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
Breaking News
DNA evidence leads to different arrests in separate Fair Lawn burglaries DNA evidence leads to different arrests in separate Fair Lawn burglaries DNA evidence leads to different arrests in separate Fair Lawn burglaries
DNA evidence leads to different arrests in separate Fair Lawn burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: DNA evidence collected at three separate burglary scenes in Fair Lawn last summer have led to arrests, police said this morning. The most recent was Saturday, after DNA testing on evidence found by Detective Jeff Welsh led to the arrest of 33-year-old George Wayman of Newark for a July 23 burglary on Oak Street. Wayman posted $10,000 bail and was released pending a hearing on burglary and theft charges. Last Monday, Detective Peter Yuskaitis arrested 26-year-old Glen Rojas of Clifton in connection with an Aug. 12 break-in on 26th Street, thanks to DNA evidence. Roj…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Cresskill snow shoveling burglars kick in doors, steal gun Cresskill snow shoveling burglars kick in doors, steal gun Cresskill snow shoveling burglars kick in doors, steal gun
Cresskill snow shoveling burglars kick in doors, steal gun YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men with shovels ringing doorbells in Cresskill this morning kicked in two front doors and made off with a loaded revolver, police said. EXCLUSIVE: A pair of snow shoveling burglars who struck in Cresskill yesterday morning were connected today to an attempted break-in nearby in Haworth and a successful burglary in Park Ridge. READ MORE …. Although there wasn’t a direct tie-in yet, citizens reported seeing a “rundown, older-style” white van in the area of Concord Street (blue line, map) and Magnolia Avenue (red line), where the kick-ins occurred between 9:30-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Civilians help stop motorist who jumped from moving car on Turnpike to molest passenger Civilians help stop motorist who jumped from moving car on Turnpike to molest passenger Civilians help stop motorist who jumped from moving car on Turnpike to molest passenger
Civilians help stop motorist who jumped from moving car on Turnpike to molest passenger YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Passersby helped police stop a motorist from molesting a passenger on a New Jersey Turnpike on-ramp outside the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City after both jumped out of his moving car, authorities said today. The 30-year-old woman told Port Authority police she accepted the offer of a ride to the Newport Center Mall around 10 a.m. yesterday because she knew 35-year-old Kevin A. Cherry from their Jersey City neighborhood. Suddenly, she said, he  “made remarks to her of a sexual nature and began grabbing her,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Cherry then “jump…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge: Hackensack man charged with killing wife ‘caught red-handed,’ bail remains $2M Judge: Hackensack man charged with killing wife ‘caught red-handed,’ bail remains $2M Judge: Hackensack man charged with killing wife ‘caught red-handed,’ bail remains $2M
Judge: Hackensack man charged with killing wife ‘caught red-handed,’ bail remains $2M YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: For the second time in three months, a judge this morning refused to lower the $2 million bail for a Hackensack man charged with beating his wife to death. Thomas Fabbricatore, 64, “was at the scene of the crime and was basically caught red-handed,” Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi said. “There is a very strong likelihood of conviction.” Defense attorney Frank Lucianna called the bail figure unreasonable. “It will take all of the spirit out of my client and make him unable to participate in his defense,” he said. “The outside possible conviction is…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Tipped truck ties up 208 Tipped truck ties up 208 Tipped truck ties up 208
Tipped truck ties up 208 YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A tractor-trailer keeled in Franklin Lakes this morning, closing southbound Route 208. The incident occurred about 10:40 a.m. near Colonial Road. Besides Franklin Lakes police and DPW workers, the New Jersey Department of Transportation was on the scene. STORY / PHOTO: Mike Kurzynski, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Contributor

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Oakland homeowner, co-worker interrupt burglary, hold 2 for police Oakland homeowner, co-worker interrupt burglary, hold 2 for police Oakland homeowner, co-worker interrupt burglary, hold 2 for police
Oakland homeowner, co-worker interrupt burglary, hold 2 for police EXCLUSIVE: An Oakland homeowner who found two burglars in his house had help from a co-worker in restraining both until police arrived, Police Chief Edward Kasper told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Michael Puig, 24, of Paramus and Russell Workman, 26, of Pilesgrove , were both charged with burglary and theft. The homeowner and his co-worker grabbed the pair at a Long Hill Road residence around 4:30 on Friday, Kasper said yesterday. Both were carrying burglary tools — specifically a crowbar and screwdriver, the chief said. With the help of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department Bureau of Criminal I…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Driver hospitalized after snowy slam into utility pole Driver hospitalized after snowy slam into utility pole Driver hospitalized after snowy slam into utility pole
Driver hospitalized after snowy slam into utility pole YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a Toyota coupe complained of chest, back and neck injuries after her car slammed into a utility pole in Fair Lawn this morning. She was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital after the 8 a.m. collision at the intersection of Saddle River Road and Berdan Avenue. Heavy snow was falling at the time. Responding were Fair Lawn police and EMS, along with a Valley paramedic unit. The vehicle was removed with a flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Toyota SUVs collide in Ridgewood, smash into pole, tree Toyota SUVs collide in Ridgewood, smash into pole, tree Toyota SUVs collide in Ridgewood, smash into pole, tree
Toyota SUVs collide in Ridgewood, smash into pole, tree YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Two SUVs collided at the intersection of North Walnut Street and Robinson Lane in Ridgewood just before the Super Bowl kickoff tonight. The driver of a Toyota Highlander’s was transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with non-life-threatening neck and back injuries. The driver of a Toyota Sequoia didn’t require treatment at the scene. The collision’s force propelled the Highlander into a utility pole and the Sequoia into a large tree. The result was heavy front-end damage to both. A stop sign also was destroyed and the utility pole requires…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood police chief asks prosecutor to investigate controversial hiring of recruits Ridgewood police chief asks prosecutor to investigate controversial hiring of recruits Ridgewood police chief asks prosecutor to investigate controversial hiring of recruits
Ridgewood police chief asks prosecutor to investigate controversial hiring of recruits EXCLUSIVE: Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward said he is asking the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office to investigate his actions in the conditional hiring of two police recruits in violation of a village limit on the number of department officers. The discovery prevented the two recruits — both of whom are related to current or former village employees — from entering the Bergen County Police Academy the night before training was to begin on Thursday. The council funded the hires in October and the recruits had already gotten their uniforms and haircuts, among other measures, when the proce…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
False alarm in ‘suspicious powder’ incident in Rochelle Park False alarm in ‘suspicious powder’ incident in Rochelle Park False alarm in ‘suspicious powder’ incident in Rochelle Park
False alarm in ‘suspicious powder’ incident in Rochelle Park YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What originally was reported as “suspicious powder” found at the Mack-Cali Centre in Rochelle Park turned out to be “some kind of food substance,” a source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. The brownish/blackish powder brought members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (comprised of the FBI, State Police and other agencies), as well as the Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and Office of Emergency Management. It was collected for testing, the source said. Workers at the building also were interviewed. A female employee was s…

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