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
Police: Unattended Glen Rock suitcase was ‘James Bond’ kit Police: Unattended Glen Rock suitcase was ‘James Bond’ kit Police: Unattended Glen Rock suitcase was ‘James Bond’ kit
Police: Unattended Glen Rock suitcase was ‘James Bond’ kit UPDATE: An unattended piece of luggage found outside the Glen Rock High School athletic field early this afternoon contained a toy secret agent kit and was inadvertently left there by a 7-year-old boy who lives across the street, police said. The discovery was the Bergen County Police Department Bomb Squad’s second false alarm of the day. The first, involving a box wrapped in black tape, was found in front of Congregation Beth Sholom temple in Teaneck this morning and contained balloons and rubber bands. The unattended black carry-on suitcase found along a fence line of the high school fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, 16, not seriously injured when train hits car in Montvale Driver, 16, not seriously injured when train hits car in Montvale Driver, 16, not seriously injured when train hits car in Montvale
Driver, 16, not seriously injured when train hits car in Montvale YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 16-year-old girl was believed to be behind the wheel of a car that was struck by a New Jersey Transit train in Montvale this morning. The girl was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what were characterized as minor injuries following the crash, which a spokesperson said occurred at 11:11 a.m. Her two passengers got out, but the driver didn’t after she panicked and drove onto the tracks as the gates were coming down, NJ Transit’s William Smith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. None of the 60 passengers or crew members on the westbound Pascack Valley Line #2107 t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood homeowner, police chase pillowcase-carrying burglars Ridgewood homeowner, police chase pillowcase-carrying burglars Ridgewood homeowner, police chase pillowcase-carrying burglars
Ridgewood homeowner, police chase pillowcase-carrying burglars YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood resident chased but lost three men he found carrying pillowcases from his home last night. All three jumped some bushes at a nearby restaurant and vanished shortly after the Kenilworth Road resident returned home around 10:45 p.m., spotted them and gave chase. Several Ridgewood police units, along with officers from Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park and Wyckoff, converged on the scene. A K9 unit from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office also responded. All they could find was a pry tool that one of the burglars dropped on a nearby sidewalk. A neighb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington firefighter OK after fall from truck on Santa run Wallington firefighter OK after fall from truck on Santa run Wallington firefighter OK after fall from truck on Santa run
Wallington firefighter OK after fall from truck on Santa run YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wallington firefighter was released, with stitches, after falling off a ladder truck while on a Santa run last night. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was stitched up, tested and sent home, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack River plunge in River Vale police chase leads to charges against Rockland man Hackensack River plunge in River Vale police chase leads to charges against Rockland man Hackensack River plunge in River Vale police chase leads to charges against Rockland man
Hackensack River plunge in River Vale police chase leads to charges against Rockland man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What potentially began as a minor pot possession offense turned into a world of trouble for a Rockland County man who led two River Vale police officers on a chase that ended up requiring hospital visits for all three after they plunged into the Hackensack River before dawn this morning. River Vale police were talking to the driver of a 2010 Honda that pulled into a DWI checkpoint at 2 a.m. when they smelled the odor of burned pot, Sgt. John DeVoe said. The officers directed the driver to a nearby lot, where they conducted a field sobriety test, he said. Believing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst man, 68, struck, killed Lyndhurst man, 68, struck, killed Lyndhurst man, 68, struck, killed
Lyndhurst man, 68, struck, killed YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 68-year-old Lyndhurst man was struck and killed last night in what authorities called a an unfortunate accident. The driver of the Lab Corp of America vehicle — a Clifton man who turned 62 today — told police the pedestrian walked out in front of him as was headed west on Valley Brook Avenue at 5:10 p.m., Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The victim wasn’t in the crosswalk and was wearing dark clothing, O’Connor said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, where he died of his injuries just after 9 p.m., th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Four indicted in Cliffside Park pot sale rip-off Four indicted in Cliffside Park pot sale rip-off Four indicted in Cliffside Park pot sale rip-off
Four indicted in Cliffside Park pot sale rip-off EXCLUSIVE: Four men have been indicted in what authorities called a comical but potentially deadly caper in which a Cliffside Park man was pistol-whipped with his accomplice’s gun and then knocked down by his victim’s car while fleeing through borough streets with a stolen pound of pot. The series of events began the night of July 21 when two Cliffside Park men — Chris Taliaferro, 21, and Keshon Brown, 19 — climbed into the back seat of a 2005 Ford Escape driven by 19-year-old Arad Terjanian of Fairview, authorities said at the time. Brown (above, right) had arranged to buy a pound of pot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Orphans, others get early Christmas from Hackensack firefighters Orphans, others get early Christmas from Hackensack firefighters Orphans, others get early Christmas from Hackensack firefighters
Orphans, others get early Christmas from Hackensack firefighters SHOUT OUT: Members of the Hackensack Fire Department’s two unions brought some early Christmas joy to orphans and other children, delivering 75 gifts to Youth Consultation Service this week. International Association of Fire Fighter Locals 2081 & 3172 bought and delivered the presents for youngsters from 3 months to 17 years old. “Most if not all of these children do not have parents, or they have been taken away from their parents to keep them safe,” Lt. Justin Derevyanik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “They wouldn’t have had anything this Christmas without those presents,” Robert Burgos, s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Federal judge upholds verdict that North Bergen man molested woman on flight Federal judge upholds verdict that North Bergen man molested woman on flight Federal judge upholds verdict that North Bergen man molested woman on flight
Federal judge upholds verdict that North Bergen man molested woman on flight UPDATE: A federal judge in Newark has upheld a jury’s conviction of a Turkish national who lives in North Bergen on charges of molesting a woman sleeping next to him on a flight from Phoenix to Newark. Federal prosecutors sufficiently proved their case that Bawer Aksal, 49, molested the 50-year-old woman, U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares said in a 14-page opinion on file in federal court. Linares could send Aksal to federal prison for life at a Jan. 14 sentencing. The nine men and three woman on the jury deliberated for roughly seven hours over two days before convicting Aksal of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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