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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah driver charged with DWI assault in crash that critically injured bicyclist Mahwah driver charged with DWI assault in crash that critically injured bicyclist Mahwah driver charged with DWI assault in crash that critically injured bicyclist
Mahwah driver charged with DWI assault in crash that critically injured bicyclist ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A 64-year-old Mahwah man was drunk when his pickup truck struck and critically injured a Rockland County bicyclist late yesterday afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today in announcing DWI assault charges against him. Thomas Rinaldi was released on $25,000 bail pending a 9 a.m. first appearance tomorrow in Mahwah Municipal Court, the prosecutor said. He was also issued summonses for DWI and reckless driving. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported yesterday that Rinaldi was taken to a local hospital to give…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee High School briefly locked down as police grab robbery suspect Fort Lee High School briefly locked down as police grab robbery suspect Fort Lee High School briefly locked down as police grab robbery suspect
Fort Lee High School briefly locked down as police grab robbery suspect YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In an incident that authorities said took no more than 10 minutes, Fort Lee police locked down the high school and arrested a Newark man who they said tried to rob a George Washington Bridge Plaza mall bagel shop. Police responding to the 12:50 p.m. call at Binghamton Bagels on Lemoine Avenue grabbed 22-year-old Joseph Pittari as he emerged from a nearby bakery, Capt. Stephen Gallagher said this afternoon. “There was a verbal report of a white male claiming he had a gun and threatening to shoot, unless he got some money,” Gallagher said. “The complainant did not re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Judge dismisses pot-selling charges against ‘subway vigilante’ Bernie Goetz Judge dismisses pot-selling charges against ‘subway vigilante’ Bernie Goetz Judge dismisses pot-selling charges against ‘subway vigilante’ Bernie Goetz
Judge dismisses pot-selling charges against ‘subway vigilante’ Bernie Goetz BEYOND BERGEN: Bernie Goetz, the 1980s “subway vigilante” who became a living symbol of an American racial divide, had charges of selling $30 worth of pot to an undercover cop in New York City’s Union Square Park thrown out earlier today. Goetz, now 65, had rejected a plea deal that required 10 days of community service, saying he felt coerced. He said he simply offered some marijuana to a woman who turned out to be an undercover cop, but that she insisted on paying. “I’m very anti-crime — everybody knows that. This is just a waste of government resources,” the former self-employed electr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fort Lee man who gave son car in fatal DWI Ridgefield crash should have known his history, lawsuit says Fort Lee man who gave son car in fatal DWI Ridgefield crash should have known his history, lawsuit says Fort Lee man who gave son car in fatal DWI Ridgefield crash should have known his history, lawsuit says
Fort Lee man who gave son car in fatal DWI Ridgefield crash should have known his history, lawsuit says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The father of a Fort Lee man should have known of his son’s DWI and criminal history when he gave him the car that he crashed while drunk in Ridgefield earlier this summer, a lawsuit filed by a classmate who was injured and the mother of another who was killed in the accident alleges. Munther Ammar was “incompetent, unfit, inexperienced and/or reckless” in entrusting the operation of his car to his 20-year-old son, Tamer, the lawsuit filed in Hackensack says. He “knew, should have known, or had reason to know” of his son’s history before the pre-dawn July 24 crash …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Ladder 2 readies Lt. Patrick Roe Scholarship Fund third annual benefit poker run Mahwah Ladder 2 readies Lt. Patrick Roe Scholarship Fund third annual benefit poker run Mahwah Ladder 2 readies Lt. Patrick Roe Scholarship Fund third annual benefit poker run
Mahwah Ladder 2 readies Lt. Patrick Roe Scholarship Fund third annual benefit poker run SHOUT OUT: Enjoy a beautiful ride through NJ and NY on scenic back roads on the Lt. Patrick Roe Scholarship Fund Third Annual Benefit Poker Run, sponsored by Mahwah Volunteer Fire Ladder Co. 2, on Sunday, Sept. 28. The ride raises funds for the scholarship established in the name of Roe, who was walking from the Mahwah train station after attending the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Hoboken on March 6, 2005 when he was struck by a train. It begins at Mahwah Bar & Grill, 2 Island Road, and ends at the Mason Jar Restaurant, 219 Route 202, Mahwah. There will also be awards, a 50/50, lunch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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DWI eyed in Mahwah crash that seriously injured bicyclist DWI eyed in Mahwah crash that seriously injured bicyclist DWI eyed in Mahwah crash that seriously injured bicyclist
