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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge police nab 2 from Englewood, Cresskill on drug charges after detective is cut off Wood-Ridge police nab 2 from Englewood, Cresskill on drug charges after detective is cut off Wood-Ridge police nab 2 from Englewood, Cresskill on drug charges after detective is cut off
Wood-Ridge police nab 2 from Englewood, Cresskill on drug charges after detective is cut off YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cresskill man cut off a Wood-Ridge detective with his car and was arrested along with an Englewood man as they tried to flee a street drug deal yesterday, authorities said. Detective Joseph Rutigliano Jr. spotted the car pulled to the side of Charter Oak Street, a man standing at the passenger window, just after 3 p.m., Lt. James Witkowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. As Rutigliano approached, the man walked inside a nearby home and the driver pulled away, failing to signal and cutting off the detective, Witkowski said. Rutigliano pulled him over and was joined by Wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
The swatting syndrome: Domestic terror hits home The swatting syndrome: Domestic terror hits home The swatting syndrome: Domestic terror hits home
The swatting syndrome: Domestic terror hits home WHAT WE THINK: Once again, SWAT team members, police and other emergency responders descended on a local neighborhood last night, responding to a call from a man threatening to kill his family — only to be victimized by a “swatting” hoax. Last week, the cavalry rushed to a video game store in a Clifton shopping complex for a purported hostage-taking involving “men with shotguns” that was also bogus. The strip was surrounded and Route 46 was closed in both directions as responders with helmets, body armor and high-powered weapons cleared the area. Prank calls are as old as telephones. But …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Computer crimes detectives tracing source of Cliffside Park ‘swatting’ hoax hostage call Computer crimes detectives tracing source of Cliffside Park ‘swatting’ hoax hostage call Computer crimes detectives tracing source of Cliffside Park ‘swatting’ hoax hostage call
Computer crimes detectives tracing source of Cliffside Park ‘swatting’ hoax hostage call UPDATE: Detectives from the Computer Crimes Unit of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office were trying to determine who was responsible for calling in a “swatting” hoax that brought a SWAT team, a hostage negotiator and other law enforcement personnel to a quiet Cliffside Park neighborhood tonight. The caller told police that he’d stabbed his girlfriend, barricaded himself in a home on a Jefferson Avenue and would kill her and other family members if anyone tried to take him into custody, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said. “He said he stabbed his girlfriend and was holding her and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Body in Hackensack River in Teaneck ID’d as missing Dumont man, police say no foul play involved Body in Hackensack River in Teaneck ID’d as missing Dumont man, police say no foul play involved Body in Hackensack River in Teaneck ID’d as missing Dumont man, police say no foul play involved
Body in Hackensack River in Teaneck ID’d as missing Dumont man, police say no foul play involved UPDATE: A man whose body was found on a Hackensack River mud bank about 25 feet from shore this afternoon was identified as John Tonincelli of Dumont, who went missing more than four months ago, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. No foul play was involved, Teaneck police said. The 6-foot-2-inch, 250-pound Tonincelli, who police said had a schizo-affective disorder, was reported missing by his mother on Nov. 27 after he didn’t show up for Thanksgiving dinner at the Woodcrest Health Care Center in New Milford. He was last seen Nov. 25 on Atlantic Street in Hackensack, authorities said at the ti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Javelin blown by wind lodges in heel of Ramapo College track meet judge Javelin blown by wind lodges in heel of Ramapo College track meet judge Javelin blown by wind lodges in heel of Ramapo College track meet judge
Javelin blown by wind lodges in heel of Ramapo College track meet judge UPDATE: A judge was struck in the left heel by a tossed javelin carried by a wind gust during a meet at Ramapo College in Mahwah late this morning. Members of Mahwah Rescue 1 cut the fiberglass javelin with a hydraulic Jaws of Life cutter so that it could fit in the ambulance while the victim was transported to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Removing it could have worsened the bleeding, he said. The 57-year-old judge, from the town of Olean in upstate New York, was working the 2015 Roadrunner Invitational when he was struck around 11:3…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters limit damage in Lodi house blaze Firefighters limit damage in Lodi house blaze Firefighters limit damage in Lodi house blaze
Firefighters limit damage in Lodi house blaze PHOTOS: Damien Danis PHOTOS: Quick-acting responders prevented injuries and limited damage to the exterior of a Lodi house in an afternoon fire. Lodi Ambulance Corps members on a fund drive called in the two-alarm fire at a 2½-story woodframe house on Liberty Street. Hackensack and Wallington firefighters joined their Lodi colleagues at the scene, while Garfield, Saddle Brook, Rochelle Park and Maywood stood by. Minor fire damage extended to the interior of the house, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. PHOTO: Kevin Teel PHOTOS: Damien Danis

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Center for Hope and Safety celebrates new facility for women, children at annual gala Center for Hope and Safety celebrates new facility for women, children at annual gala Center for Hope and Safety celebrates new facility for women, children at annual gala
Center for Hope and Safety celebrates new facility for women, children at annual gala SHOUT OUTS: Its new headquarters will be cause for celebration at the Center for Hope and Safety’s annual gala at the Venetian in Garfield on April 13. Distinguished honorees of the agency, which assists women and children who are victims of domestic violence: • Anita L. Allen, founder and president of Allen Advisory Group (photo, above); • Maryrose and William McInerney; • NJ Department of Children and Families Child Protection and Permanency, Bergen County Local Offices; • Jack and Jill of America, Bergen-Passaic Chapter; • Jane and Michael Murphy; • The Woman’s Club of Ridgewood Roug…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi police make first Narcan save in heroin overdose Lodi police make first Narcan save in heroin overdose Lodi police make first Narcan save in heroin overdose
Lodi police make first Narcan save in heroin overdose SHOUT OUT: Lodi police tonight had their first Narcan save, rescuing an unconscious, overdosing 19-year-old heroin user with two doses of the life-saving drug. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after Officer Philip Noble, responding to Burns Avenue just after 6:30 p.m., brought him around. “A job well done,” Lodi Police Chief Vincent Quatrone told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, noting that all of his officers have been trained and certified to deploy Narcan in such emergencies.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Garfield girl, 12, found walking along highway in Hasbrouck Heights Missing Garfield girl, 12, found walking along highway in Hasbrouck Heights Missing Garfield girl, 12, found walking along highway in Hasbrouck Heights
Missing Garfield girl, 12, found walking along highway in Hasbrouck Heights FOUND! A missing Garfield girl was returned safe and sound this afternoon after a passing motorist spotted her on eastbound Route 46 over Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights and called local police. Juliette Lowney “was walking along the side of the highway” when the motorist saw her, Detective Sgt. Michael Colaneri told CLIFFVIEW PILOT just after 2:20 p.m., moments after Hasbrouck Heights officers dropped off the youngster at Garfield police headquarters. Juliette was last seen at her northern Banta Avenue home at 9:45 this morning, Garfield Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski said earlier. City…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt road to remain closed until morning after tractor-trailer snags wire, snaps utility poles Carlstadt road to remain closed until morning after tractor-trailer snags wire, snaps utility poles Carlstadt road to remain closed until morning after tractor-trailer snags wire, snaps utility poles
Carlstadt road to remain closed until morning after tractor-trailer snags wire, snaps utility poles PHOTOS: A stretch of Industrial Road in Carlstadt was expected to remain closed until tomorrow morning so PSE&G crews can complete repairs two utility poles that were snapped when the top of a tractor-trailer snagged their wires this afternoon. No injuries were reported. PHOTOS: Courtesy CARLSTADT PD  

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