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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
NJ bans motor oil products after lab tests reveal false promises NJ bans motor oil products after lab tests reveal false promises NJ bans motor oil products after lab tests reveal false promises
NJ bans motor oil products after lab tests reveal false promises YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The New Jersey Office of Weights and Measures today issued a statewide ban on 19 motor oil products after tests revealed that each failed to conform to the viscosity promised on the product label. The products bearthe brand names “Auto Club Motor Oil,” “Black Knight Motor Oil,” “Lube State Motor Oil,” “MaxiGuard MG,” “Orbit Motor Oil,” “TruStar Motor Oil,” “U.S. Economy Motor Oil,” and “U.S. Spirit Motor Oil.” “Many of these allegedly mislabeled motor oils are sold at cheap prices, thereby luring those consumers who can least afford the extra maintenance costs or e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bail slashed for nurse in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting to $100,000 from $350,000 Bail slashed for nurse in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting to $100,000 from $350,000 Bail slashed for nurse in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting to $100,000 from $350,000
Bail slashed for nurse in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting to $100,000 from $350,000 CVP EXCLUSIVE: A registed nurse arrested in a Nov. 12 Cliffside Park high-rise apartment shooting during a robbery had her $350,000 bail chopped to $100,000 yesterday. Superior Court Judge John A. Conte agreed to the reduction after a defense lawyer described the role of Erin Royer as “peripheral” to the crime. Royer was “merely present in the home” when a man was shot there in the abdomen, defense attorney Tana McPherson argued. “She was in another room when the robbery took place.” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Gary Donatello agreed on the $100,000 figure, while noting that “thes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen police departments get NJ funds for ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ Bergen police departments get NJ funds for ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ Bergen police departments get NJ funds for ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’
Bergen police departments get NJ funds for ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ PUBLIC SAFETY: Sixteen local police departments in Bergen County and the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police are receiving $7,500 each from the state to combat drunk and impaired driving as part of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign starting tomorrow. The Division of Highway Traffic Safety (DHTS) has awarded more than $1.2 million to 165 law enforcement agencies throughout New Jersey for this year’s campaign, which runs through Jan. 2. The money will go to “saturation patrols and high-visibility sobriety checkpoints,” DHTS Acting Director Gary Poedubicky said. “Many people wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack ex-con indicted in hammer attack, police chase Hackensack ex-con indicted in hammer attack, police chase Hackensack ex-con indicted in hammer attack, police chase
Hackensack ex-con indicted in hammer attack, police chase ONLY ON CVP: Grand jurors yesterday returned a 10-count indictment against a a Hackensack ex-con who authorities said hit his girlfriend in the head with a ball-peen hammer before stealing her car and leading police on a chase. Besides attempted murder, Mark Hunt, 52, is charged with armed robbery, eluding and weapons possession. Teaneck police said they found the 53-year-old victim with several skull fractures following the pre-dawn Feb. 22 attack. She’d lost a lot of blood, they said. Hunt took $1,100 in cash and her 2006 Honda Pilot, then hid out in Maywood for a few days, authoritie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Four more charged in Mahwah arson Four more charged in Mahwah arson Four more charged in Mahwah arson
Four more charged in Mahwah arson YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities arrested a Mahwah man along with his son, daughter and her boyfriend on arson charges in connection with a fire last month that tore through a house under construction on property where he once operated a controversial chicken farm. John E. Demarino Sr., who turned 41 on Monday, was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with arson for hire in the Nov. 19 blaze, records show. Being held on $100,000 bail each were his daughter, Kaitlin Demarino, who turned 20 on Tuesday, and her 23-year-old boyfriend, Dakota Shane Degroat. They ar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
Breaking News
This weekend’s Bill Cosby Tarrytown Music Hall shows ‘postponed’ This weekend’s Bill Cosby Tarrytown Music Hall shows ‘postponed’ This weekend’s Bill Cosby Tarrytown Music Hall shows ‘postponed’
This weekend’s Bill Cosby Tarrytown Music Hall shows ‘postponed’ BEYOND BERGEN: Bill Cosby’s scheduled performance this weekend at The Music Hall in Tarrytown has been postponed, not cancelled, according to the historic venue. “Bill Cosby, in consultation with the promoter, has agreed to postpone his Music Hall performances to a later date,” The Music Hall said in an announcement late this afternoon to its many fans, ticket holders and subscribers. Refunds were being offered to those who don’t want to attend rescheduled shows, if there ever are any. The theater’s chief two weeks ago said he had no choice but to leave any decisions about cancellations…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township teen indicted on murder charges in stabbing death of sister, 20 Washington Township teen indicted on murder charges in stabbing death of sister, 20 Washington Township teen indicted on murder charges in stabbing death of sister, 20
Washington Township teen indicted on murder charges in stabbing death of sister, 20 ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: An 18-year-old Washington Township man was indicted on first-degree murder charges today in the stabbing death of his 20-year-old sister in their home the day after last Christmas. Travis Gallo, who turned 18 in February, “purposely or knowingly caused the death or serious bodily injury resulting in the death of Teia Gallo,” the indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack says. He also “concealed or destroyed evidence to hinder apprehension and prosecution…by washing blood off his hands and arms and a knife and trying to hide the knife,” it adds, while also chargi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bail chopped from half-million dollars to $50,000 in botched Route 4 burglary that left accomplice dead, Paramus officer injured Bail chopped from half-million dollars to $50,000 in botched Route 4 burglary that left accomplice dead, Paramus officer injured Bail chopped from half-million dollars to $50,000 in botched Route 4 burglary that left accomplice dead, Paramus officer injured
Bail chopped from half-million dollars to $50,000 in botched Route 4 burglary that left accomplice dead, Paramus officer injured ONLY ON CVP: Those who thought bail reductions of more than half last week for two Dominican brothers charged in a botched overnight burglary that left a Paramus officer injured and their accomplice dead got a bigger shock today when a judge in Hackensack hacked the bail for a third man who was with them from $500,000 down to $50,000. Like his co-defendants, 25-year-old Nico Vega of the Bronx will remain under house arrest with a monitoring bracelet if he raises bail. Like them, he has an extensive criminal history. His reduction, however, was much steeper than the cut from $300,000 to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly police charge one-legged passenger, driver after stolen car chase leads to dead end Tenafly police charge one-legged passenger, driver after stolen car chase leads to dead end Tenafly police charge one-legged passenger, driver after stolen car chase leads to dead end
Tenafly police charge one-legged passenger, driver after stolen car chase leads to dead end YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Tenafly police said they caught a one-legged thief from Pennsylvania and his alleged accomplice after a brief stolen car chase into Alpine overnight. Rookie Officer Jakub Glebocki made the arrests after a chase that began around 1:30 a.m., when the silver Toyota Camry reported stolen from LaGuardia Airport a short time earlier passed him headed northbound on Route 9W, Capt. Michael deMoncada told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Its headlights were off and it was going at “an unusually slow speed,” he said. As Glebocki turned to follow, the driver — identified as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Resident questioned after Lodi apartment fire Resident questioned after Lodi apartment fire Resident questioned after Lodi apartment fire
Resident questioned after Lodi apartment fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lodi police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that they interviewed a resident but brought no charges following a Route 46 garden apartment fire this morning. “This case is an open investigation still no charges have been filed against anyone,” Lt. Robert Salerno said tonight, adding that police brought the person to headquarters for “safekeeping.” Lodi firefighters quickly snuffed the second-floor blaze at the Rules Court apartments just after 11 a.m. PHOTO (AND TOP): CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Damien Danis Wallington and Hasbrouck Heights firefighters provided mutual a…

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