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
Car theft driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser had chase history Car theft driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser had chase history Car theft driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser had chase history
Car theft driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser had chase history YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old Newark ex-con who was shot by police after ramming a stolen SUV into a Rutherford police car after crashing during a chase went to state prison for four years when he was 19 — following a chase. Kashad Ashford (mugshots above), who died at Hackensack University Medical Center of his injuries just after 7 a.m., was released from state custody last December, records show. He’d served more three years for aggravated assault, resisting arrest by fleeing in a motor vehicle — creating a risk of injury — and receiving stolen property. Jemmaine Bynes (Court…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog claimed others drove him to it Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog claimed others drove him to it Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog claimed others drove him to it
Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog claimed others drove him to it UPDATE: Before jumping from the Palisades in Fort Lee Historic Park with his beloved Yorkshire Terrier in his arms, a troubled 34-year-old Garfield man took to Facebook, posting anguished thoughts and accusing others of “murdering” him. “I am not homicidal nor am I suicidal. Those that read and think otherwise have not found [their] spiritual being,” Cross Yoler wrote on a second Facebook page. “You have lost your way while the Gods pray that you willingly cause more pain and suffering to those with disabilities. The devil loves you. SEE: Garfield man who jumped from cliffs with dog wrote…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Man, 20, charged with throwing bricks through windows of home, cars, injuring woman Man, 20, charged with throwing bricks through windows of home, cars, injuring woman Man, 20, charged with throwing bricks through windows of home, cars, injuring woman
Man, 20, charged with throwing bricks through windows of home, cars, injuring woman UPDATE: A 20-year-old man who was initially released for lack of evidence was charged with throwing bricks through the windows of more than a dozen cars and homes — including one that sent an 18-year-old woman to the hospital — after a State Police lab linked him to the crimes, authorities said. Timothy Hamlett, a former Don Bosco Prep track star, was carrying a backpack with small, red brick-like particles on it when Officer Lamon Meeks stopped him on his bicycle based on witnesses’ reports, Police Chief Robert Carney said this morning. Although Hamlett was released, the backpack was sen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Legal issues don’t entitle former Fox 5 reporter Leaf to bail in appeal of child-sex conviction, judge says Legal issues don’t entitle former Fox 5 reporter Leaf to bail in appeal of child-sex conviction, judge says Legal issues don’t entitle former Fox 5 reporter Leaf to bail in appeal of child-sex conviction, judge says
Legal issues don’t entitle former Fox 5 reporter Leaf to bail in appeal of child-sex conviction, judge says ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack said he doesn’t believe former Fox 5 investigative reporter Charles Leaf is a threat to jump bail, but he said that wasn’t enough to release Leaf while he appeals his conviction for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl and having child pornography on his home computer in Wyckoff. “From Day One, Mr. Leaf has been pretty outspoken about his innocence,” Superior Court Judge James J. Guida told defense attorney Brian Neary yesterday, as Leaf sat silently. “It’s my opinion [that] before running, he would face the system and do everything he could to overturn t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Loaded gun, ski mask found in stolen car of driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser Loaded gun, ski mask found in stolen car of driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser Loaded gun, ski mask found in stolen car of driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser
Loaded gun, ski mask found in stolen car of driver shot after ramming Rutherford cruiser YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old Newark man who was shot by police after he rammed a stolen SUV into a Rutherford police car after crashing during a chase had a loaded gun and a ski mask in the vehicle as he and his passenger tried to steal others, state authorities said this afternoon. Kashad Ashford was pronounced dead at Hackensack Medical Center just after 7 a.m., roughly 4½ hours after Lyndhurst and New Jersey State Police opened fire on the car, which a source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT was gunned so hard while pressed up against the police cruiser that its rear passenger tire melted. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Fire damages Route 17 brake shop in Ramsey Fire damages Route 17 brake shop in Ramsey Fire damages Route 17 brake shop in Ramsey
Fire damages Route 17 brake shop in Ramsey UPDATE: Fire damaged the roof and extreior wall of a Route 17 brake shop in Ramsey tonight. Various fire departments rushed to the Meineke Car Care Center on the highway’s northbound side — among them, Ramsey, Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus (FAST), Upper Saddle River and Waldwick — as the blaze quickly went to three alarms at dusk. CLIFFVIEW PILOT contributed photo Franklin Lakes remained on standby. Firefighters continued to battle flame pockets past 8 p.m. A Mahwah firefighter was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with an arm injury. Primary searches were negative. The fire appa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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No kids aboard, driver OK after school bus hits hydrant in Waldwick No kids aboard, driver OK after school bus hits hydrant in Waldwick No kids aboard, driver OK after school bus hits hydrant in Waldwick
No kids aboard, driver OK after school bus hits hydrant in Waldwick YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver who was the lone occupant of a school mini-bus escaped injury when it struck a fire hydrant after blowing a tire in Waldwick. Initial reports of an overturn in the Sheridan Avenue crash just before 5 p.m. were incorrect, Police Lt. Douglas Moore told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog wrote of chronic pain, mental issues Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog wrote of chronic pain, mental issues Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog wrote of chronic pain, mental issues
Garfield man who jumped from Fort Lee cliffs with dog wrote of chronic pain, mental issues YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A troubled Garfield man who held his Yorkshire Terrier in his arms as he jumped to their deaths from the Palisades in Fort Lee Historic Park this afternoon claimed that his parents threatened to obtain a restraining order against him after accusing him of taking a knife to his mother. Cross Yoler, 34, also posted a portion of a psychiatric evaluation on his Facebook page that called him a danger to others and said he’d threatened to kill himself and the dog. He also wrote of chronic leg pain from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), posting images from a thermogr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Mahwah man sexually abused girl, 7, indictment alleges Mahwah man sexually abused girl, 7, indictment alleges Mahwah man sexually abused girl, 7, indictment alleges
Mahwah man sexually abused girl, 7, indictment alleges ONLY ON CVP: A Mahwah man who police said was caught sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl abused her in several ways, a grand jury indictment returned in Hackensack alleges. Suffern police arrested Tomas Marin-Martinez at a Rockland County movie theater on April 1, 2013 after an alert was broadcast and a tipster disclosed his location, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. The girl’s mother called Mahwah police earlier that night after she found him sexually assaulting the girl, Molinelli said. Grand jurors returned an 11-count superseding indictment that says Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Statewide gun buyback law passes NJ Assembly Statewide gun buyback law passes NJ Assembly Statewide gun buyback law passes NJ Assembly
Statewide gun buyback law passes NJ Assembly PUBLIC SAFETY: The state Assembly today approved a bill calling for the Attorney General’s Office to conduct no fewer than nine no-questions-asked gun backbacks each year — with three each in New Jersey’s north, south and central regions. If approved by the Senate and signed into law by Governor Christie, the measure would require that at least one buyback in each region be done in an urban, high-crime area. “We realize a gun buyback program alone will not eliminate gun violence,” said Assemblyman John McKeon, D-Essex, “but it can help enhance public safety by reducing the number of firea…

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