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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Cocaine, stolen gun charges returned against Mexican immigrant busted by Fort Lee detective with secret car compartment Cocaine, stolen gun charges returned against Mexican immigrant busted by Fort Lee detective with secret car compartment Cocaine, stolen gun charges returned against Mexican immigrant busted by Fort Lee detective with secret car compartment
Cocaine, stolen gun charges returned against Mexican immigrant busted by Fort Lee detective with secret car compartment ONLY ON CVP: A Mexican immigrant illegally living in Passaic had several ounces of cocaine stashed in a secret electronic compartment in his car, as well as several more — along with a stolen handgun — in his apartment, an indictment alleges. Francisco Oropenza-Lima, 28, was pulled over on westbound Route 4 the night of last Dec. 20 by Fort Lee Detective T.J. Cullen for having tinted windows. Cullen searched the 2000 Mercury Sable after Oropenza-Lima admitted that he didn’t have a license because he wasn’t a citizen — and took him into custody after finding the hidden cocaine, authorities…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Indictments charge Little Ferry, Norwood, Ridgefield residents with scamming social services Indictments charge Little Ferry, Norwood, Ridgefield residents with scamming social services Indictments charge Little Ferry, Norwood, Ridgefield residents with scamming social services
Indictments charge Little Ferry, Norwood, Ridgefield residents with scamming social services ONLY ON CVP: Authorities have charged four Bergen County residents with scamming state social services programs for nearly a decade and a fifth with illegally collecting county assistance — each of than $75,000. Mohammad Karkart and Bahija Masad of Little Ferry are charged in an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack with conducting the fraud from October 2005 to Dececember 2014. Rasha Heleh and Hassant Areiqat did the same from January 2003 through March 2013, another indictment alleges. All were “intending to cheat and defraud the New Jersey State Medical Assistance and Hea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hillsdale police save heroin OD victim with Narcan Hillsdale police save heroin OD victim with Narcan Hillsdale police save heroin OD victim with Narcan
Hillsdale police save heroin OD victim with Narcan SHOUT OUT: Hillsdale police tonight revived an overdosing heroin user with Narcan. Sgt. Chris Donaldson and Officers Alex Kaplan and Travis Woods responded to a 9 p.m. call to the home and administered the drug to the 25-year-old man, Detective Bill Diedtrich told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The revived victim was turned over to the River Vale Ambulance Corps. for treatment and transportation to HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood. It was the department’s second save using Naloxone,

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Bassmasters seek volunteers, donations for 27th Annual Fishing Derby for Disabled Bergen Bassmasters seek volunteers, donations for 27th Annual Fishing Derby for Disabled Bergen Bassmasters seek volunteers, donations for 27th Annual Fishing Derby for Disabled
Bergen Bassmasters seek volunteers, donations for 27th Annual Fishing Derby for Disabled SHOUT OUT: The Bergen Bassmasters of Oradell hold their 27th Annual Fishing Derby for the Disabled on June 6, rain or shine, at Darlington Park in Mahwah from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Co-sponsors for the event: The Bergen County Department of Parks & Recreation, the Ridgewood Department of Parks, Inserra Supermarkets, Rockland Electric and Ramsey Outdoor. Expected participants will come from the ARC of Bergen and Passaic Counties, Spectrum for Living, the Handicapped Boy Scouts of America, Big Wheels of Westwood, HIP in Hackensack, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, and other groups in the Berge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Pennsylvania driver who fled through Holland Tunnel stopped a week later — carrying 16½ pounds of pot Pennsylvania driver who fled through Holland Tunnel stopped a week later — carrying 16½ pounds of pot Pennsylvania driver who fled through Holland Tunnel stopped a week later — carrying 16½ pounds of pot
Pennsylvania driver who fled through Holland Tunnel stopped a week later — carrying 16½ pounds of pot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Pennsylvania driver who fled through the Holland Tunnel after being stopped in Jersey City last week was caught yesterday by the same Port Authority police officer — and had more than 16½ pounds of pot in his van, authorities said. William L. Reed, 42, took off in a silver 2005 Dodge van the night of May 15 after Port Authority Police Officer Martin Smolen stopped him at 12th and Provost streets for driving with his headlights off, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said toight. Reed, whose driver’s license was suspended, left Smolen with the vehicle’s registratio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Lodi police cite four businesses selling tobacco to minors Lodi police cite four businesses selling tobacco to minors Lodi police cite four businesses selling tobacco to minors
Lodi police cite four businesses selling tobacco to minors PUBLIC SAFETY: Lodi police this week issued summonses to four businesses who they said sold tobacco products to minors during an undercover quality-of-life investigation. Nine businesses in all were investigated by the Lodi Police Department Narcotics Division following complaints about the illegal sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to customers under 19, Capt. Donald Scorzetti said. Those receiving summonses: South Main Street Deli, 79 South Main Street Circle Liquors, 109 Terhune Avenue Quick Stop Deli, 93 South Main Street Charles Street Deli, 385 Passaic Avenue Five oth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook police seek public’s help finding counter-hopping cigarette thief Saddle Brook police seek public’s help finding counter-hopping cigarette thief Saddle Brook police seek public’s help finding counter-hopping cigarette thief
Saddle Brook police seek public’s help finding counter-hopping cigarette thief HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Saddle Brook police are seeking the public’s help finding a serial thief who’s hopped store counters and made off with an armful of cigarettes several times the past six months. They described him as 6′ to 6’3″ with a thin build. Two thefts were identical: On Dec. 4 of last year, the thief walked into a store at 1:40 a.m. wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black sweat pants, dark sneakers with a white sole and sunglasses. After going over the counter, he fled with several cartons. Two days ago, he entered another store at 2:21 a.m. wearing a black hooded sweatshirt w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Accused Englewood sex offender molested other girl over several years, authorities charge Accused Englewood sex offender molested other girl over several years, authorities charge Accused Englewood sex offender molested other girl over several years, authorities charge
Accused Englewood sex offender molested other girl over several years, authorities charge ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: A man originally charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old Englewood girl last winter had been molesting another girl for nearly seven years, an indictment returned against him this week alleges. Investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit took Victor Brito Casimiro into custody on Dec. 16, charging him with sexually assaulting the 12-year-old over the previous two weeks. A judge ordered him held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail and required that he surrender his passport. Additional charges were brought following interviews …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Truck crosses double-yellow line, hits pole in Ridgewood after driver has medical emergency Truck crosses double-yellow line, hits pole in Ridgewood after driver has medical emergency Truck crosses double-yellow line, hits pole in Ridgewood after driver has medical emergency
Truck crosses double-yellow line, hits pole in Ridgewood after driver has medical emergency PHOTO: A driver who experienced a medical emergency last night lost control of his Dodge Durango, which crossed the double yellow line and rolled into a utility pole on the other side of the street. Responders to the intersection of Godwin and Ackerman avenues shortly after 10 p.m. included Ridgewood police and EMS and a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital, where the victim was taken. A plainclothes officer drove the Dodge Durango to the victim’s home. Neither the vehicle nor the pole sustained significant damage. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Washington Township rollover crash sends driver to hospital Washington Township rollover crash sends driver to hospital Washington Township rollover crash sends driver to hospital
Washington Township rollover crash sends driver to hospital PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving PHOTOS: A YOUNG driver was taken to HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley after a collision in Washington Township that flipped his station wagon this afternoon. Police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT the driver admitted speeding when his Subaru Forrester struck a parked Hyundai Sonata at Walnut Street and Lincoln Avenue just after 1:30 p.m. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow trucks. Firefighters and paramedics responded. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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