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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police discover trucker using license plate gizmo to avoid toll Port Authority police discover trucker using license plate gizmo to avoid toll Port Authority police discover trucker using license plate gizmo to avoid toll
Port Authority police discover trucker using license plate gizmo to avoid toll BEYOND BERGEN: A truck driver devised a contraption that allowed him to pull a strap to lift up his license plate as he passed through a tollbooth without paying, in an attempt to avoid getting caught on camera, Port Authority police said. PAPD Officer Ed Benenati spotted the gizmo in action and stopped 33-year-old Eric Mark Bonhommer at the Goethals Bridge yesterday afternoon. The 1977 Freightliner had no cargo, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. As it rolled through the toll lane in Elizabeth, he said, the front license plate “swung up.” Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD Benenati fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Fugitive in international stolen car ring caught trying to steal BMW in Allendale, police say Fugitive in international stolen car ring caught trying to steal BMW in Allendale, police say Fugitive in international stolen car ring caught trying to steal BMW in Allendale, police say
Fugitive in international stolen car ring caught trying to steal BMW in Allendale, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A car burglary in Allendale led to the capture of a fugitive wanted in connection with an international ring that stole and carjacked luxury vehicles in New Jersey and New York and shipped them to West Africa, where they sold for significantly more than the U.S. sticker price. Abdur Abdullah, 32, of Irvington was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list and was being sought by the New Jersey State Police as part of a takedown earlier this year in which 140 cars were recovered and more than $8 million seized. State authorities said he acted as a street-level fence for the ring…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Siblings, colleagues, friends attend portrait hanging in remembrance of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Siblings, colleagues, friends attend portrait hanging in remembrance of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Siblings, colleagues, friends attend portrait hanging in remembrance of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura
Siblings, colleagues, friends attend portrait hanging in remembrance of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura TRIBUTE: Fair Lawn Police Officer Mary Ann Collura’s brother, two sisters and other friends, loved ones and colleagues watched with pride this afternoon as a portrait of the slain veteran was hung in a borough courtroom as part of this year’s 11th annual remembrance service at the Municipal Building. Patricia Snyder, Linda Hughes and Paul Collura joined nearly 75 people in honoring Collura, who was gunned down on the grounds of the Van Riper Ellis Broadway Baptist Church on River Road after coming to the aid of a fellow officer trying to arrest a murderous ex-con a decade ago. Then, as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park man indicted on charges of sex with Seattle runaway, 15 Cliffside Park man indicted on charges of sex with Seattle runaway, 15 Cliffside Park man indicted on charges of sex with Seattle runaway, 15
Cliffside Park man indicted on charges of sex with Seattle runaway, 15 BEHIND THE STORY: A Cliffside Park man marked his 24th birthday this week by being indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old runaway from Seattle and then lying to police about her whereabouts. Borough police went to David Ruiz’s Palisade Avenue apartment on Nov. 6, 2012 after the teen’s worried mother called them, saying her daughter was there again after previous cross-country visits. The first time, they couldn’t find her, then-Detective Capt. Michael Russo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time.. The second time, Ruiz sent officers “on a wild goose…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver critical, flown to St. Joe’s, after Mahwah Route 287 crash Driver critical, flown to St. Joe’s, after Mahwah Route 287 crash Driver critical, flown to St. Joe’s, after Mahwah Route 287 crash
Driver critical, flown to St. Joe’s, after Mahwah Route 287 crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah firefighters extricated a 27-year-old driver from Secaucus who was in critical condition after his car rolled near southbound Route 287’s split with Route 17  following a collision with another car this afternoon. Hackensack University Medical Center’s AirMed One landed at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel off Route 17 and took him to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson. Police stayed with the man as firefighters arrived and removed the roof of his Honda Accord. He apparently lost control of the car after it was grazed by another vehicle, they said. The othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police charge Belleville man, 20, in gym locker thefts Paramus police charge Belleville man, 20, in gym locker thefts Paramus police charge Belleville man, 20, in gym locker thefts
Paramus police charge Belleville man, 20, in gym locker thefts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police said they cracked a series of arrests from the lockers at a local health club with the arrest of a 20-year-old Belleville man. Christopher Gallo was released on $50,000 bail on charges of burglary, criminal trespassing and credit card theft following an investigation by Detective Glen Pagano, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. Gallo went into the at least three lockers at 24-Hour Fitness on eastbound Route 4 the afternoon of Feb. 10 and took the victims car keys, Ehrenberg said. He then went outside and entered each of their cars, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Help Fair Lawn Rescue Squad get flashlights to U.S. troops Help Fair Lawn Rescue Squad get flashlights to U.S. troops Help Fair Lawn Rescue Squad get flashlights to U.S. troops
Help Fair Lawn Rescue Squad get flashlights to U.S. troops SHOUT OUT: Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad are seeking help raising funds to buy flashlights for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. “It turns out our troops are in the dark at night and need led flashlights,” Capt. Steven Milnes wrote. “Afghanistan has rough terrain and gravel that our troops have to walk across on base in the middle of the night. The lights, which cost between $4-$8, “will be used to light up the ground while our brave soldiers walk to the bathroom or dining facility, for example,” Milnes said. “We are asking our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers to help us hel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield man arrested second time in self-storage burglary Garfield man arrested second time in self-storage burglary Garfield man arrested second time in self-storage burglary
Garfield man arrested second time in self-storage burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man arrested on charges of breaking into storage units in Clifton nine months ago was arrested yesterday by city police and charged with the same crime. Garfield Officer Dennis Serritella found a lock cut and put back into place after the burglary was called in from Safeguard Storage on Belmont Avenue, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Detectives Michael Latona and Thomas LaMantia found several of the stolen items in a unit nearby, leading them to 28-year-old Kurt Bilin, Sucorowski said. “Additional stolen items were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Woman says masked gunman chased her, Garfield police seek public’s help Woman says masked gunman chased her, Garfield police seek public’s help Woman says masked gunman chased her, Garfield police seek public’s help
Woman says masked gunman chased her, Garfield police seek public’s help HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Garfield police are seeking the public’s help finding a masked gunman who a woman said chased her through a bank parking lot. The 30-year-old woman told police she was walking through the PNC Bank lot on Outwater Lane between 10:30-10:45 p.m. Monday when the man came running up behind wearing a “red, shiny plastic” mask and holding a small black handgun. She said she turned and ran away and no contact was made, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The woman described him as about 5-foot-10, with a medium build and wearing dark clothing,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn police: Chinese national had 588 pirated DVDs: ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ ‘Anchorman 2,’ others Fair Lawn police: Chinese national had 588 pirated DVDs: ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ ‘Anchorman 2,’ others Fair Lawn police: Chinese national had 588 pirated DVDs: ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ ‘Anchorman 2,’ others
Fair Lawn police: Chinese national had 588 pirated DVDs: ‘Wolf of Wall Street,’ ‘Anchorman 2,’ others ONLY ON CVP: A Chinese national was hustling bootleg DVDs — “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Anchorman 2,” and “Frozen,” among them — when he was arrested with nearly 600 pirated copies at a local bar, Fair Lawn police said. Heping Lin, 50, was charging customers $5 per disc when police grabbed him at a Broadway tavern , Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They seized the bootlegs and $517 in cash, he said. Lin was being held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession with the intent to sell bootlegged video and possession of criminal proceeds. ICE issued an im…

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