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
HERO: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB HERO: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB HERO: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB
Hero: NJ Transit Driver Rescues Kids Stuck On GWB The driver of a New Jersey Transit bus was being hailed as a hero for scooping up a group of schoolchildren stranded on the George Washington Bridge. Tires had blown on a New York City-bound school bus, disabling it, when James Desir came to the rescue of the driver, the 21 kids aboard and their adult chaperones as the group waited for a tow truck in the sweltering heat, NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. Desir, meanwhile, was on his way to the GWB bus terminal in Washington Heights to pick up homeward-bound rush-hour commuters, Torbic said. Port Authority police flagged down Desir, who welcom…

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Englewood, NJ
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Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Nab NYC Pair With Ecstasy At Rest Stop Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Nab NYC Pair With Ecstasy At Rest Stop Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Nab NYC Pair With Ecstasy At Rest Stop
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Nab NYC Pair With Ecstasy At Rest Stop Palisades Interstate Parkway police nabbed a pair of New York City men with more than 400 Ecstasy pills, authorities said. Officers responding to a tipster's call at the Mobil service area in Englewood Cliffs shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday found an illegally parked Honda CRV, Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The driver, Sali-Hali Muhammad, 30, of the Bronx failed a field sobriety test and was arrested for DWI by Sgt. Martin Clancy, Walter said. Meanwhile, Officers Scott Billotti and Thomas Carlson searched the vehicle, found the Ecstasy and arrested passenger Danny Heredia, 34, of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton Man Charged With Trafficking Porn Images Of Infants, Children Clifton Man Charged With Trafficking Porn Images Of Infants, Children Clifton Man Charged With Trafficking Porn Images Of Infants, Children
Clifton Man Charged With Trafficking Porn Images Of Infants, Children A 57-year-old Clifton man trafficked pornographic images of children ranging from 10 years to only a few months old, said authorities who arrested him. A Superior Court judge in Paterson ordered Monday that Paul Rusin remain held pending trial following his arrest a week earlier by members of Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Rusin “used the Internet to obtain, distribute, and maintain electronic files depicting…nude children, ranging in age from approximately a few months old to 10 years old, engaging in sexual acts,” Passaic County Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cherry Hill, NJ
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NJ Federal Juror Who Did His Own Research Fined $11,227 For Causing Mistrial NJ Federal Juror Who Did His Own Research Fined $11,227 For Causing Mistrial NJ Federal Juror Who Did His Own Research Fined $11,227 For Causing Mistrial
NJ Federal Juror Who Did His Own Research Fined $11,227 For Causing Mistrial A New Jersey federal juror was fined $11,227 for researching the case and sharing what he found with other jurors, causing a mistrial, authorities said Tuesday. Jurors in the trial “were instructed repeatedly, both in writing and verbally, not to conduct any research about the case, including through use of the Internet,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. However, Juror Number 7 – as he was identified – “conducted Internet research into evidence in the case” during a recess and then shared his findings with the other jurors during deliberations, causing a mistrial,” Honig said. U…

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Paramus, NJ
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Woman Groped In Van Saun Park, Local Resident Nabbed By Sheriff's Officers Woman Groped In Van Saun Park, Local Resident Nabbed By Sheriff's Officers Woman Groped In Van Saun Park, Local Resident Nabbed By Sheriff's Officers
Woman Groped In Van Saun Park, Local Resident Nabbed By Sheriff's Officers Bergen County sheriff's officers captured a 29-year-old Paramus man after he groped a River Edge woman Tuesday morning in Van Saun Park, authorities said. Russell Cardenas was arrested after the 32-year-old victim reported being "touched in a sexual manner" shortly before 8 a.m., Bergen County Sheriff's Public Information Officer Keisha J. McLean said. Officers fanned out through the park shortly before 8 a.m. and arrested Cardenas soon after. He was charged with criminal sexual contact and released on a summons pending a court hearing 

