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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority employee catches contractor copping wire Port Authority employee catches contractor copping wire Port Authority employee catches contractor copping wire
Port Authority employee catches contractor copping wire BEYOND BERGEN: A Union City man with a contractor’s pass was caught stealing nearly $1,000 worth of copper wire from a PATH railyard last night, Port Authority police said. A PATH employee first spotted Jose Pujols-Quintas, 52, inside the restricted area off Academy Street around 10 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said today. He then noticed Pujols-Quintas sitting inside a black 2007 Ford Explorer with the vehicle’s rear cargo door open near a pile of copper wire, he said. Approached by the employee, Pujols-Quintas showed him an employee pass for a contractor and said he was put…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ appeals court overturns Zisa conviction NJ appeals court overturns Zisa conviction NJ appeals court overturns Zisa conviction
NJ appeals court overturns Zisa conviction A state appeals court today overturned the official misconduct and insurance fraud convictions of former Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa on charges of whisking his then-girlfriend from a DWI crash scene and filing a bogus insurance claim afterward. The Appellate Division judges said Bergen County prosecutors won the conviction with tainted evidence, as well as “improper and prejudicial” statements about his family’s political connections and Zisa’s attorney that were “riddled with impropriety,” and “astonishingly improper,” denying him a fair trial. Zisa has remained free on bail so he c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$750,000 bail for Fort Lee man charged with critically beating 5-month-old son $750,000 bail for Fort Lee man charged with critically beating 5-month-old son $750,000 bail for Fort Lee man charged with critically beating 5-month-old son
$750,000 bail for Fort Lee man charged with critically beating 5-month-old son CVP EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack today issued a no contact order for a Fort Lee man accused of brutally beating his 5-month old son, as well as for his wife. Presiding Superior Court Judge Susan J. Steele continued bail at $750,000 for Yoseop Choi, 38, on charges of aggravated assault and child endangerment. The baby, meanwhile, remained in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital in New York City with a head injury and a broken rib, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) notified Molinelli’s Special Vic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood fugitive sought in sledgehammer jewelry store robbery surrenders in Florida Englewood fugitive sought in sledgehammer jewelry store robbery surrenders in Florida Englewood fugitive sought in sledgehammer jewelry store robbery surrenders in Florida
Englewood fugitive sought in sledgehammer jewelry store robbery surrenders in Florida UPDATE: A fugitive ex-con who police said they caught on surveillance video robbing an Englewood jewelry store walked into the lobby of a local Florida police department and turned himself in, saying that he was “tired of running,” authorities said. Police in the Brevard County town of Cocoa took Barris G. Simpson into custody after confirming the warrant for him for in the April 25 holdup of the B&M Jewelry store on Tenafly Road through the National Crime Information Center system. Englewood Detective Timothy Torell didn’t said exactly how authorities were able to pressure Simpson in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Motorcyclist accused of trying to use brother’s ID to duck GWB unpaid tolls, drug charges Motorcyclist accused of trying to use brother’s ID to duck GWB unpaid tolls, drug charges Motorcyclist accused of trying to use brother’s ID to duck GWB unpaid tolls, drug charges
Motorcyclist accused of trying to use brother’s ID to duck GWB unpaid tolls, drug charges BEYOND BERGEN: A South Jersey man slipped from Port Authority police when he gave them his brother’s ID after they stopped him for ducking the George Washington Bridge toll on his motorcycle with several bags of cocaine in his pocket, authorities said. Then he got arrested elsewhere. Detectives discovered that 44-year-old Richard L. Boyce of Deepwater was the man they’d released on June 15. That morning, they stopped his red 2007 Suzuki after Boyce drove it through the toll without paying, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Boyce had no license or E-ZPass, and the cycle’s VIN num…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth police use Narcan to revive suicidal woman, 29 Haworth police use Narcan to revive suicidal woman, 29 Haworth police use Narcan to revive suicidal woman, 29
