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
Stock clerk sexually abused boy in Hackensack, Paterson, indictment charges Stock clerk sexually abused boy in Hackensack, Paterson, indictment charges Stock clerk sexually abused boy in Hackensack, Paterson, indictment charges
Stock clerk sexually abused boy in Hackensack, Paterson, indictment charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old Hackensack stock clerk sexually assaulted a city boy between his 10th and 12th birthdays in two different cities, an indictment returned by a grand jury today charges. Rahvae A. Richards of Berry Street was arrested last July 29 after after police from Florida investigating another matter in Paterson tipped off their Hackensack colleagues. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said the boy, in an interview with city detectives and investigators from his Special Victims Unit, provided “specific details about having been touched in an inappropriate…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Bergen sheriff’s officers seize 22 bags of heroin in Glen Rock stop, arrest passenger Bergen sheriff’s officers seize 22 bags of heroin in Glen Rock stop, arrest passenger Bergen sheriff’s officers seize 22 bags of heroin in Glen Rock stop, arrest passenger
Bergen sheriff’s officers seize 22 bags of heroin in Glen Rock stop, arrest passenger YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A routine traffic stop by Bergen County Sheriff’s officers on Route 208 in Glen Rock led to the discovery of 22 bags of heroin and drug charges against the passenger, authorities said. Robert Berg, 31, of Haskell was charged with possessing the drug and a hypodermic needle and released on a court summons after Officers Kevin Scarpa and Vincent Suarace took him into custody late Tuesday. The driver, who wasn’t charged, was “driving below the posted speed limit, delaying the flow of traffic,” with a busted tail light, the BCSO’s Anthony Cureton said this afternoon. …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities charge 3 more in fortified Hackensack marijuana grow house bust Authorities charge 3 more in fortified Hackensack marijuana grow house bust Authorities charge 3 more in fortified Hackensack marijuana grow house bust
Authorities charge 3 more in fortified Hackensack marijuana grow house bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have charged three more people in connection with a fortified marijuana grow home — complete with surveillance cameras, reinforced doors, grow lights and an irrigation system — that Hackensack firefighters discovered in a basement apartment on a quiet city street. Abel Mariot, 30, and Arnold F. Salcedo, 49, are named in a nine-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack earlier this week that accuses them with direct involvement in the Pine Street operation with Francisco J. Henao-Botero (above, left) and Salcedo’s girlfriend, Vicenta Encarnac…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Shaking, sweating commuter in bus terminal was carrying heroin, Port Authority police charge Shaking, sweating commuter in bus terminal was carrying heroin, Port Authority police charge Shaking, sweating commuter in bus terminal was carrying heroin, Port Authority police charge
Shaking, sweating commuter in bus terminal was carrying heroin, Port Authority police charge BEYOND BERGEN: An upstate New York man who told police he’s diabetic was carrying more than three-quarters of an ounce of heroin when they found him shaking and sweating at the Port Authority bus terminal in midtown Manhattan yesterday. Ricardo Castellar, 24, told officers who asked if he needed medical attention that he had candy in his bag, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. When he opened it to show them, they said, they spotted several small folds. Castellar “volunteered that he had heroin in his pants pocket and shorts,” Pentangelo said. He was charged with drug…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Dominican national sexually assaulted Hasbrouck Heights girl, authorities charge Dominican national sexually assaulted Hasbrouck Heights girl, authorities charge Dominican national sexually assaulted Hasbrouck Heights girl, authorities charge
Dominican national sexually assaulted Hasbrouck Heights girl, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Dominican national was arrested yesterday on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old Hasbrouck Heights girl last month. Melkis Antigua-Cruz, 33, was being held on $500,000 bail, charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment in connection with the Feb. 25 incident. “The victim recently disclosed to her sister what had taken place and the sister, in turn, told their aunt,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. The aunt contacted the Hasbrouck Heights police, who notified Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit. The Division…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Standing ovation as NJ lawmakers designate Route 17 stretch in Waldwick Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway Standing ovation as NJ lawmakers designate Route 17 stretch in Waldwick Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway Standing ovation as NJ lawmakers designate Route 17 stretch in Waldwick Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway
Standing ovation as NJ lawmakers designate Route 17 stretch in Waldwick Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway TRIBUTE: A stretch of Route 17 in Waldwick officially became the Christopher Goodell Memorial Highway yesterday after Gov. Christie signed a bill designating it in memory of the fallen hero.  New Jersey Assembly members stood and applauded yesterday after unanimously approving a measure to rename the roadway in March, in constrast to yesterday’s subdued ceremony. Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell “It was a very fitting and touching tribute to a great officer,” Lt. Douglas Moore told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Goodell was working a radar detail in his unmarked cruiser, parked on the sh…

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Englewood, NJ
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Flying tire crash on Route 80 kills Englewood Cliffs man, 77, injures wife Flying tire crash on Route 80 kills Englewood Cliffs man, 77, injures wife Flying tire crash on Route 80 kills Englewood Cliffs man, 77, injures wife
Flying tire crash on Route 80 kills Englewood Cliffs man, 77, injures wife BEYOND BERGEN: A flying tire that flew over a Route 80 median caused a crash that killed a 77-year-old Englewood Cliffs man and injured his 66-year-old wife in Morris County last night. Sheldon and Randi Lefkowitz were headed west in Rockaway when the tire hit came off the rear axle of a Dodge Ram and hit their Audi around 7:20 p.m. State Police said. Lefkowitz lost control of the vehicle car, hitting a pickup hauling a trailer and then a Mercedes Benz before bouncing off a guardrail, they said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife was taken to Morristown Medical Center with in…

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Englewood, NJ
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Pair with gun, knife rob $100, iPhone from Englewood delivery man Pair with gun, knife rob $100, iPhone from Englewood delivery man Pair with gun, knife rob $100, iPhone from Englewood delivery man
Pair with gun, knife rob $100, iPhone from Englewood delivery man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Chinese food delivery man was robbed at an Englewood housing complex last night by two men, one armed with a handgun and the other with a knife, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The victim told police both robbers were wearing masks and dark jackets when they confronted him as he made a delivery around 11:30 p.m. at the Rock Creek apartment complex off Broad Avenue. The pair took $100 in cash and an iPhone from the victim, who wasn’t injured, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit swept the complex, Torell said,…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford DPW worker, 69, struck by pickup on way to work Rutherford DPW worker, 69, struck by pickup on way to work Rutherford DPW worker, 69, struck by pickup on way to work
Rutherford DPW worker, 69, struck by pickup on way to work UPDATE: A 69 year-old Rutherford public works employee was struck by a pickup truck while walking to work on Route 17 South and Highland Cross in Rutherford this morning, police said. The victim sustained multiple fractures and a head injury in the 5:30 a.m. crash and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. The 65-year-old East Rutherford driver “was making a right turn on a green signal from Meadow Road onto Route 17 South and struck the pedestrian, who was attempting to cross over Route 17 towards his place of employment,” Feliciano said. The 1…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Commuter, 67, killed by bus at Port Authority terminal Commuter, 67, killed by bus at Port Authority terminal Commuter, 67, killed by bus at Port Authority terminal
Commuter, 67, killed by bus at Port Authority terminal BEYOND BERGEN: A 67-year-old upstate New York man was killed when he was struck by a commuter bus at the Port Authority terminal in midtown Manhattan last night. The Garrison, NY (Putnam County) man was killed by the Toms River-bound bus on the third level of the terminal, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo confirmed. No passengers were aboard the bus at the time, he said. There were extensive delays at the terminal as a result and passengers were being urged to seek alternative travel methods. NJ Transit trains were cross-honoring ticket holders.

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