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
Paramus police seek public’s help finding driver who hit pedestrian outside BCC Paramus police seek public’s help finding driver who hit pedestrian outside BCC Paramus police seek public’s help finding driver who hit pedestrian outside BCC
Paramus police seek public’s help finding driver who hit pedestrian outside BCC YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities were hoping a student or other passerby helps them track down a hit-and-run driver who struck and critically injured a 37-year-old woman outside Bergen Community College tonight. The woman was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition, after a northbound vehicle hit her as she crossed Paramus Road  toward the college around 6 p.m. Anyone with information that could help the investigation is urged to call Paramus police: (201) 262-3400 All calls will be kept confidential. “Someone saw…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook mayor battling police chief to bitter end Saddle Brook mayor battling police chief to bitter end Saddle Brook mayor battling police chief to bitter end
Saddle Brook mayor battling police chief to bitter end A PUBLISHER WRITES: Although many hoped the final weeks of Saddle Brook Mayor Karen Chamberlain’s term would be without the contentiousness that came before, a new tempest has been stirred with her sudden appointment of a police dispatcher — rankling her longtime adversary, Police Chief Robert Kugler. Kugler submitted recommendations two months ago to hire a pair of applicants who were backgrounded and found eligible for the job. One was hired, while the other declined the borough’s offer. Kugler said he began backgrounding another applicant, as he was advised to do. Jerry DeMarcoCLIF…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fumes in Moonachie printing plant send 10 to hospital Fumes in Moonachie printing plant send 10 to hospital Fumes in Moonachie printing plant send 10 to hospital
Fumes in Moonachie printing plant send 10 to hospital YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fumes at a Moonachie printing company sent 10 people to the hospital and sickened dozens of others this afternoon. Moonachie police, firefighters and the First Aid & Rescue Squad responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit, to 4 Over Inc at 4 Empire Boulevard just before 2 p.m., Police Sgt. Jeff Napolitano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A burning machine motor apparently sent up the irritating odor, emergency responders at the scene said. Thirty-nine people were evaluated, with eight being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and Meadowland…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly police get help busting brothers with pot, pills, cocaine, cash Tenafly police get help busting brothers with pot, pills, cocaine, cash Tenafly police get help busting brothers with pot, pills, cocaine, cash
Tenafly police get help busting brothers with pot, pills, cocaine, cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police from four Bergen County towns teamed up to arrest two Tenafly brothers last night and seize 3½ pounds of marijuana, four ounces of cocaine, 40 prescription pills and $16,000 in cash. The first arrest came around 6 o’clock last night when Tenafly police — assisted by Dumont, Cresskill and Bergenfield police, along with agents from the DEA — concluded a several-month investigation by taking 28-year-old Keith Santoli into custody at his County Road home, Detective Capt. Michael deMoncada told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was carrying more than an ounce of cocaine, deMon…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
FBI nabs Pennsylvania siblings in Paramus store safe crackings FBI nabs Pennsylvania siblings in Paramus store safe crackings FBI nabs Pennsylvania siblings in Paramus store safe crackings
FBI nabs Pennsylvania siblings in Paramus store safe crackings YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: FBI agents this morning arrested two Pennsylvania brothers who they said stole $90,000 in cash in a pair of safe-cracking operations at Paramus stores last year that took up to nine hours to complete. The bandits tried another Paramus break-in on Christmas Day but were interrupted by police and vanished after a brief chase. Eliezer and Jose Medina also took $203,000 from a store safe they cracked in Pennsauken, boosting the overall haul to more than $300,000 that was transported across state lines to Lancaster, PA, U.S. Attorney Paul S. Fishman said this afternoon.…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack crossing guard hit, not seriously hurt Hackensack crossing guard hit, not seriously hurt Hackensack crossing guard hit, not seriously hurt
Hackensack crossing guard hit, not seriously hurt YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 68-year-old Hackensack school crossing guard was hospitalized with leg and lower body pain after she was bumped by a car this morning, police said. The 24-year-old female Maywood driver had the green light when the guard walked into Passaic Street with a stop sign just after 8 a.m. and was struck, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Her injuries weren’t considered serious and no summonses were issued.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Six hospitalized after Carlstadt DUI driver crashes, flees, crashes again Six hospitalized after Carlstadt DUI driver crashes, flees, crashes again Six hospitalized after Carlstadt DUI driver crashes, flees, crashes again
Six hospitalized after Carlstadt DUI driver crashes, flees, crashes again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An impaired Lodi driver crashed his pickup truck twice in a distance of six blocks in Carlstadt last night, sending six people to the hospital, police said. Julio Delacruz, a 36-year-old personal trainer, was still sitting in his Dodge RAM 1500, “dazed and incoherent,” when officers responded to a 9:45 p.m. crash at 10th Street and Division Avenue, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said this morning. The truck had just plowed into a Honda Accord, headed up onto a sidewalk and crashed into a retaining wall, he said. Delacruz, who wasn’t injured, was fleeing a crash mome…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fast-moving fire consumes Teaneck house, four injuries reported Fast-moving fire consumes Teaneck house, four injuries reported Fast-moving fire consumes Teaneck house, four injuries reported
Fast-moving fire consumes Teaneck house, four injuries reported UPDATE: What began as a kitchen fire quickly spread, destroying a Teaneck home this morning. Part of the roof of the 2½-story Crestview Place house collapsed just before 10 a.m., after intense flames forced firefighters into defensive positions. PHOTO: Courtesy DANNY KLIMA A Hackensack FAST unit joined firefighters from Englewood, Bogota and Ridgefield Park in assisting as the 8:50 a.m. call quickly escalated to three alarms and those inside evacuated. The bulk of the fire had been knocked down within 45 minutes, although efforts continued well past that. Responders included the Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police: DWI driver had son, 9, in car, threatened to kill officers Elmwood Park police: DWI driver had son, 9, in car, threatened to kill officers Elmwood Park police: DWI driver had son, 9, in car, threatened to kill officers
Elmwood Park police: DWI driver had son, 9, in car, threatened to kill officers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunken Clifton driver who had his 9-year-old son in the back seat of his car when he was stopped threatened to kill all of the department’s officers, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. James Dunlap, 47, was taken into custody following the stop just before 6 p.m., Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Once at headquarters, the 6-foot-4-inch, 224-pound Dunlap “began threatening to kill all of the police officers and also stated he would come back after his release and shoot officers in the parking lot,” the chief said. Two Bergen County sherif…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police bust Pennsylvania couple in roadside pot haul Fort Lee police bust Pennsylvania couple in roadside pot haul Fort Lee police bust Pennsylvania couple in roadside pot haul
Fort Lee police bust Pennsylvania couple in roadside pot haul YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Pennsylvania couple had a pound and a half of pot in their car when they were stopped on southbound Route 1 this past weekend, Fort Lee police said tonight. Officers Zachary Joseph and Jared Zusi of the Fort Lee Police Department stopped the couple’s Nissan Altima for having an obstructed license plate and not maintaning a lane, Detective Capt. Stanley Zon said. Both “were acting extremely nervous,” Zon said. The driver, 43-year-old Brian Campbell of Montgomeryville, PA, said he’d borrowed the car from a friend weeks ago but didn’t know how to contact him, the …

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