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
Breaking News
Bergenfield girl, 8, seriously injured by Garden State Plaza escalator Bergenfield girl, 8, seriously injured by Garden State Plaza escalator Bergenfield girl, 8, seriously injured by Garden State Plaza escalator
Bergenfield girl, 8, seriously injured by Garden State Plaza escalator YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 8-year-old Bergenfield girl’s leg got caught in a Macy’s escalator at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus that one witness said “appeared to swallow her foot.” EMS workers and paramedics tended to the youngster, who was then taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said were serious injuries to her lower right leg and foot. Ehrenberg said the girl’s “lower right leg had become trapped in the landing section at the top of the escalator onthe main level of Macys” around 11:10 a.m. “Police officers, rescue worke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Brother-in-law kills former Fairview man, then himself Brother-in-law kills former Fairview man, then himself Brother-in-law kills former Fairview man, then himself
Brother-in-law kills former Fairview man, then himself NEWSFLASH: A former Fairview printer was shot dead by his brother-in-law, who then turned the gun on himself in their Ocean County home last night, a news site there is reporting. Police said 62-year-old Richard Quattrone was shot twice with a 9mm handgun by 56-year-old Kamran Ahmadimarandi, who called 911 before killing himself just before 9:30 last night, Ocean Signal is reporting. Quattrone’s wife met the responding officers, who found both bodies in a bedroom, the site says. All three were living in the same house, it says. Ahmadimarandi apparently shot Quattrone after the married c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview police make arrest in brutal mugging of man, 80 Fairview police make arrest in brutal mugging of man, 80 Fairview police make arrest in brutal mugging of man, 80
Fairview police make arrest in brutal mugging of man, 80 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fairview police before dawn today arrested a man who they said beat and robbed a 80-year-old Port Authority worker, breaking his jaw in two places. The victim was headed to work at 5 a.m. last Saturday when he was attacked near a bus stop at Desoto Place and Hamilton Avenue, Fairview Police Chief Frank DelVecchio told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Seeking safety, the man boarded a bus to Manhattan, then was taken from a Port Authority facility to Bellevue Hospital, where he remained for several days, the chief said. He has since returned home and is under the care of relatives,…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington Engine Company ‘beach party’ fundraiser coming up Wallington Engine Company ‘beach party’ fundraiser coming up Wallington Engine Company ‘beach party’ fundraiser coming up
Wallington Engine Company ‘beach party’ fundraiser coming up SHOUT OUT: Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Wallington Engine Company 202 will be hosting a “beach party,” with the Flying Mueller Brothers performing, on Saturday, Sept. 7. The Wallington department is 100% volunteer, and the money raised will go toward its building and equipment fund. “All of our members have been putting in tremendous amounts of time to make this a successful event,” firefighter Michael Collins said. “We expect it to be very special.”

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Laser pointings at aircraft near Teterboro Airport being investigated Laser pointings at aircraft near Teterboro Airport being investigated Laser pointings at aircraft near Teterboro Airport being investigated
Laser pointings at aircraft near Teterboro Airport being investigated EXCLUSIVE: A pair of laser pointings near Teterboro Airport at flights bound for Newark last night are being investigated by several agencies, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The Port Authority confirmed this morning that it is looking into the incidents along with the FAA, the New Jersey State Police and the Bergen County Police Department. The first incident was logged at 9:58 p.m. and the second two minutes later, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They were reported by State Police one mile east of Teterboro and brought the various agencies to the airport last nigh…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Expert in East Rutherford beating trial: Punch broke woman’s eye socket Expert in East Rutherford beating trial: Punch broke woman’s eye socket Expert in East Rutherford beating trial: Punch broke woman’s eye socket
Expert in East Rutherford beating trial: Punch broke woman’s eye socket EXCLUSIVE: A defense attorney’s strategy in an East Rutherford aggravated assault case collapsed yesterday when a prominent eye specialist told him from the witness stand that his theory was “medically impossible.” Chester J. Betts, Jr. (above, left) is on trial in Superior Court in Hackensack on charges of severely beating his then-girlfriend last year, causing a fracture to her right orbital bone, among other injuries. The woman, who continues to suffer double vision and other consequences, testified that the pain to her right eye was so severe that she blacked out and doesn’t know how …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
One hospitalized after SUV slams tree in Paramus One hospitalized after SUV slams tree in Paramus One hospitalized after SUV slams tree in Paramus
One hospitalized after SUV slams tree in Paramus YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police were sorting out a crash involving an SUV that slammed into a tree, sending one of three female occupants to the hospital. The crash occurred Alpine Drive and Paramus Road just after 1:30 p.m. Paramus police and EMS responded. The vehicle was removed by a flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen jail inmate charged in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman Bergen jail inmate charged in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman Bergen jail inmate charged in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman
Bergen jail inmate charged in $1 million plot to kidnap Paramus businessman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A crew that was promised $1 million for kidnapping a Paramus businessman already had the tools, the vehicle and an Englewood mausoleum where they planned to bring him, but the plot was foiled by investigators, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said tonight. The accused mastermind behind the plot, 66-year-old Mohammed Ranko of Hasbrouck Heights, hatched the scheme from the Bergen County Jail, where he’s been held since November 2011, Ehrenberg said. Ranko “hired a former inmate from the Bergen County Jail to put together a crew to kidnap the owner of a Paramus …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Trial moves closer in Bergen synagogue firebombings Trial moves closer in Bergen synagogue firebombings Trial moves closer in Bergen synagogue firebombings
Trial moves closer in Bergen synagogue firebombings YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The man accused of plotting a series of Bergen County synagogue arson attacks moved closer to a fall trial today. Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian scheduled a Sept. 16 arraignment for Aakash Dalal and a Sept. 25 hearing on his defense attorney’s request to have the case tried in another county. Attorney Brian Neary made the change-of-venue motion because Bergen authorities have charged his client with threatening to kill an assistant prosecutor following his arrest in the arsons — which Neary said creates a conflict. A Bergen County grand jury in Hacken…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood boys find $100 bills in sewer Ridgewood boys find $100 bills in sewer Ridgewood boys find $100 bills in sewer
Ridgewood boys find $100 bills in sewer EXCLUSIVE: Two boys passing a Ridgewood bank today were surprised to find some crisp hundred-dollar bills sticking out of a sewer grate. Their grandmother, who was walking with them on Chestnut Street outside the Boiling Springs Bank around 2 p.m., immediately summoned Ridgewood police. Sgt. Peter Bolten (left, above) and Shayne James (right) used a pry bar to remove the grate and recover some other bills that had fallen through. The cash — which appears legit — was being held on police headquarters while detectives try to determine where it came from. For that reason, they’d just as so…

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