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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Detectives charge Englewood man with running out-of-state car insurance scam on Craigslist Detectives charge Englewood man with running out-of-state car insurance scam on Craigslist Detectives charge Englewood man with running out-of-state car insurance scam on Craigslist
Detectives charge Englewood man with running out-of-state car insurance scam on Craigslist YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood man with a criminal history was arrested today by city and state detectives who said he ran an illegal car registration scam on Craigslist to help New Jersey drivers get cheaper out-of-state insurance coverage. Shareem Taylor, 30, was being held on $50,000 in the Bergen County Jail, charged with conspiracy and insurance fraud — a week after Gov. Christie signed into law a measure making reverse rate evasion a crime. Taylor posted the Craigslist ad under the pseudonym “Brandon,” offering assistance for a fee with out of state registrations and insurance…

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Hackensack, NJ
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GSP single-car crash in Montvale sends NY driver to hospital GSP single-car crash in Montvale sends NY driver to hospital GSP single-car crash in Montvale sends NY driver to hospital
GSP single-car crash in Montvale sends NY driver to hospital UPDATE: A New York driver was conscious and alert while being transported from a single-car crash on the southbound Garden State Parkway in Montvale this afternoon. The four-door, grey 2012 Infiniti crashed and rolled over the guardrail just after 3 p.m. at mile marker 169.7, NJSP Stephen Jones told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Southbound traffic stopped almost immediately as Montvale firefighters and EMS responded, backed by emergency responders from Woodcliff Lake. Although a medical helicopter responded, landing on the Parkway, the victim had to be taken by Tri-Boro Ambulance to Hackensack Unive…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Three vehicles in crash after driverless sedan rolls onto Route 46 in Saddle Brook Three vehicles in crash after driverless sedan rolls onto Route 46 in Saddle Brook Three vehicles in crash after driverless sedan rolls onto Route 46 in Saddle Brook
Three vehicles in crash after driverless sedan rolls onto Route 46 in Saddle Brook ALL PHOTOS: Kevin Patrick PHOTOS: A driverless car rolled from a Saddle Brook repair shop, causing a four-vehicle crash this afternoon with one reported minor injury. The incident occurred on westbound Route 46 after the 2013 Buick LaCrosse rolled down a short incline from Headmaster Auto Repair when the mechanic working on it turned his head for a moment around 2:30 p.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. After hitting the median, the sedan was struck by an NJ Transit jitney bus that had only the female driver aboard, Kugler said. Another LaCrosse hit the sedan and wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
After talking with Port Authority captain for half hour, GWB suicide jumper ‘just let go’ After talking with Port Authority captain for half hour, GWB suicide jumper ‘just let go’ After talking with Port Authority captain for half hour, GWB suicide jumper ‘just let go’
After talking with Port Authority captain for half hour, GWB suicide jumper ‘just let go’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 30-something Ethiopian man climbed the New Jersey tower of the George Washington Bridge this afternoon, came back down, then spoke with a Port Authority police office from the other side of the railing before he “just let go” and fell to his death in the Hudson River. A New Jersey State Police boat that happened to be in the area quickly plucked him out and took him to Ross Dock, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Fort Lee Ambulance brought the man to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, after the 1:16 p.m. jum…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi police revive Pennsylvania heroin overdose victim in gas station bathroom Lodi police revive Pennsylvania heroin overdose victim in gas station bathroom Lodi police revive Pennsylvania heroin overdose victim in gas station bathroom
Lodi police revive Pennsylvania heroin overdose victim in gas station bathroom SHOUT OUT: Lodi police had their third Narcan save — and second in less than three weeks — after reviving an 18-year-old overdosing heroin user from Pennsylvania in a service station restroom last night. Officers Philip Nobile, Joseph Lanfrank, Nicholas Nobre and Sgt. Anthony Mobilio responded to the 9:30 p.m. call from the Wawa gas station on Essex Street, Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said this morning. “The caller reported that the victim had ingested heroin approximately 15 minutes prior to [their] arrival,” Scorzetti said. A first dose administered by Nobile had no effect, but a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie firefighters quickly douse blaze in cheese machine Moonachie firefighters quickly douse blaze in cheese machine Moonachie firefighters quickly douse blaze in cheese machine
