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
15th annual Bergen ‘Salute to Champions’ honors role models, advocates of disabled 15th annual Bergen ‘Salute to Champions’ honors role models, advocates of disabled 15th annual Bergen ‘Salute to Champions’ honors role models, advocates of disabled
15th annual Bergen ‘Salute to Champions’ honors role models, advocates of disabled SHOUT OUT: Bergen County’s 15th annual “Salute to Champions,” honoring individuals and groups who work to advance and include people with disabilities in our communities, is set for later this month at Bergen Community College. The always-popular event “recognizes unique accomplishments of individuals with disabilities and those persons in the community who perform selfless acts of assistance and advocacy on behalf of persons with disabilities” Bergen County Executive Kathleen A. Donovan said. The honorees: Natan Vidra of Tenafly (photo above: left), who established the Bergen County ch…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Woman suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend Police: Woman suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend Police: Woman suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend
Police: Woman suffocated puppies after fight with boyfriend BEYOND BERGEN: A woman who had a fight with her dog-breeder boyfriend apparently suffocated four of his puppies and left them in a portable cooler, police in Union County said today. Kimberly Matthews, 26, gave a neighbor the 5-week-old American bulldogs in an Igloo cooler Sunday night to take care of them, Linden Police Capt. James Sarnicki said. The neighbor told police that Matthews said the motionless pups “were probably just sleeping,” Sarnicki told InsideOut, a CLIFFVIEW PILOT news partner, this morning. When he later went to touch them, the man said, they were cold, so he called …

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia council moves to take control of borough volunteer fire company Leonia council moves to take control of borough volunteer fire company Leonia council moves to take control of borough volunteer fire company
Leonia council moves to take control of borough volunteer fire company UPDATE: Over the protests of residents who said most of what they were doing was illegal, Leonia council members last night adopted new rules requiring firefighters to pass criminal background checks and physicals every two years. Department members could continue to choose their own chief — who would, in turn, recommend a deputy chief, captains and lieutenants for approval by the mayor and council, under an ordinance approved last night. But all current firefighters must pass both the background checks and physicals. The actions come in the wake of an incident in which an 18-year-old s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Tree limb hits Bergenfield woman, daughter, 8 Tree limb hits Bergenfield woman, daughter, 8 Tree limb hits Bergenfield woman, daughter, 8
Tree limb hits Bergenfield woman, daughter, 8 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergenfield woman and her 8-year-old daughter were injured by a fallen tree limb during this afternoon’s storm. The woman sustained a left leg injury and the girl injuries to her head and right arm in the Summit Avenue incident just before 4 p.m., Police Capt. Cathy Madalone said tonight. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. MORE: A brief but powerful blast of high winds barreled through Bergen County this afternoon, sending trees through houses in Cresskill and Emerson and ripping off the roof of a one-story commercial building in Fair Lawn…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Good Samaritans help Port Authority police arrest homeless man in Journal Square assault on woman Good Samaritans help Port Authority police arrest homeless man in Journal Square assault on woman Good Samaritans help Port Authority police arrest homeless man in Journal Square assault on woman
Good Samaritans help Port Authority police arrest homeless man in Journal Square assault on woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Thanks to a quick-thinking good Samaritan with a cellphone camera, Port Authority police in Hoboken arrested a homeless man who they said punched a woman in the head at the Journal Square PATH station. Identified as Jimmy Phillips, 46, he told police who grabbed him for assaulting the 26-year-old victim just before 8:30 yesterday morning that his name is Denzel Washington. At 5:30 last night, another witness told a Port Authority police officer she’d just seen him in the Hoboken PATH station. The officer — who had a cellphone photo of Phillips with him — took him i…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Storm sends trees into houses, blows roof off building, leaves roads impassable Storm sends trees into houses, blows roof off building, leaves roads impassable Storm sends trees into houses, blows roof off building, leaves roads impassable
Storm sends trees into houses, blows roof off building, leaves roads impassable UPDATE: A “micro-burst” of powerful winds and rain barreled through Bergen County this afternoon, sending trees through houses in Cresskill and Emerson and ripping off the roof of a one-story commercial building in Fair Lawn. Among the injuries reported: A Bergenfield woman and her 8-year-old daughter were injured by a fallen tree limb. READ MORE…. The storm ripped the roof from a partially occupied commercial building at 27th Street and Broadway in Fair Lawn (photo, below). Water poured into the building and Fair Lawn’s sub-code official was called to inspect the damage. Nearby, a tre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police chase down suspects in West Palisade Avenue cellular store smash-and-grab Englewood police chase down suspects in West Palisade Avenue cellular store smash-and-grab Englewood police chase down suspects in West Palisade Avenue cellular store smash-and-grab
Englewood police chase down suspects in West Palisade Avenue cellular store smash-and-grab YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Brooklyn man and a 17-year-old accomplice grabbed by city police were carrying a batch of credit cards, gift cards, iPhones and other valuables, as well as gloves and other tools believed used in a cellular phone store burglary moments earlier, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. A good Samaritan who was passing the Cellular Touch Wireless store on West Palisade Avenue at 4:30 a.m. Friday called police to report the break-in. Officers were on their way when the store’s burglar alarm sounded. The burglars had thrown a large rock through the front door…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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‘Fugitive Safe Surrender’ returns next month — this time in North Jersey ‘Fugitive Safe Surrender’ returns next month — this time in North Jersey ‘Fugitive Safe Surrender’ returns next month — this time in North Jersey
‘Fugitive Safe Surrender’ returns next month — this time in North Jersey YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A revival of the national “Fugitive Safe Surrender” program will come next month to North Jersey, as authorities give thousands of non-violent offenders wanted on outstanding warrants from throughout the state the opportunity to voluntarily make good on their debts to society. Acting state Attorney General John John J. Hoffman will join with the directors of key law enforcement, education and community-based organizations to announce the program’s return this Wednesday. As before, a church will be the receiving area. A criminal check will be run on those who show u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
15 named in Bergen heroin trafficking indictment 15 named in Bergen heroin trafficking indictment 15 named in Bergen heroin trafficking indictment
15 named in Bergen heroin trafficking indictment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fifteen people arrested in the take-down of a large-scale New Jersey heroin trafficking network have been charged in a 36-count indictment returned by a Bergen County grand jury. The investigation that led to the indictment represents a new approach to fighting the spread of a drug that Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said plays a huge role in local burglaries, thefts and robberies. It also involved members of no fewer than 28 New Jersey law enforcement agencies at the local, county, state and federal levels, many of whom were part of a three-county multi-jurisdiction…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
New Jersey tornado watch lifted New Jersey tornado watch lifted New Jersey tornado watch lifted
New Jersey tornado watch lifted UPDATE: A tornado watch, in effect for all of New Jersey and surrounding states, was lifted by 4 o’clock this afternoon, more than an hour before expected, as we near the official end to summer-like heat and humidity today. The National Weather Service originally sketched a path that stretches from Washington, D.C., to upstate New York — and includes North Jersey and just about all of New York City, Rockland and Westchester. It classified the situation as a tornado watch — meaning conditions are slight but not impossible for a twister — and not an outright warning. On top of that, it’s …

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