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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Statewide fight against heroin expands as Mahwah police make second OD save in two weeks Statewide fight against heroin expands as Mahwah police make second OD save in two weeks Statewide fight against heroin expands as Mahwah police make second OD save in two weeks
Statewide fight against heroin expands as Mahwah police make second OD save in two weeks PUBLIC SAFETY: Mahwah police made their second Narcan nasal injection save of an overdosing heroin user in the past two weeks. The news came as the New Jersey acting attorney general issued a directive to police and prosecutors outlining steps “to address the crisis of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse that is ruining and claiming the lives of countless New Jerseyans.” In the latest incident, occupants of a private residence directed Detectives Guido Bussinelli and Kevin Hebert and Officer Matthew Lombardo to an upstairs bathroom, where they found the 20-year-old victim face-up. He w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Blood drive to honor Hillsdale amputee Ruta Fiorino Blood drive to honor Hillsdale amputee Ruta Fiorino Blood drive to honor Hillsdale amputee Ruta Fiorino
Blood drive to honor Hillsdale amputee Ruta Fiorino SHOUT OUT: Friends and supporters have planned a blood drive for the weekend that marks a year since a Hillsdale mother of three lost her leg when she was struck by a car outside the Westwood Trader Joe’s. “Sometimes good things happen when tragedy strikes,” says a flier announcing the drive in the name of 50-year-old Ruta Fiorino. “Even in our darkest hour, there is light.” Canned goods also will be collected for the local food pantry at the Nov. 15 drive at Hillsdale Borough Hall, organized by the “Rooting for Ruta” campaign. Ruta Fiorino The group has staged a series of successful …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Birthday partiers danced to DJ as fire spread in Mahwah house, police say Birthday partiers danced to DJ as fire spread in Mahwah house, police say Birthday partiers danced to DJ as fire spread in Mahwah house, police say
Birthday partiers danced to DJ as fire spread in Mahwah house, police say YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Revelers at a 25th birthday party were dancing to DJ music as flames from an overnight washer/dryer fire began quickly spreading through a Mahwah home, destroying it, authorities said. A Mahwah police officer got everyone out before the 2 a.m. three-alarm fire consumered the Victoria Lane house in the Fardale section of town, Police Chief James Batelli said this afternoon. Officer Travis Canning, responding to a noise complaint, found several vehicles in the driveway and loud music coming from inside. Spotting smoke, he opened a sliding door on the rear deck and “…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Ex-cons indicted in violent Englewood bank robbery Ex-cons indicted in violent Englewood bank robbery Ex-cons indicted in violent Englewood bank robbery
Ex-cons indicted in violent Englewood bank robbery ONLY ON CVP: Two Paterson ex-cons with huge rap sheets and active warrants fought with police from Paramus, Hackensack and Teaneck who arrested them moments after a violent $10,000 Englewood bank robbery, an indictment charges. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack says that both the accused holdup man, Michael Hall, 53, and alleged getaway driver, 47-year-old Clarence Jones, resisted arrest and tried to injure the officers. Hall was taken into custody following a violent struggle after they found him hiding in a garbage bin behind a Route 4 strip mall in Paramus moments a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Bergen fire marshal sworn to new term Bergen fire marshal sworn to new term Bergen fire marshal sworn to new term
Bergen fire marshal sworn to new term SHOUT OUT: Bergen County Fire Marshal Bryan R. Hennig was sworn to another term this past week by the county freeholder board — one of three appointments the panel gets to make without the county executive (board counsel and board clerk are the others). Bergen County Fire Marshal Bryan R. Hennig Nearly three dozen fire professional from throughout the county turned out as Freeholder Jim Tedesco — the challenger for county executive in this Tuesday’s election against incumbent Kathleen Donovan — swore in the veteran firefighter. Hennig nine years ago became county fire marshal, in cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Sawed-off shotgun in gym bag fires inside Port Authority terminal, hits owner in leg Sawed-off shotgun in gym bag fires inside Port Authority terminal, hits owner in leg Sawed-off shotgun in gym bag fires inside Port Authority terminal, hits owner in leg
Sawed-off shotgun in gym bag fires inside Port Authority terminal, hits owner in leg BEYOND BERGEN: Charges were pending against a Massachusetts man who shot himself in the calf in the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan tonight when a loaded sawed-off shotgun he was carrying in a gym bag went off, authorities said. Joseph Riddick, 35, Worcester, MA was at the gate waiting to board a bus on the north wing lower level around 6 p.m. when the bag hit his foot and the 12-gauge gun discharged, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officers immediately rendered first aid, including applying a tourniquet to stem the bleeding. “The projectile struck him i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Pedestrian struck, seriously injured in Midland Park Pedestrian struck, seriously injured in Midland Park Pedestrian struck, seriously injured in Midland Park
Pedestrian struck, seriously injured in Midland Park ONLY ON CVP: A pedestrian struck by an SUV in Midland Park tonight was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in serious condition, emergency responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was at the intersection of Godwin Avenue and Cottage Street, where the victim was struck shortly before 7:30 p.m. by a blue Lexus (photo below) driven by a 66-year-old Ho-Ho-Kus man. No summonses immediately were issued to the driver, who was brought to Ho-Ho-Kus police headquarters along with his passenger. The SUV presumably was being impounded…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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SUV slams into pole in Glen Rock, driver, 17, OK SUV slams into pole in Glen Rock, driver, 17, OK SUV slams into pole in Glen Rock, driver, 17, OK
SUV slams into pole in Glen Rock, driver, 17, OK ONLY ON CVP: A 17-year old Fair Lawn girl lost control of her SUV, which broadsided a utility pole in Glen Rock this afternoon before coming to rest on the front lawn of a home. The girl escaped serious injury in the 12:30 p.m. crash near Prospect Street. Her father drove the SUV away. Glen Rock police responded. STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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First-ever Wood-Ridge Trunk or Treat keeps kids safe from DWI hit and run First-ever Wood-Ridge Trunk or Treat keeps kids safe from DWI hit and run First-ever Wood-Ridge Trunk or Treat keeps kids safe from DWI hit and run
First-ever Wood-Ridge Trunk or Treat keeps kids safe from DWI hit and run   Courtesy: WOOD-RIDGE PTA ONLY ON CVP: A chill followed by a wave of relief swept over Wood-Ridge police, parents and PTA members after a hit-and-run DWI crash occurred blocks from the site of the borough’s first-ever Trunk or Treat — an event that drew more than 500 children who otherwise might have been on the streets Thursday night. Wood-Ridge police quickly made an arrest two blocks away of a 18-year-old driver who they said smelled of alcohol and pot, as well as his passenger, 19, for allowing him to drive. Officers also seized a metal grinder containing marijuana, an electronic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Both drivers hospitalized after tractor-trailer, sedan crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights Both drivers hospitalized after tractor-trailer, sedan crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights Both drivers hospitalized after tractor-trailer, sedan crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights
Both drivers hospitalized after tractor-trailer, sedan crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights ONLY ON CVP: A collision of a tractor-trailer and a sedan on northbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights last night sent both drivers to the hospital. Hasbrouck Heights EMS workers took one victim to Hackensack University Medical Center and Moonachie First Aid & Rescue the other.

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