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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee couple had 110 bags of heroin, crack, Elmwood Park police charge Fort Lee couple had 110 bags of heroin, crack, Elmwood Park police charge Fort Lee couple had 110 bags of heroin, crack, Elmwood Park police charge
Fort Lee couple had 110 bags of heroin, crack, Elmwood Park police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee couple passing through town were carrying 110 bags of heroin and six bags of crack when they were stopped last night, Elmwood Park police said this morning. Breanne Willette, 23, and Christopher Gugliemo, 21, were released on court summonses after being stopped on Locust Street at 8:45 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Both are charged with possession of drugs, drug paraphernalia and hypodermic syringes.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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PIP officer finds livery driver charged with dragging customer at Englewood Cliffs service area PIP officer finds livery driver charged with dragging customer at Englewood Cliffs service area PIP officer finds livery driver charged with dragging customer at Englewood Cliffs service area
PIP officer finds livery driver charged with dragging customer at Englewood Cliffs service area YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Brooklyn livery driver who authorities said dragged a fare who got stuck in his car door nearly 150 feet at a Palisades Interstate Parkway service area before taking off was arrested after a PIP police officer spotted him four days later. Officers called by a customer around 5 p.m. last Wednesday found the victim face down and unconscious on the exit ramp of the southbound Sunoco station in Englewood Cliffs, PIP Police Chief Michael Coppola said tonight. EMS took him to Englewood Hospital Medical Center and Medical Center with a head injury, for which he was trea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Principal to decide on opening after light-fixture fire in Closter school Principal to decide on opening after light-fixture fire in Closter school Principal to decide on opening after light-fixture fire in Closter school
Principal to decide on opening after light-fixture fire in Closter school UPDATE: Closter firefighters quickly doused an electrical fire in a kindergarten light fixture at Hillside Elementary School tonight. Principal Alfred A. Baffa was notified and was going to decide whether school would be open tomorrow, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Suspension, investigation for judge’s clerk who called NJ state trooper’s death ‘not that sad, certainly not tragic’ Suspension, investigation for judge’s clerk who called NJ state trooper’s death ‘not that sad, certainly not tragic’ Suspension, investigation for judge’s clerk who called NJ state trooper’s death ‘not that sad, certainly not tragic’
Suspension, investigation for judge’s clerk who called NJ state trooper’s death ‘not that sad, certainly not tragic’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Middlesex County judge this afternoon suspended his law clerk for two weeks, with pay, for Facebook posts that accused a State Police trooper who was killed when his cruiser struck a deer of recklessness while expressing sympathy for the “family who lost a mommy or daddy or baby deer.” The suspension, however, is “pending the outcome of an internal investigation,” Winnie Comfort, the director of communications and community relations for the New Jersey State Judiciary, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early this evening. The posts on the News 12 New Jersey Facebook page by L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Member of DeCavalcante crime family admits selling cocaine to undercover FBI agent Member of DeCavalcante crime family admits selling cocaine to undercover FBI agent Member of DeCavalcante crime family admits selling cocaine to undercover FBI agent
Member of DeCavalcante crime family admits selling cocaine to undercover FBI agent BEYOND BERGEN: An associate of the DeCavalcante organized crime family admitted in federal court today that he sold more than half a kilo of cocaine for $78,000 to an undercover FBI agent. Nicholas DeGidio, 37, of Union, faces a potential prison term of up to 40 years, although it will likely be considerably less under fedreal sentencing guidelines. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark scheduled him to be sentenced on Sept. 29, although that could change depending on whether authorities want him to testify against nine other members of the DeCavalcante family who were charged in the inve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Mahwah retiree digitally abused girl, indictment charges Mahwah retiree digitally abused girl, indictment charges Mahwah retiree digitally abused girl, indictment charges
Mahwah retiree digitally abused girl, indictment charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 69-year-old retiree from Mahwah put his finger into the vagina of a 5-year-old girl, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges. Horace R. Ashworth also was charged with impairing the morals of child in addition to the aggravated sexual assault count. Members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit arrested Ashworth last June after an interview with the girl. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said the girl originally told her mother of the incident, which the indictment says occurred between June 1 and Sept. 20, 2013. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Detectives charge Lodi retiree with downloading child porn Detectives charge Lodi retiree with downloading child porn Detectives charge Lodi retiree with downloading child porn
Detectives charge Lodi retiree with downloading child porn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 69-year-old Lodi retiree was arrested this morning on charges of downloading kiddie porn and released on a summons pending a court hearing. Jose L. Vega was charged with child endangerment by possessing images of child exploitation after detectives executed a search warrant ast his Wisse Street apartment, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. An investigation by his Computer Crimes Unit found that Vega “was using the Internet to acquire images of child pornography,” the prosecutor said. “During the search of his residence, additional images of child ex…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Bergen County SPCA seeks public’s help in trailer purchase Bergen County SPCA seeks public’s help in trailer purchase Bergen County SPCA seeks public’s help in trailer purchase
Bergen County SPCA seeks public’s help in trailer purchase FUNDRAISER: The Bergen County SPCA is hoping to buy an enclosed trailer for animal events, educational functions and community policing. It will be marked with BCSPCA decals and contact information and contain all necessary agency equipment. CLICK HERE to donate: Bergen County SPCA Trailer Fund Bergen’s SPCA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all-volunteer, humane law enforcement agency authorized to investigate and prosecute alleged acts of animal cruelty, abuse, and neglect. It isn’t funded by state, county or local taxpayers. The agency “attends many different events throughout the year …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State secures $6.34M judgment against Rutherford contractor State secures $6.34M judgment against Rutherford contractor State secures $6.34M judgment against Rutherford contractor
State secures $6.34M judgment against Rutherford contractor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack ordered a Rutherford home improvement contractor to pay $6.34 million for not registering or having insurance, among 571 violations of the state’s consumer protection laws and regulations. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs obtained the judgment against Anthony Angelo Pizza and two home improvement companies he operated, A. Pizza Contracting, LLC and AP Building & Construction, LLC, a/k/a “AP Builders & Construction, LLC.” The breakdown: $585,395.74 in consumer restitution; $5,710…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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You can help family of Hackensack police detective whose daughter, 7, has leukemia You can help family of Hackensack police detective whose daughter, 7, has leukemia You can help family of Hackensack police detective whose daughter, 7, has leukemia
You can help family of Hackensack police detective whose daughter, 7, has leukemia HOW YOU CAN HELP: You can help the family of Demetrius Carroll, a Hackensack police detective who has dedicated his life to helping others, through a GoFundMe page for his 7-year-old daughter, who recently was diagnosed with leukemia. Kaia Carroll is undergoing extensive and expensive chemotherapy treatments at Hackensack University Medical Center and is “toughing it out like a champion,” wrote Carroll’s partner, Joseph Roses, who set up the GoFundMe page. CLICK HERE to HELP KAIA CARROLL Carroll, a 13½-year police veteran, “continues to perform his duties as a detective on a daily basis…

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