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
Sedan flips in Route 17 downpour in Saddle River Sedan flips in Route 17 downpour in Saddle River Sedan flips in Route 17 downpour in Saddle River
Sedan flips in Route 17 downpour in Saddle River YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: It’s unclear how many, if any injuries, were sustained when a car flipped on rainy Route 17 in Saddle River this morning. Two lanes of Route 17 north were closed while the accident was investigated and the four-door maroon sedan was removed from the scene by flatbed tow truck. The crash occurred in a heavy downpour near East Allendale Road. Saddle River police and fire responded, along with an ambulance from The Valley Hospital. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Feds find child porn, arrest Megan’s Law offender Feds find child porn, arrest Megan’s Law offender Feds find child porn, arrest Megan’s Law offender
Feds find child porn, arrest Megan’s Law offender YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents arrested a Megan’s Law offender from Totowa early this morning on charges of possessing child pornography that could send him to prison for at least 10 years. Anthony Chiampi, 48, was subject to community supervision for life when, on March 14, state parole officeres found 63 disks of images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, including material that involved prepubescent minors, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this morning. Because of his prior conviction, Chiampi faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, among other penalties, Fishma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wyckoff police nab motorcyclist doing 122 miles an hour Wyckoff police nab motorcyclist doing 122 miles an hour Wyckoff police nab motorcyclist doing 122 miles an hour
Wyckoff police nab motorcyclist doing 122 miles an hour YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wyckoff police officer clocked a motorcyclist at 122 miles per hour on Route 208 last night — more than 15 mph BELOW the fastest speed in recent memory. Szymon Tereszko, 26, of Clifton was charged with speeding, reckless driving and unsafe lane changing after he was stopped by Patrolman Kyle Ferreira near Goffle Road. Route 208 is notorious for speeders: Last October, Wyckoff police clocked a motorcyclist at 138 miles an hour. Five months earlier, they picked off a driver doing 103 — while drunk. The month before, they snagged another doing 108. “It’s importa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Respected Lodi veteran among Bergen, Rockland firefighters being honored Respected Lodi veteran among Bergen, Rockland firefighters being honored Respected Lodi veteran among Bergen, Rockland firefighters being honored
Respected Lodi veteran among Bergen, Rockland firefighters being honored A TRIBUTE: The late Nicholas Ciarocco took firefighting so seriously that he sometimes woke his kids in the middle of the night for surprise drills. On May 19, he and two other former Lodi firefighters who also answered the final call the past year will be among 124 from the area honored for their service. “It is such an overwhelming feeling when these men and women reach out to our family out of respect for my father, whose legacy and memory is still obvious today,” daughter Sherri Ciarocco told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The New Jersey & New York Volunteer Firemen’s Association’s annual Memor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Marine on trial for having gun outside Fort Lee club testifies in own defense Marine on trial for having gun outside Fort Lee club testifies in own defense Marine on trial for having gun outside Fort Lee club testifies in own defense
Marine on trial for having gun outside Fort Lee club testifies in own defense ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: “If there are 11 Marines in jeopardy and one of them can sacrifice himself to save them, that’s what he will do,” Marine MP Hisashi Pompey told jurors today, testifying in his own defense in a weapons trial in Hackensack. Pompey is accused of unlawfully carrying a handgun for a Christmastime 2011 incident in which a friend was caught with the Marine’s off-duty weapon following a melee at a Fort Lee nightclub. Testifying for well over an hour and a half, Pompey spoke rapidly but he was composed and knowledgable — carefully outlining military procedure, how he pract…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Arrrest in Englewood 7-Eleven knife menacing Arrrest in Englewood 7-Eleven knife menacing Arrrest in Englewood 7-Eleven knife menacing
Arrrest in Englewood 7-Eleven knife menacing ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A store surveillance camera and a keen-eyed 7-Eleven clerk who took down a partial license plate number led Englewood police to  a Teaneck man they charged with trying to attack the clerk with a knife. Gregory Stewart, 36, posted $25,000 bond and was released after being charged with aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession following his arrest this afternoon. His case will be referred to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office for grand jury action, Detective Capt. Tim Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. A review of the surveillance video shows that the incid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Do you know these Ridgewood liquor bandits? Do you know these Ridgewood liquor bandits? Do you know these Ridgewood liquor bandits?
Do you know these Ridgewood liquor bandits? YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood police this afternoon issued surveillance photos of a trio of brazen bandits who swiped nearly $1,500 of booze from Stop & Shop in separate incidents over the past week. The first time, on Sunday, the store manager told police two men grabbed seven bottles and then put them in grocery bags that they hid under their shirts before walking out. They took off in a late-model silver Nissan Altima, according to Ridgewood Police Detective Douglas Williams. The same two men apparently hit a Franklin Avenue grocery store, as well, he said. In addition, Will…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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East Rutherford teen missing since last week, police say East Rutherford teen missing since last week, police say East Rutherford teen missing since last week, police say
East Rutherford teen missing since last week, police say (via NJ.com) HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Police are turning to the public one week after a borough teen went missing. Paola Terrazas, 17, was last seen in the area of Hackensack Street on May 1, police said. She’s described as having blonde hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. She stands about five…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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‘Don’t Stand By for Bullying’ contest winners include CC Sabathia’s daughter ‘Don’t Stand By for Bullying’ contest winners include CC Sabathia’s daughter ‘Don’t Stand By for Bullying’ contest winners include CC Sabathia’s daughter
‘Don’t Stand By for Bullying’ contest winners include CC Sabathia’s daughter SHOUT OUTS: Perhaps the most hotly challenged “Don’t Stand By for Bullying” contest in Bergen County produced posters, power point presentations and videoes from elementary, middle and high school students countywide, Prosecutor John L. Molnelli said today, in officially announcing the winners — including New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia’s daughter. Jaden Sabathia was diagnosed years ago with expressive/receptive language delay. But after a year in a special program at the JCC on the Palisades Therapeutic Nursery in Tenafly, she was successfully mainstreamed at Alpine Public School. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Passaic County gun buyback pushes NJ total past 10,000 firearms Passaic County gun buyback pushes NJ total past 10,000 firearms Passaic County gun buyback pushes NJ total past 10,000 firearms
Passaic County gun buyback pushes NJ total past 10,000 firearms YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: More than 10,000 firearms have been taken out of circulation throughout New Jersey following 853 no-questions-asked gun buybacks out of Passaic County this past weekend, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced this afternoon. “It’s a credit to the citizens of Passaic County, as well as the other counties we’ve visited, that we’ve managed to take so many lethal weapons out of circulation,” Chiesa said during a news conference at the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office in Totowa. As a result, none of those weapons “will be stolen and used in a street crime, to tu…

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