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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah police: Burglar went on spree with housekeeper’s key Mahwah police: Burglar went on spree with housekeeper’s key Mahwah police: Burglar went on spree with housekeeper’s key
Mahwah police: Burglar went on spree with housekeeper’s key YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police cracked the burglaries of several rooms at a Route 17 hotel with the arrest of a Rockland County man who they said used a stolen housekeeper’s key to get in. Frank Hadley, 40, of Hillburn, is charged with four counts of burglary, two counts of theft and drug-related charges. Hadley rented a room at the Super 8 Hotel a week ago and quickly went to work, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said this morning. Batelli’s officers were called on Saturday by a 2nd-floor hotel guest who said he was in town on business and found his suitcases unzipped, dresser…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Police seek Closter Animal Hospital burglar Police seek Closter Animal Hospital burglar Police seek Closter Animal Hospital burglar
Police seek Closter Animal Hospital burglar YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Sometime between 9:15 last night and 8 a.m., someone broke into the Closter Animal Hospital, taking cash and drugs, Police Chief Dennis Kaine said this morning. Whoever was responsible pried open the front entrance to the Piermont Road clinic. “There was no alarm set at the time,” Kaine said. Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to contact Closter PD: (201) 768-5000

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Hillsdale police chief vows summonses for drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians Hillsdale police chief vows summonses for drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians Hillsdale police chief vows summonses for drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians
Hillsdale police chief vows summonses for drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Motorists caught not yielding to pedestrians have been receiving warnings from Hillsdale police working undercover — but not anymore, warns Police Chief Chip Stalter. “For now, this program has had an educational focus,” Stalter said this morning. “However, within the near future we will shift the focus of the program and begin to issue summonses to drivers who do not comply with the law.” The warning comes after the fifth detail over the past year in which borough officers went undercover on Hillsdale streets, using a pedestrian decoy to snag motorists. Last wee…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Oklahoma recovery: How you can help Oklahoma recovery: How you can help Oklahoma recovery: How you can help
Oklahoma recovery: How you can help HOW YOU CAN HELP: If you’re unsure how or where to give to help those devastated by the Oklahoma tornado, the Jersey Shore-based group created to help first responders after Hurricane Sandy is collecting key items for two upcoming deliveries directly to the worst-affected area. Immediate EMS and Fire Supplies “wants to pay it forward to Oklahoma for all the help we received through Sandy from people and groups across the country,” said Nadine Nicastro Demczyszyn, who, with her husband, Rich, operate the ongoing mercy mission. Those groups, she said, included the Oklahoma Disaster Relief, …

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Special program at Saddle Brook High on preventing child suicide and bullying Special program at Saddle Brook High on preventing child suicide and bullying Special program at Saddle Brook High on preventing child suicide and bullying
Special program at Saddle Brook High on preventing child suicide and bullying TONIGHT: A heartbroken father determined to help others will talk about the suicide of his 13-year-old son tonight at a special suicide and bullying prevention program at Saddle Brook High School. The free program, which begins at 7 p.m., is entitled “Ryan’s Story”, and addresses bullying, cyber-bullying, teen depression and teen suicide prevention. John Halligan will speak about the suicide of his son, Ryan (inset, above), a middle school student who was ridiculed and humiliated by classmates at school and online. Handouts will be distributed with recommendations and useful information…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Trial set for mob-related Palisades Park murderer in 2001 Rochelle Park rape Trial set for mob-related Palisades Park murderer in 2001 Rochelle Park rape Trial set for mob-related Palisades Park murderer in 2001 Rochelle Park rape
Trial set for mob-related Palisades Park murderer in 2001 Rochelle Park rape ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A 73-year-old former mob associate who once served 25 years in prison for murder and rape goes to trial in Hackensack next week for a rape that prosecutors said occurred in Rochelle Park a dozen years ago but wasn’t reported until 2009. Jury selection began in the case, in which Angelo Kenneth Wedra of Palisades Park is charged with sexually assaulting a 35-year-old Rochelle Park woman in March 2001. He was 62 at the time. Wedra also is charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, which could end up returning him to the Bergen County courthouse for a se…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Westwood cop, Bergen sheriff’s officer help make NYC trip special for Virginia boy with cancer Westwood cop, Bergen sheriff’s officer help make NYC trip special for Virginia boy with cancer Westwood cop, Bergen sheriff’s officer help make NYC trip special for Virginia boy with cancer
Westwood cop, Bergen sheriff’s officer help make NYC trip special for Virginia boy with cancer A MAGICAL WEEKEND: Whirlwind isn’t the word for the weekend that police from Bergen County – particularly a Westwood patrolman and county sheriff’s officer — showed Nathan Norman, a 6-year-old cancer survivor from Virginia whose Christmas wish won hearts worldwide. Try: hanging at the Yankee Stadium batting cage with Mariano Rivera and Robinson Cano, crossing the goal line at MetLife Stadium, taking a harbor boat cruise to the Statue of Liberty and riding an NYPD mount – in full police gear, including the visored helmet. And that’s just for starters. The seeds for Nathan’s Big Apple vis…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Former Wyckoff pastor in child sex case arrested for violating agreement not to work with children Former Wyckoff pastor in child sex case arrested for violating agreement not to work with children Former Wyckoff pastor in child sex case arrested for violating agreement not to work with children
Former Wyckoff pastor in child sex case arrested for violating agreement not to work with children Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit today arrested a former Wyckoff assistant pastor who’d been allowed to remain a priest on charges of violating an agreement not to ever work with children again. The Rev. Michael Fugee is charged with seven counts of violating a judicial order “as a result of numerous interviews with individuals who had personal knowledge of and witnessed” him hearing confessions from minors, Molinelli said. Fugee, 52, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail pending a court hearing tomorrow morning . The p…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Hazmat units clean up acid from container found on Franklin Turnpike in Allendale Hazmat units clean up acid from container found on Franklin Turnpike in Allendale Hazmat units clean up acid from container found on Franklin Turnpike in Allendale
Hazmat units clean up acid from container found on Franklin Turnpike in Allendale YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hazardous materials units from Bergen County and Mahwah removed five gallons of an acid used for cleaning concrete that leaked from a container apparently dropped or left in the middle of Franklin Turnpike in Allendale this morning. The incident, near Nadler Court, closed Franklin Turnpike in both directions between West Crescent Avenue and Ivers Road. No injures were reported. Emergency personnel on the scene didn’t indicate how the container wound up in the roadway nor who might be responsible for it. Besides the county and Mahwah hazmat units, Allendale poli…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor to seek 10 more years for murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement Prosecutor to seek 10 more years for murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement Prosecutor to seek 10 more years for murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement
Prosecutor to seek 10 more years for murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement ONLY ON CVP: A New York man convicted of sealing his girlfriend’s body in the basement steps of a Teaneck building after killing her in his Harlem apartment in 2008 is going to trial on July 16. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi this morning that she will be seeking an additional 10 years flat for the desecration — on top of the 20-year-to-life sentence that Julio Flores is serving for the murder. Julio Flores (COURTESY NY DAILY NEWS)  Flores, 36, who has been serving the longer sentence at Ossining State P…

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