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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Driver improves to stable after wrong-way Palisades Park rollover Driver improves to stable after wrong-way Palisades Park rollover Driver improves to stable after wrong-way Palisades Park rollover
Driver improves to stable after wrong-way Palisades Park rollover CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos. No commercial re-use without permission. UPDATE (Wed. morning): A Fort Lee driver was upgraded to stable condition after suffering several fractured vertebrae and broken ribs in a four-vehicle evening rush-hour crash caused by a car that police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT was headed the wrong way on Bergen Boulevard in Palisades Park. Three others were hospitalized with less serious injuries, authorities said. Witnesses told police the southbound car may have tried to pass another in the oncoming lane about a half-mile south of the Route 1&9 exit then swerved back,…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police detective, officer complete national child seat safety training Elmwood Park police detective, officer complete national child seat safety training Elmwood Park police detective, officer complete national child seat safety training
Elmwood Park police detective, officer complete national child seat safety training SHOUT OUTS: A “real world” clinic on child seat safety was part of a special national training course recently completed by Elmwood Park Police Detective Chris Liptak and Officer Dave Meyers. The 32-hour training course was given by The National Traffic Highway Safety Administration over four days and included lectures, discussions of new issues, role playing and hands-on practice with both child safety seats and vehicle belt systems, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. “The officers took both written and hands-on tests, and participated in a ‘real world’ CPS clinic or child safety seat ch…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
2 hospitalized, 2 treated at scene of GWB bus station fire 2 hospitalized, 2 treated at scene of GWB bus station fire 2 hospitalized, 2 treated at scene of GWB bus station fire
2 hospitalized, 2 treated at scene of GWB bus station fire BEYOND BERGEN: Two people were taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and two were treated at the scene after a small fire broke out this afternoon at the George Washington Bridge bus terminal in Washington Heights. None of the injuries was considered serious, Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Investigators were trying to determine the cause of the blaze at the station, which has remained open while undergoing renovations. It was reported at 1:16 p.m. and extinguished in less than 20 minutes, Pentangelo said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Former Miami police officer admits buying guns for drug ring, depositing cash in Fort Lee bank Former Miami police officer admits buying guns for drug ring, depositing cash in Fort Lee bank Former Miami police officer admits buying guns for drug ring, depositing cash in Fort Lee bank
Former Miami police officer admits buying guns for drug ring, depositing cash in Fort Lee bank YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Miami-Dade police internal affairs lieutenant today admitted buying and smuggling guns for a drug ring through security checkpoints at Miami International Airport and depositing some of his payments into a Fort Lee bank account. Nearly a year after an investigation by FBI and DEA agents out of Passaic County led to his arrest, 45-year-old Ralph “the Milk Man” Mata pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to conspiring to distribute cocaine, “aiding and abetting a narcotics conspiracy” and depositing money for the illicit organization. A U.S. District Cour…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff, feds nab 10-year Leonia fugitive in Teaneck Bergen sheriff, feds nab 10-year Leonia fugitive in Teaneck Bergen sheriff, feds nab 10-year Leonia fugitive in Teaneck
Bergen sheriff, feds nab 10-year Leonia fugitive in Teaneck YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ten years on the run for fugitive Arturo Castelo ended when he peeked out the window of a Teaneck residence and was nabbed by Bergen County Sheriff’s officers and U.S. Marshals. Sheriff’s officers and Marshals were watching locations in Cliffside Park and Teaneck when Castelo, 53, showed himself just after 6 a.m. last Thursday, BCSO spokesman Anthony Cureton said this morning. He was in custody moments later. A Leonia officer working a radar detail clocked Castelo doing 50 miles an hour heading into town at 6:45 a.m. on Nov. 8, 2004, Police Chief Thomas Rowe told…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Trio flees Glen Rock house blaze Trio flees Glen Rock house blaze Trio flees Glen Rock house blaze
Trio flees Glen Rock house blaze UPDATE: A Glen Rock couple got out of their home of the last 52 years along with a home health aide before a basement fire rushed through the house and blew out the roof just after noon today. Midland Park, Ridgewood and Fair Lawn firefighters joined their Glen Rock colleagues in putting down the Hazelhurst Avenue blaze, with Hawthorne providing mutual aid. PHOTOS (top, above): Douglas Haber   PHOTO: Nick Jennings

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
One hospitalized after Route 17 rollover in Lodi One hospitalized after Route 17 rollover in Lodi One hospitalized after Route 17 rollover in Lodi
One hospitalized after Route 17 rollover in Lodi PHOTOS: A motorist was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after a sedan rolled over on northbound Route 17 outside National Wholesale Liquidators in Lodi this morning. The northbound highway was temporarily shut down. PHOTOS: Michael Pegg (top), Brad Thomas (above)  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Waldwick High School Warriors dedicate season to Officer Chris Goodell, family to throw first pitch Waldwick High School Warriors dedicate season to Officer Chris Goodell, family to throw first pitch Waldwick High School Warriors dedicate season to Officer Chris Goodell, family to throw first pitch
Waldwick High School Warriors dedicate season to Officer Chris Goodell, family to throw first pitch TRIBUTE: Members of Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell’s family will throw out the ceremonial first pitch tomorrow as the Waldwick High School baseball team dedicates its season to the fallen hero. All of the Warrior players and coaches will Goodell’s badge number 38 embroidered on their caps. Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell One of the players will wear the number in his memory. The game officially begins at 4 p.m. at Waldwick High School. Goodell, 32, who was working a radar detail in his unmarked cruiser, parked on the shoulder of southbound Route 17, when it …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Computer tech says foot slipped before Mahwah parking lot nosedive Computer tech says foot slipped before Mahwah parking lot nosedive Computer tech says foot slipped before Mahwah parking lot nosedive
Computer tech says foot slipped before Mahwah parking lot nosedive PHOTOS: A 25-year-old driver climbed from of his Toyota Scion FRS after it plunged nose-first off one level of a parking deck onto another at the Sheraton Hotel in Mahwah tonight. The Madison, NJ computer tech told police he was leaving work at the hotel when his foot slipped and hit the accelerator and the car barreled through the wire guardrails and over the side of the third level around 7:15 p.m. The airbags deployed and the driver, who had his seatbelt on, climbed out of the car in his suit and tie, Lt. Philip Tangel told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Tangel said it’s the third crash he’s known…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Investigation boosts alleged embezzlement total against Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper above $75,000 Investigation boosts alleged embezzlement total against Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper above $75,000 Investigation boosts alleged embezzlement total against Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper above $75,000
Investigation boosts alleged embezzlement total against Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper above $75,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An investigation has boosted the total that a former bookkeeper for the Ridgewood YMCA is accused of embezzling from the agency to more than $75,000, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Catherine Easer, 55, of Mahwah, was released on a summons last April after village police said she took $40,000. The investigation continued, culminating in an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack today that authorities said more than doubles that total. The indictment accuses Easer of creating bogus credit cards from Home Depot, Staples and a local Exxon station that she us…

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