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
Dump truck spills dirt in crash at NJ Turnpike tolls in Secaucus Dump truck spills dirt in crash at NJ Turnpike tolls in Secaucus Dump truck spills dirt in crash at NJ Turnpike tolls in Secaucus
Dump truck spills dirt in crash at NJ Turnpike tolls in Secaucus PHOTOS: Courtesy JOSEPH FRANKS Responders said a driver wasn’t seriously injured after his dirt-filled dump truck hit a barrier and keeled over at the Exit 16E tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike in Secaucus around 2:30 this afternoon. Crews were still clearing the mess nearly three hours later, as the right side of the plaza remained closed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Texas man in $350,000 heroin bust jumps from Hackensack parking deck Texas man in $350,000 heroin bust jumps from Hackensack parking deck Texas man in $350,000 heroin bust jumps from Hackensack parking deck
Texas man in $350,000 heroin bust jumps from Hackensack parking deck YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Members of a Bergen County drug task force seized a kilo of heroin and arrested three men, one of whom jumped 20 feet from a parking deck, landing on a car, outside a Hackensack apartment building. The bust occurred just after midnight Friday during a $62,000 sale of raw heroin, which Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said had a street value of $350,000. Members of Molinelli’s Narcotic Task Force quickly moved in and siezed Edwin Hernandez, 25, of downtown Manhattan (above, middle), and Paulino Vela-Garza, 50, of Laredo, TX (above, right), into custody, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park waiter charged with raping incapacitated woman, 21 Palisades Park waiter charged with raping incapacitated woman, 21 Palisades Park waiter charged with raping incapacitated woman, 21
Palisades Park waiter charged with raping incapacitated woman, 21 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Detectives today charged a 22-year-old waiter from Palisades Park on charges of raping an incapacitated woman he met earlier that night in New York City. Jeffrey Lopez was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, records show. The 21-year-old woman told the NYPD that she was among a group of partying friends who returned to the borough from the city with Lopez on Friday night, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She reported the alleged report the next afternoon to city police, who directed her to contact borough or Bergen County authorit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
River Edge woman charged with DWI assault by auto in crash that injured sisters River Edge woman charged with DWI assault by auto in crash that injured sisters River Edge woman charged with DWI assault by auto in crash that injured sisters
River Edge woman charged with DWI assault by auto in crash that injured sisters YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old River Edge woman was drunk when she slammed her car into a tree, seriously injuring one of her sisters and injuring another, said authorities who charged her with DWI assault by auto. Caroline McCourt was released on a July 7 Municipal Court summons after her 2010 Nissan Sentra crossed into oncoming traffic, jumped a curb and hit the tree in front of a home on Cole Court at 3:45 a.m. Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Backseat passenger Michele McCourt was seriously injured, Molinelli said. A third sister, Elizabet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Former East Rutherford man had 6-month-old son in motel room for prostitute’s visit, Lyndhurst police charge Former East Rutherford man had 6-month-old son in motel room for prostitute’s visit, Lyndhurst police charge Former East Rutherford man had 6-month-old son in motel room for prostitute’s visit, Lyndhurst police charge
Former East Rutherford man had 6-month-old son in motel room for prostitute’s visit, Lyndhurst police charge EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A former East Rutherford ex-con had his 6-month-old son with him while he was serviced by a prostitute in a Lyndhurst hotel room, then wheeled the boy to a 7-Eleven for a 4 a.m. snack, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A patrol officer followed 34-year-old Christopher Wady of Cherry Hill as he pushed the baby stroller into the Rutherford Avenue convenience store before dawn Saturday and noticed that he was under the influence of some type of drug, Capt. John Valente said. Wady a short time earlier had a prostitute come to his room at the nearby Courtyard by Marriott with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Federal grand jury indicts fugitive former Ramsey luxury car dealer Afzal ‘Bobby’ Khan Federal grand jury indicts fugitive former Ramsey luxury car dealer Afzal ‘Bobby’ Khan Federal grand jury indicts fugitive former Ramsey luxury car dealer Afzal ‘Bobby’ Khan
Federal grand jury indicts fugitive former Ramsey luxury car dealer Afzal ‘Bobby’ Khan YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal grand jury in Newark today indicted fugitive former Ramsey luxury car dealer Afzal “Bobby” Khan on charges of defrauding dozens of customers and lenders out of $1.7 million. Khan, 33, defrauded customers of and lenders to Emporio Motor Group in Ramsey from at least December 2013 through September 2014, obtaining loans for vehicles he had no title for — among them, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis, Porsches — and selling them on consignment without paying the owners, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said. “As part of his scheme, Khan obtained loans from the auto finan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Roof ripped off tractor-trailer on Route 4 in Paramus Roof ripped off tractor-trailer on Route 4 in Paramus Roof ripped off tractor-trailer on Route 4 in Paramus
Roof ripped off tractor-trailer on Route 4 in Paramus ONLY ON CVP: Authorities gave a 71-year-old tractor-trailer driver the benefit of the doubt after the roof of his rig was ripped off as it passed beneath a Route 4 overpass in Paramus late this morning. The Bayville driver said he saw warnings signs on the westbound highway that the height of the Forest Avenue bridge up ahead was 13’10” in the outer lanes and 13’5″ in the middle. The Freehold Cargage Inc. trailer was 13’6″. “He thought it was high enough that he could fit through,” Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He was off by an inch.” The overpass sheered …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Confessed Little Ferry burglar agrees to testify against Hackensack felon involved in police shootout Confessed Little Ferry burglar agrees to testify against Hackensack felon involved in police shootout Confessed Little Ferry burglar agrees to testify against Hackensack felon involved in police shootout
Confessed Little Ferry burglar agrees to testify against Hackensack felon involved in police shootout CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Little Ferry man agreed to testify against his wife’s former lover in exchange for probation for breaking into his apartment. Marcel Alcala, 23, forced his way into the Hackensack apartment of Robert J. Leonardis brandishing a tire iron on April 28, 2012 to settle a personal score over his wife, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time. Leonardis’s brother disarmed Alcala, after which Robert Leonardis stabbed him in the abdomen, they said. Leonardis was out on bail for the stabbing when he got into a shootout with Hackensack police in July 2013 (SEE: Grand jurors re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford police find homeless safe-cracker in yoga studio closet Rutherford police find homeless safe-cracker in yoga studio closet Rutherford police find homeless safe-cracker in yoga studio closet
Rutherford police find homeless safe-cracker in yoga studio closet YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rutherford police alerted overnight by a yoga studio manager said they found a 64-year-old homeless man hiding in the closet with a stack of stolen money and tools he used to pry open a safe. Sgt. Craig Capoano and Officers Katherine Calienni and James Fecanin checked the FireShaper Yoga Studio on Park Avenue while Officers Robert Buell and Michael Merli secured the building perimeter with the assistance of East Rutherford Officers Ryan Micci and Cliff Shemeley at 2:40 a.m. Moments earlier, the studio manager called while watching a live video feed from the studio,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors convict North Bergen DPW supervisors in corruption trial Jurors convict North Bergen DPW supervisors in corruption trial Jurors convict North Bergen DPW supervisors in corruption trial
Jurors convict North Bergen DPW supervisors in corruption trial BEYOND BERGEN: Jurors in Jersey City today convicted two North Bergen public works employees of assigning municipal employees to work on election campaigns and to complete personal chores or projects for them or their boss, Supt. James Wiley. Troy Bunero, 48, of North Bergen (above, left), and Francis “Frank” Longo, 49, of Ridgefield Park (above, right), were found guilty of second-degree charges of conspiracy, official misconduct and pattern of official misconduct, as well as third-degree charges of theft by unlawful taking and misapplication of government property following a seven-week t…

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