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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder brought to court Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder brought to court Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder brought to court
Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder brought to court YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ho-Ho-Kus man charged with stabbing and beating his 63-year-old mother to death in their home earlier this month was brought to court in Hackensack today for the first time. Defense attorney John Weichsel entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of 24-year-old Nicholas Piotti to charges of murder and weapons offenses in the brutal Sept. 1 killing of Karen Spector Piotti at the family home. Karen Piotti He was then returned to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained held on $2 million after being transferred a week ago from Bergen Regional Medical Center. Piotti’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Crude oil passing through Bergen at risk of ‘devastating’ accident, executive candidate Tedesco warns Crude oil passing through Bergen at risk of ‘devastating’ accident, executive candidate Tedesco warns Crude oil passing through Bergen at risk of ‘devastating’ accident, executive candidate Tedesco warns
Crude oil passing through Bergen at risk of ‘devastating’ accident, executive candidate Tedesco warns YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Tankers that are currently transporting millions of gallons of highly flammable crude oil through Bergen County are at risk of a potentially “devastating” accident, Jim Tedesco, the Democratic candidate for Bergen County executive against incumbent Kathleen Donovan said this morning. “Only state-of-the-art tankers equipped with additional safety features should be used to transport this material,” Tedesco said during a news conference at the H & Y Marketplace parking lot in Ridgefield. “One single accident involving this crude oil could be devastating for Berge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park police officer fired for domestic violence, affair, lying loses last appeal Palisades Park police officer fired for domestic violence, affair, lying loses last appeal Palisades Park police officer fired for domestic violence, affair, lying loses last appeal
Palisades Park police officer fired for domestic violence, affair, lying loses last appeal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The New Jersey Supreme Court has refused to hear a fired Palisades Park police officer’s appeal of his termination on charges of domestic violence against his wife, having an extramarital affair while on duty and lying to internal affairs investigators. Charles Start went to the state’s highest court after an Appellate Division panel in May supported a finding by a Superior Court judge in Hackensack that there was no reason for his complaint to continue. The incident began with a 911 call from Stark’s wife of an argument. She also made a subsequent hour-long call t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Boy, 13, OK after being knocked down by car at Norwood School Boy, 13, OK after being knocked down by car at Norwood School Boy, 13, OK after being knocked down by car at Norwood School
Boy, 13, OK after being knocked down by car at Norwood School YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 13-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with minor head and leg injuries after being hit by a car in the parking lot of the Norwood School this morning. The boy was struck as he crossed the lot outside the library after being dropped off by his mother around 8:20 a.m., Norwood Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was taken to Englewood Medical Center. The driver, who was dropping off his own child, told police that he was momentarily blinded by the early-morning sun. Officers were investigating, Krapels said.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police catch three with counterfeit $100 bills Mahwah police catch three with counterfeit $100 bills Mahwah police catch three with counterfeit $100 bills
Mahwah police catch three with counterfeit $100 bills YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police grabbed a trio of Bronx men trying to make a getaway and seized ten counterfeit $100 bills, along with $2,000 in cash that they apparently produced by passing phony bills, Chief James Batelli said this morning. The three had just left a Franklin Turnpike pizzeria after passing a bogus bill around 8:15 last night when police got the call, Batelli said. Officer Keith Iorio spoke with the business owner while Sgt. Michael Blondin and Officer Ryan Hill checked the area. On the way to the pizzeria, Iorio passed a dark-colored vehicle with tinted windows …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Pregnant woman injured in chain-reaction crash on Route 4 in Paramus Pregnant woman injured in chain-reaction crash on Route 4 in Paramus Pregnant woman injured in chain-reaction crash on Route 4 in Paramus
Pregnant woman injured in chain-reaction crash on Route 4 in Paramus UPDATE: A pregnant woman was hospitalized following a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash that jammed westbound Route 4 this morning. Other injuries immediately didn’t appear to be serious following the pileup near Forest Avenue, witnesses told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Two of the vehicles were loaded onto flatbed tow trucks and two others waiting. Motorists reported backups past Teaneck. The situation was compounded by another crash on southbound Route 17 at Ridgewood Avenue. TOP PHOTO: Elana Ducran CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS PHOTO: Chris Leon, Bergen Brookside Auto Body and Towing, Inc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police arrest woman trying to board plane with 2 guns, ammo, 33 pounds of pot Port Authority police arrest woman trying to board plane with 2 guns, ammo, 33 pounds of pot Port Authority police arrest woman trying to board plane with 2 guns, ammo, 33 pounds of pot
Port Authority police arrest woman trying to board plane with 2 guns, ammo, 33 pounds of pot BEYOND BERGEN: A Canadian woman tried bringing two handguns, 350 rounds of ammunition and 33 pounds of pot concealed in boxes, tubs and cans of everyday household products on a flight to Barbardos, said Port Authority police who arrested her. Nyesha McPherson tried to conceal the items in her checked baggage at JFK Airport in Queens, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Police were alerted and turned up: two .40-caliber handguns, 350 rounds of ammunition, four magazines for the guns and 58 bricks of marijuana, he said. McPherson, who had a Canadian passport, was charged with various …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer takes down wires, transformer, pole in Little Ferry Tractor-trailer takes down wires, transformer, pole in Little Ferry Tractor-trailer takes down wires, transformer, pole in Little Ferry
Tractor-trailer takes down wires, transformer, pole in Little Ferry   ONLY ON CVP: In the second incident of its kind in the immediate area today, a tractor-trailer took down a utility pole and wires — this time in Little Ferry, a short distance from where a paving truck was nearly incinerated after snagging on overhead lines. The transformer in tonight’s incident on Niehaus Avenue came down, the same as the one in Teterboro this afternoon (SEE: Heavy wrecker removes torched dump truck that downed power lines in Teterboro). PSE&G and environmental crews responded along with Little Ferry police and firefighters. No injuries were immediately reporte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Insanity defense eyed for Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder Insanity defense eyed for Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder Insanity defense eyed for Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder
Insanity defense eyed for Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder ONLY ON CVP: The lawyer for a Ho-Ho-Kus man charged with stabbing and beating his 63-year-old mother to death in their home was expected to begin laying the groundwork tomorrow for an insanity defense. Nicholas Piotti, 24, was scheduled for his first court appearance tomorrow in Hackensack to officially be charged with murder and weapons offenses in the brutal Sept. 1 killing of Karen Spector Piotti at the family home. He remained held on $2 million after being transferred a week ago from Bergen Regional Medical Center, where he’d been secured to his hospital bed under guard for two weeks…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Deals offered to couple accused of robbing several banks in Bergen, Passaic Deals offered to couple accused of robbing several banks in Bergen, Passaic Deals offered to couple accused of robbing several banks in Bergen, Passaic
Deals offered to couple accused of robbing several banks in Bergen, Passaic ONLY ON CVP: A Paterson couple accused of robbing banks in Bergen and Passaic counties will be tried in Hackensack if they can’t reach a plea deal, a judge said today. State authorities who considered taking the case against Samantha Dixon, 31, and her 29-year-old boyfriend, Lamont Moseley, 29, have decided to let the counties handle it, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Nicole Eiszner said in court this afternoon. Dixon and Moseley are accused of robbing TD branches in Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn and Maywood three times. Authorities in Passaic County have charged them with holdups in Haledo…

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