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
Police chief corrects activist’s claim in shooting death of armed robber Police chief corrects activist’s claim in shooting death of armed robber Police chief corrects activist’s claim in shooting death of armed robber
Police chief corrects activist’s claim in shooting death of armed robber ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Palisades Park Police Chief Benjamin Ramos today told a community activist that he never agreed to first disclose to the family of a knife-wielding Leonia man the identities of three officers who shot and killed him moments after he held up a CVS. “None of that was ever said,” Ramos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after setting the record straight, in writing, to self-appointed community activist Rich Rivera. Copies were sent to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, among others, the chief said. Rivera told a media organization yesterday that Ramos and Leonia Police Ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Trial begins for former Dumont DPW supervisor in wife’s killing Trial begins for former Dumont DPW supervisor in wife’s killing Trial begins for former Dumont DPW supervisor in wife’s killing
Trial begins for former Dumont DPW supervisor in wife’s killing Retired Dumont DPW supervisor Peter Shanley was frustrated and confused over his failed marriage when he got into an argument with his wife of 35 years and killed her after she hit him with a lamp, his lawyer told jurors in Hackensack today. However, a prosecutor said Shanley slit Bergenfield schoolteacher Debra Stanley’s throat after clubbing her in the head at least eight times and stabbing her two dozen more. Shanley’s homicide trial opened this morning with Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Carol Novey-Catuogno describing how Shanley, a few weeks before the killing, cut up Debra Shanle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Burglar charged in break-ins at New Milford Elks, other organizations Burglar charged in break-ins at New Milford Elks, other organizations Burglar charged in break-ins at New Milford Elks, other organizations
Burglar charged in break-ins at New Milford Elks, other organizations SPECIAL REPORT: Authorities have cracked a string of burglaries at Elks Clubs and VFW and American Legion Halls in North Jersey thanks in part to a DNA match — not from fingerprints but from a surgical mask found in the area of a Tenafly job. The latest charges come from New Milford police against 45-year-old career burglar Herbie V. Sheffield of Elizabeth in connection with a July 25, 2011 break-in at the borough Elks Club. The cleaning service for the building called police that day after finding a safe pried open, Police Chief Frank Papapietro said. The bar’s register and coin boxes fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
‘Diminished capacity’ plea for Cliffside Park man who killed World War II vet, 88, in burglary ‘Diminished capacity’ plea for Cliffside Park man who killed World War II vet, 88, in burglary ‘Diminished capacity’ plea for Cliffside Park man who killed World War II vet, 88, in burglary
‘Diminished capacity’ plea for Cliffside Park man who killed World War II vet, 88, in burglary EXCLUSIVE: A 21-year-old Cliffside Park man who beat a World War II veteran to death during a burglary intends to plead not guilty by reason of  diminished capacity, said his lawyer, telling CLIFFVIEW PILOT that his client first attempted suicide when he was 8, came from an abusive family and suffers from bi-polar and anti-social disorders. “My client is not guilty of murder, not guilty of any intentional crime,” defense attorney John Pieroni of Bergenfield told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He didn’t have the requisite intent to commit a crime either by way of mental defect or a combination of the dru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Demarest approves Bergen County police merger Demarest approves Bergen County police merger Demarest approves Bergen County police merger
Demarest approves Bergen County police merger UPDATE: The newly constituted Bergen County Freeholder Board could determine whether the county police department will take over policing in Demarest, where the borough council Monday night agreed to dissolve the squad and make it the first ever to merge with the BCPD. With the last freeholder meeting of the year set for Dec. 19, there could be a push to hold off until January, when new board members Tracy Silna Zur of Franklin Lakes and Steve Tanelli of North Arlington are sworn in. Their victories in last month’s election tip the board majority back to Democrats, who have unanimously fa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Search for Elmwood Park puppy thief widens, $1,000 reward Search for Elmwood Park puppy thief widens, $1,000 reward Search for Elmwood Park puppy thief widens, $1,000 reward
Search for Elmwood Park puppy thief widens, $1,000 reward BULLETIN: More than 2,000 people shared photos by midnight of a man and woman accused of stealing a 6½-pound English bulldog puppy from an Elmwood Park pet shop Monday afternoon, as the search for the thieves widened into the evening. UPDATE: Blackie, the puppy stolen from an Elmwood Park pet shop, was recovered this morning in Pennsylvania by police who arrested the man shown in the store’s surveillance video and a woman who was with him. READ MORE…. Elmwood Park and county police were investigating, but authorities believe an ordinary citizen just might find them first — and collect a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Activist in Leonia police shooting leading memorial service in Garfield incident Activist in Leonia police shooting leading memorial service in Garfield incident Activist in Leonia police shooting leading memorial service in Garfield incident
Activist in Leonia police shooting leading memorial service in Garfield incident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A group is organizing a memorial gathering in Garfield next Monday, a year to the day a man was shot and killed by police after he fled headquarters, hid in a shed and advanced on the responding officers with a tool in each hand. Meanwhile, one of the chief organizers of the event today claimed that Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli should order the police chiefs in Palisades Park and Leonia to release the names of officers involved in the recent fatal shooting of a knife-wielding man who came at them moments after robbing a Broad Avenue CVS in Leonia. “It…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff police chief: Men who chopped homeowner’s tree “beyond stupid” Wyckoff police chief: Men who chopped homeowner’s tree “beyond stupid” Wyckoff police chief: Men who chopped homeowner’s tree “beyond stupid”
Wyckoff police chief: Men who chopped homeowner’s tree “beyond stupid” Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox today called the co-owners of a pool company and two assistants who helped them cut down the tree and heave heavy logs at the car of an Oakland customer who disputed a bill “beyond stupid.” “They caused a significant amount of damage, they used a chainsaw at 11 o’clock at night, and to think that between these four men, not a single one of them suggested to the others that this might not be a good idea over a disputed $300 bill defies all common sense,” the chief said. The men became immediate suspects after the Burma Road homeowner told  Detective Sgt. J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus officer bitten on hand by drunken ambulance patient Paramus officer bitten on hand by drunken ambulance patient Paramus officer bitten on hand by drunken ambulance patient
Paramus officer bitten on hand by drunken ambulance patient YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus police officer was treated for a hand bite after he helped restrain a drunken man who became combative with a Ramsey officer while being taken by ambulance to Bergen County Regional Medical Center. Officer Don McNair and colleagues responded to the call for help after things escalated in the Ramsey ambulance on East Ridgewood Avenue around 7:20 last night, Lt. John Scully said. During an ensuing scuffle, McNair was bit on the hand by the man, identified as 44-year-old Gerald Guy of Plainfield, the lieutenant said. The officers restrained Guy, who was ta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer snaps Glen Rock utility pole Tractor-trailer snaps Glen Rock utility pole Tractor-trailer snaps Glen Rock utility pole
Tractor-trailer snaps Glen Rock utility pole YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Another tractor-trailer incident, this one involving a utility police struck in Glen Rock this morning. The rig was headed west on Harristown Road near Romary Court when it hit the pole around 8:20 a.m. The pole snapped, and the top crashed onto the roof of the trailer. STORY, PHOTOS by Boyd A. Loving The driver wasn’t injured. However, Harristown Road was blocked in both directions between Glen Avenue and Rodney Street for more than two hours while PSE&G helped clear the mess. The utility reported only one home losing power during the incident. STORY…

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