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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock businessman with reputed mob ties in head-on crash that critically injures grandmother, 58 Glen Rock businessman with reputed mob ties in head-on crash that critically injures grandmother, 58 Glen Rock businessman with reputed mob ties in head-on crash that critically injures grandmother, 58
Glen Rock businessman with reputed mob ties in head-on crash that critically injures grandmother, 58 UPDATE: Police were trying to determine why a 2015 Mercedes driven by an accused con man from Glen Rock with reputed mob ties crossed a double-yellow line and slammed into another vehicle in North Brunswick yesterday, critically injuring a 58-year-old grandmother. The Mercedes driver, 48-year-old Paul Mancuso, also was hospitalized, along with a passenger in a Misubishi Outlander that he struck. The other driver, local resident Regina Bagala, was in critical  condition at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, police said. Mancuso, who is under federal indictment on cha…

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Paterson, NJ
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Tenafly police grab three Long Islanders in bogus check scheme Tenafly police grab three Long Islanders in bogus check scheme Tenafly police grab three Long Islanders in bogus check scheme
Tenafly police grab three Long Islanders in bogus check scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Tenafly police, with help from their Cresskill colleagues, chased down a Long Island trio who they said tried passing a bogus check at a local bank last night. The TD Bank branch teller “did a really nice job of calling immediately after realizing the check was fake,” Detective Sgt. Adam Kopesky told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “Cresskill police also immediately sent units.” All three were in a car parked outside the bank when Officer Jakub Glebocki and Detective Wayne Hall arrived at 6:45 p.m., Kopesky said. Brittney Gaeta, 30, of Bayshore (above, middle), r…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Five juveniles charged in arson blaze at abandoned Curtiss Wright building in Wood-Ridge Five juveniles charged in arson blaze at abandoned Curtiss Wright building in Wood-Ridge Five juveniles charged in arson blaze at abandoned Curtiss Wright building in Wood-Ridge
Five juveniles charged in arson blaze at abandoned Curtiss Wright building in Wood-Ridge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Five juveniles face Family Court hearings for their roles in an arson fire yesterday in an abandoned building in the Curtiss Wright complex in Wood-Ridge. Two of the youngsters were found responsible for starting the fire among old pallets and tires in an area where engines were tested during WWII in the all-concrete Building 60 of the Passaic Street complex, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. All five were released to the custody of their parents following the 1 p.m. four-alarm blaze, he said. Carlstadt, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Fer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont home pleads not guilty Animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont home pleads not guilty Animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont home pleads not guilty
Animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont home pleads not guilty ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A judge in Hackensack today ordered the owner and operator of a Newark non-profit animal rescue back to jail and set another court appearance for next Tuesday on charges stemming from the discovery of two dead dogs and a half-dozen emaciated canines at her Dumont home.  PHOTOS: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SPCA A public defender entered a not-guilty plea for Gabrielle Ganter, whom Central Municipal Court Judge Louis Dinice ordered remain held on $5,000 bail. Although the trial could begin next week, motions may need to be heard and other matters addressed first, the judge s…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police officer sustains head injuries in single-car crash Garfield police officer sustains head injuries in single-car crash Garfield police officer sustains head injuries in single-car crash
Garfield police officer sustains head injuries in single-car crash UPDATE: A Garfield police officer was released from Hackensack University Medical Center with some stitches and bruises on his head after his cruiser struck a utility pole before dawn. Officer Jonathan Librizzi was headed south on River Drive just before Marcellus Place when the crash occurred around 3:10 a.m., Capt. Ronald Polonkay told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The department was investigating the circumstances.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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JC man found asleep at traffic light wanted out of Carlstadt, Rutherford, Secaucus JC man found asleep at traffic light wanted out of Carlstadt, Rutherford, Secaucus JC man found asleep at traffic light wanted out of Carlstadt, Rutherford, Secaucus
JC man found asleep at traffic light wanted out of Carlstadt, Rutherford, Secaucus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Jersey City 7-Eleven manager who Port Authority police said they found passed out drunk at a traffic light behind the wheel of his Ford Explorer was wanted on three warrants out of Rutherford and one each out of Carlstadt and Secaucus, records show. India native Ravi A. Patel, 28, was arrested after officers spotted his 2004 truck idling at a green light at Central and Pavonia avenues near the Hudson County Courthouse at 1 a.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Traffic was building up behind it,” he said. “The officers approach…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Man charged with bringing $3.6 million in phony chips to AC poker tourney Man charged with bringing $3.6 million in phony chips to AC poker tourney Man charged with bringing $3.6 million in phony chips to AC poker tourney
Man charged with bringing $3.6 million in phony chips to AC poker tourney BEYOND BERGEN: A North Carolina man was caught bringing millions of dollars in counterfeit chips to Atlantic City to use in a high-stakes poker tournament at The Borgata Casino when he clogged a pipe flushing hundreds of them down a toilet at Harrah’s, a grand jury indictment alleges. The alleged scheme by Christian Lusardi, 43, of Fayetteville, N.C. “played out like a Hollywood movie plot, in which the leak that exposed him came not from a human source but from a sewer pipe,” acting state Attorney General John J. Hoffman. However, “as theatrical as this was, we cannot lose sight of the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority police talk suicidal man down from Fort Lee Palisades Port Authority police talk suicidal man down from Fort Lee Palisades Port Authority police talk suicidal man down from Fort Lee Palisades
Port Authority police talk suicidal man down from Fort Lee Palisades YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police this morning talked a suicidal homeless man down from a rock wall that overlooks the George Washington Bridge on the New Jersey side. The Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the 40-year-old man to Bergen Regional Medical Center after the 6:30 a.m. incident in the area that extends down from Fort Lee Historic Park above the Hudson River, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Driver hits 3 cars, warehouse in East Rutherford crash Driver hits 3 cars, warehouse in East Rutherford crash Driver hits 3 cars, warehouse in East Rutherford crash
Driver hits 3 cars, warehouse in East Rutherford crash PHOTOS: Stefanie Lopez PHOTOS: A suspected DWI driver was behind the wheel of a sedan that struck other vehicles and a warehouse in East Rutherford. Firefighters extricated the driver, who was hospitalized after the 10 p.m. crash Tuesday Orchard Street. “Our house literally shook,” resident Stefanie Lopez told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The driver hit one parked car on its side, then struck another parked car head on and launched it about 10 feet from the parking spot into another parked car. “The driver’s car crashed into a warehouse building wall, where the driver was stuck in the car,” she…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Elmwood Park police arrest three out-of-towners, seize 100 bags of heroin Elmwood Park police arrest three out-of-towners, seize 100 bags of heroin Elmwood Park police arrest three out-of-towners, seize 100 bags of heroin
Elmwood Park police arrest three out-of-towners, seize 100 bags of heroin Elmwood Park police seized nearly 100 bags of heroin in a pair of traffic stops of out-of-towners less than two hours apart. They first stopped Mark Depaola, 24, of River Vale on Locust Street at 8:24 p.m. Tuesday and charged him with carrying 47 bags, along with drug paraphernalia, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. At 10:20 p.m., they arrested two Tenafly residents after stopping them on River Driver and finding them carrying 50 bags of heroin and three of crack cocaine, Foligno said. Both were released pending court hearings.

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