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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Police rule death of man who fell from escalator at Palisades Center mall an accident Police rule death of man who fell from escalator at Palisades Center mall an accident Police rule death of man who fell from escalator at Palisades Center mall an accident
Police rule death of man who fell from escalator at Palisades Center mall an accident UPDATE: Authorities today confirmed that the death of a 54-year-old group home resident in a fall from an escalator at the Palisades Center mall in Rockland County was an accident. Clarkstown detectives said they reviewed video that showed the developmentally disabled New York Foundling Home resident falling from the third to the first level yesterday morning. He apparently lost his balance getting onto the up escalator and was pushed over the railing by the hand rail. READ MORE…. STORY/PHOTO: Bill Demarest, NYACK FREE PRESS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEOS: Moonachie water main break floods intersection, knocks out area power VIDEOS: Moonachie water main break floods intersection, knocks out area power VIDEOS: Moonachie water main break floods intersection, knocks out area power
Videos: Moonachie water main break floods intersection, knocks out area power QUICK VIDS: A road crew in Moonachie burst a water main late this morning, sending a geyser shooting more than 30 feet into the air and flooding the intersection of Moonachie Avenue and Moonachie Road. Area roads were closed and homes and businesses were expected to be without water for several hours, Detective James McNeice told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Moonachie Avenue was blocked between Redneck and Washington, while southbound Moonachie Road was closed at Joseph Street. PHOTO TOP: Nicole Dirienzo

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Special BCPD unit seizes 1,500 heroin bags in Palisades Park stop Special BCPD unit seizes 1,500 heroin bags in Palisades Park stop Special BCPD unit seizes 1,500 heroin bags in Palisades Park stop
Special Bcpd unit seizes 1,500 heroin bags in Palisades Park stop YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Police officers assigned to a newly created anti-heroin unit seized 1,450 bags of the drug and $2,342 in alleged proceeds while arresting two men — one of them an illegal alien — during a traffic stop on Route 46 in Palisades Park. The officers pulled over a Nissan Murano for failing to maintain a lane on the highway’s eastbound side around 10 a.m. yesterday and spotted the cash in the glove box, Capt. James Mullin said this morning. Neither man knew who owned the car, and each gave conflicting stories about the source of the cash, he said. Refused c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Guilty plea, intervention for Lyndhurst men in Carlstadt sports bar brawl Guilty plea, intervention for Lyndhurst men in Carlstadt sports bar brawl Guilty plea, intervention for Lyndhurst men in Carlstadt sports bar brawl
Guilty plea, intervention for Lyndhurst men in Carlstadt sports bar brawl ONLY ON CVP: Without witnesses, prosecutors this week allowed one Lyndhurst man to plead guilty to reduced charges and another to enter a special diversionary program for their roles in a Carlstadt sports bar brawl earlier this year. The fight involved three men leaving Kilroy’s on Washington Avenue the night of Feb. 21 and a trio who’d been ejected earlier. One of the victims was knocked unconscious, while another had a fractured eye socket and a nose broken so badly that he required reconstructive surgery, police said. Elvis Rapozo (above, right), 23, pleaded guilty in Hackensack to a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Two-car Wyckoff crash draws quick response Two-car Wyckoff crash draws quick response Two-car Wyckoff crash draws quick response
Two-car Wyckoff crash draws quick response ONLY ON CVP: One driver was hospitalized with difficulty breathing while the other refused medical aid for neck and shoulder pain following a crash in Wyckoff tonight. Police from Wyckoff, Midland Park, and Ridgewood responded, along with a Midland Park ambulance and a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital, to the 6 p.m. crash at the intersection of Wyckoff Avenue and Goffle Road. Besides the sedan and SUV involved — which were removed by a flatbed tow truck — a third vehicle parked in a nearby service station was damaged. STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck man slashed by woman won’t cooperate with them, Englewood police say Teaneck man slashed by woman won’t cooperate with them, Englewood police say Teaneck man slashed by woman won’t cooperate with them, Englewood police say
Teaneck man slashed by woman won’t cooperate with them, Englewood police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 31-year-old Teaneck man slashed across from an Englewood firehouse this afternoon has refused to help police find the woman who attacked him, authorities said tonight. Witnesses reported seeing a woman flee in a vehicle following the Williams Street slashing just before 4 p.m., Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The man was hospitalized and is refusing to cooperate in the investigation, Torell said. “Without the victim’s cooperation, we’re pretty much in a holding pattern, despite the man having sustained a significant wound to his face,” the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities capture Eric Frein Authorities capture Eric Frein Authorities capture Eric Frein
Authorities capture Eric Frein UPDATE: U.S. Marshals took fugitive Eric Frein into custody tonight in an abandoned airport hangar in Pennsylvania, on the 48th day of the nonstop manhunt through the Poconos, authorities said tonight. “Eric Frein was dedicated to killing law enforcement members,” Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said in a news conference with Gov. Tom Corbett. “I can’t think of a more dangerous occupation than going out into those woods and looking for him.” Frein — who was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, with a reward of $175,000 — had a sniper rifle and knives but no …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Serial bicycle thief leads police to 5 bikes at Hoboken shelter, one in JC, Port Authority says Serial bicycle thief leads police to 5 bikes at Hoboken shelter, one in JC, Port Authority says Serial bicycle thief leads police to 5 bikes at Hoboken shelter, one in JC, Port Authority says
Serial bicycle thief leads police to 5 bikes at Hoboken shelter, one in JC, Port Authority says BEYOND BERGEN: A 43-year-old homeless man holding a bicycle tire was arrested by Port Authority police at Journal Square in Jersey City and led them to six bikes stolen a day earlier. Plainclothes detectives appraoched the distinctive-looking Edward Feuchack yesterday because he matched witnesses’ descriptions of a thief from several incidents, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT earlier today. Feuchack, 34, admitted the thefts from Wednesday, then led officers to five bicycles he’d lashed to a pole at the Hoboken homeless shelter on Bloomfield Avenue and the sixth on n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Dog rescued, driver arrested after suspected DWI crash in Ridgewood Dog rescued, driver arrested after suspected DWI crash in Ridgewood Dog rescued, driver arrested after suspected DWI crash in Ridgewood
Dog rescued, driver arrested after suspected DWI crash in Ridgewood ONLY ON CVP: A Mini Cooper driver involved in an afternoon crash with a tandem axle dump truck in Ridgewood was taken into custody following her release from The Valley Hospital following treatment for minor injuries, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A dog who was in the car bolted after the crash but was quickly snagged by Officer Colin Donnelly. Police suspect the Mini Cooper crossed the center line while heading west on East Glen Avenue and slammed into the eastbound truck at the intersection of Northern Parkway around 1:50 p.m. Both the truck and the car, which was impounded, were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee detective nabs payroll specialist in $57,000 health care thefts Fort Lee detective nabs payroll specialist in $57,000 health care thefts Fort Lee detective nabs payroll specialist in $57,000 health care thefts
Fort Lee detective nabs payroll specialist in $57,000 health care thefts A payroll specialist at a Fort Lee senior health care company was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with stealing co-workers’ identities to obtain $57,000 in cash, money orders and goods in their names. Detective Lt. Kenneth Porrino cracked the case, leading to the arrest of Enna Garland of Manhattan. Porrino found that Garland – who records show turned 41 last Saturday – accessed computer databases with identifying information for all of the employees at Care One on Bridge Plaza North, Capt. Stanley Zon said. “The incidents most likely started in April of 2…

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