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
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Lodi detectives waiting when local man shows up with a half-ounce of pot Lodi detectives waiting when local man shows up with a half-ounce of pot Lodi detectives waiting when local man shows up with a half-ounce of pot
Lodi detectives waiting when local man shows up with a half-ounce of pot Lodi police said they found a local man carrying a half-ounce of pot after he pulled up to a private home in car with several other people. Investigators from the department’s Narcotics Division were watching the Pasadena Avenue home just before 10 p.m. Wednesday when 21-year-old Marquise Nether arrived with the drugs, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Nether was arrested, charged with manufacturing, distributing and possessing drugs and ordered held on $2,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail. MUGSHOT: Courtesy LODI PD

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Little Ferry police bust Ridgefield Park man with 65 heroin folds, needle Little Ferry police bust Ridgefield Park man with 65 heroin folds, needle Little Ferry police bust Ridgefield Park man with 65 heroin folds, needle
Little Ferry police bust Ridgefield Park man with 65 heroin folds, needle Little Ferry police armed with a search warrant said they found 65 folds of heroin and four hypodermic needles in the ceiling compartment of a car driven by Ridgefield Park man after he refused to allow them to search it. Officer John Andronaco stopped 31-year-old Jamie Costa on Route 46 a week ago Friday for having a headlight out and no front license plate on his Vollkswagen Golf. Costa, who had a fresh track mark on his arm, refused consent to search the car, Detective Ronald Klein Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Backup K-9 Officer Ronald Callahan and his partner, Laszlo, arrived moments l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Garfield High School Class Of 1965 Holding 50th Reunion Garfield High School Class Of 1965 Holding 50th Reunion Garfield High School Class Of 1965 Holding 50th Reunion
Garfield High School Class Of 1965 Holding 50th Reunion GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield High School's Class of 1965 will hold its 50th reunion from 7-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, at The Venetian, 546 River Road. The event will feature a buffet, open bar, individual sampler dessert plates and a DJ. Tickets are $95 per person. Send checks to Carol Hanzo re: Reunion; 263 Palisade Ave., (973) 772-2459. Details for room reservations with discounts and a possible buffet breakfast the following day will be forthcoming, organizers said. Web sites will be updated, as well, they said.The organizers ask that alumni share this story, in an effort to reach all.

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Band Will Recreate Dylan 'Basement Tapes' in Fair Lawn Band Will Recreate Dylan 'Basement Tapes' in Fair Lawn Band Will Recreate Dylan 'Basement Tapes' in Fair Lawn
Band Will Recreate Dylan 'Basement Tapes' in Fair Lawn FAIR LAWN, N.J.: In celebration of the release of Bob Dylan's "The Basement Tapes Complete," The THE BAND Band will bring an audience back to the 1967 source with a special show on Sept. 12 at The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in the Fair Lawn Community Center. Tickets are $25. Dylan recorded more than 100 songs with The Band in the basement of a house known as Big Pink near Woodstock, NY, nearly a half-century ago. Bootlegs from those sessions emerged over the years before 16 were issued on "The Basement Tapes" -- with songs including "I Shall Be Released," &q…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Reward offered in New Milford tire-slashing spree Reward offered in New Milford tire-slashing spree Reward offered in New Milford tire-slashing spree
Reward offered in New Milford tire-slashing spree UPDATE: Crime Stoppers of Central Bergen is offering a cash reward to anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest in the slashings of 37 tires on 22 cars in New Milford. The attacks occurred between 1 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. yesterday on Charles Street and McKinley and Madison Avenues, Detective Kevin Van Saders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “All of the tires appeared to have been punctured with a flathead screwdriver type tool,” he said. “One of the vehicles was also significantly scratched up on its hood and driver’s side door.” The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identifica…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood police seek father-son fugitives in neighborhood chop-shop operation Englewood police seek father-son fugitives in neighborhood chop-shop operation Englewood police seek father-son fugitives in neighborhood chop-shop operation
Englewood police seek father-son fugitives in neighborhood chop-shop operation HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? Englewood police are seeking the public’s help finding father-son fugitives who they said participated in a stolen auto chop shop operation in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Officer Michael Christiansen was on patrol on July 3 when he got a LoJack ping that a stolen vehicle was in the area, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He and Officer John Peterson tracked the signal to the rear yard of a Howland Avenue home, where they found it coming from a 2010 Yamaha motorcycle reported stolen out of Secaucus. They also found a 2007 Honda motorcy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Car gutted, 2 damaged in Paramus mall fire Car gutted, 2 damaged in Paramus mall fire Car gutted, 2 damaged in Paramus mall fire
Car gutted, 2 damaged in Paramus mall fire PHOTOS: A Saturn was gutted and a BMW and Honda were damaged in a car fire outside the Bergen Town Center in Paramus this afternoon. PHOTOS: CHRIS LEON (Bergen Brookside Auto Body and Towing, Inc.)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Concerns over mental state, guns prompt judge to order Glen Rock detective in sexting case held through weekend Concerns over mental state, guns prompt judge to order Glen Rock detective in sexting case held through weekend Concerns over mental state, guns prompt judge to order Glen Rock detective in sexting case held through weekend
Concerns over mental state, guns prompt judge to order Glen Rock detective in sexting case held through weekend YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Glen Rock police detective sergeant charged with sending naked photos of himself to a 14-year-old girl will spend at least the weekend in the Bergen County Jail, a judge in Hackensack ordered this afternoon. Eric Reamy, 51, of Fair Lawn was removed from Level 1 suicide watch, but Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Daniel Keitel said authorities remained concerned about his mental state and the fact that two guns he said he sold hadn’t been accounted for. Should Reamy post bail, Keitel said, authorities want him wearing a monitoring bracelet and the judge to inclu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Construction crew ruptures underground gas tank at Closter Plaza Construction crew ruptures underground gas tank at Closter Plaza Construction crew ruptures underground gas tank at Closter Plaza
Construction crew ruptures underground gas tank at Closter Plaza NEWSBREAK: A construction crew ruptured an underground propane tank at the former site of the Grand Union in Closter Plaza, forcing the evacuation of the K-Mart and closing Vervalen Street. Suburban Propane was to remove the remaining gas from the tank following the 11:15 a.m. incident, Police Chief Dennis Kaine told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Closter police and firefighters responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Boy, 2, drowns in Ridgefield Park backyard pool Boy, 2, drowns in Ridgefield Park backyard pool Boy, 2, drowns in Ridgefield Park backyard pool
Boy, 2, drowns in Ridgefield Park backyard pool A 2-year-old boy drowned in a Ridgefield Park backyard swimming pool last night. Officers responding to the Overpeck Avenue call found a man administering CPR, which was continued by police and members of the Ridgefield Park Ambulance Corps, Capt. Daniel Hippe said this morning. Village police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office were investigating what Hippe said “appears to be a tragic accident.” “The child was being supervised by an adult family friend at the time of the incident,” he said. Evidence was collected by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification…

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