Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police charge local man with making 6 bomb threats Lyndhurst police charge local man with making 6 bomb threats Lyndhurst police charge local man with making 6 bomb threats
Lyndhurst police charge local man with making 6 bomb threats YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lyndhurst detectives arrested a borough man today and charged him with phoning in six bomb threats to the local Shop-Rite and Stop & Shop dating back to late October, ending what had been a frustrating six-month spree for employees, customers and emergency responders. Robert J. Bohmer, 55, was picked up at his home, taken in for questioning and charged with a half-dozen counts of filing a false public alarm following an investigation by Detectives Vincent Auteri and Michael Lemanowicz. “Although cooperative, Bohmer could give no particular reason for targeting …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park shoplifting arrest leads to heroin, warrants Rochelle Park shoplifting arrest leads to heroin, warrants Rochelle Park shoplifting arrest leads to heroin, warrants
Rochelle Park shoplifting arrest leads to heroin, warrants ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: A 26-year-old Englewood man who was grabbed for shoplifting nearly $300 worth of baby formula last night was carrying a hypodermic needle and a dozen bags of heroin — half of them already used — and was wanted on warrants, Rochelle Park police said. Sgt. Glenn Brunet and Officer Donna Porcaro responded to the call of a shoplifter in custody at the Shop Rite loss prevention officer just before 9:30 p.m. After a computer check found the warrants out of Elmwood Park and Paramus, they took Sheldon Saintfleurant into custody, Detective James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Minor injury for firefighter in Palisades Park rooftop factory blaze PHOTOS: Minor injury for firefighter in Palisades Park rooftop factory blaze PHOTOS: Minor injury for firefighter in Palisades Park rooftop factory blaze
Photos: Minor injury for firefighter in Palisades Park rooftop factory blaze PHOTOS: A firefighter was hospitalized with a minor injury during a smoky rooftop blaze that was quickly brought under control at a Palisades Park factory this afternoon. Waste from a rooftop ventilation unit apparently ignited at Delta Corrugated Paper on West Ruby Avenue around 2:30 p.m., drawing several area fire companies and police from the borough and neighboring Ridgefield. The blaze was declared under control less than 45 minutes later. Fort Lee, Leonia and Ridgefield firefighters assisted. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO    

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst officer grabs man accused of ducking $79.75 cab fare Lyndhurst officer grabs man accused of ducking $79.75 cab fare Lyndhurst officer grabs man accused of ducking $79.75 cab fare
Lyndhurst officer grabs man accused of ducking $79.75 cab fare YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst police officer responding to a call of a stiffed taxi fare grabbed the passenger as he ran from the stop, authorities said. Matthew Selwood, 23, of Lyndhurst hailed the cab at Union Square in Manhattan, then bolted on Chubb Avenue around 10 p.m. Monday after being told of the $79.75 fare, the 31-year-old taxi driver told police. Officer Charles Giangeruso was headed to the call when he saw Selwood running across a lawn and stopped him, Capt. John Valente said this afternoon. Sellwood was released on a summons and given a May 12 court date to answer a …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly driver hospitalized in Lodi crash Elderly driver hospitalized in Lodi crash Elderly driver hospitalized in Lodi crash
Elderly driver hospitalized in Lodi crash PHOTOS: An elderly motorist was hospitalized after her sedan collided with an SUV and then rammed into a tree in Lodi this afternoon. Members of Lodi Engine 612 got her out of the car and stablized after the crash at First Street and Westminster Place. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Kevin Teel

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
‘Nothing to’ Fort Lee bomb scare, sheriff says ‘Nothing to’ Fort Lee bomb scare, sheriff says ‘Nothing to’ Fort Lee bomb scare, sheriff says
‘Nothing to’ Fort Lee bomb scare, sheriff says UPDATE: Authorities said there was “nothing to” a bomb scare early this afternoon at the former CNBC building on Fletcher Avenue in Fort Lee. “A call came in, a sweep was done and nothing was found,” Anthony Cureton of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office told CLIFFVIEW PILOT just after 1:30 p.m. “There was nothing to it.” Port Authority police covered Fort Lee 911 calls while all available municipal police responded with the sheriff’s bomb squad. The building houses Telemundo, among other clients. CNBC, which used to be there, has its headquarters in Englewood Cliffs now.  

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Suspicious man with cellphone outside Elmwood Park elementary school was parent, police say Suspicious man with cellphone outside Elmwood Park elementary school was parent, police say Suspicious man with cellphone outside Elmwood Park elementary school was parent, police say
Suspicious man with cellphone outside Elmwood Park elementary school was parent, police say UPDATE: A man who a trio of Elmwood Park 5th-graders said seemed to be taking photos of them was actually a parent, police said this morning. During increased patrols at the Gantner Avenue Elementary School during dropoffs this morning, Detective Chris Liptak spotted a car decribed by the girls. The driver also fit the description they gave, he said. Liptak spoke with the man, who turned out to be the father of a third-grade student he’d dropped off this morning and yesterday, when the incident was reported. “He indicated that he was utilizing his phone to enhance the image of his child…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah man admits scamming foreign nation out of $3.5 million Mahwah man admits scamming foreign nation out of $3.5 million Mahwah man admits scamming foreign nation out of $3.5 million
Mahwah man admits scamming foreign nation out of $3.5 million FROM YESTERDAY: A former international legal adviser and New York-licensed attorney from Mahwah yesterday admitted orchestrating a scheme to defraud a foreign nation of more than $3.5 million. Pleading guilty in federal court in Trenton to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Bobby Boye of Mahwah admitted using the money to buy $1.5 million worth of property (paying cash), three luxury vehicles (a 2012 Bentley for $172,000, a 2012 Range Rover for $100,983, and a 2011 Rolls Royce for $215,000), and two designer watches for nearly $20,000. Between June 2012 and December 2012, Country A wired mo…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock police make Narcan save Glen Rock police make Narcan save Glen Rock police make Narcan save
Glen Rock police make Narcan save SHOUT OUT: Glen Rock police used Narcan overnight to revive a 44-year-old man overdosing from heroin. Police Chief Fred Stahman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that Officer Murray Yang administered the dose that brought the Vernon Township man around after officers were called to a Clifton Place home at 12:08 a.m. He was taken to The Valley Hospital.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police bust former Rockland soccer player on heroin charges, local man for selling pot Elmwood Park police bust former Rockland soccer player on heroin charges, local man for selling pot Elmwood Park police bust former Rockland soccer player on heroin charges, local man for selling pot
Elmwood Park police bust former Rockland soccer player on heroin charges, local man for selling pot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former community college soccer player from Nanuet was under the influence of heroin and carrying a hypodermic syringe when officers stopped his car on Route 46 last night, Elmwood Park police said. Michael Vucinaj, 23, was turned over to the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office to be jailed on warrants after being stopped at 6:30 p.m. and charged with possession of the syringe and paraphernalia and with being under the influence, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. Barely 35 minutes later, Elmwood Park officers arrested a borough man, 18-year-old Bryan Alf…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 1968 of 2958 1,966 1,967 1,968 1,969 1,970 Next
19,671 - 19,680 of 29,573 articles