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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man survives Route 3 bridge jump into Hackensack River Man survives Route 3 bridge jump into Hackensack River Man survives Route 3 bridge jump into Hackensack River
Man survives Route 3 bridge jump into Hackensack River UPDATE: A 62-year-old man who leaped into the Hackensack River from a bridge on Route 3 in Secaucus this morning was being treated at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “I have no indication that he’s not” going to survive, Detective Capt. John Buckley told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The jumper pulled over his SUV on the bridge just before 11:30 a.m., got out and jumped, the captain said. A construction worker nearby pulled him into a boat, after which the man “was removed from the scene by ambulance,” Buckley said. The incident caused severe highway tie-ups. CH…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
PIP officer struck by van, thrown over guardrail in Alpine PIP officer struck by van, thrown over guardrail in Alpine PIP officer struck by van, thrown over guardrail in Alpine
PIP officer struck by van, thrown over guardrail in Alpine YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer was hurled over a guardrail when a mini-van barreled into his patrol car while he was conducting a traffic stop near the State Line Lookout in Alpine this morning. Officer Christopher Finn was at the door of a driver he’d stopped for speeding on the parkway’s northbound side about 9:20 a.m. when the mini-van struck the left guard rail and rear-ended his police cruiser, Lt. Michael Coppola said. The patrol car then smashed into the stopped vehicle, hitting Finn in the leg and throwing him over the guard rail onto the roa…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Partner in Saddle Brook design company pocketed $400,000, authorities charge Partner in Saddle Brook design company pocketed $400,000, authorities charge Partner in Saddle Brook design company pocketed $400,000, authorities charge
Partner in Saddle Brook design company pocketed $400,000, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A partner in a Saddle Brook fashion design company who authorities said kept $400,000 in seed money without producing a single stitch is free on $75,000 bail after being arrested and charged with theft. Fashion designer Lina M. Martinez was arrested at her sister’s house on Rutherford Boulevard in Clifton yesterday, a few days after she returned to New Jersey from Colombia, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Martinez created Marti Prive International LLC, at Park 80 West Plaza, three years ago with Kenneth Zuckerberg of Woodcliff Lake …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Gloucester police HQ shooting: 2 officers grazed, one OK after surgery Gloucester police HQ shooting: 2 officers grazed, one OK after surgery Gloucester police HQ shooting: 2 officers grazed, one OK after surgery
Gloucester police HQ shooting: 2 officers grazed, one OK after surgery UPDATE: A state Corrections Department employee overpowered a Gloucester Township police officer who was processing him at headquarters on a domestic violence complaint, grabbed her gun and was shot and killed after wounding three officers early this morning. Police said the officers’ injuries didn’t appear life-threatening following the incident, which occurred around 5:45 a.m. Two already had been released from the hospital. The third, a sergeant, required surgery at Cooper Hospital in Camden after being struck just below his vest. He was in stable condition, according to Gloucester Tow…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NJSP trooper injured in Turnpike crash in Secaucus NJSP trooper injured in Turnpike crash in Secaucus NJSP trooper injured in Turnpike crash in Secaucus
Njsp trooper injured in Turnpike crash in Secaucus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Jersey State Police trooper’s car ended up on its side on the Turnpike this morning, sending the officer to the hospital with what were being characterized as non-life-threatening injuries. The single-vehicle crash occurred around 8:20 a.m. as the trooper headed north on the eastbound spur in Secaucus between the 1-495/Lincoln Tunnel ramps and Exit 17, NJSP Lt. Stephen Jones told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The officer was taken by medical helicopter to UMDNJ in Newark, he said. Identification is temporarily being withheld, in keeping with federal guidelines. PHOTO:…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Rabbi in Dwek money laundering gets 12 months, one day Rabbi in Dwek money laundering gets 12 months, one day Rabbi in Dwek money laundering gets 12 months, one day
Rabbi in Dwek money laundering gets 12 months, one day YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal judge today handed down a prison sentence of a year and a day to a Brooklyn rabbi who admitted his role in laundering money for Solomon Dwek, the crook-turned-government informant who helped authorities pull off New Jersey’s largest public-corruption bust ever. Brooklyn-based Lavel Schwartz, 61, also must spend three years under federal supervision after his release. Schwartz, who originally faced up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine under federal sentencing guidelines, also agreed to forfeit approximately $90,000, which the government said repres…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Pot charges follow Paramus rear-end crash Pot charges follow Paramus rear-end crash Pot charges follow Paramus rear-end crash
Pot charges follow Paramus rear-end crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rear-end collision brought charges against two men for having marijuana and drug paraphernalia in their car, Paramus police said today. Officers called around 6:50 last night found a 2000 Honda Civic rear-ended a 2012 Volkswagen Jetta on From Road at the intersection of Midland Avenue, Paramus Lt. John Scully said. Routine investigation turned up a small amount of pot and the unspecified paraphernalia. Officers arrested the Civic’s driver, Aneil Patel of Paramus, and his passenger, Eric Pertuz of Fair Lawn, both 21. They were later released pending a Municipal …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Tales of heroism at PIP police awards, swearing-in ceremony Tales of heroism at PIP police awards, swearing-in ceremony Tales of heroism at PIP police awards, swearing-in ceremony
Tales of heroism at PIP police awards, swearing-in ceremony SHOUT OUT: Two separate events connected to the same incident led to award for a car service driver and a police officer fresh out of the academy who combined to save a woman from a rapist were among those honored for distinguished service by the Bergen County Chiefs of Police Association during the first official swearing-in ceremony for new and promoted Palisades Interstate Parkway officers in 20 years. The awards were given last night as seven new patrol officers, two sergeants and a lieutenant  also took oaths. The incident occurred July 2, when Aizzaai Chaudhry pulled over his cab to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
North Bergen man, 73, charged with molesting Rutherford girl, 7 North Bergen man, 73, charged with molesting Rutherford girl, 7 North Bergen man, 73, charged with molesting Rutherford girl, 7
North Bergen man, 73, charged with molesting Rutherford girl, 7 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 73-year-old North Bergen man was freed on $50,000 cash bail after being arrested on charges of molesting a 7-year-old Rutherford girl. Edward Narucki, of 72nd Street, is charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Rutherford police arrested Narucki on Christmas Eve after receiving a report from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Narucki, who is married, has a Jan. 8 appearance scheduled in Rutherford Municipal Court…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Chased by police, career shoplifter hit by car at Paramus mall Chased by police, career shoplifter hit by car at Paramus mall Chased by police, career shoplifter hit by car at Paramus mall
Chased by police, career shoplifter hit by car at Paramus mall ONLY ON CVP: Among several people who spent Christmas in the Bergen County Jail on shoplifting charges was a 53-year-old career thief who Paramus police said slipped from his handcuffs and took off through the Garden State Plaza parking lot before being hit by a car. Officers handcuffed Jorge Luis Duran after being called to a shoplifting at Macy’s just before dark on Christmas Eve, Lt. John Scully said. “As officers were placing him in the rear of a police vehicle, Duran managed to slip out of one of the handcuffs and flee from the officers,” the lieutenant said. As they chased him thr…

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