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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Police charge Garfield man in break-in attempt Police charge Garfield man in break-in attempt Police charge Garfield man in break-in attempt
Police charge Garfield man in break-in attempt ONLY ON CVP: Garfield police called in the middle of the night by a woman who said someone was trying to break into her apartment said they found the man standing outside holding a detached window screen. The Ray Street resident called just after midnight Sunday, saying that someone “was attempting to break into her apartment through a window,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Jaroslaw Domurat, 38, was highly intoxicated and had to be taken to the hospital, Sucorowski said. He remained held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail this morning, charged with attempted burglary. MUGSHOT: …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Utility pole fire sends smoke through Moonachie Burger King Utility pole fire sends smoke through Moonachie Burger King Utility pole fire sends smoke through Moonachie Burger King
Utility pole fire sends smoke through Moonachie Burger King ONLY ON CVP: A utility pole transformer fire sent smoke into the Moonachie Burger King overnight. No one was hurt. Moonachie police and firefighters responded, along with PSE&G, to the Moonachie Road fast-food restaurant just after midnight.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police charge Fair Lawn man with beating, threatening woman with knife Garfield police charge Fair Lawn man with beating, threatening woman with knife Garfield police charge Fair Lawn man with beating, threatening woman with knife
Garfield police charge Fair Lawn man with beating, threatening woman with knife YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fair Lawn man was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail for hitting a woman in a Garfield parking lot several times in her face, mouth and head before threatening her with a pocket knife, authorities said. Garfield police responded to the overnight call and found the injured woman on Dolphine Parkway, Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They arrested 23-year-old Christopher Alia and recovered the knife, the captain said. Alia was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and two weapons possession counts. MUGSHOT: Courtesy GARFI…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian struck by minivan in Fair Lawn Pedestrian struck by minivan in Fair Lawn Pedestrian struck by minivan in Fair Lawn
Pedestrian struck by minivan in Fair Lawn ONLY ON CVP: A pedestrian was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that responders said weren’t life-threatening after he was struck by a minivan in Fair Lawn this afternoon. The victim was alert and talking with EMTs after the silver-colored Dodge minivan hit him in front of Hot Bagels, 13-30 River Road, at about 2:25 p.m. The minivan driver remained at the scene. Police diverted traffic on southbound River Road between Fair Lawn and Hopper Avenues while the scene was being cleared. STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Donovan should heed NJ Supreme Court order to pay Local 134 officers, Saudino, union president say Donovan should heed NJ Supreme Court order to pay Local 134 officers, Saudino, union president say Donovan should heed NJ Supreme Court order to pay Local 134 officers, Saudino, union president say
Donovan should heed NJ Supreme Court order to pay Local 134 officers, Saudino, union president say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino today joined the president of PBA Local #134 today in calling on county Executive Kathleen Donovan to heed an order from New Jersey’s highest court that she pay officers 2011 and 2012 raises that she so far has denied. Saudino said he hoped that Donovan “will seize this opportunity to finally do the right thing and stop wasting the taxpayers’ money on frivolous litigation” by paying the union members their rightfully-bargained increases. “It’s simple,” union President Marcelo Hagopian told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The Supreme Court…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hyde Park, NY
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NJ authorities vow to fight court’s granting of parole to Chesimard accomplice in trooper killing NJ authorities vow to fight court’s granting of parole to Chesimard accomplice in trooper killing NJ authorities vow to fight court’s granting of parole to Chesimard accomplice in trooper killing
NJ authorities vow to fight court’s granting of parole to Chesimard accomplice in trooper killing BEYOND BERGEN: A man who helped kill a New Jersey State Police Trooper in cold blood in 1973 should be released on parole, a state appeals court ruled today — a decision that the Attorney General’s Office vowed to appeal. Clark Edward Squire — Sundiata Acoli — was convicted along with fugitive Joanne Chesimard for gunning down NJSP Trooper Werner Foerster (above) during a New Jersey Turnpike stop. Acoli was denied parole in 2011 — a ruling reversed by the Appellate Division of Superior Court, which wrote in its opinion that the New Jersey State Parole Board ignored evidence in Acoli’s fav…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Special needs student admits molesting boy, 3, at Leonia firehouse Special needs student admits molesting boy, 3, at Leonia firehouse Special needs student admits molesting boy, 3, at Leonia firehouse
Special needs student admits molesting boy, 3, at Leonia firehouse YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old special needs student from Leonia was transferred today from the Bergen County Jail to a secure treatment facility for developmentally challenged offenders in Salem County after pleading guilty to molesting a 3-year-old boy he’d pinned in a locker at the borough firehouse . As his parents looked on, Darius Levine admitted in court in Hackensack last week that he placed the child’s hand over his erect penis under his clothes. The plea developed quickly when a bed became available in a suitable facility, said Rosemarie Arnold, the attorney for the vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt man charged with domestic violence assault Carlstadt man charged with domestic violence assault Carlstadt man charged with domestic violence assault
Carlstadt man charged with domestic violence assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 30-year-old Carlstadt man remained held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail this morning following a domestic violence incident that police said left the victim with cuts on her face. Tereek Davis lay in wait for the woman, who believed that he was at work when she returned home Friday afternoon following an argument earlier that day, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said.  After being attacked, the woman ran outside and flagged down a passing motorist in the area of Hoboken Road and Monroe Street who took her to police headquarters, the chief said. Officers f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack church fire damages upper floor Hackensack church fire damages upper floor Hackensack church fire damages upper floor
Hackensack church fire damages upper floor UPDATE: A Pentacostal church in Hackensack was cleared in the middle of baptisms yesterday when workers using a heat gun on exterior paint ignited a fire yesterday. Firefighters quickly had the small 12:30 p.m. blaze at Mount Holiness Temple under control, but not before smoke and water damaged the second floor, responders said. No injuries were reported. PHOTOS by Chris Torello / MORE: CPT Fireground Photos      

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police arrest resident, 22, in bogus biological weapon threat Fair Lawn police arrest resident, 22, in bogus biological weapon threat Fair Lawn police arrest resident, 22, in bogus biological weapon threat
Fair Lawn police arrest resident, 22, in bogus biological weapon threat YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police this morning confirmed earlier CLIFFVIEW PILOT reports that a 22-year-old resident was arrested and taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center after his unfounded threats of having a biological weapon prompted an evacuation last night. John R. Edwards was being held on $15,000 bail at the hospital, charged with causing a false public alarm and threatening to commit a crime. The report of an “agitated” High Street resident who possibly had weapons led to the evacuation of more than 50 residents from the Radburn area neighborhood following Edwards’ call…

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