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
Breaking News
60 years for Cliffside Park drug addict who killed WWII veteran during burglary 60 years for Cliffside Park drug addict who killed WWII veteran during burglary 60 years for Cliffside Park drug addict who killed WWII veteran during burglary
60 years for Cliffside Park drug addict who killed WWII veteran during burglary UPDATE: A 23-year-old Cliffside Park man who killed a World War II veteran during a Fairview burglary can’t expect to taste freedom until he’s at least 70 after being sentenced for the break-in and murder yesterday in Hackensack. Calling the crime “heinous,” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian sentenced Edwin Estrada to 60 years in prison — 52 of which he must serve before being eligible for parole — for killing Vincent Leuzzi. Estrada has four years and three months jail credit, which could reduce his time in prison to about 47¾ years. Estrada smashed the retired 88-year-old mason an…

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Englewood, NJ
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Saddle Brook detective, Garfield officers arrest maintenance worker in sale of stolen iPads from Englewood Jewish school Saddle Brook detective, Garfield officers arrest maintenance worker in sale of stolen iPads from Englewood Jewish school Saddle Brook detective, Garfield officers arrest maintenance worker in sale of stolen iPads from Englewood Jewish school
Saddle Brook detective, Garfield officers arrest maintenance worker in sale of stolen iPads from Englewood Jewish school YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A maintenance worker at a private Englewood Jewish school who sold several stolen Ipads to a Saddle Brook pawnshop was nabbed moments later by an alert township detective and Garfield police officer before he could unload more, authorities said. It began when Saddle Brook Detective Sgt. Thomas Johnson stopped a car being driven carelessly out of the Saddle Brook Center on Route 46 around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Garfield Officers Marc Amos and Christopher Strabone backed him up, and they spotted several 16G I-Pads in the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood woman drives car through garage, neighbor’s fence, then parks Ridgewood woman drives car through garage, neighbor’s fence, then parks Ridgewood woman drives car through garage, neighbor’s fence, then parks
Ridgewood woman drives car through garage, neighbor’s fence, then parks ONLY ON CVP: A 52-year-old Ridgewood woman who said her foot got stuck under the brake pedal drove her Lexus sedan through a closed door of her garage, out the back wall, through a neighbor’s yard and chain link fence, down the block and back into her driveway today. The Walthery Avenue resident wasn’t injured in the late afternoon mishap, which brought village police, firefighters, EMS workers and a code inspector. Freeing her foot, the woman turned the car around in her neighbor’s backyard and drove down their driveway to the street and back to her house. She then dialed 911. The ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con Fort Lee tow operator gets 13 years for stash of weapons, ammo Ex-con Fort Lee tow operator gets 13 years for stash of weapons, ammo Ex-con Fort Lee tow operator gets 13 years for stash of weapons, ammo
Ex-con Fort Lee tow operator gets 13 years for stash of weapons, ammo YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sent a Fort Lee ex-con towing operator for 13 years, with no parole eligibility for eight, for a cache of illegal weapons found in his home during a domestic violence check. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi also fined Konstadin “Dean” Bitzas $10,000 as part of a sentence that the defense attorney criticized as “very heavy-handed.” Jurors in Hackensack convicted Bitzas in August of owning …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
No serious injuries in Washington Township head-on crash No serious injuries in Washington Township head-on crash No serious injuries in Washington Township head-on crash
No serious injuries in Washington Township head-on crash ONLY ON CVP: No serious injuries were reported in a head-on collision in Washington Township this afternoon. The collision between a Subaru Outback and Nissan Altima occurred shortly before 2 p.m. at the intersection of Colonial Boulevard and Washington Avenue. The Altima driver was treated at the scene for minor injuries as a result of air bag deployment. The Suburu driver was uninjured. Township police, firefighters and EMS workers responded. Firefighters tended to a fluid spill. STORY/PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Indian national from Louisiana gets eight months for groping woman on flight to NJ Indian national from Louisiana gets eight months for groping woman on flight to NJ Indian national from Louisiana gets eight months for groping woman on flight to NJ
Indian national from Louisiana gets eight months for groping woman on flight to NJ UPDATE: A Louisiana man was sentenced to eight months in federal prison today for groping a woman on a flight from Houston to Newark. Devender Singh, a 62-year-old Indian national who lives in Baton Rouge, also must register as a sex offender and remain under supervised release for two years. Singh — who pleaded guilty in September — was taken into custody by FBI agents at Newark Liberty International Airport after his flight arrived on March 2, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Fishman said Singh was “seated next to a woman who occupied a window seat on a United Airlines flight from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Alarms, surveillance cams don’t deter masked Wyckoff burglars Alarms, surveillance cams don’t deter masked Wyckoff burglars Alarms, surveillance cams don’t deter masked Wyckoff burglars
Alarms, surveillance cams don’t deter masked Wyckoff burglars YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Surveillance cameras caught grainy images of two men who kicked their way into a Wyckoff home last night, ripped the alarm system and siren speakers from the walls and took jewelry from the master bedroom — the town’s fourth burglary in 10 days. Both had their heads wrapped to prevent identification during the 7 p.m. break-in on Bridle Path, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. Even homes with alarms systems and cameras can be burglarized — requiring increased vigilance on the part of neighbors, Fox said. “In Wyckoff or any community, the greatest defens…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor’s detectives arrest convicted Elmwood Park drug dealer on crack charges in Lodi Prosecutor’s detectives arrest convicted Elmwood Park drug dealer on crack charges in Lodi Prosecutor’s detectives arrest convicted Elmwood Park drug dealer on crack charges in Lodi
Prosecutor’s detectives arrest convicted Elmwood Park drug dealer on crack charges in Lodi YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Detectives who pulled over a known Elmwood Park drug dealer in Lodi found him carrying $2,500 worth of crack and $1,800 in cash, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Jasin Penn, 44, was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Investigators from the prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force “had reason to believe [that] Penn was making daily crack/cocaine sales to local users in and around southern Bergen County for the majority of his adult life,” Molinelli said. Stop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor says Palisades Park cook was collecting kiddie porn Prosecutor says Palisades Park cook was collecting kiddie porn Prosecutor says Palisades Park cook was collecting kiddie porn
Prosecutor says Palisades Park cook was collecting kiddie porn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County computer crimes investigators arrested a Palisades Park cook on a tip from the FBI that he’d been collecting child pornography. Christoper Carvajal, 21, was released without bail following his arrest at work in Secaucus on Wednesday on child endangerment charges, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. The FBI provided prosecutor’s investigators “all pertinent information for further investigation,” after which they found him collecing “images of pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual acts,” Molinelli said. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BCPO

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff police find luring report that prompted ‘stranger danger’ warnings unfounded Wyckoff police find luring report that prompted ‘stranger danger’ warnings unfounded Wyckoff police find luring report that prompted ‘stranger danger’ warnings unfounded
Wyckoff police find luring report that prompted ‘stranger danger’ warnings unfounded UPDATE: A van driver who a Wyckoff teen thought was trying to lure her into a van three weeks ago knows the girl and had no harmful intent, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said today. Fox had warned at the time not to jump to any conclusions after the the 16-year-old girl told police she was walking at the corner of Clinton Avenue and Lawlins Road on Oct. 3 when the driver of a newer model white van “called to her and asked her to walk around and approach the vehicle on the driver side of the van.” “The girl became concerned with the man’s actions and she yelled to a friend who was also walking…

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