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
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Park Ridge man, 23, critical after stepping onto tracks, turning back on train in Emerson Park Ridge man, 23, critical after stepping onto tracks, turning back on train in Emerson Park Ridge man, 23, critical after stepping onto tracks, turning back on train in Emerson
Park Ridge man, 23, critical after stepping onto tracks, turning back on train in Emerson UPDATE: A 23-year-old Park Ridge man with a history of similar incidents walked onto the tracks near the Emerson train station, turned his back and was struck by a northbound NJ Transit train tonight, sources with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The man was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center after he “stepped into the path of the train and turned his back” just after 5 o’clock tonight, an NJ Transit spokeswoman said. Although knocked out of his boots and gloves, he was still breathing when EMS workers got to him, an emergency responder told CLIFFVIEW PIL…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff police find loaded gun, arrest 3 in Route 208 traffic stop Wyckoff police find loaded gun, arrest 3 in Route 208 traffic stop Wyckoff police find loaded gun, arrest 3 in Route 208 traffic stop
Wyckoff police find loaded gun, arrest 3 in Route 208 traffic stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Route 208 traffic stop yielded Wyckoff police a loaded 9mm handgun and three arrests this afternoon. Officers stopped the BMW with Pennsylvania license plates on the highway’s northbound side at Cedar Hill Avenue just after 3:30 p.m. Franklin Lakes police and Bergen County sheriff’s officers were among the supporting responding agencies. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Hackensack, NJ
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Passaic prostitution probe leads to teen sex charges against Rochelle Park man Passaic prostitution probe leads to teen sex charges against Rochelle Park man Passaic prostitution probe leads to teen sex charges against Rochelle Park man
Passaic prostitution probe leads to teen sex charges against Rochelle Park man ONLY ON CVP: What began as an investigation by Passaic County authorities into underage girls being forced into prostitution led to charges against a Rochelle Park man who authorities said sexually assaulted two young teens. A girl being questioned by detectives in the prostitution probe said she’d witnessed Felix Torres, 37, having sex with one of two girls cited in an indictment returned Thursday by a grand jury in Hackensack, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The indictment accuses Torres of sexually assaulting the girls in Rochelle Park, Paramus and Paterson through interc…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Sports restaurant helps you donate to Benjamin’s Hope 4 the Future childhood cancer research funding Sports restaurant helps you donate to Benjamin’s Hope 4 the Future childhood cancer research funding Sports restaurant helps you donate to Benjamin’s Hope 4 the Future childhood cancer research funding
Sports restaurant helps you donate to Benjamin’s Hope 4 the Future childhood cancer research funding SHOUT OUT: You have a week left to help Benjamin’s Hope 4 The Future by enjoying a meal at Buffalo Wild Wings in Secaucus to raise funding for pediatric cancer research — and you can start with the Giants-Dallas game tonight. Either show the flier below from your phone or print it and present it at the restaurant and the foundation will receive 10% of the proceeds on your food and beverages, including alcohol. There are no time or day restrictions and you can use it more than once. Linda and Richard Venezia are the driving force behind Benjamin’s Hope 4 the Future foundation — named…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Warwick man, 54, jumps to death from GWB Warwick man, 54, jumps to death from GWB Warwick man, 54, jumps to death from GWB
Warwick man, 54, jumps to death from GWB UPDATE: A 54-year-old Warwick, NY man stopped his car in the middle of the GWB’s upper level, got out and jumped to his death this morning, Port Authority police said. His body was recovered from the Hudson River a half-hour later and brought to the 125th Street pier, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Bicyclists on the George Washington Bridge told police the man stopped his 2002 Mazda Tribute SUV around 10 a.m., then went over the side.

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Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford man who had ‘too much time on his hands’ gets 5 years for trafficking child porn New Milford man who had ‘too much time on his hands’ gets 5 years for trafficking child porn New Milford man who had ‘too much time on his hands’ gets 5 years for trafficking child porn
New Milford man who had ‘too much time on his hands’ gets 5 years for trafficking child porn CVP EXCLUSIVE: A New Milford man whose attorney said had “too much time on his hands” was sentenced to five years in state prison after admitting he had hundreds of images of child pornography on his computer, dozens of which he shared. Jackson Dietrich, 31, should be out in less than four years, having spent 362 days in the Bergen County Jail since his Nov. 26, 2013 arrest by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Computer Crimes Task Force and New Milford police. “I apologize for what I did,” he told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian on Friday. “Not a day goes by that I don’t r…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Charges boosted in Garfield mother-son pot factory case Charges boosted in Garfield mother-son pot factory case Charges boosted in Garfield mother-son pot factory case
Charges boosted in Garfield mother-son pot factory case ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Hackensack has added a pair of marijuana distribution charges against a Garfield man already accused with his mother of first-degree manufacturing and possession. Prosecutors offered Sandra and Mark Pelicot, both of Main Street, deals of six to 12 years following an earlier indictment on charges of operating a marijuana production facility, having more than five pounds of pot with the intent to distribute it; having more than an ounce with the same intent on the property of Three Saints Preschool and possession of $161,435 in cash that authorities want forfeited…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fairview grandson in burglary assault that killed World War II vet gets no time, chance to clear record Fairview grandson in burglary assault that killed World War II vet gets no time, chance to clear record Fairview grandson in burglary assault that killed World War II vet gets no time, chance to clear record
Fairview grandson in burglary assault that killed World War II vet gets no time, chance to clear record A Fairview man who admitted targeting his 88-year-old grandfather for a burglary that led to the World War II veteran’s death at the hands of his accomplice won’t be going to prison — and can have his record cleared in three years. Andrew Abella, 22, simply must remain out of trouble while meeting all the conditions of the Pre-trial Intervention Program and the entire matter “will go away,” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian told him yesterday. For Abella to qualify, authorities first had to revoke a plea deal that he agreed to in December 2012 that could have sent him to jail for le…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Epileptic driver rescue by Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt police after Route 17 van crash Epileptic driver rescue by Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt police after Route 17 van crash Epileptic driver rescue by Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt police after Route 17 van crash
Epileptic driver rescue by Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt police after Route 17 van crash CVP EXCLUSIVE: An epileptic Rutherford man who suffered a seizure behind the wheel was freed by after he crashed his van into the divider on Route 17 in Wood-Ridge just after noon today. Wood-Ridge and Carlstadt officers found the disabled van against the divider and the unconscious driver curled up in a fetal position on the floor between his and the passenger’s seat, Wood-Ridge Detective Joseph Rutligliano Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The vehicle was still running and still in drive,” Rutigliano said. “All of the doors were locked.” So the officers smashed a window, opened a door and go…

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Rutherford, NJ
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Heard about the $100 bill windshield scam? It’s BS Heard about the $100 bill windshield scam? It’s BS Heard about the $100 bill windshield scam? It’s BS
Heard about the $100 bill windshield scam? It’s BS A PUBLISHER WRITES: Before you start sharing links with your friends about car thieves putting phony $100 bills under windshield wipers in an attempt to lure drivers out of their running vehicles, share this instead. The first phony-bill car theft warnings cropped up online about 10 years ago. They’re back again this holiday shopping season thanks to one person — not to mention the media who bought her story. A Maryland assistant attorney general for consumer protection named Karen Straughn admitted that she hadn’t seen a single police report of such an incident but was told by a single r…

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