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
Mother, daughters escape injury in Ridgewood SUV tip Mother, daughters escape injury in Ridgewood SUV tip Mother, daughters escape injury in Ridgewood SUV tip
Mother, daughters escape injury in Ridgewood SUV tip YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A mother and her two daughters escaped injury today during a freak Ridgewood parking lot accident in which their car’s brakes failed and the vehicle rolled on its side. The Mazda SUV tipped in the Bank of America parking lot on North Maple Avenue, bringing Ridgewood police — led by Chief John Ward — and village firefighters and EMS workers. Side-impace air bags deployed, and all three were wearing seatbelts, police said. The vehicle was righted and removed by a flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving STORY/PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Three Bergenfield women charged in Hackensack road-rage attack on Georgia man Three Bergenfield women charged in Hackensack road-rage attack on Georgia man Three Bergenfield women charged in Hackensack road-rage attack on Georgia man
Three Bergenfield women charged in Hackensack road-rage attack on Georgia man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A road rage incident stretched from Route 46 to a Hackensack street corner, where two Bergenfield women — one of them carrying a knife — attacked a motorist from Georgia, police said this afternoon. Both women got out of their gray Mercury Sable at Central and Summit Avenues around 1:30 p.m. and went after the 29-year-old Honda Civic driver from Fairburn, Ga., Detective Lt. John Heinemann told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “It began as a dispute among all involved,” Heinemann said. “Words were exchanged. He then tried to back up and drive away, but they wouldn’t let him.” One…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey police: Stranger tries to lure Ramapo College student into ‘shuttle’ Ramsey police: Stranger tries to lure Ramapo College student into ‘shuttle’ Ramsey police: Stranger tries to lure Ramapo College student into ‘shuttle’
Ramsey police: Stranger tries to lure Ramapo College student into ‘shuttle’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Yet another luring incident was reported in northwest Bergen over the weekend, when a Ramapo College student was approached by a stranger in a dark sedan who claimed he was the operator of a shuttle service. The student told police she was approached around 6:15 p.m. Saturday at the NJ Transit station on Spring Street near Route 17 by the stranger, who asked if she wanted a ride back to the school. She said she was waiting for the shuttle, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this afternoon. He then “stated [that] he was the shuttle,” the chief said. She walke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge blocks Cliffside Park mayor, council from seizing authority from police chief Judge blocks Cliffside Park mayor, council from seizing authority from police chief Judge blocks Cliffside Park mayor, council from seizing authority from police chief
Judge blocks Cliffside Park mayor, council from seizing authority from police chief YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Paterson has restrained Cliffside Park Mayor Gerry Calabrese and the borough council from taking authority from Police Chief Donald Keane to appoint detectives and determine his replacement when he’s away from the job. The preliminary injunction issued by Superior Court Judge Thomas Brogan, which took effect Friday, freezes an ordinance approved by the council last month that wrested authority from the chief in assigning officers to the detective bureau and for appointing the department’s interim commanding officer when he is out sick or on vacation. Bro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority officer delivers baby girl at Holland Tunnel entrance Port Authority officer delivers baby girl at Holland Tunnel entrance Port Authority officer delivers baby girl at Holland Tunnel entrance
Port Authority officer delivers baby girl at Holland Tunnel entrance YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police assisted with the delivery of a baby girl near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City during this morning’s rush. The baby’s father caught the attention of Officer Catherine Prior and Officer Luis Alvardo at 6:45 a.m. as he stood outside his sedan, which was pulled over at the toll plaza, barely 50 feet from the tunnel entrance, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Inside the car, 21-year-old Ying Chen of Brooklyn had gone into labor, he said. The officers “immediately provided first aid and requested an ambulance via radio,” P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities investigate sudden death of Palisades Park High School student, 17 Authorities investigate sudden death of Palisades Park High School student, 17 Authorities investigate sudden death of Palisades Park High School student, 17
Authorities investigate sudden death of Palisades Park High School student, 17 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County medical examiner today is trying to determine what killed a 17-year-old Palisades Park High School athlete found dead in his bed after work early yesterday. Andrianina Rakotoselson lay in the bunk below his brother after returning home from his job at Wendy’s on Bergen Boulevard in Fort Lee just after 3 a.m. yesterday, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the boy’s death told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Their window was left partially open, and, as his older brother went to close it, he noticed the teen’s foot hanging off his bed. As he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Electrical fire clears Ridgewood High School Electrical fire clears Ridgewood High School Electrical fire clears Ridgewood High School
Electrical fire clears Ridgewood High School YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An electrical fire in a second-floor classroom forced the temporary evacuation of Ridgewood High School this morning. Ridgewood firefighters snuffed the 7:30 a.m. blze with a fire extinguisher, confining it to a malfunctioning electrical heater. However, smoke spread beyond the affected classroom, so firefighters brought in high-velocity fans. No injuries were reported, and everyone was able to return around 8 a.m. Traffic on streets surrounding the school was temporarily jammed but soon returned to normal. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Strangers try to lure Waldwick jogger into car Police: Strangers try to lure Waldwick jogger into car Police: Strangers try to lure Waldwick jogger into car
Police: Strangers try to lure Waldwick jogger into car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman jogging in Waldwick yesterday was approached by two men in a car who told her to get in, but she took off and alerted police, authorities said. Both were described as in their mid- to late-20s. The driver of the black Nissan sedan had long, dark hair, she said. The incident occurred around 10 a.m.  on Douglass Street near East Prospect Street and West Saddle River Road, police said. Officers searched the area but didn’t find anyone fitting the descriptions. This comes after pair of incidents involving children walking home from school in Ridgewood, near…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
DWI driver caught at GWB tolls after mowing down Fort Lee poles, bushes, parking meter DWI driver caught at GWB tolls after mowing down Fort Lee poles, bushes, parking meter DWI driver caught at GWB tolls after mowing down Fort Lee poles, bushes, parking meter
DWI driver caught at GWB tolls after mowing down Fort Lee poles, bushes, parking meter YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunken motorist who pulled into a George Washington Bridge toll plaza with two flat tires and front-end damage had just driven his car onto a Fort Lee sidewalk — taking down everything in its path — before dawn this morning, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The black Nissan Altima driven by 28-year-old Miguel Guera of Washington State mounted the sidewalk on Lemoine Avenue, “crashing into and knocking down a light pole, a street sign and pole, a flood light, several bushes and destroying a parking meter,” after which he tried to flee across the bridge around 5 a.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
One-handed boxer arrested for slugging Port Authority officer, biting another One-handed boxer arrested for slugging Port Authority officer, biting another One-handed boxer arrested for slugging Port Authority officer, biting another
One-handed boxer arrested for slugging Port Authority officer, biting another BEYOND BERGEN: A one-handed amateur boxer punched one Port Authority officer in the jaw and bit another on the hand during a melee at LaGuardia Airport. Michael Costantino, 35, apparently was headed to Toronto when he began “acting in an alarming manner, shouting, etc.,” in the airport lobby of Terminal C, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Constantino, who won “Boxer of the Night” honors at the Golden Gloves in 2002, has a bit of a history with the industry: Two years ago he sued the TSA, claiming he was rejected for a screener’s job because of his handicap. Two authority police w…

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