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
Fire kills Lodi woman, 79, not suspicious Fire kills Lodi woman, 79, not suspicious Fire kills Lodi woman, 79, not suspicious
Fire kills Lodi woman, 79, not suspicious YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 79-year-old Lodi woman died tonight in a fast-moving fire that engulfed her garden apartment. Other residents of the Cynthia Gardens complex on Garibaldi Avenue were evacuated out of concerns for safety moments after the 6:15 p.m. fire call came in, Mayor Marc N. Schrieks told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. PHOTOS: Damien Danis “The complex is tricky by nature,” he explained. “There’s only one entrance to the building, so the fire had to be fought from the front and the back of the building before they opened up the roof.” The woman lived alone on the bottom flo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Another weapons scare at Garden State Plaza turns out to be BB gun Another weapons scare at Garden State Plaza turns out to be BB gun Another weapons scare at Garden State Plaza turns out to be BB gun
Another weapons scare at Garden State Plaza turns out to be BB gun YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: It was a little close for comfort for Paramus police when they got a report last night that a man was spotted at the Garden State Plaza with a handgun. With memories still fresh of a 20-year-old Teaneck man who fired shots in the mall before killing himself less than three months ago, Paramus Police Officer David Betancourt stopped a man walking on the lower level of the shopping center towards Macys. In his waistband was what appeared to be a gun, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. It turned out to be a BB gun, he said. Devin Rivera, 1…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Final Englewood fugitive surrenders in New Year’s Day champagne glass stabbing Final Englewood fugitive surrenders in New Year’s Day champagne glass stabbing Final Englewood fugitive surrenders in New Year’s Day champagne glass stabbing
Final Englewood fugitive surrenders in New Year’s Day champagne glass stabbing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The last suspect in an Englewood New Year’s Eve party champagne glass stabbing was released on $75,000 bail after turning herself in to authorities. Dajshae Huggins, 20, Englewood, ended a weeks-long search by city detectives by surrendering in connection with an early New Year’s Day stabbing and beating that police said involved four members of the same family. Huggins, who’s awaiting court action in another assault case, was charged with aggravated assault. Troi Dixon, Porsche Brown, William Brown, Roneicka Hooks (MUGSHOST: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD PD) Englewood po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Lexuses collide in Ridgewood Lexuses collide in Ridgewood Lexuses collide in Ridgewood
Lexuses collide in Ridgewood YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: One Lexus collided with another, sending one careening across a Ridgewood sidewalk and onto a lawn. A blue Lexus sedan ended up on the lawn after it collided with a white Lexus SUV in the 100 block of North Maple Avenue. Both drivers escaped injury. Their vehicles were removed by flatbed tow trucks. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Reluctant judge gives convicted Fair Lawn rapist time to get new sentencing lawyer Reluctant judge gives convicted Fair Lawn rapist time to get new sentencing lawyer Reluctant judge gives convicted Fair Lawn rapist time to get new sentencing lawyer
Reluctant judge gives convicted Fair Lawn rapist time to get new sentencing lawyer EXCLUSIVE: Insisting that he can’t be forced to keep an attorney he doesn’t want, a Fair Lawn man convicted of sodomizing his former fiancée with a steel-toed boot was given two weeks yesterday to find a new lawyer for his sentencing. “Your honor, I don’t want this man to represent me due to conflict of interest,” George Sanchez said, waving a sheaf of legal papers and gesturing toward attorney Benjamin Morton at what was supposed to be a sentencing hearing. “I’ve been trying to get rid of him for 18 months,” Sanchez said. Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Charges brought against 2 more in South Hackensack strip club brawl Charges brought against 2 more in South Hackensack strip club brawl Charges brought against 2 more in South Hackensack strip club brawl
Charges brought against 2 more in South Hackensack strip club brawl ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A man who was stabbed and another who was hit in the head with a hammer during a South Hackensack strip-club melee have been charged in connection with the brawl, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Some of the damage that a South Hackensack bar fight wrought was revealed tonight by Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli in confirming an exclusive CLIFFVIEW PILOT report on Saturday about additional charges brought in a Jan. 28 brawl outside Twins Plus Lounge in South Hackensack. READ MORE …. Raphael Carrion Jr., 28, of Garfield was transferred yester…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority officer in off-duty crash chases driver, finds pot, cash Port Authority officer in off-duty crash chases driver, finds pot, cash Port Authority officer in off-duty crash chases driver, finds pot, cash
Port Authority officer in off-duty crash chases driver, finds pot, cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver involved in an accident with an off-duty Port Authority police officer took off on foot carrying several bags of pot and $5,000 in cash but was caught after a brief chase, authorities said this morning. Officer Tom Czekajlo was in his personal vehicle when it was struck around 2 p.m. yesterday at the corner of 49th Street and Avenue B in Bayonne, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Both drivers got out and were exchanging information when the other motorist grabbed a large, zip-locking bag containing smaller bags from his car and bolted, Pentangelo sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus woman, missing overnight, found in River Edge Paramus woman, missing overnight, found in River Edge Paramus woman, missing overnight, found in River Edge
Paramus woman, missing overnight, found in River Edge HAPPY ENDING: A missing Paramus woman with dementia was found safe and sound this morning, thanks to an alert citizen who spotted her at a River Edge bus stop after she’d gone missing last night from Bergen Town Center, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. Both Roberta Bruno, 73, and her miniature poodle were found in good condition when River Edge resident Marilyn Chambers called police around 8:10 a.m. after spotting them on Bogert Road, nearly two miles from the mall. Bruno was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center to be evaluated, while her dog was trans…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Upper Saddle River police capture fugitive in $120,000 fortune-telling scam Upper Saddle River police capture fugitive in $120,000 fortune-telling scam Upper Saddle River police capture fugitive in $120,000 fortune-telling scam
Upper Saddle River police capture fugitive in $120,000 fortune-telling scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Upper Saddle River police today captured a “psychic/spiritualist” fugitive wanted in a fortune-telling scam that cost a victim $120,000. Cathy Johnson was spotted and arrested on Main Street in Hackensack this afternoon by Detective Sgt. Michael Antista and was being processed at police headquarters. Authorities had been searching for Johnson for more than a week after arresting a trio of alleged accomplices — including twin brothers. Demetro They said Johnson masterminded a scheme in which she and the others conned an Upper Saddle River woman out of $120,000 b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
GWB drama: Port Authority officers snatch woman intent on jumping GWB drama: Port Authority officers snatch woman intent on jumping GWB drama: Port Authority officers snatch woman intent on jumping
GWB drama: Port Authority officers snatch woman intent on jumping YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 26-year-old Manhattan woman stared down at the Hudson River, ready to jump, after climbing over a railing on the George Washington Bridge tonight when she was suddenly grabbed by a pair of Port Authority police officers. A witness told police he was talking to the woman shortly after 6 p.m. when she “said something to the effect that she was going to take her life,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He kept her talking, though, Pentangelo said. Meanwhile a passing motorist dialed 911. Officers Stephen Gryboski, a 13-year department veter…

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