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
Force Multipliers: Bergen Sheriff Swears Four New Sergeants, Welcomes 9 New Officers Force Multipliers: Bergen Sheriff Swears Four New Sergeants, Welcomes 9 New Officers Force Multipliers: Bergen Sheriff Swears Four New Sergeants, Welcomes 9 New Officers
Force Multipliers: Bergen Sheriff Swears Four New Sergeants, Welcomes 9 New Officers Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton swore four sergeants and officially welcomed nine new officers to the department on Tuesday. “These new hires and promotions will have immediate impact on our operation by increasing our workforce," Cureton said during the ceremony at Two Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack. "We must never jeopardize the safety of our officers and continue to provide same level of service as efficiently as possible."New Sgts. Young Kim, Steve Ruiz, Pellegrino Dente and Vincent Surace were sworn. Also taking their oaths were eight intergovernmental transfers -- five sheri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts
Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts Three different drivers who weren’t truthful with Hawthorne police were found carrying heroin during separate stops, authorities said. Upstate New York driver Gregory Valentine, 48, “appeared very nervous and was shaking” when officers stopped his 2012 Honda Accord on Goffle Road near Warburton Avenue, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Asked where he was coming from, Valentine said he was “looking at trucks for his boss” at an excavating company, Hoogmoed said. However, he “could not recall where that was or any other details,” the sergeant said. While they waited for a K-9 unit to ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Trio Nabbed Near GWB In New Milford Police Chase Identified Trio Nabbed Near GWB In New Milford Police Chase Identified Trio Nabbed Near GWB In New Milford Police Chase Identified
Trio Nabbed Near GWB In New Milford Police Chase Identified UPDATE: A police pursuit sparked by a bank fraud in New Milford ended in Fort Lee late Tuesday afternoon with two women and a man from New York in custody. The getaway car grazed a police officer who was rushing to the Bank of America on River Road on the fraud call as they sped off, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. New Milford police chased the vehicle first into Hackensack and then eastbound on Route 4, Clancy said. Port Authority, Teaneck and Fort Lee police eventually joined the pursuit. The trio bailed out and were captured in the area of Marguerite Street near Fletcher Avenue around …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Requiescat In Pace: Popular Wayne Music Producer Succumbs To Injuries From Crash Requiescat In Pace: Popular Wayne Music Producer Succumbs To Injuries From Crash Requiescat In Pace: Popular Wayne Music Producer Succumbs To Injuries From Crash
Requiescat In Pace: Popular Wayne Music Producer Succumbs To Injuries From Crash Tributes mounted Tuesday as word that a popular music producer from Wayne who was struck by a tire that popped off a dump truck as he rode his bicycle died his injuries. "Surrounded by his father Jack Sr., brother Jack Jr., and holding the hand of Cat, his loving wife of 20 years, James John DeSalvo departed this life and reunited with his beloved mother Kathleen in that special place he liked to call 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' ” family friend Ruth Ozbolt Cleary wrote Monday night. Outpourings of love, honor and respect have continued to multiply ever since. Jim "Bean" DeSalvo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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'Shark Tank' Star's Wife, NY State Man Charged In Double-Fatal Boat Crash 'Shark Tank' Star's Wife, NY State Man Charged In Double-Fatal Boat Crash 'Shark Tank' Star's Wife, NY State Man Charged In Double-Fatal Boat Crash
'Shark Tank' Star's Wife, NY State Man Charged In Double-Fatal Boat Crash UPDATE: Authorities charged both the wife of "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary and the driver of another boat in connection with a fatal accident last month in Canada. Linda O’Leary was charged with "careless operation of a vessel,” the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said Tuesday, without confirming a report that investigators believe she may have been speeding. An Oct. 29 initial court appearance was scheduled. The other driver, Richard Ruh of Orchard Park, NY (just southeast of Buffalo, was charged with not having navigation lights on when the crash occurred near Toronto the night of Aug.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Learn To Handle Difficult Discussions With Your Teen At Special USRA Coalition Event Learn To Handle Difficult Discussions With Your Teen At Special USRA Coalition Event Learn To Handle Difficult Discussions With Your Teen At Special USRA Coalition Event
Learn To Handle Difficult Discussions With Your Teen At Special Usra Coalition Event Because talking to teens about difficult subjects sometimes requires skills some parents may not have, the USRA Coalition is sponsoring a multi-media presentation and question-and-answer session to help with the task. Parents of middle and high school students in Upper Saddle River, Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus and Saddle River are among those invited to “How to Speak Effectively to Your Child or Teen on Difficult Subjects,” featuring the special one-hour presentation “15-Minute Child Break,” on Oct. 7. Topics include identifying risk factors, strengthening parenting and communication skills and ut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Essex Preparer Convicted In $900,000 Tax Scam Essex Preparer Convicted In $900,000 Tax Scam Essex Preparer Convicted In $900,000 Tax Scam
Essex Preparer Convicted In $900,000 Tax Scam An Essex County tax preparer with a fraud conviction already on his record was found guilty of obtaining $900,000 in illegal returns for clients. Joseph Kenny Batts, 50, of Elkridge, MD went to trial after four associates pleaded guilty in the federal conspiracy case. He was convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States and five counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns. Batts and co-conspirator Damien Askew operated Tax Pro’s, a tax return preparation and payroll business in West Orange for nearly six years, federal authorities said. In o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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State DOT Worker Charged With Collecting 25,000 Child Porn Images State DOT Worker Charged With Collecting 25,000 Child Porn Images State DOT Worker Charged With Collecting 25,000 Child Porn Images
State DOT Worker Charged With Collecting 25,000 Child Porn Images A state DOT worker from Montvale was caught with nearly 25,000 child porn files, authorities said Monday. Robert Setnitzky, 47, was released with conditions following a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack over the weekend, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Setnitzky on Friday after they discovered that he’d “used the Internet to view, download, and possess approximately 25,000 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. Setni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Multi-Vehicle Fire Doused Outside Hackensack Auto Repair Shop Multi-Vehicle Fire Doused Outside Hackensack Auto Repair Shop Multi-Vehicle Fire Doused Outside Hackensack Auto Repair Shop
Multi-Vehicle Fire Doused Outside Hackensack Auto Repair Shop Flames incinerated two trucks and damaged other nearby vehicles Monday outside a Hackensack auto repair shop, sending plumes of black smoke skyward that could be seen from Route 80. A firefighter was hospitalized with heat exhaustion, the city Fire Department said. Firefighters responding to the two-alarm blaze sparked by downed wires at Rocky Auto Repair at Daniel and Kenneth streets just before 1:30 p.m. had it doused in well under an hour. The building sustained some exterior damage, but firefighters kept interior damage to a minimum. Englewood, Teaneck and Ridgefield Park firefighters…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Pedestrian With Cane Trying To Cross Busy Route 17 Clipped By Pickup Truck Mahwah Pedestrian With Cane Trying To Cross Busy Route 17 Clipped By Pickup Truck Mahwah Pedestrian With Cane Trying To Cross Busy Route 17 Clipped By Pickup Truck
Mahwah Pedestrian With Cane Trying To Cross Busy Route 17 Clipped By Pickup Truck A 36-year-old Mahwah man with a cane was struck and injured by the passenger-side mirror of a pickup truck when he tried to cross busy Route 17, authorities said. The driver of the 2012 Dodge pickup told police he suddenly saw the victim in the middle lane of the southbound highway and swerved to avoid hitting him at the Ramsey border just south of MacArthur Boulevard shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses confirmed the story, police said. Mahwah EMS took the semi-responsive victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head injury, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. As of Sunday…

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