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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview police nab final suspect in street robbery, beating Fairview police nab final suspect in street robbery, beating Fairview police nab final suspect in street robbery, beating
Fairview police nab final suspect in street robbery, beating ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A little more than a day after chasing down a second suspect in the beating of a Union City man for his cellphone earlier this month, Fairview police this afternoon nabbed a third alleged accomplice. Jimmy Pastora Berroa, 20, Fairview didn’t participate in the May 10 beating of the 36-year-old victim at Cliff Street and Anderson Avenue after he left a local supermarket moments earlier, Capt. Vincent Bellucci told CLIFFVIEW PILOT shortly after detectives arrested him at his home. He did, participate in the robbery, however, the captain said. Detectives who retrieved st…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Police say driver, 64, cut off tractor-trailer in Elmwood Park crash Police say driver, 64, cut off tractor-trailer in Elmwood Park crash Police say driver, 64, cut off tractor-trailer in Elmwood Park crash
Police say driver, 64, cut off tractor-trailer in Elmwood Park crash ALL PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Kevin Teel PHOTOS: An elderly driver was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center with possible broken ribs after Elmwood Park police said he cut off a tractor-trailer, causing a crash this afternoon. Saddle Brook Fire Rescue helped extricate the 64-year-old West Orange driver, who was taken to the hospital by Fuchs EMS after the crash outside the Royal Warsaw restaurant on River Drive just after 1 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The victim was headed south on River Drive and tried to turn into the res…

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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lodi PBA Local 26 Beefsteak & Tricky Tray set for June 11 Lodi PBA Local 26 Beefsteak & Tricky Tray set for June 11 Lodi PBA Local 26 Beefsteak & Tricky Tray set for June 11
Lodi PBA Local 26 Beefsteak & Tricky Tray set for June 11 SHOUT OUT: The 4th annual Lodi PBA Local 26 Beefsteak & Tricky Tray is set for Thursday, June 11 at the Brownstone in Patesron. Cost is $60 per person for beer, wine, soda and dinner. There will also be door prizes. A portion of the proceeds from the event, which beings at 6:30 p.m., will go to Lodi Cares for scholarship awards to students in memory of Mike Miller. TICKETS: Contact Mike LaRosa or Dominic Miller: (201) 359-5685

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, 17, gets summons for knocking down Bergenfield motorcycle police officer Driver, 17, gets summons for knocking down Bergenfield motorcycle police officer Driver, 17, gets summons for knocking down Bergenfield motorcycle police officer
Driver, 17, gets summons for knocking down Bergenfield motorcycle police officer FOLLOW-UP: A 17-year-old girl who was behind the wheel of a car that struck a Bergenfield motorcycle police officer before the borough’s annual Memorial Day parade yesterday was issued a summons for failing to yield, authorities said today. Sgt. Daniel Brizek was struck around 12:50 p.m. at the intersection of South Washington and West Englewood avenues and taken to the hospital by Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corp., Police Capt. Cathy Madalone said. He was released after being treated for minor injuries, the captain said. The teen driver refused medical aid, Madalone said. CLIFFVI…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
No plea deal offered to Lodi man charged with killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids No plea deal offered to Lodi man charged with killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids No plea deal offered to Lodi man charged with killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids
No plea deal offered to Lodi man charged with killing estranged wife, fleeing with kids YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “There is no plea offer,” Bergen County Assistant Prosecutor Wayne Mello told Presiding Superior Court Judge Susan J. Steele in Hackensack this morning at the arraignment of a Lodi man charged with stabbing his estranged wife to death and taking their two young sons to South Carolina. A defense attorney for 48-year-old John Jordan entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf to murder and kidnapping charges. In court today were loved ones of Tracy Jordan, who was 39 when she was stabbed to death a little over a year ago. Those present at the brief court appearance wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Classmates.com, FTD reimbursing NJ consumers $387,560 for extended ‘trial’ subscriptions Classmates.com, FTD reimbursing NJ consumers $387,560 for extended ‘trial’ subscriptions Classmates.com, FTD reimbursing NJ consumers $387,560 for extended ‘trial’ subscriptions
Classmates.com, FTD reimbursing NJ consumers $387,560 for extended ‘trial’ subscriptions PUBLIC SAFETY: New Jersey has signed onto a multi-state settlement that FTD and Classmates.com to pay a combined $387,560 for “trial” subscriptions that automatically were extended. The agreement with international floral service provider Florists’ Transworld Delivery, Inc., its subsidiary FTD.com, Inc. and the online social networking company “resolves allegations the two companies engaged in deceptive advertising and billing practices,” acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman said this morning. It requires that both pay a total of $8 million to 22 participating states. Clas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Thugs trash Memorial Day wreath placed by Wyckoff police Thugs trash Memorial Day wreath placed by Wyckoff police Thugs trash Memorial Day wreath placed by Wyckoff police
Thugs trash Memorial Day wreath placed by Wyckoff police UPDATE: Hours after a Memorial Day ceremony outside Wyckoff Reformed Church yesterday, someone removed a wreath placed by the borough police department from its stand and smashed it over a stone memorial to local military personnel killed in action. A Boy Scott leader called police just after 9:30 last night after discovering the vandalism at the Wyckoff War Memorial on the church green, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this morning. Fox and Lt. Charles Van Dyk had placed the wreath there during ceremonies yesterday morning. There were no other memorial wreaths damaged. “The wreaths pla…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Maryland woman robbed, hit by car after coming to NJ for Wyckoff cyberdate Maryland woman robbed, hit by car after coming to NJ for Wyckoff cyberdate Maryland woman robbed, hit by car after coming to NJ for Wyckoff cyberdate
Maryland woman robbed, hit by car after coming to NJ for Wyckoff cyberdate YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Baltimore woman who came to New Jersey expecting to spend time with a Wyckoff man she met online told police she was robbed and hit by a car driven by another man she knew from the past. The woman told police she was unable to contact the man she met online once she arrived late last week, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said this morning. She said she then “reached out to someone she had known from the past after spending the previous night in a hotel,” the chief said. After he picked her up in Newark for a ride to Wyckoff, they began arguing, the wom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington police post images of thief who stole $100G+ in ATM skimming North Arlington police post images of thief who stole $100G+ in ATM skimming North Arlington police post images of thief who stole $100G+ in ATM skimming
North Arlington police post images of thief who stole $100G+ in ATM skimming HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? North Arlington police this morning released surveillance photos of a man who they said stole more than $100,000 from unsuspecting victims using a skimmer device at a local ATM that swiped their debit and credit card information. Borough police and federal authorities identified no fewer than 130 victims dating back a few months after the device was secretly placed on the ATM at the Kearny Bank on Ridge Road, Police Chief Louis M. Ghione said. IMAGES: Courtesy NORTH ARLINGTON PD “He used it in several places,” Ghione told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. These included…

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Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
Fairview police chase down second of three men in beating, robbery Fairview police chase down second of three men in beating, robbery Fairview police chase down second of three men in beating, robbery
Fairview police chase down second of three men in beating, robbery ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Fairview police yesterday chased down a second man in the beating and robbery of a Union City man on a local street earlier this month — and continued searching for a third. The victim was walking to work just before 8 a.m. yesterday when he spotted 21-year-old Edwin G. Pascual of Newark at the corner of Anderson Avenue and Walker Street, a block from the May 10 attack, Capt. Vincent Bellucci told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. He immediately went to police headquarters, the captain said. Moments later, Officer Michael Hartmann, Capt. Brendan O’Reilly and Bellucci chas…

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