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
Bergen prosecutor seeks public’s help in Maywood arsons Bergen prosecutor seeks public’s help in Maywood arsons Bergen prosecutor seeks public’s help in Maywood arsons
Bergen prosecutor seeks public’s help in Maywood arsons Authorities are seeking the public’s help in a pair of almost-simultaneous garage fires in Maywood that they said were deliberately set. One of the blazes was set in a garage below a Windsor Court apartment building that holds several tenants, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said, adding that “the possibility of injury and/or death existed.” It destroyed one vehicle and damaged others, the prosecutor said. The other broke out around the same time – 5:30 a.m. Sunday — in a detached garage of an apartment complex on Hammell Place, causing explosions from several containers being …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
FBI imposters who robbed Ramsey jewelry store might have had accomplices FBI imposters who robbed Ramsey jewelry store might have had accomplices FBI imposters who robbed Ramsey jewelry store might have had accomplices
FBI imposters who robbed Ramsey jewelry store might have had accomplices YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities believe two men posing as FBI agents who tied up three Ramsey jewelry store employees during a gunpoint robbery late this morning might have had at least two accomplices, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The additional two may have served as lookouts as the bandits — wearing goggles and respiratory masks — robbed Aydin Coin & Jewelry on southbound Route 17, a law enforcement source said tonight. Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney, asked about the sighting, said they could have been innocent bystanders scared off by the robbers. A police dog tracked the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Feds charge man with molesting woman, gratifying himself on flight to Newark Feds charge man with molesting woman, gratifying himself on flight to Newark Feds charge man with molesting woman, gratifying himself on flight to Newark
Feds charge man with molesting woman, gratifying himself on flight to Newark YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal authorities arrested and charged an Indian national living in Louisiana with groping a woman while gratifying himself on a flight from Houston to Newark. Devender Singh, 61, of Baton Rouge, was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport yesterday after his flight arrived and was taken into federal custody by the FBI, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. A judge ordered him detained today with the option of requesting bail following a brief hearing in Newark. Fishman said Singh was “seated next to a woman who occupied a window seat on a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New York State fugitive arrested for unlicensed, uninsured DUI hit-and-run in Bergenfield New York State fugitive arrested for unlicensed, uninsured DUI hit-and-run in Bergenfield New York State fugitive arrested for unlicensed, uninsured DUI hit-and-run in Bergenfield
New York State fugitive arrested for unlicensed, uninsured DUI hit-and-run in Bergenfield YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unlicensed, uninsured driver arrested for a DUI hit-and-run in Bergenfield turned out to be a parole violator wanted out of New York, authorities said this afternoon. Irving H. Norman, 28, was pulled over by Bergenfield Officer Marc Rispoli moments after his van struck a parked car on North Washington Avenue around 5:50 p.m. on Friday, Police Capt. Cathy Madalone said. Rispoli could smell alcohol on Norman’s breath, as well as burnt marijuana on him, Madalone said. Norman was arrested and taken to headquarters, where police found him carrying six small bags of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Port Authority police officer thwarts GWB suicidal woman, 25, while crash is cleared Port Authority police officer thwarts GWB suicidal woman, 25, while crash is cleared Port Authority police officer thwarts GWB suicidal woman, 25, while crash is cleared
Port Authority police officer thwarts GWB suicidal woman, 25, while crash is cleared YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: As emergency crews worked to clear an accident that closed the upper level of the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey this morning, a suicidal 25-year-old woman leaned over the south walkway railing, apparently intent on jumping. A Port Authority police officer came up on her, however, forcing the Manhattan woman to hop onto the walkway and run before he grabbed her, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Bridge security Supervisor Johnny Vasquez radioed police after seeing the woman leaning over the railing at the tower on the New York City sid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bread truck driver, 82, breaks leg in crash that closes NJ-bound GWB Bread truck driver, 82, breaks leg in crash that closes NJ-bound GWB Bread truck driver, 82, breaks leg in crash that closes NJ-bound GWB
Bread truck driver, 82, breaks leg in crash that closes NJ-bound GWB YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 82-year-old bread truck driver broke his leg during a crash that closed the westbound upper level of the George Washington Bridge for nearly an hour this morning. The Chevy step van smashed into the median even with the toll plaza on the eastbound side just after 11 a.m., the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Bronx driver broke his left leg and sustained cuts to his right, Pentangelo said. EMS workers tended to the victim before transporting him to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. IN RELATED NEWS: Port Authority pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus officers injured in mall store scuffle with theft suspect Paramus officers injured in mall store scuffle with theft suspect Paramus officers injured in mall store scuffle with theft suspect
Paramus officers injured in mall store scuffle with theft suspect YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Queens man had to be subdued after fighting with Paramus police officers who were arresting him on theft charges at a Garden State Plaza store, authorities said. Officers Gregg Hooper and Ben Fox responded to a fraud-in-progress alert from the Sephora store Friday night, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Ehrenberg said 26-year-old Charles T. Thompson was trying to return items he bought earlier in the day at a Sephora store in Willow Grove, PA. Store employees recognized Thompson as having bought items with counterfeit money on Dec. 3…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Fire destroys Mahwah townhouse Fire destroys Mahwah townhouse Fire destroys Mahwah townhouse
Fire destroys Mahwah townhouse UPDATE: No injuries were reported when a Mahwah townhome was destroyed and two others damaged by an explosive overnight fire. The two-alarm blaze on Ramapo Brae Lane broke out around 3:45 a.m., bringing several area companies — including all five of Mahwah’s. It collapsed the roof and first floor ceiling of the middle unit. But an aggressive attack by firefighters, combined with firewalls, limited the serious damage. Still, it took nearly four hours to put down the blaze because it had to be fought entirely from outside, emergency workers at the scene said. Four other units were evacuat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep crashes head-on into tree in Glen Rock Jeep crashes head-on into tree in Glen Rock Jeep crashes head-on into tree in Glen Rock
Jeep crashes head-on into tree in Glen Rock YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A motorist was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center this morning after his Jeep Grand Cherokee slammed into a tree in Glen Rock. The 7:45 a.m. crash at the intersection of Brookfield and Hazelhurst avenues brought Glen Rock police and EMS. The vehicle was removed by flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Father of Lodi man accused in Bergen synagogue firebombings claims rights are being violated Father of Lodi man accused in Bergen synagogue firebombings claims rights are being violated Father of Lodi man accused in Bergen synagogue firebombings claims rights are being violated
Father of Lodi man accused in Bergen synagogue firebombings claims rights are being violated SPECIAL REPORT: “Some days, I just look at the wall all day long,” a Lodi man charged in a series of Bergen County firebombings wrote to his father, who says his son is unfairly being held in solitary confinement at the county jail. Adarsh Dalal, the father of Aaakash Dala, told India-West that he believed his son’s civil rights were being violated. He also “denied that his son was in any way involved in the case,” and that the 21-year-old defendant was in New Hampshire working on Ron Paul’s presidential bid (see photo) when the bombings occurred. Aakash Dalal (MUGSHOT: Bergen Prosecuto…

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