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
One of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ gets 5 years in secure state sex offender facility for raping Lodi girl One of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ gets 5 years in secure state sex offender facility for raping Lodi girl One of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ gets 5 years in secure state sex offender facility for raping Lodi girl
One of ‘Bergen’s Most Wanted’ gets 5 years in secure state sex offender facility for raping Lodi girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former high school security guard at a private Paramus high school who admitted sexually assaulting a Lodi girl and then fleeing the country seven years ago was sentenced in Hackensack this morning to five years in a secure state facility for sex offenders. Defense attorney Frank Lucianna, Homer Bishop (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Homer Bishop, 41, must serve five years of probation, and remain on Megan’s Law registration and parole supervision for life following his release from the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Cent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Gun-carrying NY man threatens Wyckoff business owner over debt, police charge Gun-carrying NY man threatens Wyckoff business owner over debt, police charge Gun-carrying NY man threatens Wyckoff business owner over debt, police charge
Gun-carrying NY man threatens Wyckoff business owner over debt, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New York State man was carrying a loaded gun and the names of a Wyckoff storeowner’s wife, children, parents, sister — even his dog — when he threatened him for an alleged debt, authorities said this morning. Christopher J. Batis, 42, of Stormville, NY was driven to the West Main Street business by his father yesterday “in an attempt to collect an alleged debt that was owed to someone else,” Police Chief Benjamin Fox said.. Batis was waiting for the owner and demanded $7,000 when he showed up for work at 7 a.m., the chief said. The owner refused, Fox said, and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Detectives nab Englewood man on bicycle on drug, gun charges Detectives nab Englewood man on bicycle on drug, gun charges Detectives nab Englewood man on bicycle on drug, gun charges
Detectives nab Englewood man on bicycle on drug, gun charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood man who authorities said was caught after trying to elude detectives on his bicycle had an ounce of pot, six dozen Xanax, a baker’s dozen of MDMA capsule, an illegal handgun and $1,670 cash in his house, authorities said this morning. Keith Harrison, 25, was carrying two ounces of marijuana when members of the Bergen County Narcotic Task Force and Englewood police chased him down on Wednesday, county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. They then searched his one-family Second Street home, the prosecutor said. Task force detectives targeted Harrison af…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park PD: Woman, Male Trio Had 250 Bags Of Heroin, $1,000 Cash Elmwood Park PD: Woman, Male Trio Had 250 Bags Of Heroin, $1,000 Cash Elmwood Park PD: Woman, Male Trio Had 250 Bags Of Heroin, $1,000 Cash
Elmwood Park PD: Woman, Male Trio Had 250 Bags Of Heroin, $1,000 Cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A quartet that included a 55-year-old Hackensack woman and an Englewood man who owed nearly $56,000 in child support was busted by Elmwood Park police with 250 bags of heroin for sale and $1,000 in proceeds last night, authorities said. Officers stopped Teresa Cirillo along with three men — Barry Clark, 44, of Englewood, Steven Cordes, 32, of Easton, PA, and 38-year-old Raymond Murtz of Bethlehem, PA on East 55th Street at 11:30 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. All were charged with heroin possession with the intent to distribut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah motorcyclist thrown, killed in Wyckoff crash Mahwah motorcyclist thrown, killed in Wyckoff crash Mahwah motorcyclist thrown, killed in Wyckoff crash
Mahwah motorcyclist thrown, killed in Wyckoff crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 42-year-old Mahwah woman was killed in a motor vehicle crash in Wyckoff tonight. Georgena N. Marballie-Messaros was driving her Harley Davidson motorcycle on West Main Street when it left the roadway and struck the curb, sending her flying into a utility pole, around 7:15 p.m., Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, Fox said. “There were no other vehicles involved and no known witnesses,” he said. The chief asked that anyone who might have seen somet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale couple charged in 15 shopliftings, mostly booze, worth $3,345 Allendale couple charged in 15 shopliftings, mostly booze, worth $3,345 Allendale couple charged in 15 shopliftings, mostly booze, worth $3,345
Allendale couple charged in 15 shopliftings, mostly booze, worth $3,345 ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: They weren’t your average supermarket shoplifters, said Allendale police who today charged a borough couple with 15 separate thefts — mostly of alcohol — totaling $3,345 worth of merchandise. Detectives investigating a six-week, late-night string of thefts that began March 4 conferred with loss prevention officers at the store and identified Michael Basile, 26, and 21-year-old Laura Probst as suspects, Police Chief George Scherb told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Investigators set up surveillance and nabbed the pair in the act overnight today, Scherb said. Both were…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities turn to public in shooting death of South Hackensack store owner Authorities turn to public in shooting death of South Hackensack store owner Authorities turn to public in shooting death of South Hackensack store owner
Authorities turn to public in shooting death of South Hackensack store owner UPDATE: Authorities turned to the public this afternoon for help in finding whoever killed a South Hackensack store owner from Rockland County who was found shot six times in the head at his Route 46 shop over the weekend. Richard Zarriello of Chestnut Ridge in Ramapo was found “lying in a pool of blood inside” his Clean Sweep Chimney Depot early Sunday night after South Hackensack police were asked to conduct a welfare check on him, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. (This corrects a media report elsewhere that said he was found behind the business.) He’d b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Narcan save the first for Hillsdale police Narcan save the first for Hillsdale police Narcan save the first for Hillsdale police
Narcan save the first for Hillsdale police SHOUT OUT: Hillsdale police secured their first Narcan save last night when they revived a 19-year-old woman overdosing on heroin. Sgt. John Carty and Officers Ryan Norton and Mike Camporeale responded around 10 p.m. and turned the victim over to the Hillsdale Ambulance Corps. after reviving her, Police Chief Robert Francaviglia said this afternoon. She was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, he said. “Thanks to the officers training they were quickly able to identify this as an overdose and were able to administer the Narcan, saving this resident’s life,” the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie detectives charge Lodi man in garage burglary Moonachie detectives charge Lodi man in garage burglary Moonachie detectives charge Lodi man in garage burglary
Moonachie detectives charge Lodi man in garage burglary ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Moonachie detectives investigating the theft of nearly $400 worth of tools during a garage break-in arrested a Lodi man after recovering some of the items from a local pawn shop. The Frederick Street victim told police that a side door to his garage was kicked in late on April 3, Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He and detectives went to the pawn shop, where some of the stolen items were identified, Fugnitti said. Arrested soon after was 19-year-old Anthony J. Traina. Traina was taken to the Bergen County Jail, where he posted $7,500 bail and was released…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Authorities charge Florida woman with forging $34,000 in checks in Allendale, Wyckoff, elsewhere Authorities charge Florida woman with forging $34,000 in checks in Allendale, Wyckoff, elsewhere Authorities charge Florida woman with forging $34,000 in checks in Allendale, Wyckoff, elsewhere
Authorities charge Florida woman with forging $34,000 in checks in Allendale, Wyckoff, elsewhere ONLY ON CVP: An investigation launched after Allendale police arrested a Florida woman for cashing a forged check late last summer found that she’d done the same in three other towns — stealing $34,000 overall from two companies in just two days, authorities said. Maily D. Pedraza, 22, a Cuban national from Hialeah, has remained free since posting $2,000 bail hours after Allendale police took her into custody last Aug. 22 on charges of forging and cashing a $6,321.45 check from a Florida construction company using the name Maily Garcia. Soon after, Wyckoff police charged Pedraza with pass…

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