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
Drunk, combative Wyckoff man sends police sergeant to hospital Drunk, combative Wyckoff man sends police sergeant to hospital Drunk, combative Wyckoff man sends police sergeant to hospital
Drunk, combative Wyckoff man sends police sergeant to hospital YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 35-year-old Wyckoff man sent a borough police sergeant to the hospital following a domestic incident. Christopher C. Frawley was “highly intoxicated and acting aggressively” when Sgt. Dale Winters and Patrolman Kevin Kasak and two officers from Midland Park were summoned by his 67-year-old mother Friday night, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this morning. The officers requested assistance during what became a violent confrontation, in which Winters sustained a knee injury and Frawley damaged a police car, Fox said. Winters was taken to The Valley Hospital in Rid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood officer among those who rode in Police Unity Tour Maywood officer among those who rode in Police Unity Tour Maywood officer among those who rode in Police Unity Tour
Maywood officer among those who rode in Police Unity Tour SHOUT OUT: As one of dozens of law enforcement officers from the area who participated in the Police Unity Tour — bicycling to Washington, D.C. from New Jersey — Maywood Police Officer Walter Moussou raised $2,345 of more than $1.72 million collected for the expansion, maintenance and preservation of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. The ride was part of National Police Week, during which a variety of special events were held, including a candelight vigil that drew tents of thousands to the memorial to dedicate the addition names of 321 fallen law enforcement heroes to the mem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Looks like ‘historic’ Teaneck tree is coming down — at last Looks like ‘historic’ Teaneck tree is coming down — at last Looks like ‘historic’ Teaneck tree is coming down — at last
Looks like ‘historic’ Teaneck tree is coming down — at last WHAT WE THINK: Finally, the silliness ends and a dangerous red oak in Teaneck comes closer to coming down. Last August, the Teaneck Council wisely refused to designate the tree an historic site. But that changed in February, when common sense caved under pressure from a group of “concerned” residents. It took a report submitted by county arborists last week to finally move the busy intersection of Cedar Lane and Palisade Avenue closer to safer. After buying the property at a bankruptcy auction 2½ years , members of Netivot Shalom proudly declared the more than 300-year-old tree would be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford woman, 52, sustains serious leg injury after pickup spins in Washington Township Rutherford woman, 52, sustains serious leg injury after pickup spins in Washington Township Rutherford woman, 52, sustains serious leg injury after pickup spins in Washington Township
Rutherford woman, 52, sustains serious leg injury after pickup spins in Washington Township YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 52-year-old motorist from Rutherford sustained a serious leg injury Sunday when a pickup truck headed in the opposite direction spun out of control into oncoming traffic and her Mini-Cooper slammed into it, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The 10:45 crash occurred as the grey pickup, driven by a 27-year-old Westwood woman, was headed east on Washington Avenue between Pascack Road and Meisten Street, Washington Township Officer Heather Castronova said. Members of the Westwood Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the Mini-Cooper driver to Hackensack University Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, passenger walk away after tractor-trailer crushes BMW on Route 4 Driver, passenger walk away after tractor-trailer crushes BMW on Route 4 Driver, passenger walk away after tractor-trailer crushes BMW on Route 4
Driver, passenger walk away after tractor-trailer crushes BMW on Route 4 YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver and his passenger got out safely tonight after their BMW got wedged below a tractor-trailer just off Route 4 in Paramus. The crash occurred about 7:40 p.m. in the parking lot of the Plaza 35 Shopping Center on westbound Route 4 between Spring Valley Road and Farview Avenue. Neither firefighters nor EMS workers were needed. A heavy-duty wrecker was needed to separate the tractor-trailer — which had been carrying food to a Plaza 35 Shopping Center restaurant — from the car. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Popular Hasbrouck Heights street fair today Popular Hasbrouck Heights street fair today Popular Hasbrouck Heights street fair today
Popular Hasbrouck Heights street fair today SHOUT OUT: The 5th annual Hasbrouck Heights Street Fair, featuring food, amusements and music, is today (Sunday) along Boulevard between Kipp and Raymond avenues. Always a huge draw, the sprawling festival will also have rides, a magic show, Zumba dancing, eating contests, a dunk tank and dozens of vendors from around the county. Soulfinger and Ashley Hollister of “American Idol” will perform. The free event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PHOTO: Courtesy of  Alana Quartuccio

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield florist convicted of murdering partner Garfield florist convicted of murdering partner Garfield florist convicted of murdering partner
Garfield florist convicted of murdering partner YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack today convicted Ridgefield flower salesman Thomas Battinelli of shooting his business partner in the back of the head as he sat at his desk in their Garfield shop. Thomas Battanelli (above, right) looked stunned as the verdicts, which included several counts of hindering, theft and unlawful weapons possession, was returned after half a day of deliberations. Meanwhile, Murphy’s relatives wept openly and hugged one another. “Mr. Battanelli, please stand up,” Superior Court Judge Donald Venezia said to the convicted businessman. “Your sentence d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Thieves who ran down Chinese tourist at Lyndhurst hotel get prison, one to be deported Thieves who ran down Chinese tourist at Lyndhurst hotel get prison, one to be deported Thieves who ran down Chinese tourist at Lyndhurst hotel get prison, one to be deported
Thieves who ran down Chinese tourist at Lyndhurst hotel get prison, one to be deported EXCLUSIVE: Two members of a Queens-based theft ring were sentenced today to several years in state prison in connection with a theft in which they ran down a woman after snatching her purse outside a Lyndhurst hotel. Jesus Ortiz (above, right) and Hector Ruiz (left) admitted in February that they jumped into a car after grabbing the woman’s bag on May 8, 2011 outside the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel. In turn, Ortiz, 39, was sentenced to eight years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma, while the 35-year-old Ruiz got four years. The Jackson Heights duo will have to serv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police assist major Pennsylvania drug sweep Teaneck police assist major Pennsylvania drug sweep Teaneck police assist major Pennsylvania drug sweep
Teaneck police assist major Pennsylvania drug sweep A major drug sweep based in southeast Pennsylvania stretched to Teaneck, where township police helped arrest a suspect after watching an East Maple Street residence for nearly three hours. Eric Feliz was being held in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition. Authorities armed with 25 arrest warrants fanned out yesterday, primarily in Berks County, Pa.,  as part of an investigation that they said began last July — and relied in large part on court-authorized wiretaps. As of late yesterday, 19 people, including Feliz, were in custody, Berks County law enforcement officials said. “Aro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge bail poster has warrants of his own Wood-Ridge bail poster has warrants of his own Wood-Ridge bail poster has warrants of his own
Wood-Ridge bail poster has warrants of his own ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Wood-Ridge man was arrested after he showed up at police headquarters to bail out his friend and officers discovered warrants for his arrest — as well as the fact that he was driving with a suspended license, Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano said last night. Michael Olaskowitz (inset, above) showed up after his pal, 39-year-old Stephen Zaccone of Elmwood Park, was pulled in for operating a motorcycle without a license and having an outstanding warrant following a 9:40 traffic stop last night by Lt. O’Donnell. A computer check revealed that Olaskowitz, 41, drove to headq…

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