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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson chain-reaction crash temporarily closes southbound Kinderkamack Road Emerson chain-reaction crash temporarily closes southbound Kinderkamack Road Emerson chain-reaction crash temporarily closes southbound Kinderkamack Road
Emerson chain-reaction crash temporarily closes southbound Kinderkamack Road ONLY ON CVP: A three-vehiclem chain-reaction collision sent at least one driver to the hospital and closed a short stretch of southbound one-lane Kinderkamack Road in Emerson early this afternoon. A Lexus SUV and two sedans — a Toyota and a Saturn –were involved in the noontime collision at the corner of Demarest Avenue in front of Emerson Healthcare. Paramedics from Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck responded. Two flatbed tow trucks removed the sedans. Oradell police helped direct and reroute traffic in the area, just south of the Emerson train station. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia transit buses need attention, too Leonia transit buses need attention, too Leonia transit buses need attention, too
Leonia transit buses need attention, too A RESIDENT WRITES: Although yesterday’s tragedy in Leonia didn’t involve an NJ Transit bus, it is only a matter of time until there is a bus accident involving a commuter and an NJT bus. In the 22 years that I’ve lived and raised my family in Leonia, I have commuted daily on the 166. I have had at least two incidents when a 166 has come so close to me in the middle of Broad Avenue as I am frantically standing in the street to flag down a bus that I was terrified. Complaint calls to NJT have resulted in my being told many times that commuters are supposed to stand in the street and flag do…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Final Saddle Brook haul: 300 pounds of powder, 200 guns, ammo Final Saddle Brook haul: 300 pounds of powder, 200 guns, ammo Final Saddle Brook haul: 300 pounds of powder, 200 guns, ammo
Final Saddle Brook haul: 300 pounds of powder, 200 guns, ammo UPDATE: 300 pounds of gunpowder, 200 firearms — a combo of long ones and handguns — and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition were the haul from the 1,400-square-foot home of a Saddle Brook man who police say was stabbed yesterday morning by his wife. Robert Lintner, 64 (above), posted $2,500 bail and was released on charges of “creating a widespread risk of hazard” after police took him to headquarters for processing shortly before 10 o’clock last night. The amount of gunpowder was 10 times the legal limit of 30 pounds that can be stored residentially, as well as a public safety haza…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack heroin addict beat wife to death with cane, murder indictment alleges Hackensack heroin addict beat wife to death with cane, murder indictment alleges Hackensack heroin addict beat wife to death with cane, murder indictment alleges
Hackensack heroin addict beat wife to death with cane, murder indictment alleges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 65-year-old heroin addict beat his wife to death with a cane in their Hackensack home, a grand jury revealed this week in bringing a first-degree murder indictment against him. Thomas Fabbricatore, 65, “purposely caused the death or serious bodily injury resulting in the death of Elizabeth Fabbricatore” last Nov. 12, the indictment returned in Hackensack says. She died six days later. Fabbricatore was also charged with two counts of weapons possession — the cane, which the grand jury said he “used unlawfully against another” under “circumstances not manifestly …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Homeless woman goes behind Jersey City bank counter, fights employees, police Homeless woman goes behind Jersey City bank counter, fights employees, police Homeless woman goes behind Jersey City bank counter, fights employees, police
Homeless woman goes behind Jersey City bank counter, fights employees, police BEYOND BERGEN: A homeless Jersey City bank customer was arrested after she came in screaming, then went behind the counter and got into a fight with a teller who tried to calm her down, Port Authority police said. Syreena Lacewell, 32, was shouting and struggling with two employees who were trying to subdue her at the TD Bank in Newport Plaza when Port Authority officers arrived yesterday morning, the agency’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. According to witnesses, the 5-foot-7-inch, 160-pound Lacewell came in yelling and then became more irate, “finally vaulting over the bank tel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ returns next weekend ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ returns next weekend ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ returns next weekend
‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ returns next weekend PUBLIC SAFETY: Get ready for another “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, beginning Aug. 15 and running through Sept. 1 in the public safety ramp-up to Labor Day. Local and state police will conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols, looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated. “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” is a national campaign designed to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving through high-visibility enforcement and public education tools, including posters, banners and mobile video display signs. Launched across the U.S. in 1999, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Park Ridge police charge Saddle Brook man in dirt bike chase Park Ridge police charge Saddle Brook man in dirt bike chase Park Ridge police charge Saddle Brook man in dirt bike chase
Park Ridge police charge Saddle Brook man in dirt bike chase Park Ridge police said a 19-year-old Saddle Brook man surrendered last night after leading them on a high-speed dirt bike chase and was released on bail pending a court hearing. Dallas J. Uychich blew a red light on Pascack Road at the intersection of Park Avenue just after 12:30 a.m. yesterday and kept going with Detective Chris Puglis pursuit — the lights and siren of his car activated — before cutting up a dirt walking path in Atkins Glen Park, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. Police followed the path and found Uychich staying at a residence nearby after identifying him in surveillance foot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
At least one seriously injured in Fairview crash At least one seriously injured in Fairview crash At least one seriously injured in Fairview crash
At least one seriously injured in Fairview crash ONLY ON CVP: A crash in Fairview this afternoon injured two people, one seriously, while damaging four vehicles, one parked, emergency responders said. Witnesses said the crash involved a Mini Cooper and two other moving vehicles, as well as a parked car. It occurred at 3:50 p.m. on northbound Bergen Boulevard in front of a used car lot and MRI clinic, a short distance from The Point Diner. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Unit was investigating. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Michael LaFalce      

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Thief gets 63 months in fed pen for stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories Thief gets 63 months in fed pen for stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories Thief gets 63 months in fed pen for stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories
Thief gets 63 months in fed pen for stealing $1M of smart phones, accessories YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal judge in Newark today sentenced a Chicago man to more than six years in prison for stealing more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless through a scheme that included bribing Federal Express drivers. Stephen Gunn, 36, pleaded guilty four months ago to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting that he accessed the online accounts of dozens of Verizon customers — several of them in New Jersey. Using those accounts, he placed orders for smart phones and accessories and had them shipped via FedEx to addresses in Texas, some of them …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors convict Fort Lee towing operator on gun charges Jurors convict Fort Lee towing operator on gun charges Jurors convict Fort Lee towing operator on gun charges
Jurors convict Fort Lee towing operator on gun charges ONLY ON CVP: A contentious and at times bizarre trial concluded this morning in Hackensack with the second of two guilty weapons possession verdicts in two days against an ex-con Fort Lee towing company owner who insisted the guns were planted. Jurors convicted Konstandin “Dean” Bitzas of all counts relating to guns found in his apartment last Sept. 1 by police who came with a search warrant following a domestic violence complaint by his girlfriend — who he said deliberately put the guns there. Yesterday they found Bitzas, 45, guilty of three counts of illegal weapons possession related t…

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