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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Benefit dinner for Oakland mom with breast cancer planned by ‘Bad Girls Good Deeds’ Benefit dinner for Oakland mom with breast cancer planned by ‘Bad Girls Good Deeds’ Benefit dinner for Oakland mom with breast cancer planned by ‘Bad Girls Good Deeds’
Benefit dinner for Oakland mom with breast cancer planned by ‘Bad Girls Good Deeds’ HOW YOU CAN HELP: A special benefit dinner is being held for the family of an Oakland mother with an aggressive form of breast cancer that has spread to her brain. Jocelyn Nissenbaum, a speech pathologist with the Elmwood Park public school district, has helped young children with disabilities — and has a 4-year-old son of her own. The disease has left her unable to work however. The group BAD GIRLS GOOD DEEDS is having a fundraiser in New Milford the night of Frida, July 12, at Lieto Italia Ristorante in New Milford to help Nissenbaum and her family. SEE FLIER BELOW Prizes include New …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Annual Northvale Fire Association car show coming up Annual Northvale Fire Association car show coming up Annual Northvale Fire Association car show coming up
Annual Northvale Fire Association car show coming up The Northvale Fire Association’s annual car show is set for Aug. 3 at borough hall, with a variety of foreign, domestic and classic vehicles, among others. It’s $30 to showcase your car or motorcycle, but walk-ins are free (The organizers ask that you register as early as possible, which will help in planning the event). There will be food, refreshments, music and drawings with prizes. All proceeds go to the all-volunteer Northvale Fire Association. It runs from 1 – 4 p.m. (SEE FLIER BELOW) INFO / REGISTRATION: [email protected] OR: Facebook.com/NVFDcarshow

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Poll: Undocumented workers should be allowed to stay, 54% of New Jerseyans say Poll: Undocumented workers should be allowed to stay, 54% of New Jerseyans say Poll: Undocumented workers should be allowed to stay, 54% of New Jerseyans say
Poll: Undocumented workers should be allowed to stay, 54% of New Jerseyans say (via NJ News Commons) Days after the Senate passed an immigration bill, 54% of Garden State adults say undocumented immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country, even if only as permanent residents, compared to 39% today who say undocumented immigrants should be deported…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor: Fort Lee man embezzled $220,000 Bergen prosecutor: Fort Lee man embezzled $220,000 Bergen prosecutor: Fort Lee man embezzled $220,000
Bergen prosecutor: Fort Lee man embezzled $220,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: White-collar crime detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Office today charged a Fort Lee businessman with embezzling $220,000 from his now-former employer. Basil Karatzas, 46, of Hilltop Court, formed his own company — Mytilana Holding Ltd. — while working for Compass Maritime Services, which Molinelli said specializes in the sale, purchase and valuations of ships and off shore vessels worldwide. Karatzas, who’d worked as a ship appraiser for Compass Maritime since 2005, “fraudulently sent invoices for work payable to Mytilana Holding Ltd. th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
A first: Ridgewood youngsters in Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy A first: Ridgewood youngsters in Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy A first: Ridgewood youngsters in Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy
A first: Ridgewood youngsters in Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy SHOUT OUT: For the first time, the Ridgewood Police Department participated in the action-packed Pascack Valley Junior Police Academy, which ended earlier today. The youngsters joined others from Hillsdale, Washington Township and Westwood for the week-long experience. Besides learning what it takes to become a law enforcement officer and the various aspects of policing, the group was treated to demonstrations by: New Jersey National Guard; U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency; U.S. Secret Service; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Bergen County and NJ Transit K-9 units; …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mixed verdict in Fair Lawn rape trial Mixed verdict in Fair Lawn rape trial Mixed verdict in Fair Lawn rape trial
Mixed verdict in Fair Lawn rape trial EXCLUSIVE: In a mixed verdict, jurors in Hackensack today convicted a Fair Lawn mason of two counts of sodomizing his former fiancé with a steel-toed boot while clearing him of more serious rape and kidnapping charges. George Sanchez betrayed no emotion as various “guilty” and “not guilty” verdicts were announced for each of the 13 charges he stood trial for. Once the verdicts were read, Sanchez sat back in his chair, his hand touching his face. His former fiancé, sitting in the second row, was impassive, as well. Sanchez was then returned to the Bergen County Jail, where he’s rema…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police chief says mayor, council lied, removed him from promotions, appointments Saddle Brook police chief says mayor, council lied, removed him from promotions, appointments Saddle Brook police chief says mayor, council lied, removed him from promotions, appointments
Saddle Brook police chief says mayor, council lied, removed him from promotions, appointments A POLICE CHIEF WRITES: I write with dismay at the decisions of the township of Saddle Brook in the recent promotions and appointments (and lack thereof) within the police department. With regard to the promotions of a captain and lieutenant: Receiving a telephone call on July 1st at noon from the business administrator advising me that Mayor Chamberlain requests two officers to attend a special swearing-in event for promotions to be held at 6 p.m. the same day is clearly not the way to promote and advise the chief of police. Just 3 months ago, a special and formal request was made at the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictments in Hackensack pellet gun shootings Indictments in Hackensack pellet gun shootings Indictments in Hackensack pellet gun shootings
Indictments in Hackensack pellet gun shootings ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Hackensack man and his sister have been indicted by a Bergen County grand jury  in connection with a pair of pellet gun shootings in which a man was hit and a young girl was narrowly missed. Nicholas Battaglia, a 25-year-old pizza maker and window washer, apparently was taking potshots at people “for fun,” Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time of the mid-March shootings. The victims were in the area of a Pizza Hut parking lot at Essex and State streets across from Battaglia’s apartment, Salcedo said. “At the time we didn’t know whether it w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
You can help NJ Police Honor Legion bring ill children ‘Christmas in July’ You can help NJ Police Honor Legion bring ill children ‘Christmas in July’ You can help NJ Police Honor Legion bring ill children ‘Christmas in July’
You can help NJ Police Honor Legion bring ill children ‘Christmas in July’ SHOUT OUT: Time is running out to make a donation of a new toy or money to the New Jersey Police Honor Legion’s “Christmas in July” program at the Joseph Sanzari Children’s Hospital at the Hackensack University Medical Center. The program was launched by legion Vice-President Timothy Sullivan, who became ill with a cancer-related illness after being one of the first 9-11 responders. Toys will be brought to the hospital on July 24 and distributed to children stricken with life-threatening illnesses. “Some of them might not make it to the real Christmas,” Sullivan said. You can send don…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Time for ‘Hooray for Helmets’ program for Fair Lawn youngsters Time for ‘Hooray for Helmets’ program for Fair Lawn youngsters Time for ‘Hooray for Helmets’ program for Fair Lawn youngsters
Time for ‘Hooray for Helmets’ program for Fair Lawn youngsters SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police will be issuing “tickets” for free ice cream and frozen yogurt at local businesses to children spotted wearing helmets while on their bicycles, scooters or skateboards. Continuing a program that began seven years ago, “Hooray for Helmets” debuts this summer on Monday, July 15, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of  Fair Lawn. Those participating, while supplies last: Carvel, 12-72 River Road, Fair Lawn Yogurt Plus, 14-25 Plaza Road, Fair Lawn Haagen-Dazs, 23-12 Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn Rita’s Ice, 1020 South Maple Avenue, Glen Rock Baskin Robbins, 886 Pro…

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