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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Jurors find man not guilty of calling in bogus gun threat from Carlstadt warehouse Jurors find man not guilty of calling in bogus gun threat from Carlstadt warehouse Jurors find man not guilty of calling in bogus gun threat from Carlstadt warehouse
Jurors find man not guilty of calling in bogus gun threat from Carlstadt warehouse ONLY ON CVP: Jurors in Hackensack today found a West African native not guilty of seeking revenge against his boss by calling in a bogus report to police of a gun at a Carlstadt warehouse. Superior Court Judge Lisa Perez Friscia (STORY/PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Salamy Boima shrugged and smiled faintly after the verdict was read. “He told me to tell the truth,” Boima, of Sierra Leone, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, gesturing to defense attorney Ben Malin. “I told the truth.” “I think justice was done,” Malin said. “I think Mr. Boima is an honest man who t…

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood girl snaps cellphone shot in attempted luring Ridgewood girl snaps cellphone shot in attempted luring Ridgewood girl snaps cellphone shot in attempted luring
Ridgewood girl snaps cellphone shot in attempted luring YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood High School girl approached by a man who asked whether she wanted some candy this afternoon snapped a cellphone shot of his van as it pulled away, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. The girl told police the driver had a passenger with him in the black Ford Econoline that slowed down as she walked on East Ridgewood Avenue near Hope Street around 3:15 p.m. The van, possibly a 2007 through 2013, bore New Jersey plates, with running boards on the sides and backup sensors on the rear bumper. The girl estimated that the driver, who was white, is in his ea…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Convict who skipped sentencing for punching Hillsdale resident, kicking dog caught by Westwood police Convict who skipped sentencing for punching Hillsdale resident, kicking dog caught by Westwood police Convict who skipped sentencing for punching Hillsdale resident, kicking dog caught by Westwood police
Convict who skipped sentencing for punching Hillsdale resident, kicking dog caught by Westwood police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Westwood man who skipped his sentencing for punching a Hillsdale man and kicking his dog was being held without bail in the Bergen County Jail today after being picked up over the weekend. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office forwarded a warrant for 23-year-old Christian Sapp of Jersey City, who didn’t show up for his Sept. 12 sentencing. Westwood police took him into custody on Saturday, court officials said. Sapp punched the 34-year-old man and kicked his dog outside the Wendy’s Restaurant on Hillsdale Avenue and then fled on May 7, Hillsdale authorities…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Ceremony outside Bergen courthouse to honor 241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing Ceremony outside Bergen courthouse to honor 241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing Ceremony outside Bergen courthouse to honor 241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
Ceremony outside Bergen courthouse to honor 241 killed in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing SHOUT OUT: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino will deliver the opening remarks outside the county courthouse in Hackensack this Thursday for a special ceremony honoring the 241 “peace-keeping heroes” killed by jihadists in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing on Oct. 23, 1983. The 12:30 p.m. event, presented by a group known as the International Christian Union — and co-sponsored by the Legislative District 39 County Republican Committee, will be held at the Bergen County Veterans Memorial Monument. “As our forefathers declared their honor, fortunes and allegiance to the creation of this g…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Former school board member, scoutmaster spent secret night with boy, 12, at South Hackensack motel, prosecutor says Former school board member, scoutmaster spent secret night with boy, 12, at South Hackensack motel, prosecutor says Former school board member, scoutmaster spent secret night with boy, 12, at South Hackensack motel, prosecutor says
Former school board member, scoutmaster spent secret night with boy, 12, at South Hackensack motel, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities arrested a former Paterson Board of Education member and Boy Scout leader after he’d spent a secret night at a Route 46 motel in South Hackensack with a 12-year-old boy, authorities said. A South Hackensack police officer pulled over 53-year-old Daniel Vergara after he drove from the Airport Motel last night and found the boy “acting very scared,” Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Vergara — who works as a code enforcer for the city of Paterson’s Department of Public Works — told the officer that he’d come from someplace else, he said. He also …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
SUNDAY: Impressive talent to highlight ‘Night of Wonders’ gala to fund cancer wigs SUNDAY: Impressive talent to highlight ‘Night of Wonders’ gala to fund cancer wigs SUNDAY: Impressive talent to highlight ‘Night of Wonders’ gala to fund cancer wigs
Sunday: Impressive talent to highlight ‘Night of Wonders’ gala to fund cancer wigs SHOUT OUT: “America’s Got Talent” hip-hop violinist Damien Escobar will be one of the featured performers at this Sunday’s red-carpet fundraising gala concert, “Night of Wonders,” to help provide no-cost wigs to women and children with cancer. The guest of honor will be one of America’s most loved, admired and respected newspeople, Pat Battle, a breast cancer survivor and Teaneck resident who anchors “Weekend Today in New York” on NBC. “Do Wonders,” the non-profit organization hosting the 5 p.m. program at the Teaneck Marriott at Glennpoint, was created by Lillian Lee, who owns and operat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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New Milford police use Narcan to save heroin addict New Milford police use Narcan to save heroin addict New Milford police use Narcan to save heroin addict
New Milford police use Narcan to save heroin addict YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Narcan last night saved another Bergen County heroin overdose victim, this time thanks to New Milford police. Officers dispatched to a Brookchester Apartments garage around 6 p.m. found an unresponsive 20-year-old Dumont woman slumped over in a chair, Detective Lt. Frank Ramaci said this afternoon. After Sgt. Daniel LaMorges spoke to someone who was with her, Officer Justin Pisano administered the medicine using a Narcan kit distributed to police by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office just weeks ago. “The victim almost immediately regained consciousness,” he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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State sues Bergen/Passaic contractor State sues Bergen/Passaic contractor State sues Bergen/Passaic contractor
State sues Bergen/Passaic contractor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State authorities have sued a Clifton home improvement contractor with offices in East Rutherford for not registering or having insurance, among other violations. The Office of the Attorney General and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs sued Anthony Angelo Pizza and two companies that he operates, A. Pizza Contracting, LLC and AP Building & Construction, LLC (a/k/a “AP Builders & Construction, LLC”) for alleged violations of the state Consumer Fraud Act, the Contractors’ Registration Act and related regulations. Among other things, the state’s seve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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PHOTOS: Tipped Route 3 tractor-trailer ties up traffic PHOTOS: Tipped Route 3 tractor-trailer ties up traffic PHOTOS: Tipped Route 3 tractor-trailer ties up traffic
Photos: Tipped Route 3 tractor-trailer ties up traffic PHOTOS: A tractor-trailer that tipped onto its side tied up morning rush traffic on both sides of Route 3 just west of the New Jersey Turnpike in East Rutherford this morning. The rig was righted by 8:30 a.m., two hours after the incident, and cleared by 9:30, but “both sides [were] a mess” for much of the morning, one commuter said. Moonachie EMS/Rescue, Carlstadt EMS and East Rutherford firefighters were among the responders.

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Port Authority police refuse Secret Service demand to disarm for Obama NJ visit Port Authority police refuse Secret Service demand to disarm for Obama NJ visit Port Authority police refuse Secret Service demand to disarm for Obama NJ visit
Port Authority police refuse Secret Service demand to disarm for Obama NJ visit EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Port Authority police refused a demand by the U.S. Secret Service that they not carry their weapons at Newark Airport for a scheduled visit by President Obama this past week. It became a moot point, for the time being, when Obama cancelled Wednesday’s visit in order to conduct a summit in Washington, D.C. on the ebola outbreak. But the animosity has remained. The Secret Service “demanded that members of the PAPD be disarmed in the exact location where the president is most vulnerable and in areas where the Secret Service are not trained or authorized to travel — namely…

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