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
Targeted victim stabs Bogota robber, three charged, police say Targeted victim stabs Bogota robber, three charged, police say Targeted victim stabs Bogota robber, three charged, police say
Targeted victim stabs Bogota robber, three charged, police say UPDATE: A 21-year-old man stabbed during a holdup in Bogota was actually one of the robbers, police revealed this week. Officers responding to a May 13 of a man shouting from an abandoned house on Elm Avenue and Hillcrest Street Street found a bleeding Justin Almanzar of Bogota, Police Chief John Burke said. Almanzar tried making it to a friend’s house before collapsing just across the border in Teaneck, he said. Almanzar, of Bogota, told officers that he was walking on Linden Avenue when someone following him called out his name and then stabbed him in the abdomen before taking an unde…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Funeral service for former Bergen paramedic killed in crash set for Sunday in Fort Lee Funeral service for former Bergen paramedic killed in crash set for Sunday in Fort Lee Funeral service for former Bergen paramedic killed in crash set for Sunday in Fort Lee
Funeral service for former Bergen paramedic killed in crash set for Sunday in Fort Lee TRIBUTE: A funeral service is scheduled Sunday morning for a popular flight paramedic from Leonia was killed last week in a medical helicopter crash in New Mexico. The body of 29-year-old Rebecca Serkey was expected to arrive at 6:30 a.m. Saturday at Newark Airport. A motorcade was headed there from Eden Memorial Chapel, where the service is set for 9:30 a.m. Sunday (327 Main Street, Fort Lee). Serkey was one of three people killed when the chopper crashed overnight into a hillside in the town of Newkirk, about 135 miles east of Albuquerque. The helicopter was flying from Christus …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police officer files whistleblower suit claiming retaliation by superiors Hackensack police officer files whistleblower suit claiming retaliation by superiors Hackensack police officer files whistleblower suit claiming retaliation by superiors
Hackensack police officer files whistleblower suit claiming retaliation by superiors YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack police officer claims his bosses retaliated against him for giving the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office incriminating information about a colleague. Moises Flanagan contends in a whistleblower suit against Police Director Michael Mordaga, the department and the city that he was transferred to an overnight walking post once Officer Alberto Guitierrez — about whom he provided the information — returned to the squad after being convicted on a disorderly person charge. Guitierrez was one of three officers who pleaded guilty in March of last year in connec…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Klonopin-fueled Garfield vandal ordered to pay youth club $15,000 for damage Klonopin-fueled Garfield vandal ordered to pay youth club $15,000 for damage Klonopin-fueled Garfield vandal ordered to pay youth club $15,000 for damage
Klonopin-fueled Garfield vandal ordered to pay youth club $15,000 for damage ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack today ordered a Garfield man who broke in and vandalized the local Boys and Girls Club last year to pay the club $15,000 as part of his probation. The defense lawyer for 22-year-old Norman Girdley Jr. blamed a Klonipin tablet — an anti-anxiety drug — someone gave his client that he said “didn’t agree with him.” Girdley otherwise is “a good kid, an excellent kid,” attorney John Klotz told Superior Court Judge James J. Guida. Norman Girdley Jr. (STORY / PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Girdley broke into the Boys and Girls …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge attic fire quickly extinguished Wood-Ridge attic fire quickly extinguished Wood-Ridge attic fire quickly extinguished
Wood-Ridge attic fire quickly extinguished ONLY ON CVP: Wood-Ridge firefighters quickly snuffed an attic blaze this afternoon. Their colleagues from Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Moonachie and Wallington assisted at the Innes Road fire, which broke out around 1:45 p.m. and blew through the roof. STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Michael LaFalce  PHOTO BELOW: Courtesy Michael Turner

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus resident interrupts burglars Paramus resident interrupts burglars Paramus resident interrupts burglars
Paramus resident interrupts burglars YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus resident interrupted a burglary earlier today, said police, who got descriptions from a neighbor. The intruders fled out the back door when the East Ridgewood Avenue homeowner arrived, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The neighbor reported seeing two Hispanic men, one heavyset in shorts, fleeing in a black Honda Civic. If you saw anything that could help the investigation, call Paramus PD: (201) 262-3400  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police pinch eBay seller of radar detectors, GPS units from car burglaries Mahwah police pinch eBay seller of radar detectors, GPS units from car burglaries Mahwah police pinch eBay seller of radar detectors, GPS units from car burglaries
Mahwah police pinch eBay seller of radar detectors, GPS units from car burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police arrested a former online sales manager for an auto dealer after discovering that he sold radar detectors and GPS devices on eBay that were taken in a six-week rash of car burglaries, authorities said. Windows were smashed in each of the break-ins, from last December of last year to the beginning of February, Police Chief James N. Batelli said this morning. “During the course of the investigations, a suspect vehicle was identified and broadcast to agency personnel and surrounding jurisdictions,” the chief said. Officer Daniel Stewart spotted the car …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Multi-car crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn ties up traffic Multi-car crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn ties up traffic Multi-car crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn ties up traffic
Multi-car crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn ties up traffic ONLY ON CVP: A five-car crash on southbound Route 208 tied up morning rush traffic. One person reported minor head and hand injuries in the crash around 8:50 a.m. in the left lane between Harristown Road and Maple Avenue. Two tow trucks dealt with the damaged vehicles while Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue members attended to a fluid spill. Fair Lawn Fire Company #2, Fair Lawn EMS, and Fair Lawn police also responded, along with Glen Rock police. PD officers lent assistance for a short period. Injuries were reported to an individual’s head and hand. The accident was reported at 8:50 AM. PHOTO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey Route 17 massage parlor owner, employee busted for prostitution Ramsey Route 17 massage parlor owner, employee busted for prostitution Ramsey Route 17 massage parlor owner, employee busted for prostitution
Ramsey Route 17 massage parlor owner, employee busted for prostitution YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: It took nearly a year, but Ramsey police busted a spa owner and employee who they said were involved in ongoing prostitution at the Route 17 business. “Over the past months, this department has received anonymous complaints about on-going prostitution at the Ion Spa,” Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this morning. Detective Adam Szelag “reviewed blogs that also reported prostitution at the spa,” Gurney said. On Wednesday, an undercover officer patronized the Lincoln Plaza spa on the highway’s southbound side. On July 23, 2014, this department conducted an underco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
4 family members, companion indicted in Englewood New Year’s Eve champagne glass stabbing 4 family members, companion indicted in Englewood New Year’s Eve champagne glass stabbing 4 family members, companion indicted in Englewood New Year’s Eve champagne glass stabbing
4 family members, companion indicted in Englewood New Year’s Eve champagne glass stabbing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack this week indicted four family members and a companion in the New Year’s Eve champagne-glass stabbing of a woman in Englewood. Englewood police were called just before 2 a.m. to the Elks Lodge on Bennett Road, where they said they found the bloodied victim amid glass shards. Her injuries included a broken nose, several bruises and a cut on her neck where she’d been stabbed with a broken champagne glass, they said. The woman — who turned 36 earlier this month — needed 70 stitches, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said at the time. “Anyti…

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