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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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Tailgating turns to chase from Wood-Ridge to Wallington Tailgating turns to chase from Wood-Ridge to Wallington Tailgating turns to chase from Wood-Ridge to Wallington
Tailgating turns to chase from Wood-Ridge to Wallington EXCLUSIVE: A Wood-Ridge detective found himself in a chase leading to an arrest yesterday after he let a motorist riding his rear bumper go by. “He was tailgating my vehicle on South Main Street,” Detective Joseph Rutigliano Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “I pulled over to let him pass and then activated my lights and sirens. “But he refused to pull over.” They continued into Wallington, where police there joined the chase. The Toyota Camry driver, 63-year-old Edward Michalowski, “finally stopped when he got to his house,” Rutigliano said. “Then he began to scream at us.” Michalowski was…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Prosecutor: North Arlington man, 21, had sex with girl, 15 Prosecutor: North Arlington man, 21, had sex with girl, 15 Prosecutor: North Arlington man, 21, had sex with girl, 15
Prosecutor: North Arlington man, 21, had sex with girl, 15 A North Arlington man is charged with having a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old Lyndhurst girl, for which a judge ordered him held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail pending grand jury action. Jose Rios, 21, who lives in a Beech Street basement apartment, was arrested by Lyndhurst police and members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit on Thursday after the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency “became aware of what occurred” and notified authorities, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The incident allegedly occurred in March 2012, when Rios was 20,…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Car rolls over on Garden State Parkway in Washington Township Car rolls over on Garden State Parkway in Washington Township Car rolls over on Garden State Parkway in Washington Township
Car rolls over on Garden State Parkway in Washington Township YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after a rollover on the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township this morning. The Honda Civic was headed south when it rolled and came to rest on the driver’s-side shoulder near mile marker 166.1 around 7:15 a.m. The township Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn’t appear life-threatening. The car was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Township and New Jersey State Police responded, as well. Traffic on the parkway continued to move at the speed limit througho…

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Pickup, convertible collide in Ridgewood, driver hospitalized Pickup, convertible collide in Ridgewood, driver hospitalized Pickup, convertible collide in Ridgewood, driver hospitalized
Pickup, convertible collide in Ridgewood, driver hospitalized YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Chevrolet Silverado pickup and a Mustang collided in Ridgewood tonight, sending one driver to the hospital and causing extensive damage to both vehicles. The Silverado driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood following the 7:30 p.m. crash at the corner of Highland Avenue and Manor Road. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS workers all responded. The EMS crew and Valley paramedics prepared the victim for ambulance transport, while firefighters attended to a small fluid spill. Flatbed tow trucks removed both vehicles. Ridgewood police issued two su…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Martell’s Tiki Bar sued over wrong-way fatal crash involving Wood-Ridge woman Martell’s Tiki Bar sued over wrong-way fatal crash involving Wood-Ridge woman Martell’s Tiki Bar sued over wrong-way fatal crash involving Wood-Ridge woman
Martell’s Tiki Bar sued over wrong-way fatal crash involving Wood-Ridge woman (via NJ.com) OLD BRIDGE – An attorney for a woman who suffered severe injuries when her car was struck head on by an alleged drunken driver last summer has filed a lawsuit against the Point Pleasant Beach bar where the driver spent the day drinking. Dana S. Corrar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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3,000 fugitives take advantage of Safe Surrender program, one day left 3,000 fugitives take advantage of Safe Surrender program, one day left 3,000 fugitives take advantage of Safe Surrender program, one day left
3,000 fugitives take advantage of Safe Surrender program, one day left YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Nearly 3,000 people from throughout North Jersey the past few days have taken advantage of the Fugitive Safe Surrender program and turned themselves in at a in Jersey City. The program, which ends tomorrow, gives those wanted on non-violent warrants the opportunity to surrender safely, take responsibility — and, more importantly, get a break from a judge. Fugitive Safe Surrender returns That brings the total since New Jersey launched the program several years ago to more than 16,000 fugitives who’ve stopped looking over their shoulders, Acting Attorney General Jo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen prosecutor blasts Newark Archdiocese, accused pedophile pastor leaves priesthood Bergen prosecutor blasts Newark Archdiocese, accused pedophile pastor leaves priesthood Bergen prosecutor blasts Newark Archdiocese, accused pedophile pastor leaves priesthood
Bergen prosecutor blasts Newark Archdiocese, accused pedophile pastor leaves priesthood Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli today accused the Archdiocese of Newark of not keeping its agreement to monitor a former Wykoff associate pastor who was allowed to continue working as a priest after admitting that he groped a 13-year-old boy. The prosecutor’s comments come amid the announcement of an agreement between his office and Michael Fugee that spares him  prison time in exchange for his permanent removal from the priesthood and the condition that he never work in a job that puts him in contact with minors. That means he can’t become a teacher, a coach or a counselor, nor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Paramus financial advisor gets 5 years in prison for stealing $1.35 million from parents Paramus financial advisor gets 5 years in prison for stealing $1.35 million from parents Paramus financial advisor gets 5 years in prison for stealing $1.35 million from parents
Paramus financial advisor gets 5 years in prison for stealing $1.35 million from parents YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Paramus financial advisor from Morris County was sentenced to five years in state prison today by a judge in Hackensack for swindling his parents out of more than $1.35 million — a theft that authorities called “as offensive as it is reprehensible.” Hugh R. Hunsinger, Jr., 50, of Pine Brook, took a plea deal in August under which he also surrendered his insurance provider license for five years. Hunsinger also agreed to a judgment of $1.35 million to his nearly-broke parents, although it was unclear how much he’d actually be able to repay. “The victims i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fort Lee gun deal brings Ohio men prison sentences Fort Lee gun deal brings Ohio men prison sentences Fort Lee gun deal brings Ohio men prison sentences
Fort Lee gun deal brings Ohio men prison sentences EXCLUSIVE: Two Ohio men grabbed by Fort Lee police following a black-market gun deal are each facing several years in prison after pleading guilty in Hackensack this week to illegal weapons possession. Aaron G. Williams and Gary L. Workman, both of Columbus, Ohio, drove east to buy the guns, then were arrested soon after the August 2012 deal, authorities said. They were caught with three handguns: a 9mm FMK, a Jiminez .380-caliber and a Charter Arms Undercover 38 Special, records show. Williams, 22, and Workman, 24, had been free on bail since their arrests. Williams admitted that he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn car burglary suspect nabbed in same spot as four years ago Fair Lawn car burglary suspect nabbed in same spot as four years ago Fair Lawn car burglary suspect nabbed in same spot as four years ago
Fair Lawn car burglary suspect nabbed in same spot as four years ago YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson man arrested exactly four years ago today for car burglary in Fair Lawn was picked up at the same spot tonight — for car burglary. Fair Lawn Detective Paul Donohue, responding to a string of car burglaries in the parking lot of Lucille Roberts on Broadway, snuck up on 40-year-old Hiram Maldonado just before 6 o’clock tonight as he moved through the lot with a flashlight, trying door handles, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Backups roared up and Maldonado was quickly taken into custody. Besides the flashlight, Maldonado was carrying flashlight a screwdriver an…

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