changed our world Bergen County victim: How a neighborhood burglar changed our world
Bergen County victim: How a neighborhood burglar changed our world A BURGLARY VICTIM WRITES: After three comfortable decades in our Bergen County home, any sense of safety was gone the instant my partner found the broken glass on our kitchen floor after taking our son to school. It vanished quicker than what police say likely amounted to fewer than 10 minutes for the heroin-addicted son of a neighbor to break in and swipe a cell phone, two jewelry boxes full of irreplaceable memories and a few Oxycodone pills tucked away in the nightstand that had been prescribed following recent oral surgery. Our two weeks of terror began when the culprit’s father sold …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Rescue: Thanksgiving fundraiser this Saturday Fair Lawn Rescue: Thanksgiving fundraiser this Saturday Fair Lawn Rescue: Thanksgiving fundraiser this Saturday
Fair Lawn Rescue: Thanksgiving fundraiser this Saturday Fair Lawn Rescue is holding a Thanksgiving fundraising event this Sunday at its headquarters — 16-01 Romaine Street — that will include a sports memorabilia raffle and food drive. MORE INFO: www.fairlawnrescue.com    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Recycling creates jobs, NJ environmental commissioner says Recycling creates jobs, NJ environmental commissioner says Recycling creates jobs, NJ environmental commissioner says
Recycling creates jobs, NJ environmental commissioner says AN NJ COMMISSIONER WRITES: After dipping for many years, the state’s recycling rate has been rising again — but New Jersey can do better, says Jane Kozinski, NJDEP Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Management. In doing so, Kozinski says, it can even create jobs: By Jane Kozinski, NJDEP Assistant Commissioner for Environmental Management More than 25 years ago, New Jersey paved the way by adopting the nation’s first statewide mandatory recycling law. Today, New Jersey residents recycle an average of 40 percent of their municipal solid waste, one of the best rates in the nation and s…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
DWI in Bergenfield for West New York driver asleep at wheel DWI in Bergenfield for West New York driver asleep at wheel DWI in Bergenfield for West New York driver asleep at wheel
DWI in Bergenfield for West New York driver asleep at wheel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield police said they found a West New York man drunk and asleep in his car, with two wheels on the sidewalk and the lights on, in the middle of the night. Officer David Tortora spotted the gray, four-door Chevy on Elm Street around 2:10 a.m. Saturday. After waking the driver – identified as 40-year-old Jose Suazo-Ciprian of West New York — the officer detected alcohol on his breath, Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said. Suazo-Ciprian failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody, Madalone said. He then gave two breath samples, she said. Police …

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police: Husband savagely beats wife, barefoot son runs half-mile to relatives Englewood police: Husband savagely beats wife, barefoot son runs half-mile to relatives Englewood police: Husband savagely beats wife, barefoot son runs half-mile to relatives
Englewood police: Husband savagely beats wife, barefoot son runs half-mile to relatives YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After laying in wait, an Englewood man punched his wife, tried to strangle her with a power cord, beat her with a laptop and threatened her with a knife, sending her 11-year-old son running barefoot to a relative’s house a half-mile away, police said. City police arrested 43-year-old James McGill as he tried to flee the 4th Ward housing complex after the beating late yesterday afternoon, Detective Captain Timothy Torell said tonight. Officers found the wife hiding in a nearby neighbor’s apartment with the couple’s 1-year-old girl and “some very significant facial i…

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