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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township crash sends driver to hospital Washington Township crash sends driver to hospital Washington Township crash sends driver to hospital
Washington Township crash sends driver to hospital ONLY ON CVP: A Washington Township crash this afternoon sent a car onto a residential lawn and the driver to the hospital. The driver of a Ford Edge declined medical attention, whle the driver of a Ford Fusion was taken to the hospital following the crash on Washington Avenue near Jackson Avenue. No summonses were immediately issued. Both vehicles were removed by a flatbed tow truck. This follows a head-on crash last night that also was on Washington Avenue in the township (SEE: Multiple injuries in Washington Township head-on crash). STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Multiple injuries in Washington Township head-on crash Multiple injuries in Washington Township head-on crash Multiple injuries in Washington Township head-on crash
Multiple injuries in Washington Township head-on crash ONLY ON CVP: Both drivers and a single passenger each were taken to local hospitals following a head-on crash in Washington Township tonight. Five ambulances responded along with Washington Township and Hillsdale police to the 6:45 p.m. collision of a Honda CRV and a Kia Rio at the top of Washington Avenue just west of Beechwood Drive near the entrance to the Garden State Parkway. *      *      *      *      *      * STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving *      *      *      *      *      * Witnesses said the Kia crossed the double-yellow line and slammed into…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Suspicious package at Emerson temple no threat, Bergen bomb squad says Suspicious package at Emerson temple no threat, Bergen bomb squad says Suspicious package at Emerson temple no threat, Bergen bomb squad says
Suspicious package at Emerson temple no threat, Bergen bomb squad says EXCLUSIVE: A suspicious package left at an Emerson temple before Yom Kippur services today proved harmless, authorities said this afternoon. The Bergen County Police Bomb Squad was among a host of emergency responders summoned to Congregation B’Nai Israel at 53 Palisade Avenue, a short distance from Emerson Junior-Senior High School, after the beeping package reportedly was found. A report that the object was an insulin pump couldn’t immediately be confirmed. Traffic was diverted and firefighters were placed on standby following the 4:40 p.m. call. A secondary sweep of the premises an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus driver OK after car plunges into Ho-Ho-Kus ditch Paramus driver OK after car plunges into Ho-Ho-Kus ditch Paramus driver OK after car plunges into Ho-Ho-Kus ditch
Paramus driver OK after car plunges into Ho-Ho-Kus ditch ONLY ON CVP: A Paramus driver escaped injury when his 2012 Infinity G37X slid off Route 17 and into a ditch in Ho-Ho-Kus this afternoon. Ramsey Auto Body workers winched and towed the car from the ditch just south of the Hollywood Avenue entrance ramp to the southbound highway. Ho-Ho-Kus police, firefighters and EMS workers all responded to the 1:15 p.m. crash. The right lane and right shoulder of southbound Route 17 near Hollywood Avenue were both closed, as was the ramp, while the car was removed. STORY / PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving  

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Possible Wyckoff luring attempt prompts ‘stranger danger’ warning Possible Wyckoff luring attempt prompts ‘stranger danger’ warning Possible Wyckoff luring attempt prompts ‘stranger danger’ warning
Possible Wyckoff luring attempt prompts ‘stranger danger’ warning PUBLIC SAFETY: Wyckoff police were trying to determine whether a predator was on the loose after a teenager claimed that a man tried to lure her into his van and a resident in another part of town said she saw the vehicle speed off from in front of her house. Police Chief Benjamin Fox warned that nothing had firmly been established this morning. At the same time, he said, the situation provided a good opportunity for parents to have a “stranger danger” talk with their youngsters. The 16-year-old girl told police she was walking at the corner of Clinton Avenue and Lawlins Road yesterday wh…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Convicted Bergen sex offender who made headlines charged with new crimes Convicted Bergen sex offender who made headlines charged with new crimes Convicted Bergen sex offender who made headlines charged with new crimes
Convicted Bergen sex offender who made headlines charged with new crimes EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A convicted sex offender from Fair Lawn who served time for trying to rape an acquaintance of his then-girlfriend is being held without bail for failing to report his whereabouts, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Joseph Lipham, 42, was charged in July with violating the provisions of Megan’s Law after Oakland police arrested him on theft and wrongful impersonation counts several months earlier. He was out on bail at the time on charges of forcing a woman at a Fairfield motel to have sex with him by impersonating a police officer. Lipham made headlines a decade ago after an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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New Milford police promote three New Milford police promote three New Milford police promote three
New Milford police promote three SHOUT OUTS: A trio of New Milford police veterans were recently promoted, giving the department a new lieutenant, sergeant and detective. New Lt. William A. Duby, Jr. joined the force in October 1993. He became sergeant two years ago. Duby has earned several awards and commendations for outstanding work as a drug recognition expert, firearms application investigator, Alcotest coordinator and UCR officer. He also is a member of the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force. New Sgt. Christopher A. Vinci, a U.S. Air Force veteran, joined the department in 1996. He serves as an assistant to the f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corp raises breast cancer awareness, funds for Gilda’s Club NNJ Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corp raises breast cancer awareness, funds for Gilda’s Club NNJ Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corp raises breast cancer awareness, funds for Gilda’s Club NNJ
Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corp raises breast cancer awareness, funds for Gilda’s Club NNJ SHOUT OUT: Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps have joined supporters of Breast Cancer Awareness month by wearing pink and donating to Gilda’s Club. The members have enthusiastically supported an optional uniform change to pink from navy blue to honor those near and dear, to increase awareness and to raise funds for Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey.  “We have members who are breast cancer survivors or have family members who are survivors or have lost their battle but fought to the end,” said TVAC President Izzy Infield (photos, right). *****TO PURCHASE a similar shirt in s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police say man groped teen on PATH train Port Authority police say man groped teen on PATH train Port Authority police say man groped teen on PATH train
Port Authority police say man groped teen on PATH train BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police grabbed a Hudson County man who they said groped a teenage girl on a PATH train. Officer Liam Huczko grabbed George Ghobrial, 35, of Bayonne after boarding the train from Journal Square at Newark’s Penn Station and speaking with the girl and a witness, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Ghobrial had fled to the next car after the girl alerted a conductor, both told the officer. So all passengers were held in place until he could be identified, Pentangelo said. He was taken to the Essex County Jail on criminal sexual contact charges. MUGSHOT: C…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Cliffside Park man could get probation after split verdict in street fight Cliffside Park man could get probation after split verdict in street fight Cliffside Park man could get probation after split verdict in street fight
Cliffside Park man could get probation after split verdict in street fight ONLY ON CVP: Jurors in Hackensack convicted a Cliffside Park man of assault-related charges while clearing him of a more serious count for a street fight that left the other combatant with memory loss. Christian Ciccolella (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) In a split verdict, the jurors acquitted 24-year-old Christian Ciccolella of second-degree aggravated assault with serious bodily injury after nearly a day of deliberations following a two-day trial. Defense attorney Ron Bar-Nadav said Ciccolella was standing outside Whiskey Pete’s on Anderson A…

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