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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Elmwood Park liquor store burglar caught by Fair Lawn police officer eyed in Glen Rock, Saddle Brook break-ins Elmwood Park liquor store burglar caught by Fair Lawn police officer eyed in Glen Rock, Saddle Brook break-ins Elmwood Park liquor store burglar caught by Fair Lawn police officer eyed in Glen Rock, Saddle Brook break-ins
Elmwood Park liquor store burglar caught by Fair Lawn police officer eyed in Glen Rock, Saddle Brook break-ins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities were trying to determine whether a career criminal arrested when a Fair Lawn police officer interrupted an Elmwood Park liquor store burglary overnight is the same one who broke into a Krauszers in Glen Rock hours earlier. Daniel McKay, 53, of Fair Lawn also was being eyed as the possible big-nosed burglar who broke into the same Krauzers in Saddle Brook two different times in the past month. Fair Lawn Police Officer Nicholas Snyder was on patrol near the Elmwood Park border when he heard a loud bang at All Star Wine & Liquor on Broadway at East 54t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Bergen sheriff seeks help finding driver who struck pedestrian on Route 4 in Englewood Bergen sheriff seeks help finding driver who struck pedestrian on Route 4 in Englewood Bergen sheriff seeks help finding driver who struck pedestrian on Route 4 in Englewood
Bergen sheriff seeks help finding driver who struck pedestrian on Route 4 in Englewood PUBLIC ALERT: The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office turned to the public for help this afternoon in finding the driver who struck a female pedestrian on westbound Route 4 in Englewood and took off. The box truck — described as either white, silver or gray — hit the woman between Jones Road and Grand Avenue around midnight Tuesday, the sheriff’s Anthony Cureton said. The driver “stopped alongside the highway and checked on the struck female, and then left the scene continuing west on Route 4,” he said. The driver was described as large, white, stocky and bald. Anyone who might have seen t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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NJSP troopers grab knife-wielding bus passenger on GSP in Saddle Brook NJSP troopers grab knife-wielding bus passenger on GSP in Saddle Brook NJSP troopers grab knife-wielding bus passenger on GSP in Saddle Brook
Njsp troopers grab knife-wielding bus passenger on GSP in Saddle Brook UPDATE: A man who responders said frightened a busload of passengers when he pulled a knife was subdued by New Jersey State Police after the bus stopped on the shoulder of the southbound Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook late this afternoon. No injuries were reported by the NJSP, which confirmed the arrest at milepost 160.3 near the Saddle Brook tolls after the Monsey Tour bus to Brooklyn from Rockland County was stopped around 4:10 p.m. The man was “in back of the bus with a knife,” Trooper Alina Spies told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He was taken into custody and everyone was safe.” The bus …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth police: Report of gunman in woods apparently unfounded Haworth police: Report of gunman in woods apparently unfounded Haworth police: Report of gunman in woods apparently unfounded
Haworth police: Report of gunman in woods apparently unfounded YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What Haworth police deemed a credible witness’ report of a man with a rifle near the Oradell Reservoir proved unfounded this afternoon after law enforcement officers from several agencies converged on the area. The report came around the same time as it was learned that the NYPD was searching for a group of suspicious people who were spotted Friday morning on Staten Island with what appeared to be assault rifles in their hands — and driving a minivan and SUV with New Jersey license plates (SEE PHOTOS, BELOW). Three dog walkers told Haworth police they saw a white m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood traffic jammed after oversized rig snags wire Ridgewood traffic jammed after oversized rig snags wire Ridgewood traffic jammed after oversized rig snags wire
Ridgewood traffic jammed after oversized rig snags wire PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving PHOTOS: Two tractor-trailers carrying oversized pre-fab modular units jammed Ridgewood traffic after one of them snagged a set of overhead wires. A section of North Maple Avenue was closed for nearly two hours as police got the rigs out and on their way into Paramus. A paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital responding to an emergency call in Paramus was delayed by one of the traffic jams. Phone and cable TV service was disrupted for a single home. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Chopper flyover set for Jason and Justin car show fundraiser in Saddle Brook Chopper flyover set for Jason and Justin car show fundraiser in Saddle Brook Chopper flyover set for Jason and Justin car show fundraiser in Saddle Brook
