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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey City man charged in Lyndhurst hit and run abused arresting officer, police say Jersey City man charged in Lyndhurst hit and run abused arresting officer, police say Jersey City man charged in Lyndhurst hit and run abused arresting officer, police say
Jersey City man charged in Lyndhurst hit and run abused arresting officer, police say ONLY ON CVP: A Jersey City man who left the scene of a crash in Lyndhurst was drunk and abusive to the Wood-Ridge police officer who stopped his car a short time later, authorities said. The vehicle, which had heavy front-end damage, was swerving with its lights off when Officer Mark Torsiello stopped it on Route 17 before dawn Friday, Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The driver — identified as 27-year-old Jose Quintero — “began shouting obscenities at the officer,” he said. Torsiello “detected a odor of marijuana and alcoholic beverage,” then took Quintero into custody…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, 3, flown to hospital after father pulls her from River Vale pool Girl, 3, flown to hospital after father pulls her from River Vale pool Girl, 3, flown to hospital after father pulls her from River Vale pool
Girl, 3, flown to hospital after father pulls her from River Vale pool YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 3-year-old girl pulled from a backyard pool in River Vale was flown to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was in the intensive care unit tonight. The father found his daughter floating face-down, then jumped into the pool and pulled her out, after which a doctor attending a gathering there administered CPR, Detective Sgt. John J. DeVoe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The call from the Arcadia Place home came in at 5:13 p.m., DeVoe said, after which responding officers found the girl with a pulse but with labored breathing pale skin and blue lips. The officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Michael Miktus of Elmwood Park: Brother recalls brilliance, wit, courage Michael Miktus of Elmwood Park: Brother recalls brilliance, wit, courage Michael Miktus of Elmwood Park: Brother recalls brilliance, wit, courage
Michael Miktus of Elmwood Park: Brother recalls brilliance, wit, courage TRIBUTE: He was a unique, beautiful creature, with fatal flaws and riotous inner demons juxtaposed against compassion, caring and love not seen often enough in this world. Hunter Thompson would have lumped Michael in with “God’s own prototypes” — a “high-powered mutant, never even considered for mass-production.” He rarely half-assed anything. If worth doing at all, it was done full-tilt with consequences always an after-thought. I admired his ample testicular fortitude and stood often in awe of it. His amateur stand-up performances on holidays and random backyard barbeques weres legend…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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All safe after Fair Lawn fire All safe after Fair Lawn fire All safe after Fair Lawn fire
All safe after Fair Lawn fire YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Two residents were treated for smoke inhalation after Fair Lawn firefighters quickly beat back an early-morning fire. The fully-involved blaze broke out on the second floor of a 27th Street home just before 5:30 a.m. A report of people trapped proved unfounded. Elmwood Park and Saddle Brook provided mutual aid PHOTO: Courtesy MICHAEL SHORE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Elmwood Park officer injured, drunk driver charged in crash at DWI checkpoint Elmwood Park officer injured, drunk driver charged in crash at DWI checkpoint Elmwood Park officer injured, drunk driver charged in crash at DWI checkpoint
Elmwood Park officer injured, drunk driver charged in crash at DWI checkpoint YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A police officer sustained minor injuries after a drunk driver crashed his vehicle into a DWI checkpoint trailer on Route 46 in Elmwood Park before dawn this morning. Elmwood Park Police Officer Christopher Finn was in his patrol vehicle during a breakdown of the checkpoint just after 4 a.m. when it was struck by a car driven by 23-year-old John J. McCarthy of Elmwood Park, Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Finn was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with what Higgins said appeared to be minor injuries. McCar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia police seek van tied to afternoon business-suit burglar Leonia police seek van tied to afternoon business-suit burglar Leonia police seek van tied to afternoon business-suit burglar
Leonia police seek van tied to afternoon business-suit burglar YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Leonia police this afternoon released a surveillance photo of an extended van believed connected to a business-suited, briefcase-carrying burglar who was caught on surveillance video breaking into a home yesterday. * * * * * * YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Thanks in part to a Telemundo viewer who recognized him, Leonia police said they’ve caught the business-suited burglary captured on surveillance video breaking into a home, as well as an alleged lookout he was talking with on a cellphone. READ MORE…. * * * * * * As first reported earlier today on CLIFFVIEW PILOT,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Texting driver not criminally responsible in Route 17 crash that killed Elmwood Park motorcyclist, police find Texting driver not criminally responsible in Route 17 crash that killed Elmwood Park motorcyclist, police find Texting driver not criminally responsible in Route 17 crash that killed Elmwood Park motorcyclist, police find
Texting driver not criminally responsible in Route 17 crash that killed Elmwood Park motorcyclist, police find UPDATE: A texting driver who caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed an Elmwood Park motorcyclist on Route 17 in Paramus wasn’t responsible for his death, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Investigators determined that Michael Miktus, 33, couldn’t stop his cycle in time because he was following too closely, the source said. So while Nadine Nixon, 21, of Franklin Lakes received summonses for reckless driving, texting while driving and tailgating, she wasn’t criminally charged. Michael Miktus “Stopping short caused the wreck because of texting, but not the death,” the sour…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Leonia police hunt burglar in business suit Leonia police hunt burglar in business suit Leonia police hunt burglar in business suit
Leonia police hunt burglar in business suit YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A business-suited, briefcase-carrying burglar was caught on surveillance video breaking into a Leonia home yesterday. Police believe the bandit who struck on Cottage Place at 3:30 p.m. — and possibly on nearby Hillside Avenue around the same time — had an accomplice. Neighbors reported seeing a white minivan that might have been occupied by a lookout. “We’re trying to determine whether the two break-ins are connected,” Capt. Scott Tamagny told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. A portion of the video released by police shows the burglar in a grayish suit, with a bla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ State Police ID Elmwood Park motorcyclist, 41, killed in overnight Route 80 crash in Lodi NJ State Police ID Elmwood Park motorcyclist, 41, killed in overnight Route 80 crash in Lodi NJ State Police ID Elmwood Park motorcyclist, 41, killed in overnight Route 80 crash in Lodi
NJ State Police ID Elmwood Park motorcyclist, 41, killed in overnight Route 80 crash in Lodi YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State Police identified a motorcyclist killed overnight in a crash with a tractor-trailer on Route 80 in Lodi as 41-year-old Mark Candelario of Elmwood Park. A preliminary investigation found that Candelario victim, riding his Yamaha on the far left, “failed to maintain his lane,” sending the cycle into the Freight Liner tractor-trailer in the center lane just after 1 a.m., State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said. Candelario was pronounced dead at the scene — the second death of an Elmwood Park motorcyclist in Bergen County in a little over 12 hours. The 34-year-old …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Arrests in Route 80 shooting death can’t console grieving family of Hackensack victim Arrests in Route 80 shooting death can’t console grieving family of Hackensack victim Arrests in Route 80 shooting death can’t console grieving family of Hackensack victim
Arrests in Route 80 shooting death can’t console grieving family of Hackensack victim BEHIND THE STORY: Jeff Mansilla’s loved ones thought they’d exhale when investigators at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office in Paramus yesterday told them they’d identified two people in the shooting death of the popular Hackensack limousine company owner on Route 80 in Saddle Brook. There was some sense of relief after six weeks of waiting, but it was short-lived, his sister-in-law, Zeina Mansilla, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “We thought it was going to make us all feel at ease,” she said of the arrests of Mujahideen Abdullah, 25, and Jomaris Gonzalez, 28, at their Newark apartment yesterda…

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