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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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Former Washington Township man walking 1,200 miles from Tampa to Yankee Stadium for Wounded Warrior Project Former Washington Township man walking 1,200 miles from Tampa to Yankee Stadium for Wounded Warrior Project Former Washington Township man walking 1,200 miles from Tampa to Yankee Stadium for Wounded Warrior Project
Former Washington Township man walking 1,200 miles from Tampa to Yankee Stadium for Wounded Warrior Project SHOUT OUT: A former Washington Township resident got a standing ovation from the New York Yankees as he set off this morning from home plate at spring training in Tampa on a 1,200-mile walk to Yankee Stadium to raise $25,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project. “The Yankees are such a class act,” 65-year-old Richard Albero told Michael Kay on ESPN Radio while in the 12th mile of his walk this afternoon. Each mile is named after players who’ve worn the pinstripes, beginning in 1913 — “even if it was only one day,” said Albero, a math teacher who retired to Dunedin. Not all of them will be repr…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Three arraigned on 19 counts in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Three arraigned on 19 counts in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Three arraigned on 19 counts in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery
Three arraigned on 19 counts in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three of four people charged in the home invasion-robbery and beating of real estate magnate Fred Daibes at his Edgewater high-rise were arraigned today in Hackensack on a 19-count indictment that charges them with kidnapping, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, among other counts. Fred Dabies (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Brought before a judge were Jorge Valencia, the superintendent of Dabies’s St. Moritz building where the Nov. 26, 2013 robbery occurred, along with Adonis Sepulveda and Alexander Suarez. Their at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Accused burglar: ‘Personal issues’ drove him to break into Hackensack charter school — three times Accused burglar: ‘Personal issues’ drove him to break into Hackensack charter school — three times Accused burglar: ‘Personal issues’ drove him to break into Hackensack charter school — three times
Accused burglar: ‘Personal issues’ drove him to break into Hackensack charter school — three times UPDATE: An Englewood man told Hackensack police that he’d broken into and slept in a city charter school three times in two and a half weeks — including yesterday, when he was arrested — because he’d had some “personal issues.” However, police said that 46-year-old Barry Green also stole more than $15,000 worth of computers and iPads over that time, police said. City police and a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit found Green inside the Bergen Arts and Science Charter School yesterday after a security guard spotted him walking around, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo said. A review of surve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst police grab Paterson man with girlfriend’s stolen purse, crack Lyndhurst police grab Paterson man with girlfriend’s stolen purse, crack Lyndhurst police grab Paterson man with girlfriend’s stolen purse, crack
Lyndhurst police grab Paterson man with girlfriend’s stolen purse, crack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lyndhurst police said they tracked down a Paterson man whose girlfriend told them he’d stolen her purse during an argument at a local motel. Officers Steve Passamano and Michael LeStrange found 36-year-old Roheem Jenkins on the shoulder of the Passaic River Bridge after interviewing the 23-year-old Passaic woman at the Winslow Motel around 4 a.m. yesterday, Capt. John Valente told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. He had the purse, Valente said. Police released Jenkins on a court summons charging him with theft and possession of crack. They then had him taken by Lynd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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3 charged with bogus credit cards, documents after Lyndhurst traffic stop 3 charged with bogus credit cards, documents after Lyndhurst traffic stop 3 charged with bogus credit cards, documents after Lyndhurst traffic stop
3 charged with bogus credit cards, documents after Lyndhurst traffic stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lyndhurst police who stopped a car for weaving in traffic and crossing a double-yellow line arrested three Bronx men after they said they smelled burnt marijuana and turned up bogus credit cards and fake identification. Driver Thierno Diallo, 22, of Guinea in South Africa (above, left), was ordered held on $35,000 in the Bergen County Jail. He also received summons for not having a license, registration or insurance, as well as for traffic violations: failing to maintain a lane, careless driving and having drugs in a motor vehicle. Diallo’s two passengers — Joel Lu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson man charged with having sex with underage girls in South Hackensack, Elmwood Park Paterson man charged with having sex with underage girls in South Hackensack, Elmwood Park Paterson man charged with having sex with underage girls in South Hackensack, Elmwood Park
