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
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Wyckoff DWI motorist drives with airbag deployed, front-end damage after toppling pole, police say Wyckoff DWI motorist drives with airbag deployed, front-end damage after toppling pole, police say Wyckoff DWI motorist drives with airbag deployed, front-end damage after toppling pole, police say
Wyckoff DWI motorist drives with airbag deployed, front-end damage after toppling pole, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 46-year-old marketing consultant from Wyckoff was charged with DWI and leaving the scene of a crash, among other offenses, after toping a utility pole and trying to drive home with extensive front-end damage and a deployed air bag. William S. Collins drove off Wyckoff Avenue near Monroe Avenue, snapping the pole and knocking it into the road with his vehicle, at 10:49 a.m. last Friday, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said this afternoon. Officer Ryan Noon spotted the car five blocks away at the intersection of Wyckoff Avenue and Martom Road, Fox said. Collins, who…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Port Authority police find DWI driver passed out behind wheel in Lincoln Tunnel traffic Port Authority police find DWI driver passed out behind wheel in Lincoln Tunnel traffic Port Authority police find DWI driver passed out behind wheel in Lincoln Tunnel traffic
Port Authority police find DWI driver passed out behind wheel in Lincoln Tunnel traffic YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unlicensed drunken motorist passed out behind the wheel on Route 495 headed into the Lincoln Tunnel yesterday morning — a bottle of Johnny Walker on the seat next to him — and was arrested by Port Authority police after he was unable to stand. His window was open and the engine of his stopped 1999 Honda Odyssey running in a traffic lane when officers awoke Roberto Sanchez Mata, 43, of West New York, at 10:30 a.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. His eyes were bloodshot and his speech slurred, he said. “When he got out, he stum…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Accused shoplifter charged with head-butting Elmwood Park police officer, taken to Bergen Regional Accused shoplifter charged with head-butting Elmwood Park police officer, taken to Bergen Regional Accused shoplifter charged with head-butting Elmwood Park police officer, taken to Bergen Regional
Accused shoplifter charged with head-butting Elmwood Park police officer, taken to Bergen Regional YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What began as a shoplifting arrest turned into aggravated assault and robbery charges, with $50,000 bail, when the suspect head-butted an Elmwood Park police officer, authorities said this morning. Security at the Kmart on Broadway brought 19-year-old Gabriel Santana to their office and called police yesterday afternoon after seeing him shove merchandise into his waistband, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. As officers began searching him, the 5-foot-7-inch, 140-pound Santana head-butted one of them, then tried fighting them off, the chief said. They quickly got…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Moonachie crash sends driver to hospital Moonachie crash sends driver to hospital Moonachie crash sends driver to hospital
Moonachie crash sends driver to hospital ONLY ON CVP: A van driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center this morning with what were considered minor injuries after a collision with an SUV in Moonachie. Airbags deployed in both vehicles in the 9:05 a.m. crash on Moonachie Avenue at Oak Street. Borough police and Moonachie First Aid & Rescue responded.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Paramus detective shot in drug bust given valor award by NJ State PBA Paramus detective shot in drug bust given valor award by NJ State PBA Paramus detective shot in drug bust given valor award by NJ State PBA
Paramus detective shot in drug bust given valor award by NJ State PBA SHOUT OUT: Paramus Police Detective Dmitriy Mazur, who was shot in the right hip and lower left leg while working an undercover drug investigation in the parking lot of the Garfield Walmart earlier this year, was awarded the New Jersey State PBA Gold Valor Award this weekend. PBA members who gathered at the Pines Manor in Edison on Saturday cited Mazur for his bravery in helping protect the lives of his fellow officers while on loan to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force. The 10-year veteran was sitting in the driver’s seat of a county undercover vehicle with one of the tar…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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FBI charges former CFO from Franklin Lakes with embezzling $6.3M from Englewood company FBI charges former CFO from Franklin Lakes with embezzling $6.3M from Englewood company FBI charges former CFO from Franklin Lakes with embezzling $6.3M from Englewood company
FBI charges former CFO from Franklin Lakes with embezzling $6.3M from Englewood company YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: FBI agents this morning arrested the former chief financial officer of an Englewood electronics and household goods wholesaler at his Franklin Lakes home on charges of embezzling $6.3 million from the company, authorities said. A federal court appearance was scheduled in Newark this afternoon for Gomidas Garabed Hartounian, 50, the CFO of Harco Industries on Van Brunt Street. Federal authorities charged Hartounian with a signal count of wire fraud. Hartounian created his own company, MGB LLC, registered to his home, then steered contracts to it without disclosing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Carlstadt police charge four in theft of Hess toy trucks Carlstadt police charge four in theft of Hess toy trucks Carlstadt police charge four in theft of Hess toy trucks
Carlstadt police charge four in theft of Hess toy trucks Just in time for Christmas, Carlstadt police charged a local trucking company owner and three alleged accomplices with stealing 360 Hess toy trucks that make up a 50th anniversary display touring the East Coast. The trucks were in a Hess Toy Truck Mobile Museum trailer that visited MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Nov. 9 and 16. Police said the trucks were off-loaded on Nov. 17 into two vehicles at a Moonachie Avenue lot by the owner of National Truck Service, Rodolfo Chavarria, 38, of Jersey City, and 47-year-old Bronx resident Miguel Centino, who they said stole the 20 cases of toy…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Bergen County Sheriff’s officers donate 380 turkeys to community food bank Bergen County Sheriff’s officers donate 380 turkeys to community food bank Bergen County Sheriff’s officers donate 380 turkeys to community food bank
Bergen County Sheriff’s officers donate 380 turkeys to community food bank SHOUT OUT: Doing even better than they’d hoped, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino’s Community Outreach Unit brought 380 donated turkeys from this year’s annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive to the Center for Food Action’s Saddle Brook location today. The unit set a target of 300 turkeys to help the CFA meet this year’s goal of providing Thanksgiving meals to 11,200 neighbors in 90 communities throughout North Jersey. Each meal will include a turkey, a roasting pan and fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as canned and boxed goods such as cranberry sauce, cornbread mix and stuffing, center …

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Hackensack, NJ
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3 more Ramapo college students charged in on-campus dorm rape 3 more Ramapo college students charged in on-campus dorm rape 3 more Ramapo college students charged in on-campus dorm rape
3 more Ramapo college students charged in on-campus dorm rape YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three more Ramapo College students were arrested on the Mahwah campus and charged today in connection with the videotaped rape of another student, authorities confirmed this afternoon. Additional charges also were brought against the primary defendants. Justin Somers and Christopher Rainone, both of Staten Island, and Jordan Massood of Wayne, all 18, are each charged with endangering an injured victim because they “aided or encouraged” the assault by Christian A. Lopez, 24, of Secaucus, and 18-year-old Nakeem D. Gardner of Paterson, Molinelli said. Christian A. L…

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Paramus, NJ
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Port Authority police chief forced out earlier than scheduled, sources say Port Authority police chief forced out earlier than scheduled, sources say Port Authority police chief forced out earlier than scheduled, sources say
Port Authority police chief forced out earlier than scheduled, sources say EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Port Authority Police Chief Louis Koumoutsos, whose tenure was marked by soaring police overtime costs, daredevils parachuting from the World Trade Center and a post-graduation booze bash in Hoboken that led to firings, suspensions and transfers is leaving the department next Monday, a month before his original forced retirement date, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Port Authority spokesperson Steve Coleman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight that the report is “a fabrication.” “It’s not true,” Coleman said, adding that Koumoutsos, 49, will remain with the department until Dec. 26…

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