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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Accused Pennsylvania trooper killer on FBI Ten Most Wanted list Accused Pennsylvania trooper killer on FBI Ten Most Wanted list Accused Pennsylvania trooper killer on FBI Ten Most Wanted list
Accused Pennsylvania trooper killer on FBI Ten Most Wanted list ALERT: The FBI today added Eric Matthew Frein, the 31-year-old accused shooter of two Pennsylvania State Police troopers — one of whom was killed — to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The bureau’s reward for information leading to his arrest was $100,000. * * * * * *  If you see Frein, or have information that can help catch him, contact your nearest FBI office or the Pennsylvania State Police at (866) 326-7256. * * * * * * Frein is the 503rd person to appear on the FBI’s Top Ten list since it was created in 1950 (SEE POSTER, BELOW). Since then, 472 fugitives have been caught o…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus head-on crash sends both drivers to hospital Paramus head-on crash sends both drivers to hospital Paramus head-on crash sends both drivers to hospital
Paramus head-on crash sends both drivers to hospital ONLY ON CVP: A head-on crash in Paramus this afternoon sent one driver to the hospital with severe facial injuries and the other with chest pains from his airbag. Paramus police and EMS responded after a gold Buick sedan collided with a black BMW 328i Sports Wagon on East Midland Avenue between From Road and Route 17 around 4:25 p.m. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
What’s your favorite Derek Jeter tribute? Gatorade v. Nike Jordan What’s your favorite Derek Jeter tribute? Gatorade v. Nike Jordan What’s your favorite Derek Jeter tribute? Gatorade v. Nike Jordan
What’s your favorite Derek Jeter tribute? Gatorade v. Nike Jordan Derek Jeter is No. 2 on your New York Yankess roster, but which commercial salute to the Captain’s retirement next weekend is No. 1 in your heart? Nike’s Jordan brand earlier this season released “RE2PECT,” a star-studded spot no one thought could be topped, with luminaries from Michael, Tiger, Joe Torre and Rudy to Melo, Phi — even Boston’s Jon Lester and a trio of Mets: Today Gatorade took its own swing. Its ad agency roped off a section around Yankee Stadium and let The Captain roam free. Jeter asked that it be about him thanking fans. He even suggested the accompanying tune (If…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Deportation for illegal Guatemalan church van driver in fatal Saddle Brook crash Deportation for illegal Guatemalan church van driver in fatal Saddle Brook crash Deportation for illegal Guatemalan church van driver in fatal Saddle Brook crash
Deportation for illegal Guatemalan church van driver in fatal Saddle Brook crash ONLY ON CVP: An illegal Guatemalan immigrant was bound for federal custody after a judge in Hackensack sentenced him yesterday to time served for crashing a church van into an NJ Transit bus – killing one of his passengers – on the Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook last fall. Oscar Martinez-Y-Martinez, 30, of Spring Valley, NY, was arrested after the Oct. 1 crash killed Vilma Castro-DeMox and critically injured four other people. He pleaded guilty to a third-degree crime of being an unlicensed/suspended driver involved in a fatal collision and was formally sentenced yesterday. Martin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
SUV slams into Mini Cooper in Allendale SUV slams into Mini Cooper in Allendale SUV slams into Mini Cooper in Allendale
SUV slams into Mini Cooper in Allendale ONLY ON CVP: An SUV slammed into a Mini Cooper that witnesses said was backing out of a driveway in Allendale this morning. One person was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with an injury that police said wasn’t considered life-threatening following the 10:20 a.m. crash on Powell Road. Both vehicles were towed on flatbeds. Allendale police and Ramsey EMS responded. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man caught stealing copper from Glenpointe took $60G worth from FDU, police charge Hackensack man caught stealing copper from Glenpointe took $60G worth from FDU, police charge Hackensack man caught stealing copper from Glenpointe took $60G worth from FDU, police charge
Hackensack man caught stealing copper from Glenpointe took $60G worth from FDU, police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: As Hackensack detectives watched, a city man accused of stealing $60,000 worth of copper from the roof of a building at FDU — creating a leak — did the same thing at the Glenpointe Marriott in Teaneck, authorities said. Craig Macauley, 36, was then grabbed by Detective Lt. Darrin DeWitt and Detective Phil Carroll and charged with thefts in both towns. FDU authorities called city police Friday morning when they discovered copper pipes, cables and grounding bars missing from the roof at Dickinson Hall after their removal caused a leak, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock police arrest homeless fugitive, 28, in multi-town car burglary spree Glen Rock police arrest homeless fugitive, 28, in multi-town car burglary spree Glen Rock police arrest homeless fugitive, 28, in multi-town car burglary spree
Glen Rock police arrest homeless fugitive, 28, in multi-town car burglary spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Glen Rock police have charged a parolee and a transient ex-con wanted out of three other North Jersey towns and Pennsylvania in connection with a string of no fewer than two dozen area car burglaries, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Ex-con Gregory Gizinski, who turned 28 two weeks ago, was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Glen Rock police said Gizinski is the “man in the hoodie” who residents reported seeing in the area of car burglaries in Glen Rock, Hawthorne and Ridgewood. They charged him with various offenses, including six counts each …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Interstate Parkway police bring drugs charges against officer Palisades Interstate Parkway police bring drugs charges against officer Palisades Interstate Parkway police bring drugs charges against officer
Palisades Interstate Parkway police bring drugs charges against officer UPDATE: An ongoing internal affairs investigation by the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department has led to drug charges against an officer who joined the force in 2012, authorities said. Officer Lee Frazzano, 28, of Westwood “was found to be in possession of [c]ocaine and Oxycodone[,] thus leading to his criminal arrest and immediate suspension without pay” on July 16, the department wrote yesterday in a news release on its website. A court hearing was reportedly scheduled for next week. “Our internal affairs unit received information that Mr. Frazzano had become involved in ill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Car strikes mother, toddler in stroller after Fort Lee ‘Cops in Crosswalk’ pedestrian decoy detail wraps up Car strikes mother, toddler in stroller after Fort Lee ‘Cops in Crosswalk’ pedestrian decoy detail wraps up Car strikes mother, toddler in stroller after Fort Lee ‘Cops in Crosswalk’ pedestrian decoy detail wraps up
Car strikes mother, toddler in stroller after Fort Lee ‘Cops in Crosswalk’ pedestrian decoy detail wraps up YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Barely two hours after Fort Lee police wrapped up a “Cops in the Crosswalk” pedestrian decoy detail, a car driven by a 78-year-old Cliffside Park man struck a woman pushing her 13-month-old toddler in a stroller. The child was strapped in and not injured after the stroller was knocked over around 4:20 p.m. yesterday at the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Angioletti Place, Capt. Stephen Gallagher said tonight. However, the 24-year-old Fort Lee mother was taken to the hospital with injuries that the captain said weren’t life-threatening. The father came to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
California man gets 26 months federal time in Bergen-based illegal driver’s license scam California man gets 26 months federal time in Bergen-based illegal driver’s license scam California man gets 26 months federal time in Bergen-based illegal driver’s license scam
California man gets 26 months federal time in Bergen-based illegal driver’s license scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former contract employee for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was sentenced in federal court today to 26 months in prison for stealing and providing thousands of immigration forms for a Bergen County-based ring that fraudulently obtained driver’s licenses for illegal aliens and others. [NOTE: Federal authorities this afternoon initially reported the sentence as 46 months and then quickly corrected the number.] Jurors in January convicted 47-year-old Martin Trejo of Rialto, Calif. of conspiracy to steal government property and transport it in interstate c…

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