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
Breaking News
Assault rifle among stolen weapons charged to Ridgefield Park man Assault rifle among stolen weapons charged to Ridgefield Park man Assault rifle among stolen weapons charged to Ridgefield Park man
Assault rifle among stolen weapons charged to Ridgefield Park man EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A Ridgefield Park man faces a host of illegal weapons and thefts charges in connection with several stolen guns, one of them an assault rifle, that police said they found at his home. An indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack against 25-year-old Andrew Yoon last week identified five of the recovered firearms: • .38-caliber Charter Arms revolver; • .40-caliber Smith & Wesson Beretta semi-automatic pistol; • .9mm Sig Sauer semi-automatic pistol; • .22-caliber Sturm, Ruger & Co. long rifle; • .223-caliber Remington semi-automatic assault rifle Ridgefiel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cresskill woman, 69, OK after Mercedes rams utility pole Cresskill woman, 69, OK after Mercedes rams utility pole Cresskill woman, 69, OK after Mercedes rams utility pole
Cresskill woman, 69, OK after Mercedes rams utility pole YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 69-year-old Cresskill woman was OK after her Mercedes veered off the road and struck a utility pole in town this morning, police said. “There was minor damage to the pole,” Detective Jason Lanzilotti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “She was evaluated by EMS on scene and released.” The woman apparently was trying to make a left onto Hillside Avenue when the crash occurred, Lanzilotti said. The silver, four-door sedan was towed on a flatbed. No summonses were issued.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
U.S. Marine charged in Ridgewood church shooting brought to Bergen U.S. Marine charged in Ridgewood church shooting brought to Bergen U.S. Marine charged in Ridgewood church shooting brought to Bergen
U.S. Marine charged in Ridgewood church shooting brought to Bergen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A U.S. Marine corporal charged with shooting up a Ridgewood church was brought today to the Bergen County Jail to face weapons and criminal mischief charges. UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack ordered a U.S. Marine corporal charged with shooting up a Ridgewood church held on $100,000 bail on weapons and criminal mischief charges. Joseph M. Galli, 21, was transferred from the Onslow County Jail in North Carolina, where he’d been held after military police at Camp LeJune took him into custody earlier this month. “New Jersey drive,” Galli (right, with Norrell, left) post…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police seek help finding missing man, 21 Hackensack police seek help finding missing man, 21 Hackensack police seek help finding missing man, 21
Hackensack police seek help finding missing man, 21 HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Hackensack police are seeking the public’s help finding a 21-year-old city man who could be in Harlem. Jaleel Wright, who suffers from schizophrenia and may be depressed, went missing before and was found in Nyack, police said. His family said they last saw Wright last Friday in Hackensack. He was wearing a hoodie, wool jacket and baseball cap, all black, along with blue jeans and brown boots. Authorities pinged his cellphone on Sunday to St. Nicholas Park off 135th Street. Wright is 5-foot-9 and 130 pounds, with brown eyes. He has a tattoo of a dog on his right…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police officer shoved, two men arrested in Hasbrouck Heights bar brawl Police officer shoved, two men arrested in Hasbrouck Heights bar brawl Police officer shoved, two men arrested in Hasbrouck Heights bar brawl
Police officer shoved, two men arrested in Hasbrouck Heights bar brawl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men who got into a drunken brawl over who was driving home both got arrested outside a Hasbrouck Heights bar last night after one pushed a police officer and the other refused to stop screaming profanities, authorities said. Michael Debruyn, 49, of Hasbrouck Heights began walking away as officers responded to the fight outside the Heights Bar and Grill, at the corner of Boulevard and Division Avenue, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. John Bialek, also 49, of Wallington then stepped in front of the officers and pushed one of them in the chest,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment charges Kearny man with breaking into Lyndhurst home, attacking elderly couple, daughter Indictment charges Kearny man with breaking into Lyndhurst home, attacking elderly couple, daughter Indictment charges Kearny man with breaking into Lyndhurst home, attacking elderly couple, daughter
