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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Police issue tickets in Ridgewood crash Police issue tickets in Ridgewood crash Police issue tickets in Ridgewood crash
Police issue tickets in Ridgewood crash ONLY ON CVP: Ridgewood police issued three summonses last night to a driver involved in a collision. Although one person complained of a head injury and another of chest pains, neither wanted to be hospitalized followiong the 11 p.m. crash at North Maple and East Ridgewood avenues. Both the two-door Pontiac and four-door Honda involved were heavily damaged and had to be removed by a tow truck. Ridgewood police and EMS workers responded. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield boy, 11, cries in court as man who sodomized him gets 8 years Garfield boy, 11, cries in court as man who sodomized him gets 8 years Garfield boy, 11, cries in court as man who sodomized him gets 8 years
Garfield boy, 11, cries in court as man who sodomized him gets 8 years YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield man was sentenced in Hackensack today to eight years in state custody for sodomizing a 9-year-old boy, as the victim sat crying in the courtroom. “You should always understand that you were the victim of a crime and you did nothing wrong,” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian told the boy, now 11, who sat in the front row as the judge sentenced 20-year-old Rigoberto Ramirez. The pre-teen put on a brave face but was overcome with emotion, burying his head in his mother’s shoulder, as Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Marybel Mercado Ramirez began outl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia man illegally had assault rifles, ammo, indictment charges Leonia man illegally had assault rifles, ammo, indictment charges Leonia man illegally had assault rifles, ammo, indictment charges
Leonia man illegally had assault rifles, ammo, indictment charges ONLY ON CVP: Police serving a Leonia man with a restraining order seized two assault rifles, a shotgun and a large-capacity magazine from his home, an indictment returned in Hackensack says. Erik Ward, 40, was released on a summons after his March 16 arrest on three illegal weapons and one illegal ammunition count, records show. The indictment says Ward didn’t have a license for the: Russian/American Armory Company Saiga 12-gauge shotgun; Elk River ERTD .62-caliber rifle; AK-47 7.82-caliber rifle; large-capacity magazine.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Car slams into Bogota home Car slams into Bogota home Car slams into Bogota home
Car slams into Bogota home YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A backing car slammed into the corner of a Bogota house this afternoon. Bogota police and fire rescue workers responded to the Elmwood Avenue home, along with the borough building inspector. The driver wasn’t injured, Mayor Tito Jackson told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS CLIFFVIEW PILOT photo PHOTOS: Courtesy BOGOTA MAYOR TITO JACKSON  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey City man in 3-kilo Fort Lee heroin bust freed on $250,000 bail Jersey City man in 3-kilo Fort Lee heroin bust freed on $250,000 bail Jersey City man in 3-kilo Fort Lee heroin bust freed on $250,000 bail
Jersey City man in 3-kilo Fort Lee heroin bust freed on $250,000 bail ONLY ON CVP: A Jersey City man who Fort Lee police said they caught with more than 6 pounds of pure heroin was released on $250,000 bail today from the Bergen County Jail. Ernis Beato, 24, was coming from Philadelphia when Fort Lee police stopped him at the George Washington Bridge on June 25 and reported finding the heroin under the seat. They charged the 5-foot-5-inch, 195-pound Beato with distributing heroin, possessing the drug and having it on school property. The federal government has estimated the street-sale price of pure heroin at as low as $100,000 per kilogram (2.2 pounds) a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man caught with loaded gun, illegal ammo impersonated cop, Rochelle Park police say Man caught with loaded gun, illegal ammo impersonated cop, Rochelle Park police say Man caught with loaded gun, illegal ammo impersonated cop, Rochelle Park police say
Man caught with loaded gun, illegal ammo impersonated cop, Rochelle Park police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Virginia security guard caught with a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets after he was stopped for speeding lied when he told Rochelle Park police that he was a cop, authorities said this morning. Officer Jared Shatkin pulled over the rented black Dodge Charger on southbound Route 17 around 11:15 last night. The driver, 31-year-old Jeremy Evans of South Chesterfield, Va., opened his wallet and displayed a badge that said “Special Officer Commonweath of Virginia,” Detective James LaPreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Shatkin and fellow Officer James LaVigna.also notice…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’ Allendale police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’ Allendale police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’
Allendale police dish up ‘Coffee with a Cop’ SHOUT OUT: Allendale police officers will meet with citizens next week to discuss community issues, build relationships – and drink coffee. The department encourages citizens to attend Coffee with a Cop, beginning at 8:30 a.m. July 19 (a week from tomorrow) at Bernie’s Bagels, 99 West Allendale Ave. All community members are invited. The coffee is free. Part of a massive effort by local police nationwide, Coffee With A Cop provides a unique opportunity for citizens to ask questions, learn more about the department’s work and build relationships in “an informal, neutral space,” Police Ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Defense in rape trial of Englewood hair salon operator rests with no witnesses Defense in rape trial of Englewood hair salon operator rests with no witnesses Defense in rape trial of Englewood hair salon operator rests with no witnesses
Defense in rape trial of Englewood hair salon operator rests with no witnesses ONLY ON CVP: A lawyer for an Englewood hair products entrepreneur being tried for rape rested his case yesterday without presenting a witness. The defendant, Sisa Butu, also didn’t testify. Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma carefully questioned Butu, 53, telling him the decision “is yours alone.” “At this point, you have the benefit of knowing the state’s case,” the judge said. “I don’t want to belabor the issue, but do you understand the consequences, the pitfalls? “Do you need any more time?” Butu — also known as James McDowell — said he’d considered the prospect thoroughly and w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Did critically injured man jump, fall or get pushed from Fair Lawn window? Did critically injured man jump, fall or get pushed from Fair Lawn window? Did critically injured man jump, fall or get pushed from Fair Lawn window?
Did critically injured man jump, fall or get pushed from Fair Lawn window? YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police detectives were trying to determine whether a bloodied man found lying on a sidewalk fell, jumped or was pushed from a second-story window above a walk-in clinic. `The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with life-threatening injuries following the incident just before 9:30 p.m. on the north side of Broadway. Responding were Fair Lawn police and EMS workers, a hospital paramedic unit and the Heavy Rescue team. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Surfer charged with sucker-punching Manhattan pedestrian has Bergenfield roots, authorities say Surfer charged with sucker-punching Manhattan pedestrian has Bergenfield roots, authorities say Surfer charged with sucker-punching Manhattan pedestrian has Bergenfield roots, authorities say
Surfer charged with sucker-punching Manhattan pedestrian has Bergenfield roots, authorities say A man with roots in Bergenfield who authorities said was caught on cellphone video sucker-punching a bartender in the face in Hell’s Kitchen — then jumped out of a police car on his way to being questioned — has posted photos of himself on Facebook surfing at exotic locations around the world. NYPD detectives grabbed 32-year-old Corey Pohan at his mother’s house in Lakewood yesterday after Tuesday’s incident was broadcast on metropolitan-area television and posted online. They were headed back to Manhattan, State Police said, when Pohan hopped out of the car at the New Jersey Turnpike 16E…

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