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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bergen County Police officer nabs Cliffside Park driver after stolen car crash on Route 46 in Teterboro Bergen County Police officer nabs Cliffside Park driver after stolen car crash on Route 46 in Teterboro Bergen County Police officer nabs Cliffside Park driver after stolen car crash on Route 46 in Teterboro
Bergen County Police officer nabs Cliffside Park driver after stolen car crash on Route 46 in Teterboro YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cliffside Park man ran a red light and crashed a stolen car on Route 46 in Teterboro during a chase last night, authorities said. Bergen County Police Officer Jeffrey DePalma spotted the stolen car reported stolen by Fairview police earlier and pulled it over on Industrial Avenue, west of Teterboro Airport, Lt. Robert Espinosa told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. As the officer was radioing in the vehicle’s information, the it sped off, Espinosa said. The driver ran the red light, slamming the car into an SUV headed west on Route 46, spun around and hit an NJ T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Pickup rams SUV in Emerson, 3 hospitalized Pickup rams SUV in Emerson, 3 hospitalized Pickup rams SUV in Emerson, 3 hospitalized
Pickup rams SUV in Emerson, 3 hospitalized ONLY ON CVP: Three people were taken to the hospital with injuries that police said weren’t life-threatening after a pickup truck slammed into a Mercedes SUV on Old Hook Road in Emerson today. The Mercedes was emerging from a parking lot opposite the Shop Rite headed west on Old Hook when the Ford F-150 rammed into it as the driver moved into the right lane just after 1:30 p.m., police said. The SUV, struck both in the front and rear by the truck, continued on across the road, ripping the grating off a catch basin and dragging it eight or so feet before coming to a stop. Airbags deploye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck woman surrenders in slashing over Facebook post Teaneck woman surrenders in slashing over Facebook post Teaneck woman surrenders in slashing over Facebook post
Teaneck woman surrenders in slashing over Facebook post UPDATE: A Teaneck woman surrendered to Englewood police to face charges that she slashed a man’s face during an argument over a social media comment. Tarasjah Virgo, 25, and the victim got into an argument at West Palisade Avenue business on Oct. 30 after she posted a comment on Facebook about a relative of his, authorities said. FROM LAST WEEK: Tarasjah Virgo (IMAGE: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD PD) “An argument ensued and Virgo pulled out some type of sharp weapon, slashed him across his face and fled the area,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT last Wednesday. The 31-year-o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police arrest 3 DWI drivers on GWB in little over 90 minutes Port Authority police arrest 3 DWI drivers on GWB in little over 90 minutes Port Authority police arrest 3 DWI drivers on GWB in little over 90 minutes
Port Authority police arrest 3 DWI drivers on GWB in little over 90 minutes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police arrested three separate George Washington Bridge drunk driveres in the span of a little over an hour and a half before dawn yesterday. The first came at 3:20 a.m., after a gray 2002 Toyota sedan stopped, swerved, then struck a wall on the approach to the GWB in Fort Lee, authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo said. Esteban Ceballo, 26, of Manhattan had a flushed face, slurred speech and alcohol on his breath when he he was given — and failed — a field sobriety test, Pentangelo said. He was arrested on charges of DWI, careless driving and interf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Revolving door of justice continues spinning for onetime Englewood basketball prospect Revolving door of justice continues spinning for onetime Englewood basketball prospect Revolving door of justice continues spinning for onetime Englewood basketball prospect
Revolving door of justice continues spinning for onetime Englewood basketball prospect CVP SPECIAL REPORT: What for some has seemed a revolving door continued to spin for former Englewood basketball star Sean Banks, who left a Hackensack courtroom with probation last week for assaulting his girlfriend nearly two years ago. The particular case has been marked by late appearances, no appearances, adjournments and bench warrants for the 29-year-old Banks, who’s been arrested several other times by police in Bergen and Sussex counties while it was pending. Two months ago, he was named in an indictment charging him and nine other people with using an Englewood flophouse as a gam…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Plea deals bringing prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting Plea deals bringing prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting Plea deals bringing prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting
