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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Four promoted Ridgewood police officers sworn Four promoted Ridgewood police officers sworn Four promoted Ridgewood police officers sworn
Four promoted Ridgewood police officers sworn TOP: Lt. Heath James, Capt. Forest Lyons, Police Chief John Ward, Sgt. Kyle Finch / ABOVE: Sgt. Mke Lembo (ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving) Lt. Heath James (ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving) Sgt. Kyle Finch (ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving) SHOUT OUTS: Four promoted Ridgewood police officers were sworn to their new positions last week. Capt. Forest Lyons (ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving) Sgt. Kyle Finch (ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving) Sgt. Mike Lembo (ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Trio indicted in ID theft ring that resold alcohol bought in Glen Rock at Jersey City nightclub Trio indicted in ID theft ring that resold alcohol bought in Glen Rock at Jersey City nightclub Trio indicted in ID theft ring that resold alcohol bought in Glen Rock at Jersey City nightclub
Trio indicted in ID theft ring that resold alcohol bought in Glen Rock at Jersey City nightclub ONLY ON CVP: A Lodi man and a pair of accomplices stole credit card information from gas station customers that was then used to buy alcohol for his Jersey City nightclub, authorities charged. Kenny Frias (above, left) is accused of heading the crew, which an collected the information through skimming devices attached to credit card swipe machines at has stations in Hasbrouck Heights, Lodi and Jersey City, according to an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack last week says. More than $75,000 worth of alcohol was bought wth the stolen identities at the Food Basics in Glen Rock…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park man indicted in Upper Saddle River police chase Elmwood Park man indicted in Upper Saddle River police chase Elmwood Park man indicted in Upper Saddle River police chase
Elmwood Park man indicted in Upper Saddle River police chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Elmwood Park man who Upper Saddle River police said let five females out of his car as officers chased him — knocking one of them down as he sped off — was indicted on eluding and crack cocaine charges. Jonathan Jachimczyk, 20, stopped long enough on northbound Route 17 man to allow four of his occupants out — then hit the gas, knocking the fifth to the ground, authorities said at the time. The Nov. 6 chase ended when Jachimczyk abandoned the car in a residential neighborhood and a police dog tracked him down, they said. Officers said they also found cocaine a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield driver in Moonachie crash breaks collarbone, charged with DUI Garfield driver in Moonachie crash breaks collarbone, charged with DUI Garfield driver in Moonachie crash breaks collarbone, charged with DUI
Garfield driver in Moonachie crash breaks collarbone, charged with DUI PHOTOS: Courtesy MOONACHIE PD YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man who broke his collarbone after his car slammed into a utility pole in Moonachie, snapping it, had two small bags of heroin and some marijuana in the vehicle, police said. The Accord smashed into the pole on Redneck Avenue at Joseph Street just after midnight this morning, forcing police to close the roadway until late into the day, Sgt. Jeff Napolitano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Joseph D. Ayala, 25, was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he submitted a blood sample for analysis, Napolitano said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police officers stop knife-wielding man in suicide-by-cop attempt Elmwood Park police officers stop knife-wielding man in suicide-by-cop attempt Elmwood Park police officers stop knife-wielding man in suicide-by-cop attempt
Elmwood Park police officers stop knife-wielding man in suicide-by-cop attempt SHOUT OUTS: “Shoot me!” a troubled man shouted at a quartet of Elmwood Park police officers who approached him in a dimly lit apartment room as he reached for a knife in his waistband last night. Preventing what could have been a tragedy, Lt. Marc D’Amore blasted the man with pepper spray and his colleagues — Officers Gerald Chiavelli, Christopher Finn, Daniel Martinez — wrestled him to the floor and into handcuffs. Clarence Smith’s sister summoned them to the second-floor Summit Avenue apartment at 7:19 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. She directe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Family seeks public’s help finding missing Oakland woman, 30 Family seeks public’s help finding missing Oakland woman, 30 Family seeks public’s help finding missing Oakland woman, 30
Family seeks public’s help finding missing Oakland woman, 30 HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Loved ones were hoping someone sees or finds an Oakland woman with a history of mental illness who’d been missing since early Wednesday. Meaghan Elizabeth “Meg” McCallum, 30, was last seen when she left her grandmother’s house in Montvale around 3 a.m. She is 5-foot-3 and 210 pounds, with brown hair and eyes, and drives a black, 1998 four-door Subaru with NJ license plates: N32-EAY. Family members noted that it wasn’t like her to leave without her cellphone or dog. “Meg is a very kind indivdual and like socializing,” they said. If you see her, or know where to fin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
JC councilman in DWI crash after St. Pat’s party JC councilman in DWI crash after St. Pat’s party JC councilman in DWI crash after St. Pat’s party
JC councilman in DWI crash after St. Pat’s party BEYOND BERGEN: Democrat Jersey City Councilman Khemraj “Chico” Ramchal was arrested on drunk driving charges after an overnight crash at West Side and Communipaw avenues following a St. Patrick’s Day party at Casino in the Park, authorities said. Ramchal, 39, was headed south on West Side with his emergency lights on when his 2013 Ford Explorer T-boned a taxicab that was propelled into another vehicle, injuring a passenger, according to The Jersey Journal, citing a police report. His blood-alcohol level was .15, nearly twice the legal limit, the story says. Ramchal, an ally of Mayor Ste…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Five-car pileup jams Garden State Parkway Five-car pileup jams Garden State Parkway Five-car pileup jams Garden State Parkway
Five-car pileup jams Garden State Parkway BEYOND BERGEN: This five-car crash occurred on the northbound Garden State Parkway in Newark just before Exit 145 this afternoon. UMDNJ sent BLS units as traffic backed up on both sides. PHOTOS: Pete Guidice  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police grab upstate NY men with 150 bags of heroin Elmwood Park police grab upstate NY men with 150 bags of heroin Elmwood Park police grab upstate NY men with 150 bags of heroin
Elmwood Park police grab upstate NY men with 150 bags of heroin YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police said they nabbed two upstate New York men with three bricks of heroin — 150 bags — following a traffic stop yesterday. The 3:30 p.m. stop on East 55th Street led to possession charges for drugs, drug paraphernalia and drugs in a motor vehicle against Alexander Hagen, 25, and 32-year-old Larry Wiackley, both of Wurstboro, NY, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. Both were processed and released on court summonses.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Female priest was DWI, had open vodka bottle, bounced car off Holland Tunnel curbs, Port Authority police say Female priest was DWI, had open vodka bottle, bounced car off Holland Tunnel curbs, Port Authority police say Female priest was DWI, had open vodka bottle, bounced car off Holland Tunnel curbs, Port Authority police say
Female priest was DWI, had open vodka bottle, bounced car off Holland Tunnel curbs, Port Authority police say BEYOND BERGEN: An Episcopal priest who worked with the government on 9/11 and Hurricane Irene relief efforts had an open bottle of vodka on in her center console when she was stopped after her car repeatedly swerved across lanes, hitting the curb inside the Holland Tunnel during last night’s rush hour, Port Authority police said. Officers responding to a 911 call from a tunnel commuter during rush-hour traffic last night said they also found 53-year-old Diane Reiners of Brooklyn carrying 223 Tramadol and 31 Lorazepam pills after she failed a field sobriety test, the Port Authority’s Joseph …

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