Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
‘Devoted father, selfless friend': Services set for Hackensack attorney Robert Montecallo ‘Devoted father, selfless friend': Services set for Hackensack attorney Robert Montecallo ‘Devoted father, selfless friend': Services set for Hackensack attorney Robert Montecallo
‘Devoted father, selfless friend': Services set for Hackensack attorney Robert Montecallo TRIBUTE: Visiting hours are scheduled this Friday for Robert Montecallo, a well-respected attorney and founding partner of the Hackensack firm of Marino and Montecallo who died suddenly on Sunday after playing his beloved rugby. He was 58. A Lincoln Park resident, Montecallo was a “devoted father and selfless friend,” as well as an active member of the Montclair Rugby Club and an avid New York Jets fan, according to his obituary. He had fun dining with friends and family, traveling and “hitting a golf ball very far,” it says, but most of  all enjoyed being a best friend to his children — …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood man admits neglect for DWI crash with son, 6, in car Englewood man admits neglect for DWI crash with son, 6, in car Englewood man admits neglect for DWI crash with son, 6, in car
Englewood man admits neglect for DWI crash with son, 6, in car ONLY ON CVP: An Englewood man pleaded guilty to child neglect yesterday for driving drunk and totaling his car with his 6-year-old son in the back seat. It was the second DWI conviction for 34-year-old Carlos Miranda, who was admitted to drug court rather than be sent to prison. State law also requires that he have an alcohol-detection interlock device in his car for the next three years. Miranda told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack yesterday that he had “about two cups” of straight rum before crashing his 2012 Infinity G37 near Englewood’s Greco Elemen…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Five firefighters, homeowner injured in Montvale deck collapse Five firefighters, homeowner injured in Montvale deck collapse Five firefighters, homeowner injured in Montvale deck collapse
Five firefighters, homeowner injured in Montvale deck collapse YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One firefighter broke his foot and another his ankle when the rear deck of a Montvale home collapsed last night  after they’d doused a chimney fire. The 76-year-old Jan Court homeowner also was treated for a head injury, Police Chief Jeremy Abrams told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Six firefighters — including Fire Chief Clinton Miller — were on the second-floor deck when it gave way. “They’d just finished handling the chimney fire and were packing up,” Abrams said. The firefighter with the broken ankle remained overnight at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood,…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Driver not seriously injured after car goes airborne, lands on other vehicles, off Route 17 Driver not seriously injured after car goes airborne, lands on other vehicles, off Route 17 Driver not seriously injured after car goes airborne, lands on other vehicles, off Route 17
Driver not seriously injured after car goes airborne, lands on other vehicles, off Route 17 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Upper Saddle River firefighters cut a New York State woman from her car after it left the road and went airborne off Route 17 last night, landing on SUVs parked in a nearby dealership lot. The woman sustained injuries that authorities said weren’t considered life-threatening. Police were investigating the cause of the 7:15 p.m. crash, Detective Lt. Edward Kane told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this moring. Engine 1232 responded, along with the fire chief, Rescue 1242, Tanker 1233 and Engine 1231. Mahwah Rescue 1 also responded and crews “worked together to stabilize the …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield, CT
Breaking News
No leads in search for missing Ridgefield girl, 13 No leads in search for missing Ridgefield girl, 13 No leads in search for missing Ridgefield girl, 13
No leads in search for missing Ridgefield girl, 13 HAVE YOU SEEN HER? With  no leads to speak of, Ridgefield police have been joined by the New Jersey State Police, Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the NYPD in the search for a 13-year-old borough girl who went missing yesterday. Her mother said she last saw Iana Darlington at 7:30 this morning at their Bruce Street home before she left for work in New York City, Capt. Richard Besser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She never showed up at at the Slocum-Skewes School, where she is a cheerleader, about a 10-minute walk from her mother’s home. School officials contacted the family later that morn…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield woman offered deal in East Rutherford drug money robbery Garfield woman offered deal in East Rutherford drug money robbery Garfield woman offered deal in East Rutherford drug money robbery
