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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Pot-smoking driver at Holland Tunnel toll had toddler in back seat, police charge Pot-smoking driver at Holland Tunnel toll had toddler in back seat, police charge Pot-smoking driver at Holland Tunnel toll had toddler in back seat, police charge
Pot-smoking driver at Holland Tunnel toll had toddler in back seat, police charge BEYOND BERGEN: A Jersey City woman who was smoking a joint as she headed into the Holland Tunnel this morning had a 2½-year-old toddler in the back seat, Port Authority police said. An officer approached a silver Hyundai driven by 22-year-old Ramos at the Holland Tunnel entrance in Jersey City at 9:30 a.m. after noticing it had an expired registration, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. As Ramos rolled down her window, the officer smelled burnt marijuana — then noticed her holding a lit joint, Pentangelo said. She was charged with possession of and being under the influence of drug…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Flames engulf station wagon on Turnpike in East Rutherford Flames engulf station wagon on Turnpike in East Rutherford Flames engulf station wagon on Turnpike in East Rutherford
Flames engulf station wagon on Turnpike in East Rutherford PHOTO: East Rutherford firefighters extinguished a station wagon fire in the northbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike before Exit 16W this morning. No injuries were reported. PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Bryce Simpson

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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You can help make a better life for Emerson angel, 12, with bone cancer You can help make a better life for Emerson angel, 12, with bone cancer You can help make a better life for Emerson angel, 12, with bone cancer
You can help make a better life for Emerson angel, 12, with bone cancer SHOUT OUT: At only 12 years old, Natalie Lopac of Emerson has lost an eye and a knee to cancer. But what can’t be replaced is her irrepresible spirit. A medical fund has been established for Natalie, who is undergoing new treatments never before used on children to keep osteosarcoma tumors at bay. Natalie, who was diagnosed with the bone cancer in September 2013, “makes the most of life like collecting many fuzzy bear friends, playing video games, baking cupcakes, and watching Colleen Ballinger on YouTube,” her older brother, Nick, wrote on a GoFundMe page. “Her mother and father ask of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority officers stop GWB suicide jump after man leaves wife, toddler at toll plaza Port Authority officers stop GWB suicide jump after man leaves wife, toddler at toll plaza Port Authority officers stop GWB suicide jump after man leaves wife, toddler at toll plaza
Port Authority officers stop GWB suicide jump after man leaves wife, toddler at toll plaza YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An intoxicated 45-year-old Paterson man with a history of suicide attempts — including slitting his wrists — got out of his family’s minivan at the George Washington Bridge toll plaza this morning, leaving his wife and 20-month-old son behind, and was headed for the south walkway when Port Authority police grabbed him, authorities said. The man’s wife called police saying that he “was going to commit suicide by jumping from the bridge” after her husband got of their car, walked through the toll plaza and headed for the walkway at 9:05 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pen…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood police seek two in separate car burglaries Maywood police seek two in separate car burglaries Maywood police seek two in separate car burglaries
Maywood police seek two in separate car burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Arrest warrants have been issued for two Brooklyn men wanted by Maywood police in a pair of apparently unrelated car burglaries from last year. Alexander Gesin, 47, of Brooklyn, was charged with burglary and theft after forensic investigators from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Identification recovered DNA evidence from the smashed window of a vehicle outside at Bergen Town Center. A laptop valued at $850 was taken. Authorities in Florida charged Gesin in August 2012 with taking a $450 silver crown from a synagogue and then selling it in Nort…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTO: Woodcliff Lake driver dies in Turnpike tractor-trailer flip in Secaucus PHOTO: Woodcliff Lake driver dies in Turnpike tractor-trailer flip in Secaucus PHOTO: Woodcliff Lake driver dies in Turnpike tractor-trailer flip in Secaucus
Photo: Woodcliff Lake driver dies in Turnpike tractor-trailer flip in Secaucus PHOTO: A tractor-trailer driver from Woodcliff Lake was ejected when his rigged barreled into the median between the southbound New Jersey Turnpike eastern spur and Exit 17E in Secaucus and overturned at milepost 112.8 around 6:45 a.m. The 38-year-old victim, who was pulling a UPS trailer 2012 Volvo tractor, was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m. PHOTO: Courtesy Regional Fire Photos

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway officially designated Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway officially designated Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway officially designated
Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway officially designated TRIBUTE: A stretch of Route 17 in Waldwick officially became the Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway yesterday after Gov. Christie signed a bill designating it in memory of the fallen hero.  New Jersey Assembly members stood and applauded yesterday after unanimously approving a measure to rename the roadway in March, in constrast to yesterday’s subdued ceremony. Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell “It was a very fitting and touching tribute to a great officer,” Lt. Douglas Moore told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Goodell was working a radar detail in his unmarked cruiser, parked on the sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Blood sample leads to Maywood charges against defendant in burglary spree Blood sample leads to Maywood charges against defendant in burglary spree Blood sample leads to Maywood charges against defendant in burglary spree
Blood sample leads to Maywood charges against defendant in burglary spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Maywood police today became the ninth department in New Jersey to charge a Clifton man with burglary and theft thanks to a blood sample collected by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification. The Maywood charges against Julio Ponce, 34, followed those filed by Fair Lawn and Mahwah police late last week for burglaries in their towns. Ponce was one of five men arrested and charged earlier this year in connection with no fewer than 40 daytime residential burglaries in five counties, including Rockland, following a six-month investigation by a multi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Driver hospitalized in Route 95 tractor-trailer crash in Teaneck Driver hospitalized in Route 95 tractor-trailer crash in Teaneck Driver hospitalized in Route 95 tractor-trailer crash in Teaneck
Driver hospitalized in Route 95 tractor-trailer crash in Teaneck UPDATE: A tractor trailer driver pinned in his cab after it hit the median in a crash with another rig in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 in Teaneck this afternoon was hospitalized with what responders said were minor injuries. The Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corp took the driver to Hackensack University Medical Center after township firefighters free him, TVAC President Izzy Infield told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A second patient refused medical attention, he said. Hackensack Rescue also responded. PHOTO: Courtesy RHONDA HARRIS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Stretches of PIP, 9W, all of Hudson Terrace to close for Sunday bicycle race Stretches of PIP, 9W, all of Hudson Terrace to close for Sunday bicycle race Stretches of PIP, 9W, all of Hudson Terrace to close for Sunday bicycle race
Stretches of PIP, 9W, all of Hudson Terrace to close for Sunday bicycle race WEEKEND ALERT: The fifth annual Campagnolo Gran Fondo bicycle race this Sunday will close parts of the Palisades Interstate Parkway and various local roads. A 100-mile route will take riders from New York City to Bear Mountain and back, while a companion non-competitive ride will go only one way. The event will raise money for Operation Smile, an international children’s medical charity. The entire length of Hudson Terrace will be shut down from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m., and all local traffic east of Sylvan Avenue (Route 9W) toward Hudson Terrace will be closed. Among the other closures: 7…

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