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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
KPMG workers help restore Little Ferry school damaged by Sandy KPMG workers help restore Little Ferry school damaged by Sandy KPMG workers help restore Little Ferry school damaged by Sandy
KPMG workers help restore Little Ferry school damaged by Sandy SHOUT OUT: Workers from KPMG have put the finishing touches on the rehabilitation of Little Ferry’s Washington School, devastated by Hurricane Sandy, in time for classes next month and the 100th anniversary of the school. Structural repairs were completed when a group of 65 employees from KPMG in Montvale put in a week of painting the walls of the 100-by-70-foot gym, along with eight classrooms and various bathrooms. More than five feet of water flooded the gym during the storm, which damaged classrooms and other areas, as well. “Our teams had a great time and meaningful experience work…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park airline employee charged with inappropriate sexual contact with boy, 13 Ridgefield Park airline employee charged with inappropriate sexual contact with boy, 13 Ridgefield Park airline employee charged with inappropriate sexual contact with boy, 13
Ridgefield Park airline employee charged with inappropriate sexual contact with boy, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have charged a 49-year-old Ridgefield Park man with having “inappropriate sexual conduct” with a 13-year-old boy that they said he invited to his house. Alex Castro of Teaneck Road was being held on $202,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with a fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charge and two counts of child endangerment after being arrested yesterday. Castro, who works for United Airlines out of Newark Airport, has an initial court date tomorrow, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN C…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
North Bergen teacher’s online radio show drawing a crowd North Bergen teacher’s online radio show drawing a crowd North Bergen teacher’s online radio show drawing a crowd
North Bergen teacher’s online radio show drawing a crowd IN TUNE: Steve Ludwig might seem the average North Bergen schoolteacher, but he’s also been indulging his enthusiasm for music and pop culture by hosting his own online radio show. The live stream tonight of “Steve Ludwig’s Classic Pop Culture” features Jim Shelley, a former Cliffside Park educator who now guides tours at the Woodstock Museum in Bethel, N.Y. Ludwig landed the show thanks to a book he wrote about his open-heart surgery, “See you in CCU,” which brought him to the attention of Evan Ginzburg. Ginzburg, the associate producer of the film “The Wrestler,” booked Ludwig to do a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Wood-Ridge woman killed in Old Bridge wrong-way crash drank at Martell’s, drove stolen car Police: Wood-Ridge woman killed in Old Bridge wrong-way crash drank at Martell’s, drove stolen car Police: Wood-Ridge woman killed in Old Bridge wrong-way crash drank at Martell’s, drove stolen car
Police: Wood-Ridge woman killed in Old Bridge wrong-way crash drank at Martell’s, drove stolen car (via NJ.com) A Wood-Ridge woman killed while driving the wrong way on Route 18 Friday had been drinking with a friend and drove off in a car that didn’t belong to her, according to police. Ashley Sara Chieco, 26, was driving a stolen 2011 Hyundai Tucson north…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff’s officer claims being ‘distracted, intimidated’ by county police after stopping freeholder Bergen sheriff’s officer claims being ‘distracted, intimidated’ by county police after stopping freeholder Bergen sheriff’s officer claims being ‘distracted, intimidated’ by county police after stopping freeholder
Bergen sheriff’s officer claims being ‘distracted, intimidated’ by county police after stopping freeholder SPECIAL REPORT: A Bergen County Sheriff’s officer said a pair of county police officers “distracted and intimidated” him, asking a series of unnecessary questions about his job, after he stopped Freeholder Maura McMahon DeNicola for driving her husband’s car with an expired registration. BCSO Officer Vincent Surace said he was serving process papers in the area just after 9 p.m. last Wednesday when he noticed DeNicola’s 2011 MINI Cooper “impeding the flow of traffic” on northbound Route 208 near Plaza Road in Fair Lawn. “I followed  behind the vehicle and ran the license plate,” Surace wr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington gunman pleads guilty to attempted murder Wallington gunman pleads guilty to attempted murder Wallington gunman pleads guilty to attempted murder
Wallington gunman pleads guilty to attempted murder YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man tracked to Florida by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and charged in a near-deadly shooting in Wallington pleaded guilty this afternoon to attempted murder and illegal weapons possession. Speaking through an interpreter, 28-year-old Melsi Pajo admitted in Superior Court in Hackensack to shooting 29-year-old Lukasz Goralczyk with a pistol outside the Zoom Pub at 115 Main Street on June 23, 2011 after the two men argued inside. Goralczyk later underwent emergency surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center. An Albanian resident alien with a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Park mall carousel closes Paramus Park mall carousel closes Paramus Park mall carousel closes
Paramus Park mall carousel closes EXCLUSIVE: After 37 years, the Golden Horse Carousel at Paramus Park stopped spinning today. “My daughter and I took our last four rides tonight. Then they shut the place down,” Laura Hofsommer of Paramus told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “They left with love and support, surrounded by workers old and new, including one who remembered buckling me in as a tot. I don’t believe it’s gonna be the same ‘atmosphere’.” David Bowen, who co-owns the carousel with his brother, Tony, said the mall owners revoked their lease and told them the carousel had to cease operating today. They have two weeks to get …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police: Women caught with $10,000 in stolen pet supplies Mahwah police: Women caught with $10,000 in stolen pet supplies Mahwah police: Women caught with $10,000 in stolen pet supplies
Mahwah police: Women caught with $10,000 in stolen pet supplies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Connecticut women who authorities said were operating a ring that fenced pet products stolen from a variety of stores in several states were arrested by Mahwah police last night. Officer David Vega stopped their vehicle for a traffic violation around 11 p.m. and arrested both women — identified as Jennifer DeJesus, 37 (above, right), and 34-year-old Alanna M. Prior (left), both of West Haven — after finding hypodermic needles and other drug paraphernalia in the car, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. Police also found 11 large garbage bags filled with more…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood freemasons offering free youngster ID ‘CHIP’s for parents Westwood freemasons offering free youngster ID ‘CHIP’s for parents Westwood freemasons offering free youngster ID ‘CHIP’s for parents
Westwood freemasons offering free youngster ID ‘Chip’s for parents SHOUT OUT: Although no parent wants to think about it, large numbers of children are kidnapped or reported missing each year, making the child identification kits being provided next month by the fraternity of Freemasons in Westwood valuable tools. Fingerprints, hair and saliva samples, dental impressions and DVD photos will be produced by members of Temple Lodge #173 in Westwood, with the assistance of volunteers and members of Fulton Friendship Lodge #102 in Park Ridge – at no charge to parents. Westwood Elks Lodge #1562 is offering its building for the Sept. 7 Child Identification Prot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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BCC professor from Wood-Ridge, 26, killed in wrong-way crash BCC professor from Wood-Ridge, 26, killed in wrong-way crash BCC professor from Wood-Ridge, 26, killed in wrong-way crash
BCC professor from Wood-Ridge, 26, killed in wrong-way crash A 26-year-old Bergen Community College psychology professor was killed after she crashed her SUV while driving the wrong way on Route 18 in Old Bridge Friday night. Police said Ashley Sara Chieco was headed north in a southbound lane when her 2011 Hyundai Tucson slammed into a 2000 BMW 323. She was later pronounced dead at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Chieco recently received a Masters Degree in psychology from New Jersey City College in Jersey City. She supervised the mental health unit at the Mental Health Association in New York and was a crisis counselor a…

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