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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale crash sends one to hospital after extrication Allendale crash sends one to hospital after extrication Allendale crash sends one to hospital after extrication
Allendale crash sends one to hospital after extrication ONLY ON CVP: A driver was taken to The Valley Hospital by ambulance after being cut by Allendale firefighters from one of two vehicles that crashed this afternoon. Crews from Rescue 942 used their extrication tools to free up space to remove the injured driver, who was transported to the hospital by Allendale Ambulance following the collision on East Allendale Avenue between Powell Road and Cottage Place. STORY / PHOTOS: Greg Andersen

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Plea deals bring prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting Plea deals bring prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting Plea deals bring prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting
Plea deals bring prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting UPDATE: A pair of ex-cons who led a six-town police chase from Paramus to Bogota that ended in gunfire were sentenced yesterday in Hackensack to prison terms in exchange for guilty pleas. Franceso Piserchia (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Getaway driver Franceso Piserchia got a plea-bargained 10-year sentence that will begin once he completes a five-year term that he’s currently serving for drug conspiracy, terroristic threats and eluding police in Bergen and Passaic counties. It expires in August 2015 if he isn’t granted parole before then. “I …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police crash major cocaine distribution network, arrest three Fort Lee police crash major cocaine distribution network, arrest three Fort Lee police crash major cocaine distribution network, arrest three
Fort Lee police crash major cocaine distribution network, arrest three YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police teamed up with federal agents and their Cliffside Park colleagues to seize 3½ pounds of cocaine and more than $20,000 cash while arresting three local residents. Two defendants were immediately taken into custody and the third was found hiding in a closet in a Morris County residence this past Wednesday after ducking authorities for less than a week, Detective Capt. Stanley Zon said this morning. Detectives found the cocaine in the kitchen stove of a Cliffside Park apartment during a month-long investigation prompted by the discovery of an electroni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Red-wigged Glen Rock bank robber eyed in Connecticut holdup Red-wigged Glen Rock bank robber eyed in Connecticut holdup Red-wigged Glen Rock bank robber eyed in Connecticut holdup
Red-wigged Glen Rock bank robber eyed in Connecticut holdup UPDATE: Authorities suspect a red-headed robber who took at least $112,000 in cash at gunpoint from a Glen Rock bank this week also held up a bank an hour’s drive north in Greenwich, CT late last month. Both this week’s bandit and the one who robbed the Greenwich Bank and Trust Co. on Jan. 30 was smallish (5-foot-5 to 5-foot-7), with a medium build, and wore similar white or tan boots, a long woman’s peacoat and dark gloves. LEFT: Courtesy GREENWICH (CT) PDRIGHT: Courtesy GLEN ROCK PD The robber also pointed a long-barreled weapon — which Glen Rock police said is a paintball gun and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Major player sentenced in cocaine network case that netted Englewood crossing guard, seniors Major player sentenced in cocaine network case that netted Englewood crossing guard, seniors Major player sentenced in cocaine network case that netted Englewood crossing guard, seniors
Major player sentenced in cocaine network case that netted Englewood crossing guard, seniors UPDATE: A Bronx man who authorities said was near the top of a cocaine distribution that employed a 64-year-old Englewood school crossing guard and two older men — one 65 and also from Englewood, the other 69 from Union City — was sentenced to 12 years in state prison. Julio “El Chino” Santana 52, pleaded guilty in December to one count of possession with intent to distribute more than five ounces of cocaine. He’ll have to serve 4½ years behind bars before he’ll be eligible for parole, under the terms of his plea deal. Authorities called Santana a major player in a drug distribution ring …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi mechanic, 40, charged with having sex with girl, 16, giving teens booze Lodi mechanic, 40, charged with having sex with girl, 16, giving teens booze Lodi mechanic, 40, charged with having sex with girl, 16, giving teens booze
Lodi mechanic, 40, charged with having sex with girl, 16, giving teens booze YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 40-year-old mechanic from Passaic had sex with a 16-year-old girl and gave her and another teen alcohol in his Lodi garage, authorities said today. Garrett Haskins was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after members of the county prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Lodi police arrested him yesterday. An investigation began after the girl told a friend, who responded to the garage to investigate, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Molinelli said his detectives had police take the girl to Hackensack University Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park bank robber caught on video Rochelle Park bank robber caught on video Rochelle Park bank robber caught on video
Rochelle Park bank robber caught on video YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Rochelle Park police this afternoon released surveillance video of the man who robbed the Community Bank of Bergen County yesterday. The collection of four videos shows the robber entering and exiting the bank, as well as approaching the teller and handing her a red plastic shopping bag. CLIFFVIEW PILOT removed two of the videos because they include images of customers. “Give me the money and no one gets hurt,” he instructed her, Police Chief Robert Flannelly told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The robber — described as dark-skinned and possibly Hispanic, about 25 to 28 ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield man charged in $170,000 Henri Bendel swindle Garfield man charged in $170,000 Henri Bendel swindle Garfield man charged in $170,000 Henri Bendel swindle
Garfield man charged in $170,000 Henri Bendel swindle BEYOND BERGEN: Three “bitter” accountants for Henri Bendel’s Fifth Avenue flagship store — one of them from Garfield — swindled nearly $170,000 from the company, a published report says. Court papers say Sanjay Damodar, 30, was enlisted by the others and received $20,000 for approving payments to a sham company from the high-end fashion retailer, The New York Post reported. “I knew checks were being cut to AIM Financial but I didn’t know it was stolen money,” Damodar reportedly told investigators. Kelly Rogel, 32, a former account manager with Bendel, called 39-year-old Brandon Detvo, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
2 women charged with attacking female Port Authority officer outside Newark Airport 2 women charged with attacking female Port Authority officer outside Newark Airport 2 women charged with attacking female Port Authority officer outside Newark Airport
2 women charged with attacking female Port Authority officer outside Newark Airport BEYOND BERGEN: A driver directed to move her car after it blocked traffic outside a Newark Airport terminal got out and assaulted a female Port Authority police officer, then was joined in the attack by her mother, authorities said. Both women were taken into custody as backups arrived during the 5 p.m. melee yesterday outside Terminal A. The 2006 Chevrolet Equinox was blocking two lanes of traffic when the officer signaled 24-year-old Nephatira T. Dansby of East Orange to move it, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. “The driver began to shout and curse at the officer, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police continue probe into death of pedestrian, 65, struck by SUV Teaneck police continue probe into death of pedestrian, 65, struck by SUV Teaneck police continue probe into death of pedestrian, 65, struck by SUV
Teaneck police continue probe into death of pedestrian, 65, struck by SUV YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police this morning continued to investigate the death of a 65-year-old home health aide from the township who succumbed to her injuries after being struck by an SUV on her way to work Wednesday morning. Carmen Marin, 65, was crossing Teaneck Road from east to west when she was hit by the SUV as its male driver turned left from State Street around 8 a.m., Capt. John Faggello told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Marin, who investigators said may not have been in the crosswalk when she was struck, was taken to the trauma unit of Hackensack University Medical Center. No ch…

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