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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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper charged with stealing $40,000 Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper charged with stealing $40,000 Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper charged with stealing $40,000
Ridgewood YMCA bookkeeper charged with stealing $40,000 Ridgewood police have charged a YMCA bookkeeper with embezzling $40,000. Catherine Easer, 54, of Mahwah, was released on a summons charging her with theft last week. Detective Jeffrey Casson prepared the charges following a two-month investigation that began when officials of the Ridgewood Y complained to police of “account dicrepancies and possible theft.”  

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Paterson, NJ
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Painting hung today during remembrance for Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Painting hung today during remembrance for Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura Painting hung today during remembrance for Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura
Painting hung today during remembrance for Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura TRIBUTE: Today’s annual memorial service for Fair Lawn Police Officer Mary Ann Collura will feature the hanging of a portrait of the slain officer (above) in the borough courtroom “as a lasting reminder of her selfless and inspirational service,” police said. The Fair Lawn PBA and the Fair Lawn Police Department will hold the 11th anniversary service at 3 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Fair Lawn Municipal Building, 8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue.  The public is encouraged to attend. Time has only strengthened memories of Collura, who was shot and killed on the grounds of the Van Riper Ellis Broadw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Closter police seize 4½ pounds of pot, arrest borough man Closter police seize 4½ pounds of pot, arrest borough man Closter police seize 4½ pounds of pot, arrest borough man
Closter police seize 4½ pounds of pot, arrest borough man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Closter police said they seized 4½ pounds of marijuana, various pieces of drug paraphernalia and liquid THC from the home of a borough man. Alexander Drazen, 43, was arrested after detectives searched his Piermont Road home following a three-month investigation, Police Chief Dennis Kaine told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was charged with marijuana possession and distribution and distribution of pot in a school zone, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia. Kaine thanked the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office for its assistance. MUGSHOT/IMAGE: Courtesy CLOSTER PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Two Bergen men convicted in burglaries, chase Two Bergen men convicted in burglaries, chase Two Bergen men convicted in burglaries, chase
Two Bergen men convicted in burglaries, chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors today convicted two Bergen County men on just about every count in connection with a pair of burglaries and a chase that involved officers and detectives from the prosecutor’s office, Englewood, Fort Lee, Hackensack and Teaneck. Driver Hakeem Chance, 22, was convicted on all counts. Dammen McDuffie, 39, was convicted on all but one count of destroying evidence and another of aggravated resisting arrest. He was nonetheless found guilty of resisting. A judge ordered McDuffie returned to jail. He’d been free on a monitoring bracelet since February 2013. Chanc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen County PD: Drunk Elmwood Park firefighter 2½ times limit crashes engine Bergen County PD: Drunk Elmwood Park firefighter 2½ times limit crashes engine Bergen County PD: Drunk Elmwood Park firefighter 2½ times limit crashes engine
Bergen County PD: Drunk Elmwood Park firefighter 2½ times limit crashes engine CVP SCOOP: An Elmwood Park fire captain had a blood alcohol content 2½ times the legal limit when he crashed a firetruck while returning from a call over the weekend, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Russell Fenn IV, 37, was “visibly swaying” after the engine slammed into two utility poles on East 54th Street and Molnar Drive around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Bergen County Police Department Capt. James Mullin told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Another firefighter in the rig had to be taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what appeared to be minor injuries, he said. Mullin said that th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Firefighters find rooms empty after Route 46 motel blaze in Elmwood Park Firefighters find rooms empty after Route 46 motel blaze in Elmwood Park Firefighters find rooms empty after Route 46 motel blaze in Elmwood Park
Firefighters find rooms empty after Route 46 motel blaze in Elmwood Park UPDATE: All of the rooms were checked and no unaccounted for occupants were found after a hotel fire raged through a Route 46 motel in Elmwood Park. The fire at the Red Carpet Inn quickly went to four alarms after beginning in the basement and shooting through the first floor around 1:30 p.m., emergency responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Five people were rescued via ladders through windows on the second floor as smoke and flames rolled through the three-story motel. All five sustained minor injuries, Acting Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. “The back side of the building is …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Son of reggae’s Peter Tosh to attend weekend ‘smoke-in’ on NJ Statehouse steps Son of reggae’s Peter Tosh to attend weekend ‘smoke-in’ on NJ Statehouse steps Son of reggae’s Peter Tosh to attend weekend ‘smoke-in’ on NJ Statehouse steps
Son of reggae’s Peter Tosh to attend weekend ‘smoke-in’ on NJ Statehouse steps YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Awaiting trial for having 65½ pounds of pot in his car during a Mahwah traffic stop, the son of reggae great Peter Tosh said he’ll celebrate “National Weed Day” this Sunday at a massive “smoke-in’ on the steps of the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton. The “4/20 at Noon” march and rally in support of state Sen. Nicholas Scutari’s marijuana legalization bill was organized by Ed Forchion — also known as NJ Weedman. Forchion said it will culminate with the smoke-in beginning at 4:20 p.m. Jawara McIntosh — also known as Tosh 1 — said he plans to attend “in an effort t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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‘Ladies and German Shepherd of the jury…’ ‘Ladies and German Shepherd of the jury…’ ‘Ladies and German Shepherd of the jury…’
‘Ladies and German Shepherd of the jury…’ BEYOND BERGEN: Taking a bite out of crime got taken to a new level when a South Jersey German Shepherd was summoned to jury duty. Barrett Griner IV named his five-year-old pooch IV Griner. “She’s a female, so I named her ‘IV’ without the ‘Y’ as sort of a play on words,” he told NBC10.com. Still, he found it “kinda strange” that he got a jury duty summons from the Cumberland County Clerk of Courts addressed to her. Cumberland County Judiciary Coordinator Dennis Moffa told the station that county’s jury duty notices are computer-generated in District Court offices in Trenton, N.J., and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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GWB a ‘suicide magnet’? Woman jumps to death GWB a ‘suicide magnet’? Woman jumps to death GWB a ‘suicide magnet’? Woman jumps to death
GWB a ‘suicide magnet’? Woman jumps to death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman left her car on the lower level of the George Washington Bridge and jumped to her death this morning. An NYPD helicopter and Harbor Patrol boat were searching the Hudson River. Meanwhile, a witness remained by her vehicle, about 50 yards from the New York tower,the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT just after 10 a.m. Despite the perception that it’s a magnet for jumpers, the 82-year-old GWB is topped by several other spans throughout the world. San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, for instance, had 10 last August — an average of one every …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Early-morning fire at Bergenfield travel agency clears apartments Early-morning fire at Bergenfield travel agency clears apartments Early-morning fire at Bergenfield travel agency clears apartments
Early-morning fire at Bergenfield travel agency clears apartments YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An apparent electrical fire early this morning forced the temporary evacuation of eight apartments and severely damaged a travel agency in Bergenfield. The alarm at Asian Pacific Travel on South Washington Avenue and East Clinton Avenue came in just after 6:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said. Fire Chief Jason Lanzilotti said the fire apparently begun in the wall of Asian Pacific Travel, sending smoke into the apartments above. “Most residents left the area,” Madalone said. “However a few remained in their vehicles.” Bergenfield firefighters quickly ex…

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