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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Paramus, NJ
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Paramus detective IDs Dumont suspect in attempted watch thefts, seeks accomplice Paramus detective IDs Dumont suspect in attempted watch thefts, seeks accomplice Paramus detective IDs Dumont suspect in attempted watch thefts, seeks accomplice
Paramus detective IDs Dumont suspect in attempted watch thefts, seeks accomplice YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Surveillance video at the Garden State Plaza Lord & Taylor store in Paramus led to the arrest of a 55-year-old Dumont man on charges of trying to steal $4,270 worth of women’s watches. It also has them looking for an accomplice who they said tried to conceal the attempt. Paramus police arrested Randolph Sutton at his home on Friday, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said this afternoon. Lord & Taylor security officers on Aug. 9 said Sutton tried opening a secured watch carousel containing the Michael Kors watches, valued from $275 to $375, several ti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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NJ households can’t meet basic needs, report says NJ households can’t meet basic needs, report says NJ households can’t meet basic needs, report says
NJ households can’t meet basic needs, report says A new study conducted by the United Way of Northern New Jersey shows that 38% of New Jersey households are struggling to meet basic needs. In New Jersey, 1.2 million households fall below the $61,200 annual income a family of four needs to meet a basic survival budget, the study of financial hardship has found. More than half (53%) of all jobs in New Jersey pay less than $20 an hour, or $40,000 annually, according to the ALICE report (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). Nearly a fifth of all households in more than three-quarters (85%) of New Jersey’s 560 municipalities are…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP has deep criminal history Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP has deep criminal history Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP has deep criminal history
Englewood carjacking suspect who crashed on GSP has deep criminal history ONLY ON CVP: An Essex County ex-con who crashed a vehicle carjacked from Englewood on the Garden State Parkway following a police chase last night has done it before, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Latrey Evans, 35, has a history of robbery and weapons offenses and was once implicated in the 2003 holdup of eight people and subsequent shooting and killing of two of them, records show. He also flipped a car with three other suspects inside during a 2009 police chase. *      *      *      *      *      * Latrey Evans MUGSHOT: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD PD YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A second man was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota DWI driver at GWB had kids in car, Port Authority police say Bogota DWI driver at GWB had kids in car, Port Authority police say Bogota DWI driver at GWB had kids in car, Port Authority police say
Bogota DWI driver at GWB had kids in car, Port Authority police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bogota man whose car drifted from lane to lane approaching the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee was drunk with his two young children sleeping in the back seat, Port Authority police said. Domingo Cesar, 29, was charged with DWI and child endangerment after police pulled over his black 2013 Ford in the eastbound bus slip lane before the lower level tolls around 2:30 a.m. yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. “The officer speaking to him detected a strong smell of alcohol,” Pentangelo said, adding that Cesar also had bloodshot eyes. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Englewood crossing guard, seniors busted in Bronx-based cocaine network Englewood crossing guard, seniors busted in Bronx-based cocaine network Englewood crossing guard, seniors busted in Bronx-based cocaine network
Englewood crossing guard, seniors busted in Bronx-based cocaine network A 64-year-old Englewood school crossing guard and two older men — one 65 and also from Englewood, the other 69 from Union City — were among 16 people who authorities said participated in a cocaine distribution ring that stretched across four North Jersey counties from the Bronx. Aubrey Ward was originally taken into custody on Aug. 30, posted $65,000 bail and was released from the Bergen County Jail released on Sept. 5 — only to be picked up again on Tuesday. He was being held on $150,000 bail in the Morris County Correctional Facility in connection with an operation that authorities was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood, Glen Rock hit with car burglaries Ridgewood, Glen Rock hit with car burglaries Ridgewood, Glen Rock hit with car burglaries
Ridgewood, Glen Rock hit with car burglaries PUBLIC SAFETY: Police in Ridgewood and Glen Rock were trying to determine whether the same culprit was responsible for a series of car burglaries the past few days. One of the first similarities — as with nearly every vehicle break-ins — is that just about all of the cars were unlocked, Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after no fewer than three car burglaries were reported overnight in the village. All occured in the Ackerman Avenue area near the Glen Rock border, he said. Residents reported seeing a person in a grey hoodie who appeared to be prowling. Some said he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Bank teller thwarts virtual kidnapping after Lyndhurst man withdraws $1,700 Bank teller thwarts virtual kidnapping after Lyndhurst man withdraws $1,700 Bank teller thwarts virtual kidnapping after Lyndhurst man withdraws $1,700
Bank teller thwarts virtual kidnapping after Lyndhurst man withdraws $1,700 ONLY ON CVP: Moments after a panicked Lyndhurst man withdrew $1,700 from his bank to send to a man who claimed to be holding his daughter hostage, a quick-moving teller summoned police who thwarted the scam. Officers quickly found the 45-year-old target after he told the PNC Bank teller why he needed the money, Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “The poor man was frantic,” O’Connor said. In what has become an all-too-familiar ruse, the virtual kidnapper called the father at work and told him that one of his daughters had gotten into a car accident in Newark and co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Woman, 21, climbs uninjured from Paramus rollover crash Woman, 21, climbs uninjured from Paramus rollover crash Woman, 21, climbs uninjured from Paramus rollover crash
Woman, 21, climbs uninjured from Paramus rollover crash ONLY ON CVP: A 21-year-old driver climbed from her car after it mounted a curb, toppled a street sign and rolled in Paramus this morning. The crash on Concord Drive just east of Fairview Avenue was called in at 11:17 a.m. The woman apparently lost control of the Nissan Sentra, which crossed the road and rolled onto its passenger side. She wasn’t injured. A tow truck removed the vehicle. Paramus police were investigating. They responded along with Paramus firefighters and EMS workers and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office. STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Lovi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Third day at GWB, rookie Port Authority officer grabs attempted jumper Third day at GWB, rookie Port Authority officer grabs attempted jumper Third day at GWB, rookie Port Authority officer grabs attempted jumper
Third day at GWB, rookie Port Authority officer grabs attempted jumper YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rookie officer patrolling the George Washington Bridge for only her third day pulled an emotionally disturbed man back from a bridge railing after he put one leg over the side — barely an hour and a half after two of her colleagues delivered a baby at the toll booths. Police Officer Katherine Acevedo found the troubled man pacing back and forth on the south walkway around 8:15 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She began talking with him, but the man began walking away, he said. Then, without warning, he put his leg over the outer rai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Port Authority police deliver GWB baby Port Authority police deliver GWB baby Port Authority police deliver GWB baby
Port Authority police deliver GWB baby YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A trio of Port Authority police officers delivered a baby girl at the upper level tolls to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee this morning. The Monroe, N.Y., mother was in a taxi with her husband when the driver summoned medical assistance just after 6:30 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. With Officer Laverne Watson (above, right) leading, and Officer Steve Pisciotta (left) clamping and cutting the umbilical cord, the newborn was brought safely into the world, he said. Pisciotta, a trained EMT, carries an “OB Kit” in his medical bag while on pat…

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