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
Male drivers 18 to 34, back seat passengers targets of ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign Male drivers 18 to 34, back seat passengers targets of ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign Male drivers 18 to 34, back seat passengers targets of ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign
Male drivers 18 to 34, back seat passengers targets of ‘Click It or Ticket’ campaign PUBLIC SAFETY: Heads up male drivers 18 to 34 years old — and back-seat passengers, too: Another “Click It or Ticket” campaign returns Monday, May 18. That includes passengers as well as drivers, with a particular emphasis on younger men, which research shows are less likely to wear seat belts. This year’s two-week nationwide campaign will also focus on rear-seat passengers and will include more nighttime enforcement, when police say seat belt usage is traditionally lower. Not coincidentally, the number of unbuckled people who die at night is higher than in the daytime, statistics show.…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Accused serial bank robber nabbed, due in federal court Accused serial bank robber nabbed, due in federal court Accused serial bank robber nabbed, due in federal court
Accused serial bank robber nabbed, due in federal court BEYOND BERGEN (UPDATE): A man connected by the FBI to eight New Jersey bank robberies was due in federal court in Newark today after being arrested by Linden police following an attempted holdup on Wednesday. Marlon Peek, 39, of Plainfield was the subject of a publicized manhunt in connection with eight bank robberies in a little over three weeks: March 17 – TD Bank, 2064 Oak Tree Road, Edison; March 31 – Magyar Bank, 1167 Inman Ave., Edison; April 9 – Investor’s Bank, 205 North Washington Ave., Dunellen; April 14 – Wells Fargo Bank, 905 Oak Tree Road in South Plainfield; April 15 – Unity…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee to Paramus police chase after Englewood burglaries leads to 12-count indictment against Teaneck pair Fort Lee to Paramus police chase after Englewood burglaries leads to 12-count indictment against Teaneck pair Fort Lee to Paramus police chase after Englewood burglaries leads to 12-count indictment against Teaneck pair
Fort Lee to Paramus police chase after Englewood burglaries leads to 12-count indictment against Teaneck pair ONLY ON CVP: A police chase that began with a pair of Englewood burglaries and ended in a crash and arrest on Route 17 in Paramus produced a 12-count indictment against two Teaneck men. Rameesh Dula and Marquis Holloman are each charged with burglary and theft in the Aug. 18 break-ins at Reverse Mortgate Solutions on Cross Street and the Wells Fargo Bank branch on Levinsohn Place. Both are also charged with fleeing responding officers who at first stopped their blue Volvo XC90 a short distance away. Rameesh Dula (MUGSHOT: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD PD) Dula, 30, jumped from the SUV while it w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pennsylvania pair indicted for pound of synthetic pot in South Hackensack stop Pennsylvania pair indicted for pound of synthetic pot in South Hackensack stop Pennsylvania pair indicted for pound of synthetic pot in South Hackensack stop
Pennsylvania pair indicted for pound of synthetic pot in South Hackensack stop UPDATE (ONLY ON CVP): Two Pennsylvania men are named in an indictment that charges them with having a pound of synthetic marijuana for sale when they were stopped by South Hackensack police on their way back home. Officers Brian Kropp and Stephen Knatz discovered the drug after stopping Thomas Space, 24, of Plymouth (above, right), and 30-year-old Joseph Scibek of Luzerne (above, left) on westbound Route 80 the night of Jan. 24, police said after the arrests. After buying it for a dollar a gram — a little over $450 — the duo apparently intended on selling it back home for six times that m…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PBA clothing drive for Special Olympics NJ this Saturday Mahwah PBA clothing drive for Special Olympics NJ this Saturday Mahwah PBA clothing drive for Special Olympics NJ this Saturday
Mahwah PBA clothing drive for Special Olympics NJ this Saturday SHOUT OUT: Mahwah PBA Local #143 is hosting a clothing drive this Saturday to support Special Olympics New Jersey — from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at police headquarters. “We will be accepting clothing, shoes, and sneakers in any condition,” the union said. “New and gently used clothing will be redistributed and older items will be recycled.” INFO: Mahwah Police fficer Timothy Letavish ([email protected])

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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NJ anti-dog fighting measure advancing in Trenton NJ anti-dog fighting measure advancing in Trenton NJ anti-dog fighting measure advancing in Trenton
NJ anti-dog fighting measure advancing in Trenton SHOUT OUT: The NJ Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced a measure that would make dog fighting and leading dog fighting networks criminal offenses. “Today, I had the opportunity to meet some of New Jersey’s brave and gentle survivors of dog fighting rings,” said the bill’s primary sponsor, Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (R-Union, Somerset, Morris). “Such atrocities as those suffered by these innocent animals cannot go unpunished. “We must expand our crackdown on this barbaric underground business by holding the leaders of these deadly rings accountable for their actions.” The bil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Bergenfield detectives charge Fairview woman, 22, with stealing bakery tip jar with $180 VIDEO: Bergenfield detectives charge Fairview woman, 22, with stealing bakery tip jar with $180 VIDEO: Bergenfield detectives charge Fairview woman, 22, with stealing bakery tip jar with $180
Video: Bergenfield detectives charge Fairview woman, 22, with stealing bakery tip jar with $180 YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield police today charged a 22-year-old heroin addict from Fairview with snatching a tip jar containing $180 from a local bakery — in a theft caught on surveillance video and published on CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Danielle Reveron was released on a court summons charging her with theft following an investigation by Detective Kevin Doheny into the April 25 theft at La Placita Bakery and Cafe on North Washington Avenue. The parent of a CLIFFVIEW PILOT reader from Dumont said he called police to identify Reveron, who has a history of drug arrests, after seeing the images…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police rescue driver after van rolls, catches fire Mahwah police rescue driver after van rolls, catches fire Mahwah police rescue driver after van rolls, catches fire
Mahwah police rescue driver after van rolls, catches fire PHOTO: Vittoria Cosentino Valentin YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Mahwah police officers rescued a 55-year-old Paterson man after his van rolled and caught fire when he swerved to avoid a sedan whose driver pulled out of a northbound Route 17 Valero gas station and cut across three lanes of traffic this morning, authorities said. “A fire started in the engine compartment of the vehicle and the driver was initially trapped,” Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after the 9:40 a.m. crash. “But he was removed by Officers Kevin Tielemans and Richard Albro. “The fire was extinguishe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly brothers named in 13-count indictment for pot, pills, cocaine, cash Tenafly brothers named in 13-count indictment for pot, pills, cocaine, cash Tenafly brothers named in 13-count indictment for pot, pills, cocaine, cash
Tenafly brothers named in 13-count indictment for pot, pills, cocaine, cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Tenafly brothers were named in a 13-count indictment charging them with having 3½ pounds of marijuana, four ounces of cocaine, 40 prescription pills and $15,820 in illegal proceeds. Four departments led by Tenafly police concluded a several-month investigation last November by arresting Keith Santoli — who they said was carrying more than an ounce of cocaine — and Jacob Santoli, who they said was about to drive off from his home with an extra-large duffel bag filled with six backpacks, each containing drugs ranging from pot to pills to cocaine, along with drug pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township officer involved in fatal Turnpike crash has exemplary record, awards, commendations Washington Township officer involved in fatal Turnpike crash has exemplary record, awards, commendations Washington Township officer involved in fatal Turnpike crash has exemplary record, awards, commendations
Washington Township officer involved in fatal Turnpike crash has exemplary record, awards, commendations UPDATE: Washington Township Sgt. Arsenio Pecora was returning home from Fort Dix after attending night time/low light training for the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Team when his township cruiser struck two people who were walking in the traffic lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike, local police said tonight. “A. J.” Pecora, a 20-year veteran of the township police department, was appointed in August 1995. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal in 2000 and then to the rank of Sergeant in 2014. He served as the Firearms Range Master, Firearms Investigator, Active Shooter Instructor, Field …

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