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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Overnight fire damages Palisades Park building across from site of prior blaze Overnight fire damages Palisades Park building across from site of prior blaze Overnight fire damages Palisades Park building across from site of prior blaze
Overnight fire damages Palisades Park building across from site of prior blaze UPDATE: An overnight fire damaged a Palisades Park building that once housed various restaurants — directly aross the street from a commercial building destroyed by fire a little over six months ago. The Bergen Boulevard blaze broke out around 2 a.m. and brought firefighters from Ridgefield and Leonia to assist their Palisades Park colleagues. Scene of fire last July (CLIFFVIEW PILOT photo) No immediate injuries were reported. Directly across Bergen Boulevard, an electrical fire destroyed a commercial building last July 23. PHOTOS: Maria De Los Angeles

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
You want selective enforcement when it comes to kids drinking, smoking? You want selective enforcement when it comes to kids drinking, smoking? You want selective enforcement when it comes to kids drinking, smoking?
You want selective enforcement when it comes to kids drinking, smoking? A PUBLISHER WRITES: Some have said that police shouldn’t have arrested a Glen Rock woman accused of allowing minors to party in her house, that they should have cut her some slack and go hard after heroin instead — as if it’s a choice between one or the other, or that authorities around here aren’t already aggressively fighting smack, which they most certainly are. Under that way of thinking, should we extend the amnesty to people who run red lights on empty roads? Those who steal only a small amount of money? In this case, police said they received numerous noise and nuisance complaints …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police continue heroin arrests Elmwood Park police continue heroin arrests Elmwood Park police continue heroin arrests
Elmwood Park police continue heroin arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police yesterday continued to pluck off heroin buyers on their way through town from Paterson. A traffic stop on Locust Street around 1:40 p.m. led to the arrest of 22-year-old Christopher Hauser of Nyack, who Police Chief Michael Foligno said was charged with carrying 10 bags of heroin, packaging materials and several hypodermic syringes. He was released on a Municipal Court summons.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fires knocked in Fair Lawn, Montvale, PalPark Fires knocked in Fair Lawn, Montvale, PalPark Fires knocked in Fair Lawn, Montvale, PalPark
Fires knocked in Fair Lawn, Montvale, PalPark ONLY ON CVP: Firefighters battled a trio of structure fires in Bergen County last night, overnight and into the morning. No injuries were reported in a pre-dawn fire this morning that destroyed the rear porch and damaged the back of a house on Heights Avenue in Fair Lawn (photo above). In Montvale, a single-family rental house on North Kinderkamack Road sustained substantial damage in a second-floor fire late last night, Police Chief Jeremy Abrams said. Scene of Montvale fire (CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO: Rich Kuiters) “The origin of the fire is still under investigation, but it does not ap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Suspicious package at GWB bus station had 1,000 condoms, Port Authority police say Suspicious package at GWB bus station had 1,000 condoms, Port Authority police say Suspicious package at GWB bus station had 1,000 condoms, Port Authority police say
Suspicious package at GWB bus station had 1,000 condoms, Port Authority police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unattended package found at the George Washington Bridge bus station in Washington Heights last night contained 1,000 or so various brands of condoms, Port Authority police said. Someone left the silver satchel behind a concrete “jersey barrier” next to the waiting room doors of the bus station, which is undergoing a major renovation, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. PHOTOS: Courtesy PAPD A Port Authority canine unit was summoned and indicated no explosives were in it, he said. Officers then opened the package and found the condoms, which were voucher…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Illegal Mexican immigrant sentenced to 34 years in brutal Edgewater rape, beating Illegal Mexican immigrant sentenced to 34 years in brutal Edgewater rape, beating Illegal Mexican immigrant sentenced to 34 years in brutal Edgewater rape, beating
Illegal Mexican immigrant sentenced to 34 years in brutal Edgewater rape, beating YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An illegal Mexican immigrant convicted in the brutal rape of his former girlfriend at an Edgewater construction site in July 2013 was sentenced to 34 years in prison this afternoon — 28 years and nine months of which he must serve before he can be eligible for parole. Arsenio Amelco (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) “I hope the sentence I have imposed will prevent you from ever committing a crime against anyone in this country again,” Superior Court Judge James J. Guida told Arsenio Amelco, 24, of West New York. Amelco terr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack mechanic charged with hitting boy, 6 Hackensack mechanic charged with hitting boy, 6 Hackensack mechanic charged with hitting boy, 6
Hackensack mechanic charged with hitting boy, 6 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack mechanic was charged with hitting a 6-year-old boy, leaving him with back and forehead bruises, authorities said this afternoon. Jose Camacho, 40, was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Molinelli said. “The Hackensack Police Department learned of the incident and notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit,” Molinelli said. “Arrangements were then made for the victim to be interviewed.” During the interview at Molinelli’s Paramus office, “the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park police nab Secaucus woman, 22, in theft of pickup truck Elmwood Park police nab Secaucus woman, 22, in theft of pickup truck Elmwood Park police nab Secaucus woman, 22, in theft of pickup truck
Elmwood Park police nab Secaucus woman, 22, in theft of pickup truck YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 22-year-old Secaucus woman stole a pickup truck that Elmwood Park police recovered in a Bloomfield parking lot, authorities said. Pooja Kumra was arrested on burglary and theft charges last night, a day after the owner reported the 2012 GMC Sienna pickup stolen from in front of a Martha Avenue home, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Officer Randy Gawrylo contacted Onstar, which pinpointed the car’s location, then called Bloomfield police, who found the vehicle and arrested Kumra,the chief said. She was being held on $15,000 in the Bergen County Jail. Bloomfi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Lawyer accused of threatening two judges ordered held on $3 million bail in Bergen County Jail Lawyer accused of threatening two judges ordered held on $3 million bail in Bergen County Jail Lawyer accused of threatening two judges ordered held on $3 million bail in Bergen County Jail
Lawyer accused of threatening two judges ordered held on $3 million bail in Bergen County Jail EXCLUSIVE REPORT: An Essex County lawyer who authorities said made threats against two New Jersey judges was ordered held on $3 million bail during a court hearing today in Hackensack. “That is not acceptable to me, your honor,” 66-year-old Michael L. Brendzel of Millburn told Presiding Superior Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi, insisting that an arrest warrant obtained by the state Attorney General “has many fallacious statements.” “The bail amount should be based on many, many circumstances,” he said. Brendzel also insisted on representing himself. The judge temporarily rejected the reque…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Newark Airport worker hit by Air Train Newark Airport worker hit by Air Train Newark Airport worker hit by Air Train
Newark Airport worker hit by Air Train BEYOND BERGEN: A mechanical worker at Newark Airport was hospitalized with a left leg injury after being struck by an Air Train this morning, authorities said. The 51-year-old worker from North Brunswick was working on a track near the P1 station when he was struck around 11:10 a.m., the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The impact knocked him to the lower catwalk and forced a power shutdown so he could be placed on a stretcher, lowered to the ground and transported to University Medical Center after being treated at the scene, Pentangelo said. “The injury is non-life threatening…

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