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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes PD: Probationary driver stopped after hours had several ounces of pot Franklin Lakes PD: Probationary driver stopped after hours had several ounces of pot Franklin Lakes PD: Probationary driver stopped after hours had several ounces of pot
Franklin Lakes PD: Probationary driver stopped after hours had several ounces of pot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Franklin Lakes police arrested an 18-year-old Bergenfield man who they said was carrying five ounces of pot when he was pulled over for failing to signal a lane change on Route 208. Derick Gonzalez also was violating the hours of operation for a probationary driver when Officer James Economou stopped him just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. John Bakelaar said. Gonzalez was released pending an upcoming Municipal Court appearance on charges of marijuana possession with the intent to distribute the drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. He also received summ…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Fairview emergency workers team up to deliver snowstorm baby Fairview emergency workers team up to deliver snowstorm baby Fairview emergency workers team up to deliver snowstorm baby
Fairview emergency workers team up to deliver snowstorm baby EXCLUSIVE: Two Fairview police officers and a pair of EMTs teamed up to deliver a healthy baby boy on a kitchen floor during this afternoon’s lull in the snowstorm. The newborn’s father had planned to take the 39-year-old mother to the hospital for the delivery after getting out of work today. But the little guy apparently had other ideas. Officers Burke Kacaroglu reached the Kennedy Drive home first after the 3 p.m. call. “She was sitting at the kitchen table when I walked in. Her two sons were outside shoveling,” he told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “She was sweating a little and looked like she …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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How many more elderly victims will be scammed before you do something? How many more elderly victims will be scammed before you do something? How many more elderly victims will be scammed before you do something?
How many more elderly victims will be scammed before you do something? WHAT WE THINK: Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox barely had time to congratulate a 90-year-old borough woman who cleverly avoided becoming the victim of a scam when a 68-year-old man from town reported being taken for $1,900. “The only defense that law enforcement has against [people] who attempt financial scams on others is to report the incidents in the hope that people read it, preventing further scams from being successful,” Fox said. The boss is right. And he has proof: Start with the borough woman who brought a lottery scam letter she received in the mail from France to police h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Unoccupied church hall roof collapses in Ridgefield Park Unoccupied church hall roof collapses in Ridgefield Park Unoccupied church hall roof collapses in Ridgefield Park
Unoccupied church hall roof collapses in Ridgefield Park STORM-RELATED INCIDENTS: The roof collapsed this morning of an unoccupied church hall at St. Mary’s in Ridgefield Park, which previously had been declared unsafe, OEM Director Douglas Hansen said. Among the other incidents so far today, a pedestrian was reported struck by a snow plow in Hackensack — but was only “clipped” and refused medical attention, police. The snowstorm also made it difficult for firefighters to battle a blaze on Jean Street in Ramsey. The blaze apparently began in the chimney around 11 a.m. and shot through the top but didn’t damage the rest of the house, Ramsey Po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Port Authority top security officer grabs groper Port Authority top security officer grabs groper Port Authority top security officer grabs groper
Port Authority top security officer grabs groper YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Port Authority’s chief security officer grabbed a groper on a Manhattan street and held him for uniformed units yesterday. A woman approached Joseph Dunne, the popular former NYPD First Deputy Commissioner, near the World Trade Center pedestrian bridge at the corner of West and Vesey Streets around 9:45 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. She then pointed to a man she said groped her and another woman moments earlier. Dunne (inset), who was wearing a coat with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey logo, walked up and grabbed him while alerti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Leaf emphatically denies child sex assault charges, says father-in-law had kiddie porn Leaf emphatically denies child sex assault charges, says father-in-law had kiddie porn Leaf emphatically denies child sex assault charges, says father-in-law had kiddie porn
Leaf emphatically denies child sex assault charges, says father-in-law had kiddie porn SPECIAL REPORT: A prosecutor hit former Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf hard yesterday in his child sex abuse trial, but the Emmy-winning investigator remained steadfast. “Mr. Leaf, you said you love the victim,” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kenneth Ralph asked yesterday afternoon in Hackensack. “How can you love her when she betrayed you like this?” “She didn’t betray me,” Leaf responded. LEFT: Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kenneth Ralph INSETS: Nanny Weronika Karwowska, Defense attorney Brian Neary, Superior Court Judge Guida, Leaf (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Stubborn fire destroys New Milford duplex Stubborn fire destroys New Milford duplex Stubborn fire destroys New Milford duplex
Stubborn fire destroys New Milford duplex YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No immediate injuries were reported in a stubborn fire that blew through a New Milford duplex tonight. “As far as we know, all the residents got out,” Police Chief Frank Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.  A dog perished, however. A New Milford firefighter also was taken to the hospital with burns described as not life-threatening. 222 Main Street The blaze broke out at 222 Main Street, near Prospect Avenue, just after 9:30 p.m. Fire companies from Oradell, River Edge and Bergenfield aided their New Milford colleagues. A ladder truck and several lines poured wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wyckoff man threatened to shoot ‘entire family,’ Mahwah police charge Wyckoff man threatened to shoot ‘entire family,’ Mahwah police charge Wyckoff man threatened to shoot ‘entire family,’ Mahwah police charge
Wyckoff man threatened to shoot ‘entire family,’ Mahwah police charge A 25-year-old Wyckoff man scuffled with his uncle, then later lifted his shirt to expose a Glock handgun in his waistband and threatened to shoot him and his entire family, police said. Mahwah police, joined by their colleagues from Wyckoff, arrested 25-year-old Joshua Bushman at his home last night after his uncle, a Ramsey resident, came to Mahwah headquarters and reported the incident, which began earlier in the day at a property that Bushman is renovating in North Haledon, authorities said. Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said police were trying to determine the cause of a “verbal a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Ex-bank teller, 20, charged with taking $6,600 from elderly Wallington customer Ex-bank teller, 20, charged with taking $6,600 from elderly Wallington customer Ex-bank teller, 20, charged with taking $6,600 from elderly Wallington customer
Ex-bank teller, 20, charged with taking $6,600 from elderly Wallington customer EXCLUSIVE: A 20-year-old bank teller who abruptly left her job was charged by Wallington police today with stealing $6,600 from an 83-year-old customer’s account. The elderly victim discovered the money missing when she tried paying her taxes, Wallington Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Obtaining her bank statements, the woman’s daughter-in-law found a series of withdrawals and notified police. Kudlacik, working with bank officials, then discovered that 14 counter checks had been written from the victim’s account, beginning last September. “Each one was executed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Bergen County Police officer finds synth pot, gas mask bong, in Palisades Park Route 46 stop Bergen County Police officer finds synth pot, gas mask bong, in Palisades Park Route 46 stop Bergen County Police officer finds synth pot, gas mask bong, in Palisades Park Route 46 stop
Bergen County Police officer finds synth pot, gas mask bong, in Palisades Park Route 46 stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Jersey City teens who Bergen County Police said they caught with synthetic marijuana following a traffic stop on Route 46 in Palisades Park last night were being held on $50,000 bail each in the county jail. Bergen County Police Officer Matthew Bartlett stopped a car driven by 19-year-old Marco Sanchez around 9:20 p.m. for failing to maintain a lane, BCPD Lt. Robert Espinosa said this afternoon. “Upon approaching the vehicle, Officer Bartlett detected a strong odor of marijuana emanating from inside,” Espinosa said. The officer got Sanchez’s consent to search…

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