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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Bergen sheriff, police chief call for investigations of one another’s agency Bergen sheriff, police chief call for investigations of one another’s agency Bergen sheriff, police chief call for investigations of one another’s agency
Bergen sheriff, police chief call for investigations of one another’s agency YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The battle between Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino and county Police Chief Brian Higgins exploded tonight, as Saudino accused Higgins of lying about the appearance of two BCPD officers at the scene of a traffic stop of Freeholder Maura DeNicola by a sheriff’s officer — and both men called for criminal investigations of the other. It began when Higgins (above, left) earlier today released a video from a BCPD cruiser of part of the Aug. 14 stop, as well as a letter to county Executive Kathleen Donovan in which he accuses Saudino’s officers of a pattern of behavio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing brought to court Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing brought to court Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing brought to court
Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing brought to court EXCLUSIVE: A man accused of shooting and killing his estranged wife’s boyfriend and then setting his Teaneck house on fire was brought before a judge today for arraignment on an indictment that charges him with two counts of murder, aggravated arson and desecrating human remains, among other offenses. Sui Kam “Tony” Tung, 50, took a series of measures taken to try and avoid being detected for killing Robert Cantor in March 2011, the June indictment alleges. These included torching the house, hiding the gun investigators say he used to shoot and kill Cantor and trying to destroy computer evi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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NJ Supreme Court makes new case law: Paterson man guilty by insanity in killing uncle entitled to self-defense trial NJ Supreme Court makes new case law: Paterson man guilty by insanity in killing uncle entitled to self-defense trial NJ Supreme Court makes new case law: Paterson man guilty by insanity in killing uncle entitled to self-defense trial
NJ Supreme Court makes new case law: Paterson man guilty by insanity in killing uncle entitled to self-defense trial YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Creating new case law, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled today that a Paterson man found not guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of his uncle is entitled to a trial at which he can argue that he acted in self-defense. “[I]t is time to chart a new course,” the state’s highest court declared, in ordering that trials that involve both an insanity defense and another be conducted as one proceeding with two phases. The 1980 Appellate Division decision in State v. Khan prevented Robert Handy from first arguing self-defense. As a result, now-retired Superi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Police Defense Foundation chief on mission to Dominican Republic to save tot’s sight Police Defense Foundation chief on mission to Dominican Republic to save tot’s sight Police Defense Foundation chief on mission to Dominican Republic to save tot’s sight
Police Defense Foundation chief on mission to Dominican Republic to save tot’s sight SHOUT OUT: A highly-decorated former federal agent who once smashed international drug cartels is headed to the Dominican Republic tomorrow to help a 13-month-old blind girl and her mother get emergency U.S. visas so that the tot can have surgery in Manhattan that may give her sight. Joseph Occhipinti, executive director of the National Police Defense Foundation, has run several mercy missions to other countries. Once again, he will rely on Brian Campolattaro, a pediatric ophthalmologist who has done such surgeries for free at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary on 14th Street in Manhattan. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen job fair set for tomorrow Bergen job fair set for tomorrow Bergen job fair set for tomorrow
Bergen job fair set for tomorrow REMINDER: A free Bergen County Job Fair is set for tomorrow at Bergen Community College. More than 100 employeres are expected to attend the event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the BCC gymnasium. “Our last job fair that was held in March was a great success,” county Executive Kathleen Donovan said. “By gathering businesses from both Bergen and surrounding counties, we are able to help local residents find work, while helping companies fill job openings with skilled talent.” “We are the victims of our successes”, said Donovan’s deputy chief of staff Peter Incardone, a career educa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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New NJ ‘conditional dismissal’ law allows municipal offenders to clear their records New NJ ‘conditional dismissal’ law allows municipal offenders to clear their records New NJ ‘conditional dismissal’ law allows municipal offenders to clear their records
New NJ ‘conditional dismissal’ law allows municipal offenders to clear their records YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The municipal equivalent of county pre-trial intervention programs was signed into law today by Gov. Christie, first-time offenders charged as disorderly to clear their records if they stay out of trouble. Under the new law, someone charged with a petty disorderly or disorderly persons offense can apply for “conditional dismissal” if he or she hadn’t previously been convited of one. A person would make an application to the conditional dismissal program after a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt but before a judge enters the conviction. Those who remain out of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fairview police chief running from Ridgewood to 9/11 memorial to remember those killed Fairview police chief running from Ridgewood to 9/11 memorial to remember those killed Fairview police chief running from Ridgewood to 9/11 memorial to remember those killed
Fairview police chief running from Ridgewood to 9/11 memorial to remember those killed SHOUT OUT: Fairview Police Chief Frank Del Vecchio is set this Wednesday to repeat his 25.6-mile Remembrance Run from Ridgewood to the 9/11 memorial in downtown Manhattan to raise money for the families of victims of the terrorist attacks. Del Vecchio, founder of the Run for Hope Foundation, made his first 9/11 Remembrance Run last year, then followed it with one of more than 100 miles this May to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. The money raised on Wednesday will benefit Tuesday’s Children, the Semper Fi Fund and Emergency Responders. Tuesday’s Children supports the “living memorials”:…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Volunteers sought as Super Bowl 2014 ‘host ambassadors’ Volunteers sought as Super Bowl 2014 ‘host ambassadors’ Volunteers sought as Super Bowl 2014 ‘host ambassadors’
Volunteers sought as Super Bowl 2014 ‘host ambassadors’ SHOUT OUT: The NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee is assembling a team of more than 15,000 volunteers willing to donate their time as host ambassadors. Volunteers will represent the region by meeting and greeting visitors at airports, transit hubs, and hotels in both NY and NJ, lending a hand to game visitors and assisting at special events on both sides of the Hudson  from Sunday Jan. 26 to Feb. 3, the day after the game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. Thed committee is looking for people “who are interested in sharing their knowledge of the region, are proud of our region’s legacy, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Charges pending against man who fell 100 feet from Palisades in Englewood Cliffs Charges pending against man who fell 100 feet from Palisades in Englewood Cliffs Charges pending against man who fell 100 feet from Palisades in Englewood Cliffs
Charges pending against man who fell 100 feet from Palisades in Englewood Cliffs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Trespassing charges are pending against a 45-year-old man who was rescued last night after falling more than 10 stories from the Palisades at the Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs, authorities said Monday morning. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department got a 911 call from a relative just before 6:30 Sunday night. PIP officers “conducted a cliff top canvas of the area” and found the Erwin Villacorta of Chestnut Ridge, who was “alert and conscious at the time and reported to family that he was north of the lookout when he fell,” said Acting PIP Chief Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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‘Novelty’ grenade forces homes evacuated, Route 46 closed in Ridgefield Park ‘Novelty’ grenade forces homes evacuated, Route 46 closed in Ridgefield Park ‘Novelty’ grenade forces homes evacuated, Route 46 closed in Ridgefield Park
‘Novelty’ grenade forces homes evacuated, Route 46 closed in Ridgefield Park YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A “novelty device” found in an emotionally disturbed Queens’ man’s SUV forced Route 46 closed and nearly 20 homes evacuated before the Bergen County Bomb Squad gave the all-clear just after 10 o’clock tonight. What was a long, tense situation began with 3:10 p.m. call from the 28-year-old Woodhaven man, who was parked at the STS Tire Warehouse lot on the south side of Route 46, Ridgefield Police Capt. Robert Hippe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The caller at first told police his car was broken into, Hippe said. Responding officers discovered he didn’t have a driver’s lic…

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