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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
63 months in federal prison for Fair Lawn man, 24, who had 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images 63 months in federal prison for Fair Lawn man, 24, who had 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images 63 months in federal prison for Fair Lawn man, 24, who had 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images
63 months in federal prison for Fair Lawn man, 24, who had 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 24-year-old Fair Lawn man officially was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison today for downloading more than 600 images and videos of child sex abuse on a laptop at his parents’ house. Agents with the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations arrested Joshua Babilonia after executing a search warrant at the Morlot Avenue house in September 2012. The laptop held “a vast number” of child porn images that involve “prepubescent minors, as well as material that portrays sadistic or masochistic conduct,” in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bag of toiletries stops bus in Westwood Bag of toiletries stops bus in Westwood Bag of toiletries stops bus in Westwood
Bag of toiletries stops bus in Westwood UPDATE: An unattended bag that briefly stopped a passenger bus near the train station in Westwood this morning turned out to contain toiletries, authorities said. NJ Transit and Westwood police responded to the call, along with a Bergen County K-9 unit, just after 9 a.m. and determined the bag was harmless, NJT’s William Smith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cresskill police hunt overnight prowler Cresskill police hunt overnight prowler Cresskill police hunt overnight prowler
Cresskill police hunt overnight prowler YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Several area police agencies joined their Cresskill colleagues in searching overnight for a ski-masked prowler carrying a flashlight after he apparently tried to break into a local home. The bandit — who was white, about 6 feet tall and wearing dark pants and a long-sleeved shirt — took off when police responded to a Morningside Avenue address near Rose Street around 4 a.m. A Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit participated in the search. “They got a good scent and had him tracked for awhile, but then it stopped,” a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. One…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Teaneck stabbing victim OK, police seek assailant Teaneck stabbing victim OK, police seek assailant Teaneck stabbing victim OK, police seek assailant
Teaneck stabbing victim OK, police seek assailant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old was released from Hackensack University Medical Center before dawn this morning after being stabbed in the arm during a brawl outside Teaneck High School last night. Police had the knife and were searching for the assailant with the help of video of the incident around 9:20 p.m.,  a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Police Chief Robert Carney said the victim isn’t a student. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Elderly Fort Lee couple arrested on cocaine charges, outstanding warrants Elderly Fort Lee couple arrested on cocaine charges, outstanding warrants Elderly Fort Lee couple arrested on cocaine charges, outstanding warrants
Elderly Fort Lee couple arrested on cocaine charges, outstanding warrants ONLY ON CVP: Police said a 74-year-old Fort Lee woman was carrying cocaine when they arrested her and her husband after finding both with outstanding warrants and suspended driver’s licenses. After arresting the pair following a traffic stop before dawn on Saturday, Fort Lee police turned Gayle Fiume over to authorities in Edgewater, where she was wanted for not answering a summons for driving while on the suspended list. Records show she also was charged with violating municipal ordinances in Cliffside Park seven times last year, beginning in July and continuing through Dec. 30. Edgewa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Garfield police confirm report of caller threatening to shoot up HQ Garfield police confirm report of caller threatening to shoot up HQ Garfield police confirm report of caller threatening to shoot up HQ
Garfield police confirm report of caller threatening to shoot up HQ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police today confirmed a report in CLIFFVIEW PILOT yesterday of a caller threatening to shoot up police headquarters The call was traced to a family in town who had nothing to do with it, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Looks like it was an Internet call using a local number,” one said. The caller, who had a British accent, didn’t provide a timetable for his supposed threat to fire on headquarters with an AR-15, the sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT last night. The family whose number he used is Hispanic, they said. Bergen County Police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Westwood man arrested trying to sell $10G worth of Molly in Paramus, prosecutor says Westwood man arrested trying to sell $10G worth of Molly in Paramus, prosecutor says Westwood man arrested trying to sell $10G worth of Molly in Paramus, prosecutor says
Westwood man arrested trying to sell $10G worth of Molly in Paramus, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Westwood man was charged with trying to sell an undercover detective $10,000 worth of powdered Ectasy known as Molly. Daniel K. Panzer, 25, remained held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail today following his arrest on Friday by members of the Paramus police department and the Bergen County Narcotic Task Force on his way to what Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said was a scheduled drug deal in Paramus. He was carrying nearly nine ounces of Molly that he’d agree to sell for $4,500, the prosecutor said. Panzer, who is single and unemployed, was charged with d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$100G bail for North Arlington man charged with beating child, 6 $100G bail for North Arlington man charged with beating child, 6 $100G bail for North Arlington man charged with beating child, 6
$100G bail for North Arlington man charged with beating child, 6 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A North Arlington man repeatedly struck a 6-year-old child, leaving bruises spotted by the youngster’s grammar school principal, authorities said today. Atef “Alex” Shenouda, a married, 44-year-old deliveryman, remained held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail this afternoon following his arrest Friday on child endangerment charges. “The principal of the child’s school learned of the incident and brought the child to the school nurse who observed the bruising,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. “The principal contacted the Nor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
SUV rolls after hitting utility pole in Paramus SUV rolls after hitting utility pole in Paramus SUV rolls after hitting utility pole in Paramus
SUV rolls after hitting utility pole in Paramus ONLY ON CVP: A Nissan Pathfinder struck a utility pole and keeled onto its side this afternoon in Paramus. The driver didn’t have to be extricated from the vehicle following the crash on Forest Avenue and Norman Way around 4 p.m. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor confirms child sex assault arrest of Upper Saddle River construction company owner Prosecutor confirms child sex assault arrest of Upper Saddle River construction company owner Prosecutor confirms child sex assault arrest of Upper Saddle River construction company owner
Prosecutor confirms child sex assault arrest of Upper Saddle River construction company owner YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli today confirmed the arrest of an Upper Saddle River construction company owner on charges of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in his home more than six years, as reported by CLIFFVIEW PILOT on Saturday. Louis Tantillo, 50, posted $250,000 bail and was freed hours after his arrest Friday pending an arraignment earlier today on charges of aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Investigators from Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and the Upper Saddle River Police Department charged Tantillo, who is married, i…

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