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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt man recorded sexual abuse of special needs boy, feds charge Carlstadt man recorded sexual abuse of special needs boy, feds charge Carlstadt man recorded sexual abuse of special needs boy, feds charge
Carlstadt man recorded sexual abuse of special needs boy, feds charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Carlstadt man was arrested by federal agents and charged with recording sodomy and other sexual abuse of a teenaged special needs boy. A federal judge in Newark ordered 51-year-old Richard Genao held without bail this morning. Genao, who is charged with sexual exploitation of a child, befriended the boy in 1995 while living in Bayonne with his partner, Edgar Rodriguez, federal authorities said. “On several occasions before, during, and after the summer of 2010, Genao and Rodriguez videotaped and photographed themselves engaging in oral and anal sex with the vic…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Fairview police say borough man sold pot outside school Fairview police say borough man sold pot outside school Fairview police say borough man sold pot outside school
Fairview police say borough man sold pot outside school YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fairview police called to a report of a fight arrested a 20-year-old borough man who they said was selling pot near a borough school. Edwin Danny Chicas was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. He is charged with distributing marijuana, having drugs on school property, improper behavior and underaged drinking. Officers were called to the area of Delano Place and Shaler Avenue around 7 p.m. Monday, where they found a drunken Chicas fighting with juveniles, Police Chief Frank DelVecchio said. Lincoln Elementary School is just up the street. Chi…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood car thief arrested after fight with officers Maywood car thief arrested after fight with officers Maywood car thief arrested after fight with officers
Maywood car thief arrested after fight with officers A Hackensack man caught trying to steal a car this morning fought with two Maywood police officers before he was arrested on several charges. Officer Greg Mulawka said he spotted Robert Johnson inside a vehicle parked in a Park Avenue driveway around 4:45 a.m. A brief conversation made it clear the car wasn’t Johnson’s, police said. Officer Matt Parodi arrived within moments to assist. As they took Johnson into custody, however, he began kicking and wrestling with them, Detective Sgt. Tim Moran said. After subduing him, the officers took Johnson, 35, to headquarters, where he was char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wyckoff police clock motorcyclist doing 138 mph on Route 208 Wyckoff police clock motorcyclist doing 138 mph on Route 208 Wyckoff police clock motorcyclist doing 138 mph on Route 208
Wyckoff police clock motorcyclist doing 138 mph on Route 208 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In what is believed to be the highest violation speed ever recorded by the Wyckoff Police Department, a  20-year-old motorcyclist was charged with doing 138 MPH in a 55 MPH zone on Route 208. Abraham Zaydan of Haldeon was headed south on Route 208 just after 8:30 Saturday night when he was clocked on radar by Officer Kyle Ferreira, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. “The excessive speed made it impossible for the officer to immediately catch up to the motorcycle,” Fox said, “but he was able to gain some ground when Zaydan was slowed by traffic ahead.” Zaydan…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police chief offers wisdom, common sense amid attempted luring reports Wyckoff police chief offers wisdom, common sense amid attempted luring reports Wyckoff police chief offers wisdom, common sense amid attempted luring reports
Wyckoff police chief offers wisdom, common sense amid attempted luring reports BY WYCKOFF POLICE CHIEF BENJAMIN C. FOX: Each year I write a Halloween safety message for parents that is seen via the media or through the schools. It includes the typical information such as children using caution while walking the streets, warnings to drivers that children will be on the roadways, carrying lights and putting reflective material on costumes, staying safe by being in groups, tainted candy concerns, respect for others property, and a number of other issues. This Halloween is going to have parents very worried, however. There are probably few issues as important as the hea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Driver charged with vehicular homicide in Paramus woman’s death Driver charged with vehicular homicide in Paramus woman’s death Driver charged with vehicular homicide in Paramus woman’s death
Driver charged with vehicular homicide in Paramus woman’s death After a three-month wait for the toxicology results, authorities in Pennsylvania have charged a Morris County man whose truck struck and killed 20-year-old Gabrielle Reuveni of Paramus with vehicular homicide while under the influence of a controlled substance. Philip J. Cise, 48, is also charged with driving under the influence of an as-yet unidentified drug. Police in Palmyra, Pa., needed the results of a blood test to determine how to charge Cise in connection with the July 14 death of the 2010 Paramus High School valedictorian, who was out for a run in the Poconos when she was struck.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford, Dumont chiefs declare curfew in wake of luring reports, South Jersey girl’s murder New Milford, Dumont chiefs declare curfew in wake of luring reports, South Jersey girl’s murder New Milford, Dumont chiefs declare curfew in wake of luring reports, South Jersey girl’s murder
New Milford, Dumont chiefs declare curfew in wake of luring reports, South Jersey girl’s murder The New Milford and Dumont police chiefs this afternoon announced an 8 p.m. curfew in their towns on Mischief Night and Halloween, Oct. 30 and 31, citing “recent luring attempts in New Milford and throughout northern New jersey, an ongoing event in Bergenfield, and the horrific events unfolding today in southern New Jersey.” Everyone under 18 must be either off the streets of those towns or accompanied by an adults those nights after 8, New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro said. “With Halloween approaching ,the possibility of large numbers of children on the streets creates too rich …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
West New York man admits running Home Depot theft ring in NJ, elsewhere West New York man admits running Home Depot theft ring in NJ, elsewhere West New York man admits running Home Depot theft ring in NJ, elsewhere
West New York man admits running Home Depot theft ring in NJ, elsewhere YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A West New York man admitted today that he was the mastermind behind a crew of retail theives who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from 70 Home Depot stores in New Jersey and elsewhere. Julio Arriola Suarez — AKA: Jimmy R. Alcivar — pleaded guilty today to a second-degree shoplifting charge that exposes him to as much as four years in state prison, under a deal with state prosecutors. Sentencing: Dec. 14. Suarez was arrested on April 3 in Jersey City after an investigation by the state Division of Criminal Justice and the U.S. Secret Serv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack detective tackles motorist after traffic stops turns up drugs Hackensack detective tackles motorist after traffic stops turns up drugs Hackensack detective tackles motorist after traffic stops turns up drugs
Hackensack detective tackles motorist after traffic stops turns up drugs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry man awaiting trial on drug charges made a break for it but didn’t get far after a Hackensack detective found cocaine and heroin in his car during a traffic stop, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Detective William Inglima stopped the car for a busted taillight around 1:20 p.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo said. The driver — identified as 26-year-old Michael C. Gale — got out and asked what he was being stopped for, Salcedo said. While ordering him back into the vehicle, Inglima noticed a plastic bag with what looked to be cocaine inside, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Detailed description of truck, man in Bergenfield attempted luring report Detailed description of truck, man in Bergenfield attempted luring report Detailed description of truck, man in Bergenfield attempted luring report
Detailed description of truck, man in Bergenfield attempted luring report YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield Police Chief Michael Carr this afternoon confirmed a report of a possible luring attempt reported Monday night by a 12-year-old boy, who said he had to hide in a backyard when a man who tried to pick him up in a truck followed him. The boy said the man matched a police sketch (above) in a reported incident in Westwood. The boy told police he was walking home from a friend’s house on West Broad Street near Fairview Avenue around 6:15 p.m. when the pickup truck’s driver stopped and offered him money to get in, Carr said. He said he told the driver “no,” t…

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