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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
You can help Dumont family driven from home by fire You can help Dumont family driven from home by fire You can help Dumont family driven from home by fire
You can help Dumont family driven from home by fire HOW YOU CAN HELP: More is needed to help a Dumont family cope with a fire that drove them from their home. As of late yesterday, more than $21,000 had been raised by friends, relatives and strangers for the Boos family, whose home was struck by a sudden fire that destroyed their kitchen, charred walls and floors in other rooms and left the entire house damaged. A cat and a parrot were rescued in the Thursday morning blaze, which was put down less than 10 minutes after it was reported. But their puppy died, as well as a dog they were watching, loved ones said. What’s more, “although the …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Driver talking on cellphone had bigger issues, Wood-Ridge police say Driver talking on cellphone had bigger issues, Wood-Ridge police say Driver talking on cellphone had bigger issues, Wood-Ridge police say
Driver talking on cellphone had bigger issues, Wood-Ridge police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver stopped by Wood-Ridge police for talking on a cellphone had more than that to worry about: He was driving without a license and owes nearly $32,000 in alimony, they said. Fredy Guarderas, a 52-year-old former North Arlington resident, hadn’t made an alimony payment in four years, Detective Joseph Rutigliano said following the traffic stop and arrest late yesterday morning by Detective Joseph Biamonte. Guarderas, now of Phillipsburg, was issued summonses for the motor vehicle offenses. He was then turned over to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, which h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford police collar ‘serial shoplifter’ East Rutherford police collar ‘serial shoplifter’ East Rutherford police collar ‘serial shoplifter’
East Rutherford police collar ‘serial shoplifter’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An East Rutherford police officer was reviewing surveillance video of a suspected shoplifter at a local Rite Aid when the m an walked into the store and snatched a package of English muffins, authorities said. As officers spoke with him, the muffins fell to the floor, they said. Police called 57-year-old Michael Fitzpatrick of Rutherford a “serial shoplifter.” On Tuesday, the manager of the Park Avenue Rite Aid flagged down Officer Anthony Bachmann and said that Fitzpatrick had shoplifted several bags of potato chips earlier that night after being caught with sto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford suicide, 55, leaves note, recording behind New Milford suicide, 55, leaves note, recording behind New Milford suicide, 55, leaves note, recording behind
New Milford suicide, 55, leaves note, recording behind YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 55-year-old New Milford man found dead in his apartment tonight of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound left a note and a recording behind, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. New Milford police were called to the Brookchester Apartments on Boulevard by neighbors complaining of the odor, Chief Frank Papapietro said tonight. Officers Darrell Marshall, Brian Carlino and Richard Giacobone Jr. got a maintenance worker to open the door of the man’s apartment. They then found the victim on the bed in “an advanced stage of decomposition,” the chief said. The legally-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Booker visit to Ridgewood — wet, smiley Booker visit to Ridgewood — wet, smiley Booker visit to Ridgewood — wet, smiley
Booker visit to Ridgewood — wet, smiley Cory Booker and his shrink-wrapped bus rolled into rainy Ridgewood today for campaign stops at Starbucks, Carousel Cupcakes, the Warner Quad Cinema, Sherwin Williams Paint and the Doubletake consignment shop. The U.S. Senate Democratic primary candidate also met people getting off the train at rush hour. Courting a voter with a Carousel cupcake  Booker, who recently opened a campaign office on Godwin Avenue, was welcomed by Mayor Paul Aronsohn (second photo below, left) and his son. Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward (second photo below, middle) planned and coordinated all security arra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood police suspect accused car burglar had more victims Maywood police suspect accused car burglar had more victims Maywood police suspect accused car burglar had more victims
Maywood police suspect accused car burglar had more victims YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Although victims continue to come forward following the arrest of an accused car burglar, Maywood police say others may not yet have realized that their vehicles had been broken into. Officer Jason Liaban spotted 20-year-old Matthew Jolls of Lodi around 3:40 a.m. yesterday in the area of Maywood and East Magnolia avenues, Detective Richard Brown said this afternoon. Jolls was “carrying a duffel bag and acting suspiciously,” the detective said. Police already were on the lookout for Brown, who was wanted in connection with a series of car break-ins and thefts in a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
4 years for ‘James Bond Gang’ successor in Connecticut safe theft 4 years for ‘James Bond Gang’ successor in Connecticut safe theft 4 years for ‘James Bond Gang’ successor in Connecticut safe theft
4 years for ‘James Bond Gang’ successor in Connecticut safe theft EXCLUSIVE: The last purported leader of what was once the infamous James Bond Gang of burglars was sentenced today to an agreed-upon four years in prison without parole in exchange for admitting his role in the theft of a safe from a Connecticut home that police found crew members trying to crack open in an Englewood garage. That’s not all, however, for Akeem “Light” Boone: The Hackensack ex-con still faces charges in at least two other cases – one in Bergen County and the other in Sussex – that could keep him behind bars much longer. One of his co-defendants, Jamie Singletary, also took …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff’s K9 finds suicidal Wood-Ridge man Bergen sheriff’s K9 finds suicidal Wood-Ridge man Bergen sheriff’s K9 finds suicidal Wood-Ridge man
Bergen sheriff’s K9 finds suicidal Wood-Ridge man ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A K9 dog from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office tracked down a Wood-Ridge man who told his ex-girlfriend he’d taken some pills and was going to kill himself. Sheriff’s Officer James Schielzo and K-9 “Noki” found the man in the woods near the Avalan at Wesmont Station development on the old Curtiss Wright property, Wood-Ridge Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The man’s brother said he’d called his girlfriend yesterday afternoon to tell her he’d planned a suicide, had taken some pills and was in the woods. Then he hung up on her, Rutigliano sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield man, 20, arrested in gunshot that brought SWAT, closed block Garfield man, 20, arrested in gunshot that brought SWAT, closed block Garfield man, 20, arrested in gunshot that brought SWAT, closed block
Garfield man, 20, arrested in gunshot that brought SWAT, closed block YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Garfield man is charged with firing a gunshot that closed a city block as a SWAT team surrounded his building. Dakim E Nicholson had already left his Charles Street apartment when a neighbor called at 4:45 p.m. to say he’d returned from walking his dog to find a bullet hole in his wall and a spent 9mm shell on his bed. After surrounding the building, Bergen County Police Department SWAT team members and Garfield police burst into Nicholson’s apartment more than two hours later. He wasn’t there, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said, but city officers and mem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Ramsey officer gets 7 years in state prison in child sex case Former Ramsey officer gets 7 years in state prison in child sex case Former Ramsey officer gets 7 years in state prison in child sex case
Former Ramsey officer gets 7 years in state prison in child sex case YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Ramsey police officer could spend the next 12 years behind bars after being sentenced to seven today for impairing the morals of a 6-year-old girl. Jeffrey Kimmel tried addressing Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma, but he broke down before the words could come out. “These cases are most difficult not just for me but for the court. It’s heart-wrenching,” the judge said. “I can’t imagine what this cute, adorable child went through. She answered the questions best she could, and 12 people believed her.” Jurors in Hackensack acquitted Kimmel, 49, in April…

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