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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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood police charge Warren County man with cyber harassment for sexual emails Ridgewood police charge Warren County man with cyber harassment for sexual emails Ridgewood police charge Warren County man with cyber harassment for sexual emails
Ridgewood police charge Warren County man with cyber harassment for sexual emails YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood police have charged a Warren County man with cyber-harassment for what they said were sexually explicit emails sent to a village resident. Detective Douglas Williams arrested 30-year-old Brandon Kuhl of Liberty Township following an investigation and search of the defendant’s home, assisted by Detective Chris McDowell and New Jersey State Police. Kuhl was released pending a Municipal Court appearance and an analysis of computers seized during the search. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Port Authority police arrest stoned pair with no registration, insurance Port Authority police arrest stoned pair with no registration, insurance Port Authority police arrest stoned pair with no registration, insurance
Port Authority police arrest stoned pair with no registration, insurance BEYOND BERGEN: A driver who had trouble pulling over at the Lincoln Tunnel toll plaza in Weehawken was arrested by Port Authority police, along with his passenger, for being stoned and having pot in the car. He also had no registration or insurance, authorities said. Officers on foot patrol stopped the 2007 Honda for having an obstructed view, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. When 27-year-old Marco Ramirez had trouble navigating the vehicle, the officers ordered him and passenger, Johny Santos, 25, out, he said. The two Belleville men “were unsteady…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Guatemalan national from Palisades Park indicted in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker Guatemalan national from Palisades Park indicted in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker Guatemalan national from Palisades Park indicted in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker
Guatemalan national from Palisades Park indicted in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Hackensack has indicted a Closter Chinese restaurant employee on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a fight that left a co-worker stabbed in the back. Antonio Lopez-Tuche, a 34-year-old Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park — remained held in the Bergen County Jail on $75,000 bail, set following his May 13 arrest. Federal officials have requested a detainer for the purposes of a deportation hearing. The 61-year-old victim was stabbed in the kitchen area of the Ewha Won Restaurant in the shopping center on Piermont Road…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Courtroom reunion for ex-con, girlfriend charged with trying to sell drugs from Bergen County Jail Courtroom reunion for ex-con, girlfriend charged with trying to sell drugs from Bergen County Jail Courtroom reunion for ex-con, girlfriend charged with trying to sell drugs from Bergen County Jail
Courtroom reunion for ex-con, girlfriend charged with trying to sell drugs from Bergen County Jail ONLY ON CVP: A fugitive ex-con who authorities said they caught with two handguns and more than a quarter-pound of cocaine following a chase through Route 3 traffic in East Rutherford was reunited with his girlfriend in a Hackensack courtroom yesterday. Marcus Carter and Charmaine Coit, both of Staten Island, chatted and smiled while waiting to be transported back to the Bergen County Jail following a brief court proceeding. Charmaine Coit, Marcus Carter(STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Coit, 24, was arrested on charges of plotting to distribute dru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Driver whose car plowed through Old Tappan shopping center was drunk, police say Driver whose car plowed through Old Tappan shopping center was drunk, police say Driver whose car plowed through Old Tappan shopping center was drunk, police say
Driver whose car plowed through Old Tappan shopping center was drunk, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver was drunk when he plowed his car through a vacant storefront at the Bi-State Plaza Shopping Center on Friday, Old Tappan Police Chief Thomas M. Shine said this afternoon. Samir S. Patel, 45, who is from Kennesaw, GA but has an address in Old Tappan, was behind the wheel of a green 2002 Honda SUV that careened through the vacant space of what once was a McDonalds around 4 p.m. Friday, Shine said. The car crashed through a wall and came to rest inside the Valley Paint & Decorating store, the chief said. Responding Patrol Officers Christopher Reilly and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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North Arlington police chief nabs alleged counterfeit bills bandit North Arlington police chief nabs alleged counterfeit bills bandit North Arlington police chief nabs alleged counterfeit bills bandit
North Arlington police chief nabs alleged counterfeit bills bandit UPDATE: North Arlington Police Chief Louis Ghione personally ended the manhunt for a suspect caught on surveillance camera passing bogus $100 bills after following him into Lyndhurst this afternoon. A store clerk told a dispatcher that he’d just rejected an attempt by 49-year-old Richard Rivers of Roselle to pass a phony bill. So Ghione took matters into his own hands, arresting Rivers and summoning his Lyndhurst colleagues. Rivers was carrying three fake $100 bills, Capt. John Hearn said. He was also wanted on a warrant out of Freehold, he said. The chief spotted Rivers on Ridge Road…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack police talk suicidal man, 20, from rooftop Hackensack police talk suicidal man, 20, from rooftop Hackensack police talk suicidal man, 20, from rooftop
Hackensack police talk suicidal man, 20, from rooftop ONLY ON CVP: Hackensack police talked a suicidal 20-year-old man from a rooftop today. Despondent over a trouble relationship, the man climbed onto the roof and threatened to jump from a three-story Prospect Avenue building around 1:30 this afternoon, Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officers Ralph Cavallo, Aldrin Lamboy and Revi Arauki arrived first and were quickly followed by Sgt. Niles Malvasia, Mordaga said. Malvasia did most of the talking as the officers finally convinced the despondent man after 20 minutes to change his mind. An ambulance then t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Blood taken from motorist whose car rammed Wyckoff police cruiser on Route 208 Blood taken from motorist whose car rammed Wyckoff police cruiser on Route 208 Blood taken from motorist whose car rammed Wyckoff police cruiser on Route 208
Blood taken from motorist whose car rammed Wyckoff police cruiser on Route 208 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST:  Authorities confirmed that a medical emergency may have been responsible for a crash in which a car driven by a 46-year-old Wanaque woman rear-ended a Wyckoff police cruiser on northbound Route 208 during a traffic stop this afternoon. The driver of the two-door Toyota Celica was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center under police guard following the 2 p.m. crash. Her blood was taken there and sent to the New Jersey State Police laboratory to be analyzed. Officer Thomas Tully was out of his cruiser and Officer Mark Tagliareni was in another police car in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Bergenfield woman one of two GWB DWI drivers nabbed by PAPD Bergenfield woman one of two GWB DWI drivers nabbed by PAPD Bergenfield woman one of two GWB DWI drivers nabbed by PAPD
Bergenfield woman one of two GWB DWI drivers nabbed by Papd YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police made two George Washington Bridge drunk-driving arrests in Fort Lee within hours one of another yesterday — one of them involving a Bergenfield woman. PAPD patrol officers stopped a gray 2002 Honda Accord driven by 42-year-old Luisa Ochoa just after 2 a.m. for swerving and failing to maintain a lane on the westbound upper level, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Ochoa “exhibited signs of being intoxicated and admitted to having consumed a beer,” Pentangelo said. After failing a field sobriety test, Ochoa …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack man charged after woman says she was raped while unconscious Hackensack man charged after woman says she was raped while unconscious Hackensack man charged after woman says she was raped while unconscious
Hackensack man charged after woman says she was raped while unconscious YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man was charged with raping a woman after she told police she woke up at his apartment to find him having sex with her. The 23-year-old woman said she and Luis A. Valencia, 33, “socialized together before going to his residence” Thursday night, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. She said she woke up later that evening to find him “engaging her in sexual intercourse,” he said. in Hackensack. She called city police, who notified Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit. “During that interview, the victim provided details of what …

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