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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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Woman who suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend gets fine, community service Woman who suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend gets fine, community service Woman who suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend gets fine, community service
Woman who suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend gets fine, community service YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge fined a Union County woman who killed her boyfriend’s 5-week-old puppies after an argument $1,000 plus court costs and sentenced her to serve 30 days of community service at an animal shelter. Police charged Kimberly Matthews, 27, last October with putting the American bulldog puppies in an Igloo cooler after arguing with her boyfriend over the phone. When a neighbor she tried giving the Igloo cooler to asked why they weren’t moving, she said: “They were probably just sleeping,” police said. When he later went to touch them, the man said, they were cold, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police arrest Newark Airport passenger with assault rifle, ammo Port Authority police arrest Newark Airport passenger with assault rifle, ammo Port Authority police arrest Newark Airport passenger with assault rifle, ammo
Port Authority police arrest Newark Airport passenger with assault rifle, ammo YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police last night arrested an Indiana man who they said tried to take an assault rifle resembling an AK-47 and three fully loaded magazines onto a flight to Chicago from Newark Airport. Adam Urbano, 23, of Valparaiso was about to board a Southwest Air flight with the gun and ammo in a soft gun case at Terminal A when he was taken into custody around 6:40 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Urbano “had no paperwork for the rifle” and told officer he bought it and the ammunition “for recreational purposes,” Pentangelo said. He was charged w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Fire destroys Carlstadt post office Fire destroys Carlstadt post office Fire destroys Carlstadt post office
Fire destroys Carlstadt post office An overnight fire destroyed the Carlstadt post office but not any mail, sending a firefighter to the hospital with what were characterized a minor injuries. The blaze began around 1:30 a.m. on the roof above an electrical supply store of the First Street building and quickly went to three alarms, Carlstadt Fire Chief Rob Popejoy said this morning. Ladder trucks had to be used because the building was ready to collapse, he said. Neighbors reported the fire at about 1:30 a.m. when they noticed smoke in the area, he said. When firefighters entered the building, it was already on the verge …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield charged with attempted murder before Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield charged with attempted murder before Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield charged with attempted murder before
Accused shooter of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield charged with attempted murder before YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Paterson man charged with shooting a Paramus police officer during an undercover operation in Garfield plea-bargained his way out of a pair of attempted murder charges to lesser counts in Passaic County three years ago, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. As a result, Rafael Vasquez — also known as “King Lucifer” — spent only three months behind bars before being released last Nov. 20, records show. Deputy Attorney General Andrew C. Fried (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) A Passaic County grand jury indicted Vasquez, 25, on attemp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Man who admitted molesting Midland Park girl, cousin, freed with time served Man who admitted molesting Midland Park girl, cousin, freed with time served Man who admitted molesting Midland Park girl, cousin, freed with time served
Man who admitted molesting Midland Park girl, cousin, freed with time served ONLY ON CVP: A man who admitted molesting a 15-year-old Midland Park girl and her cousin was freed after spending 14 months behind bars after judges in two counties suspended sentences against him. Gene W. Britton Jr., 32, last year pleaded guilty in both Bergen and Passaic counties to sexually assaulting the girls, agreeing to serve three years in state prison for touching the girls under their clothing. However, judges in both counties suspended the sentences on Monday to allow for “sex offender-specific” therapy. Britton already had a lengthy adult and juvenile criminal record dating…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bail at $2M for Passaic man in shooting of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield Bail at $2M for Passaic man in shooting of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield Bail at $2M for Passaic man in shooting of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield
Bail at $2M for Passaic man in shooting of undercover Paramus officer in Garfield UPDATE: A Passaic man charged with the ambush shooting of a Paramus police officer working a Narcotic Task Force detail in Garfield yesterday. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti (PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) The accused gunman — 25-year-old Rafael Vasquez of Passaic — remained at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson in authorities’ custody. His bail is $2 million. The 5-foot-5-inch, 140-pound Vasquez — also known as Rafael Vasquez-Pina and Gustavo Canga — is charged with attempted murder, aggrava…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge police bust couple on heroin charges after call Wood-Ridge police bust couple on heroin charges after call Wood-Ridge police bust couple on heroin charges after call
Wood-Ridge police bust couple on heroin charges after call YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A citizen’s report of a suspicious car led Wood-Ridge police to a couple they busted on heroin charges. Detective Joseph Rutigliano said he and Sgt. Dominick Munofo went to a rear parking lot off Avalon Drive on Monday night and spotted both “reaching down, attempting to conceal something” as they approached the car. The officers ordered the couple out and saw “several bags of heroin on the seats and floor and well as two syringes and other drug paraphernalia,” Rutigliano said. Amanda Tukendorf of Wood-Ridge and Andrew Rizzo of Mountain Lakes were released on sum…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield, CT
Breaking News
Ridgefield police seek help finding motorcycle riders in road-rage beating of van driver Ridgefield police seek help finding motorcycle riders in road-rage beating of van driver Ridgefield police seek help finding motorcycle riders in road-rage beating of van driver
Ridgefield police seek help finding motorcycle riders in road-rage beating of van driver YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield police are seeking the public’s help finding a motorcyclist who they 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. The 58-year-old van driver told police that he was merging into the Grand Avenue exit lane in stop-and-go traffic around 5:20 p.m. yesterday when the motorcycle riders yelled at him for moving in front of them, Ridgefield Police Capt. Richard Besser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. One of the motorcycle riders smashed the side mirror of the van and spe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge says Lodi teacher accused of DWI crash that injured BCPD officer can’t enter plea Judge says Lodi teacher accused of DWI crash that injured BCPD officer can’t enter plea Judge says Lodi teacher accused of DWI crash that injured BCPD officer can’t enter plea
Judge says Lodi teacher accused of DWI crash that injured Bcpd officer can’t enter plea YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack this afternoon said he couldn’t take a plea from a Lodi High School teacher charged with driving drunk when his car slammed into a police cruiser, critically injuring Bergen County Police Officer Daniel Breslin, before dawn Saturday on Route 46 in Lodi. STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter “You’re here for a first appearance. This is not a trial. So anything you may want to say, you should save for later,” Central Municipal Presiding Judge Roy W. Mc Geady told Michael Ettz, 36. Authorities moved the appearan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor’s task force detective OK after being shot during pot bust in Garfield Bergen prosecutor’s task force detective OK after being shot during pot bust in Garfield Bergen prosecutor’s task force detective OK after being shot during pot bust in Garfield
Bergen prosecutor’s task force detective OK after being shot during pot bust in Garfield UPDATE: A Paramus police officer working a Narcotic Task Force detail was ambushed and shot during a $400 marijuana sting in a Garfield department store parking lot this afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed early this evening. The officer, on loan to the unit, was in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center, the prosecutor said, confirming an earlier CLIFFVIEW PILOT report. YOU SAW THEM HERE FIRST: Two men charged in the ambush shooting of a Paramus police officer working a Narcotic Task Force detail in Garfield yesterday were being held on $75…

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