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 Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
32nd annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run through Bergen draws sunshine, cheers 32nd annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run through Bergen draws sunshine, cheers 32nd annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run through Bergen draws sunshine, cheers
32nd annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run through Bergen draws sunshine, cheers SHOUT OUT: The weather cooperated once again as the 32th Annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run made its way through Bergen County this morning after setting off from Oakland at 5:30 a.m. The Oakland leg runners passed through Franklin Lakes before meeting up with Mahwah officers, as well as a group of training officers and recruits from the Bergen County Police Academy’s 114th class. The runners then continued onto the Interstate Shopping Center in Ramsey, where they met up with officers from Ramsey and Upper Saddle River. The officers got a boost from youngsters who cheere…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
‘Drop the knife!’ retreating Hackensack police officer shouts before shooting advancing suspect ‘Drop the knife!’ retreating Hackensack police officer shouts before shooting advancing suspect ‘Drop the knife!’ retreating Hackensack police officer shouts before shooting advancing suspect
‘Drop the knife!’ retreating Hackensack police officer shouts before shooting advancing suspect ONLY ON CVP: “Drop the knife! Drop the knife!” witnesses said a Hackensack police officer shouted last night as he backed away from a knife-wielding man before shooting him once in the chest. As his mother watched from a window above, Raymond Peralta-lantigua “launched himself off the porch” at officers who responded to her 911 call that her son had severely beaten her, ripped a TV from the wall and was “going crazy” at their Johnson Avenue home, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He had a knife and had gone downstairs after she threatened to call 911, said the woman, who retreated to another …

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Port Authority police promote key leaders Port Authority police promote key leaders Port Authority police promote key leaders
Port Authority police promote key leaders SHOUT OUTS: Two veteran Port Authority Police Department commanders were promoted to key leadership positions this week. The authority also named Assistant Chief Steven Rotolo (above, left) of Bergen County as the department’s first assistant chief of counterterrorism. Inspector Raymond Bryan (above, middle), who headed the World Trade Center Command, was promoted to deputy chief and will oversee ground transportation commands that include PATH, and tunnels, bridges and terminals. Capt. Ronald Shindel (above, right), who has overseen the George Washington Bridge command, was promoted to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
TONIGHT: Country/Western night for popular Pascack Valley-area volunteer stricken by stroke TONIGHT: Country/Western night for popular Pascack Valley-area volunteer stricken by stroke TONIGHT: Country/Western night for popular Pascack Valley-area volunteer stricken by stroke
Tonight: Country/Western night for popular Pascack Valley-area volunteer stricken by stroke SHOUT OUT: A Country/Western night is set TONIGHT at Demarest Farms in Hillsdale to benefit one of the Pascack Valley’s most popular and dedicated volunteers, Jeff Alboum, who recently sustained a stroke. Alboum, 43, of River Vale, was on a Hillsdale Fire Department mutual aid call to a chimney fire in Westwood when he first exhibited signs, friends and colleagues said. He’s been battling to regain strength on his left side since, they said. A 17-year Hillsdale DPW veteran, Alboum has served the area for 26 years in all — including with the Hillsdale and River Vale fire departments and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man shot by police assaulted mother, charged at Hackensack officer with knife Man shot by police assaulted mother, charged at Hackensack officer with knife Man shot by police assaulted mother, charged at Hackensack officer with knife
Man shot by police assaulted mother, charged at Hackensack officer with knife YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Moments before a man was shot once in the chest by a Hackensack police officer he attacked with a knife, a Dominican national threw a rock at a police cruiser after hitting his mother, ripping a TV from the wall and trashing her apartment, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Police rushed to the Johnson Avenue home just after 5 o’clock tonight after the mother of Raymond Peralta-lantigua locked herself in her bedroom and dialed 911, saying that he was “going crazy,” Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He had a knife, she said. The 6-foot, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic River search for fleeing Wallington burglars Passaic River search for fleeing Wallington burglars Passaic River search for fleeing Wallington burglars
Passaic River search for fleeing Wallington burglars ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: Authorities were searching for two burglars who fled through the Passaic River after Wallington homeowners interrupted a residential break-in this afternoon. 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. “The tides do get low enough that you can walk across certain sections to the Passaic side,” Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The homeowners called police after surprising the intruders and fin…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park man admits selling OSHA certifications to unqualified carpenters Rochelle Park man admits selling OSHA certifications to unqualified carpenters Rochelle Park man admits selling OSHA certifications to unqualified carpenters
Rochelle Park man admits selling Osha certifications to unqualified carpenters YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rochelle Park man today admitted his role in selling OSHA certifications to carpenters who hadn’t completed the required raining. For a fee of from $150 to $250 each, George Bello, 44, and others — including Frederick Prinz of Marmora — sold “OSHA 30” cards and split the proceeds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. Prinz, 38,  was certified to issue the special cards to workers who’d completed a 30-hour training course through a special Occupational Safety and Health Administration program out of the Rocky Mountain Education in Red Rocks, Colorado…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paterson men charged with selling Molly after undercover Garfield drug deal Paterson men charged with selling Molly after undercover Garfield drug deal Paterson men charged with selling Molly after undercover Garfield drug deal
Paterson men charged with selling Molly after undercover Garfield drug deal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An undercover Molly buy in Garfield ended with the arrests of two Paterson men on drug dealing charges. A detective first bought 30 grams of Molly from Jesus Diaz, 28 (above left), last month before arranging another deal — this time for 120 grams on Monday — Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Investigators took Diaz into custody along with a second man, Ivan Aranceta, 23 (above right) who the prosecutor said was waiting in a nearby vehicle. The combined value of the 150 grams is $5,000, he said. Both men were being held on $75,000 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police officer nabs trio with 500 illegal prescription pills after Lodi paintball attack Garfield police officer nabs trio with 500 illegal prescription pills after Lodi paintball attack Garfield police officer nabs trio with 500 illegal prescription pills after Lodi paintball attack
Garfield police officer nabs trio with 500 illegal prescription pills after Lodi paintball attack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three Hudson County men stopped by Garfield police after shooting paintballs at a Lodi business were illegally carrying more than 500 pills of various types — including morphine, Xanax and Oxycodone — along with marijuana, drug paraphernalia and the paintball gun, authorities said. Responding to the Lodi alert, Garfield Police Officer Sebastian Tyburski stopped and spotted the trio’s car on River Drive and Dewitt Street just after 12:30 a.m., Capt. Darren Sucorowski said this afternoon. A subsequent investigation turned up alprazolam, diazepam, lorazepam, marijuana…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Newspaper isn’t entitled to records in fatal shooting of stolen-car driver who rammed police cars, state court rules Newspaper isn’t entitled to records in fatal shooting of stolen-car driver who rammed police cars, state court rules Newspaper isn’t entitled to records in fatal shooting of stolen-car driver who rammed police cars, state court rules
Newspaper isn’t entitled to records in fatal shooting of stolen-car driver who rammed police cars, state court rules UPDATE: A New Jersey state appeals court today ruled that the parent company of The Record newspaper isn’t entitled to certain records stemming from the fatal shooting of an ex-con who repeatedly rammed police vehicles with a stolen SUV in Rutherford following a chase. “Most of the documents sought by the reporters fall within the criminal investigatory records exception, because they are ‘not required by law to be made, maintained or kept on file’ and they ‘pertain[] to any criminal investigation’,” the Appellate Division wrote in a 66-page ruling that reversed a lower-court decision that …

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