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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood industrial fire draws several area companies Westwood industrial fire draws several area companies Westwood industrial fire draws several area companies
Westwood industrial fire draws several area companies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Several area fire companies hustled to an electrical fire this afternoon that popped through the roof of a Westwood commercial and industrial building off Old Hook Road and quickly kept it from spreading. Westwood police got everyone out safely from the building at 123 Woodland Avenue, which rents space to various contractors. The cause wasn’t immediately determined, although it appeared electrical. 123 Woodland Ave., Westwood, fire (CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos) An electrician who works in the building cut the power soon after the fire ignited, around 2:45. Firefigh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly driver apparently unharmed after SUV barrels off Route 208 exit ramp Elderly driver apparently unharmed after SUV barrels off Route 208 exit ramp Elderly driver apparently unharmed after SUV barrels off Route 208 exit ramp
Elderly driver apparently unharmed after SUV barrels off Route 208 exit ramp A motorist avoided serious injury this morning after her SUV crashed on the exit ramp from Route 208 southbound to Russell Avenue in Wyckoff. The Nissan’s driver apparently lost control of the vehicle, which mounted a curb, knocked down a light pole, drove through a wall of shrubbery, and finally came to a stop in a muddy field. Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes police officers assisted the elderly woman from her vehicle and into a waiting police car. There were no other occupants. A flatbed towed the SUV from the scene. STORY, PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Judge increases lawyer’s fees for OPRA request to Bergen prosecutor Judge increases lawyer’s fees for OPRA request to Bergen prosecutor Judge increases lawyer’s fees for OPRA request to Bergen prosecutor
Judge increases lawyer’s fees for Opra request to Bergen prosecutor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The lawyer for a former Hudson County cop who requested records detailing the use of force against minorities in Bergen County following a police-involved shooting in Garfield was awarded $10,445 by Bergen’s top judge, in a decision that could lay the groundwork for increased payments to lawyers for work they do in OPRA cases. In the case of Richard Rivera v. the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Assignment Judge Peter Doyne ruled that someone who requests records under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act can recover fees for time his or her attorney spends traveli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Some charities help themselves instead of needy Some charities help themselves instead of needy Some charities help themselves instead of needy
Some charities help themselves instead of needy YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Some non-profit organizations in New Jersey that invoke the name of law enforcement for fundraising — among them, the Garden State Law Enforcement Officers Association — aren’t as charitable as others, spending less than a quarter of every dollar to directly help people, state Division of Consumer Affairs officials said this morning. At the same time, other charities registered to solicit in New Jersey dedicate much more of their expenses to programs that support their stated mission — such as the Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, which dedicated 85 cents of eac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newtown, CT
Breaking News
What if gun control was a discussion and not a debate? What if gun control was a discussion and not a debate? What if gun control was a discussion and not a debate?
What if gun control was a discussion and not a debate? WHAT I THINK: With emotions so raw, I asked friends this weekend to ditch the gun debate until we’d all had time to fashion an explanation of the Newton massacre that our kids could grasp. I also wanted to be careful that we model best behavior for them — not flashing anger, not getting into battles with other adults, showing our youngsters that they’re safe, that their world (and ours) isn’t out of control, that we got this.       Jerry DeMarco     Publisher/Editor It’s time, though, that we came up with a holistic, common-sense approach to the wanton violence that breaks so many lives…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
North Bergen deputy DPW director indicted North Bergen deputy DPW director indicted North Bergen deputy DPW director indicted
North Bergen deputy DPW director indicted YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A state grand jury today indicted Timothy J. Grossi, deputy director of North Bergen’s DPW, on charges of ordering subordinates to work on political campaigns and handle personal chores at his and other people’s homes on taxpayers’ dimes. Grossi, 72, of Jersey City, is the fourth man to be charged in the state Division of Criminal Justice’s ongoing probe into alleged abuses involving township DPW employees. North Bergen DPW Superintendent James Wiley pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit official misconduct in Septemeber, admitting that he directed DPW employees t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Owner of Totowa test prep firm admits stealing questions Owner of Totowa test prep firm admits stealing questions Owner of Totowa test prep firm admits stealing questions
Owner of Totowa test prep firm admits stealing questions YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An owner and operator of a a North Jersey company that helps doctors prepare for licensing exams today admitted her role in stealing “live” examination questions from the National Board of Medical Examiners with her ex-husband, who remains a fugitive. Egija Kuka, 38, who owned and operated Optima University out of Totowa with her co-defendant Eihab Suliman, was extradited from Latvia last month. This morning, Kuka told pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to two counts of a federal indictment charging her with mail and wire fraud and conspiracy. Kuka s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Final push in PBA Toy Drive for cancer children, Newtown youngsters, Sandy victims Final push in PBA Toy Drive for cancer children, Newtown youngsters, Sandy victims Final push in PBA Toy Drive for cancer children, Newtown youngsters, Sandy victims
Final push in PBA Toy Drive for cancer children, Newtown youngsters, Sandy victims HOW YOU CAN HELP: Collecting for the annual PBA Toy Drive in Bergen County, police from more than two dozen Bergen County towns were driven by how Hurricane Sandy devastated the lives of so many people. They now have Friday’s massacre in Connecticut in mind, as well. One of them, Closter Police Sgt. Nicoletti, has an aunt who teaches fifth grade in Newtown. A relative also babysat one of the innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Now, Nicoletti and other  members of the team hope they can collect enough toys to ship out Wednesday to cancer-stricken youngsters at the Joseph M. Sanzari …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford police make quick arrests in Papa John’s holdup East Rutherford police make quick arrests in Papa John’s holdup East Rutherford police make quick arrests in Papa John’s holdup
East Rutherford police make quick arrests in Papa John’s holdup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: East Rutherford police this weekend took all four suspects in the brazen holdup of a Papa John’s Pizza days earlier into custody this weekend. Four bandits — three of them women — staged the robbery last Wednesday night, forcing employees and a customer to the floor, taking cellphones and cash from all of them, while one took $585 in cash at gunpoint from the register and another cut the phone and computer cords to the Paterson Avenue eatery. By Saturday, East Rutherford had them rounded up all four, Police Chief Lawrence Minda said this morning. Two are adults f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Naked emotionally disturbed man sets fire at Paramus nursery Naked emotionally disturbed man sets fire at Paramus nursery Naked emotionally disturbed man sets fire at Paramus nursery
Naked emotionally disturbed man sets fire at Paramus nursery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An emotionally disturbed man who fled Bergen Regional Medical Center before dawn this morning walked into a tree nursery and set a small fire that was quickly extinguished, Paramus police said. The call came from Eisele’s Nursery & Garden Center of New Jersey, on Oradell Avenue, at 7:05 a.m., Lt. John Scully said. After quickly extinguishing the flames, police took the 44-year-old Lyndhurst man into custody and returned him to the medical center, Scully said. The fire caused minimal damage, the lieutenant said. The man apparently “eloped” from the center ar…

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