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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Immigration officer charged with harboring illegal alien girlfriend Immigration officer charged with harboring illegal alien girlfriend Immigration officer charged with harboring illegal alien girlfriend
Immigration officer charged with harboring illegal alien girlfriend BEYOND BERGEN: A deportation officer who federal authorities said protected his illegal alien girlfriend by setting her up in an apartment and having her run a hair salon he owned surrendered to ICE agents this morning, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. After getting permission from his superiors to open a hair salon in West Orange, 37-year-old Arnaldo Echevarria of Somerset employed his girlfriend to manage the salon while she used the name and identification of a woman in Puerto Rico to obtain a Pennsylvania identification card, Fishman said. Echevarria knew she and another employee w…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth police officers save suicidal woman who tied bag around head after taking pills Haworth police officers save suicidal woman who tied bag around head after taking pills Haworth police officers save suicidal woman who tied bag around head after taking pills
Haworth police officers save suicidal woman who tied bag around head after taking pills YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A suicidal Haworth woman tied a plastic bag around her head with duct tape after downing sleeping pills before police officers responding to her panicked father’s call rescued her before dawn this morning. The father called police after finding his unconscious 24-year-old daughter in a hallway of their home and ripping the bag off her head around 3:30 a.m., Lt. Thomas Ryan told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officers Thomas Reinecke and James Morgan arrived in less than a minute. “She wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse,” Ryan said. The officers began CPR and, after abo…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Martell’s Tiki Bar agrees to $500,000 fine for Wood-Ridge woman’s fatal wrong-way DWI crash Martell’s Tiki Bar agrees to $500,000 fine for Wood-Ridge woman’s fatal wrong-way DWI crash Martell’s Tiki Bar agrees to $500,000 fine for Wood-Ridge woman’s fatal wrong-way DWI crash
Martell’s Tiki Bar agrees to $500,000 fine for Wood-Ridge woman’s fatal wrong-way DWI crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Martell’s Tiki Bar in Point Pleasant Beach will pay a $500,000 fine and have its alcohol license suspended for a month this fall for serving alcohol to a drunken Bergen Community College psychology professor who was killed after she crashed a stolen SUV while driving the wrong way on a Middlesex County highway. Ashley Sara Chieco, 26, had a blood-alcohol level of .189 – more than double the legal limit – at the time of her autopsy. Adderall or a similar drug was also found in her system, authorities said. Chieco spent hours downing screwdrivers and vodka shots at M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police say local man sold pot, Ecstasy from home Fair Lawn police say local man sold pot, Ecstasy from home Fair Lawn police say local man sold pot, Ecstasy from home
Fair Lawn police say local man sold pot, Ecstasy from home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police said they arrested a 29-year-old local man last night after finding pot and Ecstasy for sale during a search of his home. Sean Moody was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession of both drugs with the intent to distribute them, along with possession of drug paraphernalia. Another man found during last night’s raid just before 9 p.m., Ezekial Jackson, also 29, of Paterson, was turned over to city police on an outstanding warrant, Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. The Lincoln Avenue search turned up 32 gram…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Son of reggae great Peter Tosh has until Monday to take plea or be tried for 65½ pounds of pot in Mahwah traffic stop Son of reggae great Peter Tosh has until Monday to take plea or be tried for 65½ pounds of pot in Mahwah traffic stop Son of reggae great Peter Tosh has until Monday to take plea or be tried for 65½ pounds of pot in Mahwah traffic stop
Son of reggae great Peter Tosh has until Monday to take plea or be tried for 65½ pounds of pot in Mahwah traffic stop ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: The youngest son of reggae great Peter Tosh has four more days to accept a plea deal from prosecutors or go to trial for 65½ pounds of pot that Mahwah police found in the trunk of his car on Father’s Day Weekend 2013. Jawara McIntosh, 35, didn’t have a license — and had open bottles of booze on the front seat — when officers stopped his rental car for recklessly cutting off other motorists on Route 17. He and his passenger, 24-year-old Carlotta Z. Leslie, “denied any knowledge that the marijuana was in the vehicle,” police said at the time. SEE: Bergen judge grants …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Driver hospitalized in Fair Lawn rollover PHOTOS: Driver hospitalized in Fair Lawn rollover PHOTOS: Driver hospitalized in Fair Lawn rollover
Photos: Driver hospitalized in Fair Lawn rollover PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Jon Ryan PHOTOS: A female driver was hospitalized with injuries that responders said didn’t appear life-threatening after her sedan hit a utility pole and overturned in Fair Lawn this afternoon. Borough police, firefighters, Fair Lawn Rescue and EMTs responded to the Nissan Altima crash on Plaza Road near Romaine Street. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Jon Ryan  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police catch peeping Tom with panties in pocket Fort Lee police catch peeping Tom with panties in pocket Fort Lee police catch peeping Tom with panties in pocket
Fort Lee police catch peeping Tom with panties in pocket YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Peeping Tom was intoxicated and carrying a pair of women’s panties in his pocket when a Fort Lee Police K9 officer and his four-legged partner caught him emerging from a resident’s home, authorities said. Officer John Reuter and Ajax stopped 41-year-old Garcia Santiago on 8th Street just before 2 p.m. Friday after the female homeowner screamed and scared him off as he walked in through her back door, Police Chief Keith Bendul said this afternoon. Santiago, who was wearing a blue colored polo shirt and a green baseball cap, “was unable to explain his reasons for b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Female jaywalker hit by pickup on Route 46 in Elmwood Park Female jaywalker hit by pickup on Route 46 in Elmwood Park Female jaywalker hit by pickup on Route 46 in Elmwood Park
Female jaywalker hit by pickup on Route 46 in Elmwood Park YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 35-year-old Newark woman was conscious when she was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center after being struck by a pickup truck on Route 46 in Elmwood Park just before 4 p.m., authorities said. Lynn Slocum, of Newark was struck by a 2004 Toyota Tundra while crossing the highway to a motel on the eastbound side after getting off a bus on the westbound side, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “There’s no crosswalk there, no traffic light,” Foligno said. “She popped out in an area where drivers aren’t used to seeing a pedestrian.” Witnesses …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Judge allows Ridgewood doc to defend himself against explosives charges Judge allows Ridgewood doc to defend himself against explosives charges Judge allows Ridgewood doc to defend himself against explosives charges
Judge allows Ridgewood doc to defend himself against explosives charges UPDATE: A Ridgewood physician who insisted on representing himself for having explosive chemicals and firearms in his basement apartment got his wish today. Defense attorney Ian Silvera, Roberto Rivera (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Roberto Rivera, 52, took the initiative before the judge had even ruled on his request. “Objection, your Honor,” he said when Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Martin Delaney tried to introduce information about his criminal and psychiatric histories. Later in the hearing, Rivera told Superior Court Judge Edward …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford firefighters quickly douse house blaze Rutherford firefighters quickly douse house blaze Rutherford firefighters quickly douse house blaze
Rutherford firefighters quickly douse house blaze PHOTOS: Nick Evans PHOTOS: Firefighters made a quick stop of a blaze that damaged a Rutherford home this afternoon. Responders to the two-alarm, second-floor Yahara Avenue fire included East Rutherford, Lyndhurst and North Arlington firefighters and Wallington FAST. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS PHOTOS: Nick Evans

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