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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey police release images from jewelry store holdup Ramsey police release images from jewelry store holdup Ramsey police release images from jewelry store holdup
Ramsey police release images from jewelry store holdup YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney this morning released surveillance images of the two men who posed as FBI agents investigating a meth lab before tying up three employees and robbing a Route 17 jewelry store. The images above and below show both men in goggles and respiratory masks holding up Aydin Coin & Jewelry on Route 17 south on Monday. One of them, described as larger and  heavyset, had on a dark heavy jacket, a dark shirt and a red striped tie. The other wore a hazardous materials-type suit, akin to those on the former TV show “Breaking Bad.” He may hav…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack police chase across Route 46 nets drugs, box cutter South Hackensack police chase across Route 46 nets drugs, box cutter South Hackensack police chase across Route 46 nets drugs, box cutter
South Hackensack police chase across Route 46 nets drugs, box cutter YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: South Hackensack police chased a local man across Route 46 through traffic before arresting him on drug, weapons and resisting charges. Officers tried talking to a disorderly Michael Acevedo, 43, on Huyler Street near the Airport Motel around noon Sunday, Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. As Acevedo pulled out his identification, Kaiser said, they noticed that he was also carrying drugs. Acevedo suddenly bolted, running across the highway, the captain said. He was quickly caught and arrested. Kaiser said Acevedo was carrying heroin, cocaine…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Mordaga: All credit for new contract goes to men, women of Hackensack PD Mordaga: All credit for new contract goes to men, women of Hackensack PD Mordaga: All credit for new contract goes to men, women of Hackensack PD
Mordaga: All credit for new contract goes to men, women of Hackensack PD PUBLIC SAFETY: An intense focus on street crime — particularly drug sales and quality-of-life offenses — has helped make Hackensack safer and brought Police Director Michael Mordaga a new three-year contract, approved by the City Council last night. Mordaga, who became Hackensack’s top cop 13 months ago, in turn praised the department itself. “I spent nearly all of my law enforcement career with the Hackensack Police Department,” he told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “I was always proud of it and I am now more than ever. (INSET: CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO) “Crime is down in the city thanks…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Dumped ex held on $105,000 bail in torching of Palisades Park woman’s car Dumped ex held on $105,000 bail in torching of Palisades Park woman’s car Dumped ex held on $105,000 bail in torching of Palisades Park woman’s car
Dumped ex held on $105,000 bail in torching of Palisades Park woman’s car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A jilted lover was arrested by Palisades Park police yesterday and charged with setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s car outside her house the day after she dumped him. After she called it quits over the weekend, 54-year-old Theodore Drake of Belleville “came back to town, set her car on fire and ran,” Palisades Park Police Chief Benjamin Ramos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Witnesses helped police, who found a gas can a couple of blocks away, the chief said. Detectives believe they may find additional evidence in Drake’s car, which was seized from his job in Jerse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Water main replacement work to close stretch of Rivervale Road Water main replacement work to close stretch of Rivervale Road Water main replacement work to close stretch of Rivervale Road
Water main replacement work to close stretch of Rivervale Road TRAFFIC ALERT: Starting next month, a water main replacement project on Rivervale Road in River Vale is going to close the road for 10-12 weeks between Old Tappan Road and Poplar Road from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and on certain Saturdays, borough police announced warned this evening. United Water said it is replacing more than a half-mile of 12-inch water main from Old Tappan Road to Prospect Avenue beginning on or around March 10. Rivervale Road between Old Tappan Road and Poplar Road will be completely closed in both directions to through traffic during construction ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey police chief: Searching for man, woman in jewelry store holdup Ramsey police chief: Searching for man, woman in jewelry store holdup Ramsey police chief: Searching for man, woman in jewelry store holdup
Ramsey police chief: Searching for man, woman in jewelry store holdup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two more people were being sought in the robbery of a Ramsey jewelry store yesterday, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this afternoon — although he couldn’t say whether they might be accomplices or witneeses. The man and woman were seen running through the parking lot of the Route 17 south strip mall where the store is located — possibly past the two robbers as they entered Aydin Coin & Jewelry yesterday morning, Gurney said. Aydin Coin & Jewelry (Google Map) The woman was described as carrying a black purse and wearing a dark jacket and blue jeans, the chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Feds release signed guilty pleas of ‘Real Housewives of NJ’ cast members Teresa, Joe Giudice Feds release signed guilty pleas of ‘Real Housewives of NJ’ cast members Teresa, Joe Giudice Feds release signed guilty pleas of ‘Real Housewives of NJ’ cast members Teresa, Joe Giudice
Feds release signed guilty pleas of ‘Real Housewives of NJ’ cast members Teresa, Joe Giudice UPDATE: Federal prosecutors this afternoon posted the signed plea agreements online of Teresa and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, the married stars of Bravo’s hit TV show “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” who admitted in U.S. District Court in Newark this morning that they committed mortgage and bankruptcy fraud. Although the judge can impose a different penalty, federal sentencing guidelines call for 37 to 46 months in prison for Joe Guidice and a little under two years for his wife. The likelihood also exists that Joe Guidice — who has lived in the U.S. since he was 1 — could be deported back to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River man remains held on $750,000 bail in Ramsey ‘poly-drug’ death Upper Saddle River man remains held on $750,000 bail in Ramsey ‘poly-drug’ death Upper Saddle River man remains held on $750,000 bail in Ramsey ‘poly-drug’ death
Upper Saddle River man remains held on $750,000 bail in Ramsey ‘poly-drug’ death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge today ordered that an Upper Saddle River man remain held on $750,000 bail in connection with the overdose death of a 19-year-old Ramsey man from a poly-drug mix that he passed off as heroin Lawyers for Darius Ghahary – aka “Dash” –  waived a reading of the charges against their client, entering not guilty pleas to all of the counts in the Hackensack courtroom. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Wayne Mello, defense lawyers Jonathan Bruno Sr., John Latoracca, Jonathan Bruno Jr. in court today (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse R…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
J. Fletcher Creamer driver carjacked, assaulted at gunpoint J. Fletcher Creamer driver carjacked, assaulted at gunpoint J. Fletcher Creamer driver carjacked, assaulted at gunpoint
J. Fletcher Creamer driver carjacked, assaulted at gunpoint YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two bandits took a J. Fletcher Creamer & Son truck at gunpoint while assaulting the driver in Union County before dawn this morning, police said. The driver told police he was stopped at a light at South Wood Avenue and Morris Avenue in Linden around 4:45 a.m. when a dark-skinned gunman wearing a leather jacket, hooded sweatshirt and black Army pants ordered him out of the truck and then hit him in the head. The driver said he saw a second dark-skinned man — dressed in a green jacket, blue jeans, and tan boots — enter the passenger side of the tan Ford F-250 pi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
New ‘Cyber Safe NJ’ site helps protect you against online threats New ‘Cyber Safe NJ’ site helps protect you against online threats New ‘Cyber Safe NJ’ site helps protect you against online threats
New ‘Cyber Safe NJ’ site helps protect you against online threats YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The state Division of Consumer Affairs today kicked off National Consumer Protection Week by launching a “Cyber Safe NJ” website with important information that New Jerseyans can use to protect themselves against identity theft, unlawful invasions of privacy, and other computer- and Internet-related violations of their rights. www.NJConsumerAffairs.gov/cybersafe includes important tips on safeguarding your digitally-stored personal information. Sections include The Basics of Cyber Safety, Preventing Identity Theft, and Controlling Your Privacy. “Personal informatio…

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