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
Rochelle Park officer finds Ridgefield man with 42 bags of heroin in 7-Eleven lot Rochelle Park officer finds Ridgefield man with 42 bags of heroin in 7-Eleven lot Rochelle Park officer finds Ridgefield man with 42 bags of heroin in 7-Eleven lot
Rochelle Park officer finds Ridgefield man with 42 bags of heroin in 7-Eleven lot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rochelle Park police officer who thought he was helping a disabled motorist just after midnight this morning found him carrying 42 folds of heroin and a hypodermic needle. Officer Jared Shatkin spotted several used folds scattered on the ground outside the car in the 7-Eleven parking lot and questioned the driver, 22-year-old Christopher Limback of Ridgefield, Detective Sgt. James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Limback admitted he had more, he said. He was arrested, charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, and released pending a court hearing. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale police pick off A&P shoplifters Allendale police pick off A&P shoplifters Allendale police pick off A&P shoplifters
Allendale police pick off A&P shoplifters YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Allendale police grabbed two men who they said tried to shoplift booze and other items worth $233 from a local supermarket. Sgt. Todd Grffith and Officer Dan Rosendahl grabbed the pair Tuesday night after police received a 911 call from the A&P on De Mercurio Drive, Police Chief George Scherb told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Danish Khan, 29, of Fair Lawn, was found leaving the store with unpaid merchandise, while his alleged accomplice, 26-year-old Andre Waterman of Elmwood Park was found in the liquor department pushing a cart filled with bottles of alcohol and other ite…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Tires slashed overnight on 24 vehicles in New Milford Tires slashed overnight on 24 vehicles in New Milford Tires slashed overnight on 24 vehicles in New Milford
Tires slashed overnight on 24 vehicles in New Milford 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
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
No serious injuries after car barrels into outdoor tables at Blue Moon in Englewood No serious injuries after car barrels into outdoor tables at Blue Moon in Englewood No serious injuries after car barrels into outdoor tables at Blue Moon in Englewood
No serious injuries after car barrels into outdoor tables at Blue Moon in Englewood ONLY ON CVP: No one was seriously injured after a car driven by a 74-year-old Tenafly woman careened into tables outside an Englewood restaurant on Palisade Avenue this afternoon. The driver was backing out of a parking spot, with her husband as a passenger, when her car hit another on Palisade Avenue near Engle Street around 3:15, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She then put it in drive and the car jumped the curb and hit several tables in front of the Blue Moon Mexican Cafe, he said. One table struck a 43-year-old woman from Englewood who was having lunch, Torell …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Cresskill police investigate shot fired into house under construction Cresskill police investigate shot fired into house under construction Cresskill police investigate shot fired into house under construction
Cresskill police investigate shot fired into house under construction YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Cresskill police were trying to determine who fired a bullet into the second floor of a single-family house under construction around midnight last night. Neighbors reported hearing the shot, and contractors this morning found the bullet hole in the building at County Road and Park Avenue, Detective Jason Lanzilotti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Tenafly firefighters provided a ladder truck to bring investigators from Cresskill and the Bergen County Bureau of Criminal Identification up to the second floor in a bucket to retrieve evidence. Both the bullet an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
$1.75 million bail for Korean national from Fort Lee charged with aggravated manslaughter in death of 5-month-old son $1.75 million bail for Korean national from Fort Lee charged with aggravated manslaughter in death of 5-month-old son $1.75 million bail for Korean national from Fort Lee charged with aggravated manslaughter in death of 5-month-old son
$1.75 million bail for Korean national from Fort Lee charged with aggravated manslaughter in death of 5-month-old son YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 38-year-old South Korean national from Fort Lee was charged with aggravated manslaughter and ordered held on $1.75 million bail tonight following the death earlier today of his 5-month-old son, who authorities said was beaten and severely shaken over the course of two months. Choi had been held on $750,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault and child endangerment, after county prosecutor’s detectives arrested him last week. That changed after the boy was removed from life support at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan at 10:30 a.m. toda…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River worker severs finger Upper Saddle River worker severs finger Upper Saddle River worker severs finger
Upper Saddle River worker severs finger NEWSBREAK: A worker was being airlifted to the hospital after severing his finger with a saw at an Upper Saddle River home this afternoon. The 48-year-old victim was brought to a Lake Street field after the incident on West Saddle River Road, Detective Lt. Edward Kane told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Erratic driving report precedes Glen Rock crash Erratic driving report precedes Glen Rock crash Erratic driving report precedes Glen Rock crash
Erratic driving report precedes Glen Rock crash PHOTOS: The drivers of both vehicles were taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after a crash in Glen Rock this afternoon. Glen Rock police and EMS and Fuchs Medical Services responded to the 12:30 p.m. crash at Prospect Street and Rock Road, which also damaged a traffic sign. Moments earlier, police received a call of an erratic driver on the wrong side of Rock Road, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow trucks. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police nab homeless suspect in burglaries from Allendale to Ridgewood, thanks to River Edge resident Paramus police nab homeless suspect in burglaries from Allendale to Ridgewood, thanks to River Edge resident Paramus police nab homeless suspect in burglaries from Allendale to Ridgewood, thanks to River Edge resident
Paramus police nab homeless suspect in burglaries from Allendale to Ridgewood, thanks to River Edge resident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Thanks to a call from an alert River Edge resident this morning, Paramus police arrested a homeless ex-con wanted in two counties for a string of thefts while riding a bicycle in Allendale, Closter, Norwood, Ramsey, Ridgewood and elsewhere. The resident called borough police at 8:41 a.m. after recognizing 47-year-old James M. Rainsford of Orangeburg from a mugshot posted on CLIFFVIEW PILOT and elsewhere, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. Responding Officers Mark Pinajian, Justin Sicari and Jack Cacamis took Rainsford into custody without incident …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Couple Swipes Wallet From Franklin Lakes Florist Couple Swipes Wallet From Franklin Lakes Florist Couple Swipes Wallet From Franklin Lakes Florist
Couple Swipes Wallet From Franklin Lakes Florist FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - Police were searching for a couple who stole a wallet from a local florist and then used credit cards taken from it at a CVS in Wyckoff. Colony Florist reported that the man snuck into a backroom and took the wallet from a purse just before 4 p.m. Aug. 6. He was described as black, in his 20s, wearing a baseball cap and blue shirt. His female accomplice was also black and in her 20s, wearing orange/red sleeveless shirt with jeans and sandals.

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