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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park girl, 13, says van driver gestured to her Ridgefield Park girl, 13, says van driver gestured to her Ridgefield Park girl, 13, says van driver gestured to her
Ridgefield Park girl, 13, says van driver gestured to her PUBLIC ALERT: Ridgefield Park police are seeking the public’s help finding a driver who a 13-year-old girl told them motioned to her from a dark-colored van last night so that they can determine exactly what happened. The girl said she was walking north on Main Street around 6 pm. when the driver gestured to her at the intersection of Hazleton Street and Central Avenue. “It appeared the man was gesturing/motioning for her to come over to the van,” Capt. Daniel Hippe said this afternoon. The girl left and called her mother, he said. “It is unclear whether the driver made or attempted t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police revive elderly heart attack victim at Newark Airport baggage carousel Port Authority police revive elderly heart attack victim at Newark Airport baggage carousel Port Authority police revive elderly heart attack victim at Newark Airport baggage carousel
Port Authority police revive elderly heart attack victim at Newark Airport baggage carousel SHOUT OUTS: A group of Port Authority police officers revived a 74-year-old Texas man who had no pulse after suffering a heart attack at Newark Airport yesterday. The victim was lying down at the Terminal C baggage carousel around 3:30 p.m. when officers shocked him twice with a defibrillator and did chest compressions while keeping his airway open, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. He then began breathing on his and was taken, conscious and alert, to Newark Beth Israel Hospital. The Port Authority PD heroes: PO Mark Zaleski PO Thomas Small PO Thomas Gannon PO Victo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland man attending court on wrong date caught with pot, Franklin Lakes say Oakland man attending court on wrong date caught with pot, Franklin Lakes say Oakland man attending court on wrong date caught with pot, Franklin Lakes say
Oakland man attending court on wrong date caught with pot, Franklin Lakes say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Oakland man who showed up for Franklin Lakes Municipal Court on the wrong day yesterday was charged again after police said they found him carrying pot. Jonathan Reyes, 18, removed some but not all of the items from his pockets as he passed through a metal detector at a security entry point, Lt. John Bakelaar told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “Ironically, it was the wrong court date and he wasn’t scheduled to appear,” Bakelaar said. After a search, Officers Lucas Gallo, James Economou and Francis O’Brien found Reyes carrying marijuana and drug par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man, 74, accused of hitting female neighbor with vodka bottle indicted for attempted murder Hackensack man, 74, accused of hitting female neighbor with vodka bottle indicted for attempted murder Hackensack man, 74, accused of hitting female neighbor with vodka bottle indicted for attempted murder
Hackensack man, 74, accused of hitting female neighbor with vodka bottle indicted for attempted murder YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 74-year-old Hackensack man originally charged with aggravated assault after city police said he hit a 72-year-old female neighbor with a vodka bottle has been indicted on an attempted murder charge. The four-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack this week also accuses Russell Dawson of illegal weapons possession. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Dawson — who remained free on bail this morning — would be re-arrested or have a new court appearance based on the upgraded charge. A judge originally ordered him held on $50,000 bail following the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Two Palisades Park blazes destroy three homes, damage video store Two Palisades Park blazes destroy three homes, damage video store Two Palisades Park blazes destroy three homes, damage video store
Two Palisades Park blazes destroy three homes, damage video store PHOTOS by Chris Torello /  CPT Fireground Photos ONLY ON CVP: No serious injuries were reported after a pair of Palisades Park blazes destroyed three homes and severely damaged a business tonight. A second-floor resident at a two-family house at 407 9th St.had gone to pick up a 6-year-old child when a fire broke out in the apartment just before 5:30 p.m., Police Chief Ben Ramos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The first responders at the scene, Officers Mark Cieslak and Christopher Scilingo, found a sleeping downstairs tenant and brought him out in his pajamas. Neither they nor he were injured, R…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Aspiring singer gets seven years in rape of Teaneck boy, 14, remains free on bail pending appeal Aspiring singer gets seven years in rape of Teaneck boy, 14, remains free on bail pending appeal Aspiring singer gets seven years in rape of Teaneck boy, 14, remains free on bail pending appeal
Aspiring singer gets seven years in rape of Teaneck boy, 14, remains free on bail pending appeal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An aspiring singer who was convicted of sodomizing a 14-year-old Teaneck boy was sentenced today to seven years in state prison, but a judge released him on bail pending an appeal alleging juror misconduct. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Demetra Maurice (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) William J. Sanders, 34, remained expressionless during highly emotional testimony today from the victim’s mother and father, who took in Sanders and his brother in the hopes of nurturing their musical careers. His face contorted in pain …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Long Island driver killed in tractor-trailer crash on shoulder of Route 287 in Mahwah Long Island driver killed in tractor-trailer crash on shoulder of Route 287 in Mahwah Long Island driver killed in tractor-trailer crash on shoulder of Route 287 in Mahwah
Long Island driver killed in tractor-trailer crash on shoulder of Route 287 in Mahwah UPDATE: A tractor-trailer was stopped on the shoulder when it was rear-ended by a Subaru wagon on northbound Route 287 near Exit 65 in Mahwah, killing its driver, around 2:15 p.m., police at the scene confirmed this afternoon. Valley Hospital paramedics pronounced the death after joining Mahwah and New Jersey State police at the scene, a little over a mile from Route 17, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The center and right lane remained closed, with traffic crawling in the left lane, past rush hour. Mahwah Rescue 1 was summoned just before 6:30 p.m. to remove 69-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bail rejected, sentencing date set for one of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ in Lodi girl’s rape Bail rejected, sentencing date set for one of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ in Lodi girl’s rape Bail rejected, sentencing date set for one of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ in Lodi girl’s rape
Bail rejected, sentencing date set for one of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ in Lodi girl’s rape UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack today set an April 10 sentencing date for a former high school security guard at a private Paramus high school who fled the country seven years ago after admitting that sexually assaulted a Lodi girl. Homer Bishop, 41, remained held without bail in the Bergen County Jail, where he was brought Tuesday after being extradited from Jamaica. He was captured by U.S. Marshals there, thanks to tips received by Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino’s office. Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian denied bail for Bishop following a brief hearing this morning. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police revive victim of heroin overdose Wyckoff police revive victim of heroin overdose Wyckoff police revive victim of heroin overdose
Wyckoff police revive victim of heroin overdose SHOUT OUT: Wyckoff police revived an overdosed heroin addict with Narcan. Officers administered the dose to the 26-year-old man after family members who tried CPR called them on Tursday, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. They were assisted by Midland Park police and the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which took the victim to the hospital, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn father-son movers from Paramus ordered to repay customers, banned from NJ business again Fair Lawn father-son movers from Paramus ordered to repay customers, banned from NJ business again Fair Lawn father-son movers from Paramus ordered to repay customers, banned from NJ business again
Fair Lawn father-son movers from Paramus ordered to repay customers, banned from NJ business again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Eighteen customers are to be reimbursed and a Paramus father and son who operated a Fair Lawn moving company that artificially lowballed estimates to customers and then threatened to hold onto their possession when they didn’t immediately pay higher rates in cash or money order can never do business in New Jersey again. The terms are outlined in a final consent judgment in Superior Court in Hackensack against Moving Max Inc., state authorities announced this morning. Adam Eliad (inset, above) and Oziel Eliad, 60 were named in a 10-count complaint filed last July ch…

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