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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Cresskill police save Oxy, cocaine overdose victim Cresskill police save Oxy, cocaine overdose victim Cresskill police save Oxy, cocaine overdose victim
Cresskill police save Oxy, cocaine overdose victim ONLY ON CVP: Narcan isn’t used only for heroin overdoses, say Cresskill police, who saved a 44-year-old local man who was unresponsive after ingesting Oxycodone and cocaine while drinking. Sgt. Bert Looby, Officers Brian Oliver and Wayne Zelna administered an initial dose to the Brookside Avenue man last Thursday night after being summoned by a relative of the victim, Detective Charles Franke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They continued care and administered a second dose, which brought him around. “He began to yell and tried to sit up,” Franke said. He was then taken to Englewood Hospital an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale heroin addict arrested three times in less than 48 hours — twice in Ramsey, once in Ho-Ho-Kus Allendale heroin addict arrested three times in less than 48 hours — twice in Ramsey, once in Ho-Ho-Kus Allendale heroin addict arrested three times in less than 48 hours — twice in Ramsey, once in Ho-Ho-Kus
Allendale heroin addict arrested three times in less than 48 hours — twice in Ramsey, once in Ho-Ho-Kus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 44-year-old heroin addict from Allendale was found carrying 19 folds of the drug along with a dozen suboxone tabs and a Zolpidem pill when he went to Ramsey police headquarters to pick up his truck after crashing it while under the influence the night before — the second of three arrests for him in less than 48 hours. Witnesses on Friday night told officers responding to the 9 p.m. crash in the parking of the Bottle King on northbound Route 17 that the silver Ford pickup driven by Thomas Reilly had been weaving along the northbound highway moments earlier. Reilly…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Cliffside Park EMTs OK after crash in Palisades Park Cliffside Park EMTs OK after crash in Palisades Park Cliffside Park EMTs OK after crash in Palisades Park
Cliffside Park EMTs OK after crash in Palisades Park EXCLUSIVE: Two Cliffside Park EMTs were being treated for minor neck and back pain at Holy Name Medical Center this morning after their rig was rammed in Palisades Park by a driver who authorities said ran a stop sign. The other driver was fine following the 6:30 a.m. crash at East Central Boulevard and Ninth Street as the rig returned from a call in Englewood, authorities said. There was no immediate word on summonses. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Smoke alarms save Lyndhurst family in basement fire Smoke alarms save Lyndhurst family in basement fire Smoke alarms save Lyndhurst family in basement fire
Smoke alarms save Lyndhurst family in basement fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Smoke alarms got a Lyndhurst family out of their home and a water pipe that burst in the heat acted as a sprinkler, limiting the damage, after what began as a basement electrical socket fire. “In this case working Smoke detectors truly saved lives,” Lyndhurst Fire Chief Paul Haggerty Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Firefighters from Lyndhurst and North Arlington who responded with police to the 4:23 a.m. Fourth Street alarm were met with heavy smoke at the front door. They quickly doused the flames. A clothes dryer connected to the socket with an extension…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights police storm hotel room, arrest two after fire, brawl Hasbrouck Heights police storm hotel room, arrest two after fire, brawl Hasbrouck Heights police storm hotel room, arrest two after fire, brawl
Hasbrouck Heights police storm hotel room, arrest two after fire, brawl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two East Orange men trashed a Hasbrouck Heights hotel room, set a small fire in the bathroom and broke a window, forcing police to ram their way in around 5 a.m., authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning . One of the men was hospitalized and the other was in custody at headquarters as detectives drew up charges and tried to determine what prompted the incident. A Bergen County Police Department officer also was treated for a hand injury, they said. Officers responding to the 4:47 a.m. call of a disturbance at the Hilton tried to get in after smelling smoke, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Conditionally dismissed Conditionally dismissed Conditionally dismissed
Conditionally dismissed CONDITIONALLY DISMISSED BY THE COURT

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee woman, 86, leaps to death from luxury high-rise Fort Lee woman, 86, leaps to death from luxury high-rise Fort Lee woman, 86, leaps to death from luxury high-rise
Fort Lee woman, 86, leaps to death from luxury high-rise UPDATE: An 86-year-old woman jumped to her death from the 9th floor of a Fort Lee luxury high-rise yesterday as a police officer watched from below. The first responding officers at the River Ridge apartments at 200 Old Palisade Road were met just after 1:30 p.m. by her husband, who told them his wife “had locked herself in her apartment after he had left to get their vehicle,” Detective Capt. Stanley Zon said. “Emergency Services officers made a forced entry into the apartment and found the bedroom window open,” Zon said. By then, she’d already jumped. Another officer “witnessed the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Missing Lodi girl, 13, found safe Missing Lodi girl, 13, found safe Missing Lodi girl, 13, found safe
Missing Lodi girl, 13, found safe UPDATE: Lodi police this afternoon confirmed that a missing 13-year-old girl has turned up safe. The family of Princess Kennedy had told police they last saw her at home between 8-9 o’clock last night. Police confirmed just after 3 p.m. today that she was “located safely.”

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Two more accused in connection with Englewood card game shooting Two more accused in connection with Englewood card game shooting Two more accused in connection with Englewood card game shooting
Two more accused in connection with Englewood card game shooting ONLY ON CVP: Authorities have charged the girlfriend and an associate of a Glen Rock man indicted on attempted murder charges with helping him conceal evidence following a shooting during an overnight card game last spring. Damar F. Palmer (MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR) Madeline Hirsch and Damar F. Palmer, both 27 of Englewood, followed instructions to move a bag of crack cocaine that police said 26-year-old Michael “Mook” Williamson stashed while being chased by police investigating the May 2 shooting, according to an indictment returned this week. Police found the coc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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