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
Breaking News
Drivers fine after Ridgewood crash Drivers fine after Ridgewood crash Drivers fine after Ridgewood crash
Drivers fine after Ridgewood crash YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Both drivers escaped injury when their cars collided at a Ridgewood intersection this afternoon. A flatbed tow truck had to remove both vehicles from the scene of the 4:15 p.m. crash at North Walnut Street and Franklin Avenue. Ridgewood firefighters attended to a minor fluid spill while village police investigated the crash and guided traffic past. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rivertowns, NY
Breaking News
Woman admits threatening letters to Secaucus Woman admits threatening letters to Secaucus Woman admits threatening letters to Secaucus
Woman admits threatening letters to Secaucus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Irvington woman today admitted mailing threatening letters to Secacus officials that included language about bomb attacks. Karen Waller, 50, faces up to five years in federal prison and a potential fine of up to $250,000 when she is sentenced on Feb. 27, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. She pleaded guilty today in Newark to a single one count of mailing threatening communications. Waller was arrested by members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force at her home in July. Under a criminal complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark, she originally was c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Route 9W bus, truck collision in Tenafly looked worse than it was Route 9W bus, truck collision in Tenafly looked worse than it was Route 9W bus, truck collision in Tenafly looked worse than it was
Route 9W bus, truck collision in Tenafly looked worse than it was YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No serious injuries were reported after a private nursing home bus with an 82-year-old passenger veered off 9W and crashed into the back of a disabled rental truck parked on the shoulder in Tenafly this afternoon. The female passenger was sitting in back, “fortunately on the other side of the bus,” when the northbound crash occurred around 3:15 p.m. about 300 yards north of East Clinton Avenue, Capt Michael deMoncada told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. PHOTO: News12 New Jersey The woman, who is from Yorba Linda, CA, and the 59-year-old driver from the Brox susta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police issue sketch in jewelry store owner’s abduction Lyndhurst police issue sketch in jewelry store owner’s abduction Lyndhurst police issue sketch in jewelry store owner’s abduction
Lyndhurst police issue sketch in jewelry store owner’s abduction HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Take a good look: A jeweler from Lyndhurst who was abducted last night during a home invastion described one of his captors for police, who produced the sketch above. The assailant was described as Hispanic, in his 20s, about 5-foot-9 and 150 pounds, with a thin build, dark eyes and dark skin. The 62-year-old victim, who owns a jewelry store on Bergenline Avenue in Union City, was severely beaten by a trio of assailants, two of whom took him in his car before leaving him in Clifton, while the other held his wife in their home at gunpoint. All of them “came heavil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale woman, 49, stable after Westwood Trader Joe’s crash Hillsdale woman, 49, stable after Westwood Trader Joe’s crash Hillsdale woman, 49, stable after Westwood Trader Joe’s crash
Hillsdale woman, 49, stable after Westwood Trader Joe’s crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 49-year-old Hillsdale mother of three who was slammed by a car that suddenly lurched toward her in front of the Trader Joe’s in Westwood yesterday remained at Hackensack University Medical Center today with what police described as “massive trauma to her lower extremities.” Unconfirmed reports are that Ruta Fiorino lost a leg but was in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center this morning. Fiorino, who works at the supermarket, had finished her shift and gone out front to get a cart to do some shopping just after 3:15 p.m., Westwood Police Chief …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Praised by colleagues, Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane retires, cites ‘different direction’ Praised by colleagues, Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane retires, cites ‘different direction’ Praised by colleagues, Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane retires, cites ‘different direction’
Praised by colleagues, Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane retires, cites ‘different direction’ EDITORIAL: Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane has ended what had become a months-long battle with Cliffside Park Mayor Gerry Calabrese and the borough council, watched by supportive fellow chiefs within Bergen County and around the state, by retiring. “I gave over 34 years of my life to my home town of Cliffside Park,” Keane told me this morning. “I believe I have accomplished a lot during my career here and hoped to do much more — including finishing the accreditation process we recently began. “It has become apparent over the past months that borough officials want to go in a diff…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Abductors of Lyndhurst jewelry store owner came heavily armed, wore masks, police say Abductors of Lyndhurst jewelry store owner came heavily armed, wore masks, police say Abductors of Lyndhurst jewelry store owner came heavily armed, wore masks, police say
Abductors of Lyndhurst jewelry store owner came heavily armed, wore masks, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three robbers who severely beat a jewelry store owner after abducting him from his Lyndhurst home last night “came heavily armed,” a detective captain told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The 62-year-old victim, who owns a jewelry store on Bergenline Avenue in Union City, was kept for observation overnight at Hackensack University Medical Center. This morning, he was at Lyndhurst police headquarters — a bandaged bump on his nose, among other injuries — providing a more detailed account. Detectives were “following up some very solid leads,” Detective Capt. John Vale…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood fugitive sought after police seize 8 pounds of pot, $26,000 cash Maywood fugitive sought after police seize 8 pounds of pot, $26,000 cash Maywood fugitive sought after police seize 8 pounds of pot, $26,000 cash
Maywood fugitive sought after police seize 8 pounds of pot, $26,000 cash HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Maywood police are hoping the public can help them find a borough man charged in the seizure of 8 pounds of pot, $26,000 in cash and various drug packaging items seized at his home during the arrests of three people, including his father. Miguel A. Brito, 27, is charged with marijuana possession and money laundering stemming from an Oct. 24 raid on his Stelling Avenue home. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT originally reported, police arrested Miguel T. Brito, 54, and Altagracia Montilla 50, and took a juvenile into custody during the raid. They were assisted by federal Homeland Sec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Husband, wife traffic stop leads Mahwah police to handgun, knife, ammo Husband, wife traffic stop leads Mahwah police to handgun, knife, ammo Husband, wife traffic stop leads Mahwah police to handgun, knife, ammo
Husband, wife traffic stop leads Mahwah police to handgun, knife, ammo A West Virginia woman who was tailgating her husband as he drove a U-Haul to upstate New York was carrying a semi-automatic handgun, dozens of rounds of ammunition and a large knife in her car, Mahwah police said. After stopping the sedan, Lt. Jeffrey Dino “noticed a lot of movement in the interior of the vehicle by the driver and the front seat occupant,” Police Chief James Batelli said earlier today. The driver, 24-year-old Kristin Lee Tibbetts, said she, her husband and a friend were headed to upstate New York to visit friends. Nicholas Tibbetts, who lives with his wife of two years …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Social media helps prevent GWB suicide Port Authority PD: Social media helps prevent GWB suicide Port Authority PD: Social media helps prevent GWB suicide
Port Authority PD: Social media helps prevent GWB suicide SHOUT OUTS: Social media helped save the life of an 18-year-old Paterson man who was apparently planning suicide by jumping from the George Washington Bridge, Port Authority police said this afternoon. Paterson police called their Port Authority colleagues after getting a call from a friend who saw “alarming” Facebook posts from the distraught man, including a photo of the bridge and several suggestions of suicide, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Lt. Thomas Michaels and Sgt. Nadine Rhem (both in photo) immediately verified the Facebook posts, uploaded a photo of hi…

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