DWI eyed in Mahwah crash that seriously injured bicyclist ONLY ON CVP: Police suspect a Mahwah man was intoxicated when his pickup truck struck and seriously injured a Rockland County bicyclist late this afternoon. The driver was taken to a local hospital for “testing” and was expected to be with intoxicated assault by auto, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after the pickkup struck the Suffern cyclist on Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) just after 4:30 p.m. UPDATE: A 64-year-old Mahwah man was drunk when his pickup truck struck and critically injured a Rockland County bicyclist late yesterday afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor John…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Facebook motorcycle helmet pics lead to arrest of former Garfield man in armed robbery Facebook motorcycle helmet pics lead to arrest of former Garfield man in armed robbery Facebook motorcycle helmet pics lead to arrest of former Garfield man in armed robbery
Facebook motorcycle helmet pics lead to arrest of former Garfield man in armed robbery YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Thanks to Facebook, authorities have caught the alleged accomplice of a heroin-addicted Garfield ex-con charged with being the motorcycle-riding robber who held up convenience stores in Elmwood Park and Wanaque. Tomasz Maczka, 29, also of Garfield, was arrested by Wanaque police after surveillance photos of helmets of worn by the robbers (above) were matched to those posted on the Facebook of Ariel Drapcyznski (photos above and below). Authorities say this is Drapczynksi in one of the two recovered motorcycle helmets (SURVEILLANCE IMAGE: Courtesy ELMWOOD PARK PD) …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Teacher from Oradell charged with trafficking child porn Teacher from Oradell charged with trafficking child porn Teacher from Oradell charged with trafficking child porn
Teacher from Oradell charged with trafficking child porn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A part-time teacher from Oradell was arrested at her home today on charges of trafficking child pornography. Rachel Permut, 23, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possessing and distributing kiddie porn. A judge also limited her Internet access to “work, school, religion,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Investigators from Molinelli’s Computer Crimes Unit and Oradell police arrested Permut and executed a search warrant at her Hague Court home today, the prosecutor said. An arraignment was set for tomorrow in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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40-kilo Hackensack cocaine deal gets Los Angeles man 32 years in prison 40-kilo Hackensack cocaine deal gets Los Angeles man 32 years in prison 40-kilo Hackensack cocaine deal gets Los Angeles man 32 years in prison
40-kilo Hackensack cocaine deal gets Los Angeles man 32 years in prison YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced a California truck driver to 32 years in state prison for transporting 40 kilos of cocaine cross country to a New Jersey warehouse in exchange for more than $1 million in cash. Carlos Marroquin, 52, must serve at least half of that term before being eligible for parole, under the sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge Joseph Conte. Carlos Marroquin (FILE PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) “Major narcotics suppliers like Marroquin bear direct responsibility for all of the street-level dealing,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn DWI checkpoint produces several pot arrests Fair Lawn DWI checkpoint produces several pot arrests Fair Lawn DWI checkpoint produces several pot arrests
Fair Lawn DWI checkpoint produces several pot arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A weekend DWI roadblock in Fair Lawn turned up mostly pot, authorities said today. Police arrested several young adults at the Saturday morning checkpoint. All were released on summonses: -Warren Kadean, 23, Englewood, was arrested by Officer Sean Macys for arrest warrants out of Englewood for $178. He was turned over to Englewood police; -Keane Macadaeg, 20, River Edge, was arrested by Officer Nicholas Snyder on charges of underage possession of an alcoholic beverage that police said was found in his car; -Junior Vasquez, 23, Paterson, was arrested by Officer …

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