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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Manhattan deliveryman caught riding electric bicycle through Holland Tunnel Manhattan deliveryman caught riding electric bicycle through Holland Tunnel Manhattan deliveryman caught riding electric bicycle through Holland Tunnel
Manhattan deliveryman caught riding electric bicycle through Holland Tunnel BEYOND BERGEN: A lower Manhattan deliveryman rode an electric bicycle through the Holland Tunnel last night, skirting traffic and ignoring orders to stop, before officers grabbed him on the New Jersey tube. Yongshun Bu, 44, was delivering food when he “recklessly” drove through the tunnel around 7 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Port Authority tunnel and bridge agents combined with PAPD officers to take him into custody just inside the exit, he said. The tunnel was cleared and checked for safety reasons, Pentangelo said. MUGSHOT: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Lodi man charged with waving ninja swords in domestic dispute Lodi man charged with waving ninja swords in domestic dispute Lodi man charged with waving ninja swords in domestic dispute
Lodi man charged with waving ninja swords in domestic dispute YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 22-year-old Lodi man was subdued by families members and later arrested by police after he grabbed two 24-inch “ninja-style” swords and began swinging them during a domestic dispute, authorities said. John Mamaril Jr. was ordered held on $20,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession. Officers David Delia and Danyelle Blocker responded to yesterday’s call on Trudy Drive, seized the swords and took Mamaril into custody, Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. MUGSHOT: Courtesy LODI PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps makes 3rd Narcan save of year Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps makes 3rd Narcan save of year Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps makes 3rd Narcan save of year
Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps makes 3rd Narcan save of year SHOUT OUT: The Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Squad this morning made its third Narcan save this year when members rescued a 24-year-old heroin addict who’d overdosed. Township police responding to the 11:20 a.m. call on Intervale Road found the victim lying outside “unresponsive and barely breathing,” the TVAC’s Izzy Infield told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Suqad members “arrived moments later and administered Narcan,” Infield said. “The patient was brought to the ambulance, where a paramedic unit from Holy Name Medical Center was waiting,” he added. “The patient became alert and conscious in the am…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
‘I made a big mistake,’ inspector charged with embezzling $6,500 from Bergen fire group says ‘I made a big mistake,’ inspector charged with embezzling $6,500 from Bergen fire group says ‘I made a big mistake,’ inspector charged with embezzling $6,500 from Bergen fire group says
‘I made a big mistake,’ inspector charged with embezzling $6,500 from Bergen fire group says CVP EXCLUSIVE: “I made a mistake. I made a big mistake,” fire inspector James Leclercq of Dumont told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight after he was arrested by Mahwah police in Englewood on charges of pocketing more than $6,000 from the Bergen County Fire Prevention & Protection Association while serving as its treasurer. “I violated the trust of the members of the Bergen County Fire Prevention Association. I violated the trust of people I was friends with,” said Leclercq, 54, a longtime volunteer firefighter who works as a fire inspector in Cresskill and Englewood. CVP broke the story (James …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Heart Attack Claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57 Heart Attack Claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57 Heart Attack Claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57
Heart Attack Claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57 MAHWAH, N.J. -- Former Mahwah Fire Chief Edward Sinclair, a popular Mahwah Department of Public Works director, died of a massive heart attack at his home on Aug. 13. The ambulance call to Sinclair's Lynn Terrace home came in at 3:20 p.m. It was cancelled after he was found unresponsive. "He had gone home early today because he wasn't feeling well," Mayor Bill Laforet told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. "His wife found him." Sinclair, who was unanimously reinstated by the Township Council after being fired by Laforet earlier this year, had been "prominent with the Fire Departmen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man who had loaded gun in car sought by Rochelle Park police Man who had loaded gun in car sought by Rochelle Park police Man who had loaded gun in car sought by Rochelle Park police
Man who had loaded gun in car sought by Rochelle Park police HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Rochelle Park police were seeking the public’s help finding a man who had a loaded 9mm handgun stashed under the driver’s side floormat of his car. Anthony Enrico III refused to allow his car to be searched after Officer Ryan Burke stopped him on West State Street on Monday, Detective James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Enrico, 28, was released on a summons and the car was impounded while detectives sought — and later obtained — a search warrant, DePreta said. Enrico is 5-foot-5 and 160 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is known to frequent Paterson, Wayne, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Massive heart attack claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57 Massive heart attack claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57 Massive heart attack claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57
Massive heart attack claims Mahwah DPW Director Ed Sinclair, 57 TRIBUTE: Edward Sinclair, the popular Mahwah Department of Public Works director who was unanimously reinstated by the Township Council after being fired by Mayor Bill Laforet, died of a massive heart attack at his home this afternoon, a family friend told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The ambulance call to Sinclair’s Lynn Terrace home came in at 3:20 p.m. It was cancelled after he was found unresponsive. “He had gone home early today because he wasn’t feeling well,” Laforet told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “His wife found him.” The Bergen County Medical Examiner was determining the cause of death. Laforet, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack police save heroin OD victim in Burger King bathroom South Hackensack police save heroin OD victim in Burger King bathroom South Hackensack police save heroin OD victim in Burger King bathroom
South Hackensack police save heroin OD victim in Burger King bathroom YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: South Hackensack police got to the local Burger King in time to save a 31-year-old Clifton woman who’d overdosed on heroin in the bathroom this afternoon. A second shot of Narcan administered by Officers Brian Kropp and Steven McAllister at the Route 46 eatery brought the woman around, Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Paramedics from Hackensack University Medical Center took over and brought her to HUMC. This follows the overdose death of a 27-year-old River Edge man at the nearby Super 8 motel.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Missing South Jersey man leads Leonia police on brief chase Missing South Jersey man leads Leonia police on brief chase Missing South Jersey man leads Leonia police on brief chase
Missing South Jersey man leads Leonia police on brief chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A troubled Ocean County man led Leonia police on a one-mile high-speed chase into Englewood this afternoon before he pulled over and surrendered, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Philip Leone, 50, was charged with second-degree eluding after the brief chase just before 1 p.m., Capt. Scott Tamagny said. A license plate reader registered a hit on Leone’s 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier following a report of a missing and endangered driver, Tamagny said. Special Police Officer Steve Oxnard pulled Leone over on Grand Avenue at Christie Heights Street, but he hit the gas and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities charge homeless man with sexually assaulting Englewood woman Authorities charge homeless man with sexually assaulting Englewood woman Authorities charge homeless man with sexually assaulting Englewood woman
Authorities charge homeless man with sexually assaulting Englewood woman A homeless man sexually assaulted and beat a woman on an Englewood street before dawn yesterday, authorities said. Richard Cazassa Jr., 27, was being held on $101,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault and violation of a court order. The woman dialed 911 at 3:21 a.m. and was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Englewood police officers found and arrested Cazassa a short time later, he said. Molinelli said his Special Victims Unit was notified and responde…

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