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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Jitney Operator Cited By State Ridgefield Jitney Operator Cited By State Ridgefield Jitney Operator Cited By State
Ridgefield Jitney Operator Cited By State RIDGEFIELD, N.J.: A jitney bus operator in Ridgefield was one of 17 cited by state authorities last week for violating “Angelie’s Law,” which requires them to post public notices inside and outside their vehicles on how to report complaints and concerns. All of the companies — except for NV Bus Service of North Bergen — was cited for one “non-compliant” vehicle and issued a violation notice that carries a $1,000 fine and $176.87 for the state’s investigative costs. NV Bus Service was cited for three non-compliant vehicles and one driver who didn’t have the proper license for transporting pa…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Minivan Driver Hospitalized In Fair Lawn Route 208 Crash Minivan Driver Hospitalized In Fair Lawn Route 208 Crash Minivan Driver Hospitalized In Fair Lawn Route 208 Crash
Minivan Driver Hospitalized In Fair Lawn Route 208 Crash FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- The driver of a Honda Odyssey minivan was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital with injuries that police said weren't threatening after it slammed into a tree on southbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn this morning. Fair Lawn FD Company #2 and Heavy Rescue responded, along with Fair Lawn police and EMS, just after 9:30 a.m.. The vehicle was removed by a tow truck.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
2 injured, one critical, in shooting outside PNC Bank Arts Center hip hop concert 2 injured, one critical, in shooting outside PNC Bank Arts Center hip hop concert 2 injured, one critical, in shooting outside PNC Bank Arts Center hip hop concert
2 injured, one critical, in shooting outside PNC Bank Arts Center hip hop concert UPDSATE: New Jersey State Police continued the search past sunrise for a gunman who shot two people — leaving one of them critically wounded — outside a hip hop concert at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. The shooting occurred just before 11:30 p.m. in Parking Lot #4 after the “Forest Hill Drive Tour” concert, which featured J. Cole, Big Sean, YG and Jeremiah, NJSP Sgt. Gregory Williams said. Both victims were taken by helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City. State Police choppers provided spotlights around the arts center as the search for the gunman — …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$10,000 bail for Bogota woman charged with stabbing boyfriend in neck with scissors $10,000 bail for Bogota woman charged with stabbing boyfriend in neck with scissors $10,000 bail for Bogota woman charged with stabbing boyfriend in neck with scissors
$10,000 bail for Bogota woman charged with stabbing boyfriend in neck with scissors UPDATE: A Bogota man was hospitalized and his live-in girlfriend arrested tonight after police said she stabbed him in the front of the neck with a pair of scissors. Officers responding to several calls to Cane Street around 7:30 p.m. found Essence Nivea Coleman Whitlock, 19, holding her 21-year-old boyfriend’s neck, saying that he’d been stabbed. They grabbed the 5-foot-3-inch, 140-pound Whitlock and an ambulance took him to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Detective Capt. James Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT weren’t considered life-threatening. They also recovered the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Fairview third-party energy supplier pays $554,698 to settle state charges Fairview third-party energy supplier pays $554,698 to settle state charges Fairview third-party energy supplier pays $554,698 to settle state charges
Fairview third-party energy supplier pays $554,698 to settle state charges UPDATE: A Fairview third-party energy supplier that state authorities said “lured consumers with promised monthly savings that turned out to be fictional,” agreed to pay $554,698 and agree to certain conditions to settle state authorities said today in announcing a lawsuit against it. The amount agreed to by Keil & Sons, Inc. — doing business as Systrum Energy — includes $436,131 in restitution to consumers, state authorities aid. The company also has stopped selling electric and/or natural gas service to residential consumers and “will make other changes to its business practices,” i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River police catch upstate NY driver with pot, Molly, Vicodin for sale Upper Saddle River police catch upstate NY driver with pot, Molly, Vicodin for sale Upper Saddle River police catch upstate NY driver with pot, Molly, Vicodin for sale
Upper Saddle River police catch upstate NY driver with pot, Molly, Vicodin for sale A speeding driver on southbound Route 17 had a pound of marijuana, two ounces of Molly and several Vicodin pills in his car, Upper Saddle River police said. Officer Kyle Zyskowski stopped Barry W. Connor, 25, of Clifton Park in upstate New York just before midnight Thursday, smelled raw marijuana and spotted some pot on the center console, Police Chief Patrick Rotella said. A search turned up the drugs and several items “utilized for packaging narcotics,” he added. Connor was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession with the intent to distribute MDMA…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
A day after jail release, accused Fairview burglar charged with stealing bikes, truck A day after jail release, accused Fairview burglar charged with stealing bikes, truck A day after jail release, accused Fairview burglar charged with stealing bikes, truck
A day after jail release, accused Fairview burglar charged with stealing bikes, truck YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An accused burglar released yesterday on $30,000 bail from the Bergen County Jail broke into a neighboring apartment complex, stole bicycles and a pickup, then dumped the truck in North Bergen, Fairview police said. Surveillance cameras captured images of 25-year-old Justin Treadwell breaking into the Hamilton Avenue basement to steal the bicycles and then returning for the truck around 7 o’clock this morning, Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A tipster led police to the 8800 block of Fourth Avenue in North Bergen, where Treadwell left it, Kahn …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Sedan, pest control pickup truck collide in Ridgewood Sedan, pest control pickup truck collide in Ridgewood Sedan, pest control pickup truck collide in Ridgewood
Sedan, pest control pickup truck collide in Ridgewood PHOTOS: A sedan and pest control company pickup truck collided in Ridgewood this afternoon, pushing the truck onto a curb and knocking off its bed cap. No injuries were reported after the Saab and truck collided at the intersection of South Van Dien Avenue and Grove Street shortly before 1 p.m. The pickup was removed by flatbed tow truck. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Man charged with trying to drag woman into Route 46 bathroom, assaulting Lodi police Man charged with trying to drag woman into Route 46 bathroom, assaulting Lodi police Man charged with trying to drag woman into Route 46 bathroom, assaulting Lodi police
Man charged with trying to drag woman into Route 46 bathroom, assaulting Lodi police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old transient grabbed a woman’s buttocks on a bus and then tried to drag her into the bathroom of a Route 46 service station in Lodi, all the while calling her his wife in Spanish, authorities said. Edwin Pagan ran from the scene but was quickly caught by responding officers just before 10 p.m. Saturday, Lt. Robert Salerno said this afternoon. The woman told them that she and her husband were on the bus to go home, attempting to pay their fare, when Pagan — who was already seated — reached over and grabbed her, Salerno said. The couple decided to get of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Toppled tree closes Ridgewood street Toppled tree closes Ridgewood street Toppled tree closes Ridgewood street
Toppled tree closes Ridgewood street PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving PHOTOS: Ridgewood parks workers removed a fallen tree that blocked Lincoln Avenue in Ridgewood this morning. No disruptions were reported after the tree toppled between Rock Road and Highland Avenue at 8:15 a.m. The roadway was reopened for traffic around 9:45 a.m. Ridgewood and Glen Rock police handled traffic control. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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