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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Off-duty Bergen Port Authority officer grabs purse snatcher — in Boston Off-duty Bergen Port Authority officer grabs purse snatcher — in Boston Off-duty Bergen Port Authority officer grabs purse snatcher — in Boston
Off-duty Bergen Port Authority officer grabs purse snatcher — in Boston SHOUT OUT: A Port Authority police officer vacationing with his girlfriend in Boston chased and grabbed a purse snatcher who struck at a nearby restaurant. “We were about to get on the T over there, and we passed the table, and I heard the girl scream that somebody took her purse, ‘Help, help!’” Officer Fred Corrubia told the Boston Herald. “I see another guy giving chase, and he’s yelling for the kid to stop. We chased the guy into the alley and pursued him. The girl said, ‘Call the police.’ “I said, ‘I am a police officer.’” If the name is familiar, that’s because his father — also Fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two Bronx men identified in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, police chase Two Bronx men identified in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, police chase Two Bronx men identified in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, police chase
Two Bronx men identified in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, police chase YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Two men caught following an Englewood Cliffs home invasion and police chase yesterday were identified as both 25 and from the Bronx. Isiah Freeman (above, left) and Jory Powell were both being held on $750,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with robbery, burglary, theft, conspiracy and eluding. Three other men involved in the home invasion were still being sought. A resident in her 60s was thrown down a flight of stairs in the robbery, which began when the bandits pretended to be PSE&G workers checking a gas leak early yesterday afternoon, Englewood …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SWAT team, police converge on Garfield apartment SWAT team, police converge on Garfield apartment SWAT team, police converge on Garfield apartment
SWAT team, police converge on Garfield apartment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A reported gunshot and a 9mm slug that came through the wall of a Garfield man’s apartment brought a SWAT team to the building, but no one was found in the apartment next door, police said tonight. Garfield police got the call at 4:45 p.m. from the man, saying he’d found the spent shell in his apartment at 122 Charles Street, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. The caller told responding officer that when he came home he noticed that “a bullet traveled through his wall from the apartment on the west side of the building,” Sucorowski said. The area was secured and a per…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Live music returns to Maxwell’s Live music returns to Maxwell’s Live music returns to Maxwell’s
Live music returns to Maxwell’s Yes, it’s the front room. But live music returned to Maxwell’s tonight. Tonight’s rainstorm pushed Swingadelic inside from its originally scheduled 7 p.m. show at nearby Frank Sinatra Park. And although the kitchen was closed, the bar at Maxwell’s was open again. The iconic club held a series of emotional closing shows leading up to a July 31 finale featuring the Bongos and the Individuals, along with a host of special guest performers (SEE: Maxwell’s in Hoboken closing after 35 years the way it began). No one expected another performance after that. But as warned earlier, Hoboken Adm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police get new body armor Saddle Brook police get new body armor Saddle Brook police get new body armor
Saddle Brook police get new body armor SHOUT OUT: Saddle Brook’s entire police force will soon have new bulletproof body armor vests after the first round was provided to recently hired officers currently attending the police academy. The department so far has $13,000 from the New Jersey Body Armor Replacement Fund and has applied for more from the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act for the balance. Under the federal grant, the federal government will provide up to 50% of the total cost of the vests purchased. “All of the vests being purchased will meet or exceed the requirements and stan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two caught, three sought, in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, chase, crash Two caught, three sought, in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, chase, crash Two caught, three sought, in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, chase, crash
Two caught, three sought, in Englewood Cliffs home invasion, chase, crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men were arrested, three more were being sought, and a gun, cash and jewelry were recovered from a rental car that crashed on Route 4 in Englewood following a home invasion and wild police chase, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. A resident in her 60s was thrown down a flight of stairs in the robbery, which began when the bandits pretended to be PSE&G workers checking a gas leak, Englewood Cliffs Police Chief Michael Cioffi said tonight. Isiah Freeman (left), Jory Powell (MUGSHOTS: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF) Although she declined medical attention at firs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Burglary time has police in Fair Lawn, elsewhere warning citizens Burglary time has police in Fair Lawn, elsewhere warning citizens Burglary time has police in Fair Lawn, elsewhere warning citizens
Burglary time has police in Fair Lawn, elsewhere warning citizens SPECIAL REPORT: With no fewer than a dozen burglaries in their borough the past three weeks, Fair Lawn police are urging citizens to be vigilant — and to especially report anything, or anyone, suspicious to them. “In most cases, entry was gained through rear, unlocked windows,” Detective Sgt. Brian Metzler said this afternoon. “Items taken from homes include jewelry and electronics.” It’s a message repeated to home and business owners by police throughout the county, state and country. The number of murders, rapes and robberies have held steady in New Jersey in recent years, but two crime…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Chase, crash in Englewood Cliffs home invasion Chase, crash in Englewood Cliffs home invasion Chase, crash in Englewood Cliffs home invasion
Chase, crash in Englewood Cliffs home invasion YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men were arrested, three more were being sought, and a gun, cash and jewelry were recovered from a rental car that crashed on Route 4 in Englewood following a home invasion and wild police chase, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. A resident in her 60s was thrown down a flight of stairs in the robbery, which began when the bandits pretended to be PSE&G workers checking a gas leak, Englewood Cliffs Police Chief Michael Cioffi said tonight. Although she declined medical attention at first, Cioffi said, the woman to an area hospital with pain and soreness. Citizen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Christie signs 10 gun bills, dismisses controversial measures Christie signs 10 gun bills, dismisses controversial measures Christie signs 10 gun bills, dismisses controversial measures
Christie signs 10 gun bills, dismisses controversial measures (via NJ.com) Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger Gov. Chris Christie today signed 10 bills concerning gun ownership, but left on his desk five other gun control measures — including the most controversial ones. Many of the bills Christie signed target people…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Accused conspirator of Lyndhurst woman admits role in mortgage fraud Accused conspirator of Lyndhurst woman admits role in mortgage fraud Accused conspirator of Lyndhurst woman admits role in mortgage fraud
Accused conspirator of Lyndhurst woman admits role in mortgage fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A paralegal today admitted participating in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme with a Lyndhurst woman that defrauded financial institutions of at least $2 million. Linda Cohen, 55, of Orange, said she was the settlement agent for fraudulent mortgage loans brokered by conspirator Klary Arcentales, 45, of Lyndhurst, on behalf of Premier Mortgage Services. Arcentales, who worked as a loan officer for Premier, was indicted by a federal grand jury in May, along with other alleged co-conspirators. Also facing charges connected to the case is former attor…

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