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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Callahan’s truck headed to Paramus, Mahwah, Ridgewood Callahan’s truck headed to Paramus, Mahwah, Ridgewood Callahan’s truck headed to Paramus, Mahwah, Ridgewood
Callahan’s truck headed to Paramus, Mahwah, Ridgewood SHOUT OUT: Shouts of “single!” are headed to Ridgewood and Mahwah for the very first time this weekend with the scheduled arrival of the Callahan’s hot dog truck, following a return stop tomorrow at Van Saun Park in Paramus. Daniel DeMiglio — whose grandfather, Leonard “Artie” Castranni, founded the onetime landmark eatery on Palisade Avenue in Fort Lee — has brought the snappy dogs back in a brightly colored truck that bears the company slogan “So Big, So Good.” DeMiglio (photo, above) has been making the rounds of Bergen and Hudson counties, and on Thursday comes to the Wild Duck Pon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Device found in New Milford near Teaneck synagogue harmless Device found in New Milford near Teaneck synagogue harmless Device found in New Milford near Teaneck synagogue harmless
Device found in New Milford near Teaneck synagogue harmless ONLY ON CVP: A suspicious device found in New Milford near a synagogue brought emergency responders from two towns, the Bergen County Bomb Squad and a notification to State Police earlier today. “We wanted to have everything in place in case it turned out to be serious,” New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Luckily, it was harmless. “If it wasn’t, the incident would have gone to a whole different level.” A public works employee found the aluminum pipe, with red caps at both ends, while cutting the grass on a median maintained by the borough at New Bridge Road…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor falls into Carlstadt sinkhole Tractor falls into Carlstadt sinkhole Tractor falls into Carlstadt sinkhole
Tractor falls into Carlstadt sinkhole ONLY ON CVP: A local tower lifted a tractor safely from a sink hole in Carlstadt that opened this morning after a water main break. The driver tried getting the rig through after the break on 13th Street, opening the 15-by-15 foot hole. Nick’s Towing got the truck out without puncturing the gas tank. A hazardous materials crew cleaned up some spilled oil. United Water was working on the broken main. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Drunk, unlicensed driver caught with stolen Fort Lee minivan Drunk, unlicensed driver caught with stolen Fort Lee minivan Drunk, unlicensed driver caught with stolen Fort Lee minivan
Drunk, unlicensed driver caught with stolen Fort Lee minivan ONLY ON CVP: An unlicensed driver who parked a mini-van behind a Port Authority police car in the westbound bus slip near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee had just stolen it from a nearby rental lot — and was drunk, authorities said. Port Authority Police Sgt. Christopher Terranova and Officer Jesse Turano had the 2014 Chrysler minivan pull up behind them around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The driver, 38-year-old Richard Lopez of Manhattan, told them he found it “parked and running with nobody in it,” they said. Lopez “was unsteady on his feet an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle finally on track Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle finally on track Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle finally on track
Murder trial in Teaneck love triangle finally on track ONLY ON CVP: Bergen County prosecutors are anticipating the go-ahead to move toward a trial against a New York City man in the murder of popular Verizon software engineer Robert Cantor of Teaneck. After telling his private lawyer that he’s broke, Sui Kam “Tony” Tung will be represented by veteran defense attorney Robert N. Kalisch of the county Public Defender’s Office. A judge in Hackensack yesterday gave Kalisch four months to begin preparing his case. A plea bargain was unlikely: Bergen County Prosecutor John L Molinelli’s has instituted a policy of not offering them in murder cases.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Man kills himself on Route 3 in East Rutherford Man kills himself on Route 3 in East Rutherford Man kills himself on Route 3 in East Rutherford
Man kills himself on Route 3 in East Rutherford YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst man whose wife died earlier this year killed himself by stepping in front of a tractor-trailer on Route 3 in East Rutherford this morning, following an unsuccessful attempt on the New Jersey Turnpike in Linden last month, authorities said. Christoph J. Moje, 43, parked his car on the eastbound shoulder just west of the Turnpike, crouched behind it and then darted in front of the rig just after 7 a.m., East Rutherford Police Chief Lawrence Minda said.     NJ.COM PHOTO

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs home invasion robbers assaulted woman, took $75K in cash, jewelry, indictment says Englewood Cliffs home invasion robbers assaulted woman, took $75K in cash, jewelry, indictment says Englewood Cliffs home invasion robbers assaulted woman, took $75K in cash, jewelry, indictment says
Englewood Cliffs home invasion robbers assaulted woman, took $75K in cash, jewelry, indictment says ONLY ON CVP: Two men arrested following a home invasion and police chase in Englewood Cliffs took more than $75,000 in cash and jewelry, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack says. Isiah Freeman (above, left) and Jory Powell, both 26 and from the Bronx, broke into the house last Aug. 8 and assaulted a woman, now 64, after pretending to be PSE&G workers checking a gas leak, authorities said at the time. Although she declined medical attention at first, the woman went to an area hospital with pain in her shoulder, Englewood Cliffs Police Chief Michael Cioffi told CLIFFVIE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, 16, says Leonia man molested her after offering ride Girl, 16, says Leonia man molested her after offering ride Girl, 16, says Leonia man molested her after offering ride
Girl, 16, says Leonia man molested her after offering ride YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married construction worker from Leonia who offered a 16-year-old girl a ride molested her in his car before she managed to break free, authorities said today. Wilfredo Arias, 48, was arrested just after midnight Friday after the girl called 911, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. He being held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and child endangerment, after detectives from the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Leonia police investigated, Molinelli said. Arias is scheduled to be arraigned tom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood police hunt attempted home burglars off Route 17 Ridgewood police hunt attempted home burglars off Route 17 Ridgewood police hunt attempted home burglars off Route 17
Ridgewood police hunt attempted home burglars off Route 17 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities were searching for two 20-something men in a gold-colored Mercedes following an aborted burglary in Ridgewood this morning. A resident walking his dog told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that he nearly ran into the pair as they dashed to their car after the burglar alarm sounded at the home on the corner of Kingsbridge Lane and West Saddle River Road — barely 70 yards from the northbound entrance to Route 17. The getaway car, which pulled onto the northbound highway, had New York license plates, he said. