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
Breaking News
Paramus gas station owner charged with locking employee in basement for money, jewelry Paramus gas station owner charged with locking employee in basement for money, jewelry Paramus gas station owner charged with locking employee in basement for money, jewelry
Paramus gas station owner charged with locking employee in basement for money, jewelry YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus gas station owner locked one of his employees in the station basement while extorting money, jewelry and other valuables from him, police said today. Huseyien Ender, 50, of Palisades Park, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with extortion, criminal restraint and making terroristic threats. Paramus Detective Detective Craig McEllen investigated the case, with help from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, and arrested Ender last week. He learned that Ender “made threats to harm the employee if he did not transfer certain…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man tied to 25 car burglaries Hackensack man tied to 25 car burglaries Hackensack man tied to 25 car burglaries
Hackensack man tied to 25 car burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hackensack police this morning arrested a man connected to a string of more than two dozen car burglaries in Hackensack, Little Ferry and South Hackensack. Police got the call just before 5:40 a.m. of someone pulling car handles on Hudson Street, Hackensack Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. After a brief chase, police grabbed 19-year-old Joseph Savarese — and found him carrying a backpack filled with proceeds of car break-ins throughout the night, Salcedo said. These included assorted credit cards, a cameras, GPS devices, loose change and jewel…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
‘Fashion for Freedom’ benefits local service members in Afghanistan ‘Fashion for Freedom’ benefits local service members in Afghanistan ‘Fashion for Freedom’ benefits local service members in Afghanistan
‘Fashion for Freedom’ benefits local service members in Afghanistan Tickets are still available for this Friday’s “Fashion for Freedom” show, sponsored by Fair Lawn’s Adopt a Soldier Platoon and benefiting many of those who set off for the Middle East from the Teaneck Armory. Special guests will be part of the fashion show, which will follow hot appetizers and a cash bar. COURTESY: Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon Operation New Jersey supports soldiers from the area and their comrades who are in harm’s way, with packages from home that include Kindle Fires, TRX exercise gear and holiday cartons of food, snacks, ChapStick and other goods. It goes beyond that, t…

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Paterson, NJ
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Feds say former EMT from Passaic was into child cannibalism Feds say former EMT from Passaic was into child cannibalism Feds say former EMT from Passaic was into child cannibalism
Feds say former EMT from Passaic was into child cannibalism YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An EMT who taught band and bugle corps has a fascination for kidnapping, raping and eating children, said federal authorities in announcing his scheduled court appearance in Newark this afternoon on charges of luring a teenage boy to Pennsylvania for sex, as well as possessing child pornography on his home computer. Federal agents in July arrested 56-year-old Robert Alan Mucha, a former Passaic resident who they said was part of an international child porn ring, several of whose members  “shared his sexual fascination with child cannibalism.” Those people included …

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
NJ court dismisses Hector Camacho appeal before shooting NJ court dismisses Hector Camacho appeal before shooting NJ court dismisses Hector Camacho appeal before shooting
NJ court dismisses Hector Camacho appeal before shooting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hours before Hector “Macho” Camacho was shot in the face in Puerto Rico last night, a New Jersey appeals court released a decision that involved one of the darker chapters in the 50-year-old boxer’s career. The appellate court dismissed the Macho Man’s appeal of the state Athletic Control Board’s denial of a license to fight Yori Boy Campas in Atlantic City in 2009, deeming the request moot. Camacho had called the board’s denial “arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable” because it focused on a single sparring session. He asked the appeals court judges to overturn t…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Last day to contribute to Thanksgiving food drive Last day to contribute to Thanksgiving food drive Last day to contribute to Thanksgiving food drive
Last day to contribute to Thanksgiving food drive You have until 5 o’clock today to donate to the Center for Food Action’s (CFA) Thanksgiving Food Drive — one of several areas throughout the county and North Jersey where you can make a difference for those in need following Hurricane Sandy. Bergen County government “The CFA is in desperate need of resources due to their storm relief efforts and needs help providing goods for the less-fortunate this holiday season,” Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan said. Donations can be made until 5 o’clock tonight at the Bergen County Administration Building. Needed: canned meats (tuna,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Hacker convicted in federal court of cracking 120,000 iPad accounts Hacker convicted in federal court of cracking 120,000 iPad accounts Hacker convicted in federal court of cracking 120,000 iPad accounts
Hacker convicted in federal court of cracking 120,000 iPad accounts A federal jury in Newark today convicted the mastermind who, with another man, hacked into AT&T’s computer servers and stole information from 120,000 iPad subscribers, including “the most exclusive list on the planet,” and then disclosing the information online. Andrew Auernheimer, 27, told CNET that his accomplice, Daniel Spitler, “used this AT&T security maintenance app” to hack into AT&T, showing servers how vulnerable they were. “It was part of the normal user experience that tipped him off to something that would allow him to scrape this data.” The total monetary loss was…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Shady contractors target of Bergen County task force Shady contractors target of Bergen County task force Shady contractors target of Bergen County task force
Shady contractors target of Bergen County task force A task force headed by a 38-year veteran of the Bergen County Police Department has been created to help protect homeowners against consumer fraud in areas hard hit by Hurricane Sandy, particularly Moonachie and Little Ferry. “Anyone caught taking advantage of homeowners, especially our elderly homeowners, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent that the law allows,” County Executive Kathleen Donovan announced this afternoon. The task force will be headed by BCPD Capt. Victor F. Cuttitta Jr., who has been responsible for supervising all County Police patrol and security functions, as wel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington man charged with knifepoint sex assault in car Wallington man charged with knifepoint sex assault in car Wallington man charged with knifepoint sex assault in car
Wallington man charged with knifepoint sex assault in car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 39-year-old Wallington man was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with raping a woman at knifepoint in his car. Anthony C. Dunleavy was arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Lyndhurst police after the victim reported the alleged incident yesterday, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The woman said she met Dunleavy at a borough “establishment” Sunday night, and that they were alone in his car later after midnight when he “forced [her] to engage in sexual activities against her will at knif…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood physician in explosives case goes before judge Ridgewood physician in explosives case goes before judge Ridgewood physician in explosives case goes before judge
Ridgewood physician in explosives case goes before judge A judge in Hackensack this morning ordered that a Ridgewood physician found with explosive chemicals and weapons in his house continue to be held on $1 million bail, with no 10 percent option. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New details emerged today in the case of a Ridgewood physician found with explosive chemicals and weapons in his house, amid word that his license was temporarily suspended by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners. READ MORE…. Dressed in a jail-issue orange jumpsuit, 60-year-old Roberto Rivera didn’t have a lawyer with him during a brief hearing in the Bergen Coun…

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