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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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Mahwah driver, 67, gets summonses after Mercedes plunges into Westwood utility trench Mahwah driver, 67, gets summonses after Mercedes plunges into Westwood utility trench Mahwah driver, 67, gets summonses after Mercedes plunges into Westwood utility trench
Mahwah driver, 67, gets summonses after Mercedes plunges into Westwood utility trench PHOTOS: TOP Courtesy Bergen Brookside Auto Body & TowingABOVE: CVP CVP EXCLUSIVE: A 67-year-old Mahwah man was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood as a precaution after he drove his Mercedes sedan around barricades and into a utility trench inches from a gas main in Westwood this afternoon. Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino said his officers issued summonses for careless driving and driving on a closed road. Hillsdale police issued him a summons for skirting the barricades following the mishap outside the KMart Plaza on Broadway at the border of both towns. A PSE&G cre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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SWAT team, ESU hits Garfield address in search for driver in Passaic shooting SWAT team, ESU hits Garfield address in search for driver in Passaic shooting SWAT team, ESU hits Garfield address in search for driver in Passaic shooting
SWAT team, ESU hits Garfield address in search for driver in Passaic shooting UPDATE: Tactical officers flooded a Garfield neighborhood this afternoon and area schools were placed on lock down as authorities searched for a man wanted in a drive-by shooting in Passaic. Around the same time, detectives responded to a Maitland Place home on a burglary call. Authorities in Passaic made one arrest yesterday in yesterday morning’s shooting of a 19-year-old man on Third Street and had a warrant for a man believed to be the driver. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team joined the Garfield Emergency Services Unit, other city officers and NJ Transit police in searching for hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Garfield police take 2 into custody after stabbing over woman Garfield police take 2 into custody after stabbing over woman Garfield police take 2 into custody after stabbing over woman
Garfield police take 2 into custody after stabbing over woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fight in a Garfield supermarket over a female left one man stabbed in the back and another in jail on $100,000 bail and a 17-year-old boy in the county detention facility. The combatants headed outside after the fight broke out just before midnight Sunday at the new Wawa on Jewell Street, Capt. Raymond S. Kovach said this morning. There, a 20-year-old man was stabbed just under the shoulder blade, he said. Those involved fled in vehicles, Kovach said. The woman wasn’t present when the incident occurred, he said. Garfield police notified surrounding towns an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights driver, 85, killed in head-on Hackensack crash Hasbrouck Heights driver, 85, killed in head-on Hackensack crash Hasbrouck Heights driver, 85, killed in head-on Hackensack crash
Hasbrouck Heights driver, 85, killed in head-on Hackensack crash UPDATE: An 85-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man was pronounced dead at the scene after his car veered into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into a truck in Hackensack late this morning. The area on and around South Summit Avenue was cordoned off as the wreckage was cleared and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Investigation Unit did it works, Hackensack Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The driver was headed northbound on South Summit in a black Ford Focus when the crash occurred. The 27-year-old Sanitary Linen Supply truck driver wasn’t injured, Lloyd said. CLIFFVI…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Bergen County officer finds Pennsylvania couple with $30G in hidden car compartment Bergen County officer finds Pennsylvania couple with $30G in hidden car compartment Bergen County officer finds Pennsylvania couple with $30G in hidden car compartment
Bergen County officer finds Pennsylvania couple with $30G in hidden car compartment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Police Services seized a small amount of marijuana and $30,000 that they said was hidden in a secret dashboad compartmetn after stopping a Pennsylvania couple on Route 46 in Ridgefield Park. An officer stopped their car for speeding and tailgating on the eastbound highway at 2:10 p.m. Friday, the sheriff’s Anthony Cureton said this morning. “After detecting an order suspected to be marijuana, the officer obtained consent to search the vehicle and while searching discovered over $30,000 in cash in a high-tech hidden c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees charged with cashing in on no-show jobs North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees charged with cashing in on no-show jobs North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees charged with cashing in on no-show jobs
