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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry man captured in Phildelphia after Oakland police chase Little Ferry man captured in Phildelphia after Oakland police chase Little Ferry man captured in Phildelphia after Oakland police chase
Little Ferry man captured in Phildelphia after Oakland police chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry man who authorities said dragged two Oakland police officers with his car before fleeing at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour last night was arrested by borough detectives in Philadelphia this morning. Travis J. Codiroli, 28, apparently had tried getting into a Bailey Avenue home when Officers Michael Griffin and Thomas Pianettini responded to a resident’s call at 8:40 p.m., Lt. Douglas Eldridge said this afternoon. They stopped Codiroli’s car a short distance away, spoke with him, then tried to take him into custody, Eldridge said. The lieutenant …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Plea deal could free JC man caught with 3 kilos of heroin at GWB in 18 months Plea deal could free JC man caught with 3 kilos of heroin at GWB in 18 months Plea deal could free JC man caught with 3 kilos of heroin at GWB in 18 months
Plea deal could free JC man caught with 3 kilos of heroin at GWB in 18 months ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Jersey City man caught by Fort Lee police with six pounds of pure heroin at the George Washington Bridge last summer could be home in 18 months after pleading guilty to drug distribution charges in Hackensack this afternoon. Ernis Beato, 25, could have been sentenced to 20 years in prison if he’d been convicted at a trial. Ernis Beato (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) He instead agreed to a non-cooperating plea deal, in exchange for a six-year prison term when he is sentenced June 5. Beato was coming from Philadelphia last …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Officers Goodell of Waldwick, Petruzzello of Cliffside Park honored at Blue Mass Officers Goodell of Waldwick, Petruzzello of Cliffside Park honored at Blue Mass Officers Goodell of Waldwick, Petruzzello of Cliffside Park honored at Blue Mass
Officers Goodell of Waldwick, Petruzzello of Cliffside Park honored at Blue Mass PHOTOS: Courtesy GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TRIBUTE: Fallen Police Officers Christopher Goodell of Waldwick and Stephen Petruzzello of Cliffside Park were among five officer honored at a Blue Mass in Trenton yesterday. Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell Goodell, 32, was working a radar detail in his unmarked cruiser, parked on the shoulder of southbound Route 17, when it was struck by an 18-wheeler driven by a Brooklyn trucker the morning of July 17 last year. The impact instantly killed him. Petruzzello, 22, died of injuries after he fellow rookie Thaier (Theo) Abdallah were hit …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford driver admits he was drunk, speeding in East Rutherford death of Carlstadt mom Rutherford driver admits he was drunk, speeding in East Rutherford death of Carlstadt mom Rutherford driver admits he was drunk, speeding in East Rutherford death of Carlstadt mom
Rutherford driver admits he was drunk, speeding in East Rutherford death of Carlstadt mom YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rutherford man who prosecutors say had a blood-alcohol level of .198 when his speeding sedan struck and killed a 28-year-old mother of four on an East Rutherford sidewalk pleaded guilty to second-degree death by auto charges this morning in exchange for a five-year prison sentence. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Martin Delaney (STORY/PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) A judge last month refused to dismiss aggravated manslaughter charges against 24-year-old Victor Kwak, setting the stage for today’s plea. Kwak must serve 4⅓ year…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Man found sleeping on GWB walkway arrested after fight with Port Authority police Man found sleeping on GWB walkway arrested after fight with Port Authority police Man found sleeping on GWB walkway arrested after fight with Port Authority police
Man found sleeping on GWB walkway arrested after fight with Port Authority police BEYOND BERGEN: A 19-year-old Queens man who Port Authority police found laying on a closed George Washington Bridge walkway had to be restrained after kicking one officer and pushing another, authorities said this morning. Officers Fred Corrubia and Kameel Juman found Justin L. Infante stretched out on the south walkway near the New York tower at 1:30 p.m. yesterday after being called by an employee doing maintenance work there, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The walkway gate was locked and pedestrians were using the north walkway during the work, he said. Advised that the walk…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment returned against Bergenfield man in Englewood luring incident Indictment returned against Bergenfield man in Englewood luring incident Indictment returned against Bergenfield man in Englewood luring incident
Indictment returned against Bergenfield man in Englewood luring incident ONLY ON CVP: A Bergenfield man who Englewood police said planned on plying an 18-year-old pedestrian with alcohol in an attempt to have sex with her was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of trying to entice the woman into his car. Stephen Stanzione, 52, had the same intent while approaching three other women — two of whom police said he believed were in their mid-teens — before the alleged incident, authorities said following his arrest last April. He deliberately chose the neighborhood because of two nearby schools and deliberately spoke to the woman because he thought sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Port Authority police officers save heart attack victim outside JFK Port Authority police officers save heart attack victim outside JFK Port Authority police officers save heart attack victim outside JFK
Port Authority police officers save heart attack victim outside JFK BEYOND BERGEN: A pair of Port Authority police officers working as EMTs saved a limo driver who suffered a heart attack yesterday outside JFK Airport in Queens. The 59-year-old driver from Flushing flagged down Officers Steven Napoli and Byron Miller after stopping his vehicle in the right lane of the southbound Van Wyck Expressway just after 3 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said last night. “Napoli and Miller began administering aid to the driver, who then went into cardiac arrest,” Pentangelo said. “They got him into the ambulance and began life-saving aid by using a defibrilla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police charge Dumont man in 60-bag heroin bust Elmwood Park police charge Dumont man in 60-bag heroin bust Elmwood Park police charge Dumont man in 60-bag heroin bust
Elmwood Park police charge Dumont man in 60-bag heroin bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police arrested a 31-year-old Dumont man who they said they caught carrying 60 bags of heroin during a traffic stop last night. Jeffrey Rode was released on a court summonses charging him with drug possession in a motor vehicle after the 8:30 p.m. stop on East 55th Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Four charged in major North Jersey heroin trafficking ring reject pleas, head to trial Four charged in major North Jersey heroin trafficking ring reject pleas, head to trial Four charged in major North Jersey heroin trafficking ring reject pleas, head to trial
Four charged in major North Jersey heroin trafficking ring reject pleas, head to trial ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: Four of 15 defendants charged in the takedown of a large-scale New Jersey heroin trafficking network two years ago are headed to trial in Hackensack in two months. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi said earlier this week that she is blocking out “basically the whole month of June” for Kyle Pittman, Seth Pittman, Anthony Robbins and Imier Green after they rejected plea offers. The investigation that led to a 36-count indictment against the 15 defendants represents a new approach to fighting the spread of a drug that Bergen County Prosecutor John L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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2 more months for defendant to take deal or be tried in ‘reckless’ shooting death of New Milford man, 22 2 more months for defendant to take deal or be tried in ‘reckless’ shooting death of New Milford man, 22 2 more months for defendant to take deal or be tried in ‘reckless’ shooting death of New Milford man, 22
2 more months for defendant to take deal or be tried in ‘reckless’ shooting death of New Milford man, 22 ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: An East Orange man charged with aggravated manslaughter after a gun he was playing with behind a New Mlford apartment complex went off, killing his friend, got two more months yesterday to take a plea deal or go to trial. Defense attorney Adam Lustberg (above, left) told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi that he needed more time to review the evidence before he could negotiate a deal for 22-year-old Byron Sankar (right) in the Aug. 3, 2013 shooting death of Alex Bridge. Nicholas Questal (FILE PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse…

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