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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey buildings evacuated after crash into gas meters Ramsey buildings evacuated after crash into gas meters Ramsey buildings evacuated after crash into gas meters
Ramsey buildings evacuated after crash into gas meters UPDATE: A woman backing into a Ramsey garage put it in drive instead and crashed her car into two gas meters at the base of a feeding pipe, forcing the temporary evacuation of 25 stores and the apartments above them. A portion of Main Street was closed, and evacuations ordered, after the car crashed into the Allstate building just after 11 a.m. The woman wasn’t injured, said emergency responders. Among those responding: Engines from Allendale, Mahwah Co. 1, Wyckoff Ladder and a Mahwah FAST team. PSE&G initially couldn’t get to the broken pipes because the vehicle was wedged on top…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff’s officer nabs Hackensack man with bogus driver’s license at Lodi MV Bergen sheriff’s officer nabs Hackensack man with bogus driver’s license at Lodi MV Bergen sheriff’s officer nabs Hackensack man with bogus driver’s license at Lodi MV
Bergen sheriff’s officer nabs Hackensack man with bogus driver’s license at Lodi MV YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County sheriff’s officer working a detail at the motor vehicle office in Lodi arrested a 49-year-old Hackensack man after he tried using a bogus driver’s license to obtain a new one, Sheriff Michael Saudino said this morning. Victor Olivo Alvarez-Sanchez was being held on $7,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being taken into custody yesterday on charges of possessing and exhibiting a fictitious driver’s license. A clerk at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission in Lodi immediately noticed that the license was bogus and notified a supervisor, Saudin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Officers honored for rescuing woman after car plunges into overflowing Norwood creek Officers honored for rescuing woman after car plunges into overflowing Norwood creek Officers honored for rescuing woman after car plunges into overflowing Norwood creek
Officers honored for rescuing woman after car plunges into overflowing Norwood creek SHOUT OUTS: Norwood officials last night honored a law enforcement veteran and the borough police chief’s son for pulling a woman from her car as it became submerted in an overflowing creek during a storm. The Honda Civic was more than half-submerged in roughly eight feet of water behind Borough Hall as Officer Thomas Russo came running with Englewood Cliffs Officer Marc Krapels, the son of Norwood Police Chief Jeff Krapels, on Aug. 1. Marc Krapels (l.) with father Jeff and brother Justin (PHOTO: Courtesy Elizabeth Tiner Krapels) “She opened the door, fell and went under,” said Russo, w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
National public safety Medal of Valor: Born in a Bergen bar National public safety Medal of Valor: Born in a Bergen bar National public safety Medal of Valor: Born in a Bergen bar
National public safety Medal of Valor: Born in a Bergen bar TRIBUTE: It wasn’t until a week and a half before 9/11 that the federal government created the first national medal honoring local public safety officers — all because of a conversation at a Westwood watering hole between a borough policeman and a brother-in-arms from Washington, D.C. over pints of Guinness. “The amazing thing is: Most law enforcement agencies don’t even know about this,” Jeffrey Muller told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Try a search. No stories have been written about it.” Until now. Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Westwood Police Officer Scott McNiff had invited his friend…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Man caught walking through Lincoln Tunnel had pot, knife, police charge Man caught walking through Lincoln Tunnel had pot, knife, police charge Man caught walking through Lincoln Tunnel had pot, knife, police charge
Man caught walking through Lincoln Tunnel had pot, knife, police charge BEYOND BERGEN: A Staten Island man might have been looking for a light at the end of the Lincoln Tunnel tunnel when Port Authority police caught him walking through a tube with a small amount of pot and a knife this afternoon. Witnesses alerted a PAPD officer to 25-year-old Joshua Davis, who was found walking along the south tube catwalk at 2:50 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Davis argued with the officer, was taken into custody and searched, Pentangelo said. Police charged him with criminal trespassing and drug and weapons possession, he said. Tra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Indian national admits groping woman on flight to NJ Indian national admits groping woman on flight to NJ Indian national admits groping woman on flight to NJ
Indian national admits groping woman on flight to NJ UPDATE: A Louisiana man today admitted groping a woman on a flight from Houston to Newark. Devender Singh, 62, an Indian national who lives in Baton Rouge, was arrested and taken into custody by FBI agents at Newark Liberty International Airport after his flight arrived on March 2, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Fishman said Singh was “seated next to a woman who occupied a window seat on a United Airlines flight from Houston to Newark. While the plane was in the air, the woman fell asleep. She awoke to find Singh kissing her face with his hand inside her shirt.” Singh was also touc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt police arrest 3 NY bounty hunters after attempted break-in Carlstadt police arrest 3 NY bounty hunters after attempted break-in Carlstadt police arrest 3 NY bounty hunters after attempted break-in
Carlstadt police arrest 3 NY bounty hunters after attempted break-in YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A trio of Long Island-based bounty hunters trying to collar a Carlstadt man on outstanding warrants were instead arrested — and could face attempted burglar charges, authorities said tonight. A 2nd Street resident called police after four men with a dog came to the door just before midnight last night and one tried opening a window screen, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The group fled and Carlstadt police issued a be-on-the-lookout alert, Nielsen said. Soon after, East Rutherford Police Officer Michael Podiea said he was approached in the parking lot of a Rout…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack University Medical Center acquires Palisades General Hackensack University Medical Center acquires Palisades General Hackensack University Medical Center acquires Palisades General
Hackensack University Medical Center acquires Palisades General SHOUT OUT: The hospital on the Hudson in North Bergen will be soon known as HackensackUMC Palisades said executives from Palisades Medical Center who today signed a letter of intent — pending state approval — to be acquired by Hackensack University Medical Center. The deal brings $50 million into the acute-care hospital for new equipment, operating room renovations and service improvements, reduces costs for billing, purchasing and insurance — and extends HUMC’s reach into Hudson County, boosting its ability to compete with Manhattan’s hospitals. It also is the culmination of a working ar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Brief stay at Bergen County Jail for 5 federal prisoners injured in NJ Turnpike crash in Carlstadt Brief stay at Bergen County Jail for 5 federal prisoners injured in NJ Turnpike crash in Carlstadt Brief stay at Bergen County Jail for 5 federal prisoners injured in NJ Turnpike crash in Carlstadt
Brief stay at Bergen County Jail for 5 federal prisoners injured in NJ Turnpike crash in Carlstadt ONLY ON CVP: Five federal inmates who were slightly injured yesterday when a prisoner transport van rear-ended a car on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carlstadt were briefly held at the Bergen County Jail today while awaiting rides to their respective facilities. “Everyone was medically cleared last night and taken to the jail for courtesy holds until transportation could be arranged,” a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. All five were kept in a secure area of the jail, not in cells, he said. The private Chevy van left Florida with two drivers and the inmates on Tuesday for a stra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Demarest Army reservist named NJ Heart of a Hero scholarship winner Demarest Army reservist named NJ Heart of a Hero scholarship winner Demarest Army reservist named NJ Heart of a Hero scholarship winner
Demarest Army reservist named NJ Heart of a Hero scholarship winner SHOUT OUT: 1st Lt. John Beddoe, a U.S. Army reservist and EMT from Demarest was named one of the third annual New Jersey Heroes’ “Heart of a Hero” scholarship winners. New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie today announced the 10 winners, who each receives a $5,000 scholarship award to help pursue a post-secondary education or vocational training. Christie established the program as another resource to help New Jersey’s military men and women reach their higher education and career goals. “Our veterans, past and present, are an extension of our greater New Jersey family,” she said. T…

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