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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
IRS phone scammers take more than $10G from Emerson man before police can stop him IRS phone scammers take more than $10G from Emerson man before police can stop him IRS phone scammers take more than $10G from Emerson man before police can stop him
IRS phone scammers take more than $10G from Emerson man before police can stop him CVP EXCLUSIVE: An Emerson man conned into thinking he’d be arrested by the IRS sent more than $10,000 to phone scammers yesterday before police called by his worried family found him in Ridgewood. Using cash he withdrew from his bank, the 28-year-old victim bought Green Dot Money Pak cards from several stores and sent their numbers to the scammers over the course of eight hours, Emerson Police Officer Joseph Alasio told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Family members repeatedly unable to reach him finally called police. “The scammer kept him on the phone the whole time,” Alasio said. “Th…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Building ‘will blow up’ bathroom wall message clears Mahwah tech school Building ‘will blow up’ bathroom wall message clears Mahwah tech school Building ‘will blow up’ bathroom wall message clears Mahwah tech school
Building ‘will blow up’ bathroom wall message clears Mahwah tech school YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The message “this building will blow up at noon” scrawled on a bathroom wall led to the evacuation and search — with negative results — of Lincoln Technical Institute in Mahwah this morning. School administators called police at 9:46 a.m. after a student alerted them to the message, apparently written in ink, above a sink in a men’s bathroom, Police Chief James Batelli said this afternoon. The Bergen County Police Bomb Squad and K-9 unit swept the building, which was then reopened for administrators and faculty. Classes were cancelled until tomorrow.

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Station wagon plows through Ridgewood cemetery Station wagon plows through Ridgewood cemetery Station wagon plows through Ridgewood cemetery
Station wagon plows through Ridgewood cemetery ONLY ON CVP: A motorist escaped serious injury when his SUV veered off the road and into a Ridgewood cemetery, damaging several headstones. A tow truck removed the Suburu Forester from Valleau Cemetery on East Glen Avenue following the 11:26 a.m. crash. Village police were investigating. STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Bulgarian national in largest ID theft ring ever gets 30 months federal prison time Bulgarian national in largest ID theft ring ever gets 30 months federal prison time Bulgarian national in largest ID theft ring ever gets 30 months federal prison time
Bulgarian national in largest ID theft ring ever gets 30 months federal prison time UPDATE: A Bulgarian national today was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his participation in the notorious Shadowcrew forum, an online marketplace for hacking and identity theft that the government says was the largest online marketplace for hacking and identity theft ever. Aleksi Kolarov, 32, evaded capture until June 14, 2011, when Paraguayan law enforcement authorities arrested him at a hotel in Asunción. He was carrying hundreds of thousands of dollars in various currencies, counterfeit payment cards and electronic implements to re-encode cards, they said. Shadowcrew.com w…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township police seek help finding stolen Mercedes with State Police emblems Washington Township police seek help finding stolen Mercedes with State Police emblems Washington Township police seek help finding stolen Mercedes with State Police emblems
Washington Township police seek help finding stolen Mercedes with State Police emblems SHOUT OUT: Police were looking for a Mercedes sedan stolen from the driveway of a Washington Township home bearing New Jersey State Police emblems on the windshield and rear window. A spare key had been left in the center console of the four-door, silver 2006 Mercedes E500 taken from a Ridgewood Road home near the Garden State Parkway sometime between midnight and noon on Monday, authorities said. The vehicle, similar to the one pictured above, has tinted windows. Anyone with information that can help the investigation is asked to call the WTPD: (201) 664-1140

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater dentist in patient sex case pleads guilty to federal tax fraud Edgewater dentist in patient sex case pleads guilty to federal tax fraud Edgewater dentist in patient sex case pleads guilty to federal tax fraud
Edgewater dentist in patient sex case pleads guilty to federal tax fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A dentist from Edgewater charged with improperly touching a patient pleaded guilty yesterday to ducking $68,000 in federal income taxes. Bedros Yavru-Sakuk, 63, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark to a single count of subscribing to a false tax return for the 2011 calendar year. “Mr. Yavru-Sakuk’s filing of false tax returns was a theft from the American public. It is a felony offense that carries severe consequences,” said Jonathan D. Larsen, the acting Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation, Newark Field Office. “We protect the integrit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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No serious injuries in 2-car crash outside Target in Hackensack No serious injuries in 2-car crash outside Target in Hackensack No serious injuries in 2-car crash outside Target in Hackensack
No serious injuries in 2-car crash outside Target in Hackensack ONLY ON CVP: No serious injuries were reported in a two-car crash in Hackensack this morning. The BMW and Toyota involved in the collision on Temple Avenue and Hackesnack Avenue outside the Target just before 8:30 a.m. were both removed by flatbed tow truck. Hackensack firefighters, police and EMS workers were quickly on the scene. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Elana Ducran

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Fairview man, 20, pulled from Hudson jumped from GWB, authorities confirm Fairview man, 20, pulled from Hudson jumped from GWB, authorities confirm Fairview man, 20, pulled from Hudson jumped from GWB, authorities confirm
Fairview man, 20, pulled from Hudson jumped from GWB, authorities confirm YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (UPDATE): Port Authority police this afternoon officially confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report that a 20-year-old Fairview man whose body was fished from the Hudson River by the NYPD on Tuesday was a bicyclist who jumped from the George Washington Bridge. Family members yesterday identified a bicycle found abandoned on the outer railing of the bridge as belonging to Paul J. Kim, whose body was recovered a short time later by the city Harbor Patrol Unit near the Intrepid Museum. A passerby said that he saw Kim riding the bike toward New Jersey on the bridge’s south wal…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergenfield police nab Teaneck ex-con on assault, warrant charges Bergenfield police nab Teaneck ex-con on assault, warrant charges Bergenfield police nab Teaneck ex-con on assault, warrant charges
Bergenfield police nab Teaneck ex-con on assault, warrant charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An overnight call of a dispute in Bergenfield turned up a Teaneck ex-con wanted on a simple assault warrant, police said. Bergenfield got the call just after 2 o’clock this morning, Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said. The complainant told them that the other man, 41-year-old Frank Otis Saunders, had a warrant, which a computer check confirmed, Madalone said. The 6-foot-2-inch, 190-pound Saunders has a criminal record that stretches back nearly two decades and includes arrests for robbery, aggravated assault and rioting, mostly out of Teaneck and Hackensack, as w…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Home heating oil spill of nearly 50 gallons forces Washington Township family from home Home heating oil spill of nearly 50 gallons forces Washington Township family from home Home heating oil spill of nearly 50 gallons forces Washington Township family from home
Home heating oil spill of nearly 50 gallons forces Washington Township family from home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fumes from a basement home heating oil spill of nearly 50 gallons forced five residents from a Washington Township home tonight after they were overcome by fumes. All were evaluated by EMS workers at the Washington Avenue home and refused further treatment, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The residents were spending the night at a brother-in-law’s home in the township until the cleanup from the delivery spill was complete, they said. Responders just after 11:30 p.m. included the Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and EMS squads from the township, Westwood an…

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