Jerry DeMarco

Senior Reporter

[email protected]

FOLLOW ON

Facebook Twitter Linkedin

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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Another train death, this time in Glen Rock Another train death, this time in Glen Rock Another train death, this time in Glen Rock
Another train death, this time in Glen Rock YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In an incident a spokesman said was “eerily similar” to one last night in Westwood, a Hoboken-bound NJ Transit train struck a 59-year-old apparent suicide victim on the tracks just south of Harristown Road in Glen Rock around 7 a.m. today. “It was not at a grade crossing, in a wooded area, behind an industrial area” off Route 208 near the Fair Lawn border, John Durso of NJ Transit told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. In another similarity, Fair Lawn resident Steven Van Kirk “positioned himself in front of the train and refused to move,” Durso said. Service was suspended within …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Man struck, killed by train in Westwood Man struck, killed by train in Westwood Man struck, killed by train in Westwood
Man struck, killed by train in Westwood YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 26-year-old man was struck and killed by a NJ Transit train in Westwood moments before midnight last night, after a woman he was with was arrested in town. An NJ Transit spokesman early this morning confirmed that the victim, Robert DeRosa of Washington Township, “either stood or laid down on the tracks and did not attempt to move” before being struck. Meanwhile, Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino confirmed that DeRosa earlier yesterday was with a woman who was picked up on a warrant and taken to the Passaic County Jail. The heavily wooded area where Derosa was…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale DPW workers pledge court fight against disbanding of department Montvale DPW workers pledge court fight against disbanding of department Montvale DPW workers pledge court fight against disbanding of department
Montvale DPW workers pledge court fight against disbanding of department YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A representative for Montvale’s DPW workers said tonight that they have retained an attorney and are going to court to try and block a shared services plan with River Vale that the Borough Council narrowly approved Tuesday night. The borough’s move essentially dissolves the department, as of Oct. 1: River Vale keeps its 12 workers and supervisor, while as many as five Montvale public works employees could end up unemployed, Montvale DPW worker Steve Hermann told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Citizens will notice, he said. “River Vale, which covered its town with a cre…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Why can’t we prosecute people who post Facebook warnings about DWI roadblocks? Why can’t we prosecute people who post Facebook warnings about DWI roadblocks? Why can’t we prosecute people who post Facebook warnings about DWI roadblocks?
Why can’t we prosecute people who post Facebook warnings about DWI roadblocks? A PUBLISHER WRITES: “Do not take Rte 46 west heading to Ptown,” a Saturday night Facebook post warned Paterson-area motorists. “There is a check point for each and every car and single lane only! Take 80!” Here’s my question: Why can’t we prosecute these people for those “warnings”? Isn’t the point of DWI checkpoints to make our roads safer, to protect innocents as well as those foolish enough to drive impaired? Isn’t the objective to intercept and remove two-ton weapons of mass destruction – and, while they’re at it, possibly find some wanted criminals or get unsafe vehicles into a rep…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment: Con man ripped off $55,000 from Sandy victims Indictment: Con man ripped off $55,000 from Sandy victims Indictment: Con man ripped off $55,000 from Sandy victims
Indictment: Con man ripped off $55,000 from Sandy victims A Middlesex County man “ruthlessly preyed” on Hurricane Sandy victims at temporary shelters by offering low-cost housing and cars, then taking off with $55,000 of their money, a state grand jury charged today. David Scott Ruddy, 32, visited the shelters pretending to be a Red Cross worker of law enforcment officer there to help, the 10-count indictment returned in Trenton says. Once he gained the victims’ trust, it says, Ruddy offered to rent or sell properties that he said he owned or controlled, as well as low-cost cars that he said he bought at police auctions. He then collected from…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Zit-faced Lodi bank robber sentenced to 6 years Zit-faced Lodi bank robber sentenced to 6 years Zit-faced Lodi bank robber sentenced to 6 years
Zit-faced Lodi bank robber sentenced to 6 years YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A zit-faced criminal who turns 21 in less than two weeks was sentenced to six years in state prison today for robbing a Lodi bank 14 months ago while on parole to try and raise bail money for his girlfriend. The term will run concurrently with one that Robert Galasso already is serving for probation violations, Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma said. Galasso also will be on parole for three years after that, the judge said. Vowing to change his life, Galasso told Roma he wants the bank teller to know how sorry he is for threatening her. Noting that she wasn’t …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
GHB, crystal meth found in Fort Lee police traffic stop GHB, crystal meth found in Fort Lee police traffic stop GHB, crystal meth found in Fort Lee police traffic stop
GHB, crystal meth found in Fort Lee police traffic stop A routine Fort Lee motor vehicle stop led to the discovery of the date rape drug GHB and crystal meth in a backpack, police said this afternoon. “We don’t find much crystal meth in this area and GHB arrests are also uncommon,” Fort Lee Capt. Thomas Ottina said. Ivan Natal, 24, of Newark (above, inset), was behind the wheel of a swerving car that nearly hit the curb on Lemoine Avenue before dawn yesterday, Ottina said. Officers Michael Ferraro and Laki Pothos said they pulled over the white Infinity at Tom Hunter Road. Ferraro spoke with Natal, who Ottina said “was extremely nervous an…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
T.G.I. Friday’s to pay $500,000 in ‘Operation Swill’ bust on cheap booze T.G.I. Friday’s to pay $500,000 in ‘Operation Swill’ bust on cheap booze T.G.I. Friday’s to pay $500,000 in ‘Operation Swill’ bust on cheap booze
T.G.I. Friday’s to pay $500,000 in ‘Operation Swill’ bust on cheap booze YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A franchisee of T.G.I. Friday’s restaurants in New Jersey that were raided raided in May as part of “Operation Swill” will pay a fine of $500,000 and not contest charges that eight of its restaurants were serving customers cheap booze being passed off as premium liquor. “This unlawful practice took advantage of consumers who were cheated out of what they thought they were purchasing,” said Acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman, adding that he hopes the fine sends “a clear message” that customers “should get what they pay for every time without exception.…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen fire inspectors train in using radiation detectors Bergen fire inspectors train in using radiation detectors Bergen fire inspectors train in using radiation detectors
Bergen fire inspectors train in using radiation detectors PUBLIC SAFETY: Fire inspectors from 46 Bergen County municipalities learned to use personal radiation detectors — PRDs, as they’re known — this past weekend at the county Law and Public Safety Institute. As a result, 74 inspectors are now certified to use the devices when entering buildings in emergencies. “This training and the subsequent deployment of these devices will provide another avenue for us to be proactive and vigilant in our efforts to combat terrorism,” Bergen County Public Safety Director Brian Higgins said. “Whenever a fire inspector enters a building, he/she will be moni…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Former Paramus man, 56, shoots himself dead in borough park Former Paramus man, 56, shoots himself dead in borough park Former Paramus man, 56, shoots himself dead in borough park
Former Paramus man, 56, shoots himself dead in borough park YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Paramus resident shot and killed himself in Petruska Park this afternoon, police said. The 56-year-old man’s body was found, along with the gun, around 4:25 p.m. in a wooded area near a walking path of the Farview Avenue park, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth R. Ehrenberg said tonight. Police immediately closed the park, allowing in only parents who had come to pick up their children after a day trip. “There does not appear to be any foul play at this time but the case is still under investigation,” said Ehrenberg, who said the man had moved to New York Stat…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 2427 of 2958 2,425 2,426 2,427 2,428 2,429 Next
24,261 - 24,270 of 29,573 articles