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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood Police Add Charges Against Homeless Fugitive In Multi-Town Car Burglary Spree Ridgewood Police Add Charges Against Homeless Fugitive In Multi-Town Car Burglary Spree Ridgewood Police Add Charges Against Homeless Fugitive In Multi-Town Car Burglary Spree
Ridgewood Police Add Charges Against Homeless Fugitive In Multi-Town Car Burglary Spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood police today added two car burglary charges against a parolee and transient ex-con being held for similar crimes in Glen Rock. A Municipal Court judge, in turn, increased the bail for 28-year-old Gregory Gizinski by $50,000 today — to $300,000 — as investigations in the two towns and Wyckoff and Hawthorne continue. Authorities also revealed that they believe Gizinski wasn’t responsible for all of the car break-ins reported in a recent spree. They urged residents to continue remaining vigilant, to not leave their vehicles unlocked, to be sure to use a loc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood police officer makes quick arrest in cellphone robbery attempt Ridgewood police officer makes quick arrest in cellphone robbery attempt Ridgewood police officer makes quick arrest in cellphone robbery attempt
Ridgewood police officer makes quick arrest in cellphone robbery attempt ONLY ON CVP: A Ridgewood police officer quickly collared a Paterson man moments after he tried taking a cellphone near the end of a village street fair last night, authorities said. The Fall Craft & Art Street Fair was winding down when 30-year-old Darnell Dixon tried to take the Galaxy S5 by threatening the victim just after 7 p.m. inside the Bow Tie Cinema on East Ridgewood Avenue, police said. Officer John A. Ward, who was nearby, immediately grabbed him, they said. Dixon was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Heavy wrecker removes torched dump truck that downed power lines in Teterboro Heavy wrecker removes torched dump truck that downed power lines in Teterboro Heavy wrecker removes torched dump truck that downed power lines in Teterboro
Heavy wrecker removes torched dump truck that downed power lines in Teterboro YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A dump truck being used to repave county roads tore down power lines and caught fire after crashing in Teterboro just before 12:30 this afternoon. No one was injured after the raised open-box bed of the private truck pouring asphalt snagged and yanked down the high-voltage wires and transformers, which exploded and set fire to the truck in front of 612 Huyler Street near the post office, South Hackensack Police Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. CVP Some homes were evacuated and power was out to some businesses in downtown Little Ferry as the raging fire i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Executive candidate Tedesco to discuss safety concerns of crude oil passing through Bergen Executive candidate Tedesco to discuss safety concerns of crude oil passing through Bergen Executive candidate Tedesco to discuss safety concerns of crude oil passing through Bergen
Executive candidate Tedesco to discuss safety concerns of crude oil passing through Bergen PUBLIC SAFETY: Jim Tedesco, the Democratic candidate for Bergen County executive against incumbent Kathleen Donovan, will discuss the public safety risks of millions of gallons of crude oil passing through Bergen County railways tomorrow morning in Ridgefield. Tedesco, a Bergen County freeholder who is a 38-year firefighting veteran and the deputy OEM director in Paramus, cited a published report that at least 7 million gallons per day of highly combustible Bakken crude oil comes through nearly a dozen Bergen town along the CSX River Line: Bergenfield Bogota Closter Dumont Harrington Park…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus raises awareness, funds END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus raises awareness, funds END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus raises awareness, funds
END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus raises awareness, funds TRIBUTE: Nearly five dozen DWI victims’ surviving family members and friends took the second annual END DWI Walk of Remembrance — dedicated to reminding people about the dangers and potential hearbreak of drunk driving — in Van Saun Park in Paramus yesterday. “Every step taken by those who participate is for someone who can no longer take that step as a result of a totally preventable tragedy — a drunk-driving incident,” said Bogota Police Chief John Burke, a member of END DWI’s Board of Directors.  “The message to everyone is to make better decisions when considering driving under the in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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School mini-van driver with autistic child arrested on warrant in Ridgewood traffic stop School mini-van driver with autistic child arrested on warrant in Ridgewood traffic stop School mini-van driver with autistic child arrested on warrant in Ridgewood traffic stop
