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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Birthday behind bars for Englewood man, Teaneck associate who police said swallowed heroin Birthday behind bars for Englewood man, Teaneck associate who police said swallowed heroin Birthday behind bars for Englewood man, Teaneck associate who police said swallowed heroin
Birthday behind bars for Englewood man, Teaneck associate who police said swallowed heroin A 52-year-old Teaneck man swallowed a bag of heroin at police headquarters after he was arrested along with an associate who ended up spending his 25th birthday behind bars for burglary, authorities said. A witness called police around 11 a.m. yesterday after seeing 25-year-old Jason C. Eaves of Englewood open a storm window at a South Forest Avenue home, Acting Teaneck Police Chief Robert A. Carney said. The would-be burglar couldn’t get past the interior window and fled in a dark-colored Chevy Yukon that was stopped nearby by Sgt. William Croonquist, the chief said. A witness identifi…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Judge nixes Englewood burglar’s plea withdrawal, gives him four years in Old Tappan Judge nixes Englewood burglar’s plea withdrawal, gives him four years in Old Tappan Judge nixes Englewood burglar’s plea withdrawal, gives him four years in Old Tappan
Judge nixes Englewood burglar’s plea withdrawal, gives him four years in Old Tappan ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack today rejected a last-minute move by a member of the Boone family burglary crew to withdraw his guilty plea and sentenced him to four years in state prison for an Old Tappan home break-in. Defense attorney Donna Dorgan sought the withdrawal while accusing an assistant prosecutor of meddling in another burglary plea in Sussex County against her client, 31-year-old Aasim Boone of Englewood, one of the last reputed successors to the James Bond Gang. Dorgan claimed that Boone agreed to a sentence in Sussex of six years, with parole eligibility in two, but got …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Medical tech masturbated in presence of disabled children at Maywood facility, authorities charge Medical tech masturbated in presence of disabled children at Maywood facility, authorities charge Medical tech masturbated in presence of disabled children at Maywood facility, authorities charge
Medical tech masturbated in presence of disabled children at Maywood facility, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Warren County medical technician who was arrested last month on charges of sending sexually explicit emails to a Ridgewood resident masturbated in the presence of two disabled children at a Maywood psychiatric facility, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed this afternoon. Brandon Brian Kuhl, 31, also videotaped the children, Molinelli said this afternoon in announcing his arrest, confirming an earlier CLIFFVIEW PILOT report. Kuhl, who the prosecutor said also had more than 100 images of “pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual acts,” was being he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford man charged with selling stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq New Milford man charged with selling stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq New Milford man charged with selling stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq
New Milford man charged with selling stolen Hussein family guns smuggled out of Iraq YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Milford man and an alleged accomplice from Miami were indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark today on charges conspiring to sell guns smuggled out of Iraq that once belonged to the family of Saddam Hussein. David Phillip Ryan, 50, of Miami, Florida, and 57-year-old Carlos Quirola-Ordonez — also known as Julio Antonio Gonzalez and “Manny” — are each charged with one count of conspiring to transport stolen firearms. Ryan is also charged with one count of transporting stolen property in interstate commerce. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said federal agents go…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver injured in Paramus Route 17 rollover Driver injured in Paramus Route 17 rollover Driver injured in Paramus Route 17 rollover
Driver injured in Paramus Route 17 rollover YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was taken by Paramus ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening juries after her Ford Escape rolled on southbound Route 17, hitting a pedestrian walkway. Paramus police, EMS and Fire Company #1 also responded to the crash just before 10:30 a.m. beneath the Ridgewood Avenue underpass south of Barnes and Noble. Traffic was restricted to two lanes while the crash was cleared. Rubbernecking contributed to delays on both sides of the highway. A flatbed tow truck removed the Ford Escape. A report of another vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook neighborhood gets wake-up call when police chief’s car is burglarized Saddle Brook neighborhood gets wake-up call when police chief’s car is burglarized Saddle Brook neighborhood gets wake-up call when police chief’s car is burglarized
Saddle Brook neighborhood gets wake-up call when police chief’s car is burglarized YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A car burglar chose the wrong vehicle before dawn this morning, when an alert neighbor reported that Police Chief Robert Kugler’s was just broken into. Uniformed officers who arrived within moments of the 2:45 a.m. call caught 21-year-old Timothy Jolls coming from another vehicle parked in a driveway up the street, Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “This literally is a wake-up call for all of us to lock our cars at all times,” the chief said, admitting that he enabled the crime. “You never know what or who is lurking around outside and around our homes and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Credit card scammers hit 5 towns, make $10G in purchases, Wyckoff police charge Credit card scammers hit 5 towns, make $10G in purchases, Wyckoff police charge Credit card scammers hit 5 towns, make $10G in purchases, Wyckoff police charge
Credit card scammers hit 5 towns, make $10G in purchases, Wyckoff police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police have discovered what they believe is a large-scale network of credit card scammers who’ve been operating in Emerson, Westwood, River Edge, Waldwick and Wyckoff, thanks to a Wyckoff pharmacy employee whose call led to the arrests of two Long Island women. Both were released from the Bergen County Jail after quickly posting 10% of their bail, which was $100,000 and $50,000. Whether they return to the county to face the charges is an open question. The worker called Wyckoff police Wednesday afternoon and told them that one of the pair was trying to buy Visa gif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Police say PIP driver in stop popped pill, possessed prescription drugs Police say PIP driver in stop popped pill, possessed prescription drugs Police say PIP driver in stop popped pill, possessed prescription drugs
Police say PIP driver in stop popped pill, possessed prescription drugs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Closter man accused of popping a pill as a Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer pulled him over was illegally carrying a variety of prescription drugs, including 81 Oxycodone tablets, authorities said. Officer Jeffrey Lamboy stopped the 2006 Dodge Ram driven by 47-year-old William LaFrancois for failing to maintain a lane on the southbound PIP in Alpine on Wednesday, Police Chief Michael Coppola said. As he walked up to the vehicle, Lamboy saw LaFrancois ingest a pill, Coppola said. The officer ordered him out of the car, gave him a field sobriety test a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer driver dead in GWB approach crash Tractor-trailer driver dead in GWB approach crash Tractor-trailer driver dead in GWB approach crash
Tractor-trailer driver dead in GWB approach crash UPDATE: The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed when his rig overturned in a pre-dawn crash with a Jeep that had hit the median on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike approach to the George Washington Bridge in Ridgefield Park, State Police confirmed. The 58-year-old Jeep driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was reported in stable condition. The 5 a.m. crash occurred in the express lanes just south of Exit 70AB at mile marker 118.6 when the rig — carrying orange juice — hit the Jeep after it crashed, State Police said. The wreckage, removal and investigat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Fairview police arrest Cliffside Park man in three knifepoint street robberies Fairview police arrest Cliffside Park man in three knifepoint street robberies Fairview police arrest Cliffside Park man in three knifepoint street robberies
Fairview police arrest Cliffside Park man in three knifepoint street robberies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Thanks to persistent detective work, Fairview police arrested a Cliffside Park man who they said robbed three different victims at knifepoint in both towns, including a hearing impaired car wash worker. The hearing impaired man told police he was robbed of $150 and his cellphone at knifepoint just after midnight Sept. 9 at the corner of Wilson Avenue and Shaler Boulevard. He described the robber as a tall white man with a beard, Fairview Deputy Police Chief Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A woman told police a similar-looking man tried to take her pocketbook as…

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