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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
FBI seeks public’s help in child sex abuse manhunt FBI seeks public’s help in child sex abuse manhunt FBI seeks public’s help in child sex abuse manhunt
FBI seeks public’s help in child sex abuse manhunt ALERT: The FBI is hoping someone knows how to find a man who they said sexually exploited a child, based on a couple of clues they pulled from computer images. Photographs and informational posters showing the man they are calling John Doe 28, are being disseminated to the public – and can be found at: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/ecap The first images of the man having sex with the child were recorded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in November 2012, the FBI said today. Investigators for the center and the bureau enhanced the images, producing clues. The man an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Charges mount against Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase Charges mount against Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase Charges mount against Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase
Charges mount against Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 60-year-old Allendale man who police said led them on a mad chase following a shooting at a Hackensack park– ramming his SUV into two police cars and injuring three officers — was indicted on a host of assault and weapons charges. Half of the charges in a 16-count indictment accuse James Thompson of assault or attempted assault on police and others, in addition to weapons offenses and threatening charges. A probation officer who witnessed the Jan. 2 incident that sparked the mayhem called to report seeing Thompson pull and fire a .32-caliber revolver during a dis…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield boy, 16, charged with throwing bottle that nearly blinded firefighter Garfield boy, 16, charged with throwing bottle that nearly blinded firefighter Garfield boy, 16, charged with throwing bottle that nearly blinded firefighter
Garfield boy, 16, charged with throwing bottle that nearly blinded firefighter YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police today charged a 16-year-old high school boy with throwing a bottle last Friday night that smashed the window of a city firetruck, nearly blinding a female firefighter. School resource officers helped detectives identify the teen, who was detained on juvenile delinquent complaints of aggravated assault and interference with transportation, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said tonight. FIRETRUCK PHOTOS: Courtesy GARFIELD PD A criminal mischief complaint will also be signed once authorities determine how much it will cost to repair the truck, he sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two charged with vehicular homicide in Garden State Parkway death of Teaneck woman Two charged with vehicular homicide in Garden State Parkway death of Teaneck woman Two charged with vehicular homicide in Garden State Parkway death of Teaneck woman
Two charged with vehicular homicide in Garden State Parkway death of Teaneck woman UPDATE: A grand jury in Hackensack yesterday indicted two men involved in what police said was a Garden State Parkway road rage incident that led to a pair of crashes, one of which killed a 63-year-old Teaneck woman.   Grand jurors brought vehicular homicide charges against Thomas J. Vanderweit, 29, of Saddle Brook and 22-year-old John C. Emili of New City, N.Y.   The 6-foot-7, 325-pound Vanderweit has been free on $100,000 bail since a day after the Sunday morning crash on July 1, 2012.   Emili, a former Clarkstown High School North football player and weight lifter, was released…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Charges upgraded in MetLife Stadium auto death of popular Cliffside Park record king Charges upgraded in MetLife Stadium auto death of popular Cliffside Park record king Charges upgraded in MetLife Stadium auto death of popular Cliffside Park record king
Charges upgraded in MetLife Stadium auto death of popular Cliffside Park record king UPDATE: A grand jury in Hackensack upgraded charges against two former employees of an Englewood company that offered drivers of luxury sports cars run of a track around MetLife Stadium for a crash that killed popular Cliffside Park record store owner Steve Lenge on Mother’s Day 2012. Joseph A. Ferretti, 30 (above, left), of Dumont, and Joseph Meyer, 21 (right), of Oviedo, Fla. were originally charged with death by auto, a second-degree crime that has sent those convicted in New Jersey to prison for terms of five to 10 years, depending on various factors. The grand jury charged both with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Pot bust leads Teaneck police to arrest in strong-arm robbery Pot bust leads Teaneck police to arrest in strong-arm robbery Pot bust leads Teaneck police to arrest in strong-arm robbery
Pot bust leads Teaneck police to arrest in strong-arm robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police have charged a 19-year-old Englewood man originally busted for pot with a strong-arm robbery on Teaneck Road a week ago. Tyrone Stephens was among a group of people involved in a large fight yesterday in the area of State Street and Teaneck Road, acting Police Chief Robert Carney said this afternoon. Detective Gabriel Santiago stopped Stephens and three others near Howland Avenue and found him carrying 18 bags of marijuana, the chief said. Bail was originally set at $7,500, he said. Detectives investigating last Tuesday’s street robbery zeroed in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Federal grand jury charges North Bergen trio in Fairview, Secaucus bank robberies Federal grand jury charges North Bergen trio in Fairview, Secaucus bank robberies Federal grand jury charges North Bergen trio in Fairview, Secaucus bank robberies
Federal grand jury charges North Bergen trio in Fairview, Secaucus bank robberies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal grand jury in Newark today indicted a North Bergen trio — one of them a career criminal who escaped from the Hudson County Jail — in connection with bank robberies last year in Fairview and Secaucus. Gary Bohanan, a former North Bergen resident who police said lives in Keansburg, carjacked a van at gunpoint in North Bergen after the July 26 Fairview holdup but barely made it down Third Avenue before crashing it into a porch at 91st Street in North Bergen, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time.bohanan Police seized what turned out to be an air gu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Thief admits stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories, with help from FedEx drivers Thief admits stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories, with help from FedEx drivers Thief admits stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories, with help from FedEx drivers
Thief admits stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories, with help from FedEx drivers BEYOND BERGEN: A Chicago man admitted today that he stole more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless through a scheme that included bribing Federal Express drivers. Pleading guilty in federal court in Newark to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 36-year-old Stephen Gunn said he accessed the online accounts of dozens of Verizon customers — several of them in New Jersey. Using those accounts, he placed orders for smart phones and accessories and had them shipped via FedEx to addresses in Texas, some of them bogus, he said. Two drivers working with Gunn intercepted…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian killed by tractor-trailer in NJ Turnpike express lanes in Englewood Pedestrian killed by tractor-trailer in NJ Turnpike express lanes in Englewood Pedestrian killed by tractor-trailer in NJ Turnpike express lanes in Englewood
Pedestrian killed by tractor-trailer in NJ Turnpike express lanes in Englewood YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike 1-95 express lane extension in Englewood this afternoon after getting out of his car for some reason, State Police said. The crash in the northbound lanes at milepost 120.4 was reported at 1:14 p.m., NJ State Police Trooper Jeff Flynn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The victim was pronounced dead 40 minutes later, he said. The driver of the Mack Truck tractor — which, like the trailer, is from Indiana — remained at the scene, Flynn said. The ramps from Route 80 and the express lanes south o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
NJ commuter beaten outside Port Authority NYC terminal, police arrest homeless man NJ commuter beaten outside Port Authority NYC terminal, police arrest homeless man NJ commuter beaten outside Port Authority NYC terminal, police arrest homeless man
NJ commuter beaten outside Port Authority NYC terminal, police arrest homeless man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Middlesex County man trying to hail a cab outside the Port Authority’s midtown Manhattan terminal was punched, knocked to the ground and followed by a homeless man with an extensive criminal records who PAPD police said continued the assault before they grabbed him. Sassony Bryant, 31, came up behind the 52-year-old Old Bridge man and socked him as he tried to hail a cab on Eighth Avenue, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. After being knocked down, the man got up and fled into a nearby store as his assailant followed, continuing …

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