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
Breaking News
Jurors find Hackensack man not guilty of sexual assault, beating Jurors find Hackensack man not guilty of sexual assault, beating Jurors find Hackensack man not guilty of sexual assault, beating
Jurors find Hackensack man not guilty of sexual assault, beating YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After a little over half a day of deliberations, jurors in Hackensack today found a city man not guilty of sexually assaulting and beating a former Clifton woman after a Memorial Day outing last year. Paul Roseboro, Jr. got a broad smile and a hug from his lawyer after the verdict was read this afternoon. Roseboro, however, kept the same steely expression he had throughout the brief trial. The alleged victim testified last week that Roseboro groped, choked and punched her, then threw her into a mirror and through a door before chasing her into an Anderson Avenue pa…

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Paterson, NJ
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Port Authority police officer stops broad daylight rape on NYC street Port Authority police officer stops broad daylight rape on NYC street Port Authority police officer stops broad daylight rape on NYC street
Port Authority police officer stops broad daylight rape on NYC street BEYOND BERGEN: A 55-year-old woman being chased by a man who groped her and tried to pull off her clothing was rescued by Port Authority police who saw the commotion as she ran into a Hells Kitchen street, authorities said today. Brad Gaillard, 38, was charged with attempted rape, sexual abuse and forcible touching after the incident on Ninth Avenue and 40th Street near the midtown Manhattan bus terminal yesterday afternoon, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Officer Shaun Kehoe rescued the woman, subduing the 6-foot-3-inch, 175-pound Gaillard, Pentangelo said.  

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Community mourns Park Ridge woman, 19, slain in Florida Community mourns Park Ridge woman, 19, slain in Florida Community mourns Park Ridge woman, 19, slain in Florida
Community mourns Park Ridge woman, 19, slain in Florida UPDATE: Authorities in Florida were searching for the intruder who killed a 19-year-old Park Ridge woman who used to work at a Ridgewood bakery. Nicole Franco was working as a pastry chef in Boca Raton, devotedly pursuing a calling that began in her native Bergen County at Carlo’s Bake Shop. Police said Franco dialed 911 to report a burglary at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. Sheriff’s deputies went door-to-door, found a sliding-glass door open and discovered her body inside, authorities said. They had not disclosed the cause of death as of late this morning. Nicole Franco A neighbor told report…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Support the Bergen County Protect and Rescue Foundation Support the Bergen County Protect and Rescue Foundation Support the Bergen County Protect and Rescue Foundation
Support the Bergen County Protect and Rescue Foundation SHOUT OUT: Protecting and rescuing as many animals as possible takes not only compassion and dedication but also financial support from the community, say members of Bergen County Protect and Rescue Foundation in Cliffside Park. “BCP&R is a 501-3c organization. We exist based on the donations and sponsorships we receive. To have survived since our inception is unthinkable,” says Animal Control Officer Vince Ascolese. “Now, more than ever, we need support to get much-needed supplies and food to keep our shelter going,” he said. BCP&R operates the no-kill shelter from a former 2nd…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Touch-screen parking meters with cameras coming to Palisades Park Touch-screen parking meters with cameras coming to Palisades Park Touch-screen parking meters with cameras coming to Palisades Park
Touch-screen parking meters with cameras coming to Palisades Park Palisades Park is bringing touch-screen parking meters to Broad Avenue that will allow credit card payments, displays ads and alerts in several languages and photograph license plates — generating tickets on the spot. They’ll also connect to police HQ for emergencies. // (via NJ.com) PALISADES PARK — This is not the most technologically advanced community in the world. Only recently, Palisades Park became the last town in Bergen County to launch its own website. But if nothing else, the borough could soon have the most advanced…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Telephone bomb threats clear Walmarts in Saddle Brook, Wall, Brick Telephone bomb threats clear Walmarts in Saddle Brook, Wall, Brick Telephone bomb threats clear Walmarts in Saddle Brook, Wall, Brick
Telephone bomb threats clear Walmarts in Saddle Brook, Wall, Brick YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A series of telephoned bomb threats tonight cleared Walmart and Kmart stores in three New Jersey counties — including at the Saddle Brook Walmart. Dogs trained to sniff out explosives were brought into the stores in Bergen County, Wall Township in Monmouth County and Brick Township in Ocean County. None found anything dangerous. All of the threats came in around 6 p.m., authorities said. In each instance, customers and employees were evacuated into parking lots while searches were conducted. “We are working to identify the source of the calls,” Saddle Brook P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook crash sends 3 to hospital Saddle Brook crash sends 3 to hospital Saddle Brook crash sends 3 to hospital
Saddle Brook crash sends 3 to hospital ONLY ON CVP: A crash in Saddle Brook today sent two adults and a child to the hospital and an SUV onto a lawn. The crash occurred at the corner of Williams and South Streets around 2:45 p.m. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. STORY / PHOTOS: Kevin Teel

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Alpine police chief, officer find suicidal cancer patient on cliffs Alpine police chief, officer find suicidal cancer patient on cliffs Alpine police chief, officer find suicidal cancer patient on cliffs
Alpine police chief, officer find suicidal cancer patient on cliffs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rappelling mission along the Palisades in Alpine ended yesterday when Alpine Police Chief Christopher Belcolle and Officer Robert Colussi found a missing terminally ill man in the woods — dehydrated, his wrists cut. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department got the call from Alpine police just after noon yesterday that the man might be in the area of the State Line Lookout, PIPPD Chief Michael Coppola said. Coppola said his officers teamed up with Alpine police, a K9 unit from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Palisades Interstate Park Tr…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woman indicted in boyfriend stabbing, spitting at Wallington officer Woman indicted in boyfriend stabbing, spitting at Wallington officer Woman indicted in boyfriend stabbing, spitting at Wallington officer
Woman indicted in boyfriend stabbing, spitting at Wallington officer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack today indicted a Bronx woman on charges of stabbing her boyfriend in the hand with a kitchen knife, then spitting in a Wallington police officer’s face and ripping out a camera in her holding cell. Leyka Trinidad, 23, remained held on $125,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Police responding to a domestic call on Halstead Avenue on March 24 found the 29-year-old victim from Queens sitting on the front steps, his hand wrapped in a towel. Inside their friend’s apartment, “there was blood and vomit all over the floor and a door off its hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police ID woman struck, killed by lumber truck Hackensack police ID woman struck, killed by lumber truck Hackensack police ID woman struck, killed by lumber truck
Hackensack police ID woman struck, killed by lumber truck UPDATE: Hackensack police today identified a woman struck and killed by a lumber truck yesterday as 69-year-old Janice Joy Kehoe of River Edge. “The driver of the truck was not at fault,” Hackensack Police Director Mike Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, adding that Kehoe apparently crossed against the traffic light on Passaic Street. Police were called to the scene just after 12:20 p.m. yesterday.

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