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
Synagogue firebombing trial stays in Bergen Synagogue firebombing trial stays in Bergen Synagogue firebombing trial stays in Bergen
Synagogue firebombing trial stays in Bergen Anthony Marco Graziano, Aakash Dalal, defense attorneys Ian Silvera, Brian Neary, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor John Higgins (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The top judge in Hackensack today said she will ask the state Supreme Court to appoint a judge from a county outside Bergen or Passaic to preside over the trial of two men charged with plotting a series of Bergen synagogue firebombings. The state’s highest court sent the question of how to proceed after the attorney for Aakash Dalal argued that he couldn’t get a fair…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Both drivers hospitalized after sedan, SUV collide in Ridgewood Both drivers hospitalized after sedan, SUV collide in Ridgewood Both drivers hospitalized after sedan, SUV collide in Ridgewood
Both drivers hospitalized after sedan, SUV collide in Ridgewood PHOTOS: Both driver were taken to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren’t considered serious after a crash in Ridgewood this afternoon. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash involving a Lexus SUV and Volvo sedan at the intersection of Spring Avenue and Hope Street. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield jet parts supplier from Edgewater, 75, indicted by federal grand jury Ridgefield jet parts supplier from Edgewater, 75, indicted by federal grand jury Ridgefield jet parts supplier from Edgewater, 75, indicted by federal grand jury
Ridgefield jet parts supplier from Edgewater, 75, indicted by federal grand jury YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal grand jury returned a 23-count indictment today against a Ridgefield aircraft parts brokering company owner from Edgewater for his role in a 19-year conspiracy to launder scrapped jet engine parts. The indictment returned in Newark also charges 75-year-old Gideon Vaisman with avoiding taxes related to his business. Gideon Vaisman, the sole owner of Tara Technology Corp., was charged by the grand jury with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, nine counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit fraud inv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
13th GWB suicide of year a former College of New Jersey assistant provost 13th GWB suicide of year a former College of New Jersey assistant provost 13th GWB suicide of year a former College of New Jersey assistant provost
13th GWB suicide of year a former College of New Jersey assistant provost UPDATE: A former assistant provost at The College of New Jersey became the 13th person this year to commit suicide by jumping from the George Washington Bridge. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (UPDATE): The body of a former assistant provost at The College of New Jersey who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge last Tuesday was recovered from the Hudson River over the weekend, Port Authority police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. READ MORE…. Authorities hadn’t yet recovered the body of 50-year-old Patrick Donohue, who left his job on July 1 after nine years with the college. But family mem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver hospitalized in Paramus utility pole crash on southbound Route 17 Driver hospitalized in Paramus utility pole crash on southbound Route 17 Driver hospitalized in Paramus utility pole crash on southbound Route 17
Driver hospitalized in Paramus utility pole crash on southbound Route 17 ONLY ON CVP: A driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after his sedan severed a utility pole and rolled over this morning on southbound Route 17 in Paramus. The right shoulder and two travel lanes were closed while the four-door Toyota Corolla was removed by flatbed tow truck following the 10 a.m. crash near Route 4. PSE&G crews worked to replace the pole and restore power to the nearby Porcelanosa kitchen and bath showroom. Paramus police, Volunteer Ambulance Corp and Fire Department Companies 2 and 4 responded. NJDOT crews assisted in blocking traffic lanes. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Unlicensed young drivers charged in Route 17 crash in Allendale that injured teen passenger Unlicensed young drivers charged in Route 17 crash in Allendale that injured teen passenger Unlicensed young drivers charged in Route 17 crash in Allendale that injured teen passenger
Unlicensed young drivers charged in Route 17 crash in Allendale that injured teen passenger YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two young unlicensed friends living on Long Island had a drag race down Route 17 that ended with a crash in Allendale that sent a 16-year-old Chinese national passenger to the hospital and resulted in charges against both, authorities said. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving A black Mercedes GL450 SUV and white BMW sedan were both weaving in and out of traffic on the southbound highway Wednesday afternoon when the female sedan driver suddenly cut off the SUV, Allendale Police Chief George Scherb said. The male SUV driver pulled off onto Pearl Court, where the speeding veh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack worker moonlighted as burglar during overnight shift, Rochelle Park police charge Hackensack worker moonlighted as burglar during overnight shift, Rochelle Park police charge Hackensack worker moonlighted as burglar during overnight shift, Rochelle Park police charge
Hackensack worker moonlighted as burglar during overnight shift, Rochelle Park police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rochelle Park detectives yesterday charged a Hackensack man with burglarizing neighboring businesses in the building where he worked an overnight shift. Investigators found no sign of forced entry after responding to burglaries at the business in the Mack-Cali building on June 19 and again two weeks later, Detective Sgt. James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Several items were reported taken, including cellphone and tablets, DePreta said. Detectives who reviewed surveillance footage quickly developed 32-year-old Lamane Harrington as a suspect, he said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian killed in Elmwood Park crash identified as Garfield man, 31 Pedestrian killed in Elmwood Park crash identified as Garfield man, 31 Pedestrian killed in Elmwood Park crash identified as Garfield man, 31
Pedestrian killed in Elmwood Park crash identified as Garfield man, 31 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pedestrian killed when he was struck by a car in Elmwood Park on Tuesday morning was identified as 31-year-old Garfield resident Sergiu Costas. Liana Rodriguez, 18, also of Garfield, was headed north from Garfield on River Drive in a four-door silver Nissan Altima when it hit the man as he crossed from east to west at Garden Drive across from the Delta gas station just before 9 a.m. There’s no traffic signal at that intersection. Costas was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Rodriguez, meanwhile, was charged with havi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Driver Killed When Dump Truck With Water Tank Crashes Into Mahwah Trees Driver Killed When Dump Truck With Water Tank Crashes Into Mahwah Trees Driver Killed When Dump Truck With Water Tank Crashes Into Mahwah Trees
Driver Killed When Dump Truck With Water Tank Crashes Into Mahwah Trees A 62-year-old West Milford man driving a water tank was partially ejected and died when his truck struck several trees and flipped on Stag Hill Road in Mahwah this morning, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Glenn B. Slater had just filled the water tank in a dumpster he was carrying on his 2005 Sterling truck when he “completed a curve in the roadway” headed towards Route 17 and “lost control of the vehicle…for yet-undetermined reasons” at 6:35 a.m., Batelli said. The truck ended up on its driver’s side on top of Slater, who operated Slater Well and Pump Service, a family b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington man, 26, found shot dead in suicide North Arlington man, 26, found shot dead in suicide North Arlington man, 26, found shot dead in suicide
North Arlington man, 26, found shot dead in suicide UPDATE: A 26-year-old North Arlington man shot and killed himself with a bullet to the head just before midnight, authorities confirmed. The shooting at the Riverview Gardens garden apartment complex just off Ridge Road and the Belleville Turnpike was reported at 11:46 p.m., Acting Police Chief John Hearn said this morning. Responding officers found the victim and a 9mm handgun nearby, he said. The victim was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark about an hour later, Hearn said. Although ruled a suicide, the incident continued to be investigated, he said. PHOTOS: Shawn Ha…

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