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
Jaguar driver flees after side-swiping Palisades Parkway police car Jaguar driver flees after side-swiping Palisades Parkway police car Jaguar driver flees after side-swiping Palisades Parkway police car
Jaguar driver flees after side-swiping Palisades Parkway police car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver sideswiped a Palisades Interstate Parkway Police cruiser with his late 90s-model Jaguar XJ overnight and kept going, authorities said this morning. The green vehicle, with New Yor license plates, was headed north when it hit the unoccupied police car on the shoulder of the Palisades Interstate Parkway just north of the Englewood Cliffs Sunoco station at 1:45 a.m., PIP Police Chief Michael Coppola said. Officer Jody Becker was investigating a 2 car, no-injury crash at the time, he said. The Jaguar will show passenger-side damage and white-paint markings, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Two Elmwood Park stops lead to 30 bags of heroin, crack, four arrests Two Elmwood Park stops lead to 30 bags of heroin, crack, four arrests Two Elmwood Park stops lead to 30 bags of heroin, crack, four arrests
Two Elmwood Park stops lead to 30 bags of heroin, crack, four arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two separate traffic stops produced 30 bags of heroin, a couple of bags of crack and four arrests, Elmwood Park police said this morning. The first was around 2 p.m. yesterday on Route 4 near East 54th Street and led to the seizure of 10 bags of heroin, a small amount of crack, several hypodermic syringes, and other drug paraphernalia, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Arrested and released with summonses to appear in Municipal Court to answer drug charges were three Rockland residents: Christian Mackinnon, 23, of Piermont; Joseph Castleton, 22, of Orangeburg; C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah garage fire quickly doused Mahwah garage fire quickly doused Mahwah garage fire quickly doused
Mahwah garage fire quickly doused UPDATE: Mahwah firefighters quickly put down a garage blaze last night. The fire at 43 Karen Drive broke out just after 9 p.m. It was under control in less than an hour. Suffern sent a FAST unit. PHOTO: Tommy Murphy

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SaferRide app can get you home intact tonight SaferRide app can get you home intact tonight SaferRide app can get you home intact tonight
SaferRide app can get you home intact tonight PUBLIC SAFETY: Instead of the usual tips for safe New Year’s Eve drinking and driving, we suggest you consider SaferRide, a U.S. Department of Transporation app that can get you an instant ride home from wherever you are. SaferRide is available for free through iTunes or Google Play and is quick and easy to set up. “In the absence of a prior plan, having an app like this can help make a potential life-saving difference at decision time when the party is winding down,” Division of Highway Traffic Safety Acting Director Gary Poedubicky said. “Any option that gives an alcohol-impaired person…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Funeral Saturday, wake Friday for Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello Funeral Saturday, wake Friday for Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello Funeral Saturday, wake Friday for Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello
Funeral Saturday, wake Friday for Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello TRIBUTE: The funeral for Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Epiphany Church on Knox Avenue. Visiting is set for 1 to 9 p.m. Friday at the AK Macagna Funeral Home, 495 Anderson Avenue. Body arrives at Macagna’s last night (PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Richard Criscione) Last night, a motorcade of more than two dozen vehicles, including motorcycle units, escorted Petruzzello’s body to Macagna’s, a little over 12 hours after he died of injuries sustained when he and fellow rookie officer Thaier (Theo) Abdallah were hit by an SUV Saturday n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police seek fugitive in Wounded Warrior scam Englewood police seek fugitive in Wounded Warrior scam Englewood police seek fugitive in Wounded Warrior scam
Englewood police seek fugitive in Wounded Warrior scam HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Four months after charging him and another man with scamming well-meaning citizens by pretending to solicit funds for the Wounded Warrior Project outside an Englewood supermarket, authorities continued to search for a Paterson man. A grand jury in Hackensack earlier this month returned indictments against fugitive Paul Doyle (above) and Butler resident John Szkapiak, who Englewood police said had two buckets filled with $500 in cash outside the ShopRite in the downtown Palisade Court shopping center on Aug. 3. Both were wearing camouflage pants at a table they’d set up,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Police retraining? Obama, Holder, deBlasio, Sharpton need to think again Police retraining? Obama, Holder, deBlasio, Sharpton need to think again Police retraining? Obama, Holder, deBlasio, Sharpton need to think again
Police retraining? Obama, Holder, deBlasio, Sharpton need to think again A RETIRED STATE POLICE SGT WRITES: An open letter to President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Mayor Bill deBlasio and Rev. Al Sharpton in regards to “Retraining Law Officers”: Dear Sirs, Contrary to what you gentlemen might believe, my “training” to become a Law Enforcement Officer started long before the police academy. It started long before I even thought of becoming a police officer. You see, gentlemen, my “training” started shortly after I was born and it started right in my own home. My parents, my family, my relatives, my siblings, my friends’ parents, my neighbors, my ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
PA woman leads Port Authority police on chase with dragging bumper PA woman leads Port Authority police on chase with dragging bumper PA woman leads Port Authority police on chase with dragging bumper
PA woman leads Port Authority police on chase with dragging bumper BEYOND BERGEN: A Pennsylvania woman tried to elude Port Authority police with her car’s bumper dragging on the ground before she got stuck behind a line of tractor-trailers and other trucks in a shipping terminal in Elizabeth, authorities said. Officers found a large hunting knife in the driver’s door pocket of her 2014 Lexus and a small amount of marijuana in the pocketbook of 49-year-old Deborah E. Rochelle of New Hope, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. They began chasing Rochelle after she blew a red light on Corbin Street at Lyle King Boulevard, then continued following her into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police arrest Rockland man on heroin charges after Route 4 stop Elmwood Park police arrest Rockland man on heroin charges after Route 4 stop Elmwood Park police arrest Rockland man on heroin charges after Route 4 stop
Elmwood Park police arrest Rockland man on heroin charges after Route 4 stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A routine traffic stop on Route 4 last night turned up 20 bags of heroin in the car of a Rockland County man, Elmwood Park police said this morning. Nicola Marinkovic, 24, of Valley Cottage was released on a summons charging him with heroin and paraphernalia possession and with being under the influence of drugs following the 7:30 p.m. stop at East 55th St., Police Chief Michael Foligno said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police make arrests for child, elder abuse Englewood police make arrests for child, elder abuse Englewood police make arrests for child, elder abuse
Englewood police make arrests for child, elder abuse A woman accused of hurting her grandchild during an argument and a man charged with knocking down his mother were arrested by Englewood police at opposite ends of Christmas last week. Officers responding to a 1st Ward apartment in the early-morning hours of Christmas Eve said they heard yelling from an apartment — and then silence when they knocked. They continued knocking and were about to force their way in when Santana DeJesus Jr. opened the door, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. His mother was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, while DeJesus J…

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