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
Indictment names six in Englewood mugging, robbery spree Indictment names six in Englewood mugging, robbery spree Indictment names six in Englewood mugging, robbery spree
Indictment names six in Englewood mugging, robbery spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Six reputed gang members who police said were responsible for a reign of terror in Englewood that included a series of street muggings and robberies are named in a sweeping indictment returned today in Hackensack. Members of the Brooklyn-based rapper criminal street gang beat some victims, robbed others with guns and knives and even threatened police, the 13-count indictment alleges. Five of the six defendants were taken into custody during a tactical takedown by city police last April. The sixth, Ivan “Live” Santos of Staten Island, surrendered to Englewood detect…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fair Lawn police charge River Edge man with 2012 burglary after release from Rikers Fair Lawn police charge River Edge man with 2012 burglary after release from Rikers Fair Lawn police charge River Edge man with 2012 burglary after release from Rikers
Fair Lawn police charge River Edge man with 2012 burglary after release from Rikers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A River Edge man charged in a 2012 Fair Lawn burglary was being held iln the Bergen County Jail after being released from Rikers Island earlier this month. Robert Hudson entered the Hartley Place home through a rear window just before 5:30 p.m. Feb. 8, 2012, Sgt. Brian Metzler said this afternoon. The victim reported cash, a camera and a GPS unit missing. Borough Detective Jeff Welsh, assisted by Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Brian Shore of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, collected evidence for analysis that produced a DNA match in September 2012. Hudso…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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No jail time for Paterson man who agrees to testify against 2 others in heroin overdose death of Allendale man, 22 No jail time for Paterson man who agrees to testify against 2 others in heroin overdose death of Allendale man, 22 No jail time for Paterson man who agrees to testify against 2 others in heroin overdose death of Allendale man, 22
No jail time for Paterson man who agrees to testify against 2 others in heroin overdose death of Allendale man, 22 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson man charged in connection with the overdose death of an Allendale man took a deal from prosecutors today that will allow him to walk away with probation in exchange for his testimony against the others. Defense attorney Diane D’Alessandro, Timothy Volpe (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Correspondent Mary K. Miraglia) Eric “Big D” Carter, 20 (photo, above), whom authorities said they considered “peripheral” to the case, pleaded guilty in a Hackensack courtroom to conspiring to distribute heroin. The judge also gave the two men who authorit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Texas man charged with swindling $988,400 from Ridgefield woman, 78, looking for love online Texas man charged with swindling $988,400 from Ridgefield woman, 78, looking for love online Texas man charged with swindling $988,400 from Ridgefield woman, 78, looking for love online
Texas man charged with swindling $988,400 from Ridgefield woman, 78, looking for love online EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A 78-year-old Ridgefield woman looking for love online was conned out of $988,400 by a Texas man who’s been taken into custody after three months on the run, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Dustin C. Grant, 31, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after his lawyer called Bergen County prosecutors and made arrangements to turn himself in. He was arraigned this morning in Hackensack, brought to Ridgefield police headquarters for processing and then lodged at the jail. Officials at the Chase Bank branch on Bergen Boulevard summoned borough police la…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Norwood ex-con charged with buying groceries, clothes with stolen credit cards, checkbook in 10 towns Norwood ex-con charged with buying groceries, clothes with stolen credit cards, checkbook in 10 towns Norwood ex-con charged with buying groceries, clothes with stolen credit cards, checkbook in 10 towns
Norwood ex-con charged with buying groceries, clothes with stolen credit cards, checkbook in 10 towns CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Norwood ex-con swiped a River Vale man’s checkbook and credit cards from two other people and used them to shop for groceries and clothing in at least 10 different towns, a trio of indictments alleges. Tammy Marie Longinetti, 48, used one of the credit cards, stolen from a Closter man, at the Stop & Shop in Emerson, the Kmart in Closter and a CVS in Old Tappan, authorities allege. The other, they said, was used at a Wood-Ridge dollar store after being taken from a borough woman,. Longinetti also wrote a dozen checks worth nearly $1,400 from the Northvale man’s stole…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bronx fugitive nabbed with knife, pot in Fair Lawn traffic stop Bronx fugitive nabbed with knife, pot in Fair Lawn traffic stop Bronx fugitive nabbed with knife, pot in Fair Lawn traffic stop
Bronx fugitive nabbed with knife, pot in Fair Lawn traffic stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police said they arrested a Bronx man wanted on robbery charges in the city while seizing a steak knife from his pocket and pot, pieces of jewelry, a hammer and a ‘Scream’ mask in a car they stopped on Route 208 yesterday. Officer John Rovetto stopped the Nissan with New Jersey license plates on the northbound highway at Plaza Road near Fair Lawn Avenue just before 4:30 p.m. Bergen County Sheriff’s K9 Officer Robert Mantone responded with his dog, Mike, who discovered “evidence of marijuana use: in the car, Sgt. Brian Metzler. Tarik Jenkins, 20, was bei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Drug possession charge for driver in Route 208 pickup truck crash Drug possession charge for driver in Route 208 pickup truck crash Drug possession charge for driver in Route 208 pickup truck crash
Drug possession charge for driver in Route 208 pickup truck crash PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving PHOTOS: The male driver of a pickup truck that crashed on a Route 208 curve in Fair Lawn at the Glen Rock line last night was charged with drug possession, responders said. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, EMS and Heavy Rescue responded to the single-vehicle crash on the southbound highway near Maple Avenue just after 10 p.m. The driver wasn’t injured and the vehicle was removed by a flatbed tow truck. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield fire kills former Saddle Brook cemetery director Garfield fire kills former Saddle Brook cemetery director Garfield fire kills former Saddle Brook cemetery director
Garfield fire kills former Saddle Brook cemetery director PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Damien Danis UPDATE: The Garfield resident killed in a fast-moving fire this afternoon was identified tonight as the homeowner’s 50-year-old daughter. Denise J. D’Agostino, the former director of St. Mary’s Cemetery in Saddle Brook, was pronounced dead after being found in the first-floor kitchen in the back of the house, emergency responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Authorities said two pets died, but firefighters revived a cat (see photos). PHOTO: Ron Bombaro Police Officer Michael Hawroniak was on patrol when D’Agostino’s 19-year…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Accused ‘mule’ for ID theft ring nabbed by Port Authority police at GWB after shopping sprees Accused ‘mule’ for ID theft ring nabbed by Port Authority police at GWB after shopping sprees Accused ‘mule’ for ID theft ring nabbed by Port Authority police at GWB after shopping sprees
Accused ‘mule’ for ID theft ring nabbed by Port Authority police at GWB after shopping sprees CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Bronx man who investigators said worked as a “mule” for an ID theft ring was arrested by Port Authority police at the George Washington Bridge after buying iPads, iPhone and other pricey electronics with credit cards in unsuspecting victims’ names at the Walmart in North Bergen. Paul J. Cole, 33, was charged with fraudulent use of credit cards, driving with a revoked license and unsworn falsification after Port Authority officers nabbed him Friday afternoon, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Cole, who has two previous felony conviction…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park trucker named in child sex indictment Ridgefield Park trucker named in child sex indictment Ridgefield Park trucker named in child sex indictment
Ridgefield Park trucker named in child sex indictment ONLY ON CVP: A 45-year-old truck driver had sex with a Ridgefield Park girl separate times beginning when she was 13, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack charges. Andrew J. Bates was arrested last May by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and village detectives after the girl’s mother contacted authorities and they interviewed the youngster. Bates posted $200,000 bail two days later and was released from the Bergen County Jail. The indictment charges him with digitally penetrating, molesting and trying to have intercourse with the girl betwee…

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