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
Bronx man indicted for threatening clerk with box cutter after Elmwood Park police officer thwarts convenience store holdup Bronx man indicted for threatening clerk with box cutter after Elmwood Park police officer thwarts convenience store holdup Bronx man indicted for threatening clerk with box cutter after Elmwood Park police officer thwarts convenience store holdup
Bronx man indicted for threatening clerk with box cutter after Elmwood Park police officer thwarts convenience store holdup CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Bronx man who police said threatened to kill a convenience store employee with a box cutter when an Elmwood Park police officer interruped a robbery was indicted on several charges. “It could have gone in a very different direction,” Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said after Officer Michael Goldyn stopped the Sept. 4 holdup. Goldyn knew something was wrong as he drove past the 7-Eleven at the corner of Market Street and Boulevard before dawn and spotted a store clerk and two strangers near the front entrance. Officer Michael Goldyn The employee “made eye co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New evidence temporarily halts murder trial of New Milford man in death of estranged wife New evidence temporarily halts murder trial of New Milford man in death of estranged wife New evidence temporarily halts murder trial of New Milford man in death of estranged wife
New evidence temporarily halts murder trial of New Milford man in death of estranged wife YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After nearly 10 weeks of testimony, the trial of a New Milford busboy charged with killing his estranged wife by slashing her throat after tying her up and raping her has been postponed until next month while DNA tests are run on a piece of evidence that was only just discovered. An investigator last week found a condom inside a glove that was among the items that authorities said Pedro Gutierrez left in a bag in his car at JFK Airport in Queens following the Oct. 4, 2011 killing, sources with direct knowledge of the case told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Shaday Betancourth …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff man found asleep at wheel while on bail for drugs, vandalism arrested for trespassing Wyckoff man found asleep at wheel while on bail for drugs, vandalism arrested for trespassing Wyckoff man found asleep at wheel while on bail for drugs, vandalism arrested for trespassing
Wyckoff man found asleep at wheel while on bail for drugs, vandalism arrested for trespassing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Less than two weeks after police said they found him drunk and asleep behind the wheel of his car at a green light, a 21-year-old Wyckoff man already facing charges of trashing his parents’ home — while leaving behind a stash of amphetamines, anabolic steroids and testosterone drugs — was jailed earlier today on trespassing and contempt of court charges. This time, Tyler Speziale was being held on $1,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Speziale was released without bail to his father’s custody on Nov. 27, after Officer Kyle Ferreira found his asleep, his head on th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia High School lockdown lifted, students dismissed after bullet prompts search Leonia High School lockdown lifted, students dismissed after bullet prompts search Leonia High School lockdown lifted, students dismissed after bullet prompts search
Leonia High School lockdown lifted, students dismissed after bullet prompts search UPDATE: A lockdown at Leonia High School prompted by a student’s discovery of a bullet was lifted, and the youngsters were dismissed, after bomb-sniffing Bergen County Police Department dogs searched the building and found no additional causes for concern. “The students were in their classrooms away from the doors and windows,” one parent told CLIFFVIEW PILOT just before 2 p.m., minutes after Leonia Police Chief Thomas Rowe alerted residents in an online group post. “Then they were escorted to the gym.” The BCPD K9s units arrived soon after, said the parent, whose daughter was providing u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 1, three others hospitalized in Fair Lawn crash Boy, 1, three others hospitalized in Fair Lawn crash Boy, 1, three others hospitalized in Fair Lawn crash
Boy, 1, three others hospitalized in Fair Lawn crash YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Four people were taken to local hospitals — one of them a 1-year-old boy — after a pedestrian crossing signal was toppled in a two-car crash in Fair Lawn this morning. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, authorities said. A 2000 Toyota Camry was headed east on Broadaway when it was struck by a 2014 Nissan Sentra headed south on Plaza Road around 10:45 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Three people in the Camry — two women, ages 28 and 53, and the boy, all from Essex County — were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Pater…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police track down boy, 13, wanted in aborted ski-mask robberies Englewood police track down boy, 13, wanted in aborted ski-mask robberies Englewood police track down boy, 13, wanted in aborted ski-mask robberies
Englewood police track down boy, 13, wanted in aborted ski-mask robberies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police said they took a 13-year-old city boy into custody in connection with a pair of bungled robberies two weeks ago. Detectives signed delinquent complaints for first-degree armed robbery against the boy, who was released to the custody of a guardian by a Family Division judge in Hackensack yesterday. He will remain on electronic bracelet monitoring as his case moves through the system, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The youth and 18-year-old Joshua Foster were wearing ski masks when they went into a 7-Eleven at a strip mall con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority security chief retiring Port Authority security chief retiring Port Authority security chief retiring
Port Authority security chief retiring YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Joseph Dunne, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s first chief security officer, will retire as of Jan. 9, the authority announced this morning. Dunne, a 32-year authority veteran who created the agency’s first centralized security department to enhance public safety at the agency’s bi-state transportation facilities, will be succeeded by First Deputy Chief Security Officer Thomas Belfiore. “After nearly 45 years of serving in law enforcement and in public and private security roles, it’s time for me to move on to what’s most important to me – my family …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack woman indicted in high-rise mattress fire after break-up with boyfriend Hackensack woman indicted in high-rise mattress fire after break-up with boyfriend Hackensack woman indicted in high-rise mattress fire after break-up with boyfriend
Hackensack woman indicted in high-rise mattress fire after break-up with boyfriend CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Hackensack woman distraught over a breakup cut her wrists, set her mattress on fire, then texted photos to the man who dumped her — leading to arson charges, authorities said. Firefighters rescued 30-year-old Kyunggin Jun after finding her passed out in her sixth-floor apartment at 130 Overlook Avenue around 2 a.m. of Oct. 21, 2013. An indictment returned yesterday in Hackensack charges Jun with placing others in the 20-story high-rise in danger by starting the fire. The ex-boyfriend called the high-rise doorman, who went upstairs and immediately summoned help, records …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington man raped incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it, indictment charges Wallington man raped incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it, indictment charges Wallington man raped incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it, indictment charges
Wallington man raped incapacitated woman, then crashed car with her in it, indictment charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wallington man was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack yesterday on charges of sexually abusing an incapacitated 25-year-old woman and then getting into a wrong-way crash on Route 46 in Elmwood Park that seriously injured her. Also named in the indictment was the other driver, who police said was headed west on eastbound Route 46 when the March 12 head-on crash occurred on Henry Street. A trio of Garfield firefighters pulled the woman from a 1970 Mercury Cougar driven by 26-year-old Harry Halvorsen III (above, left) that night. Authorities initially charged …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
21 counts against ex-con caught with guns, ammo stashed at Ridgefield Park warehouse 21 counts against ex-con caught with guns, ammo stashed at Ridgefield Park warehouse 21 counts against ex-con caught with guns, ammo stashed at Ridgefield Park warehouse
21 counts against ex-con caught with guns, ammo stashed at Ridgefield Park warehouse YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand-jury today returned a 21-count indictment against a Pagans gang member from Pennsylvania who police said stashed 17 guns and-armor-piercing ammunition at the Ridgefield Park warehouse where he worked. Forklift machinist Steven Prunkel, 50, of East Stroudsburg, has remained held on $750,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after village police arrested him at the Star Candle Co. warehouse on Industrial Avenue, just below Route 80, on Aug. 7. Tipped off by the Pennsylvania State Police, detectives received the company owner’s permission to search the 180,000-sq…

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