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
Ridgefield police grab 3 in overnight car burglaries Ridgefield police grab 3 in overnight car burglaries Ridgefield police grab 3 in overnight car burglaries
Ridgefield police grab 3 in overnight car burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield police nabbed a trio of accused car burglars from Jersey City as they tossed several assorted power tools into a creek following a series of break-ins, authorities said today. Responding to a quick-acting resident’s call of “three males jumping in and out of cars” between Shaler Boulevard and Walnut Street, Sgt. Jose Brito grabbed one of them — identified as 20-year-old Trevick M. Thomas (above, right) — as he walked near the intersection of Day Avenue and Shaler Boulevard just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Robert Meurer said. Brito detained him after Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
THIS THURSDAY: National expert, Ramsey detective plan frank talk with parents on pedophiles THIS THURSDAY: National expert, Ramsey detective plan frank talk with parents on pedophiles THIS THURSDAY: National expert, Ramsey detective plan frank talk with parents on pedophiles
This Thursday: National expert, Ramsey detective plan frank talk with parents on pedophiles PUBLIC SAFETY: A national expert who serves on New Jersey’s Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force will talk to parents about protecting their children from pedophiles during a special adults-only free seminar at Ramsey High School this Thursday night. Sponsored by Ramsey police and the borough Board of Education, the frank talk by Alan J. Robinson will at times be graphic, organizers said. With good reason, too: An estimated 2,000 children in the U.S. are reported each day — or one every 37 seconds, they say. “You can help protect your child from becoming part of these alarming stat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police seek help finding armed Paramus man who crashed victim’s car during drug ripoff Elmwood Park police seek help finding armed Paramus man who crashed victim’s car during drug ripoff Elmwood Park police seek help finding armed Paramus man who crashed victim’s car during drug ripoff
Elmwood Park police seek help finding armed Paramus man who crashed victim’s car during drug ripoff YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities were looking for an 18-year-old Paramus man after he grabbed the wheel of a moving car, crashing it into a trio of parked vehicles, while trying to rob a drug buyer at gunpoint last night. The 17-year-old victim told police she’d gone to meet Marco Druskovich around 9:30 p.m. to buy drugs, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. After getting into her car, he put a silver semi-automatic handgun to the side of her head and demanded money, she said. “In an act of desperation, [she] stepped on the gas pedal, rapidly accelerating,” Foligno said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford man, 19, brought to court on statutory rape charges Rutherford man, 19, brought to court on statutory rape charges Rutherford man, 19, brought to court on statutory rape charges
Rutherford man, 19, brought to court on statutory rape charges ONLY ON CVP: A Rutherford man who was a high school senior when he was arrested this spring on charges of having sex with an underage middle-school girl was brought to court in Hackensack yesterday. Everton A. Johnson, 19, was indicted Oct. 2 and formally charged in court by Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Dion Findley with three counts of sexual assault and one of endangering the morals of a child. Johnson was attending Rutherford High School during the alleged relationship, which authorities said lasted from March to May as the girl turned from 13 to 14. He was 18 at the time and f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
3 with James Bond Gang ties, jeweler fence busted by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force 3 with James Bond Gang ties, jeweler fence busted by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force 3 with James Bond Gang ties, jeweler fence busted by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force
3 with James Bond Gang ties, jeweler fence busted by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A joint investigation headed by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and involving Englewood and Teaneck police and several other law enforcement agencies led to the arrests last week of three accused burglars with reputed ties to the infamous James Bond Gang and a Queens man accused of buying jewelry they took in more than 30 break-ins in three counties. CLIFFVIEW PILOT broke the story last week of the arrests in Queens of three Teaneck men — Jamelle Singletary, 26, and Lawal Erskine and Jamal Sermon, both 30 (left to right, above) — as they were fencing the goods …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Heart attack kills Waldwick woman during fight, son’s girlfriend charged with reckless manslaughter Heart attack kills Waldwick woman during fight, son’s girlfriend charged with reckless manslaughter Heart attack kills Waldwick woman during fight, son’s girlfriend charged with reckless manslaughter
