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
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Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder moved from hospital to Bergen County Jail Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder moved from hospital to Bergen County Jail Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder moved from hospital to Bergen County Jail
Ho-Ho-Kus man charged in mother’s murder moved from hospital to Bergen County Jail 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 was transferred to the Bergen County Jail today after being hospitalized for psychiatric reasons the past two weeks. Bail for 24-year-old Nicholas Piotti remained at $2 million after he was transferred from Bergen Regional Medical Center, where he’d been secured to his hospital bed under guard. Piotti was rushed to the hospital’s intensive care unit the morning of Sept. 1 after what sources said was an apparent anxiety attack while being questioned by Bergen County prosec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Giants, Jets owners should ‘show the door’ to NFL commissioner, NJ Republican female legislators say Giants, Jets owners should ‘show the door’ to NFL commissioner, NJ Republican female legislators say Giants, Jets owners should ‘show the door’ to NFL commissioner, NJ Republican female legislators say
Giants, Jets owners should ‘show the door’ to NFL commissioner, NJ Republican female legislators say UPDATE: Female Republican lawmakers in Trenton today called on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to resign over his handling of the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson cases — then upped the stakes by urging the owners of the New York Giants and Jets to push for his ouster. Today’s statements followed the General Assembly’s passage in Trenton of a series of domestic violence bills designed to protect and help victims (see below). “There’s no indication that Mr. Goodell will resign, so NFL owners, starting with the two in New Jersey, must show him the door or be just as responsible for effectively f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Two years later, trial still awaits Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman Two years later, trial still awaits Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman Two years later, trial still awaits Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman
Two years later, trial still awaits Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman ONLY ON CVP: Even with the expected addition of new judges in Bergen County this fall, a trial is still months off for a Wood-Ridge man charged in the bludgeoning and burning of a 70-year-old East Rutherford realtor two years ago yesterday, the presiding judge said today. “We’re hoping new judges are made in October or November, and that will change things,” Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi told the defense attorney for Daniel Rochat. “But I can’t give you a trial date,” she told Richard Potter, nothing that the criminal court in Hackensack is operating at half its as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP had accomplice, police say Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP had accomplice, police say Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP had accomplice, police say
Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP had accomplice, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A second man was with an Essex County ex-con who crashed a vehicle carjacked from Englewood on the Garden State Parkway following a police chase over the weekend, police said this morning. The accomplice jumped out a few blocks after Latrey Evans, 35, roared off in the black 2006 Infiniti left running outside an Englewood convenience store — knocking down the owner when he rushed out and opened the driver’s side door, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Evans, a parolee from Irvington, has a deep criminal history, including a previous police chase …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck High School student nabbed in hall pass burglary Teaneck High School student nabbed in hall pass burglary Teaneck High School student nabbed in hall pass burglary
Teaneck High School student nabbed in hall pass burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Teaneck High School student broke in overnight and stole a pad of blank hall passes from the school guidance office, police said. John Miller was walking away from the front of the school at 2:17 a.m. as police responded to the second burglar alarm in less than a half-hour, Lt. Andrew McGurr told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Police found the building secure on the first pass at 1:49 a.m. but discovered a broken window — and Miller — the second time, McGurr said. He was carrying the pad and several keys, police said. Miller, who McGurr said later admitted break…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn police charge driver in street fight with DWI Fair Lawn police charge driver in street fight with DWI Fair Lawn police charge driver in street fight with DWI
Fair Lawn police charge driver in street fight with DWI YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A possible road rage street fight overnight in Fair Lawn led to the arrest of a 39-year-old Ridgewood man on DWI charges. Police said they were still trying to sort out the details of the 2:20 a.m. brawl Saturday on Fairclough Place at Orchard Street. They charged Alexander Denegri with driving while intoxicated after he failed a roadside sobriety test, Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. Dengri was then taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson to be treated for injuries sustained in the fight, Metzler said. Other charges were possible depending on wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahopac, NY
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Port Authority police grab JC man accused of hitting 7-Eleven worker with car Port Authority police grab JC man accused of hitting 7-Eleven worker with car Port Authority police grab JC man accused of hitting 7-Eleven worker with car
Port Authority police grab JC man accused of hitting 7-Eleven worker with car BEYOND BERGEN: A Jersey City man took off after hitting a 7-Eleven employee at Newark Airport with his car but before Port Authority police found and arrested him, authorities said. Witnesses alerted officers immediately after the Friday night incident on airport property, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Port Authority police found the black 2009 Lincoln Town Car in a parking lot of Building 433 on Brewster Road, just opposite the airport exit, Pentangelo said. After speaking with 40-year-old Robert Noel, they took him into custody, he said. Noel was charged wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield man, 66. charged with trying to assist wife’s suicide Bergenfield man, 66. charged with trying to assist wife’s suicide Bergenfield man, 66. charged with trying to assist wife’s suicide
Bergenfield man, 66. charged with trying to assist wife’s suicide A 66-year-old Bergenfield man found bleeding and disoriented outside his home was charged with cutting his wife and himself with a razor in an assisted suicide attempt. Police responding to a report of a disoriented man needing medical attention found John Humbert behind his W. Church Street apartment just before 9 a.m. on Saturday, Detective Cathy Madalone said this morning. He had “partially healed wounds consistent with having been inflicted with a cutting instrument” that he admitted giving himself, she said. Inside the home, they found 62-year-old Joyce Humbert also cut and bleedin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood police grab two suspected burglars in stolen car Westwood police grab two suspected burglars in stolen car Westwood police grab two suspected burglars in stolen car
Westwood police grab two suspected burglars in stolen car ONLY ON CVP: Westwood police arrested two suspected burglars in a car stolen earlier in the day after an alert resident called them. Officers stopped the 1981 Cadillac early Thursday night after receiving the call of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of the Hampton West Apartments on Third venue. Both men gave conflicting accounts of what they were doing in the area, Sgt. Michael Pontillo said. They were arrested and taken to the Bergen County Jail on $5,000 bail each. Messiah K. Arrington, 19, was charged with receiving stolen property, drug and weapons possession, obstruction …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Secret vehicle compartments held $1M in heroin, loaded gun, $80,000 cash, Fort Lee police say Secret vehicle compartments held $1M in heroin, loaded gun, $80,000 cash, Fort Lee police say Secret vehicle compartments held $1M in heroin, loaded gun, $80,000 cash, Fort Lee police say
Secret vehicle compartments held $1M in heroin, loaded gun, $80,000 cash, Fort Lee police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police arrested two New York City men after finding found five kilos of heroin — worth an estimated $1 million on the street — along with a loaded gun and $80,000 in cash in remotely-controlled compartments in a pair of vehicles. Detective T.J. Cullen was patrolling Route 4 West when he stopped a 2004 Honda Accord for an unspecified traffic violation around 11 p.m. Friday, Detective Capt. Stanley Zon said today. The Honda had a Florida dealer tag that didn’t belong on it, Zon said. The driver — identified as 30-year-old ex-convict Ferdinand M. Morales — …

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