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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi ex-con charged with $1,200 Bogota VFW burglary Lodi ex-con charged with $1,200 Bogota VFW burglary Lodi ex-con charged with $1,200 Bogota VFW burglary
Lodi ex-con charged with $1,200 Bogota VFW burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bogota detectives charged an ex-con from Lodi with stealing $1,200 from the local VFW during an overnight burglary earlier this week. Thanks to evidence found at the Ralph H. Hall VFW Post 5561 on West Shore Avenue after the 2 a.m. break-in, borough investigators developed 30-year-old Christopher Huston as a suspect, Police Chief John C. Burke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Detective Capt. James Sepp and Detective Sgt. Jonathan Misskerg arrested Huston at his home yesterday, assisted by their Lodi colleagues, after finding evidence there tying him to the break-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Women say Wallington driver pulled up masturbating Women say Wallington driver pulled up masturbating Women say Wallington driver pulled up masturbating
Women say Wallington driver pulled up masturbating YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wallington man pulled up to two different women while masturbating in his truck last night, said borough police who arrested him moments later. The first victim told police she was walking along around 7 p.m. when she felt the gold Ford Explorer “leap-frogging from car to car, remaining parallel with her,” Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The woman took a cellphone photo of the truck and called her husband, who emerged from their home, scaring off the driver, he said. Officer Ron Goral was interviewing the couple when the Explorer returned,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Thief busted in Fort Lee courtroom after answering stolen phone Thief busted in Fort Lee courtroom after answering stolen phone Thief busted in Fort Lee courtroom after answering stolen phone
Thief busted in Fort Lee courtroom after answering stolen phone YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A West New York man in Fort Lee Municipal Court on a DWI charge was arrested by Port Authority police yesterday after they called a cellphone that he’d just stolen from a bathroom. The 56-year-old victim from Paterson told PAPD Officer Steve Pisciotta and Sgt Brian Boel that his Samsung Galaxy 4 cell phone was swiped moments earlier. He “described the suspect and pointed him out inside the courtroom,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. As one officer stood near 27-year-old Pedro Figueroa, the other dialed the stolen phone’s number. Figureoa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
NY woman caught trying to cash bogus check, Bergenfield police say NY woman caught trying to cash bogus check, Bergenfield police say NY woman caught trying to cash bogus check, Bergenfield police say
NY woman caught trying to cash bogus check, Bergenfield police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield police nabbed a Suffolk County, NY woman who they said was carrying hypodermic needles when she tried to cash a bogus check. Stacy Weidner, 25, was being held on $5,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after borough police arrested her at the TD Bank branch on North Washington Avenue yesterday afternoon. Weidner “admitted to signing the check and attempting to cash” the $950 check “for a friend in return for some of the proceeds,” Capt. Cathy Madalone said this morning. She is charged with forgery and possession of the needles. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Father, son hospitalized, driver shaken after car slams into Teaneck restaurant Father, son hospitalized, driver shaken after car slams into Teaneck restaurant Father, son hospitalized, driver shaken after car slams into Teaneck restaurant
Father, son hospitalized, driver shaken after car slams into Teaneck restaurant ONLY ON CVP: A driver trying to parallel park accidentally hit the accelerator and reversed her Volvo wagon into a Teaneck restaurant tonight. A father who complained of neck pain and his young son who had a cut on his foot after being hit by flying debris as they sat outside Gotham Burger Co. were slightly injured, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. The distraught driver, meanwhile, was taken to Holy Name Medical Center for assessment. Queen Anne Road reopened around 9:40 p.m. after the debris was cleared and the vehicle removed.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Three hospitalized after East Rutherford ambulance crashes in Hasbrouck Heights Three hospitalized after East Rutherford ambulance crashes in Hasbrouck Heights Three hospitalized after East Rutherford ambulance crashes in Hasbrouck Heights
Three hospitalized after East Rutherford ambulance crashes in Hasbrouck Heights YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No serious injuries were reported after an East Rutherford ambulance taking a juvenile patient accompanied by a parent to the hospital was involved in a crash on northbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights early this evening. A Hasbrouck Heights ambulance took the driver and both occupants to the hospital following the crash outside the Sonic drive-in near Franklin Avenue, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The driver of the other car refused medical attention, he said. Lenox Auto Body towed both vehicles. Another crash occurred on Terrace and Wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Free briefly, former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks back behind bars once more Free briefly, former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks back behind bars once more Free briefly, former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks back behind bars once more
Free briefly, former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks back behind bars once more CVP EXCLUSIVE: It took less than a month after spending nearly five months behind bars for onetime Englewood basketball phenom turned career criminal Sean Banks to go back to the Bergen County yet again. Banks, who has a history of domestic violence, burglary and drug offenses, was wanted on a warrant for a Saturday assault — committed while on probation — and driving while on the suspended list when authorities said he backed a car into a Fort Lee police cruiser yesterday and then tried taking off. Sean Banks Englewood police (MUGSHOT: Courtesy Englewood PD) A Superior Court judge set …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Roof partially collapses in ductwork grease fire at Route 17 Wendy’s in Rutherford Roof partially collapses in ductwork grease fire at Route 17 Wendy’s in Rutherford Roof partially collapses in ductwork grease fire at Route 17 Wendy’s in Rutherford
Roof partially collapses in ductwork grease fire at Route 17 Wendy’s in Rutherford PHOTOS: Bryce Simpson (above); CLIFFVIEW PILOT (top) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rutherford firefighters was hospitalized with possible heat exhaustion during a roof blaze that severely damaged the Wendy’s restaurant on Route 17 in Rutherford this afternoon. The fire was ignited “apparently in the ductwork” as workers were repairing rooftop HVAC equipment around 2:45 p.m., Rutherford Assistant Fire Chief Jayson Frahm told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. PHOTO: Tom Dickman Flames continued to spread after part of the equipment fell through the roof. Within 20 minutes, all responders were pulled from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
Breaking News
Woman admits trying to hire NJ State Police undercover as hit man to kill daughter’s ex-boyfriend, others Woman admits trying to hire NJ State Police undercover as hit man to kill daughter’s ex-boyfriend, others Woman admits trying to hire NJ State Police undercover as hit man to kill daughter’s ex-boyfriend, others
Woman admits trying to hire NJ State Police undercover as hit man to kill daughter’s ex-boyfriend, others BEYOND BERGEN: A Pennsylvania woman is headed to state prison for 8½ years without parole after admitting today that she tried to hire an undercover New Jersey State Police investigator to kill her daughter’s ex-boyfriend and two other people close to him for $1,000. Denise Marie Nagrodski, 52, of Easton, Pa., was “cruel and calculating in the way she planned the murders…directing that the boyfriend be burned alive in a fire that also would serve to destroy evidence,” acting state Attorney General John J. Hoffman said after she pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder and conspiracy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia police seek those responsible for fuel spill Leonia police seek those responsible for fuel spill Leonia police seek those responsible for fuel spill
Leonia police seek those responsible for fuel spill DID YOU SEE THEM? Leonia police were tracking down whoever was responsible for a fuel spill that forced the closure of stretches of Fort Lee Road and Grand Avenue for cleanup this afternoon. The vehicle responsible was headed east on Fort Lee Road before going north on Grand Avenue toward Englewood, police said. Eastbound Fort Lee Road was briefly clogged as Leonia firefighters and DPW workers cleaned up the spill. Authorities asked that anyone with information that could help find those responsible call Leonia PD: (201) 944-0800 PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Robert Metzdorf…

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