Paterson man charged with having sex with underage girls in South Hackensack, Elmwood Park ONLY ON CVP: A 22-year-old Paterson man had sex with two different underage girls, one in South Hackensack and the other in Elmwood Park, an indictment returned in Hackensack alleges. Raydel Irizarry spent more than two weeks in the Bergen County Jail following his Oct. 29, 2013 arrest before posting $100,000 bail. Authorities said the statutory rape of a 14-year-old occurred in South Hackensack and the other of a 15-year-old in Elmwood Park, after which he was arrested. Irizarry is charged with three counts of sexual assault and two of child endangerment.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Fort Lee pair charged in ID theft operation that swiped $100,000 from victims in 15 towns Fort Lee pair charged in ID theft operation that swiped $100,000 from victims in 15 towns Fort Lee pair charged in ID theft operation that swiped $100,000 from victims in 15 towns
Fort Lee pair charged in ID theft operation that swiped $100,000 from victims in 15 towns ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: More than 40 counts involving identity theft have been brought against two Fort Lee men who authorities saud drained $100,000 in cash from the bank accounts of nearly a dozen victims. The case began with the July 10 discovery of a car rented with bogus credit cards in a parking garage at the Windsor Apartments overlooking the George Washington Bridge, where Shuron Reed and Khalid J. Sumbry, both 22, live. Detectives TJ Cullen and Cory Horton discovered more than 40 bogus withdrawals made from Wells Fargo Bank branches in various towns throughout the state, Police Ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Suspended New Milford driver indicted in DWI crash with Garfield police Suspended New Milford driver indicted in DWI crash with Garfield police Suspended New Milford driver indicted in DWI crash with Garfield police
Suspended New Milford driver indicted in DWI crash with Garfield police ONLY ON CVP: An unlicensed New Milford driver who authorities said was drunk driving when her car slammed into a Garfield police cruiser on Route 46 in South Hackensack — injuring an officer and two of her passengers — was indicted last week on DWI assault by auto charges. The officers were transporting a prisoner to the Bergen County Jail last April 10 when, they said, 23-year-old Keri Coleman made an illegal left turn off eastbound Route 46 onto Phillips Avenue, crashing her 2010 Nissan Maxima into the westbound 2012 Chevy police cruiser. One of the officers sustained a minor head injur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park homes evacuated after woman finds ‘pineapple’ grenade in snowbank Cliffside Park homes evacuated after woman finds ‘pineapple’ grenade in snowbank Cliffside Park homes evacuated after woman finds ‘pineapple’ grenade in snowbank
Cliffside Park homes evacuated after woman finds ‘pineapple’ grenade in snowbank ONLY ON CVP: A novelty-type grenade that authorities said a passerby found frozen on a Cliffside Park snowbank last night wasn’t live, but several nearby homes and businesses were evacuated as a precaution. The World War II-era Mk 2 “pineapple” had a fuse and a spoon trigger device but apparently “had been hollowed out, almost like a novelty-type grenade,” Bergen County Police Sgt. John Paletto told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “It didn’t appear modified or filled in any way,” he said. The Bergen County Bomb Squad responded, took custody of the grenade (facsimile above) and stored it a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Heroin addict indicted on charges of dragging Ridgefield police officer, hitting cars in wrong-way Route 46 chase Heroin addict indicted on charges of dragging Ridgefield police officer, hitting cars in wrong-way Route 46 chase Heroin addict indicted on charges of dragging Ridgefield police officer, hitting cars in wrong-way Route 46 chase
Heroin addict indicted on charges of dragging Ridgefield police officer, hitting cars in wrong-way Route 46 chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A heroin addict from Warren County was named in a 12-count indictment charging him with aggravated assault on three Ridgefield police officers, one of whom was dragged with his mini-van during a wild chase in which he drove the wrong way on Route 46 before crashing. Denny Oh, 25, of Hackettstown was charged by a grand jury in Hackensack yesterday with: • two counts each of attempting to cause serious bodily injury to Officers Kevin Nebbia, Gregory Anastassatos and Edward Schaefer and attempting to do so by fleeing police; • threatening physical force or violence ag…

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