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
NJSP charges Hasbrouck Heights career burglar in Meadowlands thefts NJSP charges Hasbrouck Heights career burglar in Meadowlands thefts NJSP charges Hasbrouck Heights career burglar in Meadowlands thefts
Njsp charges Hasbrouck Heights career burglar in Meadowlands thefts ONLY ON CVP: A Hasbrouck Heights career criminal under indictment in no fewer than three separate burglary arrests was charged by New Jersey State Police over the weekend with swiping batteries from roadside message boards at the Meadowlands. Local police picked up Michael Prisco at his home on a New Jersey State Police warrant on Saturday, NJSP Lt. Brian Polite told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. A State Police investigation into the theft of the batteries quickly pegged the 40-year-old Prisco as the prime suspect in the thefts, which occurred on Dec. 10, 19 and 22 at the East Rutherford …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Driver climbs from Jeep, hospitalized after Teaneck crash Driver climbs from Jeep, hospitalized after Teaneck crash Driver climbs from Jeep, hospitalized after Teaneck crash
Driver climbs from Jeep, hospitalized after Teaneck crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver who climbed from her Jeep after it was knocked onto its side during a crash this morning was taken to Holy Name Medical Center by the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Teaneck firefighters who were first on the scene of the 10:40 a.. crash at Lincoln Place and Martense Avenue initially tended to the driver after his Jeep collided with a Ford Focus.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-wife of Bergen police officer can’t move daughter, 8, to Atlanta, NJ court rules Ex-wife of Bergen police officer can’t move daughter, 8, to Atlanta, NJ court rules Ex-wife of Bergen police officer can’t move daughter, 8, to Atlanta, NJ court rules
Ex-wife of Bergen police officer can’t move daughter, 8, to Atlanta, NJ court rules ONLY ON CVP: A local Bergen County police officer’s job makes it impossible for him to spend an adequate amount of time with his daughter if his divorced wife relocates with her to Atlanta, a state court ruled this past week, in prohibiting the move. Such a move would be against the best interests of the now-10-year-old girl, the New Jersey Appellate Division found in upholding a May 2013 decision by a famly court judge in Hackensack. The couple was married a decade ago. They divorced a couple of years ago and share custody of their daughter and a son, now 22, who live with their mother i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello laid to rest Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello laid to rest Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello laid to rest
Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello laid to rest PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Richard Criscione (TOP), Maria De Los Angeles (ABOVE) TRIBUTE (PHOTOS): Large snowflakes descended slowly as a cortege led by motorcycle units bore Cliffside Park Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello to Madonna Cemetery and Mausoleum in Fort Lee this afternoon following a funeral that drew hundreds. CPPD Officer Stephen Petruzzello A short time earlier, honor guards from several law enforcement agencies lined the steps to Epiphany Church as mourners gathered to honor and memorialize the 22-year-old officer, who died of injuries sustained when he a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
16-inch height difference, same weapons possession charge for couple busted by Lodi police 16-inch height difference, same weapons possession charge for couple busted by Lodi police 16-inch height difference, same weapons possession charge for couple busted by Lodi police
16-inch height difference, same weapons possession charge for couple busted by Lodi police ONLY ON CVP: He’s 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, while she’s 4-foot-11 and 100 pounds — and Lodi police have charged both with carrying an imitation handgun that could have been mistaken for the real thing. John Daquion Green, 25, of Brooklyn was being held on $100,000 bail and Esperanza Ramirez, a 39-year-old Dominican national living in Harlem on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Both are charged with illegal weapons possession. Sgt. Christopher Perrelli and Officers Richard Cordero and Andelson Mindest were responding to a domestic violence call when Green tried to toss the would-be …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garage sale this weekend to help Fair Lawn family burned from home Garage sale this weekend to help Fair Lawn family burned from home Garage sale this weekend to help Fair Lawn family burned from home
Garage sale this weekend to help Fair Lawn family burned from home PHOTOS: Jen Haber (TOP), Nick Evans (ABOVE) HOW YOU CAN HELP: Members of a Fair Lawn family whose home was destroyed by fire today are holding a garage sale tomorrow and Sunday to help their loved ones. Meanwhile, firefighters returned late tonight after the blaze rekindled in the attic. “My parents, my sisters Grace Elizabeth and Starr Marion, lost EVERYTHING,” a sibling named Serena Marion posted on Facebook tonight. “This is how everyone can help us. “Please come buy our [stuff] and to make room in our apartment for my parents and sister.” Marion’s home is at 14-10 George St., acr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Virginia man stopped on Route 287 had 50,000+ packs of untaxed cigarettes, Mahwah police say Virginia man stopped on Route 287 had 50,000+ packs of untaxed cigarettes, Mahwah police say Virginia man stopped on Route 287 had 50,000+ packs of untaxed cigarettes, Mahwah police say
Virginia man stopped on Route 287 had 50,000+ packs of untaxed cigarettes, Mahwah police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A routine traffic stop turned up more than 50,000 packs of illegally trafficked cigarettes, Mahwah police said. Sgt. Michael Blondin stopped a rented Nissan Maxima on Route 287 and noticed several cellphones on the passenger side. The driver, 52-year-old Hatim A. Mohamed of Richmond, VA, “gave conflicting and implausible traffic plans” to the officer, Police Chief James Batelli said. The vehicle also was overdue to be returned, he said. It was brought to police headquarters, where Mohamed consented to a search that turned up 254 cartons of cigarettes in the tru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man charged with choking Englewood girlfriend Hackensack man charged with choking Englewood girlfriend Hackensack man charged with choking Englewood girlfriend
Hackensack man charged with choking Englewood girlfriend An argument following a New Year’s Eve party led to domestic violence assault charges against a Hackensack who Englewood police said choked his girlfriend. Robert Thompson, 45, wasn’t supposed to be with the victim, under a permanent restraining order, police said. Officers were called to the 100 block of Glenbrook Parkway at 1:19 a.m. Thursday, where they found visible signs of assault on the 45-year-old victim, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The woman was tended to by emergency medical personnel, while Thompson was taken to police headquarters and then to the Bergen County Jail,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
No serious injuries in Lodi crash No serious injuries in Lodi crash No serious injuries in Lodi crash
No serious injuries in Lodi crash ONLY ON CVP: A driver climbed from a compact car that got knocked on its side in a crash in Lodi earlier today. Firefighters and EMS workers responded to the intersection of Garibaldi Avenue and Brook Street after the Acura Integra knocked over the Honda Fit just before noon. STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Kevin Teel

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police find driver passed out behind the wheel, foot on the brake, near Holland Tunnel Port Authority police find driver passed out behind the wheel, foot on the brake, near Holland Tunnel Port Authority police find driver passed out behind the wheel, foot on the brake, near Holland Tunnel
Port Authority police find driver passed out behind the wheel, foot on the brake, near Holland Tunnel BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police said they found a drunk driver passed out behind the wheel in traffic — his foot on the brake and an empty bottle of wine on the floor — near the Holland Tunnel. Officers spotted the 2004 Ford Explorer stopped at a green light on Erie Street about 20 yards from the 12th Street intersection in Jersey City around 7 o’clock last night, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. The unconscious driver’s chin was resting on the steering wheel, he said. The car was in drive and his foot was on the brake, Pentangelo said. The officer reached in,…

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