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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Two charged with assaulting New Milford police officers after parking lot snowbank incident Two charged with assaulting New Milford police officers after parking lot snowbank incident Two charged with assaulting New Milford police officers after parking lot snowbank incident
Two charged with assaulting New Milford police officers after parking lot snowbank incident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men, one of whom New Milford police said drove his Jeep up snowbanks in a shopping center parking lot, were free on bail after being charged with assaulting officers investigating the disturbance. Officers responding to a complaint at the CVS parking lot on River Road just before 9 p.m. Sunday said they found tire tracks and a Jeep with off-road tires matching the tracks on one of the mounds parked nearby. Lt. Kevin J. Kiene reported that he approached Eric Kapoor, 26, of Paramus (above) who was standing in front of a nearby pizzeria. He admitted that he was th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Fire destroys River Vale garage Fire destroys River Vale garage Fire destroys River Vale garage
Fire destroys River Vale garage ONLY ON CVP: Fire destroyed a detached garage in River Vale this afternoon. Old Tappan FAST and Westwood firefighters joined their River Vale colleagues after two Board of Education maintenance workers called in the alarm. Roberge Elementary School is around the corner. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO: Sal Lazzara

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
West African native gets 5 years in East Rutherford home invasion, deportation to follow West African native gets 5 years in East Rutherford home invasion, deportation to follow West African native gets 5 years in East Rutherford home invasion, deportation to follow
West African native gets 5 years in East Rutherford home invasion, deportation to follow ONLY ON CVP: An Ivory Coast man will be deported after serving a prison sentence of no fewer than four years and three months in state prison before he’s deported for his role in an October 2013 East Rutherford home invasion. After learning that his co-defendant agreed to a deal, as well, 24-year-old Addis S. Aka took his plea in Hackensack yesterday. In doing so, he avoided a potential 10-year prison sentence had he been convicted at a trial. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi set an April 17 sentencing date. Aka will get five years, 85% of which he must serve unde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood police solve two bank robberies with one arrest Maywood police solve two bank robberies with one arrest Maywood police solve two bank robberies with one arrest
Maywood police solve two bank robberies with one arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police in Toms River said today that they were headed to Queens to arrest a suspected bank robber yesterday when they discovered that Maywood police had just grabbed him following a holdup at the Hudson City Savings in Lodi. The detectives from Ocean County had a warrant for 38-year-old Michael Cassano following the robbery of a PNC Bank branch in Toms River on Feb. 5 using what apparently was the same weapon — an airsoft gun. In both robberies, he placed the gun on the counter and fled with cash, investigators said. After taking $4,000 from the HCSB on Essex Str…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Witness who helped convict killer of Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz gets $10,000 reward Witness who helped convict killer of Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz gets $10,000 reward Witness who helped convict killer of Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz gets $10,000 reward
Witness who helped convict killer of Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz gets $10,000 reward SHOUT OUT: Coinciding with Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz’s 32nd birthday today, an elderly man who went into a witness protection program after his testimony helped convict the man who shot and killed him is receiving a $10,000 reward from the National Police Defense Foundation. NJPD Executive Director Joseph Occhipinti announced the Safe Cop cash payment this morning to “a senior citizen whose critical information and trial testimony led to the arrest and conviction of Jahmell Crockham.” The man, whose identity was being held for his safety, “is truly an American hero whose…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver breaks arm, other extricated in three-car Hackensack crash Driver breaks arm, other extricated in three-car Hackensack crash Driver breaks arm, other extricated in three-car Hackensack crash
Driver breaks arm, other extricated in three-car Hackensack crash YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Hackensack firefighters extricated a man from his SUV and both he and a woman who suffered a broken arm was hospitalized after a three-vehicle collision this morning. City firefighters extricated the Toyota Rav4 driver less than 15 minutes after the 9:10 a.m. crash at Hackensack Avenue and University Plaza Drive, Hackensack Fire Lt. Justin Derevyanik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Both he and the woman, driving a BMW, were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. PHOTO: Courtesy HACKENSACK FIRE DEPT

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood man upset over traffic tickets charged with punching hole in wall at police HQ Ridgewood man upset over traffic tickets charged with punching hole in wall at police HQ Ridgewood man upset over traffic tickets charged with punching hole in wall at police HQ
Ridgewood man upset over traffic tickets charged with punching hole in wall at police HQ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood man upset over traffic tickets he’d gotten earlier in the day punched a hole in a wall at village police headquarters and was arrested a short time later, authorities said. Matthew Boucher-Kerns, 22, was released on a Municipal Court summons charging him with criminal mischief after breaking a hole near an elevator just before 1 p.m. yesterday, Detective Chris McDowell said this morning.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Retired Cliffside Park police officer, 82, kills son, self in PA Retired Cliffside Park police officer, 82, kills son, self in PA Retired Cliffside Park police officer, 82, kills son, self in PA
Retired Cliffside Park police officer, 82, kills son, self in PA BEYOND BERGEN: A retired Cliffside Park police officer shot and killed his son and them himself after an argument outside his Pennsylvania Poconos home. State police said 82-year-old Joseph M. Matrongolo, who retired from the Cliffside Park Police Department in 1988 after 25 years of service, went inside his house during the argument, got a handgun and shot Joseph J. Matrongolo, 40, several times Sunday night. He then turned the gun on himself, they said. Westfall Township, where the shootings occurred, is in Pike County, PA near the northwest corner of New Jersey and Port Jervis, NY. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus convict admits $180,000 bogus unemployment scheme Paramus convict admits $180,000 bogus unemployment scheme Paramus convict admits $180,000 bogus unemployment scheme
Paramus convict admits $180,000 bogus unemployment scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus man who spent the past several years in federal and state prison admitted today that he led an unemployment benefits scheme in which he and three other men pocked more than $180,000. Stephen Pirrone, 54, formerly of Old Tappan and Norwood, took a deal after his three co-defendants all pleaded guilty in December. Prosecutors said they will recommend a seven-year state prison term and $54,623 in restitution to the Department of Labor, under the terms of the deal, when Superior Court Judge James J. Guida sentences him on the conspiracy and theft convictions …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood police nab Lodi bank robbery suspect tied to Toms River holdup Maywood police nab Lodi bank robbery suspect tied to Toms River holdup Maywood police nab Lodi bank robbery suspect tied to Toms River holdup
Maywood police nab Lodi bank robbery suspect tied to Toms River holdup Michael Cassano MUGSHOT: Courtesy LODI PD / Surveillance images (Toms River PNC Bank): FBI New Jersey EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Maywood police not only solved the robbery of a Lodi bank when their suspect stopped for coffee moments after the holdup today: He also was caught on surveillance footage robbing a bank in Toms River earlier this month, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. Two Maywood officers grabbed Michael Cassano, a 38-year-old CYO baseball coach from Queens, after they said he stopped off at a Dunkin Donuts after robbing the Hudson City Savings branch on Essex Street in Lodi of $4,000 just b…

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