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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver sitting inside roof in Fair Lawn rollover crash Driver sitting inside roof in Fair Lawn rollover crash Driver sitting inside roof in Fair Lawn rollover crash
Driver sitting inside roof in Fair Lawn rollover crash YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Emergency workers said they found the driver sitting inside the roof of his Lexus after it was struck by a Mercedes and rolled over in Fair Lawn this morning. An ER nurse who was in the area stabilized the driver, a 33-year-old Weehawken man who police said was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center by Fair Lawn EMS. He sustained head and neck injuries, police said. The female Mercedes driver appeared OK, witnesses said. Charges were pending, Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The crash occured just after 9 a.m. The 2000 Mercedes driver was making a left…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Youngsters invited to free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy Youngsters invited to free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy Youngsters invited to free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy
Youngsters invited to free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy SHOUT OUT: Applications are being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis for the Fair Lawn Police Department the week of July 21. This year’s junior academy training, which is free of charge, will include visits to the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Complex in Mahwah, the Bureau of Criminal Investigations at the county Sheriff’s Office and the county courthouse, both in Hackensack. Junior recruits will also see demonstrations conducted by a county K-9 unit, bomb squad and SWAT team and also visit the Fair Lawn Fire Department, Rescue Squad and Ambulance Corps. Recruits must…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Many make memorable day at circus for girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor Many make memorable day at circus for girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor Many make memorable day at circus for girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor
Many make memorable day at circus for girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor SHOUT OUT: The Shriners Circus launched the final performance of its recent leg in Morristown last night with a trio of special guests — 5-year-old Lily LaRue Anderson and her brother and sister — in an event made possible by some very caring people who learned of Lily’s inoperable brain tumor barely 48 hours earlier. The tumor sits in the middle of the bubbly Wayne youngster’s brain stem and can’t be removed, doctors told her family just last Tuesday. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), as it’s called, is particularly cruel: The median overall survival term is 9 months. READ MORE …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck woman, 19, escapes New Milford rollover Teaneck woman, 19, escapes New Milford rollover Teaneck woman, 19, escapes New Milford rollover
Teaneck woman, 19, escapes New Milford rollover ONLY ON CVP: A 19-year-old Teaneck woman escaped with no serious injuries after rolling her SUV in New Milford this afternoon. The Honda CRV hit a parked car as it headed north and then rolled onto a southbound car just after 2 p.m. outside 70 River Road. A paramedic unit from Holy Name Medical Center tended to the woman. New Milford police responded and handled traffic control while a tow truck righted the Honda. Borough firefighters also responded.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bayonne Bridge reopens, then closes again after car overturns in DWI crash Bayonne Bridge reopens, then closes again after car overturns in DWI crash Bayonne Bridge reopens, then closes again after car overturns in DWI crash
Bayonne Bridge reopens, then closes again after car overturns in DWI crash BEYOND BERGEN: Hours after reopening after more than 24 hours of repairs, the Bayonne Bridge again was closed after a local woman’s car hit several traffic barriers and overturned in what Port Authority police said was a drunk-driving crash. Catherine Valentino Dobies, 29, had to be extricated after her 2013 Toyota landed on its hood around 1:45 a.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. After being treated at Bayonne Hospital, she was arrested and charged with DWI. The car was towed and impounded, he said. The bridge was closed in both directions until 3:50 a.m. and then a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Human trafficking discussion set for Tuesday Human trafficking discussion set for Tuesday Human trafficking discussion set for Tuesday
Human trafficking discussion set for Tuesday SHOUT OUT: A panel discussion for the community on human trafficking in New Jersey and New York will be held Tuesday at an Upper Saddle River church. “All are welcome to attend this very important discussion on the growing threat of human trafficking to our children and teens,” the Church of the Presentation said in a release. Speakers: Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kristin J. DeMarco (Special Victims Unit); Jayne Bigelsen, director of Anti-Human Trafficking Initiatives, Covenant House (NYC). The event begins at 7:30 in the church’s community room, Church of the Presentation, 271 W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights police arrest Paterson man in cocaine bust Hasbrouck Heights police arrest Paterson man in cocaine bust Hasbrouck Heights police arrest Paterson man in cocaine bust
Hasbrouck Heights police arrest Paterson man in cocaine bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A series of undercover buys led Hasbrouck Heights police to arrest a Paterson man and seize more than an ounce of cocaine. Luis Fernandez, 24, was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with distributing cocaine in both a school and park zone. Garfield police assisted in the investigation and arrest of Fernandez on Central Avenue around 6 o’clock last night. In addition to the cocaine, Hasbrouck Heights detectives seized two bags of marijuana and $1,245 in suspected drug proceeds. MUGSHOT: Courtesy of HASBROUCK HEIGHTS  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Truck crashes off Hackensack River bridge in Little Ferry Truck crashes off Hackensack River bridge in Little Ferry Truck crashes off Hackensack River bridge in Little Ferry
Truck crashes off Hackensack River bridge in Little Ferry YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A trucker towing a flatbed trailer climbed out on his own after his pickup slammed through the cement railing of the Hackensack River Bridge on Route 46 in Little Ferry this afternoon. The rig was headed west, towing a Jeep, when the driver apparently lost his power steering. After hitting two cars, the Ford careened across the bridge, knocking a 13-foot section of the south railing to the riverbank below. The pickup then landed against metal scaffolding that holds a billboard alongside the bridge. PHOTO: David Brierty The driver for Lennies East Coast Auto Tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver in sidewalk crash that injured Moonachie grandmother, daughter charged with DWI Driver in sidewalk crash that injured Moonachie grandmother, daughter charged with DWI Driver in sidewalk crash that injured Moonachie grandmother, daughter charged with DWI
Driver in sidewalk crash that injured Moonachie grandmother, daughter charged with DWI YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Brooklyn man was drunk when his sedan barreled onto a Moonachie sidewalk, hitting a woman who was helping her granddaughter out of her daughter’s car, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Concetta Palmieri, 64, of Moonachie, and her daughter, Michelle Brattoli, 40, of Little Ferry, were hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center with “serious but non-life-threatening injuries, including internal bleeding and numerous fractures,” Molinelli said. The girl wasn’t seriously injured, he said. “We are sore and bruised but glad to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Midland Park Citgo to pay $3,000 for putting water in woman’s gas tank Midland Park Citgo to pay $3,000 for putting water in woman’s gas tank Midland Park Citgo to pay $3,000 for putting water in woman’s gas tank
Midland Park Citgo to pay $3,000 for putting water in woman’s gas tank  UPDATE: The owner of a Midland Park gas station has agreed to reimburse a local driver $3,000 for damages from her gas tank being filled with water. “It is so beyond emotionally distressing,” Adrienne Thompson Roetman of Paramus told CBS 2, which took up her cause after the Citgo station owner refused to reimburse the full amount of repairs — including new fuel pumps and injectors — to her year-old Mazda3. The Bergen County Division of Weights and Measures inspected the station and confirmed that it had sold contaminated gas but had cleared its tanks. MORE: CBS 2    PHOTO (INSET)…

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