Haworth police use Narcan to revive suicidal woman, 29 SHOUT OUT: Responding to a frantic call from her father, Haworth police revived a suicidal 29-year-old woman with a dose of Narcan this afternoon. The Maple Street father told officers who responded to the call that she’d been driknking heavily when he put her to bed last night. He wasn’t sure whether she’d taken any drugs, Lt. Thomas Ryan told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Ryan and Officer Thomas Reinecke conducted CPR on the woman, who wasn’t breathing and had a “very gray, ashen” skin tone, the lieutenant said. Reineke administered a Narcan dose, after which they moved her to the floor and cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Northvale man charged with assaulting, trying to disarm police officer Northvale man charged with assaulting, trying to disarm police officer Northvale man charged with assaulting, trying to disarm police officer
Northvale man charged with assaulting, trying to disarm police officer A Northvale police officer tussled with a local man found carrying nearly three ounces of pot after a chase late last night, authorities said. An officer first spotted Sean G. Johnson, 22, walking on private property near Paulding Avenue toward the CSX Rail Line around 11:15 a.m., Police Chief William Essmann said. The officer then spotted him “crouched down along the fence line of a residence on Briarwood Avenue,” Essmann said. Johnson ran, was chased down by the officer and fought him off, the chief said. Officers from Closter, Norwood and Old Tappan quickly converged on the area, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Bergen County Sheriff’s officers rescue girl, 2, left in hot car in Hackensack Costco lot VIDEO: Bergen County Sheriff’s officers rescue girl, 2, left in hot car in Hackensack Costco lot VIDEO: Bergen County Sheriff’s officers rescue girl, 2, left in hot car in Hackensack Costco lot
Video: Bergen County Sheriff’s officers rescue girl, 2, left in hot car in Hackensack Costco lot SHOUT OUT: A Bergen County Sheriff’s officer smashed open a minivan window to free a crying, sweating 2-year-old girl left by her mother in the parking lot of the Hackensack Costco this afternoon, in a rescue captured on cellphone video by a Palisades Park couple. Officer Rich Carrion (above, left) found the youngster in a car seat, “crying and profusely sweating without adult supervision” in the mid-80s heat this after being alerted by a store manager, the sheriff’s Anthony Cureton told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Video shot by Arislyeda Pena shows a crowd gathering as her fiance, Rafael Rodriguez …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police arrest one, seek another, in theft of bag with $150,000 cash Mahwah police arrest one, seek another, in theft of bag with $150,000 cash Mahwah police arrest one, seek another, in theft of bag with $150,000 cash
Mahwah police arrest one, seek another, in theft of bag with $150,000 cash UPDATE: One of two men who Mahwah police said stole a satchel filled with $150,000 that was inadvertently left on the street by employees of a company that delivers money to ATM machines was arrested after he bought a new truck with some of the proceeds, authorities said. Alton Harvey, 42, of Hillside (above left) was driving a borrowed GMC Savanna van when hsi passenger — identified as 35-year-old Jamar Bludson of Newark (above, right) — got out and snatched the bag off a curb on Industrial Avenue near Franklin Turnpike just before noon Monday, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PIL…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
$400,000 bail for accused Rutherford bank robber $400,000 bail for accused Rutherford bank robber $400,000 bail for accused Rutherford bank robber
$400,000 bail for accused Rutherford bank robber YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “That guy’s a bank robber,” Rutherford Detective Sgt. Thomas Lewis told Detective Lt. Sean Farrell as they spotted a man in a long-sleeved black jacket and hat walking toward the Chase branch on Park Avenue in this afternoon’s sweltering heat. Turned out he was. After parking next to the bank, Farrell went in to check. “We’re closed. We’re closed. We’re closed,” the anxious manager told the 11-year department veteran. “I’m a cop,” the plainclothed lieutenant responded. “That guy just robbed us!” the manager shouted. Other officers joined in as Farrell and Lew…

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