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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Paralegal from Harrington Park could be freed after 9 months for child porn trafficking Paralegal from Harrington Park could be freed after 9 months for child porn trafficking Paralegal from Harrington Park could be freed after 9 months for child porn trafficking
Paralegal from Harrington Park could be freed after 9 months for child porn trafficking ONLY ON CVP: A Harrington Park paralegal for a New York City law firm is facing from three to five years in state prison after admitting he downloaded and shared an online child porn image. Anthony Zito, 33, will be eligible for parole after nine months for the lesser sentence and 15 months on the higher one, however. Zito told a judge in Hackensack yesterday that believed the girl having intercourse with a man in the photo was under 16 and that he knew it was illegal to transmit such an image. As part of his sentence, Zito will have to register his address annually with authorities und…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Lodi teacher ‘absolutely won’t’ take plea deal in crash that severely injured Bergen police officer, lawyer says Lodi teacher ‘absolutely won’t’ take plea deal in crash that severely injured Bergen police officer, lawyer says Lodi teacher ‘absolutely won’t’ take plea deal in crash that severely injured Bergen police officer, lawyer says
Lodi teacher ‘absolutely won’t’ take plea deal in crash that severely injured Bergen police officer, lawyer says CVP EXCLUSIVE: A math teacher whose car slammed into a police cruiser, critically injuring Bergen County Police Officer Daniel Breslin on Route 46 in Lodi a year ago yesterday, “absolutely won’t” take a plea deal and insists on going to trial, his lawyer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT today. “You can count on it — big headline,” defense attorney Brian Neary said. “I’m ready to defend the case.” Asked on what basis, Neary declined to elaborate. Defense attorney Brian Neary (STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) The trial could begin this fall if defendant Michael Et…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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Lodi officer climbs through window of smashed police cruiser to nab driver in DWI crash Lodi officer climbs through window of smashed police cruiser to nab driver in DWI crash Lodi officer climbs through window of smashed police cruiser to nab driver in DWI crash
Lodi officer climbs through window of smashed police cruiser to nab driver in DWI crash MUGSHOT / PHOTO: Courtesy LODI PD YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi police officer had to climb through the driver’s side window to arrest a drunken Jersey City man who crashed his car into her police cruiser, authorities said. Officer Nora Berrio was headed west on Garibaldi Avenue near the intersection of Man Street just after 7 a.m. yesterday. Napole Pena, 23, was headed in the same direction when his 2010 Dodge minivan hit the left rear corner of the cruiser and sideswiped its left rear corner panel and rear wheel before both vehicles stopped with his blocking Berrio’s door, Detective…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Task force grabs two with 500 bags of heroin outside Fair Lawn Dunkin’ Donuts Task force grabs two with 500 bags of heroin outside Fair Lawn Dunkin’ Donuts Task force grabs two with 500 bags of heroin outside Fair Lawn Dunkin’ Donuts
Task force grabs two with 500 bags of heroin outside Fair Lawn Dunkin’ Donuts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Paterson men were due in court this afternoon after authorities said they busted them with more than 500 bags of heroin during a drug deal outside a Fair Lawn Dunkin’ Donuts. Members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force were watching Thursday after being tipped off to the deal outside the River Road shop, then arrested Rayshon Forman, 33, and Matthew Peoples, 38, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. They also seized more than 500 bags of heroin, worth about $2,000 on the street and stamped “CIROC,” “REMY MARTIN” and “MA…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood police to debut medication disposal box Maywood police to debut medication disposal box Maywood police to debut medication disposal box
Maywood police to debut medication disposal box PUBLIC SAFETY: Maywood police have become the latest law enforcement to add a round-the-clock medication disposal box. The collection unit provided through the CVS Medication Disposal for Safer Communities Program will officially be unveiled at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 2, in the lobby of the department at the Municipal Building on Pak Avenue. It will be available to anyone — not just Maywood residents — “24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Police Sgt. Mary Tutschek said. And it’s all about anonymity. No questions are asked — and police suggest you remove any labels that contain personal inf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Elmwood Park police charge Wallington man, 19, caught with girl, 16, heroin with child endangerment Elmwood Park police charge Wallington man, 19, caught with girl, 16, heroin with child endangerment Elmwood Park police charge Wallington man, 19, caught with girl, 16, heroin with child endangerment
