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
Indictment charges Mahwah millionaire with cutting down 221 of neighbors’ trees Indictment charges Mahwah millionaire with cutting down 221 of neighbors’ trees Indictment charges Mahwah millionaire with cutting down 221 of neighbors’ trees
Indictment charges Mahwah millionaire with cutting down 221 of neighbors’ trees YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah millionaire owner of a string of Dunkin Donuts franchises was indicted in Hackensack today on charges of cutting down 221 of his neighbor’s trees — worth a combined $1 million — and then trying to influence witnesses to lie. The indictment accuses Jay Patel of theft, criminal mischief and witness tampering. It says Patel “took unlawful control over movable property of Donald and Deborah Cantow” in early 2011, damaged it and then “believing an investigation was pending…engaged in conduct a reasonable person would believe would cause a witness or informant…t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Emerson construction worker struck by backhoe bucket dies instantly Emerson construction worker struck by backhoe bucket dies instantly Emerson construction worker struck by backhoe bucket dies instantly
Emerson construction worker struck by backhoe bucket dies instantly UPDATE: A 34-year-old construction worker from South River was killed after being struck in the head by a backhoe bucket behind an Emerson rehab center yesterday afternoon. The Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office was summoned to the Emerson Health and Rehabilitation Center and pronounced the victim dead at 4:15 p.m. OSHA also responded. The worker was part of a crew from a Middlesex County construction company building a new retaining wall on the south side of the parking lot and got too close to the machine, Detective Sgt. Michael McDermott told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge gives repeat offender Christmas release for brawl with Mahwah Home Depot security guard Judge gives repeat offender Christmas release for brawl with Mahwah Home Depot security guard Judge gives repeat offender Christmas release for brawl with Mahwah Home Depot security guard
Judge gives repeat offender Christmas release for brawl with Mahwah Home Depot security guard ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack today gave an early Christmas present to an ex-con who knocked over plants and flowers during a tussle with a Mahwah Home Depot security guard who caught him shoplifting, knocking 70 days off his jail sentence and sending him home. Rene Ruggio, a 50-year-old career criminal, “has served seven months of the nine-month sentence,” defense attorney Ian Silvera told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian. “He just wants to spend Christmas with his family.” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Keith Travers opposed the move. “Two-hundred seventy days is fair,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Body of missing woman found in Passaic River in Elmwood Park released to family Body of missing woman found in Passaic River in Elmwood Park released to family Body of missing woman found in Passaic River in Elmwood Park released to family
Body of missing woman found in Passaic River in Elmwood Park released to family YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The body of a missing 52-year-old Belleville woman pulled from the Passaic River in Elmwood Park on Wednesday was released to the family today. Family members a law enforcement official’s statement to CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the death of Mildred Soto doesn’t appear suspicious. Soto, who suffered from paranoia, didn’t have her medication with her, they said. Dental records were used to identify Soto, who family members said was carrying her driver’s license in her back pocket. Authorities didn’t initially say how long they believe her body was in the water. The f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Indictments returned in NJ/NY luxury-vehicle theft ring Indictments returned in NJ/NY luxury-vehicle theft ring Indictments returned in NJ/NY luxury-vehicle theft ring
Indictments returned in NJ/NY luxury-vehicle theft ring UPDATE: A wanted fugitive caught by Saddle River police after a car burglary in Allendale earlier this year was among 26 people indicted by a state grand jury in Trenton yesterday on charges of stealing and carjacking luxury vehicles in New Jersey and New York and shipping them to West Africa, where they sold for significantly more than the U.S. sticker price. Abdur Abdullah, 33, of Irvington (inset, above) was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list and was being sought by the New Jersey State Police as part of the “Operation Jacked” takedown that produced the indictments when he was caught. Inves…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man charged in Northvale, Englewood Cliffs bank robberies brought to Bergen Man charged in Northvale, Englewood Cliffs bank robberies brought to Bergen Man charged in Northvale, Englewood Cliffs bank robberies brought to Bergen
Man charged in Northvale, Englewood Cliffs bank robberies brought to Bergen CVP EXCLUSIVE: An accused serial bank robber from the Bronx was brought to Bergen County this week to face charges of robbing PNC Bank branches in Englewood Cliffs and Northvale a year ago this month. Northvale PNC Bank robber (Courtesy: FBI) Eddy Cruz was being held without bail in the county lockup in Hackensack after arriving Monday from the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla, where he’d been held since his arrest less than an hour after a New Year’s Eve bank robbery in Mt. Kisco. On Wednesday, a grand jury in Hackensack indicted Cruz, 39, in connection with bank holdups on Dec. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Haworth police officers rescue heroin user from suicide attempt Haworth police officers rescue heroin user from suicide attempt Haworth police officers rescue heroin user from suicide attempt
Haworth police officers rescue heroin user from suicide attempt SHOUT OUTS: Two Haworth police officers using Narcan rescued a 22-year-old heroin user from a suicide attempt before dawn this morning. Officers Thomas Rienecke and James Morgan were met at the door just after 4:45 a.m. by the Madison Avenue homeowner, who told them that his son had overdosed. They found the unconscious victim on his back on a living room couch “foaming and bleeding from the mouth and nose,” Lt. Thomas Ryan told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. After the officers hooked him up to an oxygen tank, Rienecke administered a single dose of Narcan. “His breathing improved and he had a high …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rockland man indicted on charges of running brothel near Route 4 in Paramus Rockland man indicted on charges of running brothel near Route 4 in Paramus Rockland man indicted on charges of running brothel near Route 4 in Paramus
Rockland man indicted on charges of running brothel near Route 4 in Paramus ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Hackensack indicted a Nanuet man this week on charges of running a house of prostitution on a tree-lined Paramus street just off Route 4. Neighbors and social media ads led Paramus police and members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigation Squad to the North Farview Avenue home in late August. They arrested 26-year-old Feng Qun Liu on prostitution charges and Mei Zhi Zheng, 37, for promoting prostitution and hindering. “Hot Asian waiting for you. Grand opening,” read one ad that police found after residents reported strange cars coming…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Police Auxiliary seeks volunteers Lyndhurst Police Auxiliary seeks volunteers Lyndhurst Police Auxiliary seeks volunteers
Lyndhurst Police Auxiliary seeks volunteers PUBLIC SAFETY: The Lyndhurst Police Auxiliary is seeking volunteers. The organization of citizens augments township police by providing crowd and traffic control and a visible presence to help improve safety and security in the community. The unit also provides protection and security for schools, parks, recreational fields and other municipal locations and may be called into action for other assistance. The presence of the auxiliary, in uniform or on patrol in marked police vehicles, has been proven to reduce vandalism and other crimes in the community, authorities said. All Lyndhurs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt man showed child porn to girl, indictment charges Carlstadt man showed child porn to girl, indictment charges Carlstadt man showed child porn to girl, indictment charges
Carlstadt man showed child porn to girl, indictment charges ONLY ON CVP: A Carlstadt man was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of showing child pornography to an underage girl during an online chat. Computer crimes detectives arrested 36-year-old David Jusis in early June and executed a search warrant at his Broad Street apartment in connection with a May 12 chat, authorities said. Jusis, who is single and unemployed, was released on a summons charging him with child endangerment – specifically, by “engaging in sexually explicit chat messages with under-age females,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. Th…

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