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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Fort Lee, NJ
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Bogota’s annual Veterans Day services and awards ceremony set Bogota’s annual Veterans Day services and awards ceremony set Bogota’s annual Veterans Day services and awards ceremony set
Bogota’s annual Veterans Day services and awards ceremony set SHOUT OUT: Bogota’s annual Veterans Day services and citizen awards ceremony will be held Monday, Nov. 11 at the Ralph H. Hall VFW Post 5561. The free public event honors military veterans and recognizes two borough residents who have made significant contributions to the community. Post members will surprise one of its guests of honor with the annual Citizen of the Year Award. First given in 1956, it recognizes an adult citizen for volunteer service. Former award recipients are invited to attend the ceremony in support of the 2013 recipient. In addition, the post will present its You…

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Hackensack, NJ
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VIDEO: Aqua train clears leaves from NJ Transit rails VIDEO: Aqua train clears leaves from NJ Transit rails VIDEO: Aqua train clears leaves from NJ Transit rails
Video: Aqua train clears leaves from NJ Transit rails (via NJ.com) They have a front-row seat to the changing panorama of New Jersey autumns. From their perch, operators of NJ Transit’s “AquaTrack” leaf train, which clears tracks of potentially slippery foliage and oily residue that could lead to poor traction and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bergen County Police Department ‘better than anybody else,’ Donovan says in promo video Bergen County Police Department ‘better than anybody else,’ Donovan says in promo video Bergen County Police Department ‘better than anybody else,’ Donovan says in promo video
Bergen County Police Department ‘better than anybody else,’ Donovan says in promo video YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A private video promoting the Bergen County Police Department has been making the rounds. “We expect the county police to be better than anybody else,” Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan (above) says in the video, “and they are.” This comes as county freeholders are set to fold the department into the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office at a public meeting this Wednesday — a move expected to ignite a court battle by Donovan once the freeholders override her promised veto of the ordinance. The nearly 5-minute video — produced by a Washington, D.C.-based company ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Source: Photo points to more gang members in PATH train assault on four adults Source: Photo points to more gang members in PATH train assault on four adults Source: Photo points to more gang members in PATH train assault on four adults
Source: Photo points to more gang members in PATH train assault on four adults EXCLUSIVE: A crystal-clear 42nd Street photo features purported members of a Newark Bloods street gang who fled after viciously assaulting four adults on a PATH train early yesterday, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Additional arrests are now expected, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the attack said. One of four teens caught by Port Authority police following the attack had two previous convictions and an outstanding warrant — all for similar crimes, the source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The 17-year-old “faces serious penalties as a repeat offender,” the source said. Meanwhile…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Gang of six teens attack four adults on PATH train Gang of six teens attack four adults on PATH train Gang of six teens attack four adults on PATH train
Gang of six teens attack four adults on PATH train YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police hopped a Jersey City-bound PATH train in Hoboken and stopped an assault by a half-dozen Newark teens on four adults. Authority police took six juveniles into custody in the 1:20 a.m. assault, which sent four adults to the hospital and forced the suspension of PATH service for an hour and 10 minutes as they looked for other possible assailants. They found a wallet to one of the victims on the tracks, authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said. The victims were three men, ages 29, 22 and 21 (two of them from Morris County), and a 21-year-old w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Fort Lee police get K9 unit dog thanks to Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger Fort Lee police get K9 unit dog thanks to Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger Fort Lee police get K9 unit dog thanks to Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger
Fort Lee police get K9 unit dog thanks to Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger SHOUT OUT: Fort Lee police are getting a new dog for their K-9 unit, thanks to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, whose Pittsburgh Steelers are playing the New York Jets in East Rutherford today. Fort Lee and Fairfield police are the second and third police departments to receive grants this football season from The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund. “This grant will enable Fort Lee to expand our K-9 unit and enhance the safety of our community through proactive patrols which combat drugs and criminal activity,” Fort Lee Police Chief Keith bendul said. Nearly $1 million…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen judge refuses to lift bail for son of reggae great Peter Tosh in massive pot bust Bergen judge refuses to lift bail for son of reggae great Peter Tosh in massive pot bust Bergen judge refuses to lift bail for son of reggae great Peter Tosh in massive pot bust
Bergen judge refuses to lift bail for son of reggae great Peter Tosh in massive pot bust EXCLUSIVE: A YouTube video presented by lawyers for the youngest son of reggae great Peter Tosh failed to convince a judge in Hackensack to lower their client’s bail in connection with 65½ pounds of pot that Mahwah police said they found in the trunk of his car on Father’s Day weekend. The defense argued to Superior Court Judge Judge John A. Conte that a “family bond” would hold Jawara G. McIntosh just as securely as the $200,000 bail that has kept him in the Bergen County Jail the past four months. The video includes a brief interview with one of McIntosh’s young daughters, Selecta Jah T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Former ‘James Bond Gang’ member, 2 others, arrested in multi-state burglary bust Former ‘James Bond Gang’ member, 2 others, arrested in multi-state burglary bust Former ‘James Bond Gang’ member, 2 others, arrested in multi-state burglary bust
Former ‘James Bond Gang’ member, 2 others, arrested in multi-state burglary bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former second-generation member of the infamous “James Bond Gang” of Bergen County burglars and a pair of alleged associates from Union and Essex counties were brought into federal court in Newark this afternoon in connection with more than 40 break-ins up and down the East Coast. The trio, who were arrested by a joint task force of local, county and federal agents, followed the same M.O as the old Bond gang, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said following the court appearances this afternoon. That included cutting phone lines and alarm wires, keeping a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant gets more prison time Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant gets more prison time Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant gets more prison time
Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant gets more prison time YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced a Mahwah youth pastor to a collective 30 years in prison for sexually abusing a young member of his church. His wife waved and mouthed “I love you” to Curtis Franklin as a pair of state corrections officers led him away. Franklin already is serving an eight-year prison sentence for  sexually abusing the woman’s youngster sister, who also was underage. The sentence handed down this afternoon — 10 years for each of three counts, to be served concurrently — boosts Frankln’s overall sentence to 18 years. He won’t be eligible for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wyckoff crash sends both drivers to hospitals Wyckoff crash sends both drivers to hospitals Wyckoff crash sends both drivers to hospitals
Wyckoff crash sends both drivers to hospitals YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An SUV and a sedan collided  in Wyckoff this morning, sending both female drivers to local hospitals. Neither faced life-threatening injuries in the 7 a.m. crash near the intersection of Goffle Road and Ravine Avenue, police said. Traffic in both directions of Goffle Road was slowed considerably while emergency crews worked to free the victims and clear the debris. The SUV driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and the Civic driver to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson. One flatbed tow truck removed both vehicles. Wyckoff police were at the …

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