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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Saddle Brook mayoral victory gives police chief new boss — his deputy Saddle Brook mayoral victory gives police chief new boss — his deputy Saddle Brook mayoral victory gives police chief new boss — his deputy
Saddle Brook mayoral victory gives police chief new boss — his deputy SHOUT OUT: Call it vindication, or revenge, but Saddle Brook Deputy Police Chief Robert White’s defeat of incumbent Mayor Karen Chamberlain pleased his boss as much as anyone. “This is a great victory not only for him but for the township as a whole,” Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Saddle Brook will be well-served with such a professional leader and genuine person.” With his victory, White must retire before he is sworn in Jan. 1, under state law. He then becomes Kugler’s boss. “I welcome it,” the chief said this afternoon. “At the end of the day, if we do disagree,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Former Giants offensive lineman choked wife with bra, report says Former Giants offensive lineman choked wife with bra, report says Former Giants offensive lineman choked wife with bra, report says
Former Giants offensive lineman choked wife with bra, report says UPDATE: Former New York Giants offensive lineman Luke Petitgout ripped off his wife’s bra and choked her with it in the doorway of the Woodcliff Lake home they’d once shared, according to a criminal complaint filed against him in connection with a sexual assault charge. Woodcliff Lake police responded at 3:46 a.m. 911 assault call to the home that Petitgout was sharing with his wife of 13 years, Jennifer, before she obtained a restraining order against him and he moved out this summer following a series of incidents between the two. Police officially allege that Petitgout choked, tackled …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus woman under influence got car stuck on RR tracks, police say Paramus woman under influence got car stuck on RR tracks, police say Paramus woman under influence got car stuck on RR tracks, police say
Paramus woman under influence got car stuck on RR tracks, police say A Paramus woman under the influence of drugs and alcohol got her car stuck on train tracks in Rockland County, stopping rail traffic night, police said. Mary M. Kobes, 41, Tuesday forced CSX to stop rail traffic after she turned her Toyota Corolla onto the tracks about 15 yards north of a crossing in Orangeburg, Nyack Free Press reported. Kobes’ car was impounded, while she was charged with driving while impaired, given summonses and released to a friend. READ MORE….

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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2014 PBA Toy Drive aims to bring joy to the young, sick, needy 2014 PBA Toy Drive aims to bring joy to the young, sick, needy 2014 PBA Toy Drive aims to bring joy to the young, sick, needy
2014 PBA Toy Drive aims to bring joy to the young, sick, needy SHOUT OUT: One of the largest toy drives in the Northeast is under way again, and a record 40 Bergen County police agencies hope their enormous “Santa Response Team” will build the biggest mountain of presents ever. Now into its 26th year, the PBA Toy Drive is an act of charity that many look forward to each year. Santa Response Team at the Sanzari Center (CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos) After weeks of collecting presents large and small, officers from all of the participating departments will truck them to the Closter firehouse. Military members also come up from the Teaneck Armory to collect …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Three injuries, none serious, after tractor-trailer rams DOT vehicle on Route 17 in Mahwah Three injuries, none serious, after tractor-trailer rams DOT vehicle on Route 17 in Mahwah Three injuries, none serious, after tractor-trailer rams DOT vehicle on Route 17 in Mahwah
Three injuries, none serious, after tractor-trailer rams DOT vehicle on Route 17 in Mahwah UPDATE: A  tractor-trailer crashed into the back of a DOT truck on northbound Route 17 just before 6 a.m., sending the rig’s driver and two DOT workers picking up cones to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. The tractor-trailer “drove over the attenuator” on the DOT truck, hit the back and injured the workers — none seriously — at 5:55 a.m., Capt. Stuart Blank told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Members of Mahwah Res1cue got the tractor-trailer driver out. He was taken to the hospital after complaining of chest pains, the lieutenant said. All lanes of the highway initially were closed. One was reopen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield man smashed windows of estranged wife’s boyfriend’s car with sledgehammer, New Milford police charge Bergenfield man smashed windows of estranged wife’s boyfriend’s car with sledgehammer, New Milford police charge Bergenfield man smashed windows of estranged wife’s boyfriend’s car with sledgehammer, New Milford police charge
