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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood boy, 8, says man in restaurant bathroom said, ‘Come with me.’ Ridgewood boy, 8, says man in restaurant bathroom said, ‘Come with me.’ Ridgewood boy, 8, says man in restaurant bathroom said, ‘Come with me.’
Ridgewood boy, 8, says man in restaurant bathroom said, ‘Come with me.’ In another in a series of attempted luring reports, an 8-year-old boy told police a man in a restaurant bathroom tapped him on the shoulder and said: “Come with me.” Ridgewood police rushed to the Daily Treat Restaurant at 177 East Ridgewood Ave. just before 2 p.m. yesterday but couldn’t find anyone in the area who matched the description given by the boy: dark skinned; 6 feet tall; brown hair; black, button-down shirt; blue jeans; gray work boots; carrying a black visor-type motorcycle helmet. Anyone with information that could in any of these instances is asked…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Would-be burglars in black caught in Saddle River Police: Would-be burglars in black caught in Saddle River Police: Would-be burglars in black caught in Saddle River
Police: Would-be burglars in black caught in Saddle River YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A father and son were dressed in black jumpsuits and had black ski masks and gloves, along with tinted goggles, a gun case full of burglary tools and a listing of houses in Saddle River, when police stopped their car yesterday. Upper Saddle Police Sgt. Emmett McDowell pulled the car over just after 1:15 a.m. Sunday on West Saddle River Road in Saddle River. Also responding were Saddle River Officers Brian Doyle and Edward Riedel, along with Upper Saddle River Officer Ken Osborne. Arrested were Jerome Shaw Sr., 51, and Jerome Shaw Jr., 31, both of the Inwood secti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Teen brothers charged in 12-year-old South Jersey girl’s murder Teen brothers charged in 12-year-old South Jersey girl’s murder Teen brothers charged in 12-year-old South Jersey girl’s murder
Teen brothers charged in 12-year-old South Jersey girl’s murder Two brothers — one 15 and the other 17 — lured 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale to her death, strangling her in order to get parts from her bicycle, authorities said Tuesday. Autumn’s body was found in a recycling bin blocks from her home after the boys’ mother called police after seeing something authorities characterized as disturbing on one of the teens’ Facebook page. Autumn Pasquale Her bicycle was found nearby, they said. The FBI and New Jersey State Police joined local authorities in the search for the South Jersey girl. A reward was offered, and various photos were posted in the hop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Suicidal woman with knife in Overpeck saved by Bergen County security officer Suicidal woman with knife in Overpeck saved by Bergen County security officer Suicidal woman with knife in Overpeck saved by Bergen County security officer
Suicidal woman with knife in Overpeck saved by Bergen County security officer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County security officer helped rescue a suicidal woman armed with a knife near the Overpeck Park amphitheater last night. It was just after 10 o’clock when Bergen County Security Officer Keith McGovern began telling patrons in the Ridgefield Park section that Overpeck was closing for the night. That’s when he noticed a man holding onto a woman at the comfort station near the amphitheater. “As he drew closer, he could hear the male asking for help,” Bergen County Police Lt. Robert Espinosa said. McGovern saw that the woman’s boyfriend “was actually hold…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 51, killed by train in Hackensack Woman, 51, killed by train in Hackensack Woman, 51, killed by train in Hackensack
Woman, 51, killed by train in Hackensack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 51-year-old woman was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Hackensack last night. The woman was hit by a Hoboken-bound train on the Pascack Valley line near the corner of Central and Railroad avenues around 9:20 p.m. NJ Transit investigators were on scene, and the 250 passengers were transferred to another train. The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was  pronounced dead. An NJ Transit spokesman confirmed the incident, saying that the city woman went around the gates and stepped onto the tracks before she was str…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Distinctive features mark man in New Milford attempted luring report Distinctive features mark man in New Milford attempted luring report Distinctive features mark man in New Milford attempted luring report
Distinctive features mark man in New Milford attempted luring report New Milford police have issued a sketch of a man a 17-year-old girl said pulled up to her and asked if she wanted a ride while she was walking home from school. He’s white, in his mid-40s, with a large nose, thick eyebrows and a bad complexion, she said. He is either balding or has a receding hairline. The girl said she was walking along Henley Avenue near the Boulevard intersection when the stranger pulled up around 2:30 Thursday afternoon in a silver, four-door vehicle (“like a Honda”). She kept walking and he left, she said. Hours later, a 10-year-old New Milford girl reported a si…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Special Ops soldier driving FedEx truck scares off carjackers Special Ops soldier driving FedEx truck scares off carjackers Special Ops soldier driving FedEx truck scares off carjackers
Special Ops soldier driving FedEx truck scares off carjackers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two would-be carjackers absolutely, positively picked the wrong FedEx driver: Although one of them tried jabbing him with a knife, the former Special Ops soldier — just back from Afghanistan — chased both men off after they cornered him on a North Arlington street. He also got an excellent look at the man with the knife — who has more than one distinguishing mark, North Arlington Police Chief Louis Ghione said. Newell Place, off Stevens Place, in North Arlington The driver, who is in his early 30s, had turned down Newell Place off Stevens Place this afternoon whe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Grand jurors hit ‘The Lady’ with more charges in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen Grand jurors hit ‘The Lady’ with more charges in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen Grand jurors hit ‘The Lady’ with more charges in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen
Grand jurors hit ‘The Lady’ with more charges in worldwide theft ring that stole cars in Bergen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal grand jury today returned an 11-count superseding indictment charging a Brooklyn woman with running an international stolen car fencing operation involving millions of dollars worth of cars stolen from Cresskill, Fort Lee, Hackensack, North Arlington and elsewhere. Hope “The Lady” Kantete, 42, bought stolen cars from gang members and others, had them retagged, then shipped them to customers overseas, the indictment alleges. Federal agents arrested 11 defendants, several of them from Hudson County, in May. A twelfth was already serving time in state prison…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
FBI: ‘Soft-spoken’ Fair Lawn bank robber had claw hammer FBI: ‘Soft-spoken’ Fair Lawn bank robber had claw hammer FBI: ‘Soft-spoken’ Fair Lawn bank robber had claw hammer
FBI: ‘Soft-spoken’ Fair Lawn bank robber had claw hammer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The FBI today confirmed CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s original report that the man who held up a fair Lawn bank Wednesday threatened at least one employee with a claw hammer — as seen in the photo, above, released by the bureau. The bandit, who hit the Chase Bank branch on Saddle River Road minutes before the 6 p.m. closing, quietly told another employee to stuff an envelope with cash. He then took the money and ran. The FBI described him as black, in his late 20s or early 30s, about 5-foot-7 with a thin to medium build and a thin moustache and goatee, and wearing wearing a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford police investigate possible luring incident New Milford police investigate possible luring incident New Milford police investigate possible luring incident
New Milford police investigate possible luring incident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A sketch artist is working this afternoon with a 17-year-old New Milford girl who told police that she was approached by a man in a car who asked her if she wanted a ride after she got off a school bus yesterday. Police Chief Frank Papapietro said the girl told her parents last night about the alleged incident, which she said happened around 2:30 p.m. near the corner of Henley Avenue and Boulevard. She said the driver of a night a four-door, silver-colored vehicle with a “squared-off front and rear” pulled alongside her as she was walking west on Henley, “lowered t…

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