Plea deals bringing prison terms for two in Bergen police chase that ended in Bogota shooting ONLY ON CVP: Two burglars involved in a six-town chase from Paramus to Bogota that ended in gunfire have agreed to prison terms in exchange for guilty pleas. Carlos Camacho (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Carlos Camacho, who ignited the chain of events when he broke into a Paramus house, is getting three years in prison and could be released in nine months. He also has a trial set to begin Jan. 12 on armed robbery charges in Essex County, which were brought while he was out on bail for the Bergen County incident. Meanwhile, getaway driver France…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck teen mistakes gas for brake, crashes car into Paramus mall parking lot utility pole Teaneck teen mistakes gas for brake, crashes car into Paramus mall parking lot utility pole Teaneck teen mistakes gas for brake, crashes car into Paramus mall parking lot utility pole
Teaneck teen mistakes gas for brake, crashes car into Paramus mall parking lot utility pole ONLY ON CVP: An 18-year-old female driver mistook the gas pedal for the brake, sending her car into a utility pole in the parking lot of the Garden State Plaza in Paramus and sending her and her two teenage passengers to the hospital this afternoon. Paramus EMS dispatched two ambulances to the mall’s south parking lot following the 3:30 p.m. crash. The driver and two passengers — an 18-year-old man and 17-year-old girl — all of Teaneck, all sustained minor injuries, police said. The Infiniti G35 was removed via flatbed tow truck. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Lo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Santa, Garfield firefighters bring family Christmas joy with assist from Wallington colleagues Santa, Garfield firefighters bring family Christmas joy with assist from Wallington colleagues Santa, Garfield firefighters bring family Christmas joy with assist from Wallington colleagues
Santa, Garfield firefighters bring family Christmas joy with assist from Wallington colleagues SHOUT OUT: Hitching a ride with their Wallington colleagues, Garfield firefighters brought a family of six a 42-inch television, $1,000 worth of toys and childrens’ clothes, food and more this afternoon. With Engine 3 out of service for repairs, Santa and his firefighting helpers hitched a ride with Wallington Hose Co. 3 to fulfill their annually adopt-a-family tradition. Amanda Yarmula and Tiffany Saimson helped by wrapping all the gifts. Mom and Dad were allowed to open one gift — the TV, donate by the Garfield WalMart after store managers learned that the family didn’t have one. It…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park man went to Paramus Best Buy looking to pay girl, 15, for sex, indictment alleges Rochelle Park man went to Paramus Best Buy looking to pay girl, 15, for sex, indictment alleges Rochelle Park man went to Paramus Best Buy looking to pay girl, 15, for sex, indictment alleges
Rochelle Park man went to Paramus Best Buy looking to pay girl, 15, for sex, indictment alleges ONLY ON CVP: A 27-year-old Rochelle Park man was indicted on charges of arranging to pay for sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online who was actually a Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office cyber crimes investigator. Michael Mullins posted $30,000 bail and was released hours after he showed up at a Best Buy in Paramus and was arrested in August 2013. Mullins “used the Internet to post online ads on a public website seeking young females to engage in sexual acts and compensating [them] with money,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. What he didn’t know was that he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Wood-Ridge woman, 25, charged with DWI in Moonachie wrong-way crash Wood-Ridge woman, 25, charged with DWI in Moonachie wrong-way crash Wood-Ridge woman, 25, charged with DWI in Moonachie wrong-way crash
Wood-Ridge woman, 25, charged with DWI in Moonachie wrong-way crash CVP EXCLUSIVE: A 25-year-old Wood-Ridge woman was under the influence of alcohol when her SUV crossed the double-yellow line and slammed into a car in Moonachie late last night, sending its 75-year-old driver to the hospital, authorities said. His injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, emergency responders said after the Totowa man was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Police said they got the call at 11:30 p.m. after the 2008 Acura MDX driven by Kristen Flynn rammed the 2013 Mercedes on Moonachie Road near Carol Place. Flynn was charged with DWI and released, Sgt. T…

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