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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Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Judge sidetracks Bergen County executive’s bid to stop police merger Judge sidetracks Bergen County executive’s bid to stop police merger Judge sidetracks Bergen County executive’s bid to stop police merger
Judge sidetracks Bergen County executive’s bid to stop police merger UPDATE: A state judge on Friday denied Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan’s bid to invalidate the consolidation of the County Police Department into the county Sheriff’s Office. Superior Court Chancery Judge Menelaos W. Toskos ruled that a conflict of interest alleged by Donovan against two of the freeholders who voted on the move wasn’t enough to nullify it. Donovan claimed that Freeholders David Ganz and Steven Tanelli violated ethics laws because their children work for the sheriff’s office. The judge, however, said that a conflict charge isn’t sufficient without proof of how t…

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Ridgefield, CT
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North Bergen motorcyclist arrested in Ridgefield road-rage beating North Bergen motorcyclist arrested in Ridgefield road-rage beating North Bergen motorcyclist arrested in Ridgefield road-rage beating
North Bergen motorcyclist arrested in Ridgefield road-rage beating UPDATE: A motorcyclist who Ridgefield police said beat a driver, then joined another in smashing the victim’s van in a road rage incident that began at an infamous merge on eastbound Route 46 posted $35,000 bail and was released after being arrested by North Bergen police yesterday. Ridgefield detectives identified Christian Guardiola, a 24-year-old fitness trainer from 84th Street in North Bergen, as their suspect following Monday’s incident, which sent a 58-year-old van driver to the hospital. Fairview police said they arrested Guardiola three years ago after they found hash, scales and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Former Edgewater man charged with stealing, fencing equipment after Sandy Former Edgewater man charged with stealing, fencing equipment after Sandy Former Edgewater man charged with stealing, fencing equipment after Sandy
Former Edgewater man charged with stealing, fencing equipment after Sandy YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Edgewater man stole generator, jackhammers, vehicles and other equipment, some of which he fenced in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, a state grand jury indictment alleges. Louis R. Milito, 40, whose last known residence was in Edgewater, was charged yesterday with theft, fencing and issuing bad checks. “By selling much-coveted generators that he knew were stolen, this defendant illegally profited from…a catastrophic phenomenon that left so many people in New Jersey devastated,” state Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. The state grand jury indictm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield moved to Bergen County Jail Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield moved to Bergen County Jail Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield moved to Bergen County Jail
Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield moved to Bergen County Jail YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Paterson man accused of shooting a Paramus police officer during an undercover operation in Garfield was moved from a hospital to the Bergen County Jail yesterday. Rafael Vasquez — also known as “King Lucifer” — was being held on $2 million bail, charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, robbery, violating parole and weapons offenses, including being an ex-con possessing a firearm. A first appearance was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday in Hackensack. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported Wednesday, Vasquez plea-bargained his way out of a pair of attempted murde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police say woman brought girl, 2, to heroin deal Lyndhurst police say woman brought girl, 2, to heroin deal Lyndhurst police say woman brought girl, 2, to heroin deal
Lyndhurst police say woman brought girl, 2, to heroin deal ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A woman whose live-in boyfriend was arrested on heroin possession charges yesterday brought their 2-year-old daughter to a drug deal this afternoon — and was arrested herself, along with three other people, Lyndhurst police said tonight. “She brought the baby to do the deal,” Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “And the child wasn’t in a car seat.” Officers Richard Pizzuti and Ronald Guirland were on patrol just after 3:30 this afternoon when they spotted 51-year-old Francis P. Moyna (above, bottom) , a known drug user, pacing back and fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus detectives arrest Haledon man in home burglaries Paramus detectives arrest Haledon man in home burglaries Paramus detectives arrest Haledon man in home burglaries
Paramus detectives arrest Haledon man in home burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus detectives arrested a Haledon man in connection with a pair of burglaries in town and are eyeing him in others. Detective Sgt. Frank Scott and Detective Michael Kelly noticed that a string of break-ins from December through February had certain similarities, Police Chief Kenneeth Ehrenberg said early this evening. They homed in on 21-year-old Ahmet Islami after Hawthorne police arrested him Jan. 2 during a local break-in in their town, the chief said. Islami was arrested at his parent’s home on Monday and charged with a Dec. 16 residential burglary on God…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County PD: Officer in crash in medically induced coma critical but stable Bergen County PD: Officer in crash in medically induced coma critical but stable Bergen County PD: Officer in crash in medically induced coma critical but stable
Bergen County PD: Officer in crash in medically induced coma critical but stable UPDATE: Bergen County Police Officer Daniel Breslin “remains on life support in a medically induced coma” and “continues the fight for his life at Hackensack University Medical Center,” BCPD Capt. James Mullin said late this afternoon. “His current status is critical, but stable,” Mullin said. Danny Breslin (FAMILY PHOTO) “His family appreciates everyone respecting their privacy at this difficult time and they will continue to send updates as necessary,” the captain added. “The Breslin family also asks that you continue to pray for a speedy recovery.” Breslin, a father of two, was crit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Wallington man sexually abused incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it Prosecutor: Wallington man sexually abused incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it Prosecutor: Wallington man sexually abused incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it
Prosecutor: Wallington man sexually abused incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wallington man sexually abused an incapacitated 25-year-old and then got into a wrong-way car crash on Route 46 in Elmwood Park that seriously injured her, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported on the March 12 head-on crash on eastbound Route 46 near Henry Street, in which a trio of Garfield firefighters pulled the woman from a 1970 Mercury Cougar driven by 25-year-old Harry Halvorsen, III. Both he and the wrong-way driver, Stephen Baker, also 25, of Newark, were charged with assault by auto and being involved in a seriou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County SWAT team finds Bergenfield man dead in garage from self-inflicted shotgun blast Bergen County SWAT team finds Bergenfield man dead in garage from self-inflicted shotgun blast Bergen County SWAT team finds Bergenfield man dead in garage from self-inflicted shotgun blast
Bergen County SWAT team finds Bergenfield man dead in garage from self-inflicted shotgun blast YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergenfield man who killed himself with a shotgun this afternoon left a suicide note behind that brought the Bergen County Police SWAT team, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The SWAT unit and county Crisis Negotiation Team rushed to Hunt Walk complex after someone found a note in the man’s apartment that said: “Don’t look in the garage,” a source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The call came in just after noon for “a barricaded subject armed with shotgun,” BCPD Capt. James Mullin said. “Traffic in the immediate area of the incident wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Gang-busting tactical teams storm Englewood house, make arrests in street robberies Gang-busting tactical teams storm Englewood house, make arrests in street robberies Gang-busting tactical teams storm Englewood house, make arrests in street robberies
Gang-busting tactical teams storm Englewood house, make arrests in street robberies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood detectives and SWAT team members used a “flash-bang” device to storm a city home as part of several quick-strike raids and arrests of members of a local gang charged with a reign of terrifying street holdups and muggings. City detectives were joined by their department’s Emergency Services Unit and a Bergen County Police Department SWAT team in taking up positions outside the Tenafly Road home the night of April 16. “We had reason to believe there was an assault-type rifle inside,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “That, c…

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