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
Woman on mobility scooter struck crossing Midland Park street Woman on mobility scooter struck crossing Midland Park street Woman on mobility scooter struck crossing Midland Park street
Woman on mobility scooter struck crossing Midland Park street YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A woman trying to cross Goffle Road in Midland Park on a mobility scooter after shopping for groceries was struck by an automobile tonight. The crash occurred about 5:15 p.m. near the  corner of Paterson Avenue, adjacent to the Midland Park Shopping Center. Grocery bags were scattered across the roadway as an EMS crew tended to the woman, whose injuries didn’t appear life-threatening. The driver of the white, late-model Chevy sedan remained at the scene and sat on a nearby curb being consoled by someone. Midland Park police were investigating. CHECK BACK THURS…

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West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland woman’s body found in West Milford lake apparent suicide Oakland woman’s body found in West Milford lake apparent suicide Oakland woman’s body found in West Milford lake apparent suicide
Oakland woman’s body found in West Milford lake apparent suicide YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Oakland woman whose decomposed body was found in her car at the bottom of a West Milford lake tonight apparently killed herself, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “The body was found fully intact in the front seat,” a law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “The belief is that she just drove in.” Authorities must wait until a medical examiner can positively identify the remains tomorrow. However, all indications are that it’s Cathy Ann DeBono, 49, who was last seen in Oakland on Easter Sunday  2008, the source said. DeBon…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Large hail, isolated tornadoes possible tomorrow in parts of NJ Large hail, isolated tornadoes possible tomorrow in parts of NJ Large hail, isolated tornadoes possible tomorrow in parts of NJ
Large hail, isolated tornadoes possible tomorrow in parts of NJ “Thursday looks to be an eventful day around the Middle Atlantic,” the National Weather Service warns. “It will definitely be a ‘keep an eye to the sky’ kind of day,” with the possibility of hail — and even isolated tornadoes — in some parts of the state. Let’s break it down, directly from NWS guidance. RISK AREAS: * The area at the greatest risk for severe weather is generally Mercer and Monmouth counties to the south, as denoted by the “red” in the map from the NWS-Storm Prediction Center. * There is also a severe risk for the area in yellow — the remainder of New Jersey — but not a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Awards given by Bergen Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve chapter Awards given by Bergen Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve chapter Awards given by Bergen Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve chapter
Awards given by Bergen Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve chapter SHOUT OUT: As part of its mission to raise awareness and support for our reservists, the Bergen chapter of Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve (ESGR) recently recognized Weir Welding of Carlstadt on behalf of one its employees, SPC Chad Little, a U.S. Army reservist who is currently deployed in the Middle East. PHOTO: Tom Weir, Allison Forys, and Charlie Weir of Weir Welding ESGR gave them its Above and Beyond and Patriot Awards “to publicly recognize American employers providing extraordinary support and cooperation to their employees, who like the citizen warriors before …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Guns, pot in Mahwah stop fake, charges real Guns, pot in Mahwah stop fake, charges real Guns, pot in Mahwah stop fake, charges real
Guns, pot in Mahwah stop fake, charges real Both the guns and the pot that Mahwah police found a couple of out-of-towners carrying during a traffic stop on Route 17 were fake, but the charges against them were real, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Officer Ryan Hill pulled them over after spotting their four-door Chrysler – with Florida license plates – cut off another motorist in the highway’s southbound lanes, Batelli said. The driver, 22-year-old Samantha DeJesus of Nahant, MA didn’t have a license on her, the chief said. Passenger Benjamin Reed, 23, meanwhile, showed the officer a Florida driver’s license even though he, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
New details bring police foundation to defense of Hudson County detective charged in fatal shooting New details bring police foundation to defense of Hudson County detective charged in fatal shooting New details bring police foundation to defense of Hudson County detective charged in fatal shooting
New details bring police foundation to defense of Hudson County detective charged in fatal shooting SPECIAL REPORT: Based on what his attorney says is now a “clearer picture” of what happened when a detective for the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office shot and killed a man in an apparent road-rage incident this past weekend in Maryland, the National Police Defense Foundation has pledged to help pay his legal bills. The commitment followed revelations by Joseph Walker’s attorney in Maryland that things “didn’t go down the way they said it did,” said Joseph Occhipinti, the founder and president of the NPDF. “It just doesn’t make sense that things would happen the way it was originally pres…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Split verdict in South Hackensack standoff trial Split verdict in South Hackensack standoff trial Split verdict in South Hackensack standoff trial
Split verdict in South Hackensack standoff trial YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A South Hackensack man who held a SWAT team at bay for 5½-hours after beating his wife was cleared today of the most serious charges against him but found guilty of four other counts. Spalnick sat motionless as the verdicts were read in Hackensack today. The jurors convicted Steven Spalnick of aggravated assault, two weapons possession charges and resisting arrest after several hours of deliberations today and last Thursday. The jury also cleared Spalnick of attempted infliction of serious bodily injury and endangering the welfare of his infant son. Superior Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park auto parts worker charged with molesting girl, 10 Ridgefield Park auto parts worker charged with molesting girl, 10 Ridgefield Park auto parts worker charged with molesting girl, 10
Ridgefield Park auto parts worker charged with molesting girl, 10 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 49-year-old auto parts store employee was arrested by Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Ridgefield Park police and charged with molesting a 10-year-old girl at least twice. Roy A. Cabreja of Teaneck Road in Ridgefield Park was picked up after the girl’s mother contacted the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), which, in turn, notified his office, Molinelli said. Cabreja, who is single, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail, charged with sexual assault and child endangerme…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials discuss summer safety, security Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials discuss summer safety, security Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials discuss summer safety, security
Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials discuss summer safety, security SPECIAL REPORT: Any disagreements that officials of various law enforcement agencies in New Jersey may have had with one another were left at the door to the New Jersey State Police barracks in Totowa yesterday as they met with leaders of various religious faiths for the sixth annual pre-summer community outreach confab. “It’s unique,” said Rabbi Abe Friedman, one of the event’s organizers, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Sheriffs and local police chiefs and county police chiefs and state police don’t always see eye-to-eye. “But at this meeting, they had people at all levels — from the federal Dept …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Chronically ill children get to be police ‘Chief for a Day’ in Bergen this Friday Chronically ill children get to be police ‘Chief for a Day’ in Bergen this Friday Chronically ill children get to be police ‘Chief for a Day’ in Bergen this Friday
Chronically ill children get to be police ‘Chief for a Day’ in Bergen this Friday SHOUT OUT: One of Bergen County’s most popular events is set for this Friday when Sheriff Michael Saudino’s office joins 25 local and county law enforcement agencies and a host of excited children who get to be “Chief for a Day.” The third annual celebration gives youngsters with chronic health conditions a behind-the-scenes look at law enforcement and a public showing of them in uniforms, with badges. This year’s honorary chiefs, selected by their individual departments, range from 6 to 15 years old. Now in its third year, “Chief for a Day” has been wildly successful — and with good re…

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