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
Several hospitalized after SUVs collide in Oradell Several hospitalized after SUVs collide in Oradell Several hospitalized after SUVs collide in Oradell
Several hospitalized after SUVs collide in Oradell UPDATE: At least four victims were hospitalized following a head-on crash of SUVs in Oradell this afternoon. At least two others were also injured, witnesses said. The Nissan Rogue and Chevrolet Avalanche were both heavily damaged in the 1:45 p.m. crash at Forest and East Ridgewood avenues. Responders included Oradell and Paramus police, Oradell firefighters, Paramus EMS, Holy Name Medical Center EMS and Hackensack University Medical Center paramedics. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford man, 81, receives summonses in Guttenberg pedestrian death Rutherford man, 81, receives summonses in Guttenberg pedestrian death Rutherford man, 81, receives summonses in Guttenberg pedestrian death
Rutherford man, 81, receives summonses in Guttenberg pedestrian death BEYOND BERGEN: An 81-year-old Rutherford man received summonses for careless driving, failing to yield to a pedestrian and improper turning for a crash that killed a 48-year-old woman in a Guttenberg crosswalk yesterday morning. Dominick “Doc” Azzolini had a green light as he made a left onto Bergenline Avenue from 68th Street in his Ford Escape, which struck Gertrudis Pena, who also had the light, Hudson County Sheriff Frank X. Schillari said. The vehicle dragged the Dominican immigrant 30 feet or so before the Bari, Italy-born Azzolini stopped, the sheriff said. Pena was conscious but…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Defendant balks at plea deal in Wallington spurned lover assault case Defendant balks at plea deal in Wallington spurned lover assault case Defendant balks at plea deal in Wallington spurned lover assault case
Defendant balks at plea deal in Wallington spurned lover assault case ONLY ON CVP: A self-styled Santeria priest from East Rutherford whose prosecution on charges of breaking into his former lover’s Wallington home and beating the man’s father nearly to death ended in a mistrial would have to spend two years and eight months more behind bars before he could be eligible for parole, under a plea deal offered by prosecutors. The lawyer for Julio Pina-Catena told a judge in Hackensack, however, that her client “wants his trial.” Superior Court Judge James J. Guida set a tentative Nov. 16 trial date on Monday, but attorney Ilene McFarlane said her client, after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
3 new Saddle Brook police officers sworn 3 new Saddle Brook police officers sworn 3 new Saddle Brook police officers sworn
3 new Saddle Brook police officers sworn New Saddle Brook Police Officers (l. to r.) Timothy Parisi, Peter Romero, Joseph Scrafani SHOUT OUTS: Three native sons — Joseph Scrafani, Peter Romero and Timothy Parisi — were sworn as new Saddle Brook police officers this week and will attend the 115th Police Class of the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute from July 24-Dec. 18. The hires bring the department to 31 officers. “I know each of these individuals, as well as their families, and know them to be dedicated to becoming police officers and serving the town they grew up,” Mayor Robert White said. “This is a great…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes DWI checkpoint produces 40 summonses, several arrests Franklin Lakes DWI checkpoint produces 40 summonses, several arrests Franklin Lakes DWI checkpoint produces 40 summonses, several arrests
Franklin Lakes DWI checkpoint produces 40 summonses, several arrests PUBLIC SAFETY: Police issued 40 summonses and made several arrests during a DWI enforcement checkpoint on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes. Oakland and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office participated in the weekend initiative with their Franklin Lakes colleagues, Detective Lt. John Bakelaar said. Four of those stopped were charged with underage alcohol possession, Bakelaar said. Two others — Manuel Feliciano, 58, of Oak Ridge, and Anthony Baragona, 48, of Pompton Lakes — were charged with DWI and reckless driving, he said. Michael Holden, 26, of Paramus, was charged with possession of mari…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation helps renovate home of Air Force veteran from Rutherford Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation helps renovate home of Air Force veteran from Rutherford Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation helps renovate home of Air Force veteran from Rutherford
Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation helps renovate home of Air Force veteran from Rutherford SHOUT OUT: A project to renovate the home of a U.S. Air Force veteran from Rutherford received a $3,500 boost yesterday from the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association in conjunction with the Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation. “We are happy to partner with Rebuilding Together Bergen County to renovate the home of one of our local servicemen, Alex Mello,” said Emerson Police Chief Donald Rossi, who chairs the foundation. This is the fourth time since 2012 that the group has supported Rebuilding Together Bergen County in repairing a veteran’s home. Accepting the check at her group’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota police officer OK after cruiser slides off road during chase Bogota police officer OK after cruiser slides off road during chase Bogota police officer OK after cruiser slides off road during chase
Bogota police officer OK after cruiser slides off road during chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bogota police officer sustained a scrape on his forearm after his cruiser went off the road as he tried to stop a speeding vehicle overnight. “They checked him out and he was fine,” Police Chief John Burke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Officer Michael LaFerrera was doing radar on Palisades Avenue when the driver sped by headed north around 12:50 a.m., Burke said. The officer activated his lights and sirens and the other driver took off, he said. At Main Street, the driver cut his lights and turned east into Teaneck, the chief said. He then ran a red li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Two grabbed with gun, drugs after GWB chase, crash on Route 95 in Englewood Two grabbed with gun, drugs after GWB chase, crash on Route 95 in Englewood Two grabbed with gun, drugs after GWB chase, crash on Route 95 in Englewood
Two grabbed with gun, drugs after GWB chase, crash on Route 95 in Englewood PHOTOS: Alejandro Rodriguez (top), CLIFFVIEW PILOT (above) UPDATE: Two men were in custody following a police chase that began on the New York side of the George Washington Bridge and ended with a crash under the Jones Road bridge on Route 95 in Englewood. Port Authority police officers who got a call of two men displaying weapons in the 44th Precinct spotted the suspects’ car at the Macommbs Dam Bridge “and the chase was on across the bridge to 95,” one officer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. As they headed toward Jones Road in the express lanes, the getaway driver cut into the local lanes and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes police charge trio in Stop & Shop credit card fraud Franklin Lakes police charge trio in Stop & Shop credit card fraud Franklin Lakes police charge trio in Stop & Shop credit card fraud
Franklin Lakes police charge trio in Stop & Shop credit card fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Franklin Lakes police arrested three people in connection with a bogus credit card purchase at the local Stop & Shop. Charged with forgery, credit card fraud and theft by deception are Lymel Ratliff, 25, and Kirt Cole, 26, both of Brooklyn, and 20-year-old Jaerria Jordan of Detroit, Lt. John Bakelaar said this afternoon. All three were ordered held on $25,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail, he said. Oakland police and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office assisted, the lieutenant said.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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VIDEO: Big-nosed burglar smashes into Krauszers twice in 3 weeks VIDEO: Big-nosed burglar smashes into Krauszers twice in 3 weeks VIDEO: Big-nosed burglar smashes into Krauszers twice in 3 weeks
Video: Big-nosed burglar smashes into Krauszers twice in 3 weeks HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Saddle Brook police are seeking the public’s help finding a big-nosed burglar who smashed his way into a local Krauszers twice in less than three weeks, taking cash and Newports. Just after midnight on June 15, the bandit threw a concrete block through the front glass door of the Market Street convenience store, grabbed the cash register and several cartons of cigarettes and ran out to a dark-colored vehicle, Lt. John Zotollo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. He then went back inside and filled a medium-sized trash can from behind the counter with additional cigarett…

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