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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood PD: Ripped-off Rangers tickets buyers beat wrong man Englewood PD: Ripped-off Rangers tickets buyers beat wrong man Englewood PD: Ripped-off Rangers tickets buyers beat wrong man
Englewood PD: Ripped-off Rangers tickets buyers beat wrong man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A case of mistaken identity put a 17-year-old Englewood boy in the hospital after he was beaten by two beefy New York Rangers fans who thought he was the one who sold them four bogus tickets for a playoff game against the Bruins at Madison Square Garden. It also brought Englewood police a third arrest when the ticket dealer himself showed up at the pre-arranged meeting place where the teen was ambushed. Robert Brancaccio of Hillsdale and Raymond Sorg of Ridgefield Park “grabbed, assaulted and sent to the hospital a totally innocent — and much smaller — kid who was …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fair Lawn head-on crash sends driver, boy to hospital Fair Lawn head-on crash sends driver, boy to hospital Fair Lawn head-on crash sends driver, boy to hospital
Fair Lawn head-on crash sends driver, boy to hospital YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A head-on crash in Fair Lawn this morning sent a driver and a boy to the hospital. The crash, involving a Chevy Astro Van and a KIA SUV, occurred around 9:50 a.m. at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Oak Street. The Chevy driver and a child in the SUV were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Both vehicles sustained damage extensive enough that they had to be removed by tow trucks. Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad were summoned to clean up a crash-related fluid spill. Maple Avenue traffic in both directions was diverted while the scene was c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford teen who nearly drowned out of intensive care New Milford teen who nearly drowned out of intensive care New Milford teen who nearly drowned out of intensive care
New Milford teen who nearly drowned out of intensive care YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “The young man involved in yesterday’s near-drowning incident has been taken out of intensive care and is in his own room,” New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro said this afternoon of a 17-year-old man who was pulled from a Madison Avenue backyard pool and revived. The victim was still unconscious when EMTs arrived and took him to Hackensack  University Medical Center, where he was initially listed in critical condition after being taken there unconscious. The call came in around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. The homeowner, Scott Brown, had pulled the teen from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
High-tech security for Ridgewood Run High-tech security for Ridgewood Run High-tech security for Ridgewood Run
High-tech security for Ridgewood Run PUBLIC SAFETY: Mobile radiation detectors, bomb techs and wireless cameras alsong the length of the course will make Monday’s 38th Annual Fred D’Elia Memorial Run in Ridgewood the first to have high-tech security protecting runners every step of the way. And take note: No bags will be permitted along the course or at the finish line. In other words; no purses, bags or backpacks. Any that are brought must be checked at a special tent. A K9 unit will join village and county police, among other security measures, along the course, Bergen County Police Lt. James Mullin said. Besides a veh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police go on offensive against non-yielding motorists — and pedestrians Fair Lawn police go on offensive against non-yielding motorists — and pedestrians Fair Lawn police go on offensive against non-yielding motorists — and pedestrians
Fair Lawn police go on offensive against non-yielding motorists — and pedestrians PUBLIC SAFETY: Fair Lawn police are joining a growing number of area law enforcers who are targeting motorists who don’t yield to pedestrians — and pedestrians who put themselves at risk. And they’re telling you where they’ll be. Compared with the nation overall, New Jersey has an usually high rate of pedestrian injuries and fatalities, Acting Police Chief Glen Cauwels noted. On average, an American pedestrian is killed every two hours and injured every eight minutes, he added. The response in Fair Lawn is the Pedestrian Safety Initiative, which Cauwels said “will focus on violations of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer topples traffic light, clogs Paramus streets Tractor-trailer topples traffic light, clogs Paramus streets Tractor-trailer topples traffic light, clogs Paramus streets
Tractor-trailer topples traffic light, clogs Paramus streets YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a tractor-trailer making a right from northbound Paramus Road to eastbound West Linwood Avenue in Paramus cut the corner too close and toppled a utility police this afternoon. Eastbound West Linwood Avenue was closed between Paramus Road and Route 17 while crews repaired the damage after the traffic signal police was struck about 2:45 p.m. Traffic crawled through the area for nearly two hours as Paramus, Ridgewood and Bergen County police and electrical crews kept busy. Also responding were Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel. STORY / PHOTOS: Bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie police charge Clifton man in bank employee assault Moonachie police charge Clifton man in bank employee assault Moonachie police charge Clifton man in bank employee assault
Moonachie police charge Clifton man in bank employee assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Clifton man who police said fled after wresting away an ATM card from a female bank employee this afternoon was arrested at his job in Carlstadt barely 20 minutes later, Moonachie Police Chief Michael Maguire said. Moonachie officers were called to the Valley National Bank branch on Moonachie Road just before 1 o’clock, the chief said. Moments earlier, he said, 52-year-old Alan Biarsky tried to retrieve the bank card, which he apparently left in the ATM machine a short time earlier. When a bank associate refused to hand over the card, Biarsky assaulted her, sna…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Felon admits having gun in GWB stop after judge supports search Felon admits having gun in GWB stop after judge supports search Felon admits having gun in GWB stop after judge supports search
Felon admits having gun in GWB stop after judge supports search ONLY ON THE PILOT: A convicted felon who claimed that Port Authority police illegally searched his car after a stop near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee is looking at up to five years in state prison after pleading guilty in Hackensack today to a gun charge. Ramon Vargas, 41, of the Bronx hesitated a long while when asked to admit that a Derringer .22-caliber handgun found after the stop belonged to him. Ater a prolonged discussion with defense attorney Alan Lippel, Vargas told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian that it was his. Lippel hoped to convince Jerejian to rule th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington man charged with molesting girl, 12 North Arlington man charged with molesting girl, 12 North Arlington man charged with molesting girl, 12
North Arlington man charged with molesting girl, 12 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A cable TV worker from North Arlington charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Alex Rojas, 39, was arrested by detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John R. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and North Arlington police after being contacted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. Rojas, who is single, is charged with second-degree sexual assault and child endangerment. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BCPO

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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‘Handgun’ found in Ridgewood garden a toy ‘Handgun’ found in Ridgewood garden a toy ‘Handgun’ found in Ridgewood garden a toy
‘Handgun’ found in Ridgewood garden a toy ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: In today’s second area report of a firearm that was actually something else, a “handgun” found by a Ridgewood resident turned out to be a toy. Officer Steven Shortway (above) was dispatched to a Bogert Avenue home around 9 a.m. after the homeowner called police and said she found the purported weapon in a bush in her front-yard garden. Although the piece can’t fire real ammo, it apparently can shoot plastic pellets or other projectiles. Shortway canvassed the neighborhood, found the owner and returned the toy. Earlier today, NJ Transit police briefly held up l…

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