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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Hyde Park, NY
Breaking News
Obama needs to tell Cuba to give us Chesimard first — THEN we can talk Obama needs to tell Cuba to give us Chesimard first — THEN we can talk Obama needs to tell Cuba to give us Chesimard first — THEN we can talk
Obama needs to tell Cuba to give us Chesimard first — Then we can talk WHAT WE THINK: Before President Obama tries opening doors for Cuba, I wrote in one of CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s first-ever editorials 5½ years ago , there’s an outstanding matter here in New Jersey that must be resolved first. In May 1973, during a motor vehicle stop, Joanne Chesimard gunned down a New Jersey State trooper. She was sentenced to life in prison but escaped and fled to Cuba, where she was granted political asylum. NJSP Trooper Werner Foerster Those of us with long memories (and there are many of us who do) want Chesimard extradited to the U.S. to face her just due before she dies.…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
2014 PBA Toy Drive shows true blue side of local police 2014 PBA Toy Drive shows true blue side of local police 2014 PBA Toy Drive shows true blue side of local police
2014 PBA Toy Drive shows true blue side of local police SHOUT OUT: As police officers from dozens of Bergen County towns distributed toys and other presents to terminally ill, sick and needy children today, not one took note of a recipient’s skin color or nationality. “With certain people pushing so much negativity out there, it’s wonderful to see the hearts that these men and women show,” said retired Closter Police Sgt. Donald Nicoletti, one of the driving forces behind the Bergen County PBA Toy Drive since it’s inception 26 years ago. “It can be really heart-wrenching to see some of these little ones and their families,” Nicoletti told CLIF…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Shoplifting turns to robbery for Garfield man caught with his and her massager, police say Shoplifting turns to robbery for Garfield man caught with his and her massager, police say Shoplifting turns to robbery for Garfield man caught with his and her massager, police say
Shoplifting turns to robbery for Garfield man caught with his and her massager, police say ONLY ON CVP: A shoplifting charge escalated to robbery — and $75,000 bail — for a 51-year-old Garfield man who police said pushed a drug store security guard while trying to swipe a his-and-her massager. Thomas Grumet was being held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with robbery and resisting arrest. Officers were called to the Rite Aid on Outwater Lane at 6:49 p.m. Monday by security officers who grabbed and detained Grumet before he could make it out the door, Detective Michael Latona said. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Mexican immigrant had sexual relationship with Englewood girl, 12, authorities charge Mexican immigrant had sexual relationship with Englewood girl, 12, authorities charge Mexican immigrant had sexual relationship with Englewood girl, 12, authorities charge
Mexican immigrant had sexual relationship with Englewood girl, 12, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married, unemployed Mexican immigrant f had sex several times with a 12-year-old Englewood girl before authorities arrested him, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Investigators from Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit took 33-year-old Victor Brito Casimiro into custody yesterday on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. A judge ordered him held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail and required that he surrender his passport. “The New Jersey Department of Children and Families Division of Chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah detective dragged by fleeing driver, arrest made in Nutley Mahwah detective dragged by fleeing driver, arrest made in Nutley Mahwah detective dragged by fleeing driver, arrest made in Nutley
Mahwah detective dragged by fleeing driver, arrest made in Nutley YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Old Tappan man dragged a Mahwah police detective 60 feet with his car before cutting his lights and speeding off last night, then was arrested in Nutley after leaving his girlfriend’s house, authorities said. Detective Kevin Herbert approached the 2007 Jeep Wrangler in the parking lot of the State Line Diner and asked the driver, 45-year-old Kenneth Tortora, to step out, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early this afternoon. Tortora instead put the vehicle into gear and began to drive off, he said. Detective Lt. Guido Bussinelli and Detective Er…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield warehouse worker charged with downloading child porn Bergenfield warehouse worker charged with downloading child porn Bergenfield warehouse worker charged with downloading child porn
Bergenfield warehouse worker charged with downloading child porn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old warehouse worker from Bergenfield was caught downloading child porn videos at home, authorities said this morning. Christopher Davis was being held on $75,000 bail following his arrest earlier today on charges of endangerment the welfare of a minor by possessing and transmtting images of child pornography. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said detectives from his Computer Crimes Task Force seized computers and other items during a court-authorized search of Davis’s apartment. “The videos depicted pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual ac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
80 stitches for victim attacked by homeless man with broken bottle outside Port Authority bus terminal 80 stitches for victim attacked by homeless man with broken bottle outside Port Authority bus terminal 80 stitches for victim attacked by homeless man with broken bottle outside Port Authority bus terminal
80 stitches for victim attacked by homeless man with broken bottle outside Port Authority bus terminal BEYOND BERGEN: A 57-year-old man needed 80 stitches to close his wounds after a homeless man attacked him with a broken bottle across the street from the Port Authority 42nd Street bus terminal in midtown Manhattan yesterday, police said. Two Port Authority officers flagged down by witnesses grabbed the alleged assailant at 41st and Eighth, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. The victim told them that 47-year-old Candido Jerez grabbed a bottle, broke it on the ground and attacked him with it when he didn’t give him a cigarette. He was cut on the head, chest and hand, Pe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt police charge dock worker with hitting fiancée with bag of jars, making threats Carlstadt police charge dock worker with hitting fiancée with bag of jars, making threats Carlstadt police charge dock worker with hitting fiancée with bag of jars, making threats
Carlstadt police charge dock worker with hitting fiancée with bag of jars, making threats YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Carlstadt dock worker hit his fiancée in the chest with a bag of mason jars and threatened to harm her during an argument, for which he was arrested, police said. Detective Sgt. David Smith and Officers William Pangaro and Anthony Bellina took 36-year-old Jose Luyando III into custody on Sunday, after the frightened woman left the house with their children, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said this morning. Luyano posted $2,500 bail and was released pending a Jan. 1 Municipal Court hearing on charges of simple assault and making terroristic threats. MUGSHOT: Courte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police seek help in hit and crash that injured woman, 18, walking dog Teaneck police seek help in hit and crash that injured woman, 18, walking dog Teaneck police seek help in hit and crash that injured woman, 18, walking dog
Teaneck police seek help in hit and crash that injured woman, 18, walking dog YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police were seeking the public’s help finding a hit-and-run driver who sent an 18-year-old woman walking her dog to the hospital last night with two arm fractures, broken ribs and bruises on her face. Police got the call at 8:41 p.m. and found the woman in the roadway of Windsor Road near the State Street intersection, Detective Lt. Andrew McGurr said. She’d been struck by an older model, dark-colored SUV type vehicle heading south on Windsor that never stopped, he said. The Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to Hackensack University Medical Cente…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police grab 2 in stolen car, seek third in shoplifting Paramus police grab 2 in stolen car, seek third in shoplifting Paramus police grab 2 in stolen car, seek third in shoplifting
Paramus police grab 2 in stolen car, seek third in shoplifting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police grabbed two Paterson men in a stolen car outside a Route 17 store this afternoon and were looking for a third suspect who they said was inside stealing merchandise. Kevin C. Williams, 46, was sitting in the front seat and 51-year-old  in the back of the 2000 silver Honda Accord when Officer Gregg Hooper and Lt. Dave Angelucci caught them in the Burlington Coat Factory parking lot on the highway’s southbound side, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A computer check showed the car had been reported stolen earlier today. As the officers were taking …

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