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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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood police: Wyckoff man tried to ram patrol cruiser during chase Ridgewood police: Wyckoff man tried to ram patrol cruiser during chase Ridgewood police: Wyckoff man tried to ram patrol cruiser during chase
Ridgewood police: Wyckoff man tried to ram patrol cruiser during chase EXCLUSIVE: A 47-year-old Wyckoff man who led Ridgewood police on a morning rush-hour chase tried to ram an officer’s cruiser with his car after they caught him violating a restraining order, village police said. Gary Durocher was drunk and driving on a suspended license when he was arrested, Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Kids were headed to school a block away and adults to work when police went to the Bogert Avenue home on a call that Durocher of Wyckoff had violated a restraining order, the chief said. While they were there, Durocher came driving by — a second…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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North Arlington police officer injured in crash North Arlington police officer injured in crash North Arlington police officer injured in crash
North Arlington police officer injured in crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rookie North Arlington police officer was undergoing surgery at University Hospital in Newark this morning after being seriously injured in a crash while headed to a medical call last night. The 32-year-old officer, hired in July, sustained a broken hip and ribs and internal injuries, authorities said. His car slammed into a utility pole on the driver’s side door while headed south on Schuyler Avenue around 10 o’clock last night, North Arlington Police Chief Louis Ghione told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Investigators from Ghione’s fatal crash team and the Bergen County Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fair Lawn woman hocked more than $3,000 worth of stolen TVs for drug money, police say Fair Lawn woman hocked more than $3,000 worth of stolen TVs for drug money, police say Fair Lawn woman hocked more than $3,000 worth of stolen TVs for drug money, police say
Fair Lawn woman hocked more than $3,000 worth of stolen TVs for drug money, police say EXCLUSIVE: A 27-year-old Fair Lawn woman spent much of the past week and a half stealing TV sets from Walmart and ShopRite and then hocking them at a Saddle Brook pawn shop to feed her heroin habit, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Heather Johnson was carrying a dozen credit cards in her father’s and grandmother’s names, as well as Social Security numbers and other personal identification for four other family members, when she was arrested Monday, Saddle Brook Deputy Police Chief Robert White said last night. Fortunately, the relatives’ accounts were closed, he said. “I’m sure the nee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus police chief: Burglary of gun, jewelry, cash provides holiday warning Paramus police chief: Burglary of gun, jewelry, cash provides holiday warning Paramus police chief: Burglary of gun, jewelry, cash provides holiday warning
Paramus police chief: Burglary of gun, jewelry, cash provides holiday warning PUBLIC SAFETY: It’s that time of year again: A 9mm handgun was stolen, along with an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry, from a Paramus home yesterday, police said this morning. Detectives determined that whoever was responsible pushed in the front door of the Harrison Street home between 3-5 p.m. yesterday, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Ehrenberg reminded residents to make their homes less inviting to burglars, during a time of year when break-ins spike dramatically. It helps, he said, to know that burglars will avoid having to take time or risk being seen. So their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue squad cuts pinned driver from SUV Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue squad cuts pinned driver from SUV Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue squad cuts pinned driver from SUV
Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue squad cuts pinned driver from SUV YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Members of the Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad used the “Jaws of Life” to free a driver who was pinned inside his SUV after it was rammed by a sedan this afternoon. The Mercury Mountaineer and Mercury Milan collided shortly after 3 o’clock at the intersection of Hopper Avenue and 5th Street, with the front of the sedan slamming into the driver’s side door. Ambulances took both drivers to local hospitals. Fair Lawn Fire Company #1 assisted with the extrication. Both vehicles were towed from the scene by flatbed. There was no immediate word on possible summonses. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Home invasion robbers get $2 million in cash, gold at Edgewater high-rise Home invasion robbers get $2 million in cash, gold at Edgewater high-rise Home invasion robbers get $2 million in cash, gold at Edgewater high-rise
Home invasion robbers get $2 million in cash, gold at Edgewater high-rise YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An estimated $2 million in cash and gold was taken by three men during a brazen home invasion at an Edgewater luxury high-rise before dawn this morning, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. (EDITOR’S NOTE: It was subsequently reported that a fourth person, a woman, was involved.) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The victim of a luxury high-rise home invasion in Edgewater was pulled from his bed by four gunmen who broke his ribs while beating him, then tied him up and spent three hours stealing $2 million in cash, gold and jewelry, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said thi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hung jury in Wallington spurned lover assault trial Hung jury in Wallington spurned lover assault trial Hung jury in Wallington spurned lover assault trial
Hung jury in Wallington spurned lover assault trial YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack this afternoon returned not-guilty verdicts to lesser counts while finishing hung on charges that a self-styled Santeria priest broke into his former lover’s Wallington home and beat the man’s father nearly to death. The jurors today found Julio Pina-Catena (above, left), of East Rutherford, not guilty of two counts of destroying evidence. However, they said they couldn’t reach a decision on seven other counts, including attempted murder and burglary. At the same, the jury cleared his roommate, Kenny Cabrera (above, inset), of evidence destru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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New Milford man charged with trafficking in child porn New Milford man charged with trafficking in child porn New Milford man charged with trafficking in child porn
New Milford man charged with trafficking in child porn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 30-year-old New Milford man was charged with trafficking in online child pornography after being arrested this morning by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Computer Crimes Task Force and local police. Jackson Dietrich, who is single and unemployed, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two counts of child endangerment. Dietrich, of McKinley Avenue, was arrested following an investigation that found him “was using the Internet to acquire and transmit images and/or video files depicting child pornography,” Bergen County Pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield, CT
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Ridgefield police, feds seize $1 million in stolen Navy SEAL gear, arrest three Ridgefield police, feds seize $1 million in stolen Navy SEAL gear, arrest three Ridgefield police, feds seize $1 million in stolen Navy SEAL gear, arrest three
Ridgefield police, feds seize $1 million in stolen Navy SEAL gear, arrest three YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield police seized more than $1 million in stolen U.S. Naval equipment and uniforms destined for South Korea while busting three men during a federal sting operation at a Broad Avenue business. The three Staten Island men subleased an area of the business to receive and store the black-market merchandise — along with $270,000 in cash that borough police recovered during the buy-and-bust operation, Ridgefield Detective Sgt. Robert Williams told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The recovered gear includes tents, jackets, boots, Navy SEAL cold-weather clothing and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Rutherford fire burns family out of home Rutherford fire burns family out of home Rutherford fire burns family out of home
Rutherford fire burns family out of home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rutherford family was burned out of its home by a fire last night that brought several companies. Rutherford firefighters had the Santiago Avenue blaze under control within an hour, with assistance from their colleagues in Lyndhurst, North Arlington and Wallington. Also responding were Rutherford and Lyndhurst ambulance corps and the Rutherford Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which broke out just after 7 p.m. The cause doesn’t appear suspicious, Rutherford Police Capt. Patrick Feliciano said this morning. Responding…

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