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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Dangerous fugitive captured at East Rutherford hotel Dangerous fugitive captured at East Rutherford hotel Dangerous fugitive captured at East Rutherford hotel
Dangerous fugitive captured at East Rutherford hotel EXCLUSIVE: With help from East Rutherford police, the New York/New Jersey Fugitive Task Force captured a fugitive ex-con from New York who authorities said was carrying two guns and more than a quarter-pound of cocaine. Marcus Carter, 35, of Staten Island was taken into custody at the Homestead Village/Extended Stay on Route 3 East in East Rutherford, where he’d been staying, borough Police Chief Larry Minda told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Besides the two handguns, he was carrying 123 bags of cocaine, the chief said. That amount could sell for roughly $7,500 on the street. Carter was being held o…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police chief: Texting while driving leads to one end or other Wyckoff police chief: Texting while driving leads to one end or other Wyckoff police chief: Texting while driving leads to one end or other
Wyckoff police chief: Texting while driving leads to one end or other An important safety message from Chief Benjamin Fox and the officers of the Wyckoff Police Department: “Texting while you’re driving is illegal and potentially deadly.” “Take a look at this picture. Remember it,” Fox said. “If you continue to text and drive, one of us is going to get you. “Either way, it doesn’t end well for you. “Any questions?” PHOTO: Craig Booth, Vander Plaat Funeral Home, Wyckoff Police Ptl. Kyle Ferreira (COURTESY: Detective Sgt. Michael Musto)

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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13th annual golf outing for Wood-Ridge PBA Local 313 promises plenty 13th annual golf outing for Wood-Ridge PBA Local 313 promises plenty 13th annual golf outing for Wood-Ridge PBA Local 313 promises plenty
13th annual golf outing for Wood-Ridge PBA Local 313 promises plenty SHOUT OUT: Wood-Ridge PBA Local 313’s 13th annual golf outing is on for Sept. 20, beginning with breakfast and ending with a comedy show at the Fiesta. The extravaganza, aimed at raising money for the department’s body armor fund and for recreational organizations in town, kicks off at 8 a.m., when the buses leave the restaurant for Apple Green Country Club in Highland, N.Y. It includes: 18 holes of golf with a cart; breakfast and lunch; all-day beverage cart; cigars; hole-in-one contest; gifts and prizes; cocktail hour (open bar), buffet dinner and comedy show…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Enroll now: Bergen sheriff’s Citizens Police Academy Enroll now: Bergen sheriff’s Citizens Police Academy Enroll now: Bergen sheriff’s Citizens Police Academy
Enroll now: Bergen sheriff’s Citizens Police Academy SHOUT OUT: Enrollment for the 13th class of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy is open, Sheriff Michael Saudino announced this afternoon. Enrollment in the sheriff’s academy has grown larger every year, which Saudino said is a testament to “community involvement and commitment to public safety.” “One of the most important components of law enforcement is fostering strong relationships with the community,” the sheriff said. “Our Citizen’s Police Academy gives residents firsthand knowledge of the important work police do to enhance public safety and protect Bergen Co…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Drivers hospitalized after bus, car collide in Midland Park Drivers hospitalized after bus, car collide in Midland Park Drivers hospitalized after bus, car collide in Midland Park
Drivers hospitalized after bus, car collide in Midland Park YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A bus driver and a 79-year-old local motorist were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that police said weren’t life-threatening after a collision at a Midland Park intersection this afternoon. The 58-year-old NJ Transit bus driver from Valley Stream, N.Y., was about to begin the 164’s route to Manhattan via the Meadowlands when it collided with the late-model Chrysler near the corner of Myrtle and Godwin avenues around 3 o’clock . There were no passengers aboard, Midland Park Sgt. Noah Van Vliet said. Responding were Midland Park police, firef…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Hit-and-run tractor-trailer significantly damages Wyckoff’s historic Browstone Inn Hit-and-run tractor-trailer significantly damages Wyckoff’s historic Browstone Inn Hit-and-run tractor-trailer significantly damages Wyckoff’s historic Browstone Inn
Hit-and-run tractor-trailer significantly damages Wyckoff’s historic Browstone Inn A hit-and-run driver’s tractor-trailer jumped a curb and slammed into the historic Brownstone Inn in Wyckoff last night, causing what Police Chief Benjamin Fox said was significant damage. Inspectors determined that the building isn’t in danger of collapse. However, the impact “tore out a large support column and the brick base it sat on,” said Fox, adding that the driver took off but was caught by Mahwah police who saw the damage to his rig. The flatbed tractor-trailer, driven by 31-year-old Toby C. Linville of Phoenix, whacked the corner of the Wyckoff Avenue eatery just before 9 o’cl…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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NJSP report: Trooper confronted by Bergen County police NJSP report: Trooper confronted by Bergen County police NJSP report: Trooper confronted by Bergen County police
Njsp report: Trooper confronted by Bergen County police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “Get the f— out of here!” a Bergen County Police officer in an unmarked vehicle told a New Jersey state trooper before he “invaded” his “personal space” during a heated confrontation on the NJ Turnpike, the trooper wrote in a report released today. New Jersey State Police today officially confirmed CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s exclusive June account of the incident, in which the trooper — concerned about reports of carjackers pretending to be police — said he was confronted by the officers on a roadway under State Police jurisdiction. The release of the report comes after an …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Washington Township police: Burglary suspect trying to change his look ‘clipped’ Washington Township police: Burglary suspect trying to change his look ‘clipped’ Washington Township police: Burglary suspect trying to change his look ‘clipped’
Washington Township police: Burglary suspect trying to change his look ‘clipped’ A burglary suspect apparently thought a haircut could change his appearance, but Washington Township police said they quickly clipped him, in a case that was borderline-follicle. Officers responding to a neighbor’s call just before 11:30 last night found Kirk Best getting his hair cut by his girlfriend in their bedroom, Police Chief Randy Ciocco told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Police didn’t need to mullet over. “It was an obvious attempt to change his appearance,” Ciocco said. The Hickory Street victim called police at 11:20, saying she put on her backyard light after hearing wha…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Chinese deliveryman tries to flee Saddle Brook robbers, smashes parked cars Chinese deliveryman tries to flee Saddle Brook robbers, smashes parked cars Chinese deliveryman tries to flee Saddle Brook robbers, smashes parked cars
Chinese deliveryman tries to flee Saddle Brook robbers, smashes parked cars YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 61-year-old deliveryman who spoke only Mandarin escaped injury when he hit the gas — sending his car bouncing off three others — after a trio of teens tried to rob him, Saddle Brook Deputy Police Chief Robert White said this afternoon. Officers responding to calls from Alberta Drive residents about the smash-ups on their street around 10 o’clock last night were met by the victim and his 17-year-old son, who was a passenger in the 2010 Toyota and explained what happened, White told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. His father, who lives in Jersey City, was delivering a telephone o…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee WWII hand grenade, ammo safe Fort Lee WWII hand grenade, ammo safe Fort Lee WWII hand grenade, ammo safe
Fort Lee WWII hand grenade, ammo safe YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A World War II hand grenade that a Fort Lee man found in his brother’s apartment this morning brought the Bergen County Police Bomb Squad, which determined that the device and various ammunition that also turned up was safe. The man walked into Fort Lee police headquarters just after 10:15 a.m. and said he had WWII hand grenade in the truck of his vehicle that he said he found while cleaning out his brother’s Park Place apartment, Police Capt. Thomas Ottina said shortly after noon. The man said he also had a military-style box of assorted handgun ammunition with him,…

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