Indictment charges Kearny man with breaking into Lyndhurst home, attacking elderly couple, daughter YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A heroin user from Kearny tossed off a shirt and bandana in a failed attempt to fool police after be broke into a Lyndhurst home and attacked an elderly couple and their daughter, an indictment returned in Hackensack says. Evanalain B. Sieberkrop-Hershman, 25, slipped into the Bogle Drive home through an unlocked door, grabbed a 74-year-old resident and demanded money, Police Capt. John Valente told CLIFFVIEW PILOT the night of the Aug. 29 incident. The woman’s husband, also 74, tried to intervene but was struck in the head, Valente said. Their 50-year-old upstairs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Quartet accused of trying to intimidate teen against testifying in Lodi park robbery Quartet accused of trying to intimidate teen against testifying in Lodi park robbery Quartet accused of trying to intimidate teen against testifying in Lodi park robbery
Quartet accused of trying to intimidate teen against testifying in Lodi park robbery EXCLUSIVE: Four men tried intimidating a teenager into not testifying after two of them robbed him in a Lodi park last summer, authorities have charged. Lodi police with help from their Hackensack colleagues arrested Tyron Frost and Brian Rochester a little over two weeks after the Aug. 18 holdup in Memorial Park. The pair had a gun when they approached the teen and took his cellphone, a $150 watch and $10 in cash, police alleged at the time. A month later, Frost and Rochester enlisted two other men — identified as Samuel Vazquez and Sean Johnson — to “commit witness tampering by using fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry police add charges against heroin-addicted trio in smash-and-grab burglary spree Little Ferry police add charges against heroin-addicted trio in smash-and-grab burglary spree Little Ferry police add charges against heroin-addicted trio in smash-and-grab burglary spree
Little Ferry police add charges against heroin-addicted trio in smash-and-grab burglary spree WHAT NOW: Little Ferry police have added charges against two heroin addicts charged in a series of smash-and-grab burglaries in five towns, boosting their bails. Robert Bodurka of Maywood, 47 (above, left) was charged with additional two counts of burglary, conspiracy and criminal mischief, increasing his bail at the Bergen County Jail to $201,200 from what had been $125,000. Thomas Sussina, 21, of Sussex was also charged with two more counts of burglary and one of conspiracy out of Little Ferry. His bail was $72,500. South Hackensack detectives arrested both men and a woman last week a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack ex-con brought to court in hammer attack on girlfriend, police chase Hackensack ex-con brought to court in hammer attack on girlfriend, police chase Hackensack ex-con brought to court in hammer attack on girlfriend, police chase
Hackensack ex-con brought to court in hammer attack on girlfriend, police chase ONLY ON CVP: A Hackensack ex-con who authorities said hit his girlfriend in the head with a ball-peen hammer before stealing her car and leading police on a chase was brought to court yesterday for arraignment on attempted murder and other charges. Mark Hunt, 52, attacked the 53-year old woman at her home in Teaneck last Feb. 22, leaving her with several skull fractures and a significant loss of blood, authorities said at the time. He then stole her 2006 Honda Pilot and $1,100 in cash and fled, hiding out in Maywood, they said. Four days later, a Maywood police officer spotted the vehic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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NJ, NY travel bans rescinded, NJ Transit, PATH trains start to roll NJ, NY travel bans rescinded, NJ Transit, PATH trains start to roll NJ, NY travel bans rescinded, NJ Transit, PATH trains start to roll
NJ, NY travel bans rescinded, NJ Transit, PATH trains start to roll WHAT NOW: Upset that you braced for a roundhouse that never came? Be grateful we’re not parts of Long Island or New England. They got hammered. In this part of the world, travel bans were rescinded on both sides of the Hudson, the bridges and tunnels were reopened and both NJ Transit and PATH trains were beginning to roll on a limited schedule after the threatened gangster storm never showed here. Meanwhile, Paramus Park Mall, the Bergen Town Center (Bergen Mall) and The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack were reopening by noon. “We did what we thought was best based on the predictions w…

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