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
Rochelle Park, Lyndhurst police charge 2 East Coast diversion crew members in $6,000 theft of GoPro cameras Rochelle Park, Lyndhurst police charge 2 East Coast diversion crew members in $6,000 theft of GoPro cameras Rochelle Park, Lyndhurst police charge 2 East Coast diversion crew members in $6,000 theft of GoPro cameras
Rochelle Park, Lyndhurst police charge 2 East Coast diversion crew members in $6,000 theft of GoPro cameras YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Thanks to a fingerprint, authorities have charged two alleged members of a diversion theft crew with taking $6,000 worth of GoPro cameras from stores in Rochelle Park and Lyndhurst on the same day this past June. Nestor Martinez, 25, and Kevin Rodriguez, 23, both of Queens, were being held in the Essex County Jail following a roundup by New Jersey State Police last weekend. Both are part of theft ring that’s worked up and down the East Coast, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Two other members — a man and a woman — remained at large and were being sought. The t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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First-ever ‘Trunk or Treat’ in Wood-Ridge tonight First-ever ‘Trunk or Treat’ in Wood-Ridge tonight First-ever ‘Trunk or Treat’ in Wood-Ridge tonight
First-ever ‘Trunk or Treat’ in Wood-Ridge tonight SHOUT OUT: The first-ever Trunk or Treat comes to Wood-Ridge tonight, courtesy of the local PTA and PBA. Organizers are expecting more than 500 people at the Wood-Ridge Intermediate School, 151 First Street, beginning at 7 p.m. WRIS Parking will be on Second Street. Children will walk through the school’s “haunted hallways,” dance in the gym and receive some treats. All participating children must be accompanied by an adult. Organizers insist that children not be left off unsupervised. CHECK BACK TONIGHT FOR PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Developmentally disabled man, 54, falls to death at Palisades Center mall Developmentally disabled man, 54, falls to death at Palisades Center mall Developmentally disabled man, 54, falls to death at Palisades Center mall
Developmentally disabled man, 54, falls to death at Palisades Center mall UPDATE: Authorities said a 54-year-old man who died in an apparent fall from an escalator bank at the Palisades Center mall in West Nyack this morning lived in a local group home for the developmentally disabled and was part of a day trip. The man was with a staff member and two other residents on an outing when he fell from the 3rd level to the first at 10:20 a.m. READ MORE…. STORY/PHOTO: Bill Demarest of the NYACK FREE PRESS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota councilman taken into custody for non-payment of child support Bogota councilman taken into custody for non-payment of child support Bogota councilman taken into custody for non-payment of child support
Bogota councilman taken into custody for non-payment of child support YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bogota Councilman Evaristo Burdiez Jr. was taken into custody, processed at the Bergen County Jail and released yesterday after paying $8,586.03 in owed child support, court officials this morning said and records confirm. An Oct. 23 warrant for the 43-year-old Burdiez’s arrest turned up during a traffic stop in Teaneck last night, said Joseph Hornyak of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office. Last year Burdiez was charged with DWI in Bergenfield after police stopped his black Land Rover at 1:25 a.m. Aug. 24 at Clinton Avenue and Henry Street, according to a police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park road reopened after main break sends water rushing for blocks Cliffside Park road reopened after main break sends water rushing for blocks Cliffside Park road reopened after main break sends water rushing for blocks
Cliffside Park road reopened after main break sends water rushing for blocks ONLY ON CVP: Edgewater Road outside the United Water storage tank in Cliffside Park was reopened tonight following more than a half day’s work to repair a main that burst overnight, sending water through streets up to a quarter-mile away. The overnight break forced Edgewater Road closed near Anderson Avenue. Residents reported water trickling down Edgewater Road last night before the full burst. STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Tim Jackson

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Car thieves crash, abandon stolen Closter, Rockland vehicles in police chase Car thieves crash, abandon stolen Closter, Rockland vehicles in police chase Car thieves crash, abandon stolen Closter, Rockland vehicles in police chase
Car thieves crash, abandon stolen Closter, Rockland vehicles in police chase UPDATE: A band of thieves crashed a stolen Jeep into an Alpine police cruiser and abandoned two other vehicles during a wild chase with police that began in Closter after an elderly resident left his keys in his car. Closter Patrolman Daniel Hargrove spotted the driver of the borough resident’s 2008 Audi, stolen from Wainwright Court, on the town’s east hill at 4:50 a.m., Detective Vincent Aiello told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. In front of it was a Honda Odyssey with its lights off. Hargrave activated his patrol cruiser’s lights and both vehicles pulled over — the Audi behind the minivan — on Pie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Last man in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective pleads guilty Last man in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective pleads guilty Last man in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective pleads guilty
Last man in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective pleads guilty ONLY ON CVP: The last of a group of men involved in a botched attempt to rob an undercover Bergen County detective posing as a heroin dealer in the parking lot of a Ridgefield Park hotel pleaded guilty yesterday in exchange for a 14-year prison sentence. Brandon Segar, 33, of New York City, was arrested with two of his co-defendants at the Ridgefield Park Hampton Inn in October 2011 after one of them put a gun to the officer’s head, only to be surrounded by backups. Segar posted bail, then went on the lam for more than two years before being arrested this past August. Another defendant,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority officer struck near GWB fine, summons for driver, 80 Port Authority officer struck near GWB fine, summons for driver, 80 Port Authority officer struck near GWB fine, summons for driver, 80
Port Authority officer struck near GWB fine, summons for driver, 80 UPDATE: A Port Authority police officer with 15 years of service was released from the hospital with a minor ankle injury after being struck by a car on the Palisades Interstate Parkway approach to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee last night. The driver, an 80-year-old Bronx man, was issued summonses for careless driving and failing to comply with the officer’s instructions, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. As reported here last night, the officer was handling a minor traffic accident just before 10 p.m. when he was struck. He was taken to Eng…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Bergen instructors training firefighters in Israel Bergen instructors training firefighters in Israel Bergen instructors training firefighters in Israel
Bergen instructors training firefighters in Israel SHOUT OUT: A pair of Bergen County fire academy instructors are in Israel this week training firefighters from Western Galilee in handling flashovers. Chief Larry Rauch and Senior Fire Instructor Alfred Gerber of the Bergen County Fire Service coordinated and planned the visit — and worked with officials overseas to translate materials to Hebrew — in order to provide a Train-the-Train (TTT) course to 30 WGFD members. “The equipment used for this training was first used by Israeli firefighters when they trained at the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute,” Bergen County Police C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Importance of early detection can’t be emphasized enough, attendees at Holy Name breast cancer forum say Importance of early detection can’t be emphasized enough, attendees at Holy Name breast cancer forum say Importance of early detection can’t be emphasized enough, attendees at Holy Name breast cancer forum say
Importance of early detection can’t be emphasized enough, attendees at Holy Name breast cancer forum say SHOUT OUT: The importance of early detection as the very best weapon against breast cancer bears repeating, a group of participants in a health forum at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck agreed this afternoon. Toward that end, the attendees agreed that it’s vital to: • Urge health professionals to counsel women to get screened; • Encourage women to talk with their doctors about starting mammograms at 40; • Organize events directed toward women 50 and over about getting mammograms every two years. Participants included 51-year-old breast cancer survivor Laura Ayala and her team of phys…

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