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
Ridgefield police charge local man in burglary, theft of $8,000 engagement ring, iPad, $5,000 cash Ridgefield police charge local man in burglary, theft of $8,000 engagement ring, iPad, $5,000 cash Ridgefield police charge local man in burglary, theft of $8,000 engagement ring, iPad, $5,000 cash
Ridgefield police charge local man in burglary, theft of $8,000 engagement ring, iPad, $5,000 cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield police charged a 23-year-old borough man with swiping a diamond engagement ring, an iPad and $5,000 in cash during a residential burglary earlier this month. Timothy Park, who has a history of drug-related arrests in Elmwood Park and Palisades Park, among other municipalities, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest yesterday. Ridgefield police charged him with burglary and theft. The victim told police on May 19 that someone had cut a kitchen window screen, climbed in and made off with the iPad, the $8,000 ring and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police shoot knife-wielding Lyndhurst ex-con dead in library struggle Police shoot knife-wielding Lyndhurst ex-con dead in library struggle Police shoot knife-wielding Lyndhurst ex-con dead in library struggle
Police shoot knife-wielding Lyndhurst ex-con dead in library struggle CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos: Maria D.L. Angeles YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A local man wanted by authorities was carrying a knife when he was shot and killed after assaulting two officers who followed him into the Lyndhurst Library this afternoon, law enforcement authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. No one else was injured. “All of the officers are OK,”  Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT less than a half-hour after the shooting, which occurred on the library’s third floor around 1:30 p.m. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli later confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report that the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale police add twist to ‘Coffee With a Cop’ — ice cream Allendale police add twist to ‘Coffee With a Cop’ — ice cream Allendale police add twist to ‘Coffee With a Cop’ — ice cream
Allendale police add twist to ‘Coffee With a Cop’ — ice cream SHOUT OUT: Allendale police are launching a “Chills for Pills” program, in which anyone dropping off unwanted medications during next week’s “Coffee With a Cop” session gets a gift card to Dairy Queen, thanks to a generous donation by a resident. The department’s second “Coffee With a Cop” is set from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at Allendale Eats! (101 West Allendale Ave. / (201) 825-0110) Officers will meet with citizens to discuss community issues, build relationships — and drink coffee. Part of a massive effort by local police nationwide, Coffee With A Cop provides a un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Totowa father killed in Route 3 motorcycle crash in East Rutherford Totowa father killed in Route 3 motorcycle crash in East Rutherford Totowa father killed in Route 3 motorcycle crash in East Rutherford
Totowa father killed in Route 3 motorcycle crash in East Rutherford UPDATE: A 44-year-old Totowa motorcyclist was killed this morning in a crash on eastbound Route 3 near the Route 120 overpass, East Rutherford Police Chief Larry Minda said this afternoon. The cycle driven by Joseph Frederick apparently struck the guardrail at 7:23 a.m. and “there was no other vehicle involved,” Minda said after an intensive investigation. Two lanes remained closed until 11 a.m. Responding with East Rutherford police were the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Investigation Unit, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and New Jersey State Pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia police grab teens who threw rock off highway overpass Leonia police grab teens who threw rock off highway overpass Leonia police grab teens who threw rock off highway overpass
Leonia police grab teens who threw rock off highway overpass YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Leonia police grabbed a Hackensack man and a Maywood juvenile who they said threw a 2½-pound rock off an overpass onto Route 95 last night. Nothing apparently was hit, but the hefty chunk of stone was in the middle of the northbound fast lane on the local side, so officers quickly retrieved it, Detective Sgt. Chris Garris told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “It posed a genuine danger,” he said. A passerby and a resident both called police to report two people throwing something off the Jones Road overpass around 6:30 p.m. Responding officers found Cornelius Washington, 18, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield, CT
Breaking News
New Ridgefield police lieutenants, sergeants promoted New Ridgefield police lieutenants, sergeants promoted New Ridgefield police lieutenants, sergeants promoted
New Ridgefield police lieutenants, sergeants promoted SHOUT OUTS: A standing-room only audience applauded the promotions of nine Ridgefield police officers at the American Legion Hall, filling vacancies opened by retirements. The officers and their new ranks: Lt. Jose Brito Lt. Kenneth Sheridan Lt. Jason Wejnert Lt. Robert Meurer Sgt. Bruno Carbone Sgt. Leonard Yim Sgt. Andrew O’Brien Jr. Sgt. Edward Schaefer Sgt. Paul Svorec Attending were Police Chief Thomas J. Gallagher, Police Commissioner Javier Acosta, Mayor Anthony Suarez and the Borough Council, along with family, friends, residents and business owners. PHOTO (l. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn firefighters quickly douse apartment kitchen blaze Fair Lawn firefighters quickly douse apartment kitchen blaze Fair Lawn firefighters quickly douse apartment kitchen blaze
Fair Lawn firefighters quickly douse apartment kitchen blaze UPDATE: Fair Lawn firefighters quickly put down an apartment kitchen fire tonight. The two-alarm, third-floor call to the mixed-use River Walk Commons building on River Road came in at 8:45 p.m. All Fair Lawn fire companies responded along with borough police and EMS. Saddle Brook FAST also responded. No injuries were immediately reported. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia police trio rescue trapped ducklings Leonia police trio rescue trapped ducklings Leonia police trio rescue trapped ducklings
Leonia police trio rescue trapped ducklings PHOTOS: Courtesy LEONIA PD SHOUT OUTS: A trio of Leonia police rescued a flock of ducklings trapped in a storm drain this morning after they were spotted by a group of students headed to school. Four Leonia High School students immediately called police just before 11 a.m. after first noticing the “extremely agitated” mother duck raising a ruckus outside a Grand Avenue storm drain and then spotting eight little ones below, Police Chief Thomas Rowe said. Detective Sgt. Chris Garris, Detective Michael Jennings and Officer Erik Goodell responded and scooped up seven of the stranded crew. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities raid Cliffside Park heroin market Authorities raid Cliffside Park heroin market Authorities raid Cliffside Park heroin market
Authorities raid Cliffside Park heroin market YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigators seized 283 bags of heroin along with various cutting and packaging materials and tools from a Cliffside Park man who they said was operating a drug mill from his home. Juan Raymond Martori, 43, was carrying nearly two dozen bags of the drug along with Oxycodone when police stopped him walking in Fairview yesterday, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. Cliffside Park police and members of Molinelli’s Narcotic Task Force then executed a search at Martori’s Palisade Avenue apartment and found 260 bags of heroin, along with: • “numerous” empty hero…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford police bust Dumont driver with heroin, needles New Milford police bust Dumont driver with heroin, needles New Milford police bust Dumont driver with heroin, needles
New Milford police bust Dumont driver with heroin, needles ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: New Milford police charged a Dumont man with heroin and hypodermic needle possession following a routine traffic stop. After spotting a car with a malfunctioning brake light heading north on Madison Avenue, Officer Adam Conboy ran a computer check overnight Saturday and found that he owner was wanted on a warrant out of Elmwood Park. He stopped the vehicle, driven by 32-year-old Matthew Clark, who told Conboy that he was driving his passenger home from a restaurant where they both worked as waiters, Sgt. Brian Long told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Backup Officer Kevin Morris int…

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