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
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Ex-boyfriend, 72, who stabbed Mahwah woman with insulin syringe gets 100 days in county jail Ex-boyfriend, 72, who stabbed Mahwah woman with insulin syringe gets 100 days in county jail Ex-boyfriend, 72, who stabbed Mahwah woman with insulin syringe gets 100 days in county jail
Ex-boyfriend, 72, who stabbed Mahwah woman with insulin syringe gets 100 days in county jail EXCLUSIVE: Following the reading of a chilling account by a 67-year-old Mahwah woman of how her ex-boyfriend pushed his way into her home and injected her with a near-fatal dose of insulin — while shouting “Why can’t you love me?” — a judge in Hackensack today sentenced the jilted lover to 100 days in the county jail. John Zechowski, 72, will be on probation for three years, will have to continue psychotherapy and must undergo domestic-violence counseling under the sentence pronounced by Superior Court Judge James J. Guida. The victim’s relatives shook their heads in disgust, her niece dr…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Authorities nab fugitive who stole Fort Lee police car, tried to run down officers Authorities nab fugitive who stole Fort Lee police car, tried to run down officers Authorities nab fugitive who stole Fort Lee police car, tried to run down officers
Authorities nab fugitive who stole Fort Lee police car, tried to run down officers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A manhunt has ended with the arrest in Pennsylvania of a Bronx man who stole a Fort Lee police car last month, knocking down one officer and trying to mow down two others – and the discovery of a large-scale drug operation, authorities announced this afternoon. Juan Mendez-Lozaro and an alleged associate were captured by a strike force of federal, state, county and local officers early yesterday morning in a North Wales, PA apartment where Fort Lee Police Capt. Thomas Ottina said the fugitive was hiding out. More than five pounds of heroin was seized, “along with n…

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Englewood, NJ
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Same-sex marriage legalized in New Jersey Same-sex marriage legalized in New Jersey Same-sex marriage legalized in New Jersey
Same-sex marriage legalized in New Jersey (via NJ.com)  TRENTON — A state judge today ruled to legalize same-sex marriage in New Jersey, saying gay couples would be denied federal benefits if the state kept allowing only civil unions. Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson granted an emergency request by six…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Artillery duds clear Bogota borough hall, close streets, bring Bergen County bomb squad Artillery duds clear Bogota borough hall, close streets, bring Bergen County bomb squad Artillery duds clear Bogota borough hall, close streets, bring Bergen County bomb squad
Artillery duds clear Bogota borough hall, close streets, bring Bergen County bomb squad EXCLUSIVE PHOTO:  A pair of bazooka-type artillery rounds that a local man brought to Bogota police headquarters this morning — prompting the evacuation of borough hall and bringing the Bergen County Bomb Squad– turned out to be duds. “He’s a collector we’ve known for many, many years,” Police Detective Capt. James Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He didn’t want them in his collection anymore, so he asked if we could dispose of them. CLIFFVIEW PILOT photo of ordnance at Bogota police HQ “So we went out to his car, saw what they were and stopped right there,” Sepp said. “These things were m…

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West Milford, NJ
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Garfield police make arrest in assault, near-robbery of motorist Garfield police make arrest in assault, near-robbery of motorist Garfield police make arrest in assault, near-robbery of motorist
Garfield police make arrest in assault, near-robbery of motorist YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police made an arrest this morning and were looking for a second suspect in the attempted mugging last night of a 23-year-old city motorist who was told his car had just hit a dog. The victim was headed south on Palisade Avenue just past Commerce Street around 9:30 p.m. when he heard a bang, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said this morning. So he stopped the car and asked four people nearby what happened. A man later identified as 19-year-old Brandon Olivero put his bicycle in the path of the victim’s car and went up to the driver’s-side window, Sucorow…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police: Teaneck driver, 67, caused crash that injured six ICE detainees, others Hackensack police: Teaneck driver, 67, caused crash that injured six ICE detainees, others Hackensack police: Teaneck driver, 67, caused crash that injured six ICE detainees, others
Hackensack police: Teaneck driver, 67, caused crash that injured six ICE detainees, others EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A  67-year-old Teaneck motorist who caused a multi-vehicle crash last night that sent six federal immigration detainees to the hospital was issued a summons for careless driving, Hackensack police said this morning. Also taken for treatment to Hackensack University Medical Center was the driver of the private security van that was transporting the ICE detainees to the Bergen County Jail, authorities said. So were two ICE agents on board and the driver of the car who police said caused the crash, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The Ford…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Couple said they left 16-month-old child alone in South Hackensack motel to go shopping Couple said they left 16-month-old child alone in South Hackensack motel to go shopping Couple said they left 16-month-old child alone in South Hackensack motel to go shopping
Couple said they left 16-month-old child alone in South Hackensack motel to go shopping EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A couple charged with leaving a 16-month-old girl alone for more than four hours in a South Hackensack motel on Route 46 told police they’d “gone out to a couple different stores along the highway,” CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Timothy Kerr, 27, a New Milford native, and 30-year-old girlfriend Shannon McDevitt of Madison had been living in the motel “off and on” the past several months, South Hackensack Police Capt. Robert Kaiser said. McDevitt had been ducking authorities in her hometown, where she was wanted on more than $40,000 worth of warrants stemming from a burgla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Bail granted for Fair Lawn man accused by ICE of having 44 hours of child porn video Bail granted for Fair Lawn man accused by ICE of having 44 hours of child porn video Bail granted for Fair Lawn man accused by ICE of having 44 hours of child porn video
Bail granted for Fair Lawn man accused by ICE of having 44 hours of child porn video YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fair Lawn man was arrested this morning by federal Homeland Security agents who said they found 44 hours of child pornography videos on his laptop. Joshua Babilonia, 23, also shared nearly 150 images online, including videos of men having intercourse with young girls and boys, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Two weeks ago, agents from U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI) executed a search warrant at Babilonia’s Morlot Avenue home and seized a laptop that th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Closter detective seizes cocaine, cash, arrests 2 after crashing drug deal Closter detective seizes cocaine, cash, arrests 2 after crashing drug deal Closter detective seizes cocaine, cash, arrests 2 after crashing drug deal
Closter detective seizes cocaine, cash, arrests 2 after crashing drug deal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Closter detective grabbed two Passaic County men — one of them a Jamaican national — and seized three bags of cocaine and $2,500 in cash after spotting a drug deal going down, Chief Dennis Kaine said this morning. Detective Vincent Aiello was patrolling the Closter Plaza Parking lot in an unmarked police vehicle yesterday when he saw the exchange between the two men, the chief told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Moving quickly, Aiello alerted backups and placed both under arrest. “The detective did an excellent job,” Kaine said. Charged with cocaine possession was Thomas N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee police seize pound of crack, charge two Fort Lee police seize pound of crack, charge two Fort Lee police seize pound of crack, charge two
Fort Lee police seize pound of crack, charge two YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police who seized nearly a half-kilo of crack — more than federal agents said they’d seen in some time — arrested one man on the spot and issued a warrant for another, who they said was grabbed in upstate New York this week. It began with a traffic stop on Route 4 West near Englewood on Sept. 18, when Detectives Cory Horton and T.J. Cullen pulled over a silver Nissan Sentra for tailgating, Capt. Thomas Ottina said this morning. Both “could smell marijuana coming from the passenger compartment” as they approached the car, he said. The passenger, 38-year-o…

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