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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford detectives, federal agents nab Newark man with 1½ pounds of heroin, loaded gun, hollow-point bullets East Rutherford detectives, federal agents nab Newark man with 1½ pounds of heroin, loaded gun, hollow-point bullets East Rutherford detectives, federal agents nab Newark man with 1½ pounds of heroin, loaded gun, hollow-point bullets
East Rutherford detectives, federal agents nab Newark man with 1½ pounds of heroin, loaded gun, hollow-point bullets East Rutherford detectives teamed up with federal Homeland Security agents to arrest a Newark man who they said was carrying a pound and a half of heroin, a loaded gun and hollow-point bullets during a controlled traffic stop. George A. Munoz, 30, remained held on $167,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail after Police Chief Larry Minda said they found the .40-caliber handgun, ammo and heroin Wednesday. He is charged with distributing heroin, possession of drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of hollow-point ammunition and two illegal weapons possession counts. MUGSHOT: Courtesy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Worker in Hackensack brought down safely after bucket touches power line Worker in Hackensack brought down safely after bucket touches power line Worker in Hackensack brought down safely after bucket touches power line
Worker in Hackensack brought down safely after bucket touches power line YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A worker was brought down safely after an aerial bucket made contact with primary overhead lines in Hackensack this morning. Chemical extinguishers were used to knock down a fire in the truck during the incident at National Crane Equipment Rental on Hudson Street around 8 a.m., Hackensack Fire Lt. Justin Derevyanik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A police-escorted PSE&G crew responded and cut the power so that the worker could be brought down less than a half-hour later. EMS workers responded as a precaution. PHOTO: Courtesy HACKENSACK FIRE DEPT

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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NJ Transit bus in crash ends up on Ridgewood lawn NJ Transit bus in crash ends up on Ridgewood lawn NJ Transit bus in crash ends up on Ridgewood lawn
NJ Transit bus in crash ends up on Ridgewood lawn STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: No injuries were reported after an NJ Transit bus and two cars collided in Ridgewood this afternoon. The bus, carrying a single passenger who told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that he was en route Bergen Regional Medical Center, would up on the front lawn of a Linwood Avenue home near Sollas Court and required a heavy duty tow truck to free and remove it from the scene. Both passenger vehicles were driven away. Ridgewood police were investigating. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Port Authority police grab Pennsylvania fugitive near Holland Tunnel Port Authority police grab Pennsylvania fugitive near Holland Tunnel Port Authority police grab Pennsylvania fugitive near Holland Tunnel
Port Authority police grab Pennsylvania fugitive near Holland Tunnel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Pennsylvania fugitive wanted for credit card fraud had nearly a dozen cards with different names in plain view on her sedan’s console when she was stopped near the Holland Tunnel last night, Port Authority police said. An officer noticed the cards after pulling over 32-year-old Shivon A. Sessoms of Newark for a traffic violation around 5 p.m. at the intersection of 14 Street and Manila Avenue in Jersey City, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “The cards bore the names of people other than the driver,” Pentangelo said. “Four of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Elmwood Park police arrest more out-of-towners on heroin charges Elmwood Park police arrest more out-of-towners on heroin charges Elmwood Park police arrest more out-of-towners on heroin charges
Elmwood Park police arrest more out-of-towners on heroin charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police arrested three more out-of-towners passing through on heroin charges yesterday. The first stop, around 3 p.m. on Locust Street, led to the arrest of 23-year-old Harold Kemp of Ridgefield on charges of having a bag of heroin and drug paraphernalia, being under the influence of drugs and having drugs in a motor vehicle, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. Six hours later, police on East 53rd Street stopped and arrested Hussan Anjum, 22, of Mahwah, and 20-year-old Devon Bernhart of Ridgewood, who Foligno said were carrying 30 bags of he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Heroin addict stole $30G of checks after moving in, Rochelle Park police charge Heroin addict stole $30G of checks after moving in, Rochelle Park police charge Heroin addict stole $30G of checks after moving in, Rochelle Park police charge
Heroin addict stole $30G of checks after moving in, Rochelle Park police charge ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A heroin addict taken in by his boss rewarded him by stealing, forging and cashing more than $30,000 worth of his checks to feed his habit, Rochelle Park police said. Nicholas Barra, 44, remained held on $45,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest by Rochelle Park detectives yesterday on theft and forgery charges. The victim, a handyman who’d taken in Barra “as a measure of goodwill,” contacted investigators in early December, “believing he was a victim of theft and fraud,” Police Chief Robert Flannelly told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Detectives rev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield couple charged in local burglary Garfield couple charged in local burglary Garfield couple charged in local burglary
Garfield couple charged in local burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police charged a city couple with a burglary that netted several hundred dollars in cash and jewelry. Detectives Thomas LaMantia and Sean Delahanty picked up Aleksandra Polowska, Dariusz Soltys, 26, on an outstanding warrant after spotting him yesterday afternoon in the area of a Tuesday break-in on Orchard Street, Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Interrogating him at headquarters, the detectives connected Soltys and 23-year-old Aleksandra Polkowska to the burglary, in which they said he broke in through a first-floor rear window.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Dominican national in 2-kilo Fort Lee cocaine stop waives extradition Dominican national in 2-kilo Fort Lee cocaine stop waives extradition Dominican national in 2-kilo Fort Lee cocaine stop waives extradition
Dominican national in 2-kilo Fort Lee cocaine stop waives extradition ONLY ON CVP: A Dominican national whom Fort Lee police said they caught with two kilos of cocaine during a traffic stop is headed to New York to face drug charges there. Speaking through a translator, 45-year-old Luis Sosa-Rodriguez agreed to waive extradition during a court hearing in Hackensack yesterday. Once his case is resolved in New York, he’ll be returned to the Bergen County Jail to face charges here in connection with the Sept. 30, 2013 arrests of him and two other men outside Fort Lee High School, Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian said. Tinted windows and erratic drivin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood condo maintenance worker trafficked thousands in jewelry, electronics, authorities charge Englewood condo maintenance worker trafficked thousands in jewelry, electronics, authorities charge Englewood condo maintenance worker trafficked thousands in jewelry, electronics, authorities charge
Englewood condo maintenance worker trafficked thousands in jewelry, electronics, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A summer temp from Englewood trafficked thousands of dollars worth of pricey and sentimental belongings stolen during break-ins and swiped from doorsteps in the condo complex where he worked, authorities have charged. The spree began last Fourth of July and continued for eight weeks before police cracked the case and arrested Darion Salazar, a nine-count indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack yesterday 0ayss. The Cross Creek Condominium Association on Broad Avenue in Englewood “began an internal investigation and discovered overwhelming evidence that Sal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Defendant in $60,000 mugging of Mahwah service station manager agrees to testify against others Defendant in $60,000 mugging of Mahwah service station manager agrees to testify against others Defendant in $60,000 mugging of Mahwah service station manager agrees to testify against others
Defendant in $60,000 mugging of Mahwah service station manager agrees to testify against others ONLY ON CVP: One of five men charged with beating and robbing $60,000 in cash from a Valero gas station manager at the company’s corporate headquarters in Mahwah agreed in Hackensack today to testify against three of his co-defendants in exchange for a three-year prison term. Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian at first refused to approve the deal struck by prosecutors and the attorney for Dominican national Julian Pena Santana, 28, after he refused to implicate a co-defendant in the January 2013 assault and robbery. Pena Santana admitted snatching the bag full of money from the manager …

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