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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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Half-pound pot, packaging materials found as Port Authority police arrest pair at Holland Tunnel Half-pound pot, packaging materials found as Port Authority police arrest pair at Holland Tunnel Half-pound pot, packaging materials found as Port Authority police arrest pair at Holland Tunnel
Half-pound pot, packaging materials found as Port Authority police arrest pair at Holland Tunnel BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police seized a half-pound of pot and packaging materials — including 17 mason jars and more than 400 baggies — from two Hoboken men stopped near the Holland Tunnel yesterday. PAPD Officer Joshua Oliveri stopped their white 1996 Toyota at 18th Street and Jersey Avenue for a cracked windshield and smelled raw marijuana coming from the open driver’s window, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. A computer checked showed the driver, Luis A. Rosario, 32, had a suspended license and an open child support warrant for hs pasenger, 28-year-old Luis Joh…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Teaneck ex-con plotted from jail to have co-defendant killed, indictment charges Teaneck ex-con plotted from jail to have co-defendant killed, indictment charges Teaneck ex-con plotted from jail to have co-defendant killed, indictment charges
Teaneck ex-con plotted from jail to have co-defendant killed, indictment charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con plotted from his Bergen County Jail cell to have a co-defendant killed, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack this week alleges. William “Christopher” Collins, 42 (above, left), is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction, thanks to a tipster who told authorities of the alleged plot. Collins was one of four men and a 17-year-old boy arrested in December 2013 by a task force of detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Investigation Squad, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and several municipal police department…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen undercover case leads to 3 years for computer tech with ‘very dark’ fantasies who shared child porn Bergen undercover case leads to 3 years for computer tech with ‘very dark’ fantasies who shared child porn Bergen undercover case leads to 3 years for computer tech with ‘very dark’ fantasies who shared child porn
Bergen undercover case leads to 3 years for computer tech with ‘very dark’ fantasies who shared child porn ONLY ON CVP: A 36-year old computer tech who expressed “very dark fantasies” of having sex with minors was sentenced in Hackensack yesterday to three years in state prison for sharing child pornography with what turned out to be an undercover detective. George Billak reduced his potential sentence by pleading guilty to child endangerment before he could be indicted. Authorities offered the deal to avoid “putting a jury through descriptions of depravity,” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Brian Sinclair said. Billak, who lives in Camden County and worked a network administrator for a re…

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Hackensack, NJ
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JC charter school teacher charged with having sex with female student, 14, at Lyndhurst home JC charter school teacher charged with having sex with female student, 14, at Lyndhurst home JC charter school teacher charged with having sex with female student, 14, at Lyndhurst home
JC charter school teacher charged with having sex with female student, 14, at Lyndhurst home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married 32-year-old charter school teacher exchanged oral sex with a 14-year-old eighth grader she brought to her Lyndhurst home, authorities said following her arrest today. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack ordered Lauren Mitchell held on $150,000 bail on charges of aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Several teachers at the Dr. Lena Edwards Academic Charter School, where Mitchell taught second grade, went to authorities after they “observed what they believed was inappropriate interactions” between her and the girl, Bergen County Prosecutor Jo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Body retrieved from base of Palisades believed to be missing woman Body retrieved from base of Palisades believed to be missing woman Body retrieved from base of Palisades believed to be missing woman
Body retrieved from base of Palisades believed to be missing woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A body retrieved from the base of the State Line Lookout in Alpine today was believed to be that of a 41-year-old Middlesex County woman missing since Sunday night, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Although the description matches that of Catherine Sheerin, official identification must be made by the Bergen County Medical Examiner, they said. PIP police found a 2013 Ford Focus at the lookout Sunday night that Sheerin had borrowed from a friend.. Several personal items of hers were also recovered, PIP Police Chief Michael Coppola said on Monday. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Wallington detectives grab suspect, seek other in interrupted burglary Wallington detectives grab suspect, seek other in interrupted burglary Wallington detectives grab suspect, seek other in interrupted burglary
Wallington detectives grab suspect, seek other in interrupted burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Wallington detectives have arrested one of two men who they said fled through the Passaic River after homeowners interrupted a burglary last week and were searching for the other. A witness reported seeing one of the men waist-deep in the river during a search that included Bergen County Sheriff’s K9 officers, boats, and both county and local police from surrounding towns following the Crescent Road break-in last Thursday. Detectives also got help from other citizens, as well as police in Garfield, East Rutherford and Passaic, Police Chief Carmello Imbruglia said t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck man, 58, had ‘inappropriate’ conduct, sexual conversations with boys, authorities charge Teaneck man, 58, had ‘inappropriate’ conduct, sexual conversations with boys, authorities charge Teaneck man, 58, had ‘inappropriate’ conduct, sexual conversations with boys, authorities charge
Teaneck man, 58, had ‘inappropriate’ conduct, sexual conversations with boys, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 58-year-old Teaneck man talked about sex and using drugs with five boys in various locations, including his home and a local hotel, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Timothy Wells was arrested by prosecutor’s detectives after he “engaged in inappropriate conduct and sexually explicit conversations” that also touched on “the use of various controlled dangerous substances and his desire to provide them with those substances,” Molinelli said this afternoon. All of the juveniles interviewed by Special Victims Unit detectives from the pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth man charged with selling prescription pain killers Haworth man charged with selling prescription pain killers Haworth man charged with selling prescription pain killers
Haworth man charged with selling prescription pain killers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 30-year-old Haworth man whose cousin recently died of an overdose was selling prescription pain killers before detectives arrested him during an early-morning raid of his home today, authorities said. Robert Unkel was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession of Xanax with the intent to distribute it, as well as with heroin possession. Police began investigating after learning that Unkel “was involved in the distribution of controlled dangerous substances, namely prescription pills and opiate painkillers,” Bergen County Prosecu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hillsdale police arrest defendant on judge’s warrant in Westwood crash Hillsdale police arrest defendant on judge’s warrant in Westwood crash Hillsdale police arrest defendant on judge’s warrant in Westwood crash
Hillsdale police arrest defendant on judge’s warrant in Westwood crash ONLY ON CVP: Hillsdale police responding to a judge’s warrant arrested a borough man this morning who prosecutors said was under the influence of drugs when he caused a reckless driving crash in Westwood that cost a Holy Name Medical Center nurse his hand and part of his arm. Michael Baba, 55, was being transported to the Bergen County Jail after being processed by Hillsdale police. Baba has used medical problems as an excuse to skip other court appearances since being arraigned more than a year ago in connection with the July 2013 crash, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Martin Delaney …

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee man, 60, was drunk in crash with Port Authority vehicle, police charge Fort Lee man, 60, was drunk in crash with Port Authority vehicle, police charge Fort Lee man, 60, was drunk in crash with Port Authority vehicle, police charge
Fort Lee man, 60, was drunk in crash with Port Authority vehicle, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee man was arrested on DWI and careless driving charges overnight after his 1987 Corvette sideswiped a Port Authority maintenance vehicle. PAPD Officer Ed Berdecia was interviewing both drivers after the 1 a.m. crash on Lemoine Avenue near the George Washington Bridge when he detected alcohol on the breath of Pasquale Bartolone, who face was also flushed, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He admitted to having had shots and was unsteady on his feet and staggering when he got out of his car,” Pentangelo said. Berdecia — who last year…

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