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
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South Hackensack officers released from hospital, driver jailed on $150,000 bail in chase, crash South Hackensack officers released from hospital, driver jailed on $150,000 bail in chase, crash South Hackensack officers released from hospital, driver jailed on $150,000 bail in chase, crash
South Hackensack officers released from hospital, driver jailed on $150,000 bail in chase, crash UPDATE: A South Hackensack police officer whose SUV was rammed head-on by a fleeing suspect this morning was released from Hackensack University Medical Center this afternoon along with a second officer whose car also was struck. Meanwhile, the runaway driver was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Henry Schuck, 47, of Hampton Bays on Long Island, was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and two counts each of resisting arrest, eluding and criminal mischief. “X-rays done. [CT] scan and blood work done,” a relative of the officer injured in the head-on crash at…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Homeless Westwood woman with disabled son spared jail for repeated thefts, probation violations Homeless Westwood woman with disabled son spared jail for repeated thefts, probation violations Homeless Westwood woman with disabled son spared jail for repeated thefts, probation violations
Homeless Westwood woman with disabled son spared jail for repeated thefts, probation violations ONLY ON CVP: An unemployed homeless woman from Westwood with a disabled son and a history of credit card and checkbook thefts avoided prison after promising a judge in Hackensack that she would try to repay $18,556.62 to three of her victims at $25 a week until she gets a job. “I was a bookkeeper,” Tammy Longinetti, 48, told Superior Court Judge James J. Guida on Friday. “But if I can’t do that, I’ll do anything in an office — or even a restaurant. I’m also homeless, so I have to deal with that — starting over.” Guida expressed sympathy for the “extreme hardship” to Longinetti’s disabled …

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Closter woman jailed in hit-and-run knockdown of popular Leonia crossing guard Closter woman jailed in hit-and-run knockdown of popular Leonia crossing guard Closter woman jailed in hit-and-run knockdown of popular Leonia crossing guard
Closter woman jailed in hit-and-run knockdown of popular Leonia crossing guard ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: The mother of the late R&B singer Gerald Lavert’s son was taken to the Bergen County Jail today after turning herself in to Leonia police on charges of knocking down a popular school crossing guard with her SUV and then taking off. No fewer than five witnesses told police that Bridgette Pursley struck Charlie Lee Wednesday afternoon at Fort Lee Road and Broad Avenue, one of the busiest and most dangerous school crossings in North Jersey, and then left the scene, authorities said. Lee stepped in front of Pursley’s silver Lexus RX 350 while trying to safely cross a gr…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park puts new ambulance into service Cliffside Park puts new ambulance into service Cliffside Park puts new ambulance into service
Cliffside Park puts new ambulance into service PUBLIC SAFETY: Cliffside Park has put a 2014 Braun Chief XL Ford E450 emergency medical vehicle into service, replacing an older ambulance that logged more than 150,000 miles. “There comes a point when deploying new equipment is more effective than maintaining older equipment,” Mayor Thomas Calabrese said. “It is essential that EMS that our emergency responders have the equipment necessary to effectively serve our residents in times of need.” Councilwoman Dana Martinotti, the borough EMS liaison, echoed the mayor’s sentiments while noting that the ambulance squad responds to an average of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Port Authority Holland Tunnel checkpoint nets trio with heroin, pot, more Port Authority Holland Tunnel checkpoint nets trio with heroin, pot, more Port Authority Holland Tunnel checkpoint nets trio with heroin, pot, more
Port Authority Holland Tunnel checkpoint nets trio with heroin, pot, more BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police seized 404 decks of heroin and more than a half-ounce packaged separately, along with more than quarter-pound of marijuana, five ounces of Ecstasy and various prescription pills from a trio of New York State men at a Holland Tunnel DWI checkpoint. Charged with various drugs offenses last night were Reuben Ogando of Endicott and Waldstein Francilus of Johnson City, both 21, and 24-year-old Matthew Clar of Vestal, the authority’s Lenis Rodrigues told CLIFFVIEW PILOT earlier today. Two other arrests were made at the checkpoint last night, including Manuel…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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New police lieutenants sworn in New Milford New police lieutenants sworn in New Milford New police lieutenants sworn in New Milford
New police lieutenants sworn in New Milford SHOUT OUTS: Three New Milford police sergeants were promoted to lieutenant this week. They are (left to right with Police Chief Frank Ramaci): Detective Lt. Brian Long, a 20-year borough veteran who also worked for the NYPD; Lt. John Moroney, a 27-year veteran of the department, who has worked on patrol and in the detective bureau; Lt. Brian Clancy, who has 14 years of department experience after coming over from the NYPD. PHOTO: Courtesy NEW MILFORD PD

