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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Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Fake pot in New Jersey now as illegal as cocaine, heroin Fake pot in New Jersey now as illegal as cocaine, heroin Fake pot in New Jersey now as illegal as cocaine, heroin
Fake pot in New Jersey now as illegal as cocaine, heroin YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Producing or selling an ounce or more of synthetic pot is now a serious crime in New Jersey — the same as cocaine or heroin, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Christie. New Jersey last year became one of a small number of states o outlaw the manufacture, distribution, sale, and possession of hundreds of possible variants of the dangerous, manmade drug — commonly known as “K2,” Spice,” “Kush”and “Jersey Shore,” among others — under state regulations. Today’s move toughens the penalties and makes them law. On the market nearly a decade,  mock pot has become the th…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn emergency workers free driver, 74, in rollover Fair Lawn emergency workers free driver, 74, in rollover Fair Lawn emergency workers free driver, 74, in rollover
Fair Lawn emergency workers free driver, 74, in rollover YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A group of Fair Lawn emergency workers cut a 74-year-old driver from her car after it rolled over this morning on Fair Lawn Avenue. Borough firefighters, along members of Fair Lawn Ambulance and Fair Lawn Rescue, got to the woman within moments of the first emergency call, just after 11:30 a.m., borough Police Sgt. Richard Schultz said. Frances L. Fleischer was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Schultz said he didn’t know the extent of her injuries. “It appears that Fleischer was driving her 2007 Nissan westbound on Fair Lawn Ave [and] swerved to t…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
‘Troll’ who cracked 120,000 iPad accounts gets 41 months ‘Troll’ who cracked 120,000 iPad accounts gets 41 months ‘Troll’ who cracked 120,000 iPad accounts gets 41 months
‘Troll’ who cracked 120,000 iPad accounts gets 41 months UPDATE: A judge in Newark today handed down a 41-month federal prison sentence to an Internet troll who stole information from 120,000 iPad subscribers on AT&T — including “the most exclusive list on the planet” — and passed on the list for publication online. Andrew “weev” Auernheimer  — who was handcuffed by federal security officers after he abruptly pulled out a cellphone during the sentencing — will be on probation for three years after his release and must pay more than $73,000 in restitution to AT&T. U.S. District Court Judge Susan D. Wigenton said she wanted to deter other…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
‘[Expletive] this country!’ AT&T hacker says before federal sentencing ‘[Expletive] this country!’ AT&T hacker says before federal sentencing ‘[Expletive] this country!’ AT&T hacker says before federal sentencing
‘[Expletive] this country!’ AT&T hacker says before federal sentencing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Internet troll who stole information from 120,000 iPad subscribers on AT&T — including “the most exclusive list on the planet” — and passed the list on for publication online unleashed a profanity-laced tirade against the U.S. government outside the federal courthouse in Newark before his sentencing this morning, calling prosecutors “wicked tyrants” and “seditious thugs.” Andrew “weev” Auernheimer, 27, was convicted by a federal jury in Newark in November of one count of identity fraud and one count of conspiracy to access a computer without authorization. …

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Old Tappan police bust large-scale Bergen, Rockland shoplifting crew Old Tappan police bust large-scale Bergen, Rockland shoplifting crew Old Tappan police bust large-scale Bergen, Rockland shoplifting crew
Old Tappan police bust large-scale Bergen, Rockland shoplifting crew YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Old Tappan police are looking for the third member of a large-scale ring responsible for what they said was a shoplifting spree throughout Bergen and Rockland counties, after finding two of them with more than $8,000 worth of stolen goods from several area pharmacies. Officer Eugene Wilkins was on patrol when the trio hit a CVS in the Bi-State Plaza on Old Tappan Road, Police Chief Thomas Shine told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Responding to a call from a CVS employee, Officer Eugene Wilkins spotted the thieves’ car on South Washington Avenue, he said. As he tried to pull th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-boyfriend charged in stabbing at Hackensack laundry Ex-boyfriend charged in stabbing at Hackensack laundry Ex-boyfriend charged in stabbing at Hackensack laundry
Ex-boyfriend charged in stabbing at Hackensack laundry YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One man was in serious but stable condition, another was under arrest and a 15-year-old who tried to intervene was being treated after a stabbing at a Hackensack laundry tonight. A woman was with her new husband, her 14-year-old son and his 15-year-old son at the Bubbles Laundromat on Sussex Street and Railroad Avenue when he ex of two years ago came in around 7:30, Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. An argument ensued before the ex-boyfriend was chased off by the 39-year-old husband. But he returned with a knife less than a mi…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Driver who hopped train after pedestrian crash caught in Montvale Driver who hopped train after pedestrian crash caught in Montvale Driver who hopped train after pedestrian crash caught in Montvale
Driver who hopped train after pedestrian crash caught in Montvale Thanks to a quick-moving citizen, a 19-year-old driver accused of fleeing a chain-reaction crash that injured a pedestrian in Pearl River was scooped up by police at the Montvale train station after he boarded a southbound train. Police from Montvale, Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lake converged with NJ Transit police to snatch Ryan Barron, a Rockland Community College student who was graduated from Nanuet High School, two stops south of Pearl River. Moments earlier, police said, his 1998 SUV struck a car in the parking lot of a Nanuet strip mall, sending it into two other cars — and hitting a…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Brutal execution leads to life in prison for Lyndhurst killer Brutal execution leads to life in prison for Lyndhurst killer Brutal execution leads to life in prison for Lyndhurst killer
Brutal execution leads to life in prison for Lyndhurst killer SPECIAL REPORT: Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma considered several factors in sending Fernando Carrero to prison for life for gunning down an aspiring police officer in Lyndhurst five years ago. But in the end, it was the brutal nature of the crime that clearly carried the most weight. As Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer said during yesterday’s sentencing, Carrero had a choice when he came face-to-face with Jose Hall — whose friend, Corey Hicks, was living with Carrero’s girlfriend. To that point, Carrero had been jealous and abusive to Lowenstein, she said. He…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn PBA has huge Toys for Tots drive, looks to do more Fair Lawn PBA has huge Toys for Tots drive, looks to do more Fair Lawn PBA has huge Toys for Tots drive, looks to do more
Fair Lawn PBA has huge Toys for Tots drive, looks to do more SHOUT OUT: The notice the other day from the Marines made several Fair Lawn emergency workers smile: Fair Lawn police, along with their dispatchers and rescue squad, collected more than 3,000 toys in their annual Toys for Tots drive. And even though it’s only March, they’re already gearing up for this year’s effort. “We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our community to help children in need,” said Michael O’Brien, the president of Fair Lawn PBA Local 67. “Our officers, coupled with the civilian dispatchers and members of Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue, spent countless hours unloading the col…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield woman found, ex-boyfriend charged in kidnapping Bergenfield woman found, ex-boyfriend charged in kidnapping Bergenfield woman found, ex-boyfriend charged in kidnapping
Bergenfield woman found, ex-boyfriend charged in kidnapping YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What initially appeared a domestic dispute turned even more serious last night when a Hackensack man abducted his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend before Bergenfield police tracked him down in Harlem through his and her cellphones, authorities said. Bergenfield officers responded to a dispute in progress around 11:45 p.m., Chief Michael T. Carr said. Officer David Keelor was told by the girl’s mother that 20-year-old Charles A. Vera had just taken away her daughter, who recently broke up with him after five years. Moments earlier, she said, Vera came to their home “and …

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