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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
PSE&G gives all-clear after gas main rupture forces evacuations near former Marcal plant in Elmwood Park PSE&G gives all-clear after gas main rupture forces evacuations near former Marcal plant in Elmwood Park PSE&G gives all-clear after gas main rupture forces evacuations near former Marcal plant in Elmwood Park
PSE&G gives all-clear after gas main rupture forces evacuations near former Marcal plant in Elmwood Park PSE&G declared the area safe after workers this afternoon pinched a high-pressure gas main on the property of the former Marcal Paper plant that was ruptured by contractors in Elmwood Park two hours earlier. Evacuations were taking place in the area of Market Street and River Road and Elmwood Park Middle/High School students were temporarily locked in place as a precaution after the 12-inch main was breached around 11:45 a.m. Reidents two to three blocks from the area — roughly a quarter-mile — were taken to the borough recreation center. Surrounding towns also were notified. Citize…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
NJ leads 6-state settlement over PointRoll Inc. browser hack NJ leads 6-state settlement over PointRoll Inc. browser hack NJ leads 6-state settlement over PointRoll Inc. browser hack
NJ leads 6-state settlement over PointRoll Inc. browser hack Six states led by New Jersey have produced a $750,000 deal with digital advertising company PointRoll, Inc. that staves off charges that it circumvented Safari privacy settings. Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said that PointRoll — a digital ad and technical services company owned by the Gannett Corp. — “unlawfully deployed a browser circumvention technique that allowed it to place browser cookies on consumers’ Safari Web browsers despite privacy settings configured to block cookies from third-parties and advertisers or, alternatively, set to accept cookies from visited sites on App…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police grab teens in BB gun robbery of Chinese restaurant delivery man Garfield police grab teens in BB gun robbery of Chinese restaurant delivery man Garfield police grab teens in BB gun robbery of Chinese restaurant delivery man
Garfield police grab teens in BB gun robbery of Chinese restaurant delivery man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police grabbed two 16-year-old boys moments after they robbed a Chinese restaurant delivery man using a BB gun last night. The 33-year-old victim told police he was making a delivery on Manner Avenue when one of the boss signaled him over, saying he’d placed the order, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said this morning. The boy was “fumbling through his pocket as if he were looking for money” when the second bandit pointed the weapon at the worker’s face and demanded money, Sucorowski said. “The gun was then placed against the victim’s back and he was ordered to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Englewood woman charged in tweezer stabbing, victim saved by winter clothes Englewood woman charged in tweezer stabbing, victim saved by winter clothes Englewood woman charged in tweezer stabbing, victim saved by winter clothes
Englewood woman charged in tweezer stabbing, victim saved by winter clothes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood woman’s thick winter clothing helped her escape more serious injury when she was repeatedly stabbed with a pair of tweezers by a former friend who was taken into custody moments later, authorities said. The 33-year-old victim was stabbed in the chest, leg and hand and had a bloody nose and scratches on her face after the two women argued over an undisclosed personal issue between the two in the area of Central and West Demarest avenues yesterday morning. EMTs treated her at the scene, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Moments later…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
DNA match produces arrest for Paramus detective in airbag theft outside courthouse DNA match produces arrest for Paramus detective in airbag theft outside courthouse DNA match produces arrest for Paramus detective in airbag theft outside courthouse
DNA match produces arrest for Paramus detective in airbag theft outside courthouse YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: DNA evidence lifted from a car that was burglarized next to the Paramus municipal courthouse led to the arrest of a 47-year-old convicted car thief from the Bronx. Detective Sgt. Frank Scott cracked the case after submitting DNA found in the 2010 Honda Accord, which was parked on Carlough Drive when it was broken into and its $1,5000 air bags removed on Oct. 2, to the New Jersey State Police lab, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this morning. Court was in session at the time, he said. The DNA trace came back to ex-con Jesus Borrero, who’s in custody in New Yor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Don’t have your holiday package delivery stolen, chief warns Don’t have your holiday package delivery stolen, chief warns Don’t have your holiday package delivery stolen, chief warns
Don’t have your holiday package delivery stolen, chief warns IT’S THE SEASON, ALL RIGHT: Thieves are following delivery trucks and swiping packages off porches, so it’s best to make other arrangements, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox warned this morning. A local homeowner was victimized earlier this week, he said. Elmwood Park police last week arrested a Paterson man who they said fled a pair of package thefts on a bicycle. Throughout the county, package theft reports have been increasing in recent days. “Some thieves try to discreetly follow delivery trucks and then steal the boxes as soon as the truck drives away,” Fox said. “Other thieves…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights career criminal under indictment again Hasbrouck Heights career criminal under indictment again Hasbrouck Heights career criminal under indictment again
Hasbrouck Heights career criminal under indictment again ONLY ON CVP: A Hasbrouck Heights career criminal with a history of stealing copper wire was at it again this past summer, an indictment returned in Hackensack alleges. Michael Prisco, 40, is charged with stealing property worth several hundred dollars from New Jersey Department of Transportation yards in Mahwah and Upper Saddle River in July. A co-defendant, Nicholas A. Frasse, is charged in the Upper Saddle River theft. Prisco’s criminal history stretches back half of his adult life, to 1995. He’s been charged with a host of offenses in Elmwood Park, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hasbrouck H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Lodi man charged with attempted murder in snow-blowing fight was under restraining order, prosecutor says Lodi man charged with attempted murder in snow-blowing fight was under restraining order, prosecutor says Lodi man charged with attempted murder in snow-blowing fight was under restraining order, prosecutor says
Lodi man charged with attempted murder in snow-blowing fight was under restraining order, prosecutor says ONLY ON CVP: A Lodi man who police said went after his neighbors with a knife during a winter snow-clearing argument was under a permanent restraining order at the time, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor said. Bradford A. Patrick, 58, had previous run-ins with the neighbor that led to stalking charges, authorities said. He was brought into court in Hackensack this week for arraignment on a superseding indictment that charges him with attempted murder of the neighbor and his son, aggravated assault, illegal weapons possession and stalking the victim’s wife and both of the couple’s sons…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Death by auto charges against DWI Paramus driver who struck Elmwood Park gas station attendant on Route 46 Death by auto charges against DWI Paramus driver who struck Elmwood Park gas station attendant on Route 46 Death by auto charges against DWI Paramus driver who struck Elmwood Park gas station attendant on Route 46
Death by auto charges against DWI Paramus driver who struck Elmwood Park gas station attendant on Route 46 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 58-year-old Paramus woman whose car struck an Elmwood Park service station attendant as he crossed Route 46 last night, killing him, was charged with death by auto after authorities found that she’d been drinking, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight. Marie Briamonte posted $150,000 bail and was released pending a court appearance. Maninder Singh, 48, of North Plainfield, was struck by Briamonte’s 2003 Toyota Camry around 10:50 p.m. on the highway’s westbound side, Molinelli said. Law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that Singh was tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford student stabbed himself, concocted robbery story, police charge East Rutherford student stabbed himself, concocted robbery story, police charge East Rutherford student stabbed himself, concocted robbery story, police charge
East Rutherford student stabbed himself, concocted robbery story, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A college student who told police he’d been stabbed by a robber while rescuing a woman from an assault made up the story after stabbing himself, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said tonight. “Evidence discovered by Rutherford Detective Sgt. Michael Garner and Detective Kevin Scannell proved inconsistent with” the account given by Jose Saavedra, a 20-year-old Bergen Community College student, Russo said tonight. “Over the course of the next several days, further investigation led to [his] admission that he fabricated the details,” the chief said. Saavedra, who …

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