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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Police: You can protect loved ones from senior phone scams Police: You can protect loved ones from senior phone scams Police: You can protect loved ones from senior phone scams
Police: You can protect loved ones from senior phone scams PUBLIC SAFETY: An 83-year-old Wyckoff woman who was conned out of $4,000 by a caller could have been your mother, or your grandmother, or a friend, which is why police are warning citizens about the increasing number of phone scammers who prey on the uninformed. The list of victims is growing: There was the terrified man who prompted a Fair Lawn bank teller to trip a holdup alarm last fall, bringing an army of tactical police officers who closed off area streets. There was a couple in their 70s, also from Wyckoff, who lost $15,000 after being tricked into believing their son had been in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Closter kitchen worker held on $100,000 bail in knife threat on chef Closter kitchen worker held on $100,000 bail in knife threat on chef Closter kitchen worker held on $100,000 bail in knife threat on chef
Closter kitchen worker held on $100,000 bail in knife threat on chef YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Closter dishwasher was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after police said he threatened the head chef of a local restaurant with a large knife after being denied work. William Perez, 24, showed up Saturday at the Schraalenburgh Road restaurant and was told he wasn’t needed that day, Closter Detective Sgt. John McTigue told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Several witnesses told police that Perez “got upset and began arguing with one of the head chefs,” McTigue said. “Then he grabbed a large kitchen knife and started swinging it around.” He then “made a sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Saddle Brook mayor versus police chief: The view from here Saddle Brook mayor versus police chief: The view from here Saddle Brook mayor versus police chief: The view from here
Saddle Brook mayor versus police chief: The view from here A PUBLISHER WRITES: Sometimes balance in reporting isn’t exactly fairness – which is why I’m expressing my opinion here instead of writing a news story about Saddle Brook Mayor Karen Chamberlain’s latest attempts to get Police Chief Robert Kugler to run any and all information, comments or correspondence to the media through her or the township business administrator first. This nonsense has to stop. Just about every elected and appointed public servant you’d talk to (those with sense, anyway) would tell you that police administrators in America don’t clear their every word with ministers…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Major 30th annual National Night Out events planned in Teaneck, elsewhere Major 30th annual National Night Out events planned in Teaneck, elsewhere Major 30th annual National Night Out events planned in Teaneck, elsewhere
Major 30th annual National Night Out events planned in Teaneck, elsewhere ​The 30th anniversary National Night Out Against Crime is Tuesday, as area towns hold a variety of events — including a massive “townwide block party” in Teaneck’s Votee Park. The annual gatherings, which began as public warnings to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back, are aimed at strengthening the bonds between police and the public. To brighten the streets, organizers ask residents and business owners to keep their lights on during the events. More than 37 million people are expected to participate in this year’s National Night Out in more than 15,325 communi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Chlorine incident closes Ridgewood street Chlorine incident closes Ridgewood street Chlorine incident closes Ridgewood street
Chlorine incident closes Ridgewood street ONLY ON CVP: Ridgewood firefighters and police responded to a 911 call of a chemical odor from a residential garage and identified the source as a container filled with aging chlorine tablets, which were starting to sublime. Members of the Bergen County Department of Health and Human Services Hazardous Materials Division who were summoned to the South Pleasant Avenue home determined that the safest method of disposal was to release the contents into the sanitary sewer system, followed by a significant flush of fresh water. A portion of South Pleasant Avenue was closed to traffic, a manhol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Maywood police: Heroin, stolen car, fake ID and more in traffic stops Maywood police: Heroin, stolen car, fake ID and more in traffic stops Maywood police: Heroin, stolen car, fake ID and more in traffic stops
Maywood police: Heroin, stolen car, fake ID and more in traffic stops YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Maywood police officer seized $3,300 worth of heroin and a small amount of marijuana from a 23-year-old Paterson man out on probation. Ian Flemmings, 23, of Paterson, was being held on a combined $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with various drug possession counts. Flemmings was a passenger in a car pulled over by Maywood Officer Greg Mulawka for a traffic violation Monday night on Essex Street. The officer became suspicious when he smelled the odor of raw marijuana and obtained the unidentified driver’s consent to search the car, Chief David T. Pe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Shooting death of New Milford man was ‘reckless’ accident, $1 million bail for defendant Prosecutor: Shooting death of New Milford man was ‘reckless’ accident, $1 million bail for defendant Prosecutor: Shooting death of New Milford man was ‘reckless’ accident, $1 million bail for defendant
Prosecutor: Shooting death of New Milford man was ‘reckless’ accident, $1 million bail for defendant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 21-year-old former New Milford man has been charged in what Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said was the “recklessly” accidental shooting death of 22-year-old borough resident Alex Bridge. Bridge was with Byron V. Sankar, Sankar’s wife and another man outside the rear of the Brookchester Apartment Complex in New Milford, drinking beer “and perhaps smoking marijuana” around 1 o’clock this morning, when Sankar pulled out a .9mm-caliber handgun to show the others, Molinelli said. The 5-foot-7-inch, 124-pound Sankar “handled the weapon in such a reckless m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Beth Orton plays ‘front room’ music at SOPAC Beth Orton plays ‘front room’ music at SOPAC Beth Orton plays ‘front room’ music at SOPAC
Beth Orton plays ‘front room’ music at Sopac IN TUNE: “Bollocks!” Beth Orton shouted, stopping halfway through her final song — a cover of the Five Stairsteps’ “Ooh Child” — last night at the marvelous South Orange PAC. “Pretend that didn’t happen,” Orton asked the crowd. Then she started over. The adoring audience had already forgiven no fewer than a half-dozen similar gaffes that began to add up as the show went on. Artists with more raucous tunes can barrel through mistakes that often go unnoticed. But Orton’s canon of gentle, soulful gems are delicate – and so is she, to the point that last night’s goofs clearly flustered the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police on other detail make heroin bust Paramus police on other detail make heroin bust Paramus police on other detail make heroin bust
Paramus police on other detail make heroin bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An investigation by Paramus police into thefts of credit cards from fitness clubs yielded an unexpected bonus — a heroin arrest and seizure. While at Retro Fitness on Park Place last night, Detectives Glen Pagano and Tom Schroeder, along with Officers Matt Parrello and Steve Nepola, approached two men loitering in the parking lot, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. One of them, identified as Jabril Cokley of Elizabeth, was carrying 150 decks of heroin worth $1,500 on the street, the chief said. Cokley, 35, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Arrest made in Paramus fitness club credit card thefts Arrest made in Paramus fitness club credit card thefts Arrest made in Paramus fitness club credit card thefts
Arrest made in Paramus fitness club credit card thefts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A suspect wanted in connection with the thefts of credit cards from lockers at a Route 4 fitness club walked into the waiting arms of Paramus police when he returned — apparently to strike again, authorities said. Detective Glen Pagano pegged 21-year-old Grant Miller of Wallington after he used some of the cards, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. Pagano and other detectives have been investigating a series of thefts from lockers at fitness areas throughout Paramus, the chief said. One occurred on June 29 at 24-Hour Fitness on Route 4. Mi…

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