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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
One remains hospitalized, one released after explosion at Picatinny Arsenal One remains hospitalized, one released after explosion at Picatinny Arsenal One remains hospitalized, one released after explosion at Picatinny Arsenal
One remains hospitalized, one released after explosion at Picatinny Arsenal UPDATE: Two civilian explosives technicians were taken to Morristown Medical Center — one by ground and the other via medevac — following a munitions blast at the Piccatinny Arsenal military base in Morris County this morning. One was later released, Brigadier Gen. Patrick W. Burden, the base’s senior commander, said this afternoon. The other remained hospitalized with injuries that he said weren’t life-threatening. The general didn’t confirm the report of an amputation after the device detonated. The techs were working with “an explosive submunition” — part of a larger projectile …

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Harrison, NY
Breaking News
Port Authority police charge four teens in PATH train cellphone robbery Port Authority police charge four teens in PATH train cellphone robbery Port Authority police charge four teens in PATH train cellphone robbery
Port Authority police charge four teens in PATH train cellphone robbery BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police took four teens into custody who they said robbed a cellphone from a PATH commuter from Canada. The 34-year-old victim told crew memers at Newark’s Penn Station that his assailants strong-armed his iPhone 5 as the train was pulling from the Harrison PATH station. Port Authority police searched the area and issued an alert that was heard by Harrison police, who detained the four at an area Dunkin Donuts. Charged with robbery and conspiracy were Prince Drake, 18, of West Orange and three boys — two 17-year-olds from West Orange and a 16-year-olds from …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Catholic chaperones can’t be charged with sex assault in Germany trip, NJ Supreme Court rules Paramus Catholic chaperones can’t be charged with sex assault in Germany trip, NJ Supreme Court rules Paramus Catholic chaperones can’t be charged with sex assault in Germany trip, NJ Supreme Court rules
Paramus Catholic chaperones can’t be charged with sex assault in Germany trip, NJ Supreme Court rules UPDATE: Paramus Catholic’s former vice-president of operations and assistant varsity football coach cannot be prosecuted here on charges of having sex with three teenage students during a school trip that they chaperoned to Germany, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled today. The 6-0 decision by the state’s highest court 14 counts in a 25-count indictment against Michael Sumulikoski (above, top) and Arthur Sopel (above, bottom). It sends the case back to Hackensack for the remaining counts, including allegation that Sopel tried to get two of the students to lie about the alleged incident…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Woman had heroin in panties, loaded gun in purse outside Fair Lawn CVS, police say Woman had heroin in panties, loaded gun in purse outside Fair Lawn CVS, police say Woman had heroin in panties, loaded gun in purse outside Fair Lawn CVS, police say
Woman had heroin in panties, loaded gun in purse outside Fair Lawn CVS, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police said they seized a .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets and arrested a Pennsylvania couple after a sergeant found one of them with two bags of heroin and a needle in his lap as he sat behind the wheel of a car parked outside a local CVS. Detective Sgt. Tim O’Shaughnessy summoned backups after looking into the 2014 Nissan Altima parked at the River Road pharmacy Monday night, Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. Arrested were the driver, 41-year-old Sean Gill, and his passenger, Erin Harper, 34, who Metzler said was f…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen undercover detectives nab 4 in Oxycodone, Xanax bust Bergen undercover detectives nab 4 in Oxycodone, Xanax bust Bergen undercover detectives nab 4 in Oxycodone, Xanax bust
Bergen undercover detectives nab 4 in Oxycodone, Xanax bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A quartet of Passaic County residents were busted after selling Oxycodone and Xanax to undercover Bergen County prosecutor’s narcotics detectives, authorities announced this morning. Two weeks ago, Sophia Treich and Anthony Jiminez (above, left), both of Totowa, sold both drugs to an undercover investigator in Paramus, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Two days ago, Jiminez, 25, showed up for an Oxy sale to the detective in Elmwood Park and was taken into custody along with the 19-year-old Treich, Anthony Mangione, 21, of Little Falls (above, right) …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus man assaulted officers, resisted in pot incident, Ramsey police charge Paramus man assaulted officers, resisted in pot incident, Ramsey police charge Paramus man assaulted officers, resisted in pot incident, Ramsey police charge
Paramus man assaulted officers, resisted in pot incident, Ramsey police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old Paramus man became combative, kicking officers and resisting arrest, after they found him parked outside a local hotel, the smell of burnt marijuana coming from his car, Ramsey police said. Sgt. Michael Parise was patrolling the parking lot of the Best Western on southbound Route 17 Sunday night when he spotted Daniel Akdemir in the driver’s seat of a white sedan with its passenger side windows down, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this morning. Backups arrived and Akdemir “became increasingly irate with the investigating officers,” Gurney said. “There…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer crash closes northbound NY Thruway Tractor-trailer crash closes northbound NY Thruway Tractor-trailer crash closes northbound NY Thruway
Tractor-trailer crash closes northbound NY Thruway UPDATE: The northbound New York State Thruway just north of the Garden State Parkway was temporarily closed this morning after a tractor attached to a trailer tipped. PHOTOS: Bryan Lima  

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bloodied Teaneck victim in ‘full-scale’ brawl tries to run, Elmwood Park police say Bloodied Teaneck victim in ‘full-scale’ brawl tries to run, Elmwood Park police say Bloodied Teaneck victim in ‘full-scale’ brawl tries to run, Elmwood Park police say
Bloodied Teaneck victim in ‘full-scale’ brawl tries to run, Elmwood Park police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Teaneck man who Elmwood Park police said was beaten by a group of assailants after he showed up at an apartment complex for a tattoo suddenly became uncooperative and tried to run, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. “There seems to be more to the story,” Foligno said after the 19-year-old man was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center yesterday afternoon with what he described as moderate injuries. The victim, who wasn’t charged, had blood flowing down his face from several cuts when officers responding to a large fight at the Elmwood Village Garden Apartm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi man chasing girlfriend drops knife after Little Ferry officer draws gun Lodi man chasing girlfriend drops knife after Little Ferry officer draws gun Lodi man chasing girlfriend drops knife after Little Ferry officer draws gun
Lodi man chasing girlfriend drops knife after Little Ferry officer draws gun YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry police officer drew his weapon this afternoon after a bloodied Lodi man refused to drop a 10-inch kitchen knife as he chased his girlfriend down the steps of her apartment, authorities said. “Drop the knife!” Officer Samuel Aguilar shouted at 26-year-old Klaudio Mazi. After several commands, Mazi let go of the weapon, went to the ground and was handcuffed, Detective Ronald M. Klein Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He told officers “that he was assaulted the night before by the female’s cousin,” Klein said. Aguilar and Officer Dominick Verdi and Thomas E…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Maryland driver, 75, said foot stuck, sending sedan into Montvale convenience mart Maryland driver, 75, said foot stuck, sending sedan into Montvale convenience mart Maryland driver, 75, said foot stuck, sending sedan into Montvale convenience mart
Maryland driver, 75, said foot stuck, sending sedan into Montvale convenience mart YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (UPDATE 10 a.m. Wed.): A 75-year-old Maryland woman told police her gas pedal got stuck after her sedan plowed into the front of a Montvale service station convenience mart on Chestnut Ridge Road. No summonses were issued to the College Park driver in the Tuesday crash at the Exxon On the Run, although Police Chief Jeremy Abrams noted that an investigation was continuing. She wasn’t injured, the chief told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Responders said that once the vehicle hit the wall of the store, the accelerator remained pinned — and the only thing keeping the Crown Victori…

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