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 demands Northern Valley Regional documents in battle over random drug testing Judge demands Northern Valley Regional documents in battle over random drug testing Judge demands Northern Valley Regional documents in battle over random drug testing
Judge demands Northern Valley Regional documents in battle over random drug testing SPECIAL REPORT: A judge in Hackensack has ordered the Northern Valley School District to send him 57 documents that it has denied showing a parent who is fighting its attempt to create a random student drug-testing program. Superior Court Judge Peter Doyne also rejected a request by the district that he toss out a complaint brought by parent Ann Hausmann, who accused the Northern Valley Regional Board of Education of violating the state’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Acting on behalf of a group of parents, Hausmann submitted a June 24 request under OPRA for all “notes, documents, commu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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NJ State Police investigate letters to legislators believed scrawled in blood NJ State Police investigate letters to legislators believed scrawled in blood NJ State Police investigate letters to legislators believed scrawled in blood
NJ State Police investigate letters to legislators believed scrawled in blood New Jersey State Police are investigating a series of “disturbing” letters, apparently written in blood by a state prison inmate, that were sent to legislative offices throughout the state, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The New Jersey State Police Central Security Unit has intercepted two of the letters and was in the process of obtaining seven others that were believed sent, according to a memo issued by NJSP Detective G. Tibbs. “An interview of the inmate, identified as Albert Faust by the Department of Corrections, has determined he has sent nine (9) of these letters out to different Di…

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Hackensack, NJ
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2013 PBA Toy Drive will bring joy to sick, needy 2013 PBA Toy Drive will bring joy to sick, needy 2013 PBA Toy Drive will bring joy to sick, needy
2013 PBA Toy Drive will bring joy to sick, needy SHOUT OUT: One of the largest toy drives in the Northeast is under way again, and more than 30 Bergen County police agencies hope their enormous “Santa Response Team” will build the biggest mountain of presents ever. Now into its 24th year, the PBA Toy Drive is an act of charity that many look forward to each year. After weeks of collecting presents large and small, officers from all of the participating departments will truck them to the Closter firehouse. Military members also come up from the Teaneck Armory to collect presents for families of soldiers overseas. “Santa Response Team…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee High School students honor veterans, first responders Fort Lee High School students honor veterans, first responders Fort Lee High School students honor veterans, first responders
Fort Lee High School students honor veterans, first responders SHOUT OUTS: Fort Lee High School students planted 6,000 American flags on the school’s front lawn today as part of a salute to veterans, police officers, firefighters and other first responders. The program for “Field of Heroes,” presented by the Student Government Association, included the playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” “America the Beautiful,” “The Navy Hymn,” “In Flanders Fields” and “The Noble and the Brave.” Speakers during the hour-long event included Commander James Viola, an alumnus who left school 69 years ago to join the Navy and is now a World War II veteran and VFW com…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood firefighters keep garbage fire from spreading Ridgewood firefighters keep garbage fire from spreading Ridgewood firefighters keep garbage fire from spreading
Ridgewood firefighters keep garbage fire from spreading YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood firefighters doused a garbage bin blaze before it could reach a row of occupied buildings this afternoon. Several 911 calls brought all on-duty firefighters to the East Ridgewood Avenue lot around 1:30 p.m. The fire was put out within minutes. Ridgewood police are investigating. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police bust red-light runner with 37 license suspensions Port Authority police bust red-light runner with 37 license suspensions Port Authority police bust red-light runner with 37 license suspensions
Port Authority police bust red-light runner with 37 license suspensions A man caught running a red light outside a JFK Airport’s arrivals terminal was driving with a license that had been suspended 37 times, Port Authority police said. As a result, they charged 37-year-old John Jones with aggravated operation of a motor vehicle, a felony. Jones, of Far Rockaway, Queens, was behind the wheel of a 2012 Chrysler that blew the light yesterday morning, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. A search by Officer Paul Pogoelski “yielded a small quantity of marijuana secreted in the suspect’s sock,” he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Car rams into Fair Lawn house Car rams into Fair Lawn house Car rams into Fair Lawn house
Car rams into Fair Lawn house YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A car plowed backwards into a Fair Lawn house this afternoon, sending the driver to the hospital. It appeared the driver of a silver-colored Toyota Camry had some type of medical episode and lost control of his vehicle, which mounted a curb, barreled up a lawn and smashed into the Radburn Road home around 2:45 p.m. Members of Fair Lawn’s Heavy Rescue Team using chain saws were needed to free the man from his vehicle as it became wedged between thick shrubbery. He was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Fair Lawn Fire Company #4 also provided assistance. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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New Washington Township councilman, 65, injured in fall New Washington Township councilman, 65, injured in fall New Washington Township councilman, 65, injured in fall
New Washington Township councilman, 65, injured in fall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Washington Township Fire Director Tom Sears, who earlier this week was elected to the township council, was hospitalized today after a fall outside his home. Sears, 65, apparently will require surgery on his ankles after he fell while removing leaves from the gutters of his Beach Street home this morning. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fair Lawn mail carrier hospitalized after crash Fair Lawn mail carrier hospitalized after crash Fair Lawn mail carrier hospitalized after crash
Fair Lawn mail carrier hospitalized after crash EXCLUSIVE: A mail carrier was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with undetermined injuries after a collision in Fair Lawn this morning. The crash occurred around 11:15 a.m. at the intersection of 30th Street and Rosalie Street. 30th & Rosalie

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Port Authority PD: Trucker tries to avoid GWB tolls with license plate stolen during Sandy Port Authority PD: Trucker tries to avoid GWB tolls with license plate stolen during Sandy Port Authority PD: Trucker tries to avoid GWB tolls with license plate stolen during Sandy
Port Authority PD: Trucker tries to avoid GWB tolls with license plate stolen during Sandy YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A tractor-trailer driver put a license plate stolen during Hurricane Sandy on the front of his rig, while keeping the real plate inside, to try and avoid paying E-ZPass toll on the George Washington Bridge, Port Authority police said this morning. Officer Jason Malice noticed that the 2006 Freightliner tractor-trailer didn’t have an emissions sticker displayed as it rolled up to the toll plaza late yesterday afternoon. After stopping the vehicle, he ran a check and found that the license plate had been reported stolen in August by New Jersey-based Marine Company, t…

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