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
Franklin Lakes driver, 19, charged with DWI after car barrels through Wyckoff properties Franklin Lakes driver, 19, charged with DWI after car barrels through Wyckoff properties Franklin Lakes driver, 19, charged with DWI after car barrels through Wyckoff properties
Franklin Lakes driver, 19, charged with DWI after car barrels through Wyckoff properties YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Franklin Lakes woman whose car toppled a utility pole and barreled across nearly 100 yards of private properties in Wyckoff was drunk at the time, police said this morning. Margaret A. Kerrigan was driving on Brookside Avenue near the Allendale border just after 3 a.m. Sunday when her 2006 Jeep Liberty veered off the roadway. After knocking down the pole, the SUV “continued across several properties for an additional 288 feet until it struck a stone retaining wall,” Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. Kerrigan sustained back and leg injuries, he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$550,000 bail each for 4 in Paramus home invasion, chase $550,000 bail each for 4 in Paramus home invasion, chase $550,000 bail each for 4 in Paramus home invasion, chase
$550,000 bail each for 4 in Paramus home invasion, chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Four people chased and caught by Hackensack police in a home-invasion robbery in Paramus yesterday were being held on $550,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail. Charged with kidnapping, robbery and burglary are: Madelyn Trinidad-Ramos, 37 (above, top left); Lazaro R Guiterez, 37 (above, top right); Edgardeo H Vazquez-Lopez, 20 (above, bottom left); Christian Hernandez, 23 (right) All are from Houston, Texas, authorities said. The 67-year-old Mill Run homeowner told Paramus police that the robbers knocked first around 1 p.m. yesterday, then smashed in the bac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
‘Click it or Ticket’ seat belt enforcement returns ‘Click it or Ticket’ seat belt enforcement returns ‘Click it or Ticket’ seat belt enforcement returns
‘Click it or Ticket’ seat belt enforcement returns PUBLIC SAFETY: Local police again will be cracking down on unbuckled motorists and passengers — including back-seat passengers — as part of the national “Click it or Ticket” campaign, beginning Monday. The annual campaign — which includes high visibility law enforcement seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols — aims to reinforce that the restraints save lives. “Using a seat belt is the simplest way for a driver and his or her passengers to protect themselves when traveling,” said Gary Poedubicky, acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. “In 2010 alone, se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Three-time loser: Gambler again convicted of cheating at AC craps Three-time loser: Gambler again convicted of cheating at AC craps Three-time loser: Gambler again convicted of cheating at AC craps
Three-time loser: Gambler again convicted of cheating at AC craps BEYOND BERGEN: A Bayonne ex-con appears headed to prison for the third time in 13 years for placing bets at craps tables in Atlantic City casinos after the winning number already came up. Derek Bethea, 57, of Bayonne, placed a $1,100 bet at a craps table at the Borgata last Aug. 15 after the dice already came up, collected the winnings — and then was detained by security at the Tropicana the next day and issued a summons, the Atlantic County jury found after a week-long trial. Two weeks later, he placed a $505 bet at a craps table at Resorts, again after the winner was determined. Resorts…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood girl, 11, says two men pulled up, stared at her Maywood girl, 11, says two men pulled up, stared at her Maywood girl, 11, says two men pulled up, stared at her
Maywood girl, 11, says two men pulled up, stared at her YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Maywood police were looking for two men who an 11-year-old girl said pulled up to her as she watched home from school. The girl said she was near the intersection of Oak Avenue and Belle Avenue around 3:30 p.m. yesterday when the men pulled up in a black, older model, four-door sedan with NJ license plates. The vehicle had tinted windows and a dented rear bumper, she said. The front seat passenger — described as white, 17-18 years old, with a thin build, brown hair and wearing a blue t-shirt and mustard-colored cargo shorts — got out, walked to the back bumper an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Civilian helps police grab 4 in Teaneck after Paramus home invasion, chase Civilian helps police grab 4 in Teaneck after Paramus home invasion, chase Civilian helps police grab 4 in Teaneck after Paramus home invasion, chase
Civilian helps police grab 4 in Teaneck after Paramus home invasion, chase UPDATE: Police from Hackensack caught four suspects in a Paramus home invasion robbery, with an assist from a good Samaritan, following a chase this afternoon. The robbers knocked first, then smashed in the back door when the homeowner didn’t immediately answer, the 67-year-old Mill Run homeowner told police. They tied him up up with a telephone cord, ransacked the house and fled, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. But he quickly free himself and called police, the chief said. CLOCKWISE (from top left):Madelyn Trinidad-Ramos, 37Lazaro R Guiterez, 37Christian Hernandez, 23Edgar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cresskill police search for man who tried to lure teen Cresskill police search for man who tried to lure teen Cresskill police search for man who tried to lure teen
Cresskill police search for man who tried to lure teen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Cresskill police were searching for a man who they said tried to lure a local teen into his car and then got out and tried talking to her. The 18-year-old girl said the man pulled up in a red, four-door, older-model sedan as she walked on Churchill Road near the Demarest border around 7:15 a.m. yesterday. She said he asked whether she wanted a ride, but she kept walking. He then tunred the car around and got out, “asking questions about her age, where she goes to school and if she would take pictures with him,” Detective Jason Lanzilotti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Ridgewood HS secure after local boy makes weapon threat on popular app Ridgewood HS secure after local boy makes weapon threat on popular app Ridgewood HS secure after local boy makes weapon threat on popular app
Ridgewood HS secure after local boy makes weapon threat on popular app YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A local juvenile was responsible for an unfounded online threat of bringing a weapon to Ridgewood High School, following an investigation that included the FBI and law enforcement authorities from at least two other states, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. FBI agents were at Ridgewood police headquarters this morning, officers were posted inside and outside the school and preparations were made for bringing in portable metal scanners as the source was tracked. “There is no threat to the safety of our children,” village Police Chief John Ward said in a prepared statemen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police hunt for large truck in Route 4 fatal of Englewood man, 49 Police hunt for large truck in Route 4 fatal of Englewood man, 49 Police hunt for large truck in Route 4 fatal of Englewood man, 49
Police hunt for large truck in Route 4 fatal of Englewood man, 49 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A large truck struck and killed a 49-year-old Englewood man on the Grand Avenue entrance ramp and dragged him 500 feet onto eastbound Route 4 before taking off overnight, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said early this evening, confirming a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report from earlier today. The highway was closed for several hours investigators continued their work — including trying to find a missing limb — in what was described as a horrific scene. The victim, Calvin Troy Dixon, lived in the Rock Creek Terrace apartments. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Teaneck police issue sketch of robber who pistol-whipped pump jockey Teaneck police issue sketch of robber who pistol-whipped pump jockey Teaneck police issue sketch of robber who pistol-whipped pump jockey
Teaneck police issue sketch of robber who pistol-whipped pump jockey YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police this morning issued a sketch of a scarred thug who they said pistol-whipped a gas station attendant during a robbery Monday night. A reward was being offered. The robber is described as black, 18-25 years old, about 5-foot-10 with a slim build and a large scar over his right eye. He was wearing a red sweatshirt and grey sweatpants when he hit the attendant at the Delta Gas Station on Cedar Lane with the butt end of a handgun after he refused to hand over the cash, police said. The robber headed south on River Road and then east on Penn Avenue. The a…

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