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Caught On Camera: Wyckoff Police Charge Construction Worker, Accomplice With Thefts Caught On Camera: Wyckoff Police Charge Construction Worker, Accomplice With Thefts Caught On Camera: Wyckoff Police Charge Construction Worker, Accomplice With Thefts
Caught On Camera: Wyckoff Police Charge Construction Worker, Accomplice With Thefts Surveillance video caught a Paterson man stealing from a Wyckoff construction site where he was working, said authorities who arrested him and an accused accomplice. Jose A. Rivera, 30, had help from fellow Paterson resident Ivis C. Aguilar, 67, police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Together they took dumbbells, kitchenware and artwork from the Sicomac Avenue site during off hours, the lieutenant said. Officers William Plisich and William Christopher obtained surveillance photos that Detective Sgts. Michael Ragucci and Mark Tagliareni used to identify and arrest the suspects, he said. Rivera and A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Moonachie Fashion Warehouse Worker Swipes $300,000 In Merch With Shipping Scheme Prosecutor: Moonachie Fashion Warehouse Worker Swipes $300,000 In Merch With Shipping Scheme Prosecutor: Moonachie Fashion Warehouse Worker Swipes $300,000 In Merch With Shipping Scheme
Prosecutor: Moonachie Fashion Warehouse Worker Swipes $300,000 In Merch With Shipping Scheme A Hudson County man working at a fashion company’s Moonachie warehouse stole $300,000 worth of merchandise that he had delivered to various addresses, authorities charged. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Moonachie police pointed detectives from his Financial Crimes Unit to Isaac Martinez, 19, after discovering the thefts from the multi-national company in March. They, in turn, arrested Martinez, of Polk Street, on charges of conspiracy to commit theft by deception. He was released pending a July 7 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson Man Sexually Abused Child, 12, In Clifton, Authorities Charge Paterson Man Sexually Abused Child, 12, In Clifton, Authorities Charge Paterson Man Sexually Abused Child, 12, In Clifton, Authorities Charge
Paterson Man Sexually Abused Child, 12, In Clifton, Authorities Charge A 21-year-old Paterson man was charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old victim in Clifton, authorities charged. Detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit arrested Manuel Martinez on Monday and sent him to the Passaic County Jail to await a detention hearing. They began investigating after receiving a tip from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency in January, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. “Detectives interviewed the victim and multiple witnesses,” the prosecutor said in a release. “The investigation revealed that [Martinez] …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Man Charged With Secretly Recording Roommate In Bathroom Lyndhurst Man Charged With Secretly Recording Roommate In Bathroom Lyndhurst Man Charged With Secretly Recording Roommate In Bathroom
Lyndhurst Man Charged With Secretly Recording Roommate In Bathroom A Lyndhurst woman discovered a cellphone hidden by her roommate recording her in the bathroom, said authorities who arrested him. The Valley Brook Avenue victim found the phone after noticing a light coming from a corner laundry basket as she emerged from a shower, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. She notified police, who arrested Hirotaka Aida, 58, on invasion of privacy charges, he said. Given consent to search his room, detectives found SD cards and thumb drives that were seized to be examined as possible evidence, Auteri said. Aida was released pending a court hearing under New Jers…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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NJ BAIL REFORM: Released Twice In Two Weeks, Ridgefield Park Man Gropes Woman, Police Charge NJ BAIL REFORM: Released Twice In Two Weeks, Ridgefield Park Man Gropes Woman, Police Charge NJ BAIL REFORM: Released Twice In Two Weeks, Ridgefield Park Man Gropes Woman, Police Charge
NJ Bail Reform: Released Twice In Two Weeks, Ridgefield Park Man Gropes Woman, Police Charge A repeat offender wanted for groping a local woman may have been ready to strike again when a Ridgefield Park police officer grabbed him, authorities said. It became the third time that Michael Hernandez, 22, had been arrested in Bergen County in a little over a month -- as well as the third time that police ended up seeing him released. The first time, they were required to release Hernandez under New Jersey's bail reform law after they said they caught him breaking into cars on May 16. SEE: Detective Work Produces Ridgefield Park Vehicle Burglary Arrest Ten days later (May 26), Hernande…

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