Heart attack kills Waldwick woman during fight, son’s girlfriend charged with reckless manslaughter YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Salvadoran national was charged with reckless manslaughter after her boyfriend’s 45-year-old mother died of a heart attack trying to break up a violent overnght fight between the two in a Waldwick home as their 7-year-old child watched. Claudia Yanira Hernandez Soriano, 25, and Juan Francisco Martinez Rojas, 28, were “punching and scratching each other” after returning to their first-floor Waldwick Avenue home from a party around 4 a.m. when Ana Angelina Rojas-Jovel intervened, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight. Hernandez Soriano assaulted t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee detective nabs 3 out-of-state men with fake IDs, stolen goods near GWB Fort Lee detective nabs 3 out-of-state men with fake IDs, stolen goods near GWB Fort Lee detective nabs 3 out-of-state men with fake IDs, stolen goods near GWB
Fort Lee detective nabs 3 out-of-state men with fake IDs, stolen goods near GWB YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bogus IDs given to a Fort Lee detective by two of three men during a routine traffic stop near the George Washington Brdige led to the discovery of watches, jewelry, coins and a rare baseball card — all believed stolen — as well as burglary tools, authorities said tonight. All three were arrested following the stop last Wednesday night by plainclothes Detective T.J. Cullen on Lemoine Avenue and Bridge Plaza North. The driver of the minivan, later identified as Sonny George, 45, of Medford MA, immediately began apologizing before Cullen even began speaking to him, D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield ex-con indicted as motorcycle-riding Elmwood Park convenience store robber Garfield ex-con indicted as motorcycle-riding Elmwood Park convenience store robber Garfield ex-con indicted as motorcycle-riding Elmwood Park convenience store robber
Garfield ex-con indicted as motorcycle-riding Elmwood Park convenience store robber YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A heroin-addicted Garfield ex-con was indicted on robbery and weapons charges today in connection with the motorcycle-aided holdup of an Elmwood Park convenience store this summer. Bergen County sheriff’s detectives and Garfield and Elmwood Park police arrested 30-year-old Ariel Drapczynksi in the backyard of his girlfriend’s residence on Van Bussum Avenue in Garfield on Aug. 19 — four days after the holdup. They said they recovered a motorcycle they believed that he used during the robbery. Drapcynski, who is in state prison after being sentenced in September for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
‘Joan’s Joy’ dinner and dance party this weekend ‘Joan’s Joy’ dinner and dance party this weekend ‘Joan’s Joy’ dinner and dance party this weekend
‘Joan’s Joy’ dinner and dance party this weekend HOW YOU CAN HELP: Protect children, advance victims’ rights and give homeless and neglected kids reason to hope by attending this weekend’s Joan’s Joy Dinner & Dance Party. The Saturday night event features appetizers, a buffet dinner, cake & beverages (wine, beer and soda). Bella Campania is donating food and Inserra ShopRite the soda and centerpieces. Joan D’Alessandro white butterfly monument Hillsdale A short documentary will also be shown on the creation of a white butterfly garden at the Hillsdale train station in the name of Joan D’Alessandro, a 7-year-old Brownie Scout w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Tractor-trailer spills beer bottles after tipping on Fair Lawn turn PHOTOS: Tractor-trailer spills beer bottles after tipping on Fair Lawn turn PHOTOS: Tractor-trailer spills beer bottles after tipping on Fair Lawn turn
Photos: Tractor-trailer spills beer bottles after tipping on Fair Lawn turn   STORY/PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. LovingTOP PHOTO: Kyle Tenis   YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A tractor-trailer tipped and smashed into a utility pole on a sharp bend near its plant in Fair Lawn this morning, spilling thousands of empty beer bottles onto the roadway. The Global Transport driver sustained a minor wrist injury and was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood following the Pollitt Drive crash around 7:45 a.m., police said. Things got worse, though: As the rig was being righted, the green Rolling Rock bottles spilled out the side. Fair Lawn police,…

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