Elmwood Park police charge Wallington man, 19, caught with girl, 16, heroin with child endangerment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Wallington man whom Elmwood Park police said had a 16-year-old Lodi girl in his car when he was caught with heroin last night was charged with child endangerment and drug possession. Grzegorz Kociubinski, 19 was also carrying a small amount of marijuana when he and the girl were taken into custody at 5 p.m. on Stone Avenue, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Police also signed a juvenile complaint against the girl, who was released to an adult relative, the chief said. Both she and Kocubinski were released pending court hearings. In other incident…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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TONIGHT: Presentation for parents on dangers and pitfalls of Internet to be held in River Vale TONIGHT: Presentation for parents on dangers and pitfalls of Internet to be held in River Vale TONIGHT: Presentation for parents on dangers and pitfalls of Internet to be held in River Vale
Tonight: Presentation for parents on dangers and pitfalls of Internet to be held in River Vale PUBLIC SAFETY: Children will be banned from tonight’s presentation by River Vale and Hillsdale police, in conjunction with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit, that will focus on online safety. “Digital Dangers: An Online Awareness Seminar for Parents” is billed as “a comprehensive examination of today’s Internet and the dangers that lurk [there].” The free event is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Holdrum Middle School (393 Rivervale Road, River Vale) and is open to all parents. Through education and outreach to the community, the Computer Crimes Unit “hopes to raise …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Illegal Portugese alien caught with metal pipes, pot tells Washington Township police he used other’s Social Security number for tax purposes Illegal Portugese alien caught with metal pipes, pot tells Washington Township police he used other’s Social Security number for tax purposes Illegal Portugese alien caught with metal pipes, pot tells Washington Township police he used other’s Social Security number for tax purposes
Illegal Portugese alien caught with metal pipes, pot tells Washington Township police he used other’s Social Security number for tax purposes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An illegal alien from Portugal who told Washington Township police that he was carrying two metal pipes in his car as protection in Newark used another man’s Social Security number for income tax purposes, authorities said. Later identified as Carlos Emanuel Martinho, the 29-year-old man was driving with a crack across his entire windshield, a large item hanging from his reariew mirror and a third brake light out when he was stopped Friday morning by Officer Travis Cangialosi, Officer Heather Castronova told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Asked for his driver’s li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Woman, 44, jumps to death from GWB Woman, 44, jumps to death from GWB Woman, 44, jumps to death from GWB
Woman, 44, jumps to death from GWB UPDATE: A 44-year-old Westchester woman jumped to her death from the George Washington Bridge this morning. Witnesses said the woman jumped from the north walkway near the New York tower around 7 a.m., the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. An NYPD Harbor Unit boat recovered her body about a half-hour later and broght it to the 125th Street pier in Manhattan. Her car was recovered at Fort Lee Historic Park. It was the fourth suicide at the GWB this year, Pentangelo said. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO: Maria Rodriguez

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Driver cited for ignoring warning gates in crash at dangerous Elmwood Park railroad crossing Driver cited for ignoring warning gates in crash at dangerous Elmwood Park railroad crossing Driver cited for ignoring warning gates in crash at dangerous Elmwood Park railroad crossing
Driver cited for ignoring warning gates in crash at dangerous Elmwood Park railroad crossing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A BMW was struck by an NJ Transit commuter train overnight after the driver passed downed warning gates at a railroad crossing in Elmwood Park that authorities have labeled one of the most dangerous in the U.S. Randa Sayegh, 55, of Yonkers and her passenger were taken to the hospital after complaining of back and neck injuries in the crash just after 1 a.m. at the Midland Avenue crossing, responders said. No other injuries were reported, NJT’s Nancy Snyder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. NJ Transit police issued Sayegh a summons for disregarding a downed warmi…

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