Garfield woman offered deal in East Rutherford drug money robbery ONLY ON CVP: Bergen County prosecutors have offered a Garfield woman a seven-year prison deal if she pleads guilty to setting up and robbing a friend at gunpoint during an East Rutherford home invasion last fall. Ashley I. Lozano, 23, would have to serve just about six years of the sentence under the No Early Release Act if she accepts the deal. Her attorney entered a not-guilty plea on her behalf in a Hackensack courtroom yesterday. STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Lozano is accused of threatening to shoot the victim ast October if he didn’t gi…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two 16-year-olds caught after trying to pull woman from car outside Paramus mall Two 16-year-olds caught after trying to pull woman from car outside Paramus mall Two 16-year-olds caught after trying to pull woman from car outside Paramus mall
Two 16-year-olds caught after trying to pull woman from car outside Paramus mall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two 16-year-olds from Passaic tried to pull a woman from her car in a failed carjacking attempt this afternoon at the Garden State Plaza and were quickly caught by police. The 34-year-old Ridgefield Park victim dialed 911 after the pair “opened her unlocked car doors and tried to pull her out” of her four-door, 2008 Hyundai outside the Best Buy at the Garden State Plaza just after 12:45 p.m., Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. One of them grabbed the keys from her hand, the chief said, but the woman fought back and they ran. Officer Kurt Massey, who was…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NJ feds: Miami cop tipped off cartel to Bergen drug seizure, plotted to kill rivals NJ feds: Miami cop tipped off cartel to Bergen drug seizure, plotted to kill rivals NJ feds: Miami cop tipped off cartel to Bergen drug seizure, plotted to kill rivals
NJ feds: Miami cop tipped off cartel to Bergen drug seizure, plotted to kill rivals YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents investigating an international drug cartel arrested a Miami-Dade Police internal affairs officer this morning on charges of plotting to kill rival dealers while giving members of of his network sensitive law enforcement information that included the seizure of $419,000 in cash during a DEA raid in Bergen County. An investigation by FBI and DEA agents out of Passaic County led to the arrest of 45-year-old Ralph “the Milk Man” Mata of Broward County, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. A federal complaint on file in U.S. District Court i…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment in Glen Rock chase includes Midland Park, Wyckoff police Indictment in Glen Rock chase includes Midland Park, Wyckoff police Indictment in Glen Rock chase includes Midland Park, Wyckoff police
Indictment in Glen Rock chase includes Midland Park, Wyckoff police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack today indicted a Long Island man in connection with a January police chase that began in Glen Rock and ended in Wyckoff when his sedan crashed into a train signal at a railroad crossing. Kenneth Pfulg, 25, remained free on $20,000 bail in connection with the chase, which police said went along Route 208 before ending at Newtown Road in Wyckoff near the Midland Park border. Damage by Pflug’s 2003 Nissan Sentra during the Jan. 17 incident included a guard rail on Cedar Hill Avenue near Maple Court in Wyckoff, police said at the time. Wyck…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two JFK Airport livery drivers charged in knife attack on third Two JFK Airport livery drivers charged in knife attack on third Two JFK Airport livery drivers charged in knife attack on third
Two JFK Airport livery drivers charged in knife attack on third YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police who were nearly struck by a fleeing livery cab outside JFK Airport chased down the driver and arrested him along with another who they said attacked a third driver with a knife. The victim told police that the assailants tried to stab him during a dispute outside Terminal 8 yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this afternoon. One of the two — identified as 30-year-old Junior Rowe of Woodhaven — ran to a Ford Taurus and sped off, nearly hitting the officers, Pentangelo said. They caught up to him in traffic moments later and took…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 2270 of 2958 2,268 2,269 2,270 2,271 2,272 Next
22,691 - 22,700 of 29,573 articles