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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police hunt female fugitives in New Year’s Day stabbing, beating Englewood police hunt female fugitives in New Year’s Day stabbing, beating Englewood police hunt female fugitives in New Year’s Day stabbing, beating
Englewood police hunt female fugitives in New Year’s Day stabbing, beating YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police are seeking the public’s help in finding two city women connected to an early New Year’s Day stabbing and beating that allegedly involved four members of the same family. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 21-year-old Englewood woman surrendered to police today in connection with an early New Year’s Day stabbing and beating that allegedly involved four members of the same family. Another woman remained at large. READ MORE…. Police were called to the Elks Lodge on Bennett Road just before 2 a.m. after a New Year’s Eve party turned bloody. They found a bl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Deaths of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man looking less suspicious Deaths of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man looking less suspicious Deaths of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man looking less suspicious
Deaths of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man looking less suspicious UPDATE: The bodies of a New Jersey couple whose families reported them missing last month were found in the man’s car in a storage garage near the Wayne apartment that the woman shared with her mother — and not attached to the building, authorities said late yesterday. Because there were no outward signs of foul play, authorities won’t know for sure what happened to Melissa A. Pereira, 25 and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Jorge E. Rodriguez of Garfield, until blood reports come back — a process that ordinarily takes no fewer than two weeks. An unconfirmed report said that the gas tank was em…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford man charged with burglary, theft after Maywood arrest New Milford man charged with burglary, theft after Maywood arrest New Milford man charged with burglary, theft after Maywood arrest
New Milford man charged with burglary, theft after Maywood arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A traffic stop by a Maywood police officer led to the discovery of checks, jewelry a laptop and other items reported stolen during a series of car burglaries in Dumont last week– and charges in both towns against the New Milford driver. Joseph Stern, 29, was being held on $26,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged by Dumont police with two counts each of burglary and theft. Maywood Officer Jason Liaban stopped Stern’s car on Route 17 just before 4 a.m. Saturday, Maywood Police Chief David Pegg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He quickly learned that Stern (above, right…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst fire claims dog, severely damages home Lyndhurst fire claims dog, severely damages home Lyndhurst fire claims dog, severely damages home
Lyndhurst fire claims dog, severely damages home EXCLUSIVE: A kitchen fire that spread claimed the life of a pet dog and extensively damaged a Lyndhurst home. The fire in the 600 block of Lake Avenue broke out around 3:40 p.m. Responding firefighters quickly knocked down the bulk of the blaze in under 20 minutes. Emergency workers tried desperately to save the dog, without success. East Rutherford assisted Lyndhurst firefighters. The family was being relocated. PHOTO TOP: Courtesy Lyndhurst Fire Dept. PHOTO BELOW: Kevin Teel  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood crash sends young boy, 2 adults to hospital Maywood crash sends young boy, 2 adults to hospital Maywood crash sends young boy, 2 adults to hospital
Maywood crash sends young boy, 2 adults to hospital EXCLUSIVE: Three people, one of them a pre-school boy, were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t deemed serious after a crash in Maywood this afternoon. The 66-year-old driver of a Mercedes and his son, who was in a rear car seat, were taken by ambulance following the collision with a Toyota at Spring Valley Road and Spring Valley Avenue just before 2 p.m., Maywood Police Chief David Pegg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The child’s mother, who was also in the back seat, was OK, the chief said. The Toyota driver, an 81-year-old man from Saddle Brook complained o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Driver seriously injured when train slams car at Ho-Ho-Kus crossing Driver seriously injured when train slams car at Ho-Ho-Kus crossing Driver seriously injured when train slams car at Ho-Ho-Kus crossing
Driver seriously injured when train slams car at Ho-Ho-Kus crossing UPDATE: Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters raced to extricate the driver of a car struck by a train at a grade crossing this morning so he could be rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center. Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to cut out the driver, initially reported to be a 26-year-old Newark man. His injuries were deemed serious. An emergency worker sustained a minor injury and was treated at the scene. Four people were aboard the Waldwick-bound Bergen line #1859 train heading north when it struck the car shortly after 9 a.m., NJ Transit’s John Durso told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Because of the ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Five grabbed after predawn burglary at old Preakness Hospital facility Five grabbed after predawn burglary at old Preakness Hospital facility Five grabbed after predawn burglary at old Preakness Hospital facility
Five grabbed after predawn burglary at old Preakness Hospital facility EXCLUSIVE: Three men and two teens were snatched up by Passaic County Sheriff’s officers, with help from the locals, following a burglary before dawn this morning. The five were chased down following a burglary at the former Preakness Hospital Healthcare unit in Haledon — near Passaic Community College — around 4:30 a.m. Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said his patrol, CSI, K9 and investigation units responded to the burglary. One of his officers was injured and later released after being treated at St. Joseph’s Medical Center. the sheriff said. Several departments participa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bodies of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man found in garage Bodies of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man found in garage Bodies of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man found in garage
Bodies of missing Wayne woman, Garfield man found in garage UPDATE: The bodies of a New Jersey couple whose families reported them missing last month were been found this morning in a garage behind the Wayne apartment that the woman shared with her mother, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. UPDATE: The bodies of a New Jersey couple whose families reported them missing last month were found in the man’s car in a storage garage near the Wayne apartment that the woman shared with her mother — and not attached to the building, authorities said late yesterday. READ MORE …. Preliminary causes of death were being withheld pending autopsy res…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Member of well-known Leonia family sexually assaulted girl, 10, prosecutor says Member of well-known Leonia family sexually assaulted girl, 10, prosecutor says Member of well-known Leonia family sexually assaulted girl, 10, prosecutor says
Member of well-known Leonia family sexually assaulted girl, 10, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli tonight confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report from earlier today that a member of a well-known Leonia family was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. Kevin Van Mater, 45, was arrested yesterday after the girl, now 15, told detectives from Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit that he “engaged in inappropriate sexual activity” with her at his Broad Avenue apartment when she was 10, the prosecutor said. Mater, who is single and unemployed, voluntarily came to the prosecutor’s Paramus office yesterday and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Aspiring Englewood lawyer, 28, killed in one-car crash Aspiring Englewood lawyer, 28, killed in one-car crash Aspiring Englewood lawyer, 28, killed in one-car crash
Aspiring Englewood lawyer, 28, killed in one-car crash UPDATE: A 28-year-old Englewood man pursuing a law degree was killed in a single-car accident before dawn this morning. Kwasi Mendoza, a former clerk for Bergen County Superior Court Judge Robert Contillo, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on North Dean Street near Brookside Cemetery around 3 a.m., Englewood Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. Suffern said the Lexus hit an abutment and that initial indications are that “there were no obvious contributing factors.” An investigation that includes an autopsy was continuing, the chief said. Mendoza, a Bergen County Academies g…

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