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
Bergen sheriff’s pre-Christmas ‘deadbeat parent’ roundup nets 43 who owe $663,966 Bergen sheriff’s pre-Christmas ‘deadbeat parent’ roundup nets 43 who owe $663,966 Bergen sheriff’s pre-Christmas ‘deadbeat parent’ roundup nets 43 who owe $663,966
Bergen sheriff’s pre-Christmas ‘deadbeat parent’ roundup nets 43 who owe $663,966 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The series of annual pre-Christmas “Deadbeat Parent” raids throughout New Jersey this week netted 43 in Bergen County and yielded $15,854 of $663,966 owed in child support. The amount continues to grow, as those jailed from Monday through Wednesday pony up, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said this morning. Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino (PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Saudino’s officers took 37 people into custody — most of whom have gone before a judge in Hackensack and either made arrangements to pay or were locked u…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Trial next month in Englewood murder of rapper Trial next month in Englewood murder of rapper Trial next month in Englewood murder of rapper
Trial next month in Englewood murder of rapper EXCLUSIVE: The last hurdle was cleared yesterday for one of the highest-profile murder trials in Bergen County in recent years to begin. A judge in Hackensack ruled that investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office acted legally in filing a request for cellphone records that pointed them to their primary suspect in the death of rapper Kampane, whose charred body was found in an SUV parked on a Paramus cul-de-sac the morning of Aug. 16, 2011. He had been shot before his body was burned, prosecutors said. Four days later, prosecutor’s detectives arrested and charged Randy K. Man…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park traffic stop leads to prescription drug seizure Rochelle Park traffic stop leads to prescription drug seizure Rochelle Park traffic stop leads to prescription drug seizure
Rochelle Park traffic stop leads to prescription drug seizure EXCLUSIVE: A BMW stopped during a DWI detail turned out to be a rolling prescription drug container, said Rochelle Park police, who reported finding hundreds of loose and bottled oxycodone, amphetamines and Xanax. Patrolmen Todd Starling and Franklin Laboy stopped the car for tailgating another vehicle on Essex Street a week ago. “They got suspicious when they noticed the driver sweating despite the cold and rainy conditions,” Detective James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. During the conversation, they noticed the driver, 29-year-old Andrew Pitchon, trying to conceal something in the cup…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man charged with selling crystal meth Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man charged with selling crystal meth Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man charged with selling crystal meth
Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man charged with selling crystal meth BEYOND BERGEN: A Bergen Catholic graduate from Palisades Park was arrested by State Police who said he was selling crystal meth and GHB from his Somerset County home. New Jersey State Police detectives found another man in the middle of a possible drug overdose when they rushed the home of John N. Norton, 33, moments after they said he delivered meth and liquid GHB in a plastic bottle to someone outside the house Monday night. Two weeks ago, Norton was arrested in Hunterdon County on charges of methamphetamine possession after police said they stopped him for driving erratically on Route …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge PBA toy drive for orphans this Saturday Wood-Ridge PBA toy drive for orphans this Saturday Wood-Ridge PBA toy drive for orphans this Saturday
Wood-Ridge PBA toy drive for orphans this Saturday SHOUT OUT: Wood-Ridge PBA #313 is having a toy drive this Saturday for orphans in four counties. They’ll have hot chocolate, breakfast treats and hot dogs, as well as refreshments courtesy of the Italian-American Police Society and the PBA. It runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wood-Ridge police garage on the Union Avenue side of the department’s Humboldt Street headquarters. Age appropriate gifts for infants to young teens are being accepted. Only new, UNWRAPPED toys. Gift cards will also be accepted (Toys R Us, Walmart, Target, KMart, Game Stop).

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SUVs collide in Fair Lawn during evening rush SUVs collide in Fair Lawn during evening rush SUVs collide in Fair Lawn during evening rush
SUVs collide in Fair Lawn during evening rush YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: One person sustained minor injuries after two SUVs collided in Fair Lawn tonight. The vehicles crashed at the intersection of Harristown Road and Elm Street during the evening rush, bringing Fair Lawn police, firefighters and the Heavy Rescue Squad. A flatbed tow truck removed both vehicles, while the Heavy Duty crew cleaned up a fuel spill. Traffic was detoured from Elm Street while the crews worked. Glen Rock police assisted with traffic control. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey chief: Teen’s account of violent struggle with burglar unfounded Ramsey chief: Teen’s account of violent struggle with burglar unfounded Ramsey chief: Teen’s account of violent struggle with burglar unfounded
Ramsey chief: Teen’s account of violent struggle with burglar unfounded YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ramsey middle school students were “locked in place” just before dismissal today after a 14-year-old neighborhood boy told police he was cut with a knife by a burglar he found ransacking his family’s home. A search of the area by a Bergen County Sheriff’s K9 unit turned up neither a scent nor footprints, however. “At this time I don’t think there’s any criminal activity or any cause for concern,” Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “It’s a difficult call, but it doesn’t add up,” the chief said. “The matter remains under investi…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Christmas reminder: Don’t leave valuables in your car — here’s why Christmas reminder: Don’t leave valuables in your car — here’s why Christmas reminder: Don’t leave valuables in your car — here’s why
Christmas reminder: Don’t leave valuables in your car — here’s why PUBLIC SAFETY REMINDER: Christmas shoppers who might be moving faster than usual should remember not to leave valuables in their cars, as a Ridgewood woman who parked outside the Wyckoff YMCA discovered when her purse was stolen earlier today, police say. She’d parked “for about one hour with her purse visible inside,” Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. “The window of the car was smashed out and the purse containing cash and credit cards was stolen.” It was the second time that’s happened in the YMCA lot in two weeks, the chief added. Similar incidents are being reported elsewhere.…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Crash interrupts Ridgewood Christmas shopping Crash interrupts Ridgewood Christmas shopping Crash interrupts Ridgewood Christmas shopping
Crash interrupts Ridgewood Christmas shopping YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A noontime crash in Ridgewood’s central business district threw Christmas shoppers into temporary gridlock today . No injuries were reported after a Mazda and a commercial van collided at the intersection of South Walnut Street and East Ridgewood Avenue, although village firefighters had to clean up a minor fluid spill. While there, they also helped get the van out of the intersection so that a flatbed tow truck could remove the sedan. A second tow truck removed the van. Police said they issued a summons, although it was unclear to which driver. STORY / PHOT…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: ‘Price Plus’ card, Philly Eagles sweatshirt lead to Rochelle Park car burglar Police: ‘Price Plus’ card, Philly Eagles sweatshirt lead to Rochelle Park car burglar Police: ‘Price Plus’ card, Philly Eagles sweatshirt lead to Rochelle Park car burglar
Police: ‘Price Plus’ card, Philly Eagles sweatshirt lead to Rochelle Park car burglar EXCLUSIVE: An Elmwood Park woman swiped more than a ShopRite cashier’s keys, Rochelle Park detectives said: She also swiped a “Price Plus” card while she was there, leading to her arrest for stealing the contents of the woman’s purse from her car. Audrey Johnson, 28, was wearing a black Philadelphia Eagles sweatshirt when surveillance cameras captured her taking the keys from next to the victim’s register and sticking them in her pocket — moments after after scanning her discount card at the West Passaic Street supermarket, Detective Jim DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. She was …

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