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
Sedan flips in Route 17 crash in Rochelle Park Sedan flips in Route 17 crash in Rochelle Park Sedan flips in Route 17 crash in Rochelle Park
Sedan flips in Route 17 crash in Rochelle Park YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was hospitalized after his car collided with an SUV and flipped on northbound Route 17 in Rochelle Park tonight. The red, two-door Acura Integra rolled after the crash with a Lexus at 5:15 p.m just south of Passaic Street. All northbound lanes were closed for more than a half hour while emergency crews worked. The vehicle was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Responders included Rochelle Park police, firefighters and EMS, Maywood police and Bergen County Sheriff’s officers. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Video shows woman snatching tip jar with $200 from Bergenfield bakery Video shows woman snatching tip jar with $200 from Bergenfield bakery Video shows woman snatching tip jar with $200 from Bergenfield bakery
Video shows woman snatching tip jar with $200 from Bergenfield bakery HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Employees at a Bergenfield bakery were shocked to see a woman on surveillance video walk out the door with their tip jar, filled with an estimated $200. Now they’re hoping the public can help identify her for police. The 20-something woman seemed to talk with someone on her cellphone as she entered La Placita Bakery and Cafe on Washington Avenue at 3:20 p.m. yesterday. She was carrying a big black jacket. “She asked what food there was but didn’t order anything,” the bake shop’s Morocha Mimada told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “When she saw the ladies that work here move away fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Witnesses see two run from Ridgewood brush fire Witnesses see two run from Ridgewood brush fire Witnesses see two run from Ridgewood brush fire
Witnesses see two run from Ridgewood brush fire CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two people reported fleeing the area of a small but smoky brush fire in Ridgewood’s Grove Park this afternoon, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A popular stretch over the Saddle River County Bike Path that borders Grove Street and the “waterfall bridge” in Glen Rock was closed while firefighters from both towns quickly put down the blaze. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Arson Investigation Unit was interviewing witnesses while the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Local and count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Passenger caught trying to carry 18 pounds of pot, three ounces of crack onto plane, Port Authority police charge Passenger caught trying to carry 18 pounds of pot, three ounces of crack onto plane, Port Authority police charge Passenger caught trying to carry 18 pounds of pot, three ounces of crack onto plane, Port Authority police charge
Passenger caught trying to carry 18 pounds of pot, three ounces of crack onto plane, Port Authority police charge BEYOND BERGEN: A 55-year-old Bronx man with 41 drug convictions on his record tried carrying 18 pounds of marijuana and nearly three ounces of crack onto a plane at JFK Airport, Port Authority police said. US Airways checked-baggage screeners summoned officers yesterday morning after finding a bag leaking liquid, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this afternoon. Police smelled pot and found the weed in the bag, he said. Officers who located Kelvin E. Smith at the US Airways gate moments later found an additional checked back containing the crack, Pentangelo said. Smith was charge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man indicted on charges of choking Englewood girlfriend Hackensack man indicted on charges of choking Englewood girlfriend Hackensack man indicted on charges of choking Englewood girlfriend
Hackensack man indicted on charges of choking Englewood girlfriend ONLY ON CVP: An argument following a New Year’s Eve party led to a domestic violence grand jury indictment last week against a Hackensack man who Englewood police said choked his girlfriend. Officers who were called to the 100 block of Glenbrook Parkway at 1:19 a.m. New Year’s Day said they found visible signs of assault on the 45-year-old victim. They arrested Richard Thompson, also 45, who was under a permanent restraining order not to be near her. The woman was tended to by emergency medical personnel, while Thompson was taken to police headquarters and then to the Bergen County Jail…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters save bulldog in Hackensack blaze Firefighters save bulldog in Hackensack blaze Firefighters save bulldog in Hackensack blaze
Firefighters save bulldog in Hackensack blaze PHOTOS: Jack Dunn (MORE: Regional Fire Photos) PHOTOS: Englewood firefighters assisted their Hackensack colleagues in rescuing a French bulldog from a fire that blew through a multi-use business district building yesterday, displacing 34 residents. A firefighter sustained what was deemed a minor injury in the three-alarm afternoon blaze, which broke out in the kitchen of the Choripan restaurant on Main Street and spread to the 12 apartments above. No other injuries were immediately reported. The call of smoke coming from the roof of the three-story building came in to Hackensack fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Crime Stoppers offering reward in ‘swatting’ call to Bergenfield cleaners Crime Stoppers offering reward in ‘swatting’ call to Bergenfield cleaners Crime Stoppers offering reward in ‘swatting’ call to Bergenfield cleaners
Crime Stoppers offering reward in ‘swatting’ call to Bergenfield cleaners YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Crime Stoppers of Bergenfield / Hackensack / Englewood / Teaneck is offering a reward for information leading the arrest of whomever is responsible for calling in a “swatting” hoax that brought a SWAT team, a hostage negotiator and other law enforcement personnel to a Bergenfield cleaners last night. CALL: 1-844-466-6789 (You can remain anonymous) Police rushed to Hollywood Cleaners on New Bridge Road after a caller at 11:52 p.m. said “he was inside the business and would shoot himself and two persons with him and anyone who would come near the building,” Capt. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Restaurant fire tears through Hackensack building Restaurant fire tears through Hackensack building Restaurant fire tears through Hackensack building
Restaurant fire tears through Hackensack building PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving UPDATE: Flames blew through the roof this afternoon of a Hackensack multi-use business district building that houses a corner restaurant. A firefighter sustained what was deemed a minor injury in the three-alarm afternoon blaze, which broke out in the kitchen of the Choripan restaurant on Main Street and spread to the 12 apartments above. No other injuries were immediately reported. The Red Cross relocated 34 people. *        *        *        *        *        * PHOTO: Jack Dunn PHOTOS: Englewood firefighters assisted their Hackensack colleagues in re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry police chief, son arrest wanted ex-con sleeping in Route 46 lot Little Ferry police chief, son arrest wanted ex-con sleeping in Route 46 lot Little Ferry police chief, son arrest wanted ex-con sleeping in Route 46 lot
Little Ferry police chief, son arrest wanted ex-con sleeping in Route 46 lot EXCLUSIVE REPORT: “Everyone was tied up,” Little Ferry Police Chief Ralph Verdi said, so he and his son, Officer Dominick Verdi, pursued a tip and found a former Lodi ex-con wanted on a parole violation sleeping in a car this morning at a Route 46 used car lot. Raymond P. Morgan III, 29, who’d apparently been using heroin, was released from state prison in October 2013 after spending a little more than seven years of a 10-year term for a pair of 2005 armed robberies in Lodi. Police charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia and turned him over to state Department of Corrections aut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi police make 2nd Narcan save Lodi police make 2nd Narcan save Lodi police make 2nd Narcan save
Lodi police make 2nd Narcan save SHOUT OUTS: Lodi police had their second Narcan save this morning when they rescued a 30-something heroin overdose victim. Lt. Terry Grillo and Officers Dale Walters and Andrew Mikhail responded to a Liberty Street residence at 10:30 a.m. and found the victim unconscious and unresponsive. “A friend who called for help told the officers that he believed he just took heroin,” Police Chief Vincent Quatrone said. Walters and Mikhail administered the Narcan, and the victim came around, the chief said. Lodi EMS and Hackensack paramedics took him to Hackensack University Medical Cente, he sa…

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