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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Paterson, NJ
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Former cannibalism suspect gets 10 years for luring boy for sex Former cannibalism suspect gets 10 years for luring boy for sex Former cannibalism suspect gets 10 years for luring boy for sex
Former cannibalism suspect gets 10 years for luring boy for sex YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Passaic man who federal authorities said has a fascination for kidnapping, raping and eating children, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today for luring a boy to Pennsylvania for sex and downloading child pornography. When they arrested him in July 2012, federal agents said 58-year-old Robert Alan Mucha of Newton, in Sussex County, was part of an international child porn ring, several of whose members  “shared his sexual fascination with child cannibalism.” Those people included Michael D. Arnett, who was arrested that same year and charged by t…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Bergen-Hudson mayors unite to extend light rail line Bergen-Hudson mayors unite to extend light rail line Bergen-Hudson mayors unite to extend light rail line
Bergen-Hudson mayors unite to extend light rail line YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A group of Bergen and Hudson county mayors have teamed up to pursue a plan to extend the long-awaited northern portion of a light rail line through Bergen County. The Mayors’ Hudson/Bergen Light Rail Commission will be co-chaired by Englewood Mayor Frank Huttle III and Jersey City Mayor Steven M. Fulop. It includes all of the mayors from Hudson and Bergen counties representing towns along the rail line and its proposed extension (see list below). The Commission will be a “single-focused entity” that will “unify each of the independent municipalities of the line t…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Jeep hits pole, tips over, driver DWI Port Authority PD: Jeep hits pole, tips over, driver DWI Port Authority PD: Jeep hits pole, tips over, driver DWI
Port Authority PD: Jeep hits pole, tips over, driver DWI BEYOND BERGEN: A driver whose Jeep landed on its side after hitting a utility pole outside the Holland Tunnel was arrested by Port Authority police for DWI, authorities said. Neither Timothy Faistl, 31, of Colts Neck, nor his 24-year-old passenger were injured in the 2:15 a.m. crash yesterday outside a BP gas station at 12th and Erie streets, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officers helped both out of the toppled 2014 Jeep Commander through a window, then noticed “a strong odor of alcohol” on Faistl, Pentangelo said. “His eyes were glassy and bloodshot and his bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack police: Reported luring attempt not like others Hackensack police: Reported luring attempt not like others Hackensack police: Reported luring attempt not like others
Hackensack police: Reported luring attempt not like others HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Hackensack police believe a reported attempt by a driver to lure a 13-year-old boy into his car by asking him for help finding a lost dog isn’t related to other luring reports in the area. The Hackensack Middle School student told police he was approached near the corner of Union Street and Lawrence Avenue just after 7:30 a.m. Monday by a man in a black, two-door Honda Civic with tinted windows, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The boy said the car had some type of sticker on the front windshield, but he didn’t know what it said. He described th…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood police charge 4 in prescription fraud scheme that first looked like robbery Maywood police charge 4 in prescription fraud scheme that first looked like robbery Maywood police charge 4 in prescription fraud scheme that first looked like robbery
Maywood police charge 4 in prescription fraud scheme that first looked like robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who at first looked to be a robbery victim turned out to be involved in a prescription fraud scheme with three West Milford men, Maywood police said. The initial call at 5:15 p.m. yesterday was of an older man being robbed on West Pleasant Avenue near the post office. “Witnesses at the scene said a younger male knocked to older man to the ground, attempted to grab a bag he was carrying, went through his pockets, then ran to a vehicle and fled,” Detective Sgt. Timothy Moran said. The license plate number was broadcast and the green, two-door Honda was stoppe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Judge finds Hackensack ex-con in hammer attack, police chase is flight risk Judge finds Hackensack ex-con in hammer attack, police chase is flight risk Judge finds Hackensack ex-con in hammer attack, police chase is flight risk
Judge finds Hackensack ex-con in hammer attack, police chase is flight risk EXCLUSIVE: With his former girlfriend watching from a wheelchair, her head wrapped in bandages, a Hackensack ex-con who authorities said hit her in the head with a hammer before leading police on a chase last month was brought into court today. Besides attempted murder, Mark Hunt, 51, is charged with armed robbery, eluding and weapons possession. Teaneck police said they found the Irvington Road victim with several skull fractures following the pre-dawn Feb. 22 attack. She’d lost a lot of blood, they said. Hunt took $1,100 in cash and her car, then hid out in Maywood for a few days, aut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Man remains held on $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death Man remains held on $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death Man remains held on $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death
Man remains held on $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: As more than a dozen members of the victim’s family looked on, a judge in Hackensack this afternoon ordered his accused killer to remain held on $2 million bail. Clayton L. Robinson, 26, moved his lips rapidly, perhaps talking to himself, and shifted his weight from one foot to the other as Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer presented two sets of charges against him. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) There were those involving attempted murder after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Port Authority PD arrests driver, passenger on drug, ammo charges after Holland Tunnel crash Port Authority PD arrests driver, passenger on drug, ammo charges after Holland Tunnel crash Port Authority PD arrests driver, passenger on drug, ammo charges after Holland Tunnel crash
Port Authority PD arrests driver, passenger on drug, ammo charges after Holland Tunnel crash BEYOND BERGEN: A 19-year-old driver from Allentown, PA, was unsteady on his feet and said he’d “smoked weed” after his car hit an inside wall of the Holland Tunnel into New Jersey, Port Authority police said today. Police found the grey Infiniti at 14th Street in Jersey City, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. They arrested Noel Bautista for driving while impaired and reckless driving, then turned up Clonazepam, a prescription drug, and a single hollow-point bullet. Bautista and his passenger, 18-year-old Jose Ortiz, also of Allentown, were charged with illegal possession of prescr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hyde Park, NY
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SUV barrels down Hoboken walkway, sending people scurrying SUV barrels down Hoboken walkway, sending people scurrying SUV barrels down Hoboken walkway, sending people scurrying
SUV barrels down Hoboken walkway, sending people scurrying BEYOND BERGEN: An SUV jumped a Hoboken curb this morning, crashed through a safety barrier and went barreling down a pedestrian walkway, scattering people — including a woman pushing a stroller. The female driver of the Lexus apparently suffered a seizure, sending her car up the curb at Fifth and Grand streets near the Church Towers senior citizens development around 8:20 a.m. Witnesses said the SUV was doing about 30 miles an hour when it exited the walkway one a block down at Clinton Street before stopping a block later at Willow. An ambulance took the woman to Hoboken University Medi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Wyckoff police chief: ‘Overstated’ luring incident can be teachable moment for parents, youngsters Wyckoff police chief: ‘Overstated’ luring incident can be teachable moment for parents, youngsters Wyckoff police chief: ‘Overstated’ luring incident can be teachable moment for parents, youngsters
Wyckoff police chief: ‘Overstated’ luring incident can be teachable moment for parents, youngsters PUBLIC SAFETY: What initially was suspected to be an attempted luring in Wyckoff yesterday afternoon turned out “overstated compared to what actually happened,” Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this morning. A 13-year-old girl told one of her parents that she spotted two men sitting an older-model, gold-colored car with the doors open on Everett Avenue just before 3:30 p.m., Fox said. “She felt that they were looking at her, and because she was uncomfortable with the situation, she did the right thing and correctly walked away from the area,” the chief said. “There were no words exchanged b…

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