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
Grand jury returns assault charges against knife-wielding Ridgewood man disarmed by police Grand jury returns assault charges against knife-wielding Ridgewood man disarmed by police Grand jury returns assault charges against knife-wielding Ridgewood man disarmed by police
Grand jury returns assault charges against knife-wielding Ridgewood man disarmed by police ONLY ON CVP: A Ridgewood man who police said pulled a knife on them was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on two counts each of aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession, in addition to resisting arrest. Four Ridgewood police officers and a Glen Rock officer working as an EMT responded to the Chestnut Street home of James Brown last Nov. 18 on a call from a maintenance worker who was having a dispute with him. PHOTO (Boyd A. Loving / l to r): Glen Rock Police Chief Frederick Stahman, Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward, Ridgewood Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Ridgewood PD Sergeant Brian …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Mahwah man, 79, airlifted after stabbing himself in heart Mahwah man, 79, airlifted after stabbing himself in heart Mahwah man, 79, airlifted after stabbing himself in heart
Mahwah man, 79, airlifted after stabbing himself in heart YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 79-year-old Mahwah man suffering from dementia was airlifted to the trauma unit of Hackensack University Medical Center after stabbing himself in the heart with a steak knife before dawn this morning. Although the man was conscious and alert — and even joking with responders — paramedics were concerned that he could die when the knife was eventually removed. “It had gone in all the way up to the handle, two or three inches, right into the heart,” Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “They said his vitals weren’t good.” Police got the call at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood, Edgewater police get help from West Coast colleagues nabbing 2 in national shoplifting ring Maywood, Edgewater police get help from West Coast colleagues nabbing 2 in national shoplifting ring Maywood, Edgewater police get help from West Coast colleagues nabbing 2 in national shoplifting ring
Maywood, Edgewater police get help from West Coast colleagues nabbing 2 in national shoplifting ring YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Maywood police teamed up with their Los Angeles colleagues and Edgewater detectives to nab two people tied to a shoplifting ring that stretched from coast to coast. Maywood police had taken a report of the couple shoplifting $800 worth of fragrances from the Ulta store in the Bergen Towne Center last Tuesday when management at the Ulta branch in Edgewater reported what they believed to be a similar incident. Nicholas Salvador Rusel, Claudia Sepulveda (MUGSHOTS: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF) Edgewater police found Claudia Sepulveda, 30 (above, left), of Los Ange…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Extricated driver airlifted after SUV rear-ends tractor-trailer on northbound Route 287 in Mahwah Extricated driver airlifted after SUV rear-ends tractor-trailer on northbound Route 287 in Mahwah Extricated driver airlifted after SUV rear-ends tractor-trailer on northbound Route 287 in Mahwah
Extricated driver airlifted after SUV rear-ends tractor-trailer on northbound Route 287 in Mahwah UPDATE: A 49-year-old motorist extricated after he’d become become “heavily entrapped” inside a BMW SUV that rammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on northbound Route 287 was being airlifted to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Route 287 was closed in both directions as members of Mahwah Fire Department Rescue extricated the victim following the crash at mile marker 65 just before 12:30 p.m., Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Authorities had AirMed One out of Hackenack University Medical Center to come to the highway instead of the Sheraton Crossroads, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood birthday boy ignites kitchen fire trying to make YouTube video using gasoline, lighter fluid Maywood birthday boy ignites kitchen fire trying to make YouTube video using gasoline, lighter fluid Maywood birthday boy ignites kitchen fire trying to make YouTube video using gasoline, lighter fluid
Maywood birthday boy ignites kitchen fire trying to make YouTube video using gasoline, lighter fluid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Maywood resident ignited a small kitchen fire last night after using lighter fluid and gasoline on his birthday cake while trying to make a YouTube video, authorities said. The Lincoln Avenue homeowner was “visibly upset,” “very agitated” and trying to get firefighters to leave when police arrived just before 9:30 p.m. “Due to the fact that there was a light smoke condition emanating from the house, the homeowner was advised to calm down and let the Fire Department proceed with their investigation,” Police Chief David Pegg said this afternoon. “He then started ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack man indicted on murder, assault charges in roommate’s beating death Hackensack man indicted on murder, assault charges in roommate’s beating death Hackensack man indicted on murder, assault charges in roommate’s beating death
Hackensack man indicted on murder, assault charges in roommate’s beating death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack charges a 27-year-old city man with murdering his sometimes roommate after beating his girlfriend. Clayton L. Robinson also is charged in the indictment with leaving the beaten, cut up and semi-conscious Paul Calli in a closet of his First Street apartment on March 6 of last year and stealing his 2007 Volvo XC90. Calli, 41, died a week later. Family members called police after not hearing from him in more than a day. Let into the apartment by the building mangement company, they found him. Hours later, they a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Coyote kills sheep on Saddle River farm Coyote kills sheep on Saddle River farm Coyote kills sheep on Saddle River farm
Coyote kills sheep on Saddle River farm UPDATE: Saddle River police this afternoon confirmed a report that a coyote had killed a sheep overnight on a private farm.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Dunkin Donuts manager admits pocketing $31,000 from Fair Lawn, Midland Park shops Dunkin Donuts manager admits pocketing $31,000 from Fair Lawn, Midland Park shops Dunkin Donuts manager admits pocketing $31,000 from Fair Lawn, Midland Park shops
Dunkin Donuts manager admits pocketing $31,000 from Fair Lawn, Midland Park shops YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A manager was released without bail on theft charges after admitting that he swiped $31,000 from Dunkin Donuts shops in Fair Lawn and Midland Park, authorities said. Dunkin Donuts representatives reported $19,000 taken from the Fair Lawn store and $12,000 in Midland Park, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. Fair Lawn Detective Jeff Welsh teamed up with Midland Park Detective Sgt. John Gibbons to arrest Javier Gonzalez-Valerio, 32, of Suffern, who “admitted to the thefts during questioning,” Metzler said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Child endangerment charges returned against Englewood relative of slain woman, girl Child endangerment charges returned against Englewood relative of slain woman, girl Child endangerment charges returned against Englewood relative of slain woman, girl
Child endangerment charges returned against Englewood relative of slain woman, girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood woman whose aunt and 5-year-old cousin were slain in their apartment two years ago was indicted on child neglect and drug possession charges. Aleeshia M. Frazier, 20 (above, left), had her 3-month-old daughter with her when Hackensack police said they found her carrying 19 bags of crack during a shoplifting arrest at the Bloomingdales in Riverside Square Mall on Jan. 14. Frazier has remained free since posting $25,000 bail two days after she and alleged accomplice Malaika Ross, 19, also of Englewood, were taken into custody that day. A family friend …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Former Georgia corrections officer, inmate indicted in Bergen jury duty scam Former Georgia corrections officer, inmate indicted in Bergen jury duty scam Former Georgia corrections officer, inmate indicted in Bergen jury duty scam
Former Georgia corrections officer, inmate indicted in Bergen jury duty scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A now-former Georgia state corrections officer and prison inmate who authorities said ran a jury duty scam victimized two different Hackensack residents, a grand jury indictment alleges. Clarinda Carter, 27, has remained held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail since waiving extradition last May 16. The inmate, 28-year-old Covian Jamarrith Camp, has been held on $150,000 bail since being transferred there last November from Autry State Prison in the southern Georgia town of Pelham. An indictment returned last week says that they “did purposely and unlawful…

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