Bergenfield man smashed windows of estranged wife’s boyfriend’s car with sledgehammer, New Milford police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Surveillance video caught a Bergenfield man taking a sledgehammer to the windows of a car owned by a New Milford man who’s dating his estranged wife, police said. Officers summoned by a neighbor who witnessed the 2 a.m. attack yesterday spoke with the parked car’s owner, who pointed them toward 40-year-old Edward Obertlik, Detective Lt. Frank Ramaci told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Surveillance video supplied by a local store owner showed Obertlik getting out of his car, smashing the windows, getting back in and driving off, Ramaci said. The dark-colored, Toyota Corolla had…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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New Milford police seek public’s help solving Mischief Night tire-slashing spree New Milford police seek public’s help solving Mischief Night tire-slashing spree New Milford police seek public’s help solving Mischief Night tire-slashing spree
New Milford police seek public’s help solving Mischief Night tire-slashing spree PUBLIC SAFETY: Someone caused thousands of dollars in Mischief Night damage to tires slashed on eight vehicles in New Milford and two in Oradell, and police are hoping someone saw or recorded anything that will help identify whomever was responsible. The attacks occurred between 10 p.m. Thursday and midnight in the northern and central sections of New Milford, said Detective Lt. Frank Ramaci. Meanwhile, Oradell police reported three tires slashed on one car and one on another parked in a municipal lot off Kinderkamack Road. “It appears that an individual, or individuals, randomly slashe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Trial again postponed for Garfield couple in connection with Cliffside Park street murder Trial again postponed for Garfield couple in connection with Cliffside Park street murder Trial again postponed for Garfield couple in connection with Cliffside Park street murder
Trial again postponed for Garfield couple in connection with Cliffside Park street murder ONLY ON CVP: The trial of a Garfield couple in connection with the July 2012 murder of a Cliffside Park man was postponed once again — this time until April. Miles Feinstein, who is representing 40-year-old Michael Sampson, told a judge in Hackensack that he is part of a team of attorneys working a multi-defendant trial in Passaic County beginning in January. He’s also coming off a trial out of Sussex County that began in July. Sampson — also known as Michael Perez — is charged with shooting Hector Tito Zabala Jr. dead as he walked home from an Anderson Avenue bar after an argument betwee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Elmwood Park ex-con indicted for scissor-stabbing man who ‘dissed’ his woman Elmwood Park ex-con indicted for scissor-stabbing man who ‘dissed’ his woman Elmwood Park ex-con indicted for scissor-stabbing man who ‘dissed’ his woman
Elmwood Park ex-con indicted for scissor-stabbing man who ‘dissed’ his woman ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Hackensack yesterday brought first-degree attempted murder charges against an Elmwood Park ex-con who police said stabbed his victim several times with scissors for disrespecting the woman he was with. Frank Vargas, 30, punctured the 29-year-old man’s lung in the July 24 assault, authorities said. He later recovered from his injuries, they said. The victim, Syed Uddin, had been wounded in a 2011 triple shooting in Paterson that left another man dead. Besides attempted murder, the grand jury charged the 5-foot-8-inch, 172-pound Vargas with inflicting a seriou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Phone scammers pretend to offer lower credit rates to steal your info, Ridgewood police warn Phone scammers pretend to offer lower credit rates to steal your info, Ridgewood police warn Phone scammers pretend to offer lower credit rates to steal your info, Ridgewood police warn
Phone scammers pretend to offer lower credit rates to steal your info, Ridgewood police warn PUBLIC SAFETY: Add to the growing list of phone scams offers of lower credit card rates, Ridgewood police warned this morning. Along with the hostage scam and the IRS scam, police are now hearing from residents that con men callers are pretending to be from credit card companies offering better rates. “If you receive one of these calls you should hang up and call your credit card company using the phone number on your credit card to confirm that it was your company calling,” Detective Chris McDowell warned. READ MORE: IRS phone scammers take more than $10G from Emerson man before poli…

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