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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Driver bails after car flips on Route 46 ramp in Hasbrouck Heights Driver bails after car flips on Route 46 ramp in Hasbrouck Heights Driver bails after car flips on Route 46 ramp in Hasbrouck Heights
Driver bails after car flips on Route 46 ramp in Hasbrouck Heights YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police this morning were still searching for a driver who bailed out and ran after his car flipped over a guard rail on a Route 46 entrance ramp in Hasbrouck Heights late last night. Hasbrouck Heights police and firefighters responded. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS  

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Hackensack, NJ
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Train clips man trying to take cellphone pic on Hackensack tracks Train clips man trying to take cellphone pic on Hackensack tracks Train clips man trying to take cellphone pic on Hackensack tracks
Train clips man trying to take cellphone pic on Hackensack tracks YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 24-year-old Garfield man walking on the tracks was issued a pair of summonses after he was clipped on the hand by a passenger train as he used his cellphone to try and take a photo this afternoon, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Marco Calvo was walking on the tracks with earbuds in near the Essex Street station when he tried to take a photo, NJ Transit’s Nancy Snyder said this afternoon. “He realized he was too close, stepped out of hte way and was grazed by the train,” Snyder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Calvo refused medical treatment for a cut on his hand, she sa…

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Englewood, NJ
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Englewood shooting victim won’t tell police what happened Englewood shooting victim won’t tell police what happened Englewood shooting victim won’t tell police what happened
Englewood shooting victim won’t tell police what happened YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Just because the victim won’t cooperate doesn’t mean Englewood police won’t track down, arrest and charge whoever shot him in the leg, authorities said this afternoon. Englewood police got a call from their Teaneck colleagues after the 24-year-old man showed up at Holy Name Medical Center just after 2 a.m. yesterday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He told them he’d been shot “as a party was winding down in the Forest Gardens apartment complex in Englewood,” Torell said, “but he would not identify the person who shot him. “He would only give …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Myths need to stop in shooting of ex-con who rammed police with stolen SUV in Rutherford Myths need to stop in shooting of ex-con who rammed police with stolen SUV in Rutherford Myths need to stop in shooting of ex-con who rammed police with stolen SUV in Rutherford
Myths need to stop in shooting of ex-con who rammed police with stolen SUV in Rutherford A PUBLISHER WRITES: A media report this weekend that the state attorney general has “launched” an investigation into the September shooting of an ex-con who tried to ram police with a stolen SUV in Rutherford after crashing during a chase is somewhat disingenuous. It’s not much different, in fact, from the dead man’s relatives and others yesterday chanting “hands up, don’t shoot” during a demonstration in Newark. “Launching” suggests a decision was made to investigate — when, in fact, the Office of the Attorney General reviews any and all New Jersey State Police-involved shooting deaths. …

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Hackensack, NJ
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‘Targeted’ victim sustains head injury in attack outside Teaneck church ‘Targeted’ victim sustains head injury in attack outside Teaneck church ‘Targeted’ victim sustains head injury in attack outside Teaneck church
‘Targeted’ victim sustains head injury in attack outside Teaneck church YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What witnesses called a premeditated attack outside a Teaneck church last night left four people with injuries, including a reponding EMS worker. Assailants were waiting outside a party at St. Mark’s Syriac Orthodox Cathedral on Elm Avenue and set upon one of the attendees just before midnight, witnesses said. That 36-year-old victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head injury, as were two other people with lesser injuries, Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps Lt. Izzy Infield told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The male EMS worker went to Holy Name Medic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Passenger freed, hospitalized after SUV rolls on Route 17 in Hackensack Passenger freed, hospitalized after SUV rolls on Route 17 in Hackensack Passenger freed, hospitalized after SUV rolls on Route 17 in Hackensack
Passenger freed, hospitalized after SUV rolls on Route 17 in Hackensack YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A passenger had to be cut from a Mercedes SUV after it rolled following a crash on northbound Route 17 at the entrance ramp to Route 80 in Hackensack late this morning. Hackensack firefighters freed the male occupant, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the 10:30 a.m. crash with neck, back and abdominal pain. Neither the SUV driver nor the driver of the other vehicle, a Honda sedan, was injured, Hackensack Fire Lt. Derevyanik said. Bergen County Police handled the incident. PHOTO: Courtesy HACKENSACK FD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Accused Teaneck burglar brags about making bail Accused Teaneck burglar brags about making bail Accused Teaneck burglar brags about making bail
Accused Teaneck burglar brags about making bail YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hours after posting bail for his arrest on burglary charges, an 18-year-old Teaneck man exchanged flames with a Facebook commenter on a local media site. “I’ve seem Denzel Castro on my block on Amsterdam Avenue, in Teaneck, riding a dirt bike with no plates,” the poster wrote yesterday afternoon. “Yeah….this is usually how criminals begin their long bad-rap-sheet careers. How come the parents of these young kids don’t take care of these young soon-to-be criminals !!!” Castro, who was released earlier in the day on $10,000 bail, responded last night with a fellatio …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Two minor injuries, summonses in 3-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights Two minor injuries, summonses in 3-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights Two minor injuries, summonses in 3-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights
Two minor injuries, summonses in 3-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights ONLY ON CVP: Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and two received summonses after a three-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights last night. A northbound vehicle rear-ended another, pushing it into the third just south of Franklin Avenue, Detective Sgt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A utility pole also was toppled, witnesses said. A man and his daughter were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and all three vehicles were towed, Colaneri said. Two rigs from the Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad and one f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Three with James Bond Gang ties nabbed by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force Three with James Bond Gang ties nabbed by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force Three with James Bond Gang ties nabbed by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force
Three with James Bond Gang ties nabbed by Bergen prosecutor’s strike force CVP EXCLUSIVE: A joint investigation headed by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and involving Englewood and Teaneck police and the NYPD led to the arrests last night of three accused burglars with reputed ties to the infamous James Bond Gang and the recovery of a “substantial” amount of stolen jewelry, as well as a gun. Arrested while allegedly trying to fence stolen goods in Queens were Jamelle Singletary, 26, and Lawal Erskine and Jamal Sermon, both 30, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli (photo, above) told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Singletary All have been known to police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River police chase, charge Elmwood Park man after woman falls out of car Upper Saddle River police chase, charge Elmwood Park man after woman falls out of car Upper Saddle River police chase, charge Elmwood Park man after woman falls out of car
Upper Saddle River police chase, charge Elmwood Park man after woman falls out of car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Elmwood Park man who let five females out of his car as Upper Saddle River police were chasing him — knocking one of them down as he sped off — was later found by a police dog and arrested, authorities said. Jonathan Jachimczyk, 20, stopped long enough on northbound Route 17 man around 11:30 last night to allow four of his occupants out and then hit the gas, knocking the fifth to the ground, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said this afternoon. Jachimczyk quickly pulled off around Mountain View Avenue and abandoned the car in a residential neighborhood, Kane said. A …

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