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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly police officer rescues bulldog from hot car Tenafly police officer rescues bulldog from hot car Tenafly police officer rescues bulldog from hot car
Tenafly police officer rescues bulldog from hot car ONLY ON CVP: A woman who left her bulldog in the front seat of her SUV with the windows up in Tenafly’s downtown business district had Robyn Urman to contend with this hot afternoon. Urman, a hairstylist at the Purple Rain Salon, is also the CEO and Founder at Pet ResQ Inc. After 10 minutes, Urman called Tenafly police. “If that dog had died or ended up in serious distress….,” she told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, noting that temperatures this afternoon pushed past the mid-80s. Responding Officer Joseph Grieco popped the lock on the black Mercedes truck and saved the day. A short time later, th…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park police sergeant grabs runaway iguana Rochelle Park police sergeant grabs runaway iguana Rochelle Park police sergeant grabs runaway iguana
Rochelle Park police sergeant grabs runaway iguana UPDATE: A runaway iguana captured by Rochelle Park police have claimed him.Sgt. Ed Kukalski snatched the two-foot lizard — native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean — from behind the Valley National Bank on Rochelle Avenue earlier today, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. Police had received several complaints in recent weeks of the lizard on the loose. PHOTOS: Courtesy ROCHELLE PARK PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack police arrest Hackensack man, seize 600+ Xanax at Route 46 motel South Hackensack police arrest Hackensack man, seize 600+ Xanax at Route 46 motel South Hackensack police arrest Hackensack man, seize 600+ Xanax at Route 46 motel
South Hackensack police arrest Hackensack man, seize 600+ Xanax at Route 46 motel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two South Hackensack police officers caught a 22-year-old Hackensack man with more than 600 Xanax at a Route 46 motel before dawn this morning. Ronald Simon Jr. was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after Sgt. Lance Kelly and Officer Gary Yannetti took him into custody at 3 a.m., Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was charged with possession of the pills and marijuana with the intent to distribute them, as well as with taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent. IMAGES: Courtesy SOUTH HACKENSACK PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Thieves in white van snatch bag off Mahwah street with $150,000 in unattended ATM cash Thieves in white van snatch bag off Mahwah street with $150,000 in unattended ATM cash Thieves in white van snatch bag off Mahwah street with $150,000 in unattended ATM cash
Thieves in white van snatch bag off Mahwah street with $150,000 in unattended ATM cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A passenger in a white van snatched a satchel with $150,000 in cash left unattended on a Mahwah lawn this morning by a company that delivers cash to ATM machines. Surveillance video shows the passenger of a white GMC Savana picking the bag up off an Industrial Avenue front lawn near Franklin Turnpike between 11:19 – 11:29 a.m., Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “Employees who replenish currency to ATM machines were on their normal route when they stopped at one of their customer’s business,” Batelli said. “While moving items aro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Investigators seize pot, X, mushrooms, charge 5 in Cliffside Park SWAT raid Investigators seize pot, X, mushrooms, charge 5 in Cliffside Park SWAT raid Investigators seize pot, X, mushrooms, charge 5 in Cliffside Park SWAT raid
Investigators seize pot, X, mushrooms, charge 5 in Cliffside Park SWAT raid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigators seized cocaine, Ecstasy and psiocybin mushrooms while arresting a Cliffside Park man who they said was selling the drugs from his home. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team led a raid on the Wilfred Terrace corner house on Friday following a joint investigation involving Cliffside Park and Fort Lee police and the county prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force that began earlier this month, borough Police Chief Richard Gaito told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Their key suspect, 35-year-old Roberto Colon, was taken into custody, as were three others — two of whom Gaito said …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Caller from Pennsylvania Burger King claims to be jumping from GWB Caller from Pennsylvania Burger King claims to be jumping from GWB Caller from Pennsylvania Burger King claims to be jumping from GWB
Caller from Pennsylvania Burger King claims to be jumping from GWB BEYOND BERGEN: An 18-year-old man who told his girlfriend he was about to jump from the George Washington Bridge was actually at a Burger King parking lot in Pennsylvania, Port Authority police said. Officer canvassed the bridge after getting the call just after midnight, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. PAPD Lt. Michael Hennessy got the man’s phone number, called him and was told that he really was in his Hyundai SUV in Harrisburg, Pentangelo said. Hennessy kept him on the phone while passing the information to an agent who called authorities in Pennsylvania. A Hampton Townshi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck ex-con indicted on stolen gun, drug charges Teaneck ex-con indicted on stolen gun, drug charges Teaneck ex-con indicted on stolen gun, drug charges
Teaneck ex-con indicted on stolen gun, drug charges ONLY ON CVP: An ex-con who Teaneck police said they caught with a handgun stolen out of Paramus, marijuana and Ethylone was indicted on illegal weapons and drug counts by a grand jury in Hackensack last week. Corey Washington, 32, stole the silver 9mm Smith & Wesson semi automatic during a November 2013 burglary, the eight-count indictment alleges. It also charges him with possession of the pot and the Ethylone with the intent to distribute both. Detectives executed a search warrant at his Beaumont Avenue home following a five-week investigation, Teaneck Police Chief Robert Carney s…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Missing Fort Lee man jumped from GWB Police: Missing Fort Lee man jumped from GWB Police: Missing Fort Lee man jumped from GWB
Police: Missing Fort Lee man jumped from GWB UPDATE: A string of Fort Lee traffic cameras followed a distraught man as he walked to the George Washington Bridge, where authorities said he jumped to his death. An Edgewater public works employee who was trimming grass earlier today found the body of Eugene Jaspan, 49, on the bank of the Hudson River in the area of Veterans Park, Detective Capt. Stanley Zon said. He was carrying his driver’s license, the captain said. Sources said Jaspan left behind a note yesterday morning that led his family to contact police, who began reviewing the traffic cameras. “At approximately 8:57 a.m., …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Rental van takes out utility pole in Glen Rock Rental van takes out utility pole in Glen Rock Rental van takes out utility pole in Glen Rock
Rental van takes out utility pole in Glen Rock PHOTOS: A U-Haul van cracked a utility pole in Glen Rock this afternoon, knocking out power to the neighborhood. No injuries were reported in the 2:30 p.m. crash on Highwood Avenue. Highwood was closed between Norwood Avenue and Linden Street while the scene was cleared, reparis were made and police investigated. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SUV crashes into Dunkin’ Donuts in Glen Rock SUV crashes into Dunkin’ Donuts in Glen Rock SUV crashes into Dunkin’ Donuts in Glen Rock
SUV crashes into Dunkin’ Donuts in Glen Rock YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Three people refused medical attention after an SUV crashed through the front of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Glen Rock. Glen Rock police, firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the noon crash on Prospect Street. The Volkswagen Touareg was removed by flatbed tow truck. PHOTOS: Stacy Unger Conroy  

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