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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood condo maintenance worker charged with stealing thousands in jewelry, electronics Englewood condo maintenance worker charged with stealing thousands in jewelry, electronics Englewood condo maintenance worker charged with stealing thousands in jewelry, electronics
Englewood condo maintenance worker charged with stealing thousands in jewelry, electronics YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police charged a summer temp with breaking into two condos where he was working maintenance — one of them twice — after residents reported pricey and very sentimental belongings missing. Dairon Salazar, 25, a Colombian immigrant legally living in Englewood, had sold jewelry stolen in the thefts to a Paramus shop and was planning on shipping some of the other items to his homeland for profit, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Cross Creek Condominium Association on Broad Avenue in Englewood “began an internal investigation and discove…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority police thwart River Edge man’s jump from GWB Port Authority police thwart River Edge man’s jump from GWB Port Authority police thwart River Edge man’s jump from GWB
Port Authority police thwart River Edge man’s jump from GWB YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 43-year-old River Edge man had one leg over the George Washington Bridge lower level railing when two Port Authority police officers got him talking and then grabbed him after midnight this morning. The man got out of his black Lincoln Town car and headed for the north side railing as Lt. Vincent DeSimone and Officer Elvin Erickson arrived around 1 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The two “engaged the 230-pound man in conversation and grabbed him as he was climbing over the railing onto the cat walk attempting to jump off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes police say NY man had nearly dozen different drugs for sale Franklin Lakes police say NY man had nearly dozen different drugs for sale Franklin Lakes police say NY man had nearly dozen different drugs for sale
Franklin Lakes police say NY man had nearly dozen different drugs for sale YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Franklin Lakes police checking on a report of a suspicious vehicle said they found a Putnam County, NY man with a host of drugs for sale — among them, cocaine, LSD, Oxycodone, mushrooms and THC wax. Theodore Krowl, 24, was being held on $20,000 bail following his arrest just before 11 o’clock last night in the Franklin Crossing Shopping Center parking lot. Officers charged him with possession with the intent to sell psilocybin mushrooms, fentanyl, Ecstasy, cocaine, THC Wax, LSD, hash, Ketamine (an animal tranquilizer), Xanax, Oxycondone and marijuana, Detective Lt.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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DWI ex-con in Upper Saddle River police chase, Ridgewood crash held on $100,000 bail DWI ex-con in Upper Saddle River police chase, Ridgewood crash held on $100,000 bail DWI ex-con in Upper Saddle River police chase, Ridgewood crash held on $100,000 bail
DWI ex-con in Upper Saddle River police chase, Ridgewood crash held on $100,000 bail YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Newark ex-con who fought with police after a DWI stolen-car chase on Route 17 ended in Ridgewood last night was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being transferred from the hospital. Three officers were treated for minor injuries and released following the incident, which began around 11:15 p.m. when an Upper Saddle River police officer tried to stop 49-year-old Robert L. Hance of Newark for driving erratically, Lt. Edward Kane said this morning, confirming a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report from late last night. A short, low-speed pursuit ended w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist who crashed on Route 80 in Teaneck was doing ‘triple digits,’ caller tells police Motorcyclist who crashed on Route 80 in Teaneck was doing ‘triple digits,’ caller tells police Motorcyclist who crashed on Route 80 in Teaneck was doing ‘triple digits,’ caller tells police
Motorcyclist who crashed on Route 80 in Teaneck was doing ‘triple digits,’ caller tells police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Jersey State Police troopers said they were headed to a call of an erratic motorcyclist “doing triple digits” on westbound Route 80 this afternoon when the bike crashed in Teaneck. The 26-year-old cyclist from the Bronx, Robert Marte, sustained only minor scratches and bruises to his left arm and right knee and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the 4 p.m. crash, NJSP Sgt. First Class Gregory Williams told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. State Police moments earlier got a call of “an erratic driver doing triple digits,” Williams said. Newark Tur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Grand jury indicts Lodi teacher in DWI crash that critically injured BCPD officer Grand jury indicts Lodi teacher in DWI crash that critically injured BCPD officer Grand jury indicts Lodi teacher in DWI crash that critically injured BCPD officer
Grand jury indicts Lodi teacher in DWI crash that critically injured Bcpd officer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack today returned an indictment against a Lodi High School teacher who authorities said was drunk when his car slammed into a police cruiser, critically injuring Bergen County Police Officer Daniel Breslin on Route 46 in Lodi. Michael Ettz is charged in the indictment with aggravated assault, DWI assault by auto and leaving the scene of a crash with serious injuries. If convicted at trial, Ettz would face 15 years in state prison, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Danny Breslin (FAMILY PHOTO) Ettz, of Lodi, remained free o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police charge Clifton man with snatching iPhones from teens Garfield police charge Clifton man with snatching iPhones from teens Garfield police charge Clifton man with snatching iPhones from teens
Garfield police charge Clifton man with snatching iPhones from teens YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Clifton man drove up to teenagers, asked to use their iPhones, then swiped them before Garfield detectives eventually tracked him down, authorities said. The three separate thefts occurred between 8-8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said this morning. Two 14-year-old boys told police that they were approached while walking on Outwater Lane near Chestnut Street. Sucorowski said Kevin Acosta asked to borrow a cellphone, then drove off with it. Acosta then asked a 17-year-old boy on Palisade Avene near the Garfield High School parking lot for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Saudino delays armored vehicle deployment, Donovan says ‘militarization’ of police must stop Saudino delays armored vehicle deployment, Donovan says ‘militarization’ of police must stop Saudino delays armored vehicle deployment, Donovan says ‘militarization’ of police must stop
Saudino delays armored vehicle deployment, Donovan says ‘militarization’ of police must stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino this morning said he is delaying plans to deploy an armored vehicle obtained through a military-surplus program now under review by the state and federal governments, while accusing County Executive Kathleen Donovan of politicizing the issue.   Donovan, in turn, accused Saudino and the county Board of Freeholders of “slipped the resolution onto the agenda at the last minute without asking even one question” and then agreed to “allow these tanks on our streets.”   Saudino held the first of dueling news conferences in Hack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Playwright, St. John’s University professor lied about Port Authority theft, police charge Playwright, St. John’s University professor lied about Port Authority theft, police charge Playwright, St. John’s University professor lied about Port Authority theft, police charge
Playwright, St. John’s University professor lied about Port Authority theft, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: He’s written dozens of off-Broadway plays and worked closely with the legendary Tennessee Williams, and now Port Authority police claim a story that St. John’s University professor Larry Myers told them about two laptops stolen from a bus terminal was purely fiction, as well. Myers was charged with falsely reporting a theft after police checked surveillance video and found that he wasn’t carrying a shoulder bag when he walked into the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan from 42nd Street on Monday. The 65-year-old playwright, director and professor repeated the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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2 busted on prostitution charges in Paramus neighborhood 2 busted on prostitution charges in Paramus neighborhood 2 busted on prostitution charges in Paramus neighborhood
2 busted on prostitution charges in Paramus neighborhood YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Neighbors and social media ads led to two prostitution arrests by Paramus police and members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigation Squad on a residential just off Route 4. Busted at the North Farview Avenue residence was 26-year-old Feng Qun Liu on prostitution charges and Mei Zhi Zheng, 37, for promoting prostitution and hindering. “Hot Asian waiting for you. Grand opening,” read one ad that police found after residents reported strange cars coming and going. Posing as johns, local and county detectives were offered sex for up to $160 an…

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