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
Breaking News
Glen Rock chain-reaction crash slows Route 208 traffic Glen Rock chain-reaction crash slows Route 208 traffic Glen Rock chain-reaction crash slows Route 208 traffic
Glen Rock chain-reaction crash slows Route 208 traffic YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A three-vehicle chain reaction crash stalled traffic on northbound Route 208 in Glen Rock this afternoon. One person was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what was described as a minor hand injury in the 3 p.m. incident near Lincoln Avenue. All of the vehicles were towed from the scene. Glen Rock police and EMS responded. STORY/PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving    

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Teaneck, NJ
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Prosecutor: Teaneck man busted selling Oxy at Paramus mall Prosecutor: Teaneck man busted selling Oxy at Paramus mall Prosecutor: Teaneck man busted selling Oxy at Paramus mall
Prosecutor: Teaneck man busted selling Oxy at Paramus mall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Teaneck man who sold Oxycodone to an undercover narcotics detective at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus last month was arrested yesterday when he returned to make another sale, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this aftenoon. Soloman Newman, 21, also known as “Ace” and “Bundles,” was released without bail pending a court appearance today. Molinelli said Newman, a self-employed part-time auto detailer, sold 16 pills to the detective for $250 last month, then returned yesterday to make a similar deal when he was taken into custody by members of the p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Toddler OK, two hospitalized in Jaguar, Mercedes crash in Ramsey Toddler OK, two hospitalized in Jaguar, Mercedes crash in Ramsey Toddler OK, two hospitalized in Jaguar, Mercedes crash in Ramsey
Toddler OK, two hospitalized in Jaguar, Mercedes crash in Ramsey YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A toddler in a rear car seat was fine but two people were taken to the Valley Hospital following a crash this afternoon between a Jaguar and a Mercedes in Ramsey. The collision just before 1 p.m. at Island Avenue and Arch Street brought a paramedic unit from the hospital and ambulances from Mahwah and Ramsey. Both vehicles were removed by a flatbed tow truck. The toddler was seen crying at the scene but otherwise appeared fine. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Hackensack police officers, city settle Zisa-related lawsuit for $775,000 Former Hackensack police officers, city settle Zisa-related lawsuit for $775,000 Former Hackensack police officers, city settle Zisa-related lawsuit for $775,000
Former Hackensack police officers, city settle Zisa-related lawsuit for $775,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hackensack officials today announced that they’d reached a settlement in another lawsuit involving former Police Chief Charles “Ken” Zisa. Former Officers Aldrin Lamboy and Anthony Ferraioli, who sued the city in federal court for violations of their civil rights involving a Police Benevolent Association election in June 2008, are to share $775,000 in a settlement approved by the city’s insurer, Selective Insurance, spokesman Thom Ammirato said in a release this afternoon. Lamboy is to receive $235,000, Ferraioli will get $150,000 and his wife Dawn Fray will get $2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Suspended New Milford driver involved in DWI crash with Garfield police Suspended New Milford driver involved in DWI crash with Garfield police Suspended New Milford driver involved in DWI crash with Garfield police
Suspended New Milford driver involved in DWI crash with Garfield police EXCLUSIVE: A New Milford woman driving with a suspended license was drunk when her car slammed into a Garfield police cruiser on Route 46 in South Hackensack overnight, authorities said this morning. Both Keri Coleman and the officers — who’d been transporting a prisoner to the Bergen County Jail — were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. One of the officers sustained a minor head injury and the other declined treatment, Garfield Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The prisoner wasn’t injured. Coleman, meanwhile, was kept overnight with injuries that Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Seven Bergen County health clubs fined for violating NJ consumer protection laws Seven Bergen County health clubs fined for violating NJ consumer protection laws Seven Bergen County health clubs fined for violating NJ consumer protection laws
Seven Bergen County health clubs fined for violating NJ consumer protection laws YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Just in time for getting-back-into shape season after a severe winter, state authorities today announced fines against 53 New Jersey health clubs — seven of them in Bergen County — for failing to follow consumer protection laws. The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs fined the clubs a total of $283,500 in civil penalties. According to the DCA, the unregistered clubs fined $5,000 today include: Body Shop Fitness in North Arlington; Crunch Fitness (Paramus Health Club LLC) in Paramus; Crunch Fitness (Parisi Sports & Fitness LLC) in Fair Lawn; Strong and Sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia luring suspect used ‘directions’ ruse before Leonia luring suspect used ‘directions’ ruse before Leonia luring suspect used ‘directions’ ruse before
Leonia luring suspect used ‘directions’ ruse before EXCLUSIVE: An Englewood man charged with trying to lure girls into his car in Leonia and exposing himself to women in Palisades Park pleaded guilty three years ago to fondling himself in front of a female bicyclist in New Hampshire, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Jay Dorfman, 65, took a plea deal three years ago this month to a charge of indecent exposure for fondling himself in front of a female bicyclist in the New Hampshire town of New Castle, records show (booking photo, above left). Prosecutors in New Hampshire said the woman was riding her bicycle on Oct. 17, 2009 when Dorfman drove u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Woman who helped catch Leonia luring suspect looked 16, source says Woman who helped catch Leonia luring suspect looked 16, source says Woman who helped catch Leonia luring suspect looked 16, source says
Woman who helped catch Leonia luring suspect looked 16, source says THE INSIDE STORY: A Palisades Park woman who looks like a teenager led to police to a 65-year-old Englewood man charged with two luring attempts in Leonia last month. The 29-year-old Asian woman “could easily pass for an adolescent,” a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “You could take her for 16.” The source said self-employed photographer Jay Dorfman drove up to her yesterday afternoon in Palisades Park and asked what street was just ahead. “Central Boulevard,” the woman told him. “You want to get in the car?” she said he asked her. Then: “You want to get…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
Breaking News
Lockdown ends at Essex school with no gun found, five students detained Lockdown ends at Essex school with no gun found, five students detained Lockdown ends at Essex school with no gun found, five students detained
Lockdown ends at Essex school with no gun found, five students detained BEYOND BERGEN: A report of a gun brought to an Essex County high school today ended with no weapon found and five students detained for unrelated reasons, West Caldwell Police Chief Michael J. Bramhall said tonight. New Jersey State Police joined the investigation at the Essex Valley School, which was locked down just after noon when a staffer reported that a student had a gun, Bramhall said. The last student wasn’t released until 6 p.m. or so. The chief issued a statement tonight: “The West Caldwell Police Department and all other assisting emergency response assets have completed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Englewood burglar still limping from rooftop fall, police say Accused Englewood burglar still limping from rooftop fall, police say Accused Englewood burglar still limping from rooftop fall, police say
Accused Englewood burglar still limping from rooftop fall, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A DNA match in a bungled Englewood rooftop burglary led police to a woman whose limping ex-con boyfriend they arrested last night and charged with the crime. Detectives investigating the January 2013 attempt found evidence that they sent to the New Jersey State Police lab for testing, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said this afternoon. It came back to a nearby resident who Torell said police spent months searching for. Last night, with the assistance of Teaneck Detectives Edward Kazmierczak and Kevin Brennan, Englewood detectives finally found her. She, in turn, …

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