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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Dump truck spills metal across Turnpike in Fort Lee Dump truck spills metal across Turnpike in Fort Lee Dump truck spills metal across Turnpike in Fort Lee
Dump truck spills metal across Turnpike in Fort Lee ALERT: Considerable delays for commuters near the George Washington Bridge were created this afternoon when a tractor-trailer overturned on the Turnpike north shoulder, dumping metal over the divider onto the southbound side The truck keeled near mile marker 121 in Fort Lee just before 4:30. Both southbound express lanes of the Turnpike were closed, along with a northbound lane. The driver got out OK, said New Jersey State Police, who provided the photo, above.

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer tips on Route 17 in Ramsey Tractor-trailer tips on Route 17 in Ramsey Tractor-trailer tips on Route 17 in Ramsey
Tractor-trailer tips on Route 17 in Ramsey YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A tractor-trailer carrying office paper products rolled onto its side on northbound Route 17 in Ramsey this afternoon, slightly injuring the driver and limiting the highway to one lane. The rig came to rest across the right and center lanes on Franklin Turnpike around 2:15 p.m. The driver, after climbing out, was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation of, and treatment for, what appeared to be minor injuries. Meanwhile, fire departments and Heavy Rescue units from Ramsey and surrounding communities responded, helping to contain a small diesel fuel spill.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police officer directing traffic struck, breaks leg Paramus police officer directing traffic struck, breaks leg Paramus police officer directing traffic struck, breaks leg
Paramus police officer directing traffic struck, breaks leg YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus police officer sustained a compound left leg fracture after being struck while directing traffic at Paramus Road and Glen Avenue  this morning. Officer Kurtis Massey was hit by a blue Honda Accord driven by an 85-year-old Waldwick woman around 10:35 a.m. while directing a detour from Ridgewood to Glen avenues while new utility poles were being installed. Massey, 27, was conscious and alert, although in some pain, when placed into a Paramus Ambulance Corps rig. Paramedics from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood assisted. He was taken to Hackensack Universi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: North Bergen man exposed himself to Garfield girl, masturbated, after asking directions Prosecutor: North Bergen man exposed himself to Garfield girl, masturbated, after asking directions Prosecutor: North Bergen man exposed himself to Garfield girl, masturbated, after asking directions
Prosecutor: North Bergen man exposed himself to Garfield girl, masturbated, after asking directions YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 30-year-old North Bergen man masturbated in front of a 12-year-old girl he’d stopped and asked for directions in Garfield, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Francisco Peraza-Morales, of the 1500 block of 76th Street, is charged with sexual assault, luring and child endangerment following his arrest yesterday. Garfield police alerted Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit after the girl gave them a license plate number and a description of the man who stopped her, the prosecutor said. Peraza-Morales, who is married and works at a Shop-Rite …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Tearful Teaneck career burglar looking at 10 more years — at least Tearful Teaneck career burglar looking at 10 more years — at least Tearful Teaneck career burglar looking at 10 more years — at least
Tearful Teaneck career burglar looking at 10 more years — at least EXCLUSIVE: “I don’t think I deserve to never see any of my family again,” a tearful Melvin Collins told a judge in Hackensack yesterday while admitting that he committed a series of burglaries in seven Bergen County towns — three of them after cutting off a parole-monitoring ankle bracelet. “Everybody is going to be deceased when I get home, everybody’s going to be dead,” Collins told Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma. “My family’s going to be gone. “My two children will be alive,” he said, breaking down in tears, “but everyone else will be gone.” Perhaps. Under Roma’s sentence, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor returns River Edge police chief’s service weapon after domestic incident Bergen prosecutor returns River Edge police chief’s service weapon after domestic incident Bergen prosecutor returns River Edge police chief’s service weapon after domestic incident
Bergen prosecutor returns River Edge police chief’s service weapon after domestic incident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: More than three years after River Edge Police Chief Thomas Cariddi surrendered his guns following a domestic violence complaint, he got his service weapon back today. Cariddi had to appeal to a judge to get back his personal firearms, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, while confirming that he returned the chief’s service weapon today. That gun and Cariddi’s personal firearms were taken according to a Domestic Violence Act directive from the state Attorney General, Molinelli said. “Specific procedures” had to followed, including an i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen bus driver who left Downs man alone in garage charged by police, ‘will be terminated’ Bergen bus driver who left Downs man alone in garage charged by police, ‘will be terminated’ Bergen bus driver who left Downs man alone in garage charged by police, ‘will be terminated’
Bergen bus driver who left Downs man alone in garage charged by police, ‘will be terminated’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County community bus driver who left a 34-year-old Ridgewood man with Down syndrome behind on a bus parked in a Lodi garage last night was charged by police and “will be terminated,” authorities said this afternoon. The 52-year-old driver from Garfield was charged with the disorderly persons offense of “endangering an incompetent person” and must appear in Municipal Court, Jeanne Baratta, the chief of staff for county Executive Kathleen Donovan, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “She was suspended without pay, will have a hearing — as per union policy — and will be te…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee detectives find 2 kilos of cocaine, $9,000 cash, in car’s secret compartments Fort Lee detectives find 2 kilos of cocaine, $9,000 cash, in car’s secret compartments Fort Lee detectives find 2 kilos of cocaine, $9,000 cash, in car’s secret compartments
Fort Lee detectives find 2 kilos of cocaine, $9,000 cash, in car’s secret compartments YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police detectives seized two kilos of cocaine worth about $60,000 on the street and $9,000 in cash — both hidden in electronically-controlled, secret vehicle compartments — and arrested three men after the driver made a U-turn on Route 4. Detectives T.J. Cullen and Cory Horton were doing a routine hotel/motel check yesterday afternoon when they began following an Acura TL with tinted windows after it stopped at the Best Western Hotel off the highway, backed into a parking space and then left. After making the U-turn, the driver “swerved off an exit ramp to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con, girlfriend tracked down, charged in Mahwah CVS holdup Ex-con, girlfriend tracked down, charged in Mahwah CVS holdup Ex-con, girlfriend tracked down, charged in Mahwah CVS holdup
Ex-con, girlfriend tracked down, charged in Mahwah CVS holdup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Following a multi-state search, Mahwah police have charged a convicted felon and his girlfriend with the Fourth of July holdup of a CVS in town, in which a store manager had a gun put to his head. After “painstakingly viewing” store surveillance footage, Detective Michael Grassi identified the heavyset woman spotted in the store that day (photo, below) as 27-year-old Nicole J. DeSilva, of Balston Spa, N.Y., Chief James Batelli said this afternoon. DeSilva, who already was on probation, was caught on tape in the Franklin Turnpike store “acting in what witnesses desc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Verdict: Fairview man not guilty of rape, convicted of sexual contact with girl, 12 Verdict: Fairview man not guilty of rape, convicted of sexual contact with girl, 12 Verdict: Fairview man not guilty of rape, convicted of sexual contact with girl, 12
Verdict: Fairview man not guilty of rape, convicted of sexual contact with girl, 12 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack returned a split verdict today against a 21-year-old Fairview man, convicting him of sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl but  finding him not guilty of the more serious charge of rape. Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma revoked bail for Marvin Flores-Gamez and sent him to the Bergen County Jail to await sentencing, scheduled for Dec. 13, on convictions of improperly touching the victim’s breasts and vagina to degrade or humiliate her while achieving sexual arousal or gratification for himself. Flores-Gamez, who was also found not guilty of…

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