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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge officer discovers warrants after seatbelt stop Wood-Ridge officer discovers warrants after seatbelt stop Wood-Ridge officer discovers warrants after seatbelt stop
Wood-Ridge officer discovers warrants after seatbelt stop ONLY ON CVP: A passenger ticketed by a Wood-Ridge police officer for not wearing his seatbelt turned out to be wanted for unpaid child support and other warrants of out Passaic County, authorities said. Officer Mark Torsiello stopped a Honda Accord on South Main Street yesterday afternoon for an obstructed windshield and the driver not wearing his seatbelt, Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The passenger — identified as 32-year-old Victor Tavares — wasn’t belted either, he said. A computer check turned up the warrant from the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department for $12,7…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Section of Gorge Road collapses in Cliffside Park Section of Gorge Road collapses in Cliffside Park Section of Gorge Road collapses in Cliffside Park
Section of Gorge Road collapses in Cliffside Park ONLY ON CVP: Crews were working to repair a road collapse, caused by today’s storm blasts, on Gorge Road in Cliffside Park. Besides a sink hole, a crack goes straight across the road, while another runs laterally to it, extending a couple hundred feet at the confluence of Gorge Road, Walker Street and Adolphus Avenue. A large stretch of road was also rippled. Traffic has been diverted around the area since the collapse around 4 p.m. STORY / PHOTOS: Richard Criscione, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Baby formula thieves had heroin habits, list of 35 stores, Old Tappan police say Baby formula thieves had heroin habits, list of 35 stores, Old Tappan police say Baby formula thieves had heroin habits, list of 35 stores, Old Tappan police say
Baby formula thieves had heroin habits, list of 35 stores, Old Tappan police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A trio of heroin-addicted baby formula shoplifters had a list of pharmacies in 35 towns when they were caught moments after a theft in Old Tappan, authorities said this afternoon. All but four of the targets are in Bergen County, they said. A manager at the Old Tappan CVS in the Bi-State Plaza called police Saturday night after one of the trio entered the store with an empty tote bag, used the bathroom, then left after filling the bag with baby formula, Police Chief Thomas Shine said. “When confronted, the man ran toward an idling red Honda Civic operated by a fema…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Appalled citizens fighting back against memorials to killer of Jersey City police officer Appalled citizens fighting back against memorials to killer of Jersey City police officer Appalled citizens fighting back against memorials to killer of Jersey City police officer
Appalled citizens fighting back against memorials to killer of Jersey City police officer SHOUT OUT: Although a street shrine for the killer of 23-year-old rookie Jersey City Police Officer Melvin Santiago was torn down last night, two more have taken its place — one just blocks away and the other online. A group was in the process of assembling thousands of online petition “like”s to convince Facebook to remove the “Memorial Support Page” for the man who killed Santiago and then was slain himself in a gunfight with police over the weekend. As the number of likes swelled past 7,000, the “memorial” page was taken down — only to replaced by another. “This page is a disgrace…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Missing plate, expired inspection sticker leads to Wood-Ridge pot arrest Missing plate, expired inspection sticker leads to Wood-Ridge pot arrest Missing plate, expired inspection sticker leads to Wood-Ridge pot arrest
Missing plate, expired inspection sticker leads to Wood-Ridge pot arrest ONLY ON CVP: A missing front license plate and an expired inspection sticker led to the arrest by a Wood-Ridge police officer of a Clifton man who authorities said was carrying 2½ ounces of pot and a grinder. Officer Mark Torsiello stopped the Honda Accord on Moonachie Avenue around 5:30 last night and “immediately detected a strong odor of marijuana,” Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The driver, 22-year-old Anthony Woodbury, then gave Torsiello consent to search the vehicle, he said. Woodbury posted $1,500 bail and was released pending a Municipal Court hearing on char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Wyckoff convict serving time for bat attack pleads guilty in police chase Wyckoff convict serving time for bat attack pleads guilty in police chase Wyckoff convict serving time for bat attack pleads guilty in police chase
Wyckoff convict serving time for bat attack pleads guilty in police chase CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Wyckoff man already serving six years in state prison for assaulting a man with a baseball bat pleaded guilty today to leading Wyckoff and Ridgewood police on a dangerous car chase. Daniel A. Chaupiz sped off in the early morning hours of Jan. 3 after Wyckoff Patrolman Kyle Ferreira tried to stop him for driving erratically on Wyckoff Avenue, authorities said. The weather and road conditions forced Ferreira to break off the pursuit before Ridgewood police picked it up. Chaupiz, Tocci (FACEBOOK) Officers then tracked Chaupiz to the Walthery Avenue home of Kimberly Alva…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Memorial to Jersey City cop killer? The mother of all insults Memorial to Jersey City cop killer? The mother of all insults Memorial to Jersey City cop killer? The mother of all insults
Memorial to Jersey City cop killer? The mother of all insults A PUBLISHER WRITES: Loved ones of the maniac who shot and killed a 23-year-old rookie Jersey City police officer were free to put a temporary memorial in his neighborhood — the same as any of us were free smash it to bits. Which is apparently what happened. Sometime overnight, “someone” removed the candles, balloons and empty whiskey bottles arranged in memory of the coward who killed an innocent public servant. As it should be. I’m one to always give a pass for ignorance, in the hope that enlightenment might follow. I do all in my power to try and explain the often horrible — and in th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Former Elmwood Park High School athletes, third man charged with having videotaped sex with girl, 15 Former Elmwood Park High School athletes, third man charged with having videotaped sex with girl, 15 Former Elmwood Park High School athletes, third man charged with having videotaped sex with girl, 15
Former Elmwood Park High School athletes, third man charged with having videotaped sex with girl, 15 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two former Elmwood Park High School football players and a third man were being held in the Bergen County Jail on charges that they had videotaped themselves having sex with a drunk, underage 15-year-old girl. Craig Howe, Justin Draper and Ashari Wilson, all 18 (left to right, above), were arrested last week by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Elmwood Park police after they obtained a copy of the cellphone video, authorities said. The girl was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center after her parents found her unconscious on their front lawn o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police arrest 3 after chase, crash Lyndhurst police arrest 3 after chase, crash Lyndhurst police arrest 3 after chase, crash
Lyndhurst police arrest 3 after chase, crash THE FULL STORY: Three New York men were being held in the Bergen County Jail tonight following a Lyndhurst police chase through town. One of the occupants tried running after the car became disabled but quickly caught about a block from police headquarters, Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officer James Goral first stopped the speeding gold 2008 BMW — which bore a phony temporary license plate — on eastbound Page Avenue near Route 17 around 2 p.m., O’Connor said. The driver pulled the car to the side of the road at Schuyler Avenue but then hit the gas, made a U turn and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Tick-Tock Diner manager admits murder-for-hire plot Tick-Tock Diner manager admits murder-for-hire plot Tick-Tock Diner manager admits murder-for-hire plot
Tick-Tock Diner manager admits murder-for-hire plot BEYOND BERGEN: The former manager of the former manager of Clifton’s Tick Tock Diner admitted in court today in Paterson that he tried to hire a hit man to kill his uncle. Georgios Spyropoulos, 46, admitted conspiring to have his uncle tortured, robbed and killed for a large amount of money he believed he kept in a safe, as part of a plea bargain. In exchange, he is expected to receive an eight-year prison sentence, followed by five years of supervised release. “Thanks to the New Jersey State Police, we have a guilty nephew going to prison, instead of an uncle in a shallow grave,” said …

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