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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Head-on crash in Fair Lawn sends driver to hospital Head-on crash in Fair Lawn sends driver to hospital Head-on crash in Fair Lawn sends driver to hospital
Head-on crash in Fair Lawn sends driver to hospital ONLY ON CVP: One motorist was hospitalized and the other refused medical attention after a head-on collision in Fair Lawn tonight. A pickup truck slammed into a Ford Focus around 10:15 p.m. in front of the Bank of America on River Road. The pickup driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck pedestrian struck by hit-and-run DWI driver breaks leg Teaneck pedestrian struck by hit-and-run DWI driver breaks leg Teaneck pedestrian struck by hit-and-run DWI driver breaks leg
Teaneck pedestrian struck by hit-and-run DWI driver breaks leg YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pedestrian visiting relatives from out of town suffered a broken leg after he was struck by a car driven by an intoxicated hit-and-run motorist while walking near Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck tonight, police said. The 55-year-old victim was walking around a snow-covered sidewalk on Chadwick Road away from the hospital when he was struck by the Ford Econoline box truck near Cedar Lane just after 3 p.m., Sgt. Patrick Forrest told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. He was taken to the hospital while police working a road construction detail stopped the van three blocks…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park teens charged in Cliffside Park knife-point robbery Ridgefield Park teens charged in Cliffside Park knife-point robbery Ridgefield Park teens charged in Cliffside Park knife-point robbery
Ridgefield Park teens charged in Cliffside Park knife-point robbery An 18-year-old Ridgefield Park man remained held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail in connection with the knifepoint street robbery of two juveniles that Cliffside Park police said he committed with another teenager. Detectives arrested Roberto Antonio Castro and the 17-year-old boy, also from Ridgefield Park, the day after the 10 p.m. Jan. 30 holdup on Oakwood Avenue and Columbia Place. Both 17-year-old victims apparently knew Castro and his companion, police spokesman William Maer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Neither was injured in the robbery, in which $83 in cash and two cellphone…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford man admits helping sell stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq New Milford man admits helping sell stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq New Milford man admits helping sell stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq
New Milford man admits helping sell stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Milford man today admitted conspiring to sell guns smuggled out of Iraq that once belonged to the family of Saddam Hussein. Carlos Manuel Quirola, 58, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to a single charge of conspiring to transport stolen firearms. Two other men, Karlo Sauer and Howard Blumenthal, have pleaded guilty, as well, and a third, David Ryan of Miami, FL, is headed to trial in May. U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden set sentencing for Quirola — also known as “Manny” — for June 1, 2015, pending the outcome of Ryan’s trial. U.S. Attorne…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee merchants donate more than $7,000 in gift cards to Edgewater fire victims Fort Lee merchants donate more than $7,000 in gift cards to Edgewater fire victims Fort Lee merchants donate more than $7,000 in gift cards to Edgewater fire victims
Fort Lee merchants donate more than $7,000 in gift cards to Edgewater fire victims SHOUT OUT: Fort Lee merchants have banded together to help the residents of the Avalon apartment complex in the wake of last month’s devastating fire. Members of the Business District Alliance (BDA) of Fort Lee donated nearly $5,000 by purchasing gift cards for area restaurants and other businesses selected on the basis of a priority list provided by the Edgewater Strong charity. The members then got area business owners and others in town to kick in $2,400 more worth of cards (see list, below). The cards were being distributed by Edgewater Strong. “I want to thank our valued business…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater, Englewood Cliffs men plead guilty to California cocaine deal Edgewater, Englewood Cliffs men plead guilty to California cocaine deal Edgewater, Englewood Cliffs men plead guilty to California cocaine deal
Edgewater, Englewood Cliffs men plead guilty to California cocaine deal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Bergen County men — one from Edgewater, the other from Englewood Cliffs — today admitted their roles in a scheme to truck more than 20 kilos of cocaine from California to New Jersey. Melvin Feliz, 48, of Englewood Cliffs, and Irving Olivero-Pena, 42, of Edgewater, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to drug conspiracy along with Robert Crawford, 39, of Long Island City. The trio, who were arrested last March 14, admitted giving a courier $549,950 for the drugs during an Oct. 22, 2012 meeting in New Jersey. Authorities in California seized the cash. U.…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst firefighters extricate driver from van after NJ Turnpike crash Lyndhurst firefighters extricate driver from van after NJ Turnpike crash Lyndhurst firefighters extricate driver from van after NJ Turnpike crash
Lyndhurst firefighters extricate driver from van after NJ Turnpike crash ONLY ON CVP: The driver of a box truck that collided with a tractor-trailer on the NJ Turnpike this afternoon was extricated by Lyndhurst firefighters and taken by the Lyndhurst Police Emergency Squad to University Medical Center in Newark. “The driver was alert and conscious,” State Police Sgt. Jeff Flynn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT a little over an hour after the 12:37 p.m. center-lane crash on the southbound west extension at milepost 110.5. Firefighters rolled the dashboard forward with hydraulic tools.

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Flight attendant swipes nearly $5,000 in UNICEF coin donations, Port Authority police charge Flight attendant swipes nearly $5,000 in UNICEF coin donations, Port Authority police charge Flight attendant swipes nearly $5,000 in UNICEF coin donations, Port Authority police charge
Flight attendant swipes nearly $5,000 in UNICEF coin donations, Port Authority police charge BEYOND BERGEN: A flight attendant stole nearly $5,000 worth of coins donated by passengers to UNICEF over nearly two years, said Port Authority police who arrested him. A 2006 Ford van parked by 56-year-old Marco Costa in the American AIrlines employees lot at JFK Airport in October “appeared low to the ground” and had a registration that had expired in September 2013, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officers who spotted it summoned a canine, who didn’t indicated any explosives were in the vehicle, he said. After impounding the vehicle and obtaining a warrant, au…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Drivers get dozens of tickets in Bergen for not clearing ice, snow Drivers get dozens of tickets in Bergen for not clearing ice, snow Drivers get dozens of tickets in Bergen for not clearing ice, snow
Drivers get dozens of tickets in Bergen for not clearing ice, snow PUBLIC SAFETY: State, Bergen County and local police this morning were ticketing motorists driving without cleaning off the tops of their vehicles. Police in Maywood and Rochelle Park said their squads issued seven summonses each for uncleared vehicles this morning alone. Waldwick police have issued no fewer than dozen in recent weeks. “We are out there to protect the public and this is part of it,” Rochelle Park Police Chief Robert Flannelly told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Maywood Police Chief David Pegg said he made it a priority for his officers, as well. Upper Saddle River police issued …

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Nearby residents evacuated during Fairview bus fire Nearby residents evacuated during Fairview bus fire Nearby residents evacuated during Fairview bus fire
Nearby residents evacuated during Fairview bus fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No serious injuries were reported after a small commuter bus caught fire outside a garden apartment complex in Fairview this morning. Although original reports from the scene were of flames extending to a Crestview Gardens apartment building at 619 Fairview Avenue, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that only a utility pole and an awning caught fire. The flames were extinguished within 15 minutes. “As a precaution, we temporarily cleared area residents,” Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “PSE&G was notified as was responding.” A firefighter was…

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