Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood police seek help finding missing man, 54 Maywood police seek help finding missing man, 54 Maywood police seek help finding missing man, 54
Maywood police seek help finding missing man, 54 HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Maywood police are hoping the public can help find a 54-year-old borough resident who’s been missing nearly a month. Colin Harth was last seen around 2 p.m. April 18 when he was dropped off in the area of his home near Essex Street and Maybrook Drive, police said this afternoon. He is described as 5-foot-8-inches tall, about 185 pounds, with black and gray hair and is missing a front tooth. He also has a lazy right eye (amblyopia) and may be wearing glasses, as well as a khaki jumpsuit. He requires medication, police said. All area hospitals are to check their regis…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson man, wife charged in child sexual assault, alleged cover-up brought to court Emerson man, wife charged in child sexual assault, alleged cover-up brought to court Emerson man, wife charged in child sexual assault, alleged cover-up brought to court
Emerson man, wife charged in child sexual assault, alleged cover-up brought to court YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An Emerson man charged with sexually assaulting a grade school girl was brought to court today along with his wife, who is charged with trying to cover up the alleged crime. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT revealed last month, Michelle Weckstrom, 42, was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack. A former 3rd-grade teacher in the Little Ferry school system, she was released after being arrested and processed following the indictment. Her husband, Karl Weckstrom, has remained free on $100,000 bail, posted four days after his arrest last Oct. 25. Last month’s indictment charges t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Elderly driver may have suffered stroke in Paramus rear-end crash Elderly driver may have suffered stroke in Paramus rear-end crash Elderly driver may have suffered stroke in Paramus rear-end crash
Elderly driver may have suffered stroke in Paramus rear-end crash ONLY ON CVP: Paramus police believe an elderly driver may have suffered a stroke before his car rammed into the back of a minivan near a local middle school this afternoon. The driver of a Subaru Forester wasn’t injured when the man’s Ford Taurus slammed into her vehicle from behind on Roosevelt Boulevard near the Westbrook Middle School around 2:10 p.m. The Suburu, which was pushed onto the lawn of a nearby home, sustained heavy damage, however. School was still in session at Westbrook and no children were in the area during the collision. Paramus police and EMS personnel responded. …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater bicyclist dies, Hummer driver charged with vehicular homicide Edgewater bicyclist dies, Hummer driver charged with vehicular homicide Edgewater bicyclist dies, Hummer driver charged with vehicular homicide
Edgewater bicyclist dies, Hummer driver charged with vehicular homicide YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Charges against a North Bergen interior designer who authorities said was drunk when her car hit a bicyclist Friday night on River Road in Edgewater were upgraded today following the victim’s death yesterday, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. Siobhan Stokley, 40, was expected to surrender at Edgewater police headquarters today to face upgraded charges of vehicular homicide in connection with the 10:50 p.m. crash, which left 61-year-old Tony Tyson in critical condition after he slammed his head on the pavement when he was hit by her 2007 Hummer H2. Tyson w…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Member of well-known Leonia family released on bail in child sex assault Member of well-known Leonia family released on bail in child sex assault Member of well-known Leonia family released on bail in child sex assault
Member of well-known Leonia family released on bail in child sex assault ONLY ON CVP: A member of a well-known Leonia family charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl was released on bail today after a judge in Hackensack accepted property posted by his mother in lieu of $500,000 cash. Kevin Van Mater, 45, has been held in the Bergen County Jail since being arrested on Jan. 18. The girl, then 15, told Special Victims Unit detectives that he “engaged in inappropriate sexual activity” with her at his Broad Avenue apartment when she was 10, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. Defense attorney John Bruno, Kevin Van Mater, Nancy…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn HS substitute charged with stealing student’s phone Fair Lawn HS substitute charged with stealing student’s phone Fair Lawn HS substitute charged with stealing student’s phone
Fair Lawn HS substitute charged with stealing student’s phone YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fair Lawn High School substitute teacher was arrested after he was found with a student’s cellphone and charger, police said this afternoon. The 17-year-old student said the black Samsung Galaxy was missing form a classroom where he’d left it charging, then asked substitute Joseph Decker whether he’d seen it. Decker, 26, of Fair Lawn, said he hadn’t, according to Sgt. Brian Metzler. School Resource Officer Mark Wyka investigated and got Decker to return the phone, Metzler said. Decker told him he’d taken the phone and charger as a prank, the sergeant said. …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police bust 2, seek 1 in bogus gold scam Teaneck police bust 2, seek 1 in bogus gold scam Teaneck police bust 2, seek 1 in bogus gold scam
Teaneck police bust 2, seek 1 in bogus gold scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: By secretly swapping a gold-testing solution, a Brooklyn man passed off fake jewelry as real in a scam that potentially could hve netted him and two accomplices more than $200,000, Teaneck police said. William L. Thomas, 44, entered a Teaneck jewelry store last June asking about selling a gold ring, Acting Police Chief Robert Carney said this morning. Surveillance video shows Thomas switching the jeweler’s gold-testing solution with a bottle of his own when the owner turned his back, the chief said. Moments later, an accomplice entered looking to sell a large amoun…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’ Fair Lawn police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’ Fair Lawn police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’
Fair Lawn police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’ SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police officers will meet with citizens this week to discuss community issues, build relationships – and drink coffee. The department encourages citizens to attend Coffee with a Cop, from 9-11 a.m. Thursday at the Empress Diner, 13-48 River Road. The coffee is free. Part of a massive effort by local police nationwide, Coffee With A Cop “provides a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the department’s work in Fair Lawn’s neighborhoods,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. “The majority of contacts law enforcement has with…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood dating site scam, credit card fraud smashed by NJ State Police Englewood dating site scam, credit card fraud smashed by NJ State Police Englewood dating site scam, credit card fraud smashed by NJ State Police
Englewood dating site scam, credit card fraud smashed by NJ State Police The accused leader of an Englewood ring that used stolen credit cards to buy more than $100,000 in merchandise from websites and electronics stores in North Jersey also swindled women on online dating sites out of $10,000, New Jersey State Police said. Detectives seized computers, tablets, mobile phones, televisions, audio equipment, cookware, jewelry, clothing, credit cards, a Mercedes Benz and $10,000 in cah as part of “Operation Parcel Post.” They also froze a bank account worth $12,500. Lewis Agyeman, the accused ringleader, bought the merchandise online and directed associates to pic…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Convicted Hackensack sex offender again insists he was framed Convicted Hackensack sex offender again insists he was framed Convicted Hackensack sex offender again insists he was framed
Convicted Hackensack sex offender again insists he was framed Although he’s serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Hackensack, Ivan McKinney continued to make noise in a Bergen County courtroom this past week — and could be making more soon. The court appearance was marked by another in a series of outbursts by the convicted rapist. After being sentenced to 54 years without parole last July, McKinney shouted, “I’m Trayvon Martin! I’m Trayvon Martin!” before Bergen County Sheriff’s officers escorted him out of the courtroom and back to jail. McKinney was later indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of sendi…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 2245 of 2958 2,243 2,244 2,245 2,246 2,247 Next
22,441 - 22,450 of 29,573 articles