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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities pluck alligator from Passaic River Authorities pluck alligator from Passaic River Authorities pluck alligator from Passaic River
Authorities pluck alligator from Passaic River UPDATE: What apparently was a pet alligator that grew too big for its owner was plucked from the Passaic River near the Paterson shore by Elmwood Park and Fair Lawn emergency responders around noon today. The fisherman who first spotted the gator around 8:20 a.m. on the Elmwood Park side correctly estimated it to be four to five feet long, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Foligno said the creature “was close to the shore at first, then swam out about 500 yards from this side [toward Paterson]….In all likelihood it was a pet who grew too big and its owner dumped it.” Am…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Ridgewood police grab man in Captain America costume running across rooftops Ridgewood police grab man in Captain America costume running across rooftops Ridgewood police grab man in Captain America costume running across rooftops
Ridgewood police grab man in Captain America costume running across rooftops YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In a Fourth of July incident that nearly passed unnoticed, Ridgewood police reported finding a Hackensack man drunk and running across the roofs of a string of two-story mixed-use buildings wearing a Captain America costume. The man was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for treatment after firefighters using a ladder truck snatched him from the roof at 57 East Ridgewood Avenue. Police said the former village resident was “heavily intoxicated.”

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah police nab half-naked man shouting obscenities in hotel lobby Mahwah police nab half-naked man shouting obscenities in hotel lobby Mahwah police nab half-naked man shouting obscenities in hotel lobby
Mahwah police nab half-naked man shouting obscenities in hotel lobby A drugged and disturbed man wearing only a tank top and nothing else walked through a Mahwah hotel lobby and parking lot screaming obscenities, then assaulted a hotel manager, before police subdued him. Scott McManus, 23, of Nyack was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, assault, resisting arrest, lewdness and possession of LSD, meth and Ecstasy that police said he had in his pants, Police Chief James Batelli said. The manager of the Corporate Drive hotel told police that McManus a short time earlier began “screaming and yelling” in the parking lot, then walked to the Mahw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Three arrested in Dumont SWAT drug raid Three arrested in Dumont SWAT drug raid Three arrested in Dumont SWAT drug raid
Three arrested in Dumont SWAT drug raid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A SWAT team raid on a Dumont home headed by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force led to the arrests of three people and the seizure of pot packaged for sale, LSD and other drugs, as well as packaging materials, authorities said. Detectives investigating tips of drug sales at the Stratford Avenue residence “observed narcotic related activities consistent with drug dealing,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. They raided the home last Thursday and searched the vehicle of one of the defendants, where Molinelli said they found…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Video captures Leonia officer’s stop of carjacker in stolen police cruiser chase Video captures Leonia officer’s stop of carjacker in stolen police cruiser chase Video captures Leonia officer’s stop of carjacker in stolen police cruiser chase
Video captures Leonia officer’s stop of carjacker in stolen police cruiser chase YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Dashboard video shows how a Leonia police officer ended the low-speed chase of a carjacker in a stolen Englewood Cliffs police by pushing him off westbound Route 4 with his department vehicle. “This needs to stop,” Leonia Officer Erik Goodell says after 22-year-old Sereymanta Kong rammed a New Milford police cruiser into the median, after which it was struck by another borough car, during Sunday’s chase. CLIFFVIEW PILOT photo: Sammy Natal Kong, of Wallingford, CT, then bailed out and was caught immediately, as the video provided to CLIFFVIEW PILOT by Leonia police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah teacher arrested after returning to scene of heroin-influenced hit and run crash Mahwah teacher arrested after returning to scene of heroin-influenced hit and run crash Mahwah teacher arrested after returning to scene of heroin-influenced hit and run crash
Mahwah teacher arrested after returning to scene of heroin-influenced hit and run crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rockland County special education teacher was under the influence of heroin when she crashed her car into a utility pole in Mahwah, took off and then drove past the investigating officers in the severely damaged vehicle, Police Chief James Batelli said this afternoon. Jill Blau, 42, of Mahwah was released pending a court hearing after the July 4th weekend incident on Kingsbridge Way, the chief said. Officer Thomas Mitchell was taking statements from witnesses when he saw Blau drive by in the blue 2015 Lexus wagon “with parts missing and damage consistent to what …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Charges added, bail boosted to $1.15M for carjacker in crash-filled stolen police car chase Charges added, bail boosted to $1.15M for carjacker in crash-filled stolen police car chase Charges added, bail boosted to $1.15M for carjacker in crash-filled stolen police car chase
Charges added, bail boosted to $1.15M for carjacker in crash-filled stolen police car chase UPDATE: Charges were added and the bail increased for a 22-year-old Connecticut man who led authorities on a crash-filled, low-speed chase in a stolen police car on Sunday after carjacking a mother in Englewood Cliffs. WATCH THE VIDEO: Dashboard video shows how a Leonia police officer ended the low-speed chase of a carjacker in a stolen Englewood Cliffs police by pushing him off westbound Route 4 with his department vehicle. CLICK HERE: Sereymanta Kong of Wallingford, CT (above) remained held today on $1,275,000 bail in the custody of county sheriff’s officers at Bergen Regional Medica…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Midland Park police officer killed in Pennsylvania ATV crash Midland Park police officer killed in Pennsylvania ATV crash Midland Park police officer killed in Pennsylvania ATV crash
Midland Park police officer killed in Pennsylvania ATV crash UPDATE: A Midland Park police officer was killed when a four-wheeled ATV he was driving crashed near a friend’s Pennsylvania vacation home over the Fourth of July weekend. Christopher Birch, 31, was wearing a helmet on a Wayne County road when he “hit a water hole on a quad and the front wheels caught” around 4 p.m. yesterday, Robert Metzdorf, his wife’s uncle, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He was propelled forward and suffered head trauma. CPR was performed with negative results.” Birch (#529), who was married in April, was honored last year by Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s New Jersey chapter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Teen driver from Garfield who killed Elmwood Park pedestrian was carrying pot, police charge Teen driver from Garfield who killed Elmwood Park pedestrian was carrying pot, police charge Teen driver from Garfield who killed Elmwood Park pedestrian was carrying pot, police charge
Teen driver from Garfield who killed Elmwood Park pedestrian was carrying pot, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Garfield woman who was behind the wheel of an unregistered sedan that struck and killed a pedestrian in Elmwood Park this morning was carrying marijuana but apparently wasn’t under the influence, authorities said this afternoon. Liana Rodriguez was headed north from Garfield on River Drive in the four-door silver Nissan Altima just before 9 a.m. when it hit the man as he crossed from east to west at Garden Drive across from the Delta gas station, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. There’s no traffic signal at that intersection. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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FBI seeking 241 child victims of online ‘sextortion’ predator FBI seeking 241 child victims of online ‘sextortion’ predator FBI seeking 241 child victims of online ‘sextortion’ predator
FBI seeking 241 child victims of online ‘sextortion’ predator PUBLIC SAFETY: The FBI is turning to the public for help finding additional victims of convicted online child predator Lucas Michael Chansler. Chansler, 31, formerly of St. Johns, FL, was sentenced to 105 years in federal prison after authorities found threatening communications to hundreds of girls online “with the intent to extort photographs and webcam videos showing the victims exposing themselves and engaging in sexually explicit conduct,” the bureau said this morning. According to court testimony, Chansler targeted 350 child victims in 26 different states throughout the United State…

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