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
Motorcyclist killed in five-vehicle pileup on Route 17 in Paramus Motorcyclist killed in five-vehicle pileup on Route 17 in Paramus Motorcyclist killed in five-vehicle pileup on Route 17 in Paramus
Motorcyclist killed in five-vehicle pileup on Route 17 in Paramus YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 33-year-old motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed in a five-vehicle crash on Route 17 south in Paramus this afternoon, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A 21-year-old Franklin Lakes woman texting on her phone caused a multi-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Paramus yesterday that killed a 33-year-old motorcyclist from Elmwood Park, authorities said today. READ MORE… The pileup involving a Jeep, a minivan, a BMW sedan and a fifth vehicle occurred around 1:45 p.m. near the Staples Shopping Center on the southbound highway. Police officers…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee officers chase down suspect after bank fraud Fort Lee officers chase down suspect after bank fraud Fort Lee officers chase down suspect after bank fraud
Fort Lee officers chase down suspect after bank fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con from the Bronx was chased down by two Fort Lee police officers after he tried to open a bank account with a fake identity, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officer John Bakas put the cuffs on Thomas Woodvens, 32, after his feet got tangled and he fell around the corner from the Wells Fargo branch on Lemoine Avenue just before 11 a.m. yesterday, Capt. Stanley Zon told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Woodvens was being chased by Detective William Cullen, who was first on the scene, the captain said. Zon said Woodvens tried using a bogus New York driver’s license and Visa…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack repeat offender caught ‘upskirting’ at Target again, police say Hackensack repeat offender caught ‘upskirting’ at Target again, police say Hackensack repeat offender caught ‘upskirting’ at Target again, police say
Hackensack repeat offender caught ‘upskirting’ at Target again, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A self-admitted voyeur from Hackensack — charged the past several years with capturing upskirt images with his cellphone in New Jersey and Nevada — was at it again in the local Target, city police said this morning. Christian J. Crews, 34, got the images by placing a mirror into a basket of items he had no intention of buying and then sidling up to women at the checkout line or picking out merchandise, “which gave him a clear view,” Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Three incidents were reported at the same Hackensack Avenue store, Salcedo said —…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Grand jury indicts trio nabbed by Bergen County Police officer on gun charges Grand jury indicts trio nabbed by Bergen County Police officer on gun charges Grand jury indicts trio nabbed by Bergen County Police officer on gun charges
Grand jury indicts trio nabbed by Bergen County Police officer on gun charges ONLY ON CVP: Three people — two of them convicted felons — were carrying a pair of guns when a Bergen County police officer stopped their car for an unsafe lane change on Route 46 in Palisades Park, a grand jury indictment returned in Hackensack charges. BCPD Officer Fred Rivera stopped the red Honda Civic on the westbound highway on Jan. 27. Rivera grew suspicious “when the three occupants of the vehicle provided him with conflicting and inconsistent answers to his questions,” Capt. James Mullin told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time. After obtaining written consent to search the car, he fou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Trucker charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed Waldwick officer Trucker charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed Waldwick officer Trucker charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed Waldwick officer
Trucker charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed Waldwick officer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have arrested the tractor-trailer driver responsible for the overnight crash that killed Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell on Route 17 and charged him with vehicular homicide. Ryon Cumberbatch, 29, of Brooklyn posted $25,000 bail and was released Thursday night on the second-degree charge, pending an initial appearance in Bergen County Central Municipal Court on Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell Goodell didn’t have the lights of the unmarked police car activated when the 18-w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Popular Bergen paramedic killed in New Mexico helicopter crash Popular Bergen paramedic killed in New Mexico helicopter crash Popular Bergen paramedic killed in New Mexico helicopter crash
Popular Bergen paramedic killed in New Mexico helicopter crash TRIBUTE: A popular flight paramedic from Leonia was killed in a medical helicopter crash in New Mexico overnight. Rebecca Serkey, 29, was one of three people killed when the chopper crashed around 3 a.m. into a hillside in the town of Newkirk, about 135 miles east of Albuquerque, a flight nurse in Nevada and a local EMT who had plans to get together with her this weekend confirmed. The helicopter was flying from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe to Tucumcari, authorities there said. “She was a tremendous asset to every department that she worked for and has touche…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ho-Ho-Kus man who posted hateful comments about dead officer is extremely mentally ill, sister says Ho-Ho-Kus man who posted hateful comments about dead officer is extremely mentally ill, sister says Ho-Ho-Kus man who posted hateful comments about dead officer is extremely mentally ill, sister says
Ho-Ho-Kus man who posted hateful comments about dead officer is extremely mentally ill, sister says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Amid police protection outside his sister’s home, a Ho-Ho-Kus man this afternoon removed hateful comments about a dead Waldwick police officer from Facebook page. Despite being a onetime child prodigy and chess master, George Grasser is “extremely” mentally ill, his sister, Elaine Blumenthal, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “We’ve taken him in and done our best,” she said. “But he had a tragic childhood that directly affected him. “He was 12 when he found our mother dead. He was raised by our father, who had issues of his own. He basically has the mentality of a child,” th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police charge Bergenfield woman with stealing pocketbook from court Hackensack police charge Bergenfield woman with stealing pocketbook from court Hackensack police charge Bergenfield woman with stealing pocketbook from court
Hackensack police charge Bergenfield woman with stealing pocketbook from court YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: It was a bold move for a Bergenfield woman to steal another woman’s pocketbook from a Hackensack courtroom — but not a very wise one, given the video surveillance cameras, city police said. Nancy Llerena, 65, was accompanying a friend who had to answer a traffic summons yesterday morning, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The victim left her pocketbook behind as she approached the judge, and Llerena slipped it inside her own, got up and walked out, Salcedo said. “We identified the man she was with and he identified her,” the captain said. Pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities: DWI driver in Wyckoff police chase gets 14 tickets Authorities: DWI driver in Wyckoff police chase gets 14 tickets Authorities: DWI driver in Wyckoff police chase gets 14 tickets
Authorities: DWI driver in Wyckoff police chase gets 14 tickets YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Midland Park police helped their Wyckoff colleagues catch a speeding drunk driver who received 14 summonses, along with criminal charges, as a result, authorities said. Officer James Bakelaar clocked 34-year-old Michael S. Scian of Pompton Plains at 74 miles an hour on Route 208 just before 3 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this morning. Scian pulled off at Cedar Hill Avenue and continued going, with Bakelaar in pursuit, through several streets before bailing out at the end of Brewster Road, Fox said. The Midland Park officer spotted Scian at Sicoma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Law enforcement rallies to assist Waldwick police after crash kills officer Law enforcement rallies to assist Waldwick police after crash kills officer Law enforcement rallies to assist Waldwick police after crash kills officer
Law enforcement rallies to assist Waldwick police after crash kills officer UPDATE: Local law enforcement is rallying to the aid of Waldwick police following the pre-dawn death of Officer Christopher Goodell. Goodell was killed when his vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer during a radar detail on southbound Route 17. Authorities charged the long-haul trucker behind the wheel with vehicular homicide. READ MORE…. “This tragic accident gives pause to the inherent dangers of our profession,” said Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli, president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association. Waldwick Police Officer Christopher Goodell Batelli is coordinating…

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