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
Garfield gas attendant says robber pointed gun at his face, took several hundred dollars Garfield gas attendant says robber pointed gun at his face, took several hundred dollars Garfield gas attendant says robber pointed gun at his face, took several hundred dollars
Garfield gas attendant says robber pointed gun at his face, took several hundred dollars YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (UPDATE): A Garfield gas attendant told police a robber hopped into a waiting car after taking several hundred dollars from him at gunpoint last night, authorities confirmed this morning. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported last night, the attendant at the Delta station in the 700 block of River Drive told police the robber got into a waiting, dark-colored Hyundai or Mazda after robbing him with a handgun around 10:10 p.m. The driver then headed east on Market Street and north on John Street, he said. The attendant told police the robber at first walked up and asked for c…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford police officers rescue woman having heart attack New Milford police officers rescue woman having heart attack New Milford police officers rescue woman having heart attack
New Milford police officers rescue woman having heart attack SHOUT OUT: A trio of New Milford police officers saved a borough woman who suffered a heart attack over the weekend. Sgt. William Duby Jr. and Officers Richard Giacobone Jr. and Derek Mattessich arrived at the 38-year-old mother of two’s Asbury Street home around 7 a.m. Saturday and found her in cardiac arrest, Police Chief Frank Papapietro said. They immediately began CPR, which was continued with the arrival of Holy Name Medical Center BLS and ALS units, he said. The woman was reported in stable condition at Holy Name, the chief told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “The actions of the…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Judge urges Rockland man to consider plea in Teaneck chase, shooting Judge urges Rockland man to consider plea in Teaneck chase, shooting Judge urges Rockland man to consider plea in Teaneck chase, shooting
Judge urges Rockland man to consider plea in Teaneck chase, shooting ONLY ON CVP: Facing 60 to 80 years in state prison, a Peruvian national from Rockland County yesterday was urged by a judge in Hackensack to carefully consider a plea deal of 12 years from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in connection with a chase and shooting in Teaneck. Bruce A. Loo, 20, followed the victim as he took a bus from the Garden State Plaza to Teaneck in broad daylight last July 9, then rushed him after he flagged down a car carrying his girlfriend, another man, and her 2-year-old toddler just off Route 4, prosecutors said. There, co-defendant Jarrell C. Stone drew a gu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Lodi man accused of killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids back in Bergen Lodi man accused of killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids back in Bergen Lodi man accused of killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids back in Bergen
Lodi man accused of killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids back in Bergen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi man charged with stabbing his wife to death and fleeing to South Carolina with their two sons was returned to New Jersey and was being held in the Bergen County Jail. A first appearance will likely be set for next week, with Friday as a remote possibility, for John “Rob” Jordan, 47, who waived extradition. Bail had not yet been set for Jordan, who is charged with murder and weapons possession. Jordan was arrested without incident when he arrived in Greenville, S.C., with sons Nicholas, 8, and Anthony, 7, at 12:45 a.m. May 10. Hours earlier, the boyd of h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff charges Georgia corrections officer, inmate in jury duty scam Bergen sheriff charges Georgia corrections officer, inmate in jury duty scam Bergen sheriff charges Georgia corrections officer, inmate in jury duty scam
Bergen sheriff charges Georgia corrections officer, inmate in jury duty scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An interstate manhunt for phone scammers who are calling citizens in Bergen County and 11 other states claiming they must pay a fine or be arrested for missing jury duty has led to the arrests of a Georgia corrections officer and a prison inmate, Sheriff Michael Saudino announced this morning. Georgia State Correctional Officer Clarinda Carter waived extradition and was brought to the Bergen County Jail on Friday. The inmate, Covian Camp, remains incarcerated at Autry State Prison in the southern Georgia town of Pelham. More arrests are expected, Saudino said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergenfield man in train suicide admitted masturbating in front of children Bergenfield man in train suicide admitted masturbating in front of children Bergenfield man in train suicide admitted masturbating in front of children
Bergenfield man in train suicide admitted masturbating in front of children EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A 78-year old Bergenfield man who was killed after he walked in front of a freight train last night was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty in February to masturbating in front of four children in a park last summer. Raul R. Gallardo wasn’t going to prison, but his plea agreement with Bergen County prosecutors stipulated that he be put on Megan’s Law probation for life and be evaluated at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel to determine whether he was a repetitive and compulsive offender. One of the children fishing in Cooper’s Pond Park spotted Gal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Five injured, none seriously, in Lyndhurst ambulance crash Five injured, none seriously, in Lyndhurst ambulance crash Five injured, none seriously, in Lyndhurst ambulance crash
Five injured, none seriously, in Lyndhurst ambulance crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Five people were injured, none seriously, after a Lyndhurst ambulance responding to a traffic accident collided with an SUV, hit a car containing a 90-year-old woman and her aide and landed on its side against a parked car. Two EMTs were taken to UMDNJ following the 12:45 p.m. crash. The senior citizen was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital and her aide to Hackensack University Medical Center. The driver of the SUV involved in the initial collision, a Lyndhurst resident in his 20s, was taken to HUMC. “Nobody was injured seriously,” Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Conn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Garfield gas station robbed at gunpoint Garfield gas station robbed at gunpoint Garfield gas station robbed at gunpoint
Garfield gas station robbed at gunpoint YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An armed robber made off with more than $400 in cash from a Garfield gas station tonight, police said. The attendant at the Delta station in the 700 block of River Drive told police the robber got into a waiting, dark-colored Hyundai or Mazda after robbing him with a handgun around 10:10 p.m. The attendant said he got away with between $400 and $500.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police chase Paterson man through traffic near Holland Tunnel Port Authority police chase Paterson man through traffic near Holland Tunnel Port Authority police chase Paterson man through traffic near Holland Tunnel
Port Authority police chase Paterson man through traffic near Holland Tunnel BEYOND BERGEN: A Paterson ex-con led officers on a foot chase through moving Jersey City traffic near the Holland Tunnel, then resisted arrest before being subdued, Port Authority police said today. PAPD officers stopped a white 1994 Toyota driven by 32-year-old William D. Lampley for having a broken left taillight at 14th and Erie Street around 5:45 p.m. yesterday. A computer checked turned up a warrant for a probation violation on an aggravated assault conviction out of Bergen County, along with warrants out of Passaic and Morris counties, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. As of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Hudson County jail deputy director indicted in illegal wiretap case Hudson County jail deputy director indicted in illegal wiretap case Hudson County jail deputy director indicted in illegal wiretap case
Hudson County jail deputy director indicted in illegal wiretap case BEYOND BERGEN (YOU READ IT HERE FIRST): A federal grand jury today indicted the deputy director of the Hudson County Correctional Center on charges of illegally wiretapping jail employees. Kirk Eady, 46, used a website to call four employees from the Kearny facility while concealing his own number, making it appear as though they — and not he — placed the call, the FBI previously said in a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark. Eady, who surrendered to federal authorities in January, also recorded the conversations between March and July of 2012, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman…

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