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
Ridgewood police officer injured in domestic call Ridgewood police officer injured in domestic call Ridgewood police officer injured in domestic call
Ridgewood police officer injured in domestic call YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A uniformed Ridgewood police officer was slightly injured late Friday while arresting a man who briefly barricaded himself inside his home. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS and STORYby Boyd A. Loving What began as a domestic incident in the 400 block of Oak Street escalated, bringing officers from neighboring Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus and Midland Park. The Bergen County Police Department SWAT team was requested, but police removed the man from the home before the assistance was needed. The injured patrol officer was transported to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by member…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford suspect who vowed not to be taken arrested quietly at Paramus mall food court New Milford suspect who vowed not to be taken arrested quietly at Paramus mall food court New Milford suspect who vowed not to be taken arrested quietly at Paramus mall food court
New Milford suspect who vowed not to be taken arrested quietly at Paramus mall food court EXCLUSIVE: New Milford police didn’t have to summon the SWAT team, as first thought, when they caught up to an accused burglar who ducked them and other police departments for nearly a month: He was swiftly snatched, cuffed and ushered out of the food court at the Garden State Plaza before anyone else knew what happened. Then Closter police got a call. Jeremy Buttigieg (MUGSHOT: Bogota PD) They were looking for 27-year-old Jeremy Buttigieg, who they said broke into a borough home and took a jar with from $300 to $400 while working a job for a Mahwah pool company at the house next door,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack ceremony honors former POWs, those still MIA Hackensack ceremony honors former POWs, those still MIA Hackensack ceremony honors former POWs, those still MIA
Hackensack ceremony honors former POWs, those still MIA Alphonse “Funzi” Iannuzzi preferred keeping war stories of his capture at the Battle of the Bulge out of the spotlight during POW-MIA Recognition Day and, instead, focus on those service men and women from his Carlstadt hometown who didn’t make it home. “I have all their names,” said Iannuzzi, 87, who was proud to offer tribute to them at a solemn ceremony in Hackensack. Alphonse “Funzi” Iannuzzi and Vita Trause, a former Carlstadt resident himself, were honored by several elected officials, led by Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan. They were introduced during the ceremony by …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wyckoff detective duo cracks ‘motorcycle burglar’ case, with a spin Wyckoff detective duo cracks ‘motorcycle burglar’ case, with a spin Wyckoff detective duo cracks ‘motorcycle burglar’ case, with a spin
Wyckoff detective duo cracks ‘motorcycle burglar’ case, with a spin EXCLUSIVE: Two Wyckoff detectives didn’t have much to go on at first after a victim reported seeing a burglar who broke into her Nancy Lane home and snatched $3,000 worth of jewelry speed past her on a motorcycle. The vehicle, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned, belonged to a man already locked up for other crimes. Lee A. Malsch (MUGSHOT: Wyckof PD) INSET: Todd Malsch (NJDOC) But they kept at it and were rewarded with the arrest of the owner’s brother, a 51-year-old career criminal dubbed the “motorcycle burglar.” Lee A. Malsch was picked up this morning by members of the Passaic County She…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities confirm report of NJSP shooting during Paterson drug deal Authorities confirm report of NJSP shooting during Paterson drug deal Authorities confirm report of NJSP shooting during Paterson drug deal
Authorities confirm report of Njsp shooting during Paterson drug deal UPDATE: A New Jersey State Police trooper shot a Paterson driver last night as he tried to run him over while trying to flee a drug arrest, state authorities confirmed this morning. The driver is charged with attempted murder of a police officer, among other offenses. Yoel Sanchez, Ariel Acosta (MUGSHOTS: NJSP) Detectives moved in on a group of male suspects after spotting a drug deal going down around 8:15 near a shopping center at Chamberlain Avenue and West Broadway, the state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. A man identified as Ariel Acosta then drove at the detecti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
North Bergen DPW workers indicted by state grand jury North Bergen DPW workers indicted by state grand jury North Bergen DPW workers indicted by state grand jury
North Bergen DPW workers indicted by state grand jury YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two supervisors for the North Bergen Township Department of Public Works were indicted today for assigning municipal employees to work on election campaigns and personal chores that included projects for their boss, Superintendent James Wiley — all on township time while using DPW trucks and department equipment. Troy Bunero, 46, of North Bergen and Francis “Frank” Longo, 47, of Ridgefield Park are each charged in an eight-count indictment handed up today, alleging conspiracy, official misconduct, theft and other offenses, as part of a continuing investigation into c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
GWB toll evasion leads Port Authority police to person of interest in Tennessee homicide GWB toll evasion leads Port Authority police to person of interest in Tennessee homicide GWB toll evasion leads Port Authority police to person of interest in Tennessee homicide
GWB toll evasion leads Port Authority police to person of interest in Tennessee homicide SPECIAL REPORT: Charles Randall Kelly ducked authorities for four months after his former roommate was killed — until a pair of Port Authority police officers at the George Washington Bridge stopped a truck he was riding in and asked the right questions. Charles “Randy” Kelly (l.: Tennessee mugshot, r.: COURTESY: Port Authority PD) Officers from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in Virginia were on their way to the Bergen County Jail this morning to collect Kelly, who officially was wanted on a probation violation but is also a “person of interest” in the death of another law-b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
State trooper, suspect hospitalized after drug-deal shooting in Paterson State trooper, suspect hospitalized after drug-deal shooting in Paterson State trooper, suspect hospitalized after drug-deal shooting in Paterson
State trooper, suspect hospitalized after drug-deal shooting in Paterson YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Jersey State Police detective hit by a car was fine and a suspect was being treated for a gunshot wound in the shoulder, both at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, after an undercover drug deal in Paterson went bad Thursday night, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. CBS New York UPDATE: A New Jersey State Police trooper shot a Paterson driver last night as he tried to run him over while trying to flee a drug arrest, state authorities confirmed this morning. The driver is charged with attempted murder of a police officer, among other offenses. READ MORE…. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
New Jersey State Police trooper in shooting incident in Paterson New Jersey State Police trooper in shooting incident in Paterson New Jersey State Police trooper in shooting incident in Paterson
New Jersey State Police trooper in shooting incident in Paterson YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Jersey State Police detective hit by a car was fine and a suspect was being treated for a gunshot wound in the shoulder, both at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, after an undercover drug deal in Paterson went bad Thursday night, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. CLIFFVIEW PILOT photo UPDATE: A New Jersey State Police trooper shot a Paterson driver last night as he tried to run him over while trying to flee a drug arrest, state authorities confirmed this morning. The driver is charged with attempted murder of a police officer, among other offenses. READ MOR…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Noisy Paramus gas generator leads to two drug-related arrests Noisy Paramus gas generator leads to two drug-related arrests Noisy Paramus gas generator leads to two drug-related arrests
Noisy Paramus gas generator leads to two drug-related arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A noisy gas generator brought Paramus police to a residential driveway, where they arrested a 50-year-old man on charges of having oxycodone without a prescription and an 18-year-old man for having drug paraphernalia. Brian Owens, Edward Reilly (MUGSHOTS: Paramus PD) Neighbors called police around 11:30 Tuesday night to the Farview Avenue home. There, they said, they found the gas generator, as well as both men. One of them, Brian Owens, “removed a small canister from his pocket” while talking with Officer Nicholas Luciano, said Lt. John Scully, operations d…

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