Moonachie firefighters quickly douse blaze in cheese machine PHOTOS: Courtesy MOONACHIE FD PHOTOS: Moonachie firefighters quickly doused a fire in a cheese-smoking machine at a local factory this morning. The Cognati Cheese company building on Moonachie Road was then vented and everyone allowed to re-enter around 8:45 a.m., about a half-hour after the blaze broke out. Moonachie police also responded. PHOTOS: Courtesy MOONACHIE FD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police find dozing defendant in Fort Lee court carrying heroin, cocaine straw Port Authority police find dozing defendant in Fort Lee court carrying heroin, cocaine straw Port Authority police find dozing defendant in Fort Lee court carrying heroin, cocaine straw
Port Authority police find dozing defendant in Fort Lee court carrying heroin, cocaine straw YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man waiting to answer drug charges in Fort Lee Municipal Court kept nodding off — and was found carrying four bags of heroin in a cigarette pack and both a $20 bill and clear plastic straw with cocaine residue, Port Authority police said. Carlos D. Ortiz, 32, of the Bronx had bloodshot eyes, “white powder visible in his nostrils” and couldn’t sit up straight when Police Officer Frank Emblen approached him yesterday afternoon, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Court personnel repeatedly tried to wake Ortiz, “but he continually no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Animal cruelty charges brought against troubled Bergenfield man Animal cruelty charges brought against troubled Bergenfield man Animal cruelty charges brought against troubled Bergenfield man
Animal cruelty charges brought against troubled Bergenfield man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergenfield man with a history of mental issues was behind bars today on charges of neglecting his dog while in custody for a previous incident. Samuel Klin Mensah, 46, turned himself in to Bergenfield police earlier today on a bench warrant issued after he failed to show for court to answer an animal cruelty charge. The Bergen County SPCA picked him up and transported him to the jail, where he was being held on $1,000 bail. Mensah, who has a 2009 cruelty conviction on his record, was arrested by borough police on charges of improper behavior and resisting arrest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Pennsylvania shoplifting pair at Teterboro Walmart had real-looking pellet gun, Moonachie police charge Pennsylvania shoplifting pair at Teterboro Walmart had real-looking pellet gun, Moonachie police charge Pennsylvania shoplifting pair at Teterboro Walmart had real-looking pellet gun, Moonachie police charge
Pennsylvania shoplifting pair at Teterboro Walmart had real-looking pellet gun, Moonachie police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Moonachie police seized a pellet gun that looked like a long-barreled revolver from two homeless Pennsylvania men caught shoplifting from the new Walmart in Teterboro this afternoon. Security guards alerted Officer Christopher Inserra around 1 p.m. to a trio of suspicious men who were caught on surveillance video “roaming the aisles and placing items in the bags, then disappearing into the bathroom with the bags” before continuing, Sgt. Jeff Napolitano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Inserra grabbed the trio as they headed to the exit, then brought them to the security offic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park rookie police officer makes pair of drug arrests Rochelle Park rookie police officer makes pair of drug arrests Rochelle Park rookie police officer makes pair of drug arrests
Rochelle Park rookie police officer makes pair of drug arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rookie Rochelle Park police officer made a pair of weekend drug arrests outside a local hotel. Newly-hired Officer Ryan Burke first spotted 26-year-old Aaron Hunt of Fairmont, NC (above, right) slumped over the wheel of a car in the parking lot of the Ramada Inn late Friday and took him into custody after finding him under the influence and carrying marijuana, Detective Jim DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The following day, Burke arrested Peter Lookofsky, 50, of Saddle Brook (above, left) outside the Ramada after finding him with crack cocaine in a parked car, DePr…

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