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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police seek victims in car sale ripoffs Paramus police seek victims in car sale ripoffs Paramus police seek victims in car sale ripoffs
Paramus police seek victims in car sale ripoffs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Customers of two Paramus car dealership employees accused of pocketing deposits should review their contracts to determine whether they, too, were ripped off, authorities said. Steven Amato, 44, of Clifton and Robert Scott, 42, of East Orange were arrested in June following a lengthy investigation by Paramus police with the assistance of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the owners of Hyundai of Paramus on Route 4 East, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Both were charged in connection with deposits that were pocketed and not included on applicati…

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Hackensack, NJ
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NJ State troopers’ bravery praised in rescue of tractor-trailer driver from Route 80 creek NJ State troopers’ bravery praised in rescue of tractor-trailer driver from Route 80 creek NJ State troopers’ bravery praised in rescue of tractor-trailer driver from Route 80 creek
NJ State troopers’ bravery praised in rescue of tractor-trailer driver from Route 80 creek SHOUT OUTS: The driver of a tractor-trailer that crashed over a bridge guard rail and into Overpeck Creek in Ridgefield this morning has a chance of surviving thanks to a trio of brave New Jersey State Police troopers who jumped in and pulled him out. Troopers Mohamed Hussein of Union, Jason Serrano of Paterson and Luis Cardenas of Parsippany were first on the scene of the 5:35 a.m. crash at northbound Route 80 milepost 117, State Police said this afternoon. They spotted the cab of the rig on fire and dangling into the water and 66-year-old Lawrence Scherf of Vails Gate, N.Y. in the creek…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police say Teaneck man stopped for resemblance to thief had 270 bags of pot Hackensack police say Teaneck man stopped for resemblance to thief had 270 bags of pot Hackensack police say Teaneck man stopped for resemblance to thief had 270 bags of pot
Hackensack police say Teaneck man stopped for resemblance to thief had 270 bags of pot ONLY ON CVP: A Teaneck man was carrying 270 bags of marijuana and packaging materials when he stopped by a Hackensack police officer, authorities said. Ramadhan Muhammad fit the description of a man who’d just snatched a cellphone from a Main Street store when Officer Alexis Mene approached him Sunday afternoon, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “As they began talking, the officer noticed a strong odor of marijuana,” Salcedo said. When Muhammad opened his backpack to retrieve his identification, Mene spotted two clear plastic cannisters of marijuana, the captain said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock crash sends sedan driver to hospital Glen Rock crash sends sedan driver to hospital Glen Rock crash sends sedan driver to hospital
Glen Rock crash sends sedan driver to hospital ONLY ON CVP: A driver was hospitalized with an arm injury after her sedan collided with a commercial van in Glen Rock this afternoon. Glen Rock police and EMS workers responded to the crash in front of the Bottle King Shopping Center on Prospect Street shortly after 2:30 p.m. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police identify wanted man thought to be armed after SWAT call Garfield police identify wanted man thought to be armed after SWAT call Garfield police identify wanted man thought to be armed after SWAT call
Garfield police identify wanted man thought to be armed after SWAT call HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Garfield police tonight identified a man being sought on an arrest warrant who they initially believed was armed inside a friend’s house, prompting a call to the Bergen County SWAT team. They didn’t say why they’re looking for 30-year-old Ariel Drapczynksi, however. “Officers made contact with Drapczynski attempting to have him turn himself in, but he terminated contact with [them],” Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A perimeter was established around his friend’s Plauderville Avenue residence after police received information that Drapczynksi wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale police dispatcher from Westwood fighting cancer again Hillsdale police dispatcher from Westwood fighting cancer again Hillsdale police dispatcher from Westwood fighting cancer again
Hillsdale police dispatcher from Westwood fighting cancer again SHOUT OUT: Hillsdale Police Dispatcher Corey Rooney of Westwood barely had time to enjoy rebounding from Hodgkin’s lymphoma when he got word that it had doubled back on him. Friends, family and strangers have rallied to help Rooney, 22, a Westwood High School graduate who studied criminal justice at Bergen Community College. Proceeds from this year’s annual pig roast at Lou’s Tavern, on Sunday, Sept. 7, will go to him (SEE FLIER BELOW). * * * * * *  Loved ones have established a GoFundMe site for Corey. CLICK the DONATE button on the right. * * * * * * It was a year ago this month…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
2 in custody after chase that began with Englewood copper theft ends in Paramus crash 2 in custody after chase that began with Englewood copper theft ends in Paramus crash 2 in custody after chase that began with Englewood copper theft ends in Paramus crash
2 in custody after chase that began with Englewood copper theft ends in Paramus crash THE FULL STORY: A police chase that ended in an arrest on Route 17 in Paramus this afternoon began with the theft of copper piping from an Englewood house — and followed the arrest of a second suspect who bailed out of the getaway car. It all began when an Englewood resident called police at 11:51 a.m. to report the pair “loading bags into a blue crossover type vehicle” from two abandoned houses at Cross Street and Levinsohn Place, city Police Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Responding Officers Rhakeem Stennett, Anthony Gonzalez and Javier Garcia stopped the mens’ blue …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Garfield woman tried to grab officer’s gun, indictment says Garfield woman tried to grab officer’s gun, indictment says Garfield woman tried to grab officer’s gun, indictment says
Garfield woman tried to grab officer’s gun, indictment says ONLY ON CVP: An intoxicated Garfield woman tried grabbing a police officer’s gun and then spit at him when he showed up to remove her from a local bar, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges. Teresa Sue Kirkendale, 48, “became irate” when asked to leave Garfield Bar & Liquor on Wood Street around 8 o’clock the night of April 7, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Several other patrons pointed to the rear area where she was sitting” when officers arrived, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Kirkendale spit at Officer Christopher Strabone and tried to grab his service weapon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police pinch bicycle thief Port Authority police pinch bicycle thief Port Authority police pinch bicycle thief
Port Authority police pinch bicycle thief BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police said they snagged a serial bicycle thief at the Hoboken PATH station. Officers on patrol on Saturday spotted 22-year-old Jose Torres of Jersey City trying to cut a lock securing a red Schwinn Ranger Mountain bike to the north rack, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. He “threw down a pair of cutting plyers and quickly walked away” as the officers approached, Pentangelo said. Torres was charged with possession of burglar tools (two pair of pliers) and drug paraphernalia (a syringe), along with resisting arrest. Police also charged h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment says Lodi man restrained, sexually assaulted woman in car near Paramus restaurant Indictment says Lodi man restrained, sexually assaulted woman in car near Paramus restaurant Indictment says Lodi man restrained, sexually assaulted woman in car near Paramus restaurant
Indictment says Lodi man restrained, sexually assaulted woman in car near Paramus restaurant ONLY ON CVP: An Egyptian national from Lodi restrained and sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman in her car parked in a lot near the Paramus restaurant where he worked, an indictment returned in Hackensack alleges. Akram G. Tadros, 39, was arrested two weeks after the alleged early January incident by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Paramus police. The woman told police that he “forcibly engaged her in sexual activity in [her] vehicle,” county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. The car was parked behind a Route 17 business, he said.…

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