School mini-van driver with autistic child arrested on warrant in Ridgewood traffic stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unlicensed school mini-van driver transporting an autistic child to a Ridgewood school was arrested on a warrant this morning after a village officer pulled him over for failing to yield to a pedestrian. Hansel De Lo Santos, 25, Clifton was directed to drive the boy the block and a half from the 9:30 a.m. stop on East Ridgewood Avenue near Chestnut Street to the Mt. Carmel School, where police arrested him in the parking lot. A licensed aide who also was in the unmarked mini-van continued the route. De Lo Santos was wanted on a violation of the Passaic County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Woman freed in Paramus crash Woman freed in Paramus crash Woman freed in Paramus crash
Woman freed in Paramus crash ONLY ON CVP: A driver involved in a crash in Paramus this morning was taken to the hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after firefighters freed her with the Jaws of Life. WHEN: Just before 8 a.m. WHERE: Alden Road and Linwood Avenue East, Paramus VEHICLES: 2-door Honda Civic, 4-door Toyota Corolla RESPONDING: Paramus police, firefighters, EMS, Rescue Squad, Township of Washington PD INJURIES (2): Toyota driver freed, transported to The Valley Hospital; Honda driver treated at scene for hand injury, STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock officer nearly hit by DWI driver on Route 208 shoulder Glen Rock officer nearly hit by DWI driver on Route 208 shoulder Glen Rock officer nearly hit by DWI driver on Route 208 shoulder
Glen Rock officer nearly hit by DWI driver on Route 208 shoulder YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Glen Rock police officer on an emergency work detail was just missed by a speeding DWI driver tonight who tried taking off after driving on the shoulder of Route 208, authorities said. Sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that Denis Nurdjanov, 37, of Fort Lee registered more than twice the legal limit when he was stopped following tonight’s incident. Authorities said he was charged with DWI, among a host of other offenses — including reckless driving, driving on the shoulder, failing to yield and leaving the scene of a crash. A rebar sticking up from the highway had da…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Train hits car in Ho-Ho-Kus after driver, 81, ignores signal Train hits car in Ho-Ho-Kus after driver, 81, ignores signal Train hits car in Ho-Ho-Kus after driver, 81, ignores signal
Train hits car in Ho-Ho-Kus after driver, 81, ignores signal ONLY ON CVP: An 81-year-old Ridgewood driver escaped injury and was issued a summons after her car was struck by a train in Ho-Ho-Kus today. The eastbound 2008 Honda Accord was struck by the #77 Main Line train headed to Port Jervis from Hoboken at Brookside Avenue around 4:40 p.m., NJ Transit’s William Smith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A crossing signal and gate were damaged in the crash and the Honda had to be towed. Roughly 70 passengers were picked up by another train, Smith said. Ho-Ho-Kus police, firefighters and EMS workers responded, along with NJ Transit police. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police chase that ended in crash went through 14 Bergen towns, indictment says Police chase that ended in crash went through 14 Bergen towns, indictment says Police chase that ended in crash went through 14 Bergen towns, indictment says
Police chase that ended in crash went through 14 Bergen towns, indictment says ONLY ON CVP: A former Rockland County auto service worker led police on a chase from Elmwood Park through 13 other Bergen County towns in a stolen car with various officers in pursuit — among them, Leonia Police Chief Thomas Rowe — before crashing in New York, a grand jury indictment returned in Hackensack says. Peter A. Denicola, 45, of Stony Point, is charged with stealing the 2006 Honda Pilot reported stolen out of Haverstraw that Elmwood Park police tried to stop on Route 80 on April 2. DeNicola kept going to I-95 in Fort Lee and then onto the Palisades Interstate Parkway, crashing in…

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