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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey man arrested after disturbance aboard train headed to high school championship hockey game Ramsey man arrested after disturbance aboard train headed to high school championship hockey game Ramsey man arrested after disturbance aboard train headed to high school championship hockey game
Ramsey man arrested after disturbance aboard train headed to high school championship hockey game YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A disturbance involving more than 300 Ramsey teens headed to a high school championship game at the Prudential Center in Newark on an NJ Transit train this afternoon brought police to the Radburn station this afternoon and led to an arrest, authorities confirmed. Gregory Trival, 18, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, NJ Transit spokesman William Smith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Crew members aboard the Bergen Line train from Suffern to Hoboken flagged down transit police as they approached the Radburn station near the Fair Lawn Avenue cross…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bicyclist in Paramus crash dies, investigation continues Bicyclist in Paramus crash dies, investigation continues Bicyclist in Paramus crash dies, investigation continues
Bicyclist in Paramus crash dies, investigation continues YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One of two bicyclists died yesterday after being struck before dawn on a Paramus street, authorities confirmed this afternoon. Mandeep Singh, 23, of Paramus NJ suffered a critical head injury after he and a co-worker, 24-year-old Shernjit Singh (no relation), were struck by a 2000 Jeep Cherokee on Midland Avenue as they rode side-by-side to separate service station jobs just before 5 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Shernjit Singh, also of Paramus, remained in serious condition Hackensack University Medical Center, where both were taken after the crash. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood house fire kills resident, 57 Englewood house fire kills resident, 57 Englewood house fire kills resident, 57
Englewood house fire kills resident, 57 PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Kevin Teel UPDATE: A house fire killed a 57-year-old Englewood man and sent another resident to the hospital with a hand injury, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A city firefighter also was treated Englewood Hospital and Medical Center for burns on his wrist, they said. Detectives from the city and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Arson Squad were trying to determine the cause of the three-alarm blaze, which broke out around 1:40 p.m., Police Chief Lawrence Suffern told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identifica…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford police search for fleeing motorist turns up drug suspect wanted on warrants New Milford police search for fleeing motorist turns up drug suspect wanted on warrants New Milford police search for fleeing motorist turns up drug suspect wanted on warrants
New Milford police search for fleeing motorist turns up drug suspect wanted on warrants YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: On the lookout for a driver being pursued by Teaneck police at speeds of upwards of 100 miles an hour, New Milford police arrested another motorist on warrant and drug possession charges. New Milford police were searching for the fleeing Mercedes when Officer Brian Carlino spotted an idling Toyota occupied by two men in a parking lot next to the Dorchester Manor Apartments off Columbia Street and Dilworth Road just after 3 a.m. yesterday. The driver immediately handed over his license, but the passenger, 20-year-old Nicholas Frasse, declined to identify himself oth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State investigators raid North Bergen parks, recreation offices State investigators raid North Bergen parks, recreation offices State investigators raid North Bergen parks, recreation offices
State investigators raid North Bergen parks, recreation offices BEYOND BERGEN: Investigators from the state Attorney General’s Office removed several boxes of documents from the North Bergen Parks & Recreation Department offices in the Kennedy Boulevard municipal building today. PHOTOS: Courtesy HUDSON COUNTY VIEW (top), CLIFFVIEW PILOT (below)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes man with 4-year-old on ATV flees, resists, police charge Franklin Lakes man with 4-year-old on ATV flees, resists, police charge Franklin Lakes man with 4-year-old on ATV flees, resists, police charge
Franklin Lakes man with 4-year-old on ATV flees, resists, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Franklin Lakes man was charged with a variety of offenses after police said he illegally drove an ATV with a 4-year-old child on board. Grant Mather tried to flee and then resisted arrest after being chased to his home following the incident on Bentley Drive last week, Police Lt. John Bakelaar said this morning. The Indian Hills High School graduate was released on a summons to answer charges of obstruction, resisting arrest, operating an all-terrain vehicle on a public street and operating an ATV without a helmet, consent, registration or insurance.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Arrangements set as community mourns loss of beloved Fairview EMT chief, 37 Arrangements set as community mourns loss of beloved Fairview EMT chief, 37 Arrangements set as community mourns loss of beloved Fairview EMT chief, 37
Arrangements set as community mourns loss of beloved Fairview EMT chief, 37 TRIBUTE: Fond remembrances and heartfelt tributes mounted this morning for Lory Taormina, department head of the Fairview Emergency Response Unit nearly 20 years, who died at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center yesterday. “She was the face of the Fairview Emergency Response Unit,” wrote Tim Jackson. “A heart of gold filled with love and compassion,” Karl Bernard added. ****ARRANGEMENTS**** Visiting hours for Jersey City-born Eulalia “Lory” Taormina are from 4-9 .m. Thursday at McCorry Brothers Funeral Home at 780 Anderson Avenue. A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Our L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Officer OK after Route 46 crash as Bergen County police department passes on Officer OK after Route 46 crash as Bergen County police department passes on Officer OK after Route 46 crash as Bergen County police department passes on
Officer OK after Route 46 crash as Bergen County police department passes on YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In one of the last incidents for what formerly was the Bergen County Police Department, an officer was treated for a head injury and released from the hospital last night after his cruiser slammed into a utility pole on Route 46 in Little Ferry. Authorities said the driver of a black 2005 Audi4 — which a source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT was possibly stolen out of Edgewater — cut off Officer Gabriel Castellanos in the highway’s westbound lanes just before 10 p.m. before fleeing. Castellanos was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center. The cruiser sustained front …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Unwatched pot ignites Demarest house fire Unwatched pot ignites Demarest house fire Unwatched pot ignites Demarest house fire
Unwatched pot ignites Demarest house fire UPDATE: An unwatched pot ignited a three-alarm fire that severely damaged the kitchen and dining room of a Demarest home, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The only resident home at the time told authorities she’d fallen asleep while boiling water for tea and awoke to the flames around 2:30 p.m. She was treated for smoke inhalation. A firefighter also sustained a minor shoulder injury in the blaze, which was extinguished within an hour. Firefighters from Alpine, Closter, Hackensack, Harrington Park, Haworth, New Milford, Norwood and Tenafly joined their Demarest colleagues and Cresskill …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police nab man who snatched bag from girl, 4, and mom on PATH station platform Port Authority police nab man who snatched bag from girl, 4, and mom on PATH station platform Port Authority police nab man who snatched bag from girl, 4, and mom on PATH station platform
Port Authority police nab man who snatched bag from girl, 4, and mom on PATH station platform BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police said they grabbed a Baltimore man moments after he ripped a shopping bag from the hands of a 4-year-old girl on a PATH station platform in Jersey City’s Journal Square. The 25-year-old Jersey City mother and child were holding hands when 29-year-old George Small snatched the bag and $3 from the woman and ran toward Pavonia Avenue around noon yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. PAPD officers tracked him down moments later, he said. They arrested Small on charges of robbery and receiving stolen property and r…

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