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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police catch stoned driver at Holland Tunnel with son, 12, in back seat Port Authority police catch stoned driver at Holland Tunnel with son, 12, in back seat Port Authority police catch stoned driver at Holland Tunnel with son, 12, in back seat
Port Authority police catch stoned driver at Holland Tunnel with son, 12, in back seat BEYOND BERGEN: A Baltimore man was smoking pot in his car with his 12-year-old son in the back seat when he was stopped at the Holland Tunnel this morning, Port Authority police said. A PAPD officer stopped the 2007 Chevrolet Malibu at the tunnel toll plaza for having an obstructed windshield and immediately smelled pot when 39-year-old Willie Parrine Jr. opened the window, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Parrine, whose clothing reeked of pot, admitted having recently smoked some, Pentangelo said. Ordered out of the car, he failed several field sobri…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Couple charged with mugging doctor in East Rutherford office Couple charged with mugging doctor in East Rutherford office Couple charged with mugging doctor in East Rutherford office
Couple charged with mugging doctor in East Rutherford office MUGSHOTS: East Rutherford police tracked down and arrested a couple who they said threw a local doctor to the floor of his office and robber him of $3,600 in cash. Both went to the internist’s Paterson Avenue office on July 14, purportedly to obtain a prescription from him, Police Chief Larry Minda said. Once inside, 49-year-old Carol Winstead pulled a black, semi-automatic handgun and she and Kareem Walston, 38, of Jersey City, robbed him, the chief said. East Rutherford detectives nabbed Winstead on Monday and Walston yesterday, he said. Winstead was being held on $90,000 bail in th…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Norwood man busted for pot in raid Norwood man busted for pot in raid Norwood man busted for pot in raid
Norwood man busted for pot in raid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 29-year-old Norwood man was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute the drug after his home was raided on Tuesday. David Falkenstern had an undisclosed amount of pot when the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force and Norwood police hit his High Street house, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. He was released on a summons. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs officer nabs two NY men with 148 decks of heroin in gas station bust Englewood Cliffs officer nabs two NY men with 148 decks of heroin in gas station bust Englewood Cliffs officer nabs two NY men with 148 decks of heroin in gas station bust
Englewood Cliffs officer nabs two NY men with 148 decks of heroin in gas station bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood Cliffs patrol officer grabbed two New York men last night after they left 148 decks of heroin in a gas station bathroom, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. One had been released two nights earlier after being caught with 300 decks of heroin, CVP has learned. Officer Sean Flannelly stopped their car on a side street after Brian T. Moore of Pine Bush and Driton Kukaj of Brooklyn, both 32, pulled out of the Lukoil station on Sylvan Avenue just before 6:30 p.m. The owner had called police because one of them had been in the bathroom an unusua…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Driver hospitalized after trailer dislodges in crash, falls over Route 287 bridge in Oakland Driver hospitalized after trailer dislodges in crash, falls over Route 287 bridge in Oakland Driver hospitalized after trailer dislodges in crash, falls over Route 287 bridge in Oakland
Driver hospitalized after trailer dislodges in crash, falls over Route 287 bridge in Oakland PHOTOS:CLIFFVIEW PILOT (top)Courtesy ALAN TANI (above) UPDATE: A trailer filled with Gatorade bottles popped from a trailer and fell over a bridge into the Ramap River during a crash with a compact car on northbound Route 287 in Oakland tonight. The driver was hospitalized with minor injuries following the crash just after 8:40 p.m., New Jersey State Police said. Responders included Oakland, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff firefighters, NJSP troopers and Fair Lawn and Mahwah hazardous materials units, who assembled containment booms in the river for a diesel spill. Ringwood and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford ex-con caught with loaded gun, hollow-point ammo after Rochelle Park police chase East Rutherford ex-con caught with loaded gun, hollow-point ammo after Rochelle Park police chase East Rutherford ex-con caught with loaded gun, hollow-point ammo after Rochelle Park police chase
East Rutherford ex-con caught with loaded gun, hollow-point ammo after Rochelle Park police chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An East Rutherford ex-con with active warrants for his arrest was being held on $162,500 bail after a Rochelle Park police officer stopped his car after a brief chase and found him carrying a handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets, authorities said. Officer Jared Shatkin spotted the red BMW 745I “being operated erraticly, weaving in and out of traffic” on northbound Route 17 around 3:30 yesterday, Detective James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Shatkin tried to pull the car over but the driver took off, heading onto westbound Route 4 before eventually stopping, DeP…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
River Edge police release surveillance photo of pink-shirted bank robbery suspect River Edge police release surveillance photo of pink-shirted bank robbery suspect River Edge police release surveillance photo of pink-shirted bank robbery suspect
River Edge police release surveillance photo of pink-shirted bank robbery suspect HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? River Edge police issued a surveillance photo of a man in a pink shirt, white twill pants and dark sunglasses who they said robbed an undetermined amount of cash from a local bank this morning. The robber, who carrying a black bag, removed his shirt before getting into a white sedan parked in a strip mall lot across the street following the 10:15 a.m. holdup at the Hudson City Savings Bank on Main Street, witnesses told police. The car then headed west toward Route 4, they said. No weapon was shown, police said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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$250,000 bail for Trenton man in stolen van chase that ended in Ridgefield Park $250,000 bail for Trenton man in stolen van chase that ended in Ridgefield Park $250,000 bail for Trenton man in stolen van chase that ended in Ridgefield Park
$250,000 bail for Trenton man in stolen van chase that ended in Ridgefield Park PHOTOS:Gordon Kohles (top)Christine Kenter (above) UPDATE: A Trenton man driving a stolen van led State Police on a nearly 18-mile chase on eastbound Route 80 this morning that began in Saddle Brook and ended in Ridgefield Park, where he was forced to surrender 10 minutes later, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Troopers who got the 11:40 a.m. call of the van stolen out of Denville spotted it near Exit 56 at 11:43 a.m. thanks to a GPS device, NJSP Sgt. Jeff Flynn said. “They tried to stop it with headlights and sirens, but it continued on,” Flynn said. The driver, 27-year-old Raymond…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale police search for home burglar River Vale police search for home burglar River Vale police search for home burglar
River Vale police search for home burglar UPDATE: Officers from several law enforcement agencies converged on a River Vale home last night on a report of an interloper. A resident said a black man in a white t-shirt and black shorts took off after he found him on a neighbor’s property around 10 p.m., Detective Sgt. John J. DeVoe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Although a rear window screen had been removed, no entry apparently was gained, he said. “The scene was secured and a perimeter was established with assistance from the Hillsdale, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake police,” DeVoe said. A Bergen Co…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford police issue sketch of suspect in tire slashings New Milford police issue sketch of suspect in tire slashings New Milford police issue sketch of suspect in tire slashings
New Milford police issue sketch of suspect in tire slashings HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? New Milford police hunting the man who slashed more than three dozen tires on 22 vehicles one night last week issued a sketch of their primary suspect this morning based on interviews with witnesses. They described him as white or light-skinned Hispanic, about 5-foot-8, with a chubby build, buzzed haircut and dark hair and eyes. He was wearing a hooded grey sweatshirt with possible writing on it and dark gym shorts, Detective Kevin Van Saders said. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to contact the New Milford PD: (201) 261-1400. Crime…

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