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

Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Woman tells Lodi police female street robber threatened to hurt daughter, 2 Woman tells Lodi police female street robber threatened to hurt daughter, 2 Woman tells Lodi police female street robber threatened to hurt daughter, 2
Woman tells Lodi police female street robber threatened to hurt daughter, 2 A 29-year-old woman told Lodi police that she was robbed of her passport and $1.25 in change in broad daylight by a woman who threatened to hurt her 2-year-old daughter if she didn’t cooperate. “The only description we have…is that she is a black female wearing a red coat and blue jeans,” Lt. Robert Salerno said earlier today. The alleged victim said she was accosted while walking in the area of 200 Westminster Place at 1:35 p.m. yesterday. She said the robber “asked for the victim’s purse and if she did not hand over the purse the suspect was going to hurt her child,” the lieutenant sa…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver climbs from 3-vehicle Route 17 wreck in Paramus Driver climbs from 3-vehicle Route 17 wreck in Paramus Driver climbs from 3-vehicle Route 17 wreck in Paramus
Driver climbs from 3-vehicle Route 17 wreck in Paramus ONLY ON CVP: A motorist climbed from his smashed car before being taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle collision on southbound Route 17 this afternoon, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. It was the only reported injury in the crash, which occurred when the 56-year-old Clifton man lost control of his Toyota Camry while changing lanes about a half-mile north of A&S Drive around 3:40 p.m., Police Sgt. Michael Guglielmo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Camry struck a mini school bus driven by a 70-year-old Hackensack man that, in turn, hit a Jeep Cherokee driven by a 37-year-old Airmont, N.Y. w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee, Cliffside Park firefighters extinguish house blaze Fort Lee, Cliffside Park firefighters extinguish house blaze Fort Lee, Cliffside Park firefighters extinguish house blaze
Fort Lee, Cliffside Park firefighters extinguish house blaze ONLY ON CVP: Firefighters put down a two-family house blaze at the Fort Lee-Cliffside Park border this afternoon. They received backup assistance from their Fairview, Leonia and Palisades Park colleagues while fighting the fire on Edgewood Lane off Columbia and Anderson avenues in Fort Lee behind the Greenhouse high-rise in Cliffside Park. The responders dealt with heavy fire in the walls of the 2½-story wood-frame house after receiving the call around 1:15 p.m. They had the blaze under control within two hours. A neighbor reportedly rescued a pitbull from the otherwise unoccupied house…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police rescue Cliffside Park man, 18, from GWB jump, 69th save this year Port Authority police rescue Cliffside Park man, 18, from GWB jump, 69th save this year Port Authority police rescue Cliffside Park man, 18, from GWB jump, 69th save this year
Port Authority police rescue Cliffside Park man, 18, from GWB jump, 69th save this year SHOUT OUT: Two rookie Port Authority police officers talked an 18-year-old Cliffside Park man from jumping off the George Washington Bridge this morning — the 69th save of the year on the span, authorities said. It was also the second save in three months for Officer Katherine Acevedo, who teamed up with Officer Anthony Estevez — both graduates of the PAPD’s 113th class. The officers spotted the would-be jumper on the bridge’s south walkway around 7:45 this morning, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Police also were receiving calls from bridge motorists headed into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack firefighters buy Christmas presents for disadvantaged youngsters Hackensack firefighters buy Christmas presents for disadvantaged youngsters Hackensack firefighters buy Christmas presents for disadvantaged youngsters
Hackensack firefighters buy Christmas presents for disadvantaged youngsters SHOUT OUT: Hackensack firefighters today bought Christmas toys and other presents for 50 disadvantaged children — many of them without parents — ranging in age from three months to 17 years old. “The looks on the kids faces when they receive their gifts will be priceless,” said John Taylor, vice-president of IAFF Local 3172, which teamed up with Local 2081 for the purchases. The children are with Youth Consultation Services (YCS) of Bergen County in Hackensack. “Most if not all of these kids do not have parents, or they have been takes away from their parents,” Fire Lt. Justin Derevyani…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi man charged with stabbing another during apartment brawl Lodi man charged with stabbing another during apartment brawl Lodi man charged with stabbing another during apartment brawl
Lodi man charged with stabbing another during apartment brawl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi man is charged with stabbing an older man during what sources said was a drunken argument. Michael Wojcik, 24, of Autumn Street, was being held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with attempted murder and weapons possession. Police were investigating a Hope Street noice complaint around 1:40 a.m. yesterday when they discovered the second-floor apartment in disarray and the walls spattered with blood, Lt. Robert Salerno said ths afternoon. The 61-year-old victim was on the floor, having been stabbed during “some type of physical altercation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Target cashier, boyfriend, charged with stealing $1,800 Hackensack Target cashier, boyfriend, charged with stealing $1,800 Hackensack Target cashier, boyfriend, charged with stealing $1,800
Hackensack Target cashier, boyfriend, charged with stealing $1,800 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The boyfriend of a Hackensack Target cashier was charged with robbery after he pushed a security guard while fleeing a theft that the two of them engineered, police said this morning. Jillian Mendoza, 19, of Ridgefield Park gave her boyfriend $1,800 in change that he wasn’t entitled to during no fewer than five separate small purchases, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A security guard interrupted them just before 6 o’clock last night and 23-year-old Alexander Ramos of Englewood pushed his way past. The 5-foot-6-inch, 156-pound Ramos was being…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con shot by retired Union City police officer dies, had loaded handgun, sources say Ex-con shot by retired Union City police officer dies, had loaded handgun, sources say Ex-con shot by retired Union City police officer dies, had loaded handgun, sources say
Ex-con shot by retired Union City police officer dies, had loaded handgun, sources say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con who died of his injuries today after being shot over the weekend in Newark by a retired Union City police officer was carrying a loaded .38-caliber revolver, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Authorities also are expected to announce that they’ve secured a surveillance video of the incident. The retired officer was working as a UPS security guard when 26-year-old Devin Grimes and another man who were in a pickup truck — and wearing masks — ordered him out of his Infiniti at gunpoint around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, law enforcem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland police continue investigation of message found in Indian Hills High School bathroom Oakland police continue investigation of message found in Indian Hills High School bathroom Oakland police continue investigation of message found in Indian Hills High School bathroom
Oakland police continue investigation of message found in Indian Hills High School bathroom UPDATE: Oakland police will continue their increased presence at Ramapo Indian Hills High School tomorrow while an investigation continues into a threatening message left on a stall in a boys bathroom on Friday. “Tomorrow we’ll decide on the rest of the week,” Lt. Christian Eldridge told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Meanwhile, they were checking hallway cameras and student ID tags used to swipe into the bathrooms, among other other steps. The message “does not appear to be a credible threat,” Schools Superintendent Beverly MacKay told parents. CHECK BACK FOR MORE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase opts for trial instead of plea deal Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase opts for trial instead of plea deal Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase opts for trial instead of plea deal
Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase opts for trial instead of plea deal ONLY ON CVP: Rather than accept a plea offer, an Allendale man accused of firing a revolver at his wife and another man in Hackensack’s Foschini Park and then leading police on a mad chase — ramming his SUV into two police cars and injuring three officers — today chose to go to trial instead. James Thompson, 61, rejected the prosecutor’s offer of 12 years — with parole eligibility after 3½ — because “this is a case where nobody got hurt,” defense attorney S. Emile Lisboa told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after today’s court appearance in Hackensack. Three police officers actually were injured after Th…

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