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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen gets first flood management coordinator, regional solutions promised Bergen gets first flood management coordinator, regional solutions promised Bergen gets first flood management coordinator, regional solutions promised
Bergen gets first flood management coordinator, regional solutions promised YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County officials promised a more holistic approach to flood control that includes addressing how development in some towns affects their neighbors, as Executive Kathleen A. Donovan announced the appointment of former Oakland councilwoman Elizabeth Stagg as the county’s first flood management and control coordinator. “Betsy” Stagg is a licensed civil engineer and a certified flood plain manager who has served on the Bergen County Flood Advisory Council. She will work from the county’s emergency management offices in Mahwah and “develop a strategy that tackles…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
NJ ACLU praises Newark PD for not honoring ICE detainers NJ ACLU praises Newark PD for not honoring ICE detainers NJ ACLU praises Newark PD for not honoring ICE detainers
NJ ACLU praises Newark PD for not honoring ICE detainers New Jersey’s ACLU today praised Newark for becoming the last major American city to refuse to honor requests by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement to hold on to undocumented immigrants arrested for minor crimes. Immigration detainers are nonbinding requests issued by ICE asking law enforcement to hold someone in custody on the federal immigration enforcement agency’s behalf in case the person charged posts bail. The ACLU says ICE sends the detainers without probable cause, the legal standard required for an arrest. Udi Ofer, executive director of the ACLU-NJ, said the request “sow …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver still makes dialysis after hitting fire hydrant, thanks to Glen Rock PD Driver still makes dialysis after hitting fire hydrant, thanks to Glen Rock PD Driver still makes dialysis after hitting fire hydrant, thanks to Glen Rock PD
Driver still makes dialysis after hitting fire hydrant, thanks to Glen Rock PD EXCLUSIVE: A motorist headed to a dialysis appointment made it after his car mounted a curb and struck a fire hydrant in Glen Rock this afternoon. Glen Rock Police Chief Fred Stahman (above, in plainclothes), who was at the scene of the Doremus Avenue crash near Rutland Road, arranged for the uninjured driver to be transported to the facility in Fair Lawn. Meanwhile, his car was removed by a flatbed truck following the crash just before noon. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police recover $12,000 engagement ring, make arrest Port Authority police recover $12,000 engagement ring, make arrest Port Authority police recover $12,000 engagement ring, make arrest
Port Authority police recover $12,000 engagement ring, make arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman told police a man who walked up and asked her for money in a Jersey City parking lot walked off with her $12,000 diamond engagement ring after putting his hand on hers. The 36-year-old Jersey City woman — apparently not realizing the ring was missing until he was gone — notified Port Authority Police after the 11:30 p.m. incident Sunday at the authority Technical Center on Erie Street. Using her description of the man, Port Authority police identified 47-year-old Chris Ingram of Jersey City, who already was being held in the Hudson County Jail on another ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Victim decapitated in horrific Palisades Parkway crash Victim decapitated in horrific Palisades Parkway crash Victim decapitated in horrific Palisades Parkway crash
Victim decapitated in horrific Palisades Parkway crash A passenger was decapitated and the driver of another car injured in a high-speed crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway that emergency workers said was unlike few they’d ever seen. Police said the driver of 2008 Infiniti accelerated in an attempt to squeeze between two other vehicles traveling next to one another on the northbound side of the highway south of Exit 7 in Orangeburg, near Blauvelt. Emergency workers responding to the 11:45 p.m. crash last night found one of the vehicles split in two — half of it on the other side of the highway. Inside one of the halves, a 25-year-old …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Closter detective collars two in burglaries Closter detective collars two in burglaries Closter detective collars two in burglaries
Closter detective collars two in burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Persistent work by a Closter detective led to the arrests of two men and the recovery of jewelry and electronics, Chief Dennis Kaine said this morning. It began with the arrest yesterday of a Norwood man on charges of stealing a purse from an unlocked vehicle parked on Durie Avenue on Sunday. Bryan Tighe, 18, was carrying five watches when Detective Vincent Aiello arrested him after reviewing security video from businesses in the area. Tighe, who was charged with burglary and theft, “could not explain how he got the watches,” Kaine said. He was released pending a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Man shot in Paramus is career criminal who recently got out of jail Man shot in Paramus is career criminal who recently got out of jail Man shot in Paramus is career criminal who recently got out of jail
Man shot in Paramus is career criminal who recently got out of jail YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 33-year-old man shot with a semiautomatic handgun in Paramus last night is an ex-con with an extensive criminal history that dates back to when he turned 18, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Ilkay “John” Karayel’s record includes drug charges in Fairview and Ridgefield Park, among other towns, as well as aggravated assault offenses on police and resisting arrest in River Edge. The 5-foot-7-inch, 180-pound Karayel has served time for his crimes and recently spent more than two months in the Bergen County Jail before being sentenced in June on a DWI charge out of Fort …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood crash sends driver to hospital Ridgewood crash sends driver to hospital Ridgewood crash sends driver to hospital
Ridgewood crash sends driver to hospital YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A two-car Ridgewood crash this morning sent one driver to the hospital with neck and back injuries. The crash occurred just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of Linwood Avenue and Northern Parkway, sending the injured driver to The Valley Hospital by ambulance. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS units all responded. The Fire Department contined a minor fluid spill. CityWide Towing removed the most heavily damaged of the two vehicles. Ridgewood Patrol Officer Paul Dinice is investigating. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus drive-by shooting victim taken by relatives to hospital ER Paramus drive-by shooting victim taken by relatives to hospital ER Paramus drive-by shooting victim taken by relatives to hospital ER
Paramus drive-by shooting victim taken by relatives to hospital ER YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police were looking for two men involved in a drive-by shooting tonight that left the victim with a gunshot wound in his chest. EXCLUSIVE: A 33-year-old man shot in Paramus last night is an ex-con with an extensive criminal history that dates back to when he turned 18, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. READ MORE…. Two men on a motorcycle pulled up to the 33-year-old Paramus victim as he walked home along Pascack Road near Oradell Avenue just after 10 p.m., Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. One got off and got into a fight with him just after 10 p.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor: Rutherford woman leased uninsured cars to unlicensed illegals Prosecutor: Rutherford woman leased uninsured cars to unlicensed illegals Prosecutor: Rutherford woman leased uninsured cars to unlicensed illegals
Prosecutor: Rutherford woman leased uninsured cars to unlicensed illegals YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rutherford woman ran a leased-car mill for unlicensed illegal immigrants, registering 180 vehicles the past three years and then removing them from auto insurance policies without the drivers’ knowledge, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Glenia S. DaSilva, 47, of Sylvan Street, became the target of an investigation after the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission reported the registrations and removal from the insurance policies as soon as she received insurance cards, Molinelli said in announcing her arrest this afternoon. She was arrested by members…

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