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

Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Feds charge ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ couple with mortgage fraud, other crimes Feds charge ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ couple with mortgage fraud, other crimes Feds charge ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ couple with mortgage fraud, other crimes
Feds charge ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ couple with mortgage fraud, other crimes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST:  Teresa and Joe Giudice of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” lied on applications for mortgages and other loans when they didn’t have much money, then tried to hide assets — including nearly $1 million in income — during bankruptcy proceedings, the government alleged today. A 39-count federal indictment returned today charges Teresa Giudice, 41, and Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, 43, both of Towaco, with conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud by making false statements on loan applications, as well as with bankruptcy fraud. It also accuses Giuseppe Giudice…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Electrical company van slams Route 4 utility pole Electrical company van slams Route 4 utility pole Electrical company van slams Route 4 utility pole
Electrical company van slams Route 4 utility pole ONLY ON CVP: An electrical company van slammed into a utility pole on Route 4 east in Englewood this morning, tying up traffic and causing rubbernecking on the other side. The crash occurred in front of Englewood Getty, next to the Overpeck Creek bridge, just before 11:30. No serious injuries were immediately reported. PHOTO: Brian O’Toole for CLIFFVIEW PILOT

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Bergenfield man, 77, exposed himself to four kids, one adult Police: Bergenfield man, 77, exposed himself to four kids, one adult Police: Bergenfield man, 77, exposed himself to four kids, one adult
Police: Bergenfield man, 77, exposed himself to four kids, one adult YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 77-year-old Bergenfield man who police said exposed himself to several youngsters was being held on $103,500 in the Bergen County Jail, charged with lewdness and child endangerment. Sgt. Robert Boria and Officer Joseph Arrigo said they responded to the Cooper’s Pond area of town off West Church Street to find several people who told them that Raul Gallardo exposed himself to them. Police said the victims included two girls — one 8 and the other 6 — as well as two boys, 13 and 15, and a 53-year-old man, all of whom live nearby. Gallardo is charged with five coun…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police continue crackdown on bicycle thieves Port Authority police continue crackdown on bicycle thieves Port Authority police continue crackdown on bicycle thieves
Port Authority police continue crackdown on bicycle thieves QUALITY OF LIFE: Port Authority police continued their crackdown on bicycle thefts at Journal Square with the arrest of an ex-con with no fewer than 20 arrests on his record — including one for weapons possession. Johnnie Pacheco, 48, admitted removing the front wheel and replacing it with another at a chained rack at the square on Thursday. Port Authority police reviewed surveillance images of the theft, identified Pacheco and grabbed him as he rode another bike at the intersection of Bergen and Duncan avenues last night, PAPD spokesman Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Of his 20…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Rescuers in GSP crash save man who hid NBA star’s bloody clothes Rescuers in GSP crash save man who hid NBA star’s bloody clothes Rescuers in GSP crash save man who hid NBA star’s bloody clothes
Rescuers in GSP crash save man who hid NBA star’s bloody clothes EXCLUSIVE REPORT: They couldn’t have known it then, but a group of heroes who pulled a driver from a burning SUV seconds before it exploded on the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township a little over a week ago were rescuing a man who once made headlines in and around New Jersey. All of them stopped their cars on the Parkway and came running after his 2007 Nissan Murano veered across three lanes of traffic, slammed into a tree, then burst into flames, pinning him inside. One of them, a retired Connecticut policeman, punched out the back window and pulled the driver out with the help …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
4-car crash jams Route 208 4-car crash jams Route 208 4-car crash jams Route 208
4-car crash jams Route 208 YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A four-car chain-reaction crash on Route 208 south in Hawthorne this morning clogged traffic in both directions. Police said one person sustained a minor hand injury and was taken to a local hospital because of an air bag that deployed during the crash near Lincoln Avenue. Glen Rock police assisted their Hawthorne colleagues at the scene. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woodcliff Lake crash victim airlifted from Garden State Parkway Woodcliff Lake crash victim airlifted from Garden State Parkway Woodcliff Lake crash victim airlifted from Garden State Parkway
Woodcliff Lake crash victim airlifted from Garden State Parkway YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: For the second time in eight days, a medical helicopter landed on the Garden State Parkway in northern Bergen County to airlift a victim injured in a crash to Hackensack University Medical Center this afternoon. Police at one point stopped traffic on both sides of the parkway before reopening the northbound side around 1:20 p.m., nearly an hour after the crash at milepost 168.8 on the southbound side. Woodcliff Lake and Montvale firefighters had to cut the 20-year-old Monsey woman from the Hyundai Sonata. Emergency workers at the scene said she apparently had a b…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PBA seeks golfers, donations for outing Mahwah PBA seeks golfers, donations for outing Mahwah PBA seeks golfers, donations for outing
Mahwah PBA seeks golfers, donations for outing SHOUT OUT: The Mahwah Policeman’s Benevolent Association Local 143 is seeking golfers and donations of goods or services that can be used as raffle prizes and/or giveaways for a golf outing at Apple Ridge Country Club in Mahwah. The PBA is also seeking hole sponsors for the Sept. 16 event (it’s on a Monday). “There are  numerous sponsorship levels that we are trying to fill,” the union said. Donations are appreciated. “Your support will help our organization continue our scholarship program, assistance to injured or disabled members and their families, as well as continuing to aid oth…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale man, 56, airlifted after fall River Vale man, 56, airlifted after fall River Vale man, 56, airlifted after fall
River Vale man, 56, airlifted after fall EXCLUSIVE: A 56-year-old River Vale man who fell down a flight of stairs was air-lifted to Hackensack University Medical Center. The man sustained a head injury and needed to be sedated after becoming combative with emergency responders before he was loaded into AirMed One yesterday afternoon. The chopper landed on nearby Ranges Field and took him to Hackensack University Medical Center.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Racial profiling? Let me tell you something Racial profiling? Let me tell you something Racial profiling? Let me tell you something
Racial profiling? Let me tell you something A POLICE VETERAN WRITES: I had long hair when I was a teenager. I thought I was cool — all that stuff that comes with being young. I also remember walking with my friends and having people on the other side cross the street or hold on to their pocketbooks, or being followed in stores by security. Did I cry about it? No. Did I complain about it? No. Did I laugh about it? Yes. Y’know why? Because I knew I wasn’t a thug who robbed people or raped women. Because I knew, even then, that it’s a natural human response to fear people who are different or unexpected. I worked for a amu…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Prev Page 2429 of 2958 2,427 2,428 2,429 2,430 2,431 Next
24,281 - 24,290 of 29,573 articles