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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge firefighters quickly quell Avalon blaze Wood-Ridge firefighters quickly quell Avalon blaze Wood-Ridge firefighters quickly quell Avalon blaze
Wood-Ridge firefighters quickly quell Avalon blaze UPDATE: “Everything worked the way it was supposed to,” Wood-Ridge Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano said after borough firefighters stopped flames from a cardboard trash bin from entering an apartment complex owned by the same company that operated one in Edgewater that was destroyed in a January blaze. Police and firefighters evacuated all 200 units of Avalon at Westmont Station — people and pets — after smoke entered a hallway and alarms sounded around 9 p.m. They were back inside within two hours. “The concern was that it’s another Avalon building,” Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “But …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
PBA president recalls Bergen sheriff’s lieutenant’s love for job, colleagues PBA president recalls Bergen sheriff’s lieutenant’s love for job, colleagues PBA president recalls Bergen sheriff’s lieutenant’s love for job, colleagues
PBA president recalls Bergen sheriff’s lieutenant’s love for job, colleagues A BROTHER IN BLUE WRITES: Brother Brian Beutel was one of a kind. We started together in 2002. Many things I can say about him, but the thing I remember the most was the love he had for his job. He was always there, came in early and stayed late just to talk with everyone. I would tell him “Why you still here, bro?” and he would just smile and start talking PBA business. He was one of my supervisor adviser for the EBoard. Great Knowledge, always attended our PBA meetings and would always ask questions. I loved it caused he would keep me on my toes, but always in a positive way. He wou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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‘Dedicated to safety': Services, arrangements for longtime Fort Lee, county dispatcher Michael Woods ‘Dedicated to safety': Services, arrangements for longtime Fort Lee, county dispatcher Michael Woods ‘Dedicated to safety': Services, arrangements for longtime Fort Lee, county dispatcher Michael Woods
‘Dedicated to safety': Services, arrangements for longtime Fort Lee, county dispatcher Michael Woods TRIBUTE: Services for longtime Fort Lee dispatcher Michael Woods will be held at the Becker Funeral Home on Monday at 10:30 a.m. Woods, who worked for the borough the past 15 years after coming over from the Bergen County Police Department, died suddenly Monday afternoon. “Over the past 15 years, we have received numerous letters of appreciation from the public and his supervisors concerning the outstanding work provided by Mike as he performed his job,” Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul wrote. “Mike was also the union representative for his fellow Telecommunicators, and he was always …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington police follow trail of heroin packets to arrest Wallington police follow trail of heroin packets to arrest Wallington police follow trail of heroin packets to arrest
Wallington police follow trail of heroin packets to arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A known Wallington drug user with a burglary history created a snow trail of sorts as he tossed used heroin bags out the window of his car as a police detective followed him this morning. Krzysztof Latocha, 23, was hunched over the console of his green Volkswagen parked on Hathaway Street when the officer rolled past him around 9:45 a.m., Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “After making eye contact, he started the car and drove down the street,” the lieutenant said. The officer turned his car around and began followng Latocha, who Kudlacik sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police get tracking system for children with autism, adults with dementia, Alzheimer’s Mahwah police get tracking system for children with autism, adults with dementia, Alzheimer’s Mahwah police get tracking system for children with autism, adults with dementia, Alzheimer’s
Mahwah police get tracking system for children with autism, adults with dementia, Alzheimer’s PUBLIC SAFETY: Addressing the need to help find special needs children or adults with dementia or Alzheimer’s who wander off, Mahwah authorities have added a Care Trak System to the police department’s resources. The need was heightened when a 14-year-old boy with autism vanished while night snow-tubing with his family at Campgaw Mountain Ski Resort (SEE: Teen with autism who vanished while snow tubing in Mahwah walked to Oakland). New Jersey Search and Rescue, Mahwah firefighters, members of Mahwah Res1cue and an army of private citizens joined the search, in single-digits temperatures, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Feds: Newark man recorded sex abuse of 2 children on cellphone Feds: Newark man recorded sex abuse of 2 children on cellphone Feds: Newark man recorded sex abuse of 2 children on cellphone
Feds: Newark man recorded sex abuse of 2 children on cellphone BEYOND BERGEN: Federal authorities today officially charged a 26-year-old Newark man with recording himself on his cellphone sexually abusing two children. Justin Kinney, 26, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark on two counts of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Kinney was previously arrested and charged by federal complaint last April and was being held in a state prison on related charges. According to the indictment, other documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Fishman said: “On Oct. 25, 2012, law enforcement officers exe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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A ‘true angel': Bergen County Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Beutel A ‘true angel': Bergen County Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Beutel A ‘true angel': Bergen County Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Beutel
A ‘true angel': Bergen County Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Beutel TRIBUTES to his character, integrity, love for his family, friends and colleagues and enthusiasm for life mounted today for Bergen County Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Beutel, who collapsed and died during a charity basketball tournament at FDU in Hackensack for the Tomorrows Children’s Fund — which called him “a true angel.” “Words alone cannot express the extreme sadness we feel,” TCF officials wrote this morning. “Brian was a true angel…always raising extra donations from his team, the Bergen County Sheriff’s [Office], and making personal donations for our patients. “Whenever Brian visited TCF, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
BMW pushes VW into Hackensack takeout restaurant BMW pushes VW into Hackensack takeout restaurant BMW pushes VW into Hackensack takeout restaurant
BMW pushes VW into Hackensack takeout restaurant TOP PHOTO: Michael LaFalce / ABOVE: Marc Davis PHOTO: No serious injuries were immediately reported after a sedan slammed into a Chinese takeout restaurant during a two-vehicle crash in Hackensack this morning. The blue Volkswagen Jetta struck the China House restaurant at 238 Hudson Street after being struck from behind by a silver BMW just before 10:30 a.m., witnesses told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Neither driver required medical treatment, they said. There was no immediate word on summonses.      

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Missing persons bulletin issued for suicidal Bergenfield man after SWAT team entry Missing persons bulletin issued for suicidal Bergenfield man after SWAT team entry Missing persons bulletin issued for suicidal Bergenfield man after SWAT team entry
Missing persons bulletin issued for suicidal Bergenfield man after SWAT team entry HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? A 46-year-old suicidal Bergenfield man wasn’t home and was being sought by borough police after members of the Bergen County SWAT Team and Bomb Squad joined them at his home today. Samuel Klin Mensah is described as 6-foot-2 and 180 pounds, with short black hair and brown eyes. He is “reported to be despondent with suicidal thoughts over very recent death of his spouse [Linda],” Police Chief Michael Carr said this afternoon. “He has no vehicle and may be on foot or have used local mass transportation. Samuel Mensah (Courtesy BERGENFIELD PD) / CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO:…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police find bag of cocaine, 16 packets of heroin in stops an hour apart Elmwood Park police find bag of cocaine, 16 packets of heroin in stops an hour apart Elmwood Park police find bag of cocaine, 16 packets of heroin in stops an hour apart
Elmwood Park police find bag of cocaine, 16 packets of heroin in stops an hour apart Elmwood Park police seized a bag of cocaine and 16 bags of heroin in separate traffic stops within an hour of one another last night. Kimberly Pezzolla, 35, of Cliffside Park was turned over to Clifton police on an outstanding $750 warrant after borough police charged her with cocaine possession and being under the influence following an 8:30 p.m. stop on Locust Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. An hour later, officers charged Samantha Vitale, 26, of Norwood and 27-year-old Joel Hille of Hackensack with carrying the heroin and drug paraphernalia after a stop near the first, Folig…

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