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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73-year-old career criminal with 60-arrest sheet charged with stealing used car off South Hackensack lot 73-year-old career criminal with 60-arrest sheet charged with stealing used car off South Hackensack lot 73-year-old career criminal with 60-arrest sheet charged with stealing used car off South Hackensack lot
73-year-old career criminal with 60-arrest sheet charged with stealing used car off South Hackensack lot ONLY ON CVP: A 73-year-old career criminal with more than 60 arrests dating to 1970 was being held on more than $23,000 bail after authorities said he stole a used car off a Route 46 lot in Hackensack. Carmine J. Carpino of Hoboken — whose rap sheet includes arrests for arson, assault, burglary, lewdness and weapons possession — was out on bail for alleged offenses in Cliffside Park, Hackensack and Lyndhurst when he walked onto the lot, noticed the keys in the ignition of a 2010 Chrysler 300 and drove off with it, authorities said. Hackensack police picked up Carpino last night and charge…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Car crashes, flips in Fort Lee Car crashes, flips in Fort Lee Car crashes, flips in Fort Lee
Car crashes, flips in Fort Lee ONLY ON CVP: An elderly female driver was taken to the hospital by ambulance after her car rammed a truck and flipped in Fort Lee. The Honda Accord was headed north on Jones Road from Main Street just after 7:30 p.m. when it struck the parked vehicle on a stretch of the two-way street where only one car can pass at a time. It then skidded onto the sidewalk in front of a private residence. Fort Lee police, firefighters and EMS workers responded. PHOTO: Werner R. Ennesser  

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Teaneck, NJ
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Sussex man in New Milford vehicle burglaries caught driving car stolen out of Teaneck Sussex man in New Milford vehicle burglaries caught driving car stolen out of Teaneck Sussex man in New Milford vehicle burglaries caught driving car stolen out of Teaneck
Sussex man in New Milford vehicle burglaries caught driving car stolen out of Teaneck YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Sussex County man arrested by State Police was carrying a credit card he’d stolen from a New Milford woman’s purse after she left it in her car, authorities tonight. A couple had caught Christopher Wynne of Hamburg rummaging through their next-door neighbor’s purse as he stood in their driveway when they arrived home Tuesday night, Detective Lt. Frank Ramaci said. Wynne “said he was just trying to find information inside the purse so he could return it to the rightful owner,” then “dropped the purse and walked away hurriedly,” he said. A search of the area prov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack man who refused to drop knife sought suicide by cop, police say Hackensack man who refused to drop knife sought suicide by cop, police say Hackensack man who refused to drop knife sought suicide by cop, police say
Hackensack man who refused to drop knife sought suicide by cop, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Hackensack police officers disarmed a knife-wielding man who charged at them in what they said he later admitted was an attempt at suicide by cop. John Wolf, 24, called police last night saying that a man all dressed in black was acting suspiciously in the area of Heath Place and the Esplanade, city Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Officer Edmund Meneses and Allen DeLeon found Wolf sitting on a curb with the knife in his hand around 5 p.m., Mordaga said. “As they approached, he told them he’d been breaking into vehicles,” the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Old Tappan vehicle involved in Washington Township crash Old Tappan vehicle involved in Washington Township crash Old Tappan vehicle involved in Washington Township crash
Old Tappan vehicle involved in Washington Township crash ONLY ON CVP: An Old Tappan municipal vehicle collided with an SUV outside Seasons Restaurant in Washington Township this morning. Two occupants were hospitalized after a Toyota RAV 4 and the borough-owned Dodge Durango crashed just after 10 a.m. at the rain-slicked intersection of Washington Avenue and Meisten Street. Ambulances from River Vale and Hillsdale transported the victims. Both damaged vehicles were removed by flatbed tow trucks. Hillsdale police assisted their Washington Township colleagues with traffic control. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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$500,000 bail for Leonia man jailed for visiting schools following child sex, luring arrest $500,000 bail for Leonia man jailed for visiting schools following child sex, luring arrest $500,000 bail for Leonia man jailed for visiting schools following child sex, luring arrest
