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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Queens man charged with selling $1,200 worth of cocaine to undercover detective in Englewood Queens man charged with selling $1,200 worth of cocaine to undercover detective in Englewood Queens man charged with selling $1,200 worth of cocaine to undercover detective in Englewood
Queens man charged with selling $1,200 worth of cocaine to undercover detective in Englewood YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Queens cable tech was busted after selling $1,200 worth of cocaine to undercover detectives from from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force in Englewood, authorities said. Joseph Caputo, who turns 25 next week, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after investigators arrested him yesterday, records show. He’s charged with drug distribution. Englewood police assisted, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR

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Paramus, NJ
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Florida man, 61, brought to Bergen to face charges of having sex with Englewood girl Florida man, 61, brought to Bergen to face charges of having sex with Englewood girl Florida man, 61, brought to Bergen to face charges of having sex with Englewood girl
Florida man, 61, brought to Bergen to face charges of having sex with Englewood girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con from Florida accused of having sex with an Englewood girl for two years, beginning when she was 9, was brought to New Jersey yesterday after being extradited. The victim’s father recently discovered Internet communications between the girl, who is now 15, and 61-year-old Victor Scott, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said a week ago. After being contacted by the father, members of Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Englewood police interviewed the girl at his office in Paramus, the prosecutor said. She “provided specific details regarding wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police grab Cleveland man who pointed loaded handgun in bus terminal Port Authority police grab Cleveland man who pointed loaded handgun in bus terminal Port Authority police grab Cleveland man who pointed loaded handgun in bus terminal
Port Authority police grab Cleveland man who pointed loaded handgun in bus terminal BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police grabbed a man at the 42nd Street bus terminal in Manhattan who they said pointed a loaded handgun at another man. Officers given a description of him found their suspect in the lower north wing around 9:30 p.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Identified as 21-year-old Christopher D. Wood of Cleveland, OH, he was carrying the Hi Point pistol, Pentangelo said. Wood was charged with criminal weapons possession. IMAGES: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Chicago man convicted in $5 million ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, among others Chicago man convicted in $5 million ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, among others Chicago man convicted in $5 million ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, among others
Chicago man convicted in $5 million ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, among others BEYOND BERGEN: Federal jurors today convicted a Chicago man for his role in one of the largest ATM skimming schemes in history, one that stole $5 million from banks in Englewood and elsewhere. Dinu Horvat, 28, was convicted on four counts: conspiracy to commit bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to possess 15 or more counterfeit access devices and conspiracy to possess access device-making equipment following a one-week trial. Jurors deliberated for about two hours before returning the verdict. The verdict comes less than two months after Marius “Dan Girneata” Vintila, a n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge issues arrest warrant for DWI driver in wrong-way Elmwood Park crash Judge issues arrest warrant for DWI driver in wrong-way Elmwood Park crash Judge issues arrest warrant for DWI driver in wrong-way Elmwood Park crash
Judge issues arrest warrant for DWI driver in wrong-way Elmwood Park crash CVP EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack has issued an arrest warrant for a Newark man involved in a wrong-way head-on crash on Route 46 in Elmwood Park that seriously injured a female passenger in the other car. Superior Court Judge James J. Guida issued the warrant yesterday after Steven Baker, 29 (inset, above), failed to show for his arraignment. The other driver, 26-year-old Harry Halvorsen III of Wallington, was in court and arraigned yesterday because he’s being held on $350,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on charges of assault by auto and raping the woman. Harry Halvorsen III MUG…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police nab ex-con after finding girl with cocaine in crotch Port Authority police nab ex-con after finding girl with cocaine in crotch Port Authority police nab ex-con after finding girl with cocaine in crotch
Port Authority police nab ex-con after finding girl with cocaine in crotch BEYOND BERGEN: A 17-year-old girl had nearly a half-ounce of cocaine stuffed into the crotch of her pants when the 55-year-old ex-con she was with was stopped for an expired inspection sticker at the Holland Tunnel tolls, Port Authority police said this morning. After stopping the car at 7:30 last night, PAPD Officer John Lizares ran a computer check that turned up outstanding warrants on the driver, Leonard Watts of East Orange, a mechanic who records show has 10 felony convictions, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The vehicle also belonged to a customer who didn’t know that Watts…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Jitney bus goes off Henry Hudson ramp toward GWB Jitney bus goes off Henry Hudson ramp toward GWB Jitney bus goes off Henry Hudson ramp toward GWB
Jitney bus goes off Henry Hudson ramp toward GWB BEYOND BERGEN: A jitney bus with a driver and passenger aboard went off a northbound Henry Hudson Parkway ramp near the George Washington Bridge in Washington Heights this morning, police said. The bus careened nearly 30 feet before slamming into a tree on the hillside between the highway’s north- and southbound lanes just after 9 a.m., the NYPD reported. PHOTO: Courtesy NYPD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Englewood bicyclist hospitalized after hitting deer at Teaneck intersection Englewood bicyclist hospitalized after hitting deer at Teaneck intersection Englewood bicyclist hospitalized after hitting deer at Teaneck intersection
Englewood bicyclist hospitalized after hitting deer at Teaneck intersection YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 30-year-old bicyclist from Englewood was hospitalized with bumps, bruises and scratches after colliding with a pair of deer at a Teaneck intersection last night. The bicyclist was headed downhill at Englewood Avenue and Hubert Terrace when the two large deer dashed across the road just after 10 p.m., Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps Capt. Izzy Infield told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Knocked from his bike, the rider got up and began walking around as witnesses dialed 911. The deer — one of whom apparently was injured — dashed off. The bicyclist was taken to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge approves aggravated manslaughter charge against driver in East Rutherford DWI death of Carlstadt mom Judge approves aggravated manslaughter charge against driver in East Rutherford DWI death of Carlstadt mom Judge approves aggravated manslaughter charge against driver in East Rutherford DWI death of Carlstadt mom
Judge approves aggravated manslaughter charge against driver in East Rutherford DWI death of Carlstadt mom EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A judge in Hackensack refused to dismiss aggravated manslaughter charges against 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 a year and a half ago. Unless 23-year-old Victor Kwak accepts a plea deal that prevents a trial, a jury should be allowed to weigh whether he was using his cellphone when he lost control of the car on Railroad Avenue the night of Aug. 22, 2013, Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian ruled yesterday. The 2006 Lexus GS430 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst police find drug stash, make arrests after passenger stiffs cabbie Lyndhurst police find drug stash, make arrests after passenger stiffs cabbie Lyndhurst police find drug stash, make arrests after passenger stiffs cabbie
Lyndhurst police find drug stash, make arrests after passenger stiffs cabbie YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lyndhurst police officers responding to a report of an $110 unpaid cab fare arrested two men after finding pot, mushrooms, generic Xanax, brass knuckles and hollow-point bullets in a local apartment, authorities said tonight. Called just before 1:30 a.m. today, police said the 39-year-old taxi driver told them that his fare from Queens jumped out and took off toward the Valley Brook Avenue apartment/condo complex. Footprints in the snow led Officers Charles Giangeruso, Rob Fernandez and Anthony Ricigliano to an apartment where another man answered the door, Capt. J…

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