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
Victim critical in Fort Lee nightclub brawl Victim critical in Fort Lee nightclub brawl Victim critical in Fort Lee nightclub brawl
Victim critical in Fort Lee nightclub brawl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An overnight brawl in Fort Lee left one man breathing with the use of a tube at Hackensack University Medical Center and two others potentially facing serious charges. The victim apparently hit his head on the pavement after being punched in the fight outside the Soho Nightclub on Lemoine Avenue, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Fort Lee detectives were sorting out the details this morning. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Charges mount for heroin-addicted repeat offender after Fair Lawn detective tracks her to Paterson Charges mount for heroin-addicted repeat offender after Fair Lawn detective tracks her to Paterson Charges mount for heroin-addicted repeat offender after Fair Lawn detective tracks her to Paterson
Charges mount for heroin-addicted repeat offender after Fair Lawn detective tracks her to Paterson ONLY ON CVP: A heroin-addicted repeat offender arrested last summer with a hypodermic syringe in a child’s car seat and 14 boxes of stolen condoms was back behind bars this week after Fair Lawn police said she tried shoplifting nearly $555 worth of items from a CVS and a Pathmark. Christie Marie Alvino, 30, of Paterson dropped nearly $420 worth of items and ran from the CVS on Fair Lawn Avenue after a store employee stopped her around 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, Sgt. Brian Metzler said yesterday. Less than two hours later, police received another report about Alvino, this one from the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Suspicious Bogota package that drew bomb squad was memorial to fallen serviceman Suspicious Bogota package that drew bomb squad was memorial to fallen serviceman Suspicious Bogota package that drew bomb squad was memorial to fallen serviceman
Suspicious Bogota package that drew bomb squad was memorial to fallen serviceman TOP: U.S. Army reservist Sergio Mendez with the Turpin bricksABOVE: The bricks, Emory Turpin (inset) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A tightly wrapped bundle of bricks meant as a memorial to a U.S. serviceman but discarded by its creator forced a brief evacuation and Bergen County Sheriff’s bomb squad response after it was discovered in a Bogota backyard this afternoon. Sergio Mendez of Hackensack (above), a U.S. Army reservist from Hackensack, created the tribute while living in Bogota as a symbol of “carrying the weight on his back” in memory of Emory Turpin (inset), a 23-year-old U.S. Naval p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington woman charged with stabbing boyfriend during argument Wallington woman charged with stabbing boyfriend during argument Wallington woman charged with stabbing boyfriend during argument
Wallington woman charged with stabbing boyfriend during argument YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old woman who Wallington police said stabbed her boyfriend over the weekend posted $50,000 bail and was released from the Bergen County Jail yesterday. Leanna Camargo was charged with aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession after officers responding to a Pulaski Avenue apartment found the 29-year-old victim with a puncture wound in his lower back just after 3 a.m. Saturday, Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. They also recovered a 12-inch butcher knife with a nine-inch handle, he said. “She said she had an argument with her b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn woman held on $300,000 bail in assault on police Fair Lawn woman held on $300,000 bail in assault on police Fair Lawn woman held on $300,000 bail in assault on police
Fair Lawn woman held on $300,000 bail in assault on police CVP EXCLUSIVE: A 21-year-old Fair Lawn woman was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after authorities said she fought with police who took her into custody for an outstanding warrant. Sondra Shaheata Stevenson was charged with three counts of assault on police, in addition to resisting, obstruction, escape and weapons possession — for having a small bat — after becoming extremely combative following a motor vehicle stop in the rear parking lot of the Valley National Bank building on Broadway at 4:45 p.m. yesterday, Fair Lawn police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck DWI driver caught trying to run from Route 4 Hackensack crash, Bergen sheriff says Teaneck DWI driver caught trying to run from Route 4 Hackensack crash, Bergen sheriff says Teaneck DWI driver caught trying to run from Route 4 Hackensack crash, Bergen sheriff says
Teaneck DWI driver caught trying to run from Route 4 Hackensack crash, Bergen sheriff says CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Teaneck man bailed from his ex-girlfriend’s car after crashing it on eastbound Route 4 last night but was caught a short distance away, authorities said. Vincent Lewis, 25, was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center and then turned over to Bergen County sheriff’s officers who charged him with DWI after the 4 a.m. crash outside the Coach House Diner. “He was found after a search of the area and had a smell of alcohol on his breath,” the sheriff’s Anthony Cureton told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He was taken to HUMC, where blood was drawn, and he was then charged.” The veh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff’s raid nets 5 arrests, cocaine, pot Bergen sheriff’s raid nets 5 arrests, cocaine, pot Bergen sheriff’s raid nets 5 arrests, cocaine, pot
Bergen sheriff’s raid nets 5 arrests, cocaine, pot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A series of undercover buys by detectives from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office led to a raid on a Moonachie home that produced a pound and a half of marijuana, a gram of cocaine and the arrests of five people. Diane Sam, 49 (above, left), and her son, Steven, 27 (right), were taken into custody along with Lodi resident Shawn Space, 21, Joshua Zaborowski, 20, of Moonachie and 19-year-old Laura Meeker of Netcong during a 3 p.m. raid on East Sixth Street yesterday that included Moonachie and Hackensack police, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said this afternoon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Washington Heights crash affects GWB traffic Washington Heights crash affects GWB traffic Washington Heights crash affects GWB traffic
Washington Heights crash affects GWB traffic CVP photo BEYOND BERGEN: An SUV crushed by a tractor-trailer in Washington Heights tied up George Washington Bridge rush-hour traffic tonight. The crash occurred at the end of the Amsterdam Avenue ramp to the Cross Bronx Expressway around 4 p.m. when the driver tried to pass the rig on the right, police at the scene told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She was taken to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital with injuries that authorities said weren’t serious. New York City firefighters and NYPD and Port Authority Police officers were among the responders.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn man indicted on charges of trying to mow down police officer Fair Lawn man indicted on charges of trying to mow down police officer Fair Lawn man indicted on charges of trying to mow down police officer
Fair Lawn man indicted on charges of trying to mow down police officer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Fair Lawn man is named in an indictment charging him with trying to run down a borough police officer who had him cornered on a dead end street. Adam T. Vivat “attempted to cause serious bodily injury” to Officer Juan Rodriguez the night of Jan. 7, the indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges.”” Rodriguez was investigating a suspicious vehicle report on Essex Street when he said he spotted Vivat trying to hide what appeared to be drugs in a gray 2010 Mazda. Vivat then “U-turned at the dead end of Essex Place and directed his vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two fugitives among three women arrested in South Hackensack prostitution stings Two fugitives among three women arrested in South Hackensack prostitution stings Two fugitives among three women arrested in South Hackensack prostitution stings
Two fugitives among three women arrested in South Hackensack prostitution stings YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An undercover sting at Route 46 motels produced a trio of prostitution arrests for South Hackensack police — including two women wanted out of North Carolina. Detectives responding to ads for escorts made appointments and then busted: Tanisha LaShay McBroom, 24, of Charlotte, N.C.; Felisha Archie, 22, of Lexington, N.C.; Jasmine Green, 27, of Irvington. They also seized about $500 in illicit proceeds, Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. McBroom and Archie were charged with prostitution, as well as with possession of personal-use MDMA and ma…

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