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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
New Lodi police officers boost department diversity New Lodi police officers boost department diversity New Lodi police officers boost department diversity
New Lodi police officers boost department diversity SHOUT OUTS: A quartet of transfers from other agencies who were sworn in on Friday have made the Lodi Police Department more diverse than ever. They are: Police Officer Danyelle Blocker, the department’s first female African-American officer (photo above, second from left); Police Officer Nora Berrio, its seventh Hispanic officer (center); Police Officer Ahmet Kulaksiz, who speaks Turkish and Russian (third from left); Police Officer Andrew Mikahil, the department’s first Arabic-speaking officer (third from right). Outgoing Mayor Marc Schrieks swore in the group in his last offici…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Appeals court refuses to lift restraining order against Bergen firefighter whose ex began dating his boss Appeals court refuses to lift restraining order against Bergen firefighter whose ex began dating his boss Appeals court refuses to lift restraining order against Bergen firefighter whose ex began dating his boss
Appeals court refuses to lift restraining order against Bergen firefighter whose ex began dating his boss EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A state appeals court refused to suspend a restraining order against a Bergen County firefighter and military reservist who sent a “barrage” of harassing texts and emails to his ex-girlfriend after she began dating his boss. The woman testified that she and her former boyfriend had an “on again, off again” relationship for three years while he was married to someone else. She ended things in August 2012, she said, telling him she “was not willing to wait any longer.” The woman also described him as on a “downward spiral” while being treated for post-traumatic stress di…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Sleeping man at Newark Airport beaten, knocked unconscious with chair Sleeping man at Newark Airport beaten, knocked unconscious with chair Sleeping man at Newark Airport beaten, knocked unconscious with chair
Sleeping man at Newark Airport beaten, knocked unconscious with chair BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police at Newark Airport rescued a 62-year-old man attacked by an emotionally disturbed traveler who hit him several times in the head with a chair, knocking him unconscious. The victim had been sleeping when he was attacked for no apparent reason around 4:30 a.m. yesterday on the mezzanine level of Terminal B, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The 28-year-old assailant was still beating the man when officers arrived and grabbed him, he said. The ticketed passenger, wearing what appeared to be a hospital bracelet, was taken into custody, Pentangelo sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Demarest man plunges to death from State Line Lookout in Alpine Demarest man plunges to death from State Line Lookout in Alpine Demarest man plunges to death from State Line Lookout in Alpine
Demarest man plunges to death from State Line Lookout in Alpine UPDATE: What authorities at first hoped could be a rescue mission turned to a recovery after a 57-year-old suicidal Demarest man plunged to his death from the Palisades in Alpine earlier today. Palisades Interstate Parkway Officers Joseph Villone and Michael Griffin discovered the man’s white Lexus, which he’d left running, on an access road to the State Line Lookout after they were alerted by their Demarest colleagues around 11 a.m., PIP Police Chief Michael Coppola said. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO: Rafael Lozano Footprints led directly to the edge of a cliff, he said. After several hours…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Here’s the local police Super Bowl drinking/driving game plan Here’s the local police Super Bowl drinking/driving game plan Here’s the local police Super Bowl drinking/driving game plan
Here’s the local police Super Bowl drinking/driving game plan PUBLIC SAFETY: NFL teams and fans aren’t the only ones stoked for Super Bowl XLIX: Police have tapped their rosters to have more officers on the road looking for drunk drivers. “Drunk driving is completely preventable,” Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. “All it takes is a little planning.” Have a designated driver take you home, take a taxi or public transportation or stay at whatever Super Bowl party you’re attending. It’s that simple, Gurney said. To ensure that you don’t make a bad decision, leave your keys home, he added. If you must drive, don’t drink — period. Even small am…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee man bound for DR arrested at JFK with kilo of cocaine in speaker Fort Lee man bound for DR arrested at JFK with kilo of cocaine in speaker Fort Lee man bound for DR arrested at JFK with kilo of cocaine in speaker
Fort Lee man bound for DR arrested at JFK with kilo of cocaine in speaker YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 58-year-old Fort Lee man was carrying a kilo of cocaine in a stereo speaker that had been gutted and lined with lead foil when Port Authority police officers arrested him as he tried to board a flight at JFK Airport to the Dominican Republic, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Transportation Security Administration workers at Terminal 4 stopped Jose Rodriguez of John Street after scanning his carry-on bag. They summoned PAPD officers who discovered the more than two pounds of cocaine, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park duplex fire draws several companies Elmwood Park duplex fire draws several companies Elmwood Park duplex fire draws several companies
Elmwood Park duplex fire draws several companies PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Damien Danis YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park firefighters got help from their colleagues from Fair Lawn, Garfield, Rochelle Park and Saddle Brook in battling a blaze at the end of a dead end street this afternoon. The two-alarm fire in the two-story Henry Street apartment building broke out around 1:40 p.m. No immediate injuries were reported. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Damien Danis

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Fire extinguished in Bergenfield rectory Fire extinguished in Bergenfield rectory Fire extinguished in Bergenfield rectory
Fire extinguished in Bergenfield rectory CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS: Chris “Doc” Denton YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Firefighters this afternoon put down a rectory fire at a Bergenfield church. The fire in the rectory adjacent to St. John’s RC Church was contained to a single second-floor room. The cause was under investigation, Police Chief Michael Carr said. Assisting Bergenfield firefighters were their colleagues from Dumont, Englewood, New Milford and Teaneck, as well as Tenafly FAST and Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps. North Washington Avenue was immediately closed between Church and Main streets.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Protecting your pet from freezing temps is the law Protecting your pet from freezing temps is the law Protecting your pet from freezing temps is the law
Protecting your pet from freezing temps is the law PUBLIC SAFETY: The phrase “not fit for man nor beast” isn’t a cliche when the temperature dip into the single digits, say animal safety officers, urging citizens to do the right thing — and, at the same time, avoid being prosecuted for animal cruelty. PHOTOS: Courtesy BERGEN SPCA Investigators from the Bergen County SPCA have continued to rescue dogs left in the cold while pursuing complaints against their owners this winter. They provided the photos accompanying this article to illustrate. With freezing temperatures expected to continue, they’re unfortunately expecting more cases. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police grab four, seize 13 pounds of pot, $22,000 cash Mahwah police grab four, seize 13 pounds of pot, $22,000 cash Mahwah police grab four, seize 13 pounds of pot, $22,000 cash
Mahwah police grab four, seize 13 pounds of pot, $22,000 cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police seized 13 pounds of marijuana and $22,000 in cash while arresting four men — two of them from Nyack — on drug distribution charges after stopping one of them for veering into oncoming traffic yesterday. Detectives Michael Grassi and Eric Larsen were on a special detail when they saw the black Chevy Tahoe with New York license plates swerve into westbound traffic on eastbound Lydia Lane, “nearly causing a collision with another vehicle,” Police Chief James N. Batelli said this morning. After stopping him, the detectives said the driver — identified as …

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