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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities charge Bogota woman, missing daughter sought in phishing scam Authorities charge Bogota woman, missing daughter sought in phishing scam Authorities charge Bogota woman, missing daughter sought in phishing scam
Authorities charge Bogota woman, missing daughter sought in phishing scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bogota woman was arrested and her daughter was being sought by authorities in connection with a telephone phishing scam. Sylvia Sturm, 59, was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail this morning after detectives arrested her at her home yesterday. Meanwhile, authorities continued to search for 24-year-old Jennifer Cruz. Both are charged with theft by deception and misconduct by a corporate official. The pair orchestrated a scheme in which victims were conned into thinking they were directly investing in the portfolio of a binary options trading co…

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Hackensack, NJ
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More than 60 years in prison certain if accused shooter in Fairview card game killing is convicted More than 60 years in prison certain if accused shooter in Fairview card game killing is convicted More than 60 years in prison certain if accused shooter in Fairview card game killing is convicted
More than 60 years in prison certain if accused shooter in Fairview card game killing is convicted CVP EXCLUSIVE: An Irvington man could face 60 or more years in prison if convicted of the shooting death a Fairview card game operator during a holdup last spring because of other weapons crimes, a prosecutor said yesterday. Evens Dumas, 21 (above, left), is currently serving a state prison sentence for a weapons conviction and faces trial in another gun case, creating a “three strikes” situation that triggers a harsher sentence, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer told a judge during arraignments yesterday in Hackensack. Arraigned with Dumas were co-defendants Blonson…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lodi police pop couple with Percocet, pot after stop Lodi police pop couple with Percocet, pot after stop Lodi police pop couple with Percocet, pot after stop
Lodi police pop couple with Percocet, pot after stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lodi narcotics officers arrested a couple who had nearly five dozen Percosets and marijuana for sale following a traffic stop last night. Sarah Loeffler of Garfield and Cesar Rojas of Lodi, both 30, were being held on $15,000 bail each in the Bergen County Jail. They are charged with various drug and paraphernalia possession charges. MUGSHOTS: Courtesy LODI PD

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield woman assaulted another, police charge Bergenfield woman assaulted another, police charge Bergenfield woman assaulted another, police charge
Bergenfield woman assaulted another, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Bergenfield woman was arrested on charges of assaulting another woman in the victim’s home. Officers responding to the Carlisle Street home at 2:23 p.m. yesterday found the victim with “visible signs of injury” after being assaulted by Tatyana Escobar, whom she knows, Capt. Cathy Madalone said. They summoned the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps, but she refused aid at the scene, the captain said. The officers also interviewed Escobar, who “gave [them] the same account of the incident and was placed under arrest,” she said. Escobar was being h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Waldwick police officers honored for rescuing cardiac victim with defibrillator Waldwick police officers honored for rescuing cardiac victim with defibrillator Waldwick police officers honored for rescuing cardiac victim with defibrillator
Waldwick police officers honored for rescuing cardiac victim with defibrillator SHOUT OUTS: It was 2:41 a.m. March 29 when Waldwick police got a 911 call of a 57-year-old man possibly having a stroke. Sgt. Robert Woessner and Officers John Greco and Dillon Sherman responded to the Hudson Avenue residence within two minutes and found Keith Dietel in cardiac arrest. They began CPR, then administered several shocks with a defibrillator — and Dietl came around. He was taken to The Valley Hospital and eventually returned home to continue his recovery, thanks to Woessner, Greco and Sherman. Dietl joined the trio at last night’s mayor and council meeting, where they wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Elmwood Park police bust Wood-Ridge man with 20 bags of heroin Elmwood Park police bust Wood-Ridge man with 20 bags of heroin Elmwood Park police bust Wood-Ridge man with 20 bags of heroin
Elmwood Park police bust Wood-Ridge man with 20 bags of heroin YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police said they arrested a Wood-Ridge man with 20 bags of heroin following a traffic stop yesterday afternoon. Michael Waldron, 27, was released on a court summons after the 2:30 p.m. stop on Locust Street. He was charged with drug possession and drug possession in a motor vehicle.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mendeecees Harris, Yandy Smith talk about prison after marriage Mendeecees Harris, Yandy Smith talk about prison after marriage Mendeecees Harris, Yandy Smith talk about prison after marriage
Mendeecees Harris, Yandy Smith talk about prison after marriage BEYOND BERGEN: More than two years after jurors in Hackensack acquitted Mendeecees Harris of sexually assaulting a teenager by coercing her with money and other manipulation in his Lodi home, the VH1 “Love & Hip Hop” star was married to his co-star Yandy Smith yesterday — after which both talked of his upcoming federal prison sentence for drug trafficking. Harris 36, pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy in Albany last month admitting that he participated in an operation that between 2005 and 2012 shipped $2.5 million worth of heroin and cocaine to the Rochester area. Free on $600,00…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Prosecutor’s plea deal ‘unacceptable,’ say two charged in heroin overdose death of Allendale man Prosecutor’s plea deal ‘unacceptable,’ say two charged in heroin overdose death of Allendale man Prosecutor’s plea deal ‘unacceptable,’ say two charged in heroin overdose death of Allendale man
Prosecutor’s plea deal ‘unacceptable,’ say two charged in heroin overdose death of Allendale man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lawyers for two Paterson men charged in the heroin overdose death of an Allendale man asked a judge in Hackensack today to order a conference at which they could counter what they called an “inadequate” plea offer from prosecutors. Timothy Volpe, 21 (above, left), and Kaleik Easton, 20 (right), are charged with strict liability for a drug-induced death — along with manslaughter and conspiracy to distribute heroin — for selling 22-year old Brendan Cole the drugs that killed him on Jan. 4, 2014. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer told Presiding S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi firefighters make quick stop after faulty power strip sparks garden apartment blaze Lodi firefighters make quick stop after faulty power strip sparks garden apartment blaze Lodi firefighters make quick stop after faulty power strip sparks garden apartment blaze
Lodi firefighters make quick stop after faulty power strip sparks garden apartment blaze UPDATE: Lodi firefighters doused a three-alarm garden apartment fire this afternoon apparently sparked by a power strip connected to an air conditioner. “The first floor unit was severely damaged by fire and the second by some fire and a lot of smoke,” Lodi Fire Chief Ron Cannici told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after the 3:34 p.m. call. Despite trouble with a hydrant directly in front of the building, firefighters had the fire knocked down in less than a half-hour, Canicci said. Hackensack, Maywood and Wallington firefighters joined their Lodi colleagues. Residents of both apartments will have t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Police say Maywood man, 41, cornered woman, 18, dropped pants in bedroom Police say Maywood man, 41, cornered woman, 18, dropped pants in bedroom Police say Maywood man, 41, cornered woman, 18, dropped pants in bedroom
Police say Maywood man, 41, cornered woman, 18, dropped pants in bedroom ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Maywood police arrested a 41-year-old Maywood man after they said he locked himself in a bedroom with an 18-year-old woman and unzipped his pants. Manuel Yascaribay was still in the house when police arrived just before 9:30 last night, Detective Jason Liaban told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The woman had managed to get out of the bathroom and call them, he said. Yascaribay was being held on $7,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with criminal restraint and attempted lewdness. MUGSHOT: Courtesy MAYWOOD PD

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