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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Extra innings for Paramus, Rochelle Park police in Special Olympics charity softball game Extra innings for Paramus, Rochelle Park police in Special Olympics charity softball game Extra innings for Paramus, Rochelle Park police in Special Olympics charity softball game
Extra innings for Paramus, Rochelle Park police in Special Olympics charity softball game SHOUT OUT: Paramus police jumped out to a big lead, but Rochelle Park police came back to win, 12-11, in extra innings in a charity softball game yesterday to benefit Special Olympics New Jersey. A barbecue at Houghton Hall followed the game at Carlock Field, which drew more than $1,000 in donations from officers, Paramus PBA Local 186, the Rochelle Park Community Affairs Fund, spectators and others. “Plans are under way to make the game an annual affair,” Rochelle Park Detective Jim DePreta said this morning.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police bust NY pair on heroin, cocaine charges Elmwood Park police bust NY pair on heroin, cocaine charges Elmwood Park police bust NY pair on heroin, cocaine charges
Elmwood Park police bust NY pair on heroin, cocaine charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police last night charged two New York state men with carrying 36 bags of heroin, a bag of cocaine, two hypodermic syringes and drug paraphernalia. Officers stopped Timothy Bruen, 26, of Yonkers and Anthony Scarfone, 28, at 9 p.m. on East 53rd Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Both were released on court summonses, he said.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Palisades Park apartment building fire displaces 17 families PHOTOS: Palisades Park apartment building fire displaces 17 families PHOTOS: Palisades Park apartment building fire displaces 17 families
Photos: Palisades Park apartment building fire displaces 17 families PHOTOS: No serious injuries were reported, but more than four dozen people from 17 units in a Palisades Park apartment building were displaced by a fire this afternoon. Companies from several surrounding towns assisted their Palisades Park colleagues — including Cliffside Park, Englewood FAST, Englewood Cliffs, Edewater, Fort Lee, Leonia, along with Teaneck Box 54. Responders said three-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor and spread to the third of the five-story, 35-unit brick walkup on Henry Street near Broad Avenue. Fourth-floor apartments were vented. *        *        *    …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Financial analyst helps divorcing women protect their money Financial analyst helps divorcing women protect their money Financial analyst helps divorcing women protect their money
Financial analyst helps divorcing women protect their money CVP ADVERTISER: “Marriage is about love — divorce is about money,” says John Cito, a certified divorce financial analyst (CDFA) whose Cito Capital Advisors is devoted to helping women navigate the financial waters of their divorce using his “Your Life, Your Way” agenda. His own parents’ divorce was neither fair nor equitable. “No planning was done,” said Cito, a paid CLIFFVIEW PILOT advertiser. So after opening his own shop in 1986 — following stints with Merrill Lynch and Shearson and LF Rothschild — Cito shifted his focus in 2004 to the divorcing women’s market. In doing so, he beca…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
No serious injuries in collision involving Bergen police car, sedan in Englewood No serious injuries in collision involving Bergen police car, sedan in Englewood No serious injuries in collision involving Bergen police car, sedan in Englewood
No serious injuries in collision involving Bergen police car, sedan in Englewood PHOTOS: Kenya Sonja Shears UPDATE: Neither a Bergen County Bureau of Police Services officer nor the driver of a sedan were seriously injured in a crash in Englewood last night, authorities said. Officer Oscar David Lopez, who joined the Bergen County Police Department 16 months ago, was headed to a call with his lights and siren on in the rain when the crash occurred just before 10 p.m. at West Forest Avenue and Lafayette Place, Anthony Cureton of the county Sheriff’s Office told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Nissan driver was identified as Trevor Smith. Lopez, of Bergenfield, served eight y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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‘Racially charged’ behavior amid white supremacist incidents brings discipline for 5 Pascack Valley HS students ‘Racially charged’ behavior amid white supremacist incidents brings discipline for 5 Pascack Valley HS students ‘Racially charged’ behavior amid white supremacist incidents brings discipline for 5 Pascack Valley HS students
‘Racially charged’ behavior amid white supremacist incidents brings discipline for 5 Pascack Valley HS students UPDATE: Amid growing conversation about alleged instances of white supremacy, Pascack Valley High School officials confirmed that five students were disciplined this school year for “racially charged” language or behavior on social media posts, and sources said police were investigating. Two no longer attend the school but weren’t expelled, they said. The situation came to broader attention after a concerned student group calling itself the PVHS Human Rights League published an open letter on the web site of the school newspaper urging others to “stand up against white supremacy” at the h…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police charge Passaic man with masturbating on Lincoln Tunnel rush-hour jitney bus Police charge Passaic man with masturbating on Lincoln Tunnel rush-hour jitney bus Police charge Passaic man with masturbating on Lincoln Tunnel rush-hour jitney bus
Police charge Passaic man with masturbating on Lincoln Tunnel rush-hour jitney bus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 25-year-old Passaic man was charged with masturbating on a New Jersey-bound jitney bus in the middle of the Lincoln Tunnel during rush hour, Port Authority police said. A female passenger alerted officers once the bus emerged in Weehawken at 5:50 p.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. They, in turn, arrested Juan Jiminez Marte on lewdness charges, he said. MUGSHOT: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst, Ramsey police work leads to guilty plea in $300,000 equipment theft ring Lyndhurst, Ramsey police work leads to guilty plea in $300,000 equipment theft ring Lyndhurst, Ramsey police work leads to guilty plea in $300,000 equipment theft ring
Lyndhurst, Ramsey police work leads to guilty plea in $300,000 equipment theft ring UPDATE: A Warren County man admitted in a Hackensack courtroom this week that he led a ring that stole $300,000 worth of heavy equipment from construction sites in Lyndhurst and elsewhere. Michael J. Troncone, 34, (above, left) who faces eight years in prison in exchange for his plea, said the crew sold the equipment fom a vacant lot in Newark to buyers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. “The defendant’s thefts threatened the livelihood of many small contractors and builders in New Jersey and delayed projects that were in the process of completion,” Acting New Jersey Attorney General John …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Investigation exonerates officer who shot dog, Wyckoff police chief says Investigation exonerates officer who shot dog, Wyckoff police chief says Investigation exonerates officer who shot dog, Wyckoff police chief says
Investigation exonerates officer who shot dog, Wyckoff police chief says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wyckoff police officer who fatally shot a resident’s dog while investigating a burglary at first tried to run from the backyard to escape before firing his gun when the German Shepherd grabbed hold of his boot, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said tonight. *        *        *        *        *        * CLICK HERE for FULL TEXT: “Statement Regarding Shooting of Dog” by Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox  *        *        *        *        *        * “Although this was a family pet, those images of a family dog are not the same image the officer had when…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Auxiliary Police promotes first female lieutenant Fair Lawn Auxiliary Police promotes first female lieutenant Fair Lawn Auxiliary Police promotes first female lieutenant
Fair Lawn Auxiliary Police promotes first female lieutenant SHOUT OUTS: Three Fair Lawn auxiliary police officers were promoted this week to top positions — including the unit’s first woman to rise to the rank of lieutenant — while a new officer was sworn in. New Lt. Michelle Luscombe, 31, of Elmwood Park (below), will be a platoon commander in charge of recruitment and field training. She has been with the agency nine years. Lt. Michelle Luscombe Steven Milnes, 25, of Fair Lawn, became captain after serving for seven years. Milnes is also a member of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad. He will become the administrative division commander, overseeing co…

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