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
Another ducklings rescue, this time in Westwood Another ducklings rescue, this time in Westwood Another ducklings rescue, this time in Westwood
Another ducklings rescue, this time in Westwood SPECIAL REPORT: Municipal workers pulled off another duckling rescue, this time in Westwood this morning. A resident spotted seven little ones trapped in a drain on Meadow Road between 4th Avenue and Whalen Court, with the worried mother nearby. Heavy rain and serious flooding were headed toward North Jersey. So the resident called the Westwood DPW, which got the ducklings into a bucket. A reunion quickly followed. A similar rescue occurred yesterday: Fair Lawn rescue workers save Route 4 ducklings

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
U.S.: Bulgarian national faces federal charges in largest ID theft ring ever U.S.: Bulgarian national faces federal charges in largest ID theft ring ever U.S.: Bulgarian national faces federal charges in largest ID theft ring ever
U.S.: Bulgarian national faces federal charges in largest ID theft ring ever YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bulgarian national extradited from Paraguay has a federal court appearance scheduled this afternoon in Newark on charges of participating in what the government says is the largest online marketplace for hacking and identity theft ever. Aleksi Kolarov, 30, evaded capture until June 14, 2011, when Paraguayan law enforcement authorities arrested him at a hotel in Asunción, Paraguay. Authorities said he was carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars in various currencies, counterfeit payment cards and electronic implements to re-encode cards. The U.S. government ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Disabled woman rescued, cat dies in Moonchie mobile home fire Disabled woman rescued, cat dies in Moonchie mobile home fire Disabled woman rescued, cat dies in Moonchie mobile home fire
Disabled woman rescued, cat dies in Moonchie mobile home fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Moonachie police rescued a 44-year-old disabled resident whose cat died in a mobile home fire apparently caused by a faulty appliance early this morning. Moonachie Police Officers Christopher Inserra and Kelly Ricardo arrived less than a minute after the 5:07 a.m. call at the Metropolitan Mobile Home park on Moonachie Road and removed the disabled resident from the front porch, Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. PHOTO: Courtesy Moonachie Police Department They then evacuated the complex, as the woman’s home became engulfed, the sergeant said. The blaze was put down by …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rappel teams grab man, rescuer, after Palisades fall Rappel teams grab man, rescuer, after Palisades fall Rappel teams grab man, rescuer, after Palisades fall
Rappel teams grab man, rescuer, after Palisades fall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rappel teams this afternoon hoisted to safety a Fairview man who was severely injured after falling nearly six stories along the Palisades in Alpine and a man who climbed up the cliffs to try and rescue him. Julio Beltran, 49, fell 60 or so feet from the Greenbrook Falls overpass just south of the Alpine boat basin around 4:30, Palisades Interstate Parkway Acting Chief Michael J. Coppola said this evening. Closter EMS and Rescue, the East Bergen Rappel Team, and Englewood paramedics responded after PIP officers located both men, Coppola said. Rescue personnel rea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn rescue workers save Route 4 ducklings Fair Lawn rescue workers save Route 4 ducklings Fair Lawn rescue workers save Route 4 ducklings
Fair Lawn rescue workers save Route 4 ducklings YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Five ducklings trapped in a Route 4 storm sewer were saved today by some of Fair Lawn’s bravest and finest as the frantic mother and others looked on. The rescue effort drew a crowd of employees and patrons of the McDonalds outside where the young ones became trapped, as well as from a nearby IHOP. One lane of westbound Broadway (Route 4) was blocked near 36th Street, and another storm drain inside the McDonalds was opened. Those responding included Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue and Fire Company #3, as well as police and animal control agents. RELATED: Another duckling…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
One ex-con caught, another sought, in Englewood domestic assaults One ex-con caught, another sought, in Englewood domestic assaults One ex-con caught, another sought, in Englewood domestic assaults
One ex-con caught, another sought, in Englewood domestic assaults YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police arrested one convicted felon and were looking for another in a pair of domestic violence incidents in which women and a teenaged girl narrowly escaped serious injury. Tommy Dean Tommy Dean, 56, was arrested yesterday morning after returning home following an incident the night before in which police said he threw a chair at his wife and then fled with $8,000 worth of her jewelry. Although Dean denied stealing the jewelry, Detective Capt. Tim Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, “our detectives are following some leads” that point to where it might be.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Truck tips on Route 208 in Fair Lawn Truck tips on Route 208 in Fair Lawn Truck tips on Route 208 in Fair Lawn
Truck tips on Route 208 in Fair Lawn The driver of a contractor’s van escaped serious injury it skidded and landed sideways on Route 208 in Fair Lawn this afternoon. The crash backed up northbound traffic on the road near Morlott Avenue. Fair Lawn police, firefighters and heavy rescue and EMT units responded. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Ex-con suspect in Millburn nanny cam beating arrested in Manhattan Ex-con suspect in Millburn nanny cam beating arrested in Manhattan Ex-con suspect in Millburn nanny cam beating arrested in Manhattan
Ex-con suspect in Millburn nanny cam beating arrested in Manhattan BULLETIN: FBI agents and Essex County detectives tonight captured the ex-con they believe was recorded on a nanny cam savagely beating a Millburn mother last week. Authorities this afternoon obtained an arrest warrant for 42-year-old Shawn Custis, with a bail of $750,000, and then arrested him around around 5:30 — less than an hour later — on 10th Avenue in one of the 200 blocks of Manhattan’s Inwood section north of the George Washington Bridge. Custis was released from state prison last December after serving 22 months for a string of burglaries in Essex, Mercer, Middlesex and Burlingto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Federal jurors convict ‘The Lady’ in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen Federal jurors convict ‘The Lady’ in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen Federal jurors convict ‘The Lady’ in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen
Federal jurors convict ‘The Lady’ in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal jurors in Camden today convicted a Brooklyn woman with running an international stolen car fencing operation involving millions of dollars worth of cars shipped to Africa after being stolen from Cresskill, Fort Lee, Hackensack, North Arlington and elsewhere. Hope “The Lady” Kantete, 43, bought stolen cars from gang members and others, had them re-tagged, then shipped them to customers overseas, a federal indictment alleged. She was convicted after a three-week trial of 10 counts of transportation of stolen vehicles in interstate or foreign commerce and a si…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Getaway driver in Wyckoff jewelry store holdup gets 24 years Getaway driver in Wyckoff jewelry store holdup gets 24 years Getaway driver in Wyckoff jewelry store holdup gets 24 years
Getaway driver in Wyckoff jewelry store holdup gets 24 years YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced the getaway driver in a brazen $940,000 Wyckoff jewelry store robbery to 24 years in state prison, more than 17 of which he must serve before he becomes eligible for parole. Adrian C. Hicken, who moments earlier continued to profess his innocence, flexed his neck nervously as Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma explained the various terms for several different convictions. He looked down dejectedly when the judge said the total would be 24 years in all. Under the No Early Release Act for violent offenders, Hicken won’t come up…

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