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
Surveillance photo released in Bergenfield pedestrian hit and run Surveillance photo released in Bergenfield pedestrian hit and run Surveillance photo released in Bergenfield pedestrian hit and run
Surveillance photo released in Bergenfield pedestrian hit and run DID YOU SEE IT? Authorities tonight released a still from surveillance video showing a hit-and-run vehicle that sruck a 32-year-old borough man last night. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious head and leg injuries after being struck by the dark-colored, four-door sedan in the northbound lane outside 52 Woodbine Street, south of West Broad Street, around 7:45 p.m. He was “attempting to stop traffic to allow a truck to exit a nearby business” when he was struck, according to a joint release from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli and Bergenfield…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police officer hospitalized after domestic violence suspect hits him in head with pipe Garfield police officer hospitalized after domestic violence suspect hits him in head with pipe Garfield police officer hospitalized after domestic violence suspect hits him in head with pipe
Garfield police officer hospitalized after domestic violence suspect hits him in head with pipe YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Physicians at Hackensack University Medical Center as a precaution were taking a CT scan tonight of a Garfield police officer who was struck in head with a pipe while responding to a domestic violence call, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. * * * * * * BREAKING NEWS: The mother of a man charged with hitting a Garfield police officer in the head with a metal bar after he responded to a domestic violence call was charged with hiding the weapon, police said this morning. Meanwhile, her son was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police pursuit ends when Hasbrouck Heights woman crashes in Leonia, heroin suspected Port Authority police pursuit ends when Hasbrouck Heights woman crashes in Leonia, heroin suspected Port Authority police pursuit ends when Hasbrouck Heights woman crashes in Leonia, heroin suspected
Port Authority police pursuit ends when Hasbrouck Heights woman crashes in Leonia, heroin suspected CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS (Jerry DeMarco) YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A low-speed Port Authority police chase from outside the George Washington Bridge through Fort Lee ended when the 29-year-old driver from Hasbrouck Heights crashed her Honda on a Leonia side street. ONLY ON CVP (UPDATE): A 29-year-old Hasbrouck Heights woman remained hospitalized today with a punctured lung and broken ribs after she crashed her Honda on a Leonia side street following a low-speed chase from the George Washington Bridge on Thursday, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. READ MORE…. Serena Wolstenholme apparently was un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson woman, four teens grabbed in Garfield home invasion Paterson woman, four teens grabbed in Garfield home invasion Paterson woman, four teens grabbed in Garfield home invasion
Paterson woman, four teens grabbed in Garfield home invasion YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County PD K9 dog took a bite out of one of four boys who was arrested along with a woman after Garfield police interrupted an attempted overnight home invasion. Diana Almodovar, 23 (above), was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center with an undisclosed injury and the minors — three 16-year-olds and a 14-year-old — were brought to the Juvenile Detention Center in Teterboro following the Outwater Lane incident, which began just before 1 a.m. Officers recovered three knives and a can of Hot Shot insect spray, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said this after…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Source: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in car trunk in Bronx Source: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in car trunk in Bronx Source: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in car trunk in Bronx
Source: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in car trunk in Bronx BREAKING NEWS: The body of a 24-year-old Fort Lee man reported missing by his girlfriend earlier this week was found in the trunk of his car in the Bronx this afternoon, and a homicide investigation was under way, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the discovery told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. NYPD officers found the fully-clothed body of Jordan Johnson in his 2013 BMW X550 Gran Turismo on East211 Street and Tryon Ave. in the Bedford Park section around 2 p.m. after a license plate reader registered a hit on the missing vehicle. Fort Lee police had issued an alert for Johnson and the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Copper thief in stolen pickup hospitalized after eating 30 bags of heroin, Paramus police say Copper thief in stolen pickup hospitalized after eating 30 bags of heroin, Paramus police say Copper thief in stolen pickup hospitalized after eating 30 bags of heroin, Paramus police say
Copper thief in stolen pickup hospitalized after eating 30 bags of heroin, Paramus police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver arrested along with another man moments after they stole copper wire from a Route 17 AT&T storage lot while driving a stolen pickup truck was hospitalized after revealing that he’d just eaten 30 bags of heroin, Paramus police said. Officer Joshua Capizzi spotted the 2004 Dodge Ram pickup emerge from behind the Petco Store on the highway’s northbound side around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. A computer check showed the vehicle stolen out of Rochelle Park 10 days ago, so officers pulled it over on Sears Drive just…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bloomies shoplifter from Englewood had 19 bags of crack, 3-month-old daughter with her, Hackensack police say Bloomies shoplifter from Englewood had 19 bags of crack, 3-month-old daughter with her, Hackensack police say Bloomies shoplifter from Englewood had 19 bags of crack, 3-month-old daughter with her, Hackensack police say
Bloomies shoplifter from Englewood had 19 bags of crack, 3-month-old daughter with her, Hackensack police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood woman had her 3-month-old daughter with her when Hackensack police said they found her carrying 19 bags of crack after she and an alleged accomplice were caught shoplifting at Bloomingdales, authorities said. Aleeshia M. Frazier, who turns 20 this coming Tuesday, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possessing and distributing cocaine, shoplifting and child endangerment. The woman she was with, Malaika Ross, also 19 of Englewood, was released on a summons for a court appearance on shoplifting charges following yesterda…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police nab Paterson man wanted in CVS robbery, employee assault when he shows up for court Fair Lawn police nab Paterson man wanted in CVS robbery, employee assault when he shows up for court Fair Lawn police nab Paterson man wanted in CVS robbery, employee assault when he shows up for court
Fair Lawn police nab Paterson man wanted in CVS robbery, employee assault when he shows up for court YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police last nght arrested a Paterson man for the Dec. 21 holdup of a CVS after he showed up for court on another charge. John Vonborstel, 42, had a warrant issued for his arrest 10 days ago after he was identified from a surveillance photo that showed him at the CVS on Fair Lawn Avenue — where, police said, he struck a female employee in the face when she tried to stop him. Vonborstel was headed out the back door with a basket containing nearly $250 worth of Vicks cold medication and energy drinks when the 40-year-old worker chased after him and grabbed t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Deported Honduran who returned to U.S. charged with sex trafficking, stalking Deported Honduran who returned to U.S. charged with sex trafficking, stalking Deported Honduran who returned to U.S. charged with sex trafficking, stalking
Deported Honduran who returned to U.S. charged with sex trafficking, stalking YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A deported Honduran who illegally returned to the United States was due in federal court in Newark today after being indicted by a grand jury last week on stalking and sex trafficking charges. Hermen Zuniga Castro, 31, has been in federal custody since immigration agents seized him at Newark’s Penn Station nearly four years ago. Authorities said Castro — also known as “Helmer Zuniga,” “Herman Zuniga,” and “Helmer Mendoza” — began stalking and threatening the woman in June 2007, while both were living in Honduras. According to a complaint on file in U.S. District …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Trial of ‘The Situation,’ brother moved to September Trial of ‘The Situation,’ brother moved to September Trial of ‘The Situation,’ brother moved to September
Trial of ‘The Situation,’ brother moved to September YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal judge today moved the trial of TV personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother on charges of ducking taxes on $8.9 million in income from promotional gigs while claiming pricey clothing, high-end cars and personal grooming as business expenses to Sept 14. The “Jersey Shore” participant and his brother/manager, Marc Sorrentino, were indicted last fall on charges of not properly paying taxes from promotional appearances. Each is charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, as well as with filing false tax returns for …

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