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
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Hackensack grandfather molested boy, two girls over years, indictment says Hackensack grandfather molested boy, two girls over years, indictment says Hackensack grandfather molested boy, two girls over years, indictment says
Hackensack grandfather molested boy, two girls over years, indictment says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Nicaraguan grandfather sexually abused a trio of children over the course of several years — beginning when two of them were five years old — a 19-count indictment returned in Hackensack charges. Authorities began investigating 74-year-old Felix Roberto Prado last November after the male victim — then 24 — went to city police, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. They found that Prado “abused two other females in the past,” the prosecutor said. “[They] are now also in their mid-twenties.” The indictment accuses the Nicaraguan national of…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Lodi woman, 26, charged with attempted murder in boyfriend stabbing Lodi woman, 26, charged with attempted murder in boyfriend stabbing Lodi woman, 26, charged with attempted murder in boyfriend stabbing
Lodi woman, 26, charged with attempted murder in boyfriend stabbing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 26-year-old Lodi woman was being held on attempted murder charges after stabbing her live-in boyfriend overnight, authorities said. Lodi police responding to a domestic dispute , just after 1 a.m. this morning said they found the victim standing on Main Street with a bloody shirt, holding the left side of his chest in pain. He was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center with wounds that didn’t appear life-threatening, they said. Inside the apartment, they found a bloody Michelle Veleber, Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said this afternoon. They also rec…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Unfounded scare clears Westwood Regional HS Unfounded scare clears Westwood Regional HS Unfounded scare clears Westwood Regional HS
Unfounded scare clears Westwood Regional HS YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Students returned to classes at Westwood Regional Junior-Senior High School after an off-hand remark reportedly overheard by a student sparked a response from school officials, Washington Township and Westwood police and the Bergen County Bomb Squad. Students were moved to the rear baseball field so the report could be checked out. According to police, a student reported overhearing another student saying “this place is going to blow,” then told a teacher, who told a vice-principal. The emergency response followed, they said. At the school this afternoon   …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Iraqi national from Ridgefield Park charged with child pornography trafficking Iraqi national from Ridgefield Park charged with child pornography trafficking Iraqi national from Ridgefield Park charged with child pornography trafficking
Iraqi national from Ridgefield Park charged with child pornography trafficking YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Iraqi national living in Ridgefield Park man was arrested over the weekend on charges of trafficking child pornography. Nazar Hasan, 36, was released on $25,000 bail pending an arraignment tomorrow in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack. He is charged with possession and distribution of kiddie porn and child endangerment. Members of Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Computer Crimes Unit arrested Hasan, who is single and unemployed, at his Central Avenue home on Saturday following an investigation, the prosecutor said this morning. Molinelli than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Crash on Route 4 at 17 ramp ties up morning traffic Crash on Route 4 at 17 ramp ties up morning traffic Crash on Route 4 at 17 ramp ties up morning traffic
Crash on Route 4 at 17 ramp ties up morning traffic MORNING COMMUTE: A crash on westbound Route 4 in Paramus involving a Bergen Community College passenger bus and at least two other vehicles at the Route 17N ramp tied up traffic. No serious injuries were reported in the collision of a Coach USA Community Coach bus, a Mercedes sedan and a Kia station wagon. The privately-operated #755 bus runs from Edgewater Commons to BCC.   CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS PHOTOS: Elana Ducran

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee police: Open truck at Route 4 motel yields 4 ounces of cocaine, 2 arrests Fort Lee police: Open truck at Route 4 motel yields 4 ounces of cocaine, 2 arrests Fort Lee police: Open truck at Route 4 motel yields 4 ounces of cocaine, 2 arrests
Fort Lee police: Open truck at Route 4 motel yields 4 ounces of cocaine, 2 arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 4-ounce bag of cocaine was sticking out in plain view of an unoccupied truck that had two of its door open in the back of a Route 4 motel, leading to the arrests of two men on drug charges, Fort Lee police said. Officers Zachary Joseph and Jared Zusi were checking area hotels and motels just before 5 a.m. Friday when they spotted the black, 2005 Ford F150 with its front driver’s side door and rear driver’s side door open at the Courtesy Motel, Detective Captain Stanley Zon said tonight. “The vehicle was unoccupied and officers were concerned for the well-being of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Caller threatens to shoot up Garfield police HQ Caller threatens to shoot up Garfield police HQ Caller threatens to shoot up Garfield police HQ
Caller threatens to shoot up Garfield police HQ FROM COLUMBUS DAY: Authorities today traced a call from someone threatening to shoot up Garfield police headquarters to a family in town who had nothing to do with it, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Looks like it was an Internet call using a local number,” one said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS The caller, who had a British accent, didn’t provide a timetable for his supposed threat to fire on headquarters with an AR-15, the sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. The family whose number he used is Hispanic, they said. Bergen County Police Department investigators joined…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Four hospitalized with minor head injuries in Moonachie chemical explosion Four hospitalized with minor head injuries in Moonachie chemical explosion Four hospitalized with minor head injuries in Moonachie chemical explosion
Four hospitalized with minor head injuries in Moonachie chemical explosion YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Four people were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with concussion-like injuries after an accidental chemical explosion at a Moonachie foam manufacturing plant sent shock waves as far as West Milford late this afternoon. OSHA was investigating. Emergency responders from 14 towns rushed to the Crest Foam Industries warehouse on Carol Place off Moonachie Road following the blast in a machine that makes foam buns just after 4:30 p.m., Assistant Moonachie Fire Chief Justin Derevyanik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. The initial immediate report was that two wo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Fire destroys Bergenfield garage Fire destroys Bergenfield garage Fire destroys Bergenfield garage
Fire destroys Bergenfield garage UPDATE: Bergenfield firefighters kept a garage blaze from seriously damaging houses on either side yesterday. The Glenwood Drive garage was later razed by borough and Dumont firefighters. During the fire, mutual aid was requested from Dumont, New Milford, Tenafly, Englewood and Teaneck. Also responding was the Bergenfield Ambulance Corp. PHOTOS: Brett M. Dzadik. FOR MANY MORE: BrettsFirePhotos.com

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Morning crash behind Bendix Diner in Hasbrouck Heights sends 2 to hospital Morning crash behind Bendix Diner in Hasbrouck Heights sends 2 to hospital Morning crash behind Bendix Diner in Hasbrouck Heights sends 2 to hospital
Morning crash behind Bendix Diner in Hasbrouck Heights sends 2 to hospital ONLY ON CVP: A crash behind the Bendix diner in Hasbrouck Heights sent two people to the hospital. The collision occurred just after 6 a.m. on the Williams Avenue approach to Route 46 at Route 17. Both vehicles had heavy front-end damage and had to be towed, Detective Sgt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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