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
Court appearance on drug-selling charges for woman linked to Hackensack limo driver’s murder Court appearance on drug-selling charges for woman linked to Hackensack limo driver’s murder Court appearance on drug-selling charges for woman linked to Hackensack limo driver’s murder
Court appearance on drug-selling charges for woman linked to Hackensack limo driver’s murder ONLY ON CVP: The girlfriend of a man charged in the cold-blooded killing of a popular Hackensack limousine driver on Route 80 last summer was brought to court on drug distribution charges. Jomaris Gonzalez (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Jomaris Gonzalez, 29, of Newark had a “not guilty” plea entered by her attorney Monday afternoon. Gonzalez, a part-time hairdresser and mother of three, is charged with possession of large quantities of both cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute the drugs. She’s also charged with maintaining a drug …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con with forged credit cards caught by Wyckoff police after running out of flip-flops Ex-con with forged credit cards caught by Wyckoff police after running out of flip-flops Ex-con with forged credit cards caught by Wyckoff police after running out of flip-flops
Ex-con with forged credit cards caught by Wyckoff police after running out of flip-flops An ex-con ran out of his flip-flops as he fled a Wyckoff CVS after trying to buy gift cards with bogus credit cards, said police who took him into custody moments later. Officers alerted by a store manager found 29-year-old Daniel L. Cromwell of Queens man hiding in a nearby garage Monday afternoon, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said yesterday. Cromwell tried buying three $200 gift cards, but the credit cards he presented didn’t clear, Fox said. “He told the manager that he would go out to his car for another card, which is when she contacted police,” the chief said. Officer Ryan Noon was…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield pizzeria owner offers $1,000 reward in awning slashing Bergenfield pizzeria owner offers $1,000 reward in awning slashing Bergenfield pizzeria owner offers $1,000 reward in awning slashing
Bergenfield pizzeria owner offers $1,000 reward in awning slashing PUBLIC ALERT: A Bergenfield pizzeria owner is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever slashed his awnings with a razor taped to a pole over the weekend. Tri-Community Crime Stoppers also is offering an unspecified reward. Owner Jeff Ambrosino said he found the damage when he opened at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. It was the second time this has happened to him in the past six weeks. This time, a four-foot blue pole was found with a black handle and a box cutter-type blade attached to the top with blue “Edge Lock” painter’s tape, police said. A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
GWB toll evader had no plates, Port Authority police say GWB toll evader had no plates, Port Authority police say GWB toll evader had no plates, Port Authority police say
GWB toll evader had no plates, Port Authority police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police charged a motorist with theft of services after they said they caught him evading the toll at the George Washington Bridge this morning. Adrian Nunez, 25 (photos, below), drove his blue Volkswagen Jetta — which bore no license plates — through a lower-level toll booth at the GWB without paying, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Runaway Elmwood Park boy, 13, returned after spending night in Garfield Runaway Elmwood Park boy, 13, returned after spending night in Garfield Runaway Elmwood Park boy, 13, returned after spending night in Garfield
Runaway Elmwood Park boy, 13, returned after spending night in Garfield HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? A Garfield family who spotted an online post about a runaway 13-year-old boy Elmwood Park boy who was staying at their home called police, who reunited him with his family, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Oscar Rincon Jr. left his home around 5 o’clock last night after an argrument, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Authorities issued a missing persons alert after he’d been missing more than 24 hours. The family of a friend who he’d gone to stay with in Garfield then saw a report about his disappearance and contacted Elmwood Park police, the ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
2 hospitalized, 5 cars damaged in Fairview crash 2 hospitalized, 5 cars damaged in Fairview crash 2 hospitalized, 5 cars damaged in Fairview crash
2 hospitalized, 5 cars damaged in Fairview crash ONLY ON CVP: Fairview police were sorting out a crash today that sent two drivers to the hospital and left five cars damaged. The 73-year-old male driver of one of the vehicles was headed south on Bergen Boulevard when his car collided with a northbound vehicle driven by a 68-year-old woman, Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The male driver said his brakes failed and his car smashed into others on Cliff Street as he attempted to stop. The female driver complained of chest pains and apparently blacked out, Kahn said. Neither her injuries, nor those of the other driv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes police arrest two from NY on credit card, heroin-related charges Franklin Lakes police arrest two from NY on credit card, heroin-related charges Franklin Lakes police arrest two from NY on credit card, heroin-related charges
Franklin Lakes police arrest two from NY on credit card, heroin-related charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Franklin Lakes police arrested an Orange County, NY couple after a Stop & Shop store manager caught them using a stolen credit card, authorities said. Responding officers found Michael Rivera, 31, and Anna Jean Bissoondatt, 27, both of Cornwall-On-Hudson, sitting in a car parked outside the store Sunday afternoon with heroin, a hypodermic needle and drug paraphernalia, Lt. John Bakelaar told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Both remained held on $10,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail today on credit card theft and fraud charges, as well as drug-related counts.

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Dominican national from Bergenfield gets three years in federal prison for entering U.S. with bogus passport Dominican national from Bergenfield gets three years in federal prison for entering U.S. with bogus passport Dominican national from Bergenfield gets three years in federal prison for entering U.S. with bogus passport
Dominican national from Bergenfield gets three years in federal prison for entering U.S. with bogus passport A Dominican national from Bergenfield was sentenced in Newark today to 36 months in federal prison for trying to re-enter the U.S. with a phony passport. Angela De Jesus-Concepcion, 36, was previously convicted by a U.S. District judge of all three counts of an indictment against her: false claim of U.S. citizenship, use of a U.S. passport obtained by false statement and aggravated identity theft. De Jesus-Concepcion tried entering the country from the Dominican Republic presenting a U.S. passport at Newark International Airport with the name of an ID theft victim and her own photo, autho…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Bicyclist, Port Authority police stop woman from jumping off GWB Bicyclist, Port Authority police stop woman from jumping off GWB Bicyclist, Port Authority police stop woman from jumping off GWB
Bicyclist, Port Authority police stop woman from jumping off GWB YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police this afternoon handcuffed a Westchester County woman to a George Washington Bridge walkway railing this afternoon after a passing bicyclist struggled to keep her from jumping to her death. Officers responding to the 1:30 p.m. call found the good Samaritan wrestling with the 27-year-old Bedford Hills woman, who he said had put her foot on the railing in an attempt to jump into the Hudson River, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. She was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center, he said, adding that neither she…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Dump truck driver hospitalized in GSP crash with RV at Saddle Brook tolls Dump truck driver hospitalized in GSP crash with RV at Saddle Brook tolls Dump truck driver hospitalized in GSP crash with RV at Saddle Brook tolls
Dump truck driver hospitalized in GSP crash with RV at Saddle Brook tolls PHOTOS: Courtesy BERGEN BROOKSIDE AUTO BODY & TOWING PHOTOS: A driver was hospitalized after his dump truck collided with an RV this afternoon, sending it into a divider at the Garden State Parkway toll plaza in Saddle Brook. PHOTOS: Courtesy BERGEN BROOKSIDE AUTO BODY & TOWING

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