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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Hackensack, NJ
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Elmwood Park police make three more out-of-towner drug arrests Elmwood Park police make three more out-of-towner drug arrests Elmwood Park police make three more out-of-towner drug arrests
Elmwood Park police make three more out-of-towner drug arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police said they caught one man carrying 10 bags of heroin as he got off a bus and another with 70 bags in a Dunkin Donuts parking lot yesterday. Officers arrested 21-year-old Ryan Wells of Rochelle Park at the corner of Broadway and Boulevard after a tipster told them that he was acting suspiciously, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. They later took Alexander Wagner, also 21, of Nanuet into custody after finding him under the influence while carrying 70 bags of heroin and paraphernalia in the parking lot of the eastbound Route 46 Dunkin …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Two OK after car plunges off Route 80 bridge in Hackensack Two OK after car plunges off Route 80 bridge in Hackensack Two OK after car plunges off Route 80 bridge in Hackensack
Two OK after car plunges off Route 80 bridge in Hackensack PHOTOS: Courtesy Hackensack Fire Lt. Justin Derevyanik YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two young women survived with relatively minor back and neck injuries this morning after their SUV hit a snowbank and went airborne off the side of a Route 80 bridge in Hackensack, landing 40 feet from the river. The Toyota Rav-4 was headed east on the highway when another vehicle cut them off around 7;10 a.m., Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “As they swerved to get out of the way, they hit the snow embankment along the guard rail,” Mordaga said. The snow, plowed against th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Employee woozy after getting hit with drive at Bogota golf center Employee woozy after getting hit with drive at Bogota golf center Employee woozy after getting hit with drive at Bogota golf center
Employee woozy after getting hit with drive at Bogota golf center YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An employee at the Bogota Golf Center was conscious but incoherent after being struck in the head by a 200-yard drive this afternoon, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. An ambulance took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center, where authorities were awaiting information from his employer. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Montvale, Park Ridge police, prosecutor’s office make local drug bust Montvale, Park Ridge police, prosecutor’s office make local drug bust Montvale, Park Ridge police, prosecutor’s office make local drug bust
Montvale, Park Ridge police, prosecutor’s office make local drug bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A months-long drug investigation culminated in a raid and the arrest of a 23-year-old Montvale man. Montvale police, along with detectives from Park Ridge and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, took Jonathan Pasch into custody while seizing small amounts of pot and cocaine, pipes and scales during the 6:30 p.m. raid Tuesday on Wortendyke Avenue, Police Chief Jeremy Abams said this afternoon. Pasch was released on a court summons on charges of marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia possession. MUGSHOT: Courtesy MONTVALE PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Uncleared car roof snow leads to heroin charges in Wyckoff against Mahwah woman, 54 Uncleared car roof snow leads to heroin charges in Wyckoff against Mahwah woman, 54 Uncleared car roof snow leads to heroin charges in Wyckoff against Mahwah woman, 54
Uncleared car roof snow leads to heroin charges in Wyckoff against Mahwah woman, 54 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 54-year-old Mahwah woman stopped by Wyckoff police for having a large amount of snow on the roof of her her car was arrested on drug charges after the officer reported finding her carrying heroin and prescription medications. Officer Kyle Ferreira stopped Linda S. Leuck on Godwin Avenue around 1:30 yesterday afternoon after spotting the snow, as well as illegally tinted front windows, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. Ferreira took her into custody on heroin, prescription and drug paraphernalia possession charges, while issuing her summonses for fail…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus police grab mall shoplifters after one sprays guards with Mace Paramus police grab mall shoplifters after one sprays guards with Mace Paramus police grab mall shoplifters after one sprays guards with Mace
Paramus police grab mall shoplifters after one sprays guards with Mace YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus police officer grabbed two shoplifters who tried to flee Lord & Taylor in Paramus after one of them sprayed a trio of security guards with Mace, authorities said today. Store security and mall guards stopped Shyqueena Shipman and Kiana T. Miller, both 20, after they walked out of the Garden State Plaza store yesterday with $541 worth of merchandise, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said this afternoon. Shipman sprayed their pursuers in an attempt to escape, but Officer Andrew Cofone grabbed her and Miller, the deputy chief said. They had with th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Oakland police foil burglary, find eight pounds of pot, arrest tenant Oakland police foil burglary, find eight pounds of pot, arrest tenant Oakland police foil burglary, find eight pounds of pot, arrest tenant
Oakland police foil burglary, find eight pounds of pot, arrest tenant ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Oakland police investigating a home break-in found eight pounds of pot, a “sizable” amount of cash and packaging materials, leading to charges against both the alleged burglars and the tenant — who was being held on $300,000 bail. Darren Richardson, 31, who lives in the Jerome Avenue home, fled the state before charges were filed last month but turned himself in this week, Lt. Christian Eldridge told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Responding to a burglary-in-progress the afternoon of Jan. 16, Officer Ryan O’Keefe caught 19-year-old Shaina Harris climbing through a baseme…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Homeless man, 18, charged in 10 Englewood burglaries, eyed in Bergenfield, Teaneck break-ins Homeless man, 18, charged in 10 Englewood burglaries, eyed in Bergenfield, Teaneck break-ins Homeless man, 18, charged in 10 Englewood burglaries, eyed in Bergenfield, Teaneck break-ins
Homeless man, 18, charged in 10 Englewood burglaries, eyed in Bergenfield, Teaneck break-ins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood detectives arrested an 18-year-old homeless man at the local library yesterday in connection with 10 commercial burglaries in the city and four others in Bergenfield and Teaneck the past two months. Tyron Jamil Thompson also was charged with conspiring to burglarize a West Palisade Avenue wireless store in Englewood. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Despite a report on another media site, Thompson as of 8:30 p.m. was officially charged only with the Englewood incidents and was being investigated by detectives from the other town towns — both of whom said they expected to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paralyzed Fort Lee driver in fatal Ridgefield DWI crash released without bail Paralyzed Fort Lee driver in fatal Ridgefield DWI crash released without bail Paralyzed Fort Lee driver in fatal Ridgefield DWI crash released without bail
Paralyzed Fort Lee driver in fatal Ridgefield DWI crash released without bail YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paralyzed over half of his body and confined to a wheelchair for life, a 20-year-old Fort Lee man who authorities said was drunk last summer when his speeding Honda Civic slammed into a Ridgefield building, killing one of his passengers, was released without bail after being discharged from a rehabilitation facility, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Tamer M. Ammar isn’t considered a flight risk from charges of vehicular homicide while DWI and reckless endangerment, a judge ruled on Tuesday. He also agreed that the cost of incarcerating Ammar until a trial or plea would…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Elmwood Park police arrest three, seize 70 bags of heroin in separate stops Elmwood Park police arrest three, seize 70 bags of heroin in separate stops Elmwood Park police arrest three, seize 70 bags of heroin in separate stops
Elmwood Park police arrest three, seize 70 bags of heroin in separate stops YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police last night arrested a trio of out-of-towners in separate traffic stops after finding them carrying heroin. Nicholas Austeri, 28, of Lodi, and Sarah Link, 27, of Hawthorne, had 60 bags when they were approached in the KMart parking lot on Broadway at 10:20 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. Both were charged with possession of the drug and of drug paraphernalia. Two hours earlier, officers arrested 50-year-old John Drozdik of Saddle Brook after stopping him on eastbound Route 46 and finding 10 bags of heroin, the chief said. …

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