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Hackensack, NJ
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Lawyer who assaulted Ramsey police officer sentenced to sheriff’s road work detail Lawyer who assaulted Ramsey police officer sentenced to sheriff’s road work detail Lawyer who assaulted Ramsey police officer sentenced to sheriff’s road work detail
Lawyer who assaulted Ramsey police officer sentenced to sheriff’s road work detail ONLY ON CVP: A Ramsey attorney will spend five weekends on the Bergen County Sheriff’s road work detail for assaulting a police officer last August. Yana Chechelnitsky, 47, pleaded guilty in a Hackensack courtroom yesterday to assaulting Sgt. Timothy Schumacher as he another officer responded to a report of her being drunk and disorderly. Defense attorney S. Emile Lisboa, who represented the former Bergen County law clerk, said: “While it was a simple assault, you realize that since he is a police officer it’s a more serious charge.” Chechelnitsky agreed, admitting that she was drunk an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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New Jersey State Police Trooper Anthony Raspa, 24, killed in highway deer crash New Jersey State Police Trooper Anthony Raspa, 24, killed in highway deer crash New Jersey State Police Trooper Anthony Raspa, 24, killed in highway deer crash
New Jersey State Police Trooper Anthony Raspa, 24, killed in highway deer crash BEYOND BERGEN: A New Jersey State Police trooper was killed and another injured overnight when their cruiser struck a deer and veered off I-195 into a bank of trees in Upper Freehold Township. Trooper Anthony Raspa, 24, was pronounced dead at CentraState Medical Center following the 12:48 a.m. crash on the eastbound highway, the NJSP said. No other vehicles were involved. NJSP Trooper Gene Hong, 29, was taken to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton, where he was treated for lacerations and a neck injury. He was expected to be released soon. Both troopers were assigned to the Hamilto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
No injuries after sedan slams into Westwood porch No injuries after sedan slams into Westwood porch No injuries after sedan slams into Westwood porch
No injuries after sedan slams into Westwood porch ONLY ON CVP: A man and his daughter refused medical treatment after their car crashed into a Westwood home tonight. Witnesses told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the daughter was driving and apparently mistook the accelerator for the brake, sending the car into the Westwood Avenue home between Park Place and Kinderkamack Road around 8:45 p.m. Westwood firefighters stabilized a badly damaged front porch so the vehicle could be removed. No one was home at the time. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood High School prom bus stranded, towed after blocking trains Ridgewood High School prom bus stranded, towed after blocking trains Ridgewood High School prom bus stranded, towed after blocking trains
Ridgewood High School prom bus stranded, towed after blocking trains ONLY ON CVP: A charter bus en route to pick up students attending Ridgewood High School’s senior prom tonight got stuck going up a steep hill near a set of railroad tracks, blocking all commuter trains and temporarily stranding several youngsters. It began at 5:45 p.m., when the driver of the New York State bus failed to negotiate a steep and winding hill leading from the HoHoKus train station to Glenwood Avenue in Ridgewood. Ridgewood and NJ Transit police halted all trains to and from Hoboken until the bus could be towed. The scene was cleared at about 6:35 p.m. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd …

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