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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood police hope video helps crack rash of holiday-season burglaries Ridgewood police hope video helps crack rash of holiday-season burglaries Ridgewood police hope video helps crack rash of holiday-season burglaries
Ridgewood police hope video helps crack rash of holiday-season burglaries VIDEO: Ridgewood police investigating a rash of burglaries throughout the village released a portion of a surveillance video of a culprit who they said threw a rock through a victim’s first-floor window to get in. The burglar struck while the homeowner was out, ransacking the home and taking various personal items, police said tonight. The video shows him on the porch, ringing the bell, as well as a late-model, full-size pickup truck that they circled the block just before the burglary. WATCH: The Friday call was among several that police received in a quick burst. Also on Friday…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictments due, DNA samples ordered in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion Indictments due, DNA samples ordered in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion Indictments due, DNA samples ordered in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion
Indictments due, DNA samples ordered in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Indictments were expected by the end of this week against four people charged in the home-invasion robbery of developer Fred Daibes at his Edgewater high-rise apartment. Adonis Sepulveda (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) A judge in Hackensack today ordered all four to submit to DNA testing. A lawyer for defendant Jorge Valencia objected, noting that her client worked as a caretaker in the St. Moritz condo building off Gorge Road and calling it “highly invasive.” “There would almost certainly be samples of his DNA found at the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian struck in Demarest taken to HUMC Pedestrian struck in Demarest taken to HUMC Pedestrian struck in Demarest taken to HUMC
Pedestrian struck in Demarest taken to Humc ONLY ON CVP: A female pedestrian was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck in Demarest tonight. The woman was conscious and alert after eing struck around 5:30 p.m. at the intersetion of Knickerbocker and Madison avenues, emergency responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff’s fight against phone scammers gets personal Bergen sheriff’s fight against phone scammers gets personal Bergen sheriff’s fight against phone scammers gets personal
Bergen sheriff’s fight against phone scammers gets personal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino has done all he can to warn citizens of phone scammers, but now it’s personal. It began when a 50-something Wyckoff couple got a call at their home from a man identifying himself as “Mr. McCoy” of the IRS, Saudino said this afternoon. The husband, who owns a business in Passaic County with his wife, called back on his cellphone and was told they he needed to pay $3,900 in back taxes or the amount would skyrocket to $90,000, the sheriff said. He then kept the man on the phone and sent him to an Office Depot in Wayne with instr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi man, 64, charged with putting knife to friend’s throat at trailer park party Lodi man, 64, charged with putting knife to friend’s throat at trailer park party Lodi man, 64, charged with putting knife to friend’s throat at trailer park party
Lodi man, 64, charged with putting knife to friend’s throat at trailer park party What began as drinks at a Lodi trailer park ended with one man punching another after holding a kitchen knife to his throat, police said. Investigators were still sorting out what led to the argument that sparked the overnight assault by 64-year-old fellow Lodi resident Francisco Suarez, Lt. Robert Salerno said this morning. The 52-year-old victim came to headquarters around 4 a.m. and told what happened nearly three hours earlier, Salerno said. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for cuts on the back of his head. Officers found signs of a struggle and the knife believed used i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ yields hash oil, pot, cash on Route 17 in Mahwah ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ yields hash oil, pot, cash on Route 17 in Mahwah ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ yields hash oil, pot, cash on Route 17 in Mahwah
‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ yields hash oil, pot, cash on Route 17 in Mahwah A “Stay Sober or Get Pulled Over” police patrol in Mahwah last night turned up hash oil, nearly two ounces of pot and $2,000 in suspected drug proceeds that police seized while arresting a former Union City couple. Officer Jonathan Weber stopped Richard D. McDonald, 24, of Richmondville and his passenger, 21-year-old Katharine Foote of Summit (NY) because MacDonald failed to keep right on Route 17, Police Chief James Batelli said. The officer clearly smelled marijuana in the car, obtained a consent to search from MacDonald and found the drugs, paraphernalia and cash, the chief said. Bot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Murder indictment for Leonia janitor in killings of Englewood girlfriend, 5-year-old daughter Murder indictment for Leonia janitor in killings of Englewood girlfriend, 5-year-old daughter Murder indictment for Leonia janitor in killings of Englewood girlfriend, 5-year-old daughter
Murder indictment for Leonia janitor in killings of Englewood girlfriend, 5-year-old daughter YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Leonia middle-school custodian who authorities said stabbed his girlfriend dead, suffocated her 5-year-old daughter with a plastic bag because she saw the attack and then acted surprised when he joined a group of relatives in finding their bodies in the victims’ Englewood apartment was indicted by a grand jury on first-degree murder charges. The indictment returned in Hackensack yesterday alleges that Michael C. Brady of Teaneck “purposely or knowingly caused the death, or serious bodily injury resulting in” the cold-blooded deaths of 40-year-old Tammy Pitts-Gaddy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Boy, 11, with juvenile record caught by Fair Lawn police after breaking into paint ball store Boy, 11, with juvenile record caught by Fair Lawn police after breaking into paint ball store Boy, 11, with juvenile record caught by Fair Lawn police after breaking into paint ball store
Boy, 11, with juvenile record caught by Fair Lawn police after breaking into paint ball store YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police grabbed an 11-year-old boy who they said broke into a paintball store through a glass door last night and stuffed $2,300 worth of equipment and accessories into a bag. Responding to an alarm at the New Breed store on Fair Lawn Avenue came in just after 9:15 p.m., Officer Brian Rypkema found the Paterson boy hiding behind a counter, Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. Backups joined Rypkema at the scene over concerns that the juvenile might have an accomplice. However, a review of surveillance video showed that he didn’t, Metzler said. Police se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson police: DWI hit-and-run driver who dragged officer with car was 3x times over legal limit Emerson police: DWI hit-and-run driver who dragged officer with car was 3x times over legal limit Emerson police: DWI hit-and-run driver who dragged officer with car was 3x times over legal limit
Emerson police: DWI hit-and-run driver who dragged officer with car was 3x times over legal limit YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A DWI driver involved in a series of hit-and-run crashes in Hillsdale and Paramus last night who dragged an Emerson police officer 20 feet with her car and caused an accident that sent another officer and a local man to the hospital had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit, authorities said. Hillsdale police issued a be-on-the-lookout alert for a 1998 Toyota Camry driven by Veronica Maria Martinez, 47, of Emerson after it hit two cars in their town around 5:15 p.m., Emerson Police Capt. George Buono told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A short time later, another cal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Probation offered to defendant tied to Allendale man’s drug-induced heroin death Probation offered to defendant tied to Allendale man’s drug-induced heroin death Probation offered to defendant tied to Allendale man’s drug-induced heroin death
Probation offered to defendant tied to Allendale man’s drug-induced heroin death ONLY ON CVP: A Paterson man arrested in connection with the overdose death of an Allendale man can walk away with probation if he testifies against two others who authorities said gave the victim the fatal dose of heroin. The deal offered by prosecutors was disclosed during the arraignment in Hackensack today of 19-year-old Eric “Big D” Carter. Carter was charged as a conspirator but is considered “peripheral” to the case, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer told the judge. Charged with strict liability for the death of 22-year-old Brendan Cole — who was found dead i…

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