$500,000 bail for Leonia man jailed for visiting schools following child sex, luring arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Leonia per diem employee charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl and luring a 6-year-old boy from a park to his home was back behind bars on contempt charges for visiting locals schools. A judge set bail at $500,000 yesterday for William Joseph Slaughter in connection with two violations of a court order that he not have unsupervised contact with anyone under 18. He was being held in the Bergen County Jail. Slaughter had been free on $350,000 bail since Oct. 9 following his July 5 arrest. Authorities initially charged him with luring the boy to h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Two truckers stopped at Holland Tunnel have 18 license suspensions between them Two truckers stopped at Holland Tunnel have 18 license suspensions between them Two truckers stopped at Holland Tunnel have 18 license suspensions between them
Two truckers stopped at Holland Tunnel have 18 license suspensions between them BEYOND BERGEN: Two truck drivers arrested at the Holland Tunnel a little over four hours apart have 18 driver’s license suspensions between them, Port Authority said. PAPD officers stopped Rodger Burnett, 34, of Bayshore, on the Manhattan side at 4:30 p.m. when he tried driving his Chevy truck through a “No trucks” entrance, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. He was arrested after a records check showed his license suspended in New York a dozen times on six different dates, he said. At 8:40 p.m., officers stopped Juan Nieto, 31, of Paterson — also for trying to use the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Couple cops to Bergen bank-robbing spree Couple cops to Bergen bank-robbing spree Couple cops to Bergen bank-robbing spree
Couple cops to Bergen bank-robbing spree ONLY ON CVP: Down to their last day to accept a deal, a Paterson couple pleaded guilty to three bank robberies in Bergen County, part of what authorities said was a string of North Jersey bank holdups that netted more than $10,000. Lamont Moseley, 29, will have to spend five years and one month in state prison before he is eligible for parole, under the deal. Meanwhile, 31-year-old Samantha Dixon must four years and 2½ months behind bars. Had they been convicted at a trial, each would have faced 10 years for each robbery. Both admitted in court in Hackensack on Monday that they held u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Bergen sheriff’s sergeant who fueled Tedesco win tells Donovan why he did it Bergen sheriff’s sergeant who fueled Tedesco win tells Donovan why he did it Bergen sheriff’s sergeant who fueled Tedesco win tells Donovan why he did it
Bergen sheriff’s sergeant who fueled Tedesco win tells Donovan why he did it A POLICE OFFICER WRITES: Jim Tedesco handily unseated incumbent Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan in yesterday’s election for a number of reasons — not the least of which were his promises to fold the county police into the sheriff’s office, give the sheriff’s officers the raises that Donovan had fought in court to deny and not close Bergen County Regional Medical Center. But there were other forces at work, as well. One of the most powerful was a law enforcement officer, a policeman, a public servant — Bergen County Sheriff’s Sgt. Timmy Lindsay. Lindsay Fulfilling a vow to himse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Couple extradited to NJ on Upper Saddle River gun, stolen clothing charges Couple extradited to NJ on Upper Saddle River gun, stolen clothing charges Couple extradited to NJ on Upper Saddle River gun, stolen clothing charges
Couple extradited to NJ on Upper Saddle River gun, stolen clothing charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man and woman were being held in the Bergen County Jail after being extradited from Massachusetts to face charges of having a loaded gun, $4,500 worth of stolen clothing and drug paraphernalia in their car when they were stopped by Upper Saddle River police last month. Police originally stopped driver Erin Driscoll, 24, of Massachusetts and her passenger, 37-year-old ex-con Carlos Jessamy of the Bronx, the night of Oct. 16 for traffic violations on northbound Route 17, Police Chief Patrick Rotella said at the time. Driscoll refused to allow a search, so the vehic…

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