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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
SUNDAY: Last day for Dumont Boy Scouts Christmas tree sale SUNDAY: Last day for Dumont Boy Scouts Christmas tree sale SUNDAY: Last day for Dumont Boy Scouts Christmas tree sale
Sunday: Last day for Dumont Boy Scouts Christmas tree sale SHOUT OUT: Today is the last day to buy your Christmas tree from Dumont Boy Scout Troop 1345. There are plenty of choice selections available. It starts at noon and ends at 6 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 185 West Madison Ave. Proceeds go toward events and equipment for the more than 40 scouts and the group of dedicated adults who lead them. Founded in 2008, the troop has helped seven young men become Eagle Scouts. PHOTO: Life Scout Andrew Warta (r.) helping the Wagner family

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
de Blasio hands ‘dripping with blood,’ PBA says no arrests or summonses unless ‘absolutely necessary’ de Blasio hands ‘dripping with blood,’ PBA says no arrests or summonses unless ‘absolutely necessary’ de Blasio hands ‘dripping with blood,’ PBA says no arrests or summonses unless ‘absolutely necessary’
de Blasio hands ‘dripping with blood,’ PBA says no arrests or summonses unless ‘absolutely necessary’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s hands “are literally dripping with our blood,” the NYC PBA said tonight in an alert urging its members not to make arrests or issue summonses “unless absolutely necessary” following this afternoon’s cold-blooded executions of two uniformed officers in Brooklyn. “[W]e have, for the first time in a number of years, become a ‘wartime’ police department,” the union said. “Starting IMMEDIATELY,” union officials wrote, “at least two units are to respond to EVERY call, no matter the condition or severity, no matter what type of job is …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Last convict in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective headed to prison for 12 years Last convict in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective headed to prison for 12 years Last convict in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective headed to prison for 12 years
Last convict in botched Ridgefield Park heroin robbery of undercover Bergen detective headed to prison for 12 years ONLY ON CVP: The last of four men involved in a botched attempt to rob an undercover Bergen County detective posing as a heroin dealer in the parking lot of a Ridgefield Park hotel must spend nearly 12 years in prison before he’ll be eligible for parole. A judge in Hackensack yesterday sentenced Brandon Segar to 14 years followed by five years of supervised release. Segar, 33, of New York City, was arrested with two others at the Ridgefield Park Hampton Inn in October 2011 after one of them put a gun to the officer’s head, only to be surrounded by backups. Segar posted bail, then went o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bedford, NY
Breaking News
Warnings of assassin’s intent arrive as 2 NYPD officers are executed Warnings of assassin’s intent arrive as 2 NYPD officers are executed Warnings of assassin’s intent arrive as 2 NYPD officers are executed
Warnings of assassin’s intent arrive as 2 Nypd officers are executed YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were gunned down in cold blood as they sat in their cruiser on a Brooklyn street corner just as the department was receiving notification from their Baltimore colleagues that their killer was in the area with murderous intent, authorities said. NEW YORK POST PHOTO Liu, a seven-year veteran, was married two months ago. Ramos, who joined the department two years ago, was married with a 13-year-old son. They were assigned to a special crime-reduction patrol in Bedford Stuyvesant. Both were pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview girl forced into oral sex by Queens man, indictment alleges Fairview girl forced into oral sex by Queens man, indictment alleges Fairview girl forced into oral sex by Queens man, indictment alleges
Fairview girl forced into oral sex by Queens man, indictment alleges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Ecuadoran national from Queens forced a Fairview girl to give him oral sex and molested her beginning when she was six, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges. Luis Bueno, 30, of Corona, Queens, was arrested in January by NYPD detectives on a warrant from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The girl told investigators the assaults happened between 2006 and 2008 but she kept them secret. Last December, she confided in a teacher, leading to an investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. The indictment re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview businessman in Conrail Boyz takedown has history, sources say Fairview businessman in Conrail Boyz takedown has history, sources say Fairview businessman in Conrail Boyz takedown has history, sources say
Fairview businessman in Conrail Boyz takedown has history, sources say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fairview businessman arrested in Hudson County’s takedown of the “Conrail Boyz” railroad cargo theft gang has a record for similar crimes, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. Richard Gutierrez, 60, was arrested at his JRichard store in Paterson, where investigators seized several items of stolen merchandise, law enforcement sources said. The sources also said that Gutierrez has previous arrests by the FBI in the mid 1980s and by Essex and Hudson counties in the late 1990s in connection with similar crimes. The arrest more than a decade ago involved many of the same Conr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Manhunt ends for knife-wielding bandit in Elmwood Park shoplifting turned robbery Manhunt ends for knife-wielding bandit in Elmwood Park shoplifting turned robbery Manhunt ends for knife-wielding bandit in Elmwood Park shoplifting turned robbery
Manhunt ends for knife-wielding bandit in Elmwood Park shoplifting turned robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who was wanted for pulling a knife on an Elmwood Park supermarket security guard last weekend – turning a shoplifting into an armed robbery — was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after he was picked up yesterday by Haledon police. Leonard Evans, 57, of Paterson is charged with robbery and two illegal weapons counts. Police were called to the Pathmark on Broadway last Saturday morning after Evans pulled a six-inch knife on a guard who tried to stop him, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He then ran off toward…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment returned against Fort Lee man who led NJSP troopers on six-town chase Indictment returned against Fort Lee man who led NJSP troopers on six-town chase Indictment returned against Fort Lee man who led NJSP troopers on six-town chase
Indictment returned against Fort Lee man who led Njsp troopers on six-town chase ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Hackensack yesterday indicted a Fort Lee man who authorities said led police on a chase from the Vince Lombardi service area through six towns before they cornered him in an Englewood apartment. Troopers said they began chasing Edward Lawrence Jones, 46, at the New Jersey Turnpike rest stop in Ridgfield on April 27 after he called 911 several times to report that he was being followed by dozens of cars. After ignoring the troopers who approached him, Jones drove off in his Toyota Sienna as they tried to remove him from the vehicle, authorities said. They chase…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Last big weekend of Washington Township firefighters’ Christmas tree sale Last big weekend of Washington Township firefighters’ Christmas tree sale Last big weekend of Washington Township firefighters’ Christmas tree sale
Last big weekend of Washington Township firefighters’ Christmas tree sale SHOUT OUT: Washington Township’s volunteer firefighters are in the last big weekend of their popular Christmas tree sale. The firefighters boast a wide variety of trees — from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. — until Christmas Eve at their Washington Avenue headquarters. Also available are wreaths (1-5 feet), grave blankets and other Christmas accessories — along with plenty of netting and twine — as well as metal tree stands and disposal skirts. There’s also a complimentary BBQ from noon-3 p.m. today and tomorrow. As an entirely volunteer organization, the Washington Township Fire Department d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood woman charged with giving oral sex to boy, 5 Englewood woman charged with giving oral sex to boy, 5 Englewood woman charged with giving oral sex to boy, 5
Englewood woman charged with giving oral sex to boy, 5 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood woman put a 5-year-old boy’s penis in her mouth, then assaulted a Bergen County sheriff’s corrections officer after she was jailed, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack today reveals. Roxanne Hewitt, 34, has remained held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail since her arrest on April 23. “My client denies any wrongdoing and denies that the alleged incident occurred,” defense attorney Ron Bar-Nadav told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Authorities at the time accused her of “engaging in inappropriate sexual activity” with the boy without elabora…

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