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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Woman from Rockland bar sought in Park Ridge credit card theft Woman from Rockland bar sought in Park Ridge credit card theft Woman from Rockland bar sought in Park Ridge credit card theft
Woman from Rockland bar sought in Park Ridge credit card theft HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Park Ridge police are seeking the public’s help finding the woman above as they investigate the theft of a borough resident’s credit card from a Rockland County bar. The card was used in Ramsey and Mahwah, they said. The woman was described as a “person of interest” in her early 20s, with brown hair and a slim build. If you know her, or have seen her, please call Park Ridge detectives: (201) 391-5401 ext. 5236 (OR: [email protected]).

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Hackensack, NJ
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Mahwah man who let girlfriend’s 9-month-old son ingest heroin gets probation Mahwah man who let girlfriend’s 9-month-old son ingest heroin gets probation Mahwah man who let girlfriend’s 9-month-old son ingest heroin gets probation
Mahwah man who let girlfriend’s 9-month-old son ingest heroin gets probation YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah man whose girlfriend’s baby ingested heroin they were using, putting her in a coma, got probation and a lecture from a judge in Hackensack today. Mark Tomat, 26, did get 30 days in the county jail, to go with the five years of intensively supervised probation, for testing positive on a March drug test, barely two weeks after he pleaded guilty to child endangerment. He also angered Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian today when he said: “For the first time in my life I’m not nervous standing here.” “You say you’re not nervous, but you should be,” Jere…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park guidance counselor’s alleged sex assault of girl, 5, detailed in indictment Cliffside Park guidance counselor’s alleged sex assault of girl, 5, detailed in indictment Cliffside Park guidance counselor’s alleged sex assault of girl, 5, detailed in indictment
Cliffside Park guidance counselor’s alleged sex assault of girl, 5, detailed in indictment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A longtime Cliffside Park High School guidance counselor and high school, college and professional basketball referee put his finger in a 5-year-old girl’s vagina and his penis in her mouth, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack charges. Edward C. Meier, 61, of Teaneck, became the target of an investigation after “a relative of the victim recently observed what they felt was inappropriate behavior” and told the girl’s mother, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said following his Oct. 19 arrest. “She contacted the Teaneck Police Department, wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
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Garfield man, 18, accused of threatening couple with brick, knife Garfield man, 18, accused of threatening couple with brick, knife Garfield man, 18, accused of threatening couple with brick, knife
Garfield man, 18, accused of threatening couple with brick, knife YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police charged an 18-year-old city man with threatening a couple with a brick and a knife yesterday after one of the victims hailed a police officer working a traffic detail. Yousef Nabil Rabah was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and two counts of weapons possession. Officer David Coniglio was working a traffic post at Monroe Street and Pierre Avenue when a 28-year-old man came running down the street yelling around 3:15 p.m., Capt. Darren Sucorowski said this morning. The …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood detectives crack gym car burglary with arrest of Bergenfield man Maywood detectives crack gym car burglary with arrest of Bergenfield man Maywood detectives crack gym car burglary with arrest of Bergenfield man
Maywood detectives crack gym car burglary with arrest of Bergenfield man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Maywood detectives investigating the theft of a $600 cellphone after a fitness center locker was broken into charged a Bergenfield man with the crime. Chad Afflick, 25, of Bergenfield was released on a court summons charging him with theft, car burglary, trespassing and criminal mischief following his arrest yesterday. The victim called police on May 6 after finding the lock on his locker at the HUMC Fitness and Wellness Center on Route 17 cut and his keys missing, Detective Jason Liaban told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He then checked the vehicle and found the iPhone gone,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Off-duty Fort Lee police officer ejected in head-on Rockleigh rollover crash Off-duty Fort Lee police officer ejected in head-on Rockleigh rollover crash Off-duty Fort Lee police officer ejected in head-on Rockleigh rollover crash
Off-duty Fort Lee police officer ejected in head-on Rockleigh rollover crash UPDATE: An off-duty Fort Lee police officer was responsive and complaining of head, back and arm injuries after he was ejected from his Jeep when it collided head-on with a sedan driven by a 65-year-old Harrington Park man outside the Rockleigh Golf Course this morning, authorities said. Laki Pothos was flown by AirMed One to Hackensack University Medical Center while the other driver was taken to the hospital by ambulance after the 9:44 a.m. crash on Paris Avenue. The driver of the Nissan Altima “suffered facial lacerations and was complaining of pain” after firefighters extricated him, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Pot dealing, heroin possession arrests for Elmwood Park police Pot dealing, heroin possession arrests for Elmwood Park police Pot dealing, heroin possession arrests for Elmwood Park police
Pot dealing, heroin possession arrests for Elmwood Park police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police nabbed a local man who they said was dealing pot and a Lodi couple passing through with heroin in separate busts yesterday. Joseph Vargas, age 26, was charged with possessing and distributing marijuana last night following a six-week investigation, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. Vargas posted $10,000 bail and was released pending a court hearing. Several hours earlier, Miguel Thomas, 20, and Rachel Posadas, 19, were released on court summonses after officers who stopped their car on eastbound Route 46 found them carrying 15 bags…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Sunrise jumper becomes 10th GWB suicide of 2015 Sunrise jumper becomes 10th GWB suicide of 2015 Sunrise jumper becomes 10th GWB suicide of 2015
Sunrise jumper becomes 10th GWB suicide of 2015 UPDATE: The body of a 40-something woman who jumped from the George Washington Bridge early this morning was pulled from the Hudson River — the 10th confirmed suicide this year, authorities said. A passing bicyclist alerted police after the woman plunged to the water around 5:40 a.m., barely a few minutes after sunrise, the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Her body was brought to a dock in Edgewater, Pentangelo said. She wasn’t carrying identification and no vehicle was found left behind at the bridge, he added. GWB suicide jumps this year have averaged two per…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack police officer’s cousin shot in suicide-by-cop tried torching himself in car Hackensack police officer’s cousin shot in suicide-by-cop tried torching himself in car Hackensack police officer’s cousin shot in suicide-by-cop tried torching himself in car
Hackensack police officer’s cousin shot in suicide-by-cop tried torching himself in car CVP EXCLUSIVE: An ex-con with a lengthy criminal history who was shot and killed after authorities said he charged at Hackensack police officers with a large knife this afternoon in an apparent suicide-by-cop once set fire to his car in an attempt to kill himself — and was the cousin of a city officer who responded to today’s incident, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Elvin Jesus Diaz, 24, was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center just before 3 p.m., roughly 90 minutes after authorities said he charged officers who’d gone to his parents’ Temple Avenue home on a probation check…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Summonses for car service driver in high-speed Route 208 rollover crash in Fair Lawn Summonses for car service driver in high-speed Route 208 rollover crash in Fair Lawn Summonses for car service driver in high-speed Route 208 rollover crash in Fair Lawn
Summonses for car service driver in high-speed Route 208 rollover crash in Fair Lawn STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Speeding tickets and other summonses were being issued to a car service driver whose sedan struck a Jeep, pushing it into a third vehicle and flipping it, following a crash on Route 208 last night, Fair Lawn police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Two women were hospitalized — neither with serious injuries. One had a cut on the back of her head, while the other complained of body-wide aches and pains. The crash just before 10 p.m. near McBride Avenue knocked off the rear axle and a back tire of the Jeep. Fair Lawn Rescue 1 and 2, Fire Depar…

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