Chopper flyover set for Jason and Justin car show fundraiser in Saddle Brook SHOUT OUT: A state emergency services chopper will do a special flyover during a Mr. Cupcakes Car Show fundraiser Sunday at the Saddle Brook Bennigans for two Elmwood Park boys born with an incurable genetic disorder. Jason and Justin Lieder have Hunter Syndrome, which progressively damages the body and brain and leaves its victims with a life expectancy of 10 to 15 years. It affects just over 320 boys in the U.S. The second annual event at the Midland Avenue restaurant runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and benefits Jason & Justin of Let Them Be Little x2. There will be three trophies awar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford police nab pair in $7,000 Rite Aid credit card fraud Rutherford police nab pair in $7,000 Rite Aid credit card fraud Rutherford police nab pair in $7,000 Rite Aid credit card fraud
Rutherford police nab pair in $7,000 Rite Aid credit card fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men with a group who illegally bought more than $7,000 worth of gift cards from a Rutherford Rite-Aid earlier this week were carrying 15 phony credit cards when borough police grabbed them yesterday, authorities said. A manager at the Park Avenue store told responding officers yesterday that the two were back in the store after they and five others purchased thousands in Vanilla gift cards using bogus credit cards on Tuesday, Capt. Patrick Feliciano said this afternoon. One of the two, 27-year-old Isaac Johnson of Jersey City (above, top), bought $100 worth of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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JC charter school teacher from Lyndhurst jailed after texting student sex crime victim, 14 JC charter school teacher from Lyndhurst jailed after texting student sex crime victim, 14 JC charter school teacher from Lyndhurst jailed after texting student sex crime victim, 14
JC charter school teacher from Lyndhurst jailed after texting student sex crime victim, 14 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Jersey City charter school teacher charged with having oral sex with a 14-year-old student at her Lyndhurst home was back behind bars for violating a judge’s no-contact order. Lauren Mitchell (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Lauren Mitchell, 32, was ordered held on $300,000 combined bail in the Bergen County Jail by Superior Court Judge James J. Guida in Hackensack this morning. The judge also told Mitchell’s husband that he will lose whatever bail money he posts for his wife if she offends again. Mitchell was free on $1…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Meeting of NJ law enforcement, faith-based leaders strengthens security ties Meeting of NJ law enforcement, faith-based leaders strengthens security ties Meeting of NJ law enforcement, faith-based leaders strengthens security ties
Meeting of NJ law enforcement, faith-based leaders strengthens security ties PHOTOS: Courtesy OCEAN COUNTY PROSECUTOR PUBLIC SAFETY: Nearly 100 members of New Jersey law enforcement met with dozens of faith-based community leaders yesterday at the New Jersey State Police barracks in Totowa to discuss the crucial bonds between them. Violence against various faiths have raised genuine security concerns nationwide that were addressed in the meeting. NJ Attorney General John J. Hoffman (PHOTOS: Courtesy OCEAN COUNTY PROSECUTOR) These were underscored in riveting remarks by acting state Attorney General John J. Hoffman, who cited the horrific Charleston church sho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
One hospitalized after Glen Rock morning crash One hospitalized after Glen Rock morning crash One hospitalized after Glen Rock morning crash
One hospitalized after Glen Rock morning crash PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving PHOTOS: One person was taken to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren’t deemed life-threatening following a two-car cash in Glen Rock this morning. Glen Rock police and EMS responded, while Hawthorne police assisted with traffic control, after the Honda Civic and Mazda 3 collided on Lincoln Avenue near Kenmore Place around 8:15 a.m. Both vehicles were removed by a flatbed tow truck. Traffic on northbound Lincoln Avenue was detoured while the scene was cleared. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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