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 Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Holland Tunnel traffic stop leads to fireworks seizure Port Authority Holland Tunnel traffic stop leads to fireworks seizure Port Authority Holland Tunnel traffic stop leads to fireworks seizure
Port Authority Holland Tunnel traffic stop leads to fireworks seizure BEYOND BERGEN: A traffic stop for tinted windows at the Holland Tunnel toll plaza in Jersey City this morning became the first local fireworks seizure of the 2015 Fourth of July for Port Authority police. Officers who stopped 2006 Chevy sedan at 10:30 a.m. noticed the $900 worth of explosives spread across the back seat when the driver, 30-year-old Jerry Colon of Newark, rolled down his window, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo. The driver, who told the officers the fireworks were for a party he was planning was arrested on illegals fireworks possession charges and the explosives seized. …

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Drivers fine in Route 17 tractor-trailer, mini-van crash Drivers fine in Route 17 tractor-trailer, mini-van crash Drivers fine in Route 17 tractor-trailer, mini-van crash
Drivers fine in Route 17 tractor-trailer, mini-van crash PHOTOS: Tom Austin PHOTOS: Both drivers escaped unharmed in a Route 17 crash in Mahwah that sent a tractor-trailer into a tree. The rig pushed a mini-van it collided with off the roadway with it just before the Route 202 exit around 1:30 p.m. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Unarmed Maywood bank robber flees with few hundred dollars Unarmed Maywood bank robber flees with few hundred dollars Unarmed Maywood bank robber flees with few hundred dollars
Unarmed Maywood bank robber flees with few hundred dollars YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A robber fled the Community Bank of Bergen County branch in Maywood with no more than a few hundred dollars this afternoon after throwing a black bag onto the counter and telling a clerk to fill it, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “No weapon was shown” in the 12:30 p.m. holdup, Police Chief David Pegg said. PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Karin Beutel Carrasco The robber — described as black, about 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, with a medium build and wearing a black shirt, grey sweatshirt and a black skull cap — then ran south from the West Pleasant Avenue bank …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police seize Englewood boy, 16, in attempted mugging Hackensack police seize Englewood boy, 16, in attempted mugging Hackensack police seize Englewood boy, 16, in attempted mugging
Hackensack police seize Englewood boy, 16, in attempted mugging YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pair of Hackensack police officers grabbed a 16-year-old Englewood boy after he beat another teen in an attempted strong-armed robbery last night, authorities said. The assailant demanded money while punching and kicking the 16-year-old victim at the back door of his Clay Street home just after 7 p.m., Capt. Timothy Lloyd told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The victim had none and his attacker fled, Lloyd said. Responding Officers James Han and Frankie Garrett grabbed the teen in the area and signed a juvenile complaint against him for robbery. He was taken to the Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest warrant issued for absent animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house Arrest warrant issued for absent animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house Arrest warrant issued for absent animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house
Arrest warrant issued for absent animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house CVP EXCLUSIVE: Police were searching for the owner and operator of a Newark non-profit animal rescue charged with having two dead dogs and a half-dozen emaciated canines at her Dumont home after she failed to show up for her court hearing yesterday. PHOTOS: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SPCA An original hearing scheduled for two weeks ago was adjourned to yesterday after Gabrielle Ganter, who operated Pit Bull Kisses Rescue out of Newark, requested an extension in writing from a Central Municipal Court judge so that she could hire an attorney, courthouse sources in Hackensack told CLIFFVIEW P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Support grows for banning gun grip iPhone case Support grows for banning gun grip iPhone case Support grows for banning gun grip iPhone case
Support grows for banning gun grip iPhone case PUBLIC SAFETY: A retired New Jersey State Police major who helped ignite a viral tidal wave said his boss hopes to draw attention to iPhone cases that look like gun grips out of fear that someone could get killed. “It’s a horrible accident waiting to happen,” Ocean County Prosecutor’s Public Affairs Director Al Della Fave told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “It’s not a stretch to think a police officer could think someone is pulling a gun on them.” “Most kids carry their phones in their back pockets,” he added. “The only think sticking out with these cases is the grip — typical draw position. “Think …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford woman, 21, killed outside home by falling tree New Milford woman, 21, killed outside home by falling tree New Milford woman, 21, killed outside home by falling tree
New Milford woman, 21, killed outside home by falling tree NEWSBREAK: A 21-year-old New Milford woman was killed when a tree fell on her outside her home this morning at the tail end of the overnight thunderstorm. “We believe she was going to get something out of her car” when Michelle Mian went outside her River Edge Avenue home between 6:30-7:40 a.m., Police Lt. Brian Long told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Norway Maple “broke in half and came down on four cars in the driveway,” Long said, adding that she was struck by a large limb fom the top of the tree. Family members looking out the window after they awoke saw the tree down. Her older sister lat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Storm downs trees, poles, lines in Bergen Storm downs trees, poles, lines in Bergen Storm downs trees, poles, lines in Bergen
Storm downs trees, poles, lines in Bergen CLICK HERE for more: PHOTOS by Brett Dzadik PHOTOS: A fast-moving but violent thunderstorm packed with potent lightning took down trees — and with them, utility poles — overnight. ALSO SEE: New Milford woman, 21, killed by fallen tree The damage included fallen trees toppling a trio of poles at Continental and 8th avenues in River Edge. PHOTOS by Brett M. Dzadik  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police officer stops Brooklyn driver with bagfull of illegal pills Lyndhurst police officer stops Brooklyn driver with bagfull of illegal pills Lyndhurst police officer stops Brooklyn driver with bagfull of illegal pills
Lyndhurst police officer stops Brooklyn driver with bagfull of illegal pills ONLY ON CVP: A Brooklyn man told a Lyndhurst police officer who stopped him that he took a shopping bag-full of illegal prescription pills from a friend who couldn’t pay a $7,000 debt, authorities said. Nasim Bhatti, 37, was stopped at Marginal and Ridge roads in Rutherford for doing 44 miles an hour in a 25mph zone last Friday night, Capt. John Valente told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and no had no registration or insurance for the 2007 Nissan, he said. Bhattai first tried to claim he got the drugs from a company he worked for six years ago, but “the expiration dates …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County detectives charge Jersey City man with operating $200,000 ID theft ring Bergen County detectives charge Jersey City man with operating $200,000 ID theft ring Bergen County detectives charge Jersey City man with operating $200,000 ID theft ring
Bergen County detectives charge Jersey City man with operating $200,000 ID theft ring YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Armed with a Bergen County warrant, Hudson County Sheriff’s officers today arrested a Jersey City man charged in a ID theft ring that fleeced victims of two banks of more than $200,000. Jonathan Figueroa, 27, was wanted on an arrest warrant obtained after investigators arrested two female co-defendants in March, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Figueroa recuited Aixa Rivera, 48, of Hoboken, and Lourdes Olivera, 27, of Waterbury, CT, ” to work for him in account takeover schemes at various JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank…

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