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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Northern Highlands track standout, 19, from Allendale dies at school in Philadelphia Northern Highlands track standout, 19, from Allendale dies at school in Philadelphia Northern Highlands track standout, 19, from Allendale dies at school in Philadelphia
Northern Highlands track standout, 19, from Allendale dies at school in Philadelphia TRIBUTE: An accomplished 19-year-old former Northern Highlands Regional High School track star from Allendale died yesterday in Center City, Philadelphia. Madison Holleran, who already was excelling at Penn University in the middle of her first year, achieved several distinctions at Northern Highlands. She was a 2013 Indoor All American in the distance medley and a 2013 New Jersey State Outdoor Meet of Champions winner in the 800 meters, among other achievements. She also captained the school’s girls soccer and track teams. Holleran’s personal records: 2:08.87 in the 800 meters and 2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale police: Downtown Manhattan commuter made fake bus pass at home Hillsdale police: Downtown Manhattan commuter made fake bus pass at home Hillsdale police: Downtown Manhattan commuter made fake bus pass at home
Hillsdale police: Downtown Manhattan commuter made fake bus pass at home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 36-year-old Hillsdale man rode the bus to his job in downtown Manhattan every day using a pass he created on his home computer before being caught, borough police said today. Simon A. Wilson was released on a summons to appear in Municpal Court after an alert employee for Rockland Coaches spotted the pass for a phony, police said. Wilaon was arrested following an investigation by borough Detective Sgt. Sean Smith, Sgt. Chris Donaldson and Detective Adam Hampton. He is charged with theft of services, forgery and criminal simulation. MUGSHOT: Courtesy HILLSDALE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Member of well-known Leonia family charged with sexually assaulting girl, 10 Member of well-known Leonia family charged with sexually assaulting girl, 10 Member of well-known Leonia family charged with sexually assaulting girl, 10
Member of well-known Leonia family charged with sexually assaulting girl, 10 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 45-year-old Leonia man whose family has a history of public service was arrested yesterday and charged with child sexual assault. Kevin Van Mater was being held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Leonia police. Van Mater (Facebook photo, above) was arrested after a teenager told authorities that he sexually assaulted her several years ago, when she was 10, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The 5-foot-10-inch, 255-pound…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Man busted for stealing PATH train defibrillator — again Man busted for stealing PATH train defibrillator — again Man busted for stealing PATH train defibrillator — again
Man busted for stealing PATH train defibrillator — again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man arrested for stealing a defibrillator at Newark’s Penn Station did it again — this time at a PATH station in Manhattan, Port Authority police said. It’s not as rare an occurence as you might think. Defibrillators from subway stations are sold on the black market. A subway maintenance worker in Washington, D.C. last year was arrested and charged with selling 13 stolen defribrillators worth a combined $18,000 for $300 each. They’ve also been stolen from churches, ambulances — even hospitals. This time, Port Authority got a call of someone stealing the defib…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview girl, 13, says she was sexually abused at 6 Fairview girl, 13, says she was sexually abused at 6 Fairview girl, 13, says she was sexually abused at 6
Fairview girl, 13, says she was sexually abused at 6 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fairview girl kept a secret for seven years before confiding in a teacher last month that a Queens man raped her, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight in announcing the accused’s arrest. Luis Bueno, 29, of Corona was arrested yesterday by members of Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and the Fairview Police Department on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. The girl, now 13, told a teacher the abuse occurred when she was six and Bueno lived in Fairview, Molinelli said. The teacher alerted the principal, who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock police chase ends in Wyckoff railroad signal crash Glen Rock police chase ends in Wyckoff railroad signal crash Glen Rock police chase ends in Wyckoff railroad signal crash
Glen Rock police chase ends in Wyckoff railroad signal crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A police chase that began in Glen Rock ended in Wyckoff tonight when a 25-year-old Long Island man driving with a suspended license crashed a sedan into a train signal at a grade crossing. The pursuit went along Route 208 before ending at Newtown Road in Wyckoff, near the Midland Park border. Moments after the crash, the driver was caught by officers from Wyckoff and Midland Park and turned over to Glen Rock police. Kenneth Pflug was being held on $20,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with attempting to elude police. He was also issued several summonses…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Good Samaritan leads Carlstadt police to attempted burglary suspects Good Samaritan leads Carlstadt police to attempted burglary suspects Good Samaritan leads Carlstadt police to attempted burglary suspects
Good Samaritan leads Carlstadt police to attempted burglary suspects EXCLUSIVE: A snowplow driver with a strong sense of civic duty interrupted a burglary at a Carlstadt commercial building, then helped lead police to the arrests of three men. A fourth remained at large, authorities said this afternoon. The contractor was plowing a commercial lot on Starke Road after a Dec. 14 snowstorm when he spotted the four men next to a parked car, along with a ladder beneath, the window of a local business. Seeing him, they immediately drove off, Detective John Cleary told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. But he followed them, Cleary said. The good Samaritan drove through vari…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Diversion burglars con late 80s Saddle Brook woman Diversion burglars con late 80s Saddle Brook woman Diversion burglars con late 80s Saddle Brook woman
Diversion burglars con late 80s Saddle Brook woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Saddle Brook police were at the scene of a diversion burglary this afternoon in which a homeowner in her late 80s was conned by a man pretending to work for the gas company who then let two accomplices into her house. The victim told police the Hispanic visitor showed up at her Floral Lane home off Midland Avenue around 2 p.m. and “tricked her into believing there was a natural gas leak in the area and her home had to be checked,” Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. He wore dark clothing and “displayed some type of identification card in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SUV hits Hackensack house SUV hits Hackensack house SUV hits Hackensack house
SUV hits Hackensack house YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A motorist was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center this afternoon after an SUV hit the front and side of a house. Police were investigating the cause of the crash at South Summit Avenue, while building officials inspected damage to the steps and front corner of the house. Hackensack Fire Department Engine 4 and Rescue 1 responded, along with HUMC BLS and ALS. PHOTOS: Courtesy HACKENSACK FIRE DEPT.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police charge Hudson man with selling gun in Newport PATH shootings Port Authority police charge Hudson man with selling gun in Newport PATH shootings Port Authority police charge Hudson man with selling gun in Newport PATH shootings
Port Authority police charge Hudson man with selling gun in Newport PATH shootings YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The arrest of a man who shot two others — and himself by mistake — at the Newport PATH station wasn’t the end for Port Authority police, who have now charged a man who they said sold him the gun. PAPD detectives arrested 28-year-old Julio J. Mella of Jersey City with the assistance of agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives and Jersey City police. The detectives said Mella brought the firearm to New Jersey from Virginia specifically to sell to Tari Turpin, a 34-year-old ex-con charged with shooting two people this at the Pavonia/New…

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