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
Woman in North Jersey bank robbery spree brought before judge Woman in North Jersey bank robbery spree brought before judge Woman in North Jersey bank robbery spree brought before judge
Woman in North Jersey bank robbery spree brought before judge EXCLUSIVE: A Paterson woman who authorities said confessed to robbing five area TD Bank branches with her boyfriend — including those in Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn and Maywood — was brought before a judge in Hackensack today. In four of the holdups, 30-year-old Samantha Simone Dixon drove the getaway car for her boyfriend, 28-year-old Lamont Moseley, an indictment returned by a Bergen County grand jury alleges. PHOTOS (here, above): Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Dixon also pulled her own job, and was recorded on surveillance video taking an estimated $1,200 in cash …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man sentenced for stealing $2.8M in textbooks from Hoboken employer Man sentenced for stealing $2.8M in textbooks from Hoboken employer Man sentenced for stealing $2.8M in textbooks from Hoboken employer
Man sentenced for stealing $2.8M in textbooks from Hoboken employer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former employee of a Hoboken-based publisher was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for stealing more than $2.8 million dollars in textbooks from his former employer through an elaborate scheme that involved diverting free educational samples intended for professors. FBI agents arrested Christopher J. Brock of Yukon, Okla., in June after federal authorities said he diverted more than 16,000 textbooks and other items to himself that he designated as free educational samples after accessing the corporate systems of John Wiley & Sons. To avoid detecti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
2-month-old boy OK after Ridgewood recycling-truck crash 2-month-old boy OK after Ridgewood recycling-truck crash 2-month-old boy OK after Ridgewood recycling-truck crash
2-month-old boy OK after Ridgewood recycling-truck crash YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 2-month-old boy was fine after being taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center along with the child’s mother after being shaken up when they’re mini-van clipped a village recycling truck, blowing out a tire. The truck had stopped near the intersection of Linwood Avenue and Solas Court just after 10:30 a.m. when the 29-year-old driver from Monroe, N.Y., steered around it, Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The front tire of her Honda Odyssey hit a metal step used by haulers, puncturing the right front tire. Ridgewood police, f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pickup flips, police car struck in icy Route 4 chain reaction crash in Fair Lawn Pickup flips, police car struck in icy Route 4 chain reaction crash in Fair Lawn Pickup flips, police car struck in icy Route 4 chain reaction crash in Fair Lawn
Pickup flips, police car struck in icy Route 4 chain reaction crash in Fair Lawn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A sequence of ice-caused crashes that began when a pickup truck overturned and continued with a Bergen County police cruiser sandwiched between two other vehicles on Route 4 in Fair Lawn led to quite a bit of vehicle damage but only a single minor injury, county police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The trouble began around 9 p.m., when the pickup skidded on black ice and flipped in the middle of the roadway while headed eastbound on Route 4, roughly 75 feet from the Route 208 flyover, BCPD Sgt. Chris Siracuse said. A friend who was following the pickup driver pu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Scholarships available for children of law enforcement officers Scholarships available for children of law enforcement officers Scholarships available for children of law enforcement officers
Scholarships available for children of law enforcement officers SHOUT OUT: Financial assistance for the natural or adopted children of police are now available through the 2014 Law Enforcement Children’s Scholarship Program run by Wives Behind the Badge Inc. Two scholarships are available: one for $1,000 and one for $500. Applicants must be a dependent child of a law enforcement officer (full-time active service, retired, or killed in the line of duty), must be enrolled at or accepted to an accredited four-year college/university or community college, and must be active in the community through volunteer work. Deadline: April 15 (Winners announced…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
30 guns, ammo, gas, drugs found in fortified Fort Lee apartment 30 guns, ammo, gas, drugs found in fortified Fort Lee apartment 30 guns, ammo, gas, drugs found in fortified Fort Lee apartment
30 guns, ammo, gas, drugs found in fortified Fort Lee apartment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police executing a search warrant in a drug investigation discovered 30 guns — assault weapons, handguns and rifles — along with thousands of rounds of ammunition behind a false closet wall in an apartment fortified with steel bars on the windows, high-grade locks on the doors and surveillance cameras, authorities said today. They also seized a variety of drugs – cocaine, pot, Molly and prescription medications – along with an undisclosed amount of cash and tanks of compressed gas during searches last night and Thursday night at the Linwood Park Co-op on Fai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Dog dies in fall from Bogota apartment building Dog dies in fall from Bogota apartment building Dog dies in fall from Bogota apartment building
Dog dies in fall from Bogota apartment building EXCLUSIVE: As witnesses below watched in horror, a dog jumped to his death from the roof of a five-story apartment building in Bogota today. A Bogota police officer scooped up the brown Pomeranian mix and rushed him to Ridgefield Park Animal Hospital. A veterinary technician there pronounced him dead, however, saying that he’d broken his back in the fall. The anguished owner was grief-stricken after being contacted by a local animal control officer. The dog apparently got loose in a hallway of the Palisade Avenue building overlooking Route 80 (above) and scampered to an open door on t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen dive team finds 2 stolen guns in Passaic River, Rutherford man arrested Bergen dive team finds 2 stolen guns in Passaic River, Rutherford man arrested Bergen dive team finds 2 stolen guns in Passaic River, Rutherford man arrested
Bergen dive team finds 2 stolen guns in Passaic River, Rutherford man arrested YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Police today confirmed the New Year’s Eve recovery by its dive team of a pair of guns reported stolen in a Jersey Shore burglary, leading to charges against a Rutherford man. Police in Brick Township said the guns were taken along with a large black safe, a computer and a computer monitor during a Dec. 10 distraction burglary in their town. One burglar kept the resident busy asking him about fence work while two associates lifted the items, they said. Brick authorities said they immediately began receiving information about potential suspects after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge arrest leads to discovery of stolen credit card, personal info Wood-Ridge arrest leads to discovery of stolen credit card, personal info Wood-Ridge arrest leads to discovery of stolen credit card, personal info
Wood-Ridge arrest leads to discovery of stolen credit card, personal info EXCLUSIVE: A Wood-Ridge man taken into custody this morning on an outstanding warrant was carrying a stolen credit card with a piece of paper taped on bearing the owner’s date of birth and Social Security number, police said. Detective Joseph Rutigliano and Officer Michael Mueller were on patrol when they spotted Peter Crocamo outside his Columbian Street home around 11 a.m. “We were aware that he had an outstanding warrant out of Wood-Ridge for failure to appear in court,” Rutigliano said. “So we placed him under arrest. “While taking an inventory of his belongings we discovered a cred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Defense lawyer questions whether Ridgewood physician in explosives case is competent to stand trial Defense lawyer questions whether Ridgewood physician in explosives case is competent to stand trial Defense lawyer questions whether Ridgewood physician in explosives case is competent to stand trial
Defense lawyer questions whether Ridgewood physician in explosives case is competent to stand trial EXCLUSIVE: The prosecution of a Ridgewood physician found with explosive chemicals and firearms in his house has been temporarily put on hold while his lawyer has him evaluated by a forensic psychiatrist to assess his competence to stand trial. Roberto Rivera — who previously spent time in a mental institution, according to an indictment — remained held on $1 million bail in the Bergen County Jail pending a status hearing next month. At that point, both sides will have a clearer picture of whether the case is headed to trial or to a competency hearing. PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving As CLIFFVI…

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