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
Rice thieves at Jersey City rail yard thieves bolt, accomplice caught by Port Authority police Rice thieves at Jersey City rail yard thieves bolt, accomplice caught by Port Authority police Rice thieves at Jersey City rail yard thieves bolt, accomplice caught by Port Authority police
Rice thieves at Jersey City rail yard thieves bolt, accomplice caught by Port Authority police BEYOND BERGEN: Two men trying to steal a ton of rice from a Jersey City rail yard ran off leaving an accomplice behind, said Port Authority police who arrested him. The pair was loading cases of Canilla rice from a burglarized rail car into a GMC Yukon on Port Jersey Boulevard next to the Global Marine Terminal when police arrived around 9 o’clock last night, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. James Anderson (MUGSHOT: Courtesy PAPD) The officers arrested the lone occupant and found 32 cases of rice, weighing about 60 pounds each and valued at a combined $2,000, loaded into the back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Overturned car fire on Garden State Parkway north end quickly snuffed (video) Overturned car fire on Garden State Parkway north end quickly snuffed (video) Overturned car fire on Garden State Parkway north end quickly snuffed (video)
Overturned car fire on Garden State Parkway north end quickly snuffed (video) VIDEO: A rollover of a vehicle that caught fire this afternoon briefly closed the southbound Garden State Parkway in Woodcliff Lake. Firefighters snuffed the blaze within 15 minutes of the 2 p.m. call near Exit 171.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Midland Park driver, 74, OK after his Jeep hits truck that dumped Snapple in Wyckoff Midland Park driver, 74, OK after his Jeep hits truck that dumped Snapple in Wyckoff Midland Park driver, 74, OK after his Jeep hits truck that dumped Snapple in Wyckoff
Midland Park driver, 74, OK after his Jeep hits truck that dumped Snapple in Wyckoff YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 74-year-old Midland Park driver escaped serious injury when his Jeep struck a truck loaded with cases of Snapple iced tea that overturned in Wyckoff. Walter Feasenmeyer was driving a 1996 Jeep when it struck the truck, which had fallen directly in front of him near the intersection of Maple Drive, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. The truck was headed north on Cedar Hill Avenue when 32-year-old driver David W. Fernandez of Elizabeth lost control and it tipped over, Fox said. Brake issues may have been to blame, he said. Feasenmeyer’s Jeep …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood security guard could be out in 10 years for killing girlfriend’s ex-husband Englewood security guard could be out in 10 years for killing girlfriend’s ex-husband Englewood security guard could be out in 10 years for killing girlfriend’s ex-husband
Englewood security guard could be out in 10 years for killing girlfriend’s ex-husband YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood security guard who who has spent the past six years and eight months in jail and psychiatric institutions awaiting trial today admitted shooting his girlfriend’s estranged husband dead in a public park. Livio Morales, 52, will be sentenced to 20 years in November under a plea deal with prosecutors, closing one of the oldest pending criminal cases at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack. The six years and eight months of jail time that he’s already spent, combined with the No Early Release Act requirement that he serve 85% of the sentence, keeps M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
GWB suicide fence is good news GWB suicide fence is good news GWB suicide fence is good news
GWB suicide fence is good news A PUBLISHER WRITES: The Port Authority’s plans for a nine-foot, $50 million barrier to deter would-be jumpers from the George Washington Bridge is beyond welcomed. Earlier this year, a similar barrier was OK’d for the Golden Gate Bridge in California, one of the world’s most infamous suicide magnets. Complain, if you will, about the aesthetics. These things save lives that one hopes can be salvaged. At least 1,600 people have committed suicide from the Golden Gate, including a record 46 last year. For decades, many of their survivors have begged for barriers. Jerry DeMarcoCLIFFVIEW…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Trench-coat robber with assault rifle holds up Mahwah gas station attendant VIDEO: Trench-coat robber with assault rifle holds up Mahwah gas station attendant VIDEO: Trench-coat robber with assault rifle holds up Mahwah gas station attendant
Video: Trench-coat robber with assault rifle holds up Mahwah gas station attendant YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST (VIDEO): It happened in an instant: A robber in a black trench coat and carrying what police said was an assault rifle walked up to a Mahwah service station attendant overnight and took off with an undetermined amount of cash in an SUV driven by a female accomplice. Authorities were looking for a a newer-model silver-colored Kia Sorento or possibly a Nissan Rogue, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. WATCH: A witness reported seeing the getaway car heading north on Island Road with the female accomplice behind the wheel and the robber po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
GWB suicide jumper is No. 14 for 2014 GWB suicide jumper is No. 14 for 2014 GWB suicide jumper is No. 14 for 2014
GWB suicide jumper is No. 14 for 2014 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The body of the 14th suicide jumper from the George Washington Bridge this year was recovered from the Hudson River late this morning. The 51-year-old man was pulled from the drink at the West 125th Street boat dock after jumping this morning, the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo confirmed. In addition to the jumps, there have been 52 saves — or “interventions,” as they are called. There were 15 confirmed GWB suicides and 49 interventions last year. These came after what is considered a recent GWB record, 18 suicides, that were recorded in 2012 — more than al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver unharmed in Fair Lawn lawn crash Driver unharmed in Fair Lawn lawn crash Driver unharmed in Fair Lawn lawn crash
Driver unharmed in Fair Lawn lawn crash ONLY ON CVP: A female driver walked away unharmed after her car rolled onto a front lawn in Fair Lawn this morning. “Thank goodness this didn’t occur earlier,” said Stacy Unger Conroy, who took the CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos of the Berdan Avenue crash, just after 9:30 a.m., that are published here. “Children walk on that street to the Milnes and TJ middle school,” she said. Phyllis Davidson Kirchdoerffer said her son “had just left for classes at BCC and turned right onto Berdan when he said she was driving up the hill and all of a sudden veered to the right, hit the curb and became airborn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack PBA honors officer killed in line of duty Hackensack PBA honors officer killed in line of duty Hackensack PBA honors officer killed in line of duty
Hackensack PBA honors officer killed in line of duty TRIBUTE: After nearly 35 years, a plaque commemorating a Hackensack police officer who was killed responding to a call is being dedicated at headquarters, thanks to the local PBA. Allen Fednick was struck and killed by a train after his car stalled on railroad tracks on March 5, 1980. He left behind a pregnant wife who later miscarried.  Those who knew Fednick described him as a “a good cop, a good husband and a great friend.” Still, his death wasn’t formally recognized with any form of lasting tribute — until now. Officer Frank McCall began looking into it soon after joining the depa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood career criminal convicted of beating girlfriend to be tried for doing it again Englewood career criminal convicted of beating girlfriend to be tried for doing it again Englewood career criminal convicted of beating girlfriend to be tried for doing it again
Englewood career criminal convicted of beating girlfriend to be tried for doing it again ONLY ON CVP: No sooner was an Englewood career criminal given probation for beating his girlfriend than he moved back in with her — and assaulted the woman again, smashing her shoulder blade, cutting her scalp and telling her “I will make sure something will happen to you,” a prosecutor in Hackensack said. Derrick Smalls, 37, will stand trial on the new charges next month after rejecting a plea deal of 10 years without parole eligibility. Defense attorney Ian Silvera contended that prosecutors were too “heavy-handed” in plea negotiations with his client because “they didn’t get the convic…

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