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 Valley, NJ
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Northvale police intercept 14 pounds of mail-delivered pot Northvale police intercept 14 pounds of mail-delivered pot Northvale police intercept 14 pounds of mail-delivered pot
Northvale police intercept 14 pounds of mail-delivered pot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Northvale police working a drug investigation seized two boxes filled with seven pounds of marijuana each that were shipped to a local address. Detectives got a tip that the shipments were coming in via the mail and then picked up and taken out of state, Police Chief William Essmann said. The investigation was continuing, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Saddle Brook police probe sparks takedown of $1.5M cargo theft ring Saddle Brook police probe sparks takedown of $1.5M cargo theft ring Saddle Brook police probe sparks takedown of $1.5M cargo theft ring
Saddle Brook police probe sparks takedown of $1.5M cargo theft ring YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigative work by a patrol officer and detective from Saddle Brook led to the takedown of a 12-member cargo theft ring that state authorities today said stole $1.5 million worth of clothing, beauty products, auto parts and beer after swiping tractor trailers transporting the goods. Saddle Brook Police Officer Guiseppe Califano got the initial tip in June 2012 about a Midland Avenue warehouse owned by 61-year-old Kenneth Manus of Norwood (photo, above), who consented to a search during a subsequent investigation by Detective Lt. Thomas Johnson, Police Chief Robert…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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PHOTO SHOW: Bergen sheriff’s ‘Chief for a Day’ brings smiles to chronically ill youngsters, veteran officers PHOTO SHOW: Bergen sheriff’s ‘Chief for a Day’ brings smiles to chronically ill youngsters, veteran officers PHOTO SHOW: Bergen sheriff’s ‘Chief for a Day’ brings smiles to chronically ill youngsters, veteran officers
Photo Show: Bergen sheriff’s ‘Chief for a Day’ brings smiles to chronically ill youngsters, veteran officers Garfield Police Chief for a Day Jadyn LoGrande, Saddle Brook Police Chief for Day Ava Guardares, BC Sheriff’s Chief for a Day Nuh Marey, Hasbrouck Heights Police Chief for a Day Declan DeBaun CHIEF FOR A DAY: Nearly two dozen children with chronic health conditions from across Bergen County got to serve as Police “Chief for a Day” for their towns.  CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos They include Saddle Brook Police Chief for Day Ava Guarderas, Garfield Police Chief for a Day Jadyn LoGrande, Hasbrouck Heights Police Chief for a Day Declan DeBaun and Bergen County Sheriff’s Chief for a Day Nuh Mar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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NJ state trooper killed in crash mourned by thousands NJ state trooper killed in crash mourned by thousands NJ state trooper killed in crash mourned by thousands
NJ state trooper killed in crash mourned by thousands ALL PHOTOS: Bill Bowman / The Franklin Reporter & Advocate TRIBUTE: Hundreds of law enforcement officers from across the state and the U.S. joined loved ones and government officials for the funeral today of New Jersey State Police Trooper Anthony Raspa (Badge #7425) in Somerset. Members of Raspa’s 152 NJ State Police Class were among those at a private funeral Mass at Saint Matthias Church — along with officers from as far as California and Florida, Gov. Chris Christie and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno — to memorialize Raspa, 24, who was killed in a weekend car crash. “He graduated from t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Son of Jersey City fire chief shot dead in robbery Son of Jersey City fire chief shot dead in robbery Son of Jersey City fire chief shot dead in robbery
Son of Jersey City fire chief shot dead in robbery BEYOND BERGEN: “I grew up in this city and it’s just too much,” Jersey City Fire Chief Darren Rivers told reporters after his 35-year-old son was shot dead during an overnight robbery as he walked to his mother’s house. “The senseless killing has got to stop,” said the elder Rivers, the city’s first African-American fire chief. His son’s assailant shot Darcell Rivers from behind on Fulton Avenue near Van Cleef Street around 3:45 a.m. and took his money and cellphone, authorities said. He was pronounced dead a half-hour later at Jersey City Medical Center. Darcell Rivers, a professiona…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Elmwood Park police catch New Milford man, 66, with crack, Lodi man trying to swallow heroin Elmwood Park police catch New Milford man, 66, with crack, Lodi man trying to swallow heroin Elmwood Park police catch New Milford man, 66, with crack, Lodi man trying to swallow heroin
Elmwood Park police catch New Milford man, 66, with crack, Lodi man trying to swallow heroin YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 66-year-old New Milford man was carrying crack and a 22-year-old Lodi man tried to swallow several bags of heroin when they were stopped by police coming through town in separate incidents a little over four hours apart yesterday, authorities said. James Thomas, 22, was charged with hindering after he tried swallowing several heroin folds after being stopped at 4:15 p.m. yesterday on Route 46 at Boulevard, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this afternoon. Around 8:30 p.m., officer charged 66-year-old Richard Roemer with drug possession after finding him carrying …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
U.S. postal supervisor’s parked car rolls down Ridgewood street U.S. postal supervisor’s parked car rolls down Ridgewood street U.S. postal supervisor’s parked car rolls down Ridgewood street
U.S. postal supervisor’s parked car rolls down Ridgewood street PHOTOS: An unoccupied vehicle owned by an on-duty field supervisor from the US Postal Service’s office in Ridgewood office rolled from its parking space to onto a resident’s front lawn. No one was injured in the mishap, which damaged some grass and shrubs in front of the Kenilworth Road home after the vehicle rolled from Laurel Road. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Female Port Authority bus terminal ‘recidivists’ caught with crack, booze have nearly 100 arrests between them Female Port Authority bus terminal ‘recidivists’ caught with crack, booze have nearly 100 arrests between them Female Port Authority bus terminal ‘recidivists’ caught with crack, booze have nearly 100 arrests between them
Female Port Authority bus terminal ‘recidivists’ caught with crack, booze have nearly 100 arrests between them YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two of three homeless women who police said were taken into custody for openly carrying crack, pot and vodka outside the Port Authority bus terminal in midtown Manhattan last night have nearly 100 arrests between them, records show. Plainclothes Port Authority detectives grabbed Cookie Love, 48, as she stood in front of the Eighth Avenue entrance to terminal holding two crack pipes with residue just before 8:30 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. She was charged with drug possession and parole warrants out of New York State. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Child sex charges returned against Upper Saddle River business owner Child sex charges returned against Upper Saddle River business owner Child sex charges returned against Upper Saddle River business owner
Child sex charges returned against Upper Saddle River business owner YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack returned an indictment last week charging an Upper Saddle River construction company owner with raping and molesting a girl beginning when she was 7. The girl, now 17, spoke last fall with a school counselor who, in turn, called her mother and state child welfare authorities, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said after his Special Victims Unit detectives arrested Louis Tantillo, 50, in October. During a subsequent interview, she “provided specific details” about what happened during a sleepover, he said. Tantillo posted $250,0…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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3rd Narcan save for Lodi police officer 3rd Narcan save for Lodi police officer 3rd Narcan save for Lodi police officer
3rd Narcan save for Lodi police officer SHOUT OUT: A Lodi police officer last night had his third Narcan save, the department’s fourth. Officer Philip Nobile responded to a Church Street address with Officer Nicholas Nobre and Sgt. Anthony Mobilio and “found an empty bottle of oxycodone in the room” with the 40-something victim around 7:20 p.m., Capt. Donald Scorzetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Nobile administered an initial dose without a response and then another five minutes later, Scorzetti said. “The victim became responsive after the second dose but was still in a sedated state,” he said. The Lodi Ambulance Co…

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