Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle delayed yet again Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle delayed yet again Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle delayed yet again
Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle delayed yet again ONLY ON CVP: The trial of a Manhattan husband accused of murdering popular Verizon software engineer Robert Cantor of Teaneck nearly four years ago is derailed once again. With Bergen County’s courts struggling with half the normal complement of judges and the weight of a murder trial now in its fourth month, the prosecution of Sui Kam “Tony” Tung has to wait. Robert Cantor Defense attorney Robert N. Kalisch told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi that neither he nor Assistant Prosecutor Wayne Mello has time for a major trial. Kalisch is representing a defendant in …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Thugs beat Englewood gas station attendant Thugs beat Englewood gas station attendant Thugs beat Englewood gas station attendant
Thugs beat Englewood gas station attendant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A group of thugs set upon a Route 4 gas station attendant, beating him after he tried to stop them from stealing candy, cigarettes and lighters, Englewood police said. “Two carloads of individuals, mostly from the Bronx and coming from a late-night Englewood party, entered the station’s store area in the early morning hours [yesterday],” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. When the employee tried stopping them from shoplifting, he was “set upon by the group and hit with objects that were for sale in the store,” Torell said. “He suffered numerous cu…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority commercial inspection unit charges 2 with pot possession near Lincoln Tunnel Port Authority commercial inspection unit charges 2 with pot possession near Lincoln Tunnel Port Authority commercial inspection unit charges 2 with pot possession near Lincoln Tunnel
Port Authority commercial inspection unit charges 2 with pot possession near Lincoln Tunnel BEYOND BERGEN: Two Queens men headed into the Lincoln Tunnel toward Manhattan were instead arrested on pot charges after a member of the Port Authority Police Commercial Vehicle Inspection Unit literally smelled something funny. The driver, whose eyes were bloodshot and watery, “indicated that he had recently smoked marijuana” after officers approached the 2014 Ford Econoline van around 4 p.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this afternoon. “A plastic bag containing less than 50 grams of marijuana was recovered in a center console under a potato chip bag,” he said. Off…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn man, 22, charged in spring 2014 burglary Fair Lawn man, 22, charged in spring 2014 burglary Fair Lawn man, 22, charged in spring 2014 burglary
Fair Lawn man, 22, charged in spring 2014 burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Evidence that included a blood sample lifted from a window by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification led to the arrest today of a 22-year-old Fair Lawn man for a local burglary last spring. Jae Choi, who turns 23 in two weeks, was the man a resident on Plymouth Drive saw running from an April 28 break-in in which a $500 necklace was stolen, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said, less than two hours after Choi was taken into custody. “Choi, who confessed to the crime, was released after being charged with burglary and theft,” Metzler said. …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township teen charged with sister’s murder told police he planned stabbing her, sources say Washington Township teen charged with sister’s murder told police he planned stabbing her, sources say Washington Township teen charged with sister’s murder told police he planned stabbing her, sources say
Washington Township teen charged with sister’s murder told police he planned stabbing her, sources say EXCLUSIVE: An 18-year-old Washington Township man charged with killing his 20-year-old sister in their home in late 2013 told police he deliberately waited until they were alone, with only their youngest brother in the house, before stabbing her, sources with direct knowledge of the case told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Travis Gallo, who was arraigned in a Hackensack courtroom this morning, had been at odds and bickering constantly with his sister, Teia, they said. Defense attorney Kevin G. Roe entered a not-guilty plea this morning on behalf of Travis, who turns 19 on Feb. 11. Gallo was then retu…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Driver extricated after crash on Paramus/Washington Township border Driver extricated after crash on Paramus/Washington Township border Driver extricated after crash on Paramus/Washington Township border
Driver extricated after crash on Paramus/Washington Township border PHOTOS TOP/BELOW: Boyd A. LovingPHOTOS ABOVE: Irvin Serrano YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Paramus Rescue Squad members freed a 23-year-old driver trapped in his Honda after a three-car crash in Paramus near the Charlie Brown’s restaurant in Washington Township. Westwood Ambulance took Timothy Ramos of Belleville to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with a minor head injury, Parmus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. No other injuries were reported in the 9:15 a.m. crash at the intersection of Highland and Linwood avenues, the chief said. Witnesses said Ramos was headed east …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River police find boy, 3, crying in back seat, heroin-addicted mother passed out, engine running Upper Saddle River police find boy, 3, crying in back seat, heroin-addicted mother passed out, engine running Upper Saddle River police find boy, 3, crying in back seat, heroin-addicted mother passed out, engine running
Upper Saddle River police find boy, 3, crying in back seat, heroin-addicted mother passed out, engine running YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Her 3-year-old son was crying in the back seat when Upper Saddle River police said they found a former River Edge woman passed out on the center console of her car, its engine running, on the shoulder of Route 17 last night. Responding to a 911 call from a local business owner, offices arrested 36-year-old Jennifer Feola on a host of offenses, including child endangerment, heroin possession and DWI, after finding her unconscious and the blond-headed youngster in back, Detective Lt. Edward Kane told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. They seized 32 bags of heroin, a hypo…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pair stopped for not wearing seat belts had pound of synthetic pot, South Hackensack police say Pair stopped for not wearing seat belts had pound of synthetic pot, South Hackensack police say Pair stopped for not wearing seat belts had pound of synthetic pot, South Hackensack police say
Pair stopped for not wearing seat belts had pound of synthetic pot, South Hackensack police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Pennsylvania men stopped for not wearing their seat belts were carrying a pound of synthetic marijuana at the time, South Hackensack police said. Officers Brian Kropp and Stephen Knatz discovered the drug after stopping Thomas Space, 24, of Plymouth, and 30-year-old Joseph Scibek of Luzerne on westbound Route 80 Saturday night as the pair headed back to Pennsylvania, Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. After buying it for a dollar a gram — a little over $450 — the duo apparently intended on selling it back home for six times that much — rough…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Sentencings end 43-kilo cocaine deal case, one of Bergen’s largest Sentencings end 43-kilo cocaine deal case, one of Bergen’s largest Sentencings end 43-kilo cocaine deal case, one of Bergen’s largest
Sentencings end 43-kilo cocaine deal case, one of Bergen’s largest EXCLUSIVE REPORT: One of the largest drug-trafficking prosecutions in Bergen County history was put to rest late last week with the sentencings of three men who all took plea deals and testified against an associate who was sent to prison for at least 16 years. In approving the considerably shorter negotiated sentences for the trio, Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian called the case “the epitome of narcotics distribution” and “one of the biggest quantities I can remember.” Carlos Marroquin (STORY / FILE PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) For their East C…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield student, 20, shot in legs at college OK Bergenfield student, 20, shot in legs at college OK Bergenfield student, 20, shot in legs at college OK
Bergenfield student, 20, shot in legs at college OK UPDATE: A 20-year-old Rowan University student from Bergenfield was reported in good condition after being shot in both legs in a drive-by while attending an overnight party near the campus, school officials said. Two suspects, both 23, were stopped and taken into custody shortly after freshman Anayo Iloabanafor was hospitalized with gunshot wounds around 1 a.m., local police said. He was later released, they said. Iloabanafor, a former track athlete at Bergen Catholic, was attending a party at the Campus Crossings apartment complex, just off Route 322 in Gloucester Township, where author…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 2045 of 2958 2,043 2,044 2,045 2,046 2,047 Next
20,441 - 20,450 of 29,573 articles