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
Storm encore does even more damage: families, motorists trapped, road collapses, trees down Storm encore does even more damage: families, motorists trapped, road collapses, trees down Storm encore does even more damage: families, motorists trapped, road collapses, trees down
Storm encore does even more damage: families, motorists trapped, road collapses, trees down UPDATE: Tonight’s violent storm trapped a Park Ridge family on the second floor of their home, collapsed a road in Montvale and led to the rescues of motorists on flooded streets in Hackensack, Bogota, Lodi and elsewhere. Rescue teams hustled throughout the county — rescuing motorists on Pleasantview and Summit avenues in Hackensack, Terhune Avenue in Lodi and Carteret Place in Allendale, among other areas — in a flurry of emergency activity that began just after 8 p.m. and continued for well over an hour. All southbound lanes of Route 17 in Saddle River and East Rutherford were closed du…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Saddle Brook couple charged in connection with infant son’s arm injury Saddle Brook couple charged in connection with infant son’s arm injury Saddle Brook couple charged in connection with infant son’s arm injury
Saddle Brook couple charged in connection with infant son’s arm injury YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Saddle Brook couple was charged with child endangerment following an investigation into injuries sustained by their infant son. Joseph Amico, a 22-year-old audio-visual technician, and his 34-year-old common-law wife, Collen Willis, who authorities said is disabled, both posted $25,000 bail and were released pending grand jury action. Ridgewood police got the initial call after the boy was taken to The Valley Hospital with an arm injury apparently sustained last Dec. 30 while Amico was caring for him. The Saddle River Road couple surrendered to Saddle Brook pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Charges detailed against member of well-known Leonia family for alleged sex assault on girl, 10 Charges detailed against member of well-known Leonia family for alleged sex assault on girl, 10 Charges detailed against member of well-known Leonia family for alleged sex assault on girl, 10
Charges detailed against member of well-known Leonia family for alleged sex assault on girl, 10 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack details charges against a well-known Leonia family accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl nearly six years ago. The six-count indictment accuses of Kevin Van Mater, 45, of “penile/vaginal penetration,” attempted anal penetration and fellatio on the girl, as well as touching her buttocks and making contact with his penis. He also is charged with impairing the morals of a minor. Van Mater spent four months behind bars before being released May 12 after his mother posted property in lieu of $500,000 ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police say mom helped teen daughter in attempted murder box cutter slashing Englewood police say mom helped teen daughter in attempted murder box cutter slashing Englewood police say mom helped teen daughter in attempted murder box cutter slashing
Englewood police say mom helped teen daughter in attempted murder box cutter slashing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The mother of an Englewood girl accused of slashing another teen with a box cutter during a fight gave her daughter a 2-by-4 to use, then prevented another adult from breaking things up, city police said today in announcing her arrest. Meanwhile, her daughter was being held in the Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center on a juvenile complaint of attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons possession counts. The mother, 53-year-old Tarita Mitchell of Rockcreek Terrace was being held on $82,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with conspiracy to commit a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield police officer makes heroin arrest after hit-and-run Ridgefield police officer makes heroin arrest after hit-and-run Ridgefield police officer makes heroin arrest after hit-and-run
Ridgefield police officer makes heroin arrest after hit-and-run YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgefield police officer stopped a car involved in a hit-and-run in Ridgefield Park and found twin brothers and a passenger carrying four decks of heroin, authorities said. Officer Greg Anastassatos pursued the 2014 Honda Accord after the driver — identified as Yosef Taha, 20, of Elmwood Park — blew a red light turning onto southbound Broad Avenue from Shaler Boulevard, Capt. Richard Besser said. Anastassatos moments earlier heard the Ridgefield Park alert involving a crash on Bergen Turnpike moments earlier, Besser said. The Honda finally came to a stop on Se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland DWI driver leads Wyckoff police on chase Oakland DWI driver leads Wyckoff police on chase Oakland DWI driver leads Wyckoff police on chase
Oakland DWI driver leads Wyckoff police on chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Oakland man was drunk when he led Wyckoff police on a chase, cutting through side streets and blowing a stop sign in the middle of the afternoon, authorities said. Officer William Plisich tried to pull the car over after clocking it at 55 miles an hour on Franklin Avenue, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. A brief chase followed before the driver hit traffic and was taken into custody, Fox said. Naum A. Lavenvich, 47, was charged with eluding, speeding, DWI, reckless driving, refusing to submit to a breath test, running a stop sign, failing to keep right and havi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Franklin Lakes driver, 84, fell asleep before rollover Police: Franklin Lakes driver, 84, fell asleep before rollover Police: Franklin Lakes driver, 84, fell asleep before rollover
Police: Franklin Lakes driver, 84, fell asleep before rollover YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 84-year-old Franklin Lakes man’s Jeep hit several trees before rolling onto its roof after he fell asleep behind the wheel yesterday, police said this morning. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the 3:15 p.m. crash on Freemans Lane between Old Forge and Iroquois lanes. His southbound 2004 Jeep Cherokee drifted to the right and then the left before hitting the trees and overturning, Police Lt. John Bakelaar said. Franklin Lakes firefighters used a seatbelt cutting device to free him. Also responding were Franklin fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Memorial gathering in Hackensack for popular Hasbrouck Heights woman, new crash details emerge Memorial gathering in Hackensack for popular Hasbrouck Heights woman, new crash details emerge Memorial gathering in Hackensack for popular Hasbrouck Heights woman, new crash details emerge
Memorial gathering in Hackensack for popular Hasbrouck Heights woman, new crash details emerge TRIBUTE: A huge gathering in memory of a well-known Hasbrouck Heights woman killed in a crash in Morris County over the weekend is planned for tonight in Hackensack following visitation in her hometown. Meanwhile, new details of the crash that killed Laura Puglisi, 43, have emerged. “There are so many people who really care about her. This is a way for us all to honor her memory the way she would have wanted — with pictures and stories and song,” one of the event organizers, Jenny Pena, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The gathering at Rebar in Hackensack (see below) will follow visitation from 5-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic woman among three killed in crash at notorious Route 3 curve Passaic woman among three killed in crash at notorious Route 3 curve Passaic woman among three killed in crash at notorious Route 3 curve
Passaic woman among three killed in crash at notorious Route 3 curve UPDATE:  A Passaic woman and two companions from Massachusetts were killed in a horrific car crash this morning at one of North Jersey’s deadliest spots — the eastbound Route 3 ramp that merges onto Route 495 toward the Lincoln Tunnel and Hoboken. Authorities identified one of the victims as Margarita Santiago, 32, of Passaic, and another as 34-year-old Miguel A. Barreto Jr., of Leominster, Mass. A second man, also of Massachusetts, had not yet been identified. Investigators believe the white Mercedes station wagon was speeding when it struck the guard rail at the point where Route 3 east…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Captured fugitive charged with attempted murder of 3 Fort Lee police officers Captured fugitive charged with attempted murder of 3 Fort Lee police officers Captured fugitive charged with attempted murder of 3 Fort Lee police officers
Captured fugitive charged with attempted murder of 3 Fort Lee police officers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack has charged a Bronx man with the attempted murder of three Fort Lee police officers, as well as causing injuries to them, after he knocked one down and tried to mow down the others with an undercover detective’s car he’d just stolen from a local motel. Juan Mendez-Lozaro and an alleged associate were captured a little over a month after last August’s incident by a strike force of federal, state, county and local officers at a North Wales, PA apartment where authorities said the fugitive was staying. Investigators discovered a large-scale …

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