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
Paterson man charged with selling pot to Bergen undercover detectives Paterson man charged with selling pot to Bergen undercover detectives Paterson man charged with selling pot to Bergen undercover detectives
Paterson man charged with selling pot to Bergen undercover detectives YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County narcotics detectives busted a Paterson man who they said sold an undercover investigator more than an ounce of pot in a pair of deals. Hector Perez, 36, was released without bail pending grand jury action on two counts of distributing marijuana during March and May. He was also charged with possession of a small amount of Xanax that Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said was found at his home when members of his Narcotic Task Force and Paterson police arrested Perez at his home on Monday. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR

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Rutherford, NJ
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Port Authority police make two GWB saves in one morning Port Authority police make two GWB saves in one morning Port Authority police make two GWB saves in one morning
Port Authority police make two GWB saves in one morning YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police had their second “intervention” of the day at the George Washington Bridge late this morning when they talked a suicidal Connecticut man from the railing. The 42-year-old Darien, CT man was staring over the railing “for an extended period of time” midway across the span when the officer found him at 11:30 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Talking to him, they quickly “determined he was suicidal,” Pentangelo said. EMS responded and took him to nearby New York-Presbyterian Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Four hours earlier…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Four NY residents arrested in pair of Elmwood Park heroin busts Four NY residents arrested in pair of Elmwood Park heroin busts Four NY residents arrested in pair of Elmwood Park heroin busts
Four NY residents arrested in pair of Elmwood Park heroin busts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Four New York State residents were arrested in a pair of separate heroin arrests yesterday by Elmwood Park police. Officers charged Nicole Cunningham, 21, of Warwick, and Abigail Walpole, 20, of Nyack, with having 30 bags of heroin, along with a hypodermic syringe and drug paraphernalia fter stopping their car on East 55th Street at 8:15 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. A little over five hours earlier, officers arrested 20-year-old Michael Mcnulty, also of Warwick, and Frederick Polanco, 22, of Sleepy Hollow after stopping them on River Drive …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Port Authority officers called by Rutherford police intercept suicidal man at GWB Port Authority officers called by Rutherford police intercept suicidal man at GWB Port Authority officers called by Rutherford police intercept suicidal man at GWB
Port Authority officers called by Rutherford police intercept suicidal man at GWB YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police alerted by Rutherford police found a 50-year-old suicidal man near the George Washington Bridge this morning and had him taken for a psychiatric evaluation. An EMS unit took the man to nearby New York-Presbyterian Hospital after PAPD officers found him at 178th Street and Fort Washington Avenue, nearly a block from the bridge, at 7:30 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was wearing a New York Yankees t-shirt and blue jeans. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police had their second “intervention” of the day a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Fairview Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn honored as chamber’s Officer of the Year Fairview Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn honored as chamber’s Officer of the Year Fairview Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn honored as chamber’s Officer of the Year
Fairview Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn honored as chamber’s Officer of the Year SHOUT OUT: The Fairview Chamber of Commerce yesterday honored Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn as its Officer of the Year for 2014. Kahn joined the Fairview force 20 years ago. He was named detective in September 2014 and was promoted to detective sergeant less than 18 months later. Kahn became detective lieutenant in February 2008 before being promoted to detective captain three years later. He was named deputy chief last September. Kahn was joined at the event by, among others, Police Chief Thomas Juliano and Mayor Vincent Bellucci.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Boy, 15, believed drowned in Allendale lake found safe, sound with mom Boy, 15, believed drowned in Allendale lake found safe, sound with mom Boy, 15, believed drowned in Allendale lake found safe, sound with mom
Boy, 15, believed drowned in Allendale lake found safe, sound with mom UPDATE: A search for a 15-year-old boy that began after friends said they lost sight of him in the water at Crestwood Lake in Allendale tonight was found safe and sound with his mother. What his friends didn’t know when they alerted police just before 7 p.m. is that the boy had gotten out of the municipally-owned lake and left with his mom, Police Chief George Scherb told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Allendale Fire Rescue responded along with Mahwah Rescue, Oradell Dive Water Rescue, Allendale Ambulance and Waldwick Ambulance, the chief said. Midland Park police also assisted, he said. PHOTO: Boyd …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two hospitalized in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn Two hospitalized in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn Two hospitalized in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn
Two hospitalized in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving ONLY ON CVP: Two drivers were hospitalized and two vehicles were removed by a flatbed tow truck after a three-car crash on northbound Route 208 at Promenade Boulevard in Fair Lawn tonight. Traffic was backed up to Paramus after the 6:15 p.m. left lane crash. Fair Lawn police, EMS and Fire Company #1 responded. The SUV and compact car victims were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Grand jury charges Palisades Park police sergeant with theft, misconduct Grand jury charges Palisades Park police sergeant with theft, misconduct Grand jury charges Palisades Park police sergeant with theft, misconduct
Grand jury charges Palisades Park police sergeant with theft, misconduct YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack today indicted a Palisades Park police veteran and son of a councilwoman on theft and misconduct charges, accusing him of altering a $1,000 check written to the municipality and depositing it into his personal account. Sgt. Marc Messing committed theft by “purposely obtaining or retraining property or money” by “adding his name to the ‘Pay to the Order of’ line on the check issued to the municipality by High Point Utilities and depositing it last Dec. 11, the five-count indictment alleges. Doing so was an “unauthorized exercise of his off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Driver hospitalized after Ridgefield chain reaction crash Driver hospitalized after Ridgefield chain reaction crash Driver hospitalized after Ridgefield chain reaction crash
Driver hospitalized after Ridgefield chain reaction crash PHOTO: At least one driver was hospitalized in a chain-reaction crash this afternoon in Ridgefield involving a truck and two cars. The crash occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Broad Avenue and Edgewater Road.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford police charge Bergenfield ticket broker with second assault on officers in less than a week New Milford police charge Bergenfield ticket broker with second assault on officers in less than a week New Milford police charge Bergenfield ticket broker with second assault on officers in less than a week
New Milford police charge Bergenfield ticket broker with second assault on officers in less than a week YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Five days after posting bail after fighting with police who went to his mother’s house on a disturbance call, a self-employed ticket broker from Bergenfield assaulted another officer, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Lt. William Duby Jr. was driving past on Main Street when he reported seeing a woman walking hurriedly Saturday night near Boulevard while “looking behind her twice as if she was trying to get away from someone or something.” Behind her was 35-year-old former bodybuilder Andrew Kleber. “It appeared he was talking or trying to talk to her and she was…

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