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
Upper Saddle River man charged by grand jury with drug-induced manslaughter, running narcotics mill, more Upper Saddle River man charged by grand jury with drug-induced manslaughter, running narcotics mill, more Upper Saddle River man charged by grand jury with drug-induced manslaughter, running narcotics mill, more
Upper Saddle River man charged by grand jury with drug-induced manslaughter, running narcotics mill, more YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 15-count indictment charges an Upper Saddle River man with manslaughter and strict liability for a drug-induced death in the fatal overdose of a 19-year-old Ramsey man from a poly-drug mix. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack yesterday also reveals, for the first time, that authorities have an unindicted co-conspirator prepared to testify against Darius Ghahary and two co-defendants. The indictment also alleges that Ghahary, 45: • Operated a drug mill with others from his home that produced, imported and distributed Oxycodone, Fentanyl, Methyl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Officer watches in horror as woman suddenly jumps to death from Palisades cliffs in Alpine Officer watches in horror as woman suddenly jumps to death from Palisades cliffs in Alpine Officer watches in horror as woman suddenly jumps to death from Palisades cliffs in Alpine
Officer watches in horror as woman suddenly jumps to death from Palisades cliffs in Alpine UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer watched in horror as an unidentified woman suddenly jumped 200 feet to her death from the State Line Lookout in Alpine last night, authorities said. Officer Martin Clancy was checking the lookout, which was closed, when he found a parked car at 9:30 p.m., Police Chief Michael Coppola said. “During his search, he located a white female beyond the barrier along the cliff edge adjacent to the parking lot” and walked toward her in an attempt to talk with her, Coppola said. “Without warning, the woman jumped from the ledge to the cliff bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Elmwood Park police officers hospitalized in separate incidents Elmwood Park police officers hospitalized in separate incidents Elmwood Park police officers hospitalized in separate incidents
Elmwood Park police officers hospitalized in separate incidents YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Elmwood Park police officers were hospitalized in separate incidents yesterday and overnight — one who was overcome by a chemical spill and the other who was spit at by a mentally ill woman during a domestic violence call, authorities said. Officers responded at 1:45 a.m. to a report of a woman threatening her boyfriend with a knife at a Boulevard garden apartment, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT hours later. The victim was holding the six-inch kitchen knife, which Foligno said the accused assailant, 51-year-old Elizabeth Hausheer, threw at hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Man who admitted pulling trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend in New Milford could be free in 6½ years Man who admitted pulling trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend in New Milford could be free in 6½ years Man who admitted pulling trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend in New Milford could be free in 6½ years
Man who admitted pulling trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend in New Milford could be free in 6½ years CVP EXCLUSIVE: An East Orange man who killed his friend when a gun he was fooling around with went off behind a New Milford apartment complex could be eligible for parole in 6½ years after pleading guilty in Hackensack today to aggravated manslaughter. Byron Sankar, 22, admitted chambering a live round and squeezing the trigger of the .9mm handgun “with some degree of force” while it was pointed at 23-year old Alex Bridge the night of Aug. 3, 2013 behind the Dorchester Apartments. Another man who was there, Aaron McMorris of Hackensack, also pleaded guilty today. McMorris, 23, admitted …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Korean newspaper story of Palisades Park recall election ‘filled with baseless lies,’ mayor says Korean newspaper story of Palisades Park recall election ‘filled with baseless lies,’ mayor says Korean newspaper story of Palisades Park recall election ‘filled with baseless lies,’ mayor says
Korean newspaper story of Palisades Park recall election ‘filled with baseless lies,’ mayor says A report citing anonymous sources in The Korea Daily claims that “the initiation of a recall election” of Palisades Park Mayor James Rotundo “is gathering great interest” in town, “New Jersey’s largest Korean area.” Citing “parties concerned with the Palisades Park government,” the article says that Democratic Party Chairman Michael A. Pollotta “recently revealed his intentions to the council and town officials” to seek a recall. A “prospective candidate” as successor, should the bid succeed, would be Councilman Jason Kim, the borough’s deputy mayor, the Korean-language story says. Poll…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Palisades Park Police Find Gun, Ammo In SUV Palisades Park Police Find Gun, Ammo In SUV Palisades Park Police Find Gun, Ammo In SUV
