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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority detective arrests man retrieving 250 packs of heroin left in rental car Port Authority detective arrests man retrieving 250 packs of heroin left in rental car Port Authority detective arrests man retrieving 250 packs of heroin left in rental car
Port Authority detective arrests man retrieving 250 packs of heroin left in rental car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bronx man sent to retrieve a bag filled with hundreds of heroin packs that was left in a rental car walked right into the waiting arms of Port Authority police detectives when he showed up to retrieve it, authorities said today. The detectives responded to a call from the operations manager the Budget Rental Car agency at Newark Airport about the suspicious bag found under the dashboard of a returned Chevy. Courtesy PAPD It was brought to the agency’s attention by a customer who said he’d received a call from a man identifying himself as a Budget employee and t…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police chase two, arrest four with heroin behind motel Mahwah police chase two, arrest four with heroin behind motel Mahwah police chase two, arrest four with heroin behind motel
Mahwah police chase two, arrest four with heroin behind motel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con and his brother took off on foot but were chased down by Mahwah police a short time later after being caught behind a Route 17 hotel with heroin around 2 o’clock this morning , Chief James Batelli said. Officer David Vega approached the Nissan Pathfinder and asked the driver and passenger to step out, Batelli said. While doing so, Vega spotted several decks of heroin inside the vehicle, the chief said. Claiming he had no identification, the driver gave Vega a bogus name, the chief said. He then signaled his brother, and both bolted in opposite directi…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly police seek Norwood man who fled in high-speed morning motorcycle chase Tenafly police seek Norwood man who fled in high-speed morning motorcycle chase Tenafly police seek Norwood man who fled in high-speed morning motorcycle chase
Tenafly police seek Norwood man who fled in high-speed morning motorcycle chase EXCLUSIVE: Authorities were searching for a Norwood man cited by Tenafly police for 21 traffic summonses in connection with a perilous morning motorcycle chase. Officer Matthew Savitsky broke off the Nov. 13 chase on Knickerbocker Road out of concern for civilians — including children on their way to school just after 7 a.m. that Wednesday morning, Police Capt. John Trainor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Heith L. Turner, 46, “refused to stop” his 1996 Honda, Trainor said. This led to summonses for speeding, tailgating and reckless driving, as well as for driving without a license, registration o…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Fire destroys Midland Park home Fire destroys Midland Park home Fire destroys Midland Park home
Fire destroys Midland Park home A Midland Park resident injured sustained minor injuries in an overnight three-alarm fire that destroyed his two-story home. A firefighter also was treated before being released from the hospital. The call from Erie Street came in just after 3:30 a.m. and was put down within an hour, emergency responders said. Four people got out, including a resident who was later cleared at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Basement propane tanks apparently fueled the flames, although an immediate cause hadn’t been announced. PHOTO: Courtesy BETH ANTOCI  

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor describes chase in burglary trial of Hackensack, Englewood duo Prosecutor describes chase in burglary trial of Hackensack, Englewood duo Prosecutor describes chase in burglary trial of Hackensack, Englewood duo
Prosecutor describes chase in burglary trial of Hackensack, Englewood duo EXCLUSIVE: When Hakeem Chance and Dammen McDuffie left Englewood for Essex County in July 2012, a Bergen County burglary task force tracked them on a secretly hidden GPS. As they pulled from a Nutley dead end following two burglaries, unmarked SUVs carrying police and detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Englewood, Hackensack, Teaneck, and Fort Lee police departments moved in. That didn’t stop the duo, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor David Calviello told jurors in Hackensack yesterday during the opening of their burglary trial. Chance, 22, driving his mother’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Motorist fined, has to retake driver’s test, for Westwood Trader Joe’s crash that cost woman part of leg Motorist fined, has to retake driver’s test, for Westwood Trader Joe’s crash that cost woman part of leg Motorist fined, has to retake driver’s test, for Westwood Trader Joe’s crash that cost woman part of leg
Motorist fined, has to retake driver’s test, for Westwood Trader Joe’s crash that cost woman part of leg ONLY ON CVP: Her eyes downcast, a 75-year-old New Milford woman pleaded guilty in Municipal Court in Westwood this afternoon to operating a vehicle in an unsafe manner for a crash at the local Trader Joe’s that cost a supermarket employee part of her leg. Maryanne Lewis was fined $136, in addition to a $250 state surcharge and $25 in court costs by Municipal Judge R Alan Karch. Accompanied by her husband and attorney, she said little during the hearing and quietly paid the fine afterward. Karch, while noting that it was her first offense, also required Lewis to requalify for a driver’s li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Hawthorne spill messes up traffic in Fair Lawn, Glen Rock Hawthorne spill messes up traffic in Fair Lawn, Glen Rock Hawthorne spill messes up traffic in Fair Lawn, Glen Rock
Hawthorne spill messes up traffic in Fair Lawn, Glen Rock YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A large, lenghty spill of what authorities suspect was hydraulic fluid caused massive traffic tie ups in Hawthorne, Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, and Paterson this afternoon. The spill, first reported shortly after 3 p.m., covered roadway surfaces on Lincoln Avenue southbound between Harristown and Wagaraw Roads, and Wagaraw Road westbound between Lincoln Avenue and Ryerson Way. Hawthorne firefighters applied absorbent material to the road surface before the substance could reach any storm drains. Hawthorne police diverted traffic, with assistance from their colleagues in F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Stolen SUV police chase begins in Bergen, ends in Rockland crash on PIP Stolen SUV police chase begins in Bergen, ends in Rockland crash on PIP Stolen SUV police chase begins in Bergen, ends in Rockland crash on PIP
Stolen SUV police chase begins in Bergen, ends in Rockland crash on PIP YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A police chase that began in Elmwood Park and eventually continued up the Palisade Interstate Parkway ended on the New York State side after the stolen car being pursued rammed the back of a police car and slammed into a tree in Orangeburg, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A trooper with the New Jersey State Police, which was involved in the pursuit, said the agency was still assembling the details. Sources said the chase began just around 4 p.m. on eastbound Route 46 in Elmwood Park, then went north on the Garden State Parkway to eastbound Route 80 to I-95. Because…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Distracted driver crackdown in full swing Distracted driver crackdown in full swing Distracted driver crackdown in full swing
Distracted driver crackdown in full swing PUBLIC SAFETY: Police throughout New Jersey have begun a three-week distracted-driver crackdown on those talking and/or texting behind the wheel. Already motorists have reported seeing local and Bergen County Police officers on the roadways pulling over vehicles. Using $300,000 in grant money from the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety, they’ve increased patrols and checkpoints as part of “U Drive. U Text. U Pay.” The campaign runs through April 21. “Talking on the phone or texting while driving is one of the most dangerous bad habits you can have,” state Division of Highway Tra…

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