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
Breaking News
5 hospitalized after school bus crosses into oncoming traffic, hits passenger bus 5 hospitalized after school bus crosses into oncoming traffic, hits passenger bus 5 hospitalized after school bus crosses into oncoming traffic, hits passenger bus
5 hospitalized after school bus crosses into oncoming traffic, hits passenger bus ABOVE: CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two teens and three adults were hospitalized after a school bus crossed a double-yellow line in Paramus and collided with an NJ Transit bus, sending it into a utility pole, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The No. 168 NJT bus driver and a passenger were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the 5:50 p.m. crash on East Ridgewood Avenue in front of the Bergen County Bureau of Police Services building near Pascack Road, authorities said. One teen from the Bergen County Special Transportation Bus was taken to HUMC and…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Lodi undercover detectives charge local woman with prostitution, heroin possession in sting Lodi undercover detectives charge local woman with prostitution, heroin possession in sting Lodi undercover detectives charge local woman with prostitution, heroin possession in sting
Lodi undercover detectives charge local woman with prostitution, heroin possession in sting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 27-year-old Lodi woman was charged with busted on prostitution and drug charges after undercover detectives answered her Backpage.com ad and were offered a half-hour’s sex for $80, borough police said. Kristi Villano — who called herself “Vanessa” had carrying 25 glassine envelopes of heroin stamped “KO,” as well as several hypodermic syringes and crack pipes, when the undercover went to her Route 46 apartment earlier today, Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said. The Lodi High School graduate was being held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Knife-wielding Hackensack probationer shot by police dies Knife-wielding Hackensack probationer shot by police dies Knife-wielding Hackensack probationer shot by police dies
Knife-wielding Hackensack probationer shot by police dies Elvin Diaz (PHOTOS submitted by family friend) TOP: Photo by CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Chris Denton MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF CVP EXCLUSIVE: An ex-con with a lengthy criminal history who was shot and killed after authorities said he charged at Hackensack police officers with a knife this afternoon in an apparent suicide-by-cop once set fire to his car in an attempt to kill himself — and was the cousin of a city officer who responded to today’s incident, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Elvin Jesus Diaz, 24, was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center just be…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Passenger steers livery cab off Turnpike after driver has heart attack Passenger steers livery cab off Turnpike after driver has heart attack Passenger steers livery cab off Turnpike after driver has heart attack
Passenger steers livery cab off Turnpike after driver has heart attack BEYOND BERGEN: A passenger reached over and streered a livery cab into sand barrels outside the Holland Tunnel after the driver suffered what proved to be a fatal heart attack, Port Authority police said. The 2004 Lincoln Continental was headed onto the southbound New Jersey Turnpike ramp just after 7:30 last night when the 47-year-old driver from Lincoln Park went into cardiac arrest, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “His passenger saw his head snap back as the car drifted out of control,” Pentangelo said. “[H]e then reached over the unconscious driv…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes businessman jailed for $450,000 in unpaid child support after arrest at AC casino Franklin Lakes businessman jailed for $450,000 in unpaid child support after arrest at AC casino Franklin Lakes businessman jailed for $450,000 in unpaid child support after arrest at AC casino
Franklin Lakes businessman jailed for $450,000 in unpaid child support after arrest at AC casino EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A day trader from Franklin Lakes was taken into custody at the Borgata in Atlantic City yesterday on a warrant charging him with owing $450,000 in child support. Frank Michael Cerisano, 46, remained held in the Bergen County Jail this morning pending a court hearing. The New Jersey State Police Casino Unit took Cerisano into custody before turning him over to Bergen County sheriff’s officers. He was carrying $9,527, they told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. According to the New York Post, Cerisano recently lost $22.7 million in futures trading on an error by a discount brokerage fi…

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Hackensack, NJ
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DEA pair operated South Hackensack strip club on the QT, authorities charge DEA pair operated South Hackensack strip club on the QT, authorities charge DEA pair operated South Hackensack strip club on the QT, authorities charge
DEA pair operated South Hackensack strip club on the QT, authorities charge A former high-ranking DEA agent from Rockland and an agency IT specialist from Lyndhurst lied on national clearance security forms about owning and operating a South Hackensack strip club that employed illegal immigrants from Brazil and Russia as dancers, federal authorities have charged. Twins Plus Go-Go Lounge has been cited for lewdness several times by state investigators — and was the site of a wild January 2014 brawl in which two men were deliberately hit by a car, another was stabbed and a fourth was bashed in the head with a hammer (file photo, above). Retiree David Polos — who wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Wallington man busted on heroin, Oxy charges after undercover deals Wallington man busted on heroin, Oxy charges after undercover deals Wallington man busted on heroin, Oxy charges after undercover deals
Wallington man busted on heroin, Oxy charges after undercover deals YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A series of undercover heroin deals in two counties led to the arrest of a Wallington man, authorities said. Tomasz Magdziak, 35, was being held on $30,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, chaged with two counts of distributing heroin and one of possessing Oxycodone with the intent to sell it. Members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force team up with Wallington, Garfield and Clifton police in the investigation, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Detectives bought heroin from Magdziak “on multiple occasions in Wallington and Passaic,…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saudino, Tedesco announce purchase of body cameras Saudino, Tedesco announce purchase of body cameras Saudino, Tedesco announce purchase of body cameras
Saudino, Tedesco announce purchase of body cameras YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino this afternoon said he is obtaining body cameras for all of his department’s on-the-road officers without costing taxpayers. “We are taking advantage of new technology to improve safety,” Saudino said during a news conference in Hackensack. Working with Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, the sheriff said he will buy 47 cameras with $70,000 in forfeiture funds and federal grant money for a pilot program. Under law, all new police cars must have dashboard or body cameras of both, Saudino said. He noted that his department —…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Fort Lee police chase down repeat offender in swiped car Fort Lee police chase down repeat offender in swiped car Fort Lee police chase down repeat offender in swiped car
Fort Lee police chase down repeat offender in swiped car ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A convicted Paterson heroin user with a criminal history in two counties tried outracing Fort Lee police to Route 95 in a sedan taken without the owner’s consent before eventually surrendering. Ashley Lorraine Homcy, 23, was wanted by North Haledon authorities when Officer Andres Kim tried to stop her for running a red light on Fletcher Avenue at Kelby Street, Police Chief Keith Bendul said. The 2010 maroon Kia Forte “continued at a high rate of speed” to southbound Route 95 before Homcy eventually pulled over near mile marker 121, hesaid. Backups arrived and she was …

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia sergeant grabs Palisades Park ex-con in middle of heroin deal Leonia sergeant grabs Palisades Park ex-con in middle of heroin deal Leonia sergeant grabs Palisades Park ex-con in middle of heroin deal
Leonia sergeant grabs Palisades Park ex-con in middle of heroin deal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An alert Leonia police sergeant interruped a heroin deal and nabbed a Palisades Park ex-con with a history of arrests and convictions in New Jersey and California. Sgt. Robert Kennedy had just backed up another officer on a DWI arrest around 8 o’clock last night when he spotted a car with a broken taillight pull up in front of a house on Oakdene Avenue. Two occupants were acting suspiciously, so Kennedy followed and stopped the car at Lawn Street, Detective Sgt. Chris Garris told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Kennedy immediately recognized the passenger, 46-yea…

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