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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Couple Faces Charges In Waldwick Mom's Heart Attack Death Couple Faces Charges In Waldwick Mom's Heart Attack Death Couple Faces Charges In Waldwick Mom's Heart Attack Death
Couple Faces Charges In Waldwick Mom's Heart Attack Death WALDWICK, N.J. -- Two undocumented Salvadoran immigrants who were involved in a violent fight when the man’s mother died while their 7-year-old child watched at their borough home faces charges in her death. Claudia Hernandez, 25,  in late July pleaded not guilty in a Hackensack courtroom to manslaughter and causing significant bodily injury to Ana Angelina Rojas-Jovel, who suffered a fatal heart attack last Nov. 10 when she tried to break up the fight between the two and suffered a heart attack. Juan Francisco Martinez Rojas, 29, pleaded not guilty to child endangerment and lying to invest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police rescue heroin overdose victim in laundry bathroom Elmwood Park police rescue heroin overdose victim in laundry bathroom Elmwood Park police rescue heroin overdose victim in laundry bathroom
Elmwood Park police rescue heroin overdose victim in laundry bathroom SHOUT OUTS: Elmwood Park police needed three doses but made a Narcan save of a 42-year-old Wayne man who’d overdosed on four bags of heroin in a landromat bathroom last night. Responding Officers Francesca Rodriguez, Michael Ingrasselino and Keith Hartmann found the victim slumped over on the restroom floor at Bubbles Laundromat on Broadway around 8 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “He was not responsive and displayed very shallow breathing,” Foligno said, adding that officers found a hypodermic syringe on the floor. The victim was taken to St Joseph…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
New officers hired, sergeant promoted by Bergen County Sheriff Saudino New officers hired, sergeant promoted by Bergen County Sheriff Saudino New officers hired, sergeant promoted by Bergen County Sheriff Saudino
New officers hired, sergeant promoted by Bergen County Sheriff Saudino SHOUT OUTS: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino welcomed two new hires while promoting a detective to sergeant. Sgt. Christopher Sloma has been a member of the BCSO for 13 years, beginning his career as a correction officer and becoming a sheriff’s officer and, later, a detective. Saudino also swore in new Sheriff’s Officer Christine Scarpato and Investigator Geraldine McQueen. Bergen County Sheriff’s Sgt. Christopher SlomaBergen County Sheriff’s Investigator Geraldine McQueenBergen County Sheriff’s Officer Christine Scarpato (with Sheriff Michael Saudino)PHOTOS: Courtesy BERGEN COU…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Basement fire destroys New Milford home Basement fire destroys New Milford home Basement fire destroys New Milford home
Basement fire destroys New Milford home UPDATE: Authorities were trying to determine what ignited on a basement work bench, sparking a fire that destroyed a New Milford home. No one was home when the Woodland Road fire broke out, responders said. It traveled up the walls to the attic, leaving the roof intact but leading to major fire, smoke and water damage throughout, they said. Dumont, River Edge and Oradell firefighters also responded. All were hampered by a large amount of various items, a responder at the scene told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Poughkeepsie, NY
Breaking News
Springsteen 2-hour Asbury bar gig hardly a surprise Springsteen 2-hour Asbury bar gig hardly a surprise Springsteen 2-hour Asbury bar gig hardly a surprise
Springsteen 2-hour Asbury bar gig hardly a surprise IN TUNE: I flashed on more than a few emotions from my mid-20s while singing along to “The Promised Land” with Bruce Springsteen and Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers at the cramped and steamy Wonder Bar in Asbury Park last night. I also nearly forgot that I saw him do the same thing at another joint around the corner 33 years ago this coming Thursday. It’s been a long time between drinks. But the fun and the joy and the energy were the same. So was the sense that, for all its challenges and heartaches, this can be a good life if you try. He and I were much, much younger the night…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
JC driver who hit Holland Tunnel curbs had half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels, Port Authority police charge JC driver who hit Holland Tunnel curbs had half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels, Port Authority police charge JC driver who hit Holland Tunnel curbs had half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels, Port Authority police charge
JC driver who hit Holland Tunnel curbs had half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels, Port Authority police charge BEYOND BERGEN: A Jersey City man had an open bottle of Jack Daniels in his car when it crossed the double yellow lines in the Holland Tunnel and hits the curb at least twice, authorities said. Port Authority Police Officer Rhett Peppi was behind the black 2007 Toyota Camry headed into New Jersey at 3:30 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Peppi “activated his emergency lights and, using his public address system, instructed the driver to pull over upon exiting the tunnel,” Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The driver, identified as 28-year-old Devaansh Attrey, kept going before…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tree limbs continue to topple in Ridgewood Tree limbs continue to topple in Ridgewood Tree limbs continue to topple in Ridgewood
Tree limbs continue to topple in Ridgewood PHOTOS: With no heavy rains or high winds to speak of, large tree limbs have continued to fall in areas of Ridgewood, keeping police, firefighters and PSE&G crews busy. This morning, a fallen limb in a Highland Avenue side yard took out electrical, phone, and cable TV service to a home, damaged a fence and blocked McKinley Place between Grandview Circle and Highland. A passing Bergen County Sheriff’s officer made the call shortly after 7 a.m., two hours or so after it was believed to have fallen. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Bail reaches $70,000 for accused ‘big-nosed burglar’ in Saddle Brook, Glen Rock, Elmwood Park break-ins Bail reaches $70,000 for accused ‘big-nosed burglar’ in Saddle Brook, Glen Rock, Elmwood Park break-ins Bail reaches $70,000 for accused ‘big-nosed burglar’ in Saddle Brook, Glen Rock, Elmwood Park break-ins
Bail reaches $70,000 for accused ‘big-nosed burglar’ in Saddle Brook, Glen Rock, Elmwood Park break-ins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (UPDATE): A 53-year-old career criminal caught by Fair Lawn police after an Elmwood Park liquor store break-in was officially charged lat night as the big-nosed burglar who twice smashed the front door window of the same Krauszers weeks apart before making off with cash and cigarettes. Daniel McKay, of Chandler Drive in Fair Lawn, was also charged by Glen Rock police for a break-in at the Krauszers in their town just hours before yesterday’s Elmwood Park burglary. The combined bail had reached $70,000 for McKay, who was being held in the Bergen County Jail on charge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man seeks to remove guilty plea for oral sex with Teaneck girl, 11, after victim’s mom asks judge to spare him Hackensack man seeks to remove guilty plea for oral sex with Teaneck girl, 11, after victim’s mom asks judge to spare him Hackensack man seeks to remove guilty plea for oral sex with Teaneck girl, 11, after victim’s mom asks judge to spare him
Hackensack man seeks to remove guilty plea for oral sex with Teaneck girl, 11, after victim’s mom asks judge to spare him CVP EXCLUSIVE: The lawyer for a Hackensack man who admitted forcing an 11-year old to give him oral sex told a judge that he’s withdrawing his guilty plea after the girl’s mother said yesterday that she’d prefer he get counseling instead of prison time. Quashawn Nowlin, 20, had agreed to a sentence of six years and eight months in state prison before he’d be eliglble for parole. But everything changed yesterday afternoon when the mother told the sentencing in judge in Hackensack that she wanted to see him get help. Nowlin immediately turned to his attorney and said he wanted his plea wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood fire lieutenant honored by NJ legislators for record-setting mile run in full gear Ridgewood fire lieutenant honored by NJ legislators for record-setting mile run in full gear Ridgewood fire lieutenant honored by NJ legislators for record-setting mile run in full gear
Ridgewood fire lieutenant honored by NJ legislators for record-setting mile run in full gear SHOUT OUT: A Ridgewood fire lieutenant who smashed a Guinness world record for running a mile-long race in full firefighting gear was honored by state lawmakers who cited his “meritorious accomplishments and competitive spirit.” PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving / INSET: Norm Chester A triathlete who’s been running since he was a young boy, Lt. Brendan Corcoran toted 25 pounds of gear — including 3½-pound boots on each foot — while completing in the Fred d’Elia Memorial Day Ridgewood Run in 6:45 minutes, smashing the previous record of 7:58:02 seconds. He also completed a half-marathon in March in …

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