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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bicyclist condition serious as Paramus police hunt hit and run driver Bicyclist condition serious as Paramus police hunt hit and run driver Bicyclist condition serious as Paramus police hunt hit and run driver
Bicyclist condition serious as Paramus police hunt hit and run driver YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 50-year-old bicyclist from Fort Lee remained in serious condition after a hit-and-run crash involving a full-sized SUV in Paramus last night, authorities said this morning. Meanwhile, police released information on the vehicle: It’s white or eggshell-colored, with tinted windows, a possible Nissan emblem and probable front end and passenger-side mirror damage, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Tomo Shindo and a male companion were riding foldable bikes when she was struck on Paramus Road — in the area of Farmington Lane, ust north of Route 4 — around 9:10 p.m.…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Utility company diversion burglars steal thousands from Leonia homeowner Utility company diversion burglars steal thousands from Leonia homeowner Utility company diversion burglars steal thousands from Leonia homeowner
Utility company diversion burglars steal thousands from Leonia homeowner YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Leonia homeowner lost several thousand dollars after being conned by a diversion burglary team. The victim told police a man claiming to work for PSE&G rang his doorbell Friday afternoon, saying the utility “was going to install a new utility pole in the rear yard,” Police Chief Thomas Rowe said tonight. The bandit then convinced the man to accompany him to the backyard to show him where the pole would go, Rowe said. He remained on a cellphone the entire time, giving someone on the other line a play-by-play of what was happening, the chief said. After 15 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy cadets see emergency services up close Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy cadets see emergency services up close Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy cadets see emergency services up close
Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy cadets see emergency services up close SHOUT OUT: The Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy was held July 21-25 for 45 junior recruits. During the week, the junior recruits learned team building and discipline skills while seeing demonstrations from the Bergen County Police K-9 and SWAT units and Fair Lawn’s Fire Department, Rescue Squad and Ambulance Corps. They also visited the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack and the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Institute in Mahwah. PHOTOS: Courtesy FAIR LAWN PD  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Alpine garage fire put down Alpine garage fire put down Alpine garage fire put down
Alpine garage fire put down ONLY ON CVP: Firefighters quickly contained a garage fire at an Alpine house this afternoon, although it apparently caused smoke damage to a room above. A friend of the homeowner at Wilson Drive and Hillside Avenue was “working on the gas filter of the vehicle when a spotlight broke and the gas from the vehicle ignited the fire” around 2:15 p.m., Police Chief Christopher J. Belcolle said. The man was treated at the scene for burns on his neck and left shoulder, the chief said. Alpine firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Cresskill, Closter, Demarest and Harrington Park, as w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Missing Union City boy, 9, wanders from Central Park Zoo to 42nd Street bus terminal Missing Union City boy, 9, wanders from Central Park Zoo to 42nd Street bus terminal Missing Union City boy, 9, wanders from Central Park Zoo to 42nd Street bus terminal
Missing Union City boy, 9, wanders from Central Park Zoo to 42nd Street bus terminal BEYOND BERGEN: A Union City couple who lost their 9-year-old son at the Central Park Zoo spent two hours of panic before Port Authority police found him at the midtown Manhattan bus terminal, authorities said. Officers spotted Christopher Villavicencio in the south wing of the terminal around 6 o’clock last night, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. They took him to their station at the terminal, where he was reunited with his mother, Ivonne Benito, and sister. They then connected with  and father, Freddy Villavicenzio, who stayed with police at the park…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Basement appliance fire destroys Closter home Basement appliance fire destroys Closter home Basement appliance fire destroys Closter home
Basement appliance fire destroys Closter home YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Alarms this morning woke a Closter mother, father and two children whose home was destroyed by an accidental fire that began in the basement. The father, who inhaled smoke when he opened the basement door, and a firefighter who fell in the house were briefly hospitalized before being released, Closter Police Lt. James B Winters told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A second firefighter was treated for a small burn at the scene, he said. “The fire does not seem to be suspicious,” Winters said, adding that investigators were looking at “a malfunctioning small appliance being used in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Former Northern Valley wrestler pleads guilty to assaulting teammate, enters intervention program to clear name Former Northern Valley wrestler pleads guilty to assaulting teammate, enters intervention program to clear name Former Northern Valley wrestler pleads guilty to assaulting teammate, enters intervention program to clear name
Former Northern Valley wrestler pleads guilty to assaulting teammate, enters intervention program to clear name ONLY ON CVP: A former Northern Valley Regional High School wrestler who slammed a teammate’s head into a locker during a fight at school was admitted into a pre-trial intervention program after pleading guilty in a Hackensack courtroom. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Nicholas Ostuni requested the guilty plea to avoid having to bring the victim to court if 19-year-old Angelo M. Consoli of Fort Lee doesn’t complete the intervention program successfully. (clockwise, from top): Angelo Consoli, defense attorney S. Emile Lisboa, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Nicholas Ostuni (STORY / PH…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Port Authority police chase alleged purse snatcher through Lincoln Tunnel traffic Port Authority police chase alleged purse snatcher through Lincoln Tunnel traffic Port Authority police chase alleged purse snatcher through Lincoln Tunnel traffic
Port Authority police chase alleged purse snatcher through Lincoln Tunnel traffic BEYOND BERGEN: A thief nearly ran into the Lincoln Tunnel, darting through traffic on the Manhattan side, before Port Authority police grabbed him. An officer on her post saw 24-year-old Jonathan Jackson run past her onto the 39th Street overpass yesterday afternoon, interfering with cars headed into the tunnel, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. She alerted her colleagues, who chased him down. The victim then came up and told them he’d been standing at the corner of 40th Street and Ninth Avenue when Jackson grabbed a bag of belongings and cash that he was holding. J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge teen charged with beating another unconscious in middle of street Wood-Ridge teen charged with beating another unconscious in middle of street Wood-Ridge teen charged with beating another unconscious in middle of street
Wood-Ridge teen charged with beating another unconscious in middle of street YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Wood-Ridge man who police said beat a 17-year-old boy unconscious in the middle of the street last night turned himself in to police this morning. Brandon Johnson was scared off by witnesses as he was punching and kicking the much smaller victim on Hillcrest Avenue just before 7 o’clock last night, Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Responding officers summoned an ambulance, which took the unconscious victim to Hackensack University Medical Center, Rutigliano said. The boy sustained a concussion, he said. Police did…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Saddle Brook man covered in vomit at mall fought with, spit at officers, Paramus police say Saddle Brook man covered in vomit at mall fought with, spit at officers, Paramus police say Saddle Brook man covered in vomit at mall fought with, spit at officers, Paramus police say
Saddle Brook man covered in vomit at mall fought with, spit at officers, Paramus police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunken Saddle Brook man who Paramus police found covered in vomit at the Garden State Plaza fought with and spit at them as they took him to a hospital to dry out, authorities said. Kenneth Arch, 27, remained held on $5,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail today, charged with assaulting police, threatening to kill and resisting arrest. Arch — whose record includes burglaries and a resisting incident in which an officer was hit by a car — was sitting on a mall couch when police were called around 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told CLIF…

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