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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Unoccupied garbage truck barrels backwards down Oakland hill Unoccupied garbage truck barrels backwards down Oakland hill Unoccupied garbage truck barrels backwards down Oakland hill
Unoccupied garbage truck barrels backwards down Oakland hill YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: No one was injured when a runaway garbage truck barreled backwards down a hill in Oakland, hitting a utility pole and a pickup truck, before crossing Route 202 and slamming into a tree in a private driveway. Workers were collecting trash when the loaded Suburban Carting truck rolled backward down Minnehaha Boulevard across Ramapo Valley Road just after 10:30 a.m. The impact forced the 2010 Ford F-250, with two male passengers from Bloomingdale, off the road, the driver told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Neither was injured. The garbage truck, meanwhile, came to rest against a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Bergen drug task arrest in East Rutherford yields heroin, crack Bergen drug task arrest in East Rutherford yields heroin, crack Bergen drug task arrest in East Rutherford yields heroin, crack
Bergen drug task arrest in East Rutherford yields heroin, crack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County authorities busted a 43-year-old Newark carpenter who they said tried to sell $5,000 worth of heroin and crack to an undercover officer. Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said that members of his Narcotic Task Force moved in when Jessie Smith showed up at an East Rutherford location Monday with 17 bricks of heroin – totaling 850 bags – and two dozen bags of crack. Smith was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arraignment Tuesday on charges of with possessing heroin and crack with the intent to distribute both. MUGSHOT: Cour…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Bergen sheriff’s officer from Saddle Brook finds deer caught on fence Bergen sheriff’s officer from Saddle Brook finds deer caught on fence Bergen sheriff’s officer from Saddle Brook finds deer caught on fence
Bergen sheriff’s officer from Saddle Brook finds deer caught on fence SHOUT OUT: Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Todd Accomando of Saddle Brook awoke this morning to the sound of banging in his backyard and discovered a five-point buck stuck on a neighbor’s fence. The buck apparently tried to jump the fence and got caught, suffering a compound fracture, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The deer was freed with the help of DPW Supt. Mike Calderone but was unable to walk. “He tried to get away, but it couldn’t,” Kugler said. “The leg had multiple fractures. He was in an awful and painful position.” Accomando (in hooded sweatshi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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TRIBUTE: National firefighting legend Harvey Eisner of Tenafly TRIBUTE: National firefighting legend Harvey Eisner of Tenafly TRIBUTE: National firefighting legend Harvey Eisner of Tenafly
Tribute: National firefighting legend Harvey Eisner of Tenafly TRIBUTE: Firefighters near and far today are mourning the death of former Tenafly Fire Chief Harvey Eisner, a former crime-scene photographer in the Bronx and national fire service figure. Harvey Jay Eisner, 59,who suffered an apparent heart attack last night while recovering from an unrelated ailment, was a Tenafly firefighter for 35 years and its chief for 12 years before retiring in 2010. He was a driving force in making the East Bergen Mutual Aid Association one of the leading groups of its kind in the state. Eisner graced the national stage, as well. He was an editor-in-chief of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield police nab fugitive in meth garage bust Bergenfield police nab fugitive in meth garage bust Bergenfield police nab fugitive in meth garage bust
Bergenfield police nab fugitive in meth garage bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield police officers responding to a drug-activity in a local garage were met at the door by a Filipino national who they said was holding a bag of meth, then found a man wanted on drug charges inside. Police arrested Allan Verdeflor, 32 (above, left), along with another Filipino-born Bergenfield man, 38-year-old Ramil Culala (above, right), who was wanted on a no-bail warrant. Culala had been free on $10,000 bail but failed to appear to face meth possession charges from May 2013 out of South Hackensack. He also has warrants out of Closter and Rochelle Park,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Cliffside Park Marine vet charged with growing, selling pot from Palisades condo Cliffside Park Marine vet charged with growing, selling pot from Palisades condo Cliffside Park Marine vet charged with growing, selling pot from Palisades condo
Cliffside Park Marine vet charged with growing, selling pot from Palisades condo ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Rutgers University graduate who served 4½ years in the U.S. Marine Corps is charged with growing and selling marijuana from his Cliffside Park condo. An indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack charges 26-year-old Jonathan P. Biederman with “maintaining a drug facility” at the Winston Towers off Palisade Avenue overlooking Manhattan. Biederman “knowingly distributed ten or more but fewer than 50 marijuana plants,” the indictment says. It also charges him with having $2,900 in seized cash “believed or derived from criminal activity.” Biederman, who was a bat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing honored in Bergen 241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing honored in Bergen 241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing honored in Bergen
241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing honored in Bergen SHOUT OUT: Under a pall of cold, sometimes heavy rain, veterans, family members and elected officials gathered at the Bergen County Veterans Memorial Monument in Hackensack this afternoon to memorialize the 241 American military personnel killed by jihadists in Beirut 30 years ago today. Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino (STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Calling the ceremony a solemn occasion, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino recalled that 1,800 Marines were stationed in Lebanon when two truck bombs targeted barracks of Americans and French w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield campaign sign thief caught on camera Bergenfield campaign sign thief caught on camera Bergenfield campaign sign thief caught on camera
Bergenfield campaign sign thief caught on camera YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A pair of Democratic council candidates from Bergenfield claim that a surveillance video of a man crawling on all fours to remove a campaign sign from a resident’s lawn is the work of their opponents. The man gives up and walks away, apparently when the homeowner came out, on the video posted on YouTube: Democrat Council President Chris Tully and Arvin Amatorio say they know the perpetatrator, who they said is 50 years old with a distinct walk and “glaring” bald spot.” The homeowner has filed a trespassing and attempted theft complaint with police, they said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River police traffic stop yields loaded gun, $4,500 in stolen clothing Upper Saddle River police traffic stop yields loaded gun, $4,500 in stolen clothing Upper Saddle River police traffic stop yields loaded gun, $4,500 in stolen clothing
Upper Saddle River police traffic stop yields loaded gun, $4,500 in stolen clothing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A couple was picked up in Massachusetts after Upper Saddle River police obtained a search warrant and found a loaded gun, $4,500 worth of stolen clothes with attached security tags and drug paraphernalia, authorities said. Officers originally stopped driver Erin Driscoll, 24, of Massachusetts and her passenger, 37-year-old ex-con Carlos Jessamy of the Bronx, around 9 p.m. last Thursday for traffic violations on northbound Route 17, Police Chief Patrick Rotella said today. Driscoll refused to allow a search, so the vehicle was impounded, Rotella said. Jessamy, mea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teen sex assault charges detailed against Leonia repeat offender Teen sex assault charges detailed against Leonia repeat offender Teen sex assault charges detailed against Leonia repeat offender
Teen sex assault charges detailed against Leonia repeat offender YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Leonia construction worker with a history of sex crimes stuck his fingers into a 16-year-old girl’s vagina and put her hand on his penis in his van after offering her a ride this summer, a grand jury indictment returned in Hackensack today charges. Wilfredo Arias, 49, remained free on $250,000 bail, posted two weeks after his July 3 arrest. Authorities at the time said the girl called 911 after she managed to break free while Arias was molesting her in his vehicle. The five-count indictment handed up today in Hackensack elaborates. Arias, it says, committed s…

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