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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park police: Woman linked to police shootout had large drug stash in car Ridgefield Park police: Woman linked to police shootout had large drug stash in car Ridgefield Park police: Woman linked to police shootout had large drug stash in car
Ridgefield Park police: Woman linked to police shootout had large drug stash in car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Upper Saddle River woman already facing drug charges connected to an illegal gun used in a shootout with police was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail this morning following her arrest last night by Ridgefield Park police, who said they found her with a variety of drugs for sale in a car parked outside a Route 46 auto repair shop. Cristiana Lea Cyriax, 22, had “more than the usual amount” of pot, along with heroin, cocaine and LSD, when Officer Bradley Gilmore found her while following up on an 8:30 p.m. call of a suspicious car in the lot of ST…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights police grab 2 with counterfeit bills, draw Secret Service interest Hasbrouck Heights police grab 2 with counterfeit bills, draw Secret Service interest Hasbrouck Heights police grab 2 with counterfeit bills, draw Secret Service interest
Hasbrouck Heights police grab 2 with counterfeit bills, draw Secret Service interest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Secret Service agents are interested in a pair of Bronx man who were chased down by Hasbrouck Heights police last night after allegedly trying to pass a “pretty good” bogus $100 bill. The clerk at the new 7Eleven at the Route 17 Exxon station on the highway’s northbound side refused to accept the bill after the pair tried buying some small items around 10:20 last night, Detective Michael Colaneri told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The two then took off, as the clerk called police. Officers quickly found both behind a nearby Holiday Inn. One of the men — identif…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Courthouse cleared after fire alarms ring Bergen County Courthouse cleared after fire alarms ring Bergen County Courthouse cleared after fire alarms ring
Bergen County Courthouse cleared after fire alarms ring UPDATE: Ongoing repair work on the fire alarm system at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack today inadvertently led to mid-afternoon alarms suddenly sounding in two courtrooms, clearing the building for roughly a half-hour. The alarms went off in courtrooms 424 and 414 just after 3:10 p.m., Dave Martinez of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. City firefighters quickly responded, then gave the all-clear for people to return just before 3:40 p.m., he said. The fire alarm system in the building has been under repair and wasn’t put on bypass this morning, Martine…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Probationer pinched for Cliffside Park car burglary, thanks to resident Probationer pinched for Cliffside Park car burglary, thanks to resident Probationer pinched for Cliffside Park car burglary, thanks to resident
Probationer pinched for Cliffside Park car burglary, thanks to resident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A repeat offender with an acknowledged drug problem was caught by Cliffside Park police after a resident called to report that he was breaking into cars. Dispatched to Clark Terrace on Monday afternoon , Sgt. James Giughini stopped Jason Morin, a known offender who fit the description given by the caller, on nearby Fulton Terrace, Cliffside Park Detective Sgt. Sean Mac Kay told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Giughini brought him back to Clark Terrace, where the witness said Morin got into through the unlocked driver’s side door of a 2011 Jeep Liberty and later walked east on Com…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Container with 30,000 pounds of metal loses wheel, closes Route 17 in Lyndhurst Container with 30,000 pounds of metal loses wheel, closes Route 17 in Lyndhurst Container with 30,000 pounds of metal loses wheel, closes Route 17 in Lyndhurst
Container with 30,000 pounds of metal loses wheel, closes Route 17 in Lyndhurst YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A container truck carrying 15 tons of metal lost its rear wheel on Route 17 in Lyndhurst around noon today, closing the northbound highway for nearly an hour. Northbound traffic was diverted at Orient Way while the container was separated from the chassis, and each was removed, Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah trailer home fire hero, 17, gets special thanks Mahwah trailer home fire hero, 17, gets special thanks Mahwah trailer home fire hero, 17, gets special thanks
Mahwah trailer home fire hero, 17, gets special thanks SHOUT OUT: A 17-year-old Mahwah boy who rescued a couple in their 80s from a trailer home fire – carrying the woman to safety in his arms — got a special shout out from their grandkids. “Grandma was recently diagnosed with congestive heart failure,” Beverly Vriesema told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “She spent several days in the hospital and rehab center due to congestive heart failure and had not been home long when the fire broke out.” It was around 12:15 a.m. Sunday, as Morgan Herndon — days short of his 18th birthday, with plans of becoming a firefighter – saw the flames from the couple’s traile…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Infant son of woman killed in Route 17 crash was left home alone, authorities confirm Infant son of woman killed in Route 17 crash was left home alone, authorities confirm Infant son of woman killed in Route 17 crash was left home alone, authorities confirm
Infant son of woman killed in Route 17 crash was left home alone, authorities confirm UPDATE: Bergen County authorities confirmed last night that the 11-month-old son of a Carlstadt woman who was killed in a horrific early-morning car crash on Route 17 in Lodi had been left home alone. CLIFFVIEW PILOT originally reported that the child was found alone in a bedroom after Bergen County police gained entry to the home nearly five hours after the crash. Authorities changed that account during the day, then later reverted to the original report. Two BCPD officers were let in by the boy’s grandfather after they went to the elderly man’s house to notify him of 31-year-old Manjit …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wyckoff transformer pops, firefighters extinguish blaze Wyckoff transformer pops, firefighters extinguish blaze Wyckoff transformer pops, firefighters extinguish blaze
Wyckoff transformer pops, firefighters extinguish blaze YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A transformer explosion ignited a fire behind an industrial park in Wyckoff tonight that set parts of some trees ablaze, emergency workers said. The transformer blew just off Braen Avenue, near the Hawthorne border, as dusk fell around 7:40 p.m. Firefighters doused some flames but had to wait for PSE&G to cut the power before they could get water on the source. Meantime, they kept it from spreading. A short time later, they had the fire under control — and, eventually, out. Goffle Road and parts of the surrounding area remained without power past 9 p.m. P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lawyer for man charged in Bergenfield shootings wants lower bail Lawyer for man charged in Bergenfield shootings wants lower bail Lawyer for man charged in Bergenfield shootings wants lower bail
Lawyer for man charged in Bergenfield shootings wants lower bail YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A lawyer for a man accused of arranging a Labor Day weekend drug and cash robbery in Bergenfield that ended with two men shot — one seriously — asked a judge today to lower his client’s bail, citing his ties to the community and his family. Christian Nova of Englewood (above, right) “has lived in Bergen County his whole life, 21 years,” attorney Kevin W. Roe told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack. “His family — father, mother and brother — that he will live with when he gets out of jail are here to support him.” Presiding Superior …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Lawyer for accused robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 wants his record suppressed Lawyer for accused robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 wants his record suppressed Lawyer for accused robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 wants his record suppressed
Lawyer for accused robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 wants his record suppressed EXCLUSIVE: The lawyer for a man who police said tipped a Lyndhurst bartender $20 after holding up the place told a judge today that she’s seeking to keep her client’s previous convictions out of evidence. “I’m desperate. I don’t want to hurt anyone,” Lyndhurst police said Donald Tuohy told the barmaid while pointing an illegal .25-caliber handgun at her during the April 20, 2012 robbery. She gave him $138. He gave her a twenty back, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time. Tuohy pleaded “not guilty” today in Hackensack through his attorney, public defender Jaclyn Medina. Medina (left)…

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