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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park trucker, 44, charged with having sex with girl, 13 Ridgefield Park trucker, 44, charged with having sex with girl, 13 Ridgefield Park trucker, 44, charged with having sex with girl, 13
Ridgefield Park trucker, 44, charged with having sex with girl, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 44-year-old truck driver from Ridgefield Park is charged with having a sexual relationship with a juvenile beginning when she was 13. Andrew J. Bates was being held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. The mother of the girl, now 15, notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, whose detectives interviewed the teen, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said early this evening. She told them that she and Bates, who is single, had sex “on several occasions,” the prosecutor said. MUGSHOT: Courtesy …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Newark man charged with molesting Mahwah boy, 5 Newark man charged with molesting Mahwah boy, 5 Newark man charged with molesting Mahwah boy, 5
Newark man charged with molesting Mahwah boy, 5 YOU SAID IT HERE FIRST: A gas station attendant from Newark is charged with molesting a 5-year-old Mahwah boy. Richard Diggs, 50, was arrested after the boy’s mother went to Mahwah police, who notified the Special Victims Unit of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. A unit investigator interviewed the boy, who “confirmed to the detective what he had previously disclosed to his mother,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. Diggs of Spruce Street, was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. MUGSHOT: C…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: Audi ignites in Rochelle Park PHOTOS: Audi ignites in Rochelle Park PHOTOS: Audi ignites in Rochelle Park
Photos: Audi ignites in Rochelle Park ONLY ON CVP: We don’t do car fires as a general rule, but the quality of these shots — by CLIFFVIEW PILOT Contributing Photographer Ronald Strub — convinced us otherwise. This Audi convertible caught fire around 2:20 this afternoon on West End Street off Essex Street near the Lodi border. ALL PHOTOS: Courtesy RONALD STRUB

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock man charged in Englewood card game shooting Glen Rock man charged in Englewood card game shooting Glen Rock man charged in Englewood card game shooting
Glen Rock man charged in Englewood card game shooting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police arrested a 25-year-old Glen Rock resident in connection with a shooting earlier this month during an overnight card game. Michael “Mook” Williamson was being held on $1 million bail in the Bergen County Jail. Williams had been ejected from the May 2 game in a Cleveland Street basement when he returned with a handgun and fired several shots at a man he’d fought with, missing him, Detective Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early this afternoon. City investigators later chased Williamson down after he bailed from a car he was driving on Pindle Av…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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NJ reimbursing local police for defective bulletproof vests NJ reimbursing local police for defective bulletproof vests NJ reimbursing local police for defective bulletproof vests
NJ reimbursing local police for defective bulletproof vests SHOUT OUT: State authorities are preparing to distribute $173,780 to 100 New Jersey police departments that bought defective bulletproof vests from a manufacturer that filed for bankruptcy a decade ago. For years before Second Chance Body Armor, Inc. finally went bankrupt, its Zylon-based vests “had the potential to put police officers’ lives at risk,” state Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman. The divisions of Law and Consumer Affairs began pursuing restitution after the Michigan-based company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2004. They obtained an order from the U.S. Bankruptcy …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Bergen shelter: Abandoned German Shepherd will soon be up for adoption, not now Bergen shelter: Abandoned German Shepherd will soon be up for adoption, not now Bergen shelter: Abandoned German Shepherd will soon be up for adoption, not now
Bergen shelter: Abandoned German Shepherd will soon be up for adoption, not now SHOUT OUT: A 1½-year-old German Shepherd found abandoned at the Duck Pond in Ridgewood this week has caused a stir at the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro. The shelter has received so many calls about the dog that “it has impacted on the care of our other animals,” the shelter said in a release early this evening. “While we understand people are concerned, we ask them to hold off until when and if the dog becomes available for adoption,” the shelter said. “Stray dogs are not available when they arrive at the shelter,” the release says. “We observe the New Jersey regulation that…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Police hunt Fair Lawn burglar Police hunt Fair Lawn burglar Police hunt Fair Lawn burglar
Police hunt Fair Lawn burglar YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A burglar tried to force his way into a Fair Lawn home, then took off when the owner showed up, police said this morning. The thief, who appeared in his early 20s, broke a window near the front door but never made it inside — taking off as the homeowner returned. STORY/PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving A K9 unit from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office joined Glen Rock and Bergen County Police Department officers in a subsequent search of the Herold Drive neighborhood. It was the area’s second recent burglary or attempt. The man in this case was described as about 5-foot-…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee police rescue fawn after mother deer is killed by car Fort Lee police rescue fawn after mother deer is killed by car Fort Lee police rescue fawn after mother deer is killed by car
Fort Lee police rescue fawn after mother deer is killed by car SHOUT OUT: Fort Lee police rescued a fawn orphaned after a mother deer was struck and killed by a car near a local gas station. Workers at the station told responding officers this morning that the baby deer had been there about three days since the adult was killed nearby. “Officers attempted to give the baby deer water and food throughout the day, and eventually were successful,” Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul said. The baby deer was brought to the Oradell Animal Hospital, the chief said. Workers there were arranging to return the fawn to the wild. PHOTO: Courtesy FORT LEE PD …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lodi Police Chief Caruso has final walkout after more than quarter-century in blue Lodi Police Chief Caruso has final walkout after more than quarter-century in blue Lodi Police Chief Caruso has final walkout after more than quarter-century in blue
Lodi Police Chief Caruso has final walkout after more than quarter-century in blue TRIBUTE: “103 to county communications, please have the chief report to the front of Borough Hall for his last detail” was the message that fetched retiring Lodi Police Chief Vincent Caruso for a ceremonial final walkout this afternoon. Caruso, who is married with four sons, was appointed chief on Jan. 3, 2003. He has held most ranks in the department and worked within several divisions. Acting Chief Vincent Quattrone will assume the duties of the top spot on July 1, following Caruso’s last day. The bona fides: Caruso this afternoon with PBA Local #26 President Frank DebartolaCLIFFVIE…

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Paterson, NJ
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Indictment charges former Paterson high school assistant basketball coach with cocaine possession, resisting, assault Indictment charges former Paterson high school assistant basketball coach with cocaine possession, resisting, assault Indictment charges former Paterson high school assistant basketball coach with cocaine possession, resisting, assault
Indictment charges former Paterson high school assistant basketball coach with cocaine possession, resisting, assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Paterson high school assistant basketball coach who authorities said rammed a police car with his SUV and then fought with police after being chased down was indicted today on charges of trying to sell of cocaine to undercover detectives. Jimmie D. Smith, 41, was arrested last August by investigators of the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau who were looking into a tip that he was moving large quantities of cocaine in Paterson, state Acting Attorney General John Hoffman said. The former John F. Kennedy High School assistant fre…

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