Palisades Park Police Find Gun, Ammo In SUV Palisades Park police checking out a suspicious person report said they found a driver carrying a gun. A concerned citizen called at 9:35 a.m. to report man suspiciously “going in and out of” a blue 2001 Ford Explorer parked at the corner of Delia Boulevard and East Columbia Avenue, Police Chief Benjamin Ramos said. Approaching the car, Officers Salvatore Farnese and Alessandro Monteleone smelled a “strong odor of marijuana” from inside and spotted a joint in plain view in the center console, the chief said. Joined by Sgt. Dennis Pavlik, the officers asked the driver for consen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Manhattan man charged with phone threats to kill police, air travelers Manhattan man charged with phone threats to kill police, air travelers Manhattan man charged with phone threats to kill police, air travelers
Manhattan man charged with phone threats to kill police, air travelers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 64-year-old Manhattan man was arrested by Port Authority and NYPD officers after authorities said he called in nearly a dozen bomb threats threatening to kill both law enforcement and travelers at John F. Kennedy International Airport in a span of 16 days. Detectives from both agencies took Philip Ngom into custody at his West 116th Street residence in Manhattan on Thursday, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown and PAPD Chief Security Officer Thomas Belfiore announced this afternoon. Ngom called 911 eleven times between June 9 and last Wednesday — sometimes …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi driver charged wth fleeing Noth Arlington police on wrong side of road Lodi driver charged wth fleeing Noth Arlington police on wrong side of road Lodi driver charged wth fleeing Noth Arlington police on wrong side of road
Lodi driver charged wth fleeing Noth Arlington police on wrong side of road YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: North Arlington police tracked down a Lodi man who they said fled a traffic stop, driving at high speed into oncoming traffic. The officer who’d stopped him at Chestnut Street and the Belleville Turnpike for having a loud muffler was walking toward the car when 28-year-old Carlos J. Colon “turned, made eye contact and floored the accelerator” at 8:18 p.m. Saturday, Capt. John Hern told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The officer got back into his car and chased the blue Acura, which veered into oncoming traffic at high speed as it crossed the bridge into Belleville, so he pulled …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Lodi police charge man with hitting 1-year-old girl during fight with sister Lodi police charge man with hitting 1-year-old girl during fight with sister Lodi police charge man with hitting 1-year-old girl during fight with sister
Lodi police charge man with hitting 1-year-old girl during fight with sister YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An intoxicated 26-year-old Lodi man hit a 1-year-old girl while having a fight with his sister and then tried to run from officers who took him into custody, authorities said. Cristian Montero posted $10,000 bail and was released hours after Wednesday’s arrest. Montero fled in a car and then bailed out and tried to run after officers who responded to his Pasadena Avenue home on the assault report stopped him moments later, Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said this afternoon. Cristian Montero (MUGSHOT: Courtesy LODI PD) “The investigation revealed that Montero …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Paramus wireless store burglars caught after one jumps 20 feet from roof Paramus wireless store burglars caught after one jumps 20 feet from roof Paramus wireless store burglars caught after one jumps 20 feet from roof
Paramus wireless store burglars caught after one jumps 20 feet from roof YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police responding to the overnight burglary of a Route 4 wireless store nabbed two New York City men — one of whom jumped nearly 20 feet from the roof, putting him in the hospital. Officers checking the building with the owner found ceiling tiles on the showroom floor and both men trying to hide behind a rooftop air-conditioning unit at the Wireless Depot at 1:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. One of them, 44-year-old Manuel C. Martinez of Corona, Queens (above, left) jumped from the roof and was grabbed by Be…

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