North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees charged with cashing in on no-show jobs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two North Bergen Department of Parks and Recreation employees — one of them an assistant high school football coach — submitted bogus timesheets to collect pay for no-show work, state authorities said today. Detectives watching him found Abraham Garcia, 56, of North Bergen (above, left), putting in for more than 130 hours of no-show work and Walter Somick, 46, of Wayne  (above, right), receiving pay for 110 hours he didn’t work, acting state Attorney General John J. Hoffman said this morning. Both were issued court summonses last night charging them with theft and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Generosity of friends, strangers makes tree, bench in memory of Glen Rock Police Officer Michael O’Shea possible Generosity of friends, strangers makes tree, bench in memory of Glen Rock Police Officer Michael O’Shea possible Generosity of friends, strangers makes tree, bench in memory of Glen Rock Police Officer Michael O’Shea possible
Generosity of friends, strangers makes tree, bench in memory of Glen Rock Police Officer Michael O’Shea possible HOW YOU CAN HELP: It’s a measure of the late Glen Rock Police Officer Michael O’Shea’s popularity and love by many for his family that it took less than two days to raise $6,500 — and then some — for a tree and bench in his honor. As of Tuesday morning, the campaign was $1,215 short of the goal. By 6 p.m., it exceeded $7,000 — $500 more. By Wednesday morning, it was $8,625 and climbing — to nearly $9,000 less than 24 hours later. When they learned of the opportunity as part of a landscape renovation at High Mountain Presbyterian Church in Franklin Lakes, children Jack, Carly and Colin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park police find armor-piercing bullets, coke, $30G cash, arrest 2 in Route 46 traffic stop Ridgefield Park police find armor-piercing bullets, coke, $30G cash, arrest 2 in Route 46 traffic stop Ridgefield Park police find armor-piercing bullets, coke, $30G cash, arrest 2 in Route 46 traffic stop
Ridgefield Park police find armor-piercing bullets, coke, $30G cash, arrest 2 in Route 46 traffic stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield Park police seized several rounds of armor-piercing bullets, more than a dozen ounces of cocaine and $30,000 cash while arresting two men after a Route 46 traffic stop. Officer Brad Gilmore stopped a 2007 Saturn on eastbound Route 46 at 1:45 a.m. yesterday after the driver changed lanes several times without signaling and tailgated other motorists, Capt. Daniel Hippe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. As he approached the vehicle, Gilmore “spotted several air fresheners on the floor, as well as others sticking out of the seams of the floor edges,” Hippe …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn police continue popular ‘Coffee With a Cop’ Fair Lawn police continue popular ‘Coffee With a Cop’ Fair Lawn police continue popular ‘Coffee With a Cop’
Fair Lawn police continue popular ‘Coffee With a Cop’ SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn police are continuing their extremely popular “Coffee With a Cop” series on Tues., May 19. The department encourages citizens to come and discuss community issues, build relationships – and drink free coffee — from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Gotham City Diner, 39-10 Broadway. Part of a massive effort by local police nationwide, Coffee With A Cop “provides a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions and learn more about the department’s work in Fair Lawn’s neighborhoods,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said. “The majority of contacts law enforcement has with t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Armed, dangerous fugitive sought in Englewood jewelry store robbery, sewer chase Armed, dangerous fugitive sought in Englewood jewelry store robbery, sewer chase Armed, dangerous fugitive sought in Englewood jewelry store robbery, sewer chase
Armed, dangerous fugitive sought in Englewood jewelry store robbery, sewer chase ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: Englewood police continued to collect evidence today while obtaining an arrest warrant for a 24-year-old ex-con who they said fled through a sewer system after smashing his way out of jewelry store following a robbery Saturday. City police joined the store owner and a good Samaritan in chasing Barris G. Simpson, 24, to the underground spillway, where he vanished, authorities said. Simpson, charged in a warrant with first-degree robbery, cut himself smashing through the front door after the owner automatically locked it, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW …

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