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
Bergen County Sheriff’s sergeant hospitalized in Mahwah crash Bergen County Sheriff’s sergeant hospitalized in Mahwah crash Bergen County Sheriff’s sergeant hospitalized in Mahwah crash
Bergen County Sheriff’s sergeant hospitalized in Mahwah crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County Sheriff’s Office sergeant was taken Hackensack University Medical Center after his SUV slammed into a disabled car at the rain-slicked merge of Routes 17/287 in Mahwah tonight. Injuries sustained by the 20-year veteran when his department Tahoe hit the other vehicle around 9:30 p.m. weren’t serious, a department source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The other car had run out of gas and was in the right lane as the driver apparently tried getting to the shoulder, he said. No other injuries were reported.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, 85, plows car through Mahwah storefront Driver, 85, plows car through Mahwah storefront Driver, 85, plows car through Mahwah storefront
Driver, 85, plows car through Mahwah storefront ONLY ON CVP: An 85-year-old woman hit the gas instead of the brake and plowed her Volkwagen Beetle through a Mahwah mini-mart this afternoon. The driver was uninjured in the crash at the Fardale MiniMart at the corner of Forest Road and Wyckoff Avenue around 1:20 p.m. The entire front had to be removed and a temporary front wall installed. PHOTO: Jonathan N. Marcus CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Dominican delegation honors Bergen County Police Department for overseas domestic violence training Dominican delegation honors Bergen County Police Department for overseas domestic violence training Dominican delegation honors Bergen County Police Department for overseas domestic violence training
Dominican delegation honors Bergen County Police Department for overseas domestic violence training SHOUT OUT: A Dominican lawmaker and a delegation of Latino officers presented an award to the Bergen County Police Department today for reaching across borders to combat domestic violence. Antonio Hernandez, president of the National Coalition of Latino Officers, said he contacted BCPD Chief Brian Higgins (above, right) several months ago for advice on designing a program to train police in the Dominican Republic in appropriately responding to domestic violence calls. STORY/PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter “Chief Higgins immediately offered his assistance,” …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi teen tells police he was hit with pipe, nearly stabbed by 2 backpack robbers Lodi teen tells police he was hit with pipe, nearly stabbed by 2 backpack robbers Lodi teen tells police he was hit with pipe, nearly stabbed by 2 backpack robbers
Lodi teen tells police he was hit with pipe, nearly stabbed by 2 backpack robbers A Lodi juvenile told police a pair of robbers hit him in the head with a metal pipe after nearly stabbing him, then ran off with his backpack last night. The boy said he was walking home on Farnham Avenue just after 9 p.m. when “he felt someone tug on his shirt from behind,” Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said this afternoon. When he turned, the boy said, he was confronted by a tall, thin, dark-skinned black man in 20s holding a knife five ro six inches long. The robber lunged at him, the boy said, but he jumped back. At that point a heavyset Hispanic or Arabic man who appeared to b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State lawmakers Weinberg, Sweeney discuss domestic violence at Center for Hope and Safety in Rochelle Park State lawmakers Weinberg, Sweeney discuss domestic violence at Center for Hope and Safety in Rochelle Park State lawmakers Weinberg, Sweeney discuss domestic violence at Center for Hope and Safety in Rochelle Park
State lawmakers Weinberg, Sweeney discuss domestic violence at Center for Hope and Safety in Rochelle Park PUBLIC SAFETY: State Senate President Steve Sweeney and Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg led a roundtable discussion on domestic violence today with advocates and survivors at the Center for Hope and Safety in Rochelle Park. Nearly one-fourth of all women and one in seven men have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetimes. In New Jersey, domestic violence occurs the equivalent of every 8 minutes, 6 seconds. A total of 38 domestic violence murders were recorded in the state in 2012. Police in New Jersey reported more than 65,000 total …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Grand jury indicts Saddle Brook gun enthusiast stabbed by wife for illegal weapons, powder Grand jury indicts Saddle Brook gun enthusiast stabbed by wife for illegal weapons, powder Grand jury indicts Saddle Brook gun enthusiast stabbed by wife for illegal weapons, powder
Grand jury indicts Saddle Brook gun enthusiast stabbed by wife for illegal weapons, powder ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Saddle Brook man found with a stockpile of guns, gunpowder and ammunition after police said his wife stabbed him was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack today on a variety of charges. The 10-count indictment charges 65-year-old Robert Lintner with “creating risk of widespread injury or damage by recklesslessly handling or storing” 300 pounds of gunpowder in his 1,400-square-foot home. The amount of powder was 10 times the legal limit that can be stored residentially, as well as a public safety hazard “not only for the home itself but for adjacent homes,” Saddle Bro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck, Englewood police team up to charge ex-con fugitive in burglary spree Teaneck, Englewood police team up to charge ex-con fugitive in burglary spree Teaneck, Englewood police team up to charge ex-con fugitive in burglary spree
Teaneck, Englewood police team up to charge ex-con fugitive in burglary spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck and Englewood police teamed up to charge a 42-year-old ex-con fugitive from North Carolina in connection with a series of break-ins near the border of both towns. Teaneck detectives looking for career burglar Antonio Singletary spotted him shopping in downtown Englewood yesterday and arrested him in a rented vehicle on First Street. A search of the vehicle turned up jewelry, coins, electronics and other valuables stolen in area burglaries, as well as drug paraphernalia and a pipe cutter, Teaneck Police Chief Robert Carney said this afetrnoon. Antonio Sing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Bail jumper caught trying to change clothes after ramming Port Authority cruiser, police say Bail jumper caught trying to change clothes after ramming Port Authority cruiser, police say Bail jumper caught trying to change clothes after ramming Port Authority cruiser, police say
Bail jumper caught trying to change clothes after ramming Port Authority cruiser, police say BEYOND BERGEN: A bail jumper rammed his car into a Port Authority police cruiser twice, then hopped out and ran before the officer cornered him in a Newark grocery store, authorities said. The officer, on patrol near Newark Airport, stopped the 1997 Nissan Maxima on northbound Routes 1&9 for not having a front liciense plate, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. After pulling over, 33-year-old Charles H. Brown of Newark sped off, Pentangelo said. The officer followed him onto Route 21 and alerted Newark police, he said. Brown drove recklessly before during down a dead end, Pent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con caught with cocaine, guns in East Rutherford chase can spare girlfriend prison in Bergen jail drug scheme Ex-con caught with cocaine, guns in East Rutherford chase can spare girlfriend prison in Bergen jail drug scheme Ex-con caught with cocaine, guns in East Rutherford chase can spare girlfriend prison in Bergen jail drug scheme
Ex-con caught with cocaine, guns in East Rutherford chase can spare girlfriend prison in Bergen jail drug scheme ONLY ON CVP: A fugitive ex-con who authorities said conspired with his girlfriend to sell drugs from the Bergen County Jail is considering a plea deal that could spare her time behind bars. Charmaine Coit, defense attorney Robert N. Kalisch Jr., Marcus Carter (STORY/PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Keith Travers presented Marcus Carter an offer of 13 years in prison with no parole eligibility for nine yesterday in Hackensack for having two handguns and more than a quarter-pound of cocaine when he led a U.S. marshal on a c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Zombie 5K run and costume fun walk in Bergenfield this weekend Zombie 5K run and costume fun walk in Bergenfield this weekend Zombie 5K run and costume fun walk in Bergenfield this weekend
Zombie 5K run and costume fun walk in Bergenfield this weekend SHOUT OUT: It’s not too late to register for this Sunday’s Zombie 5K Run and 1-Mile Costume Fun Run/Walk at Bergenfield High School. The event — presented by the Rotary Club of Bergenfield-Dumont and Bergenfield PBA Local 309 — features what’s billed as a “flat and fast” USATF-certified course and some spooky costumes. The 5K begins at 9 a.m., with registration beginning at 7 a.m. Fee: $30 The Fun Run/Walk begins at 10 a.m. Fee: $15 Awards will be given to the top 3 male and female runners ages 12-70+.

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