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
New Jersey ban on synthetic marijuana now permanent New Jersey ban on synthetic marijuana now permanent New Jersey ban on synthetic marijuana now permanent
New Jersey ban on synthetic marijuana now permanent What was a temporary move to ban synthetic marijuana in New Jersey is now permanent, making the chemicals just as illegal in the state as cocaine or heroin. New Jersey becomes only the fourth state to 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 — whose side effects reportedly include seizures, hallucinations, panic attacks, and suicide. This comes after a ban earlier this year on bath salts. On the market nearly eight years now, mock pot h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor identifies Leonia robbery suspect shot dead by police Prosecutor identifies Leonia robbery suspect shot dead by police Prosecutor identifies Leonia robbery suspect shot dead by police
Prosecutor identifies Leonia robbery suspect shot dead by police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli identified the Leonia CVS robbery suspect shot dead by police after witnesses said he approached the officers with a knife as 47-year-old Rickey L. McFadden of Grand Avenue in Leonia. McFadden entered the CVS Store at 410 Broad Avenue around 4:35 this afternoon and “while showing [a] knife, robbed the store of cash and other miscellaneous items,” Molinelli said tonight. “McFadden left the store and traveled on foot northerly along Broad Avenue and then down Hillside Avenue,” the prosecutor added. “Four (4) police officers,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Bob Dylan closes tour with heavenly set Bob Dylan closes tour with heavenly set Bob Dylan closes tour with heavenly set
Bob Dylan closes tour with heavenly set IN TUNE: I heard beforehand that the set list for Bob Dylan’s 2012 tour-closing show at Barclay’s Center the night before Thanksgiving was “from heaven.” It was. Right away, you could see people smiling, gasping with delights, repeating the names of the songs to their companions — “Don’t Think Twice…,” “Tangled Up in Blue,” “Highway 61 Revisited,” “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Blowin’ in the Wind.” Although often known as uneven, Dylan was anything but. He and his crack band were high-energy and hard-hitting throughout — same as when I last saw them a decade and a half ago. Dylan was all ove…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Robbery suspect with knife shot dead in confrontation with police in Leonia Robbery suspect with knife shot dead in confrontation with police in Leonia Robbery suspect with knife shot dead in confrontation with police in Leonia
Robbery suspect with knife shot dead in confrontation with police in Leonia YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A robbery suspect chased by police was shot and killed after he approached officers with a knife at a Leonia intersection, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli identified the Leonia CVS robbery suspect shot dead by police after reportedly approaching them with a knife as 47-year-old Rickey L. McFadden of Grand Avenue in Leonia. READ MORE…. Three Palisades Park police officers and a Leonia officer confronted the 47-year-old suspect at the corner of Hillside and Kingsley avenues just after 4:30 p.m., fol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey Shore ambulance gets Bergen Tri-Boro rig Jersey Shore ambulance gets Bergen Tri-Boro rig Jersey Shore ambulance gets Bergen Tri-Boro rig
Jersey Shore ambulance gets Bergen Tri-Boro rig YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Members of the Bergen County Tri-Boro Volunteer Ambulance Corps yesterday delivered a rig they donated to fellow emergency medical service workers in Union Beach. The connection was made by a Jersey Shore group that has been helping EMS and fire departments hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. “I’m so proud to be part of an organization of people who do this,” Tri-Boro veteran Kerry Burns DeGiovanni told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “That the members of the corps want to reach out to help those in need is just so wonderful. “I can’t tell you how happy everyone is to be able to help.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Tri-Boro donates ambulance to Jersey Shore corps hit by Sandy Bergen Tri-Boro donates ambulance to Jersey Shore corps hit by Sandy Bergen Tri-Boro donates ambulance to Jersey Shore corps hit by Sandy
Bergen Tri-Boro donates ambulance to Jersey Shore corps hit by Sandy ONLY ON CVP: Tomorrow, members of the Bergen County Tri-Boro Volunteer Ambulance Corps will deliver a rig they’ve donated to fellow emergency medical service workers in Union Beach. The connection was made by a Jersey Shore group that has been helping EMS and fire departments hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. “I’m so proud to be part of an organization of people who do this,” Tri-Boro veteran Kerry Burns DeGiovanni told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “That the members of the corps want to reach out to help those in need is just so wonderful. “I can’t tell you how happy everyone is to be abl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
NJ baseball cap bandit: Do you know him? NJ baseball cap bandit: Do you know him? NJ baseball cap bandit: Do you know him?
NJ baseball cap bandit: Do you know him? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? New Jersey FBI agents are hoping someone recognizes the bandit who has robbed at least four TD Bank branches since August, each time in a different baseball cap. In two incidents, they may have been Rutgers hats, they said. In each holdup, the robber gave the teller a demand note and took off with undisclosed amounts of cash, the FBI’s Newark Field Office said in a release. He’s described as: 5’8” 170 lbs medium build with a beard and mustache The robberies: Aug. 9, 7:12 p.m., TD Bank, 74 Rt. 571, East Windsor. The bandit wore a short-sleeved …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Why did the turkeys cross the road? (Your answer here) Why did the turkeys cross the road? (Your answer here) Why did the turkeys cross the road? (Your answer here)
Why did the turkeys cross the road? (Your answer here) ONLY ON CVP: “These guys spent some time in my backyard,” CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s Mary K. Miraglia said. “Eight of them in all.” “Then they proceeded down the walk to the front of my house, hopped off a four-inch wall, and marched up Linden Terrace.” CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia Mary didn’t let the moment pass without getting some candids. “There’s a lot of large wildlife here these days, a mile, mile and a half from the GWB,” she said. Why do YOU think the turkeys crossed the Leonia road?

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Brand new Beamer rolls onto its roof in Ridgewood Brand new Beamer rolls onto its roof in Ridgewood Brand new Beamer rolls onto its roof in Ridgewood
Brand new Beamer rolls onto its roof in Ridgewood YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The owner hadn’t even gotten its plates yet when he failed to handle a sharp curve in Ridgewood last night and his brand-new BMW SUV rolled onto its roof. Police took the driver, who got out of the car on his own, into custody after the crash on S Hill Road. Then they took him to headquarters for processing on DWI charges. Also responding to the scene were Ridgewood firefighters and EMS workers. The vehicle was towed from the scene on a flatbed. PHOTOS, STORY: Boyd A. Loving  

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian safety is no joke Pedestrian safety is no joke Pedestrian safety is no joke
Pedestrian safety is no joke WHAT WE THINK: Traffic safety officials ordinarily warn motorists to be careful during the holidays, but this year New Jersey authorities are also urging pedestrians to walk and not do anything else when crossing roads. It’s no joke. Although motor-vehicle deaths are down by nearly 9½% statewide from 2011 to this point, pedestrian deaths continue to climb – spiking by 15% to 136 so far this year. On Thanksgiving 2010, seven of eight people who died in traffic accidents in New Jersey were pedestrians. It could simply be a function of the economy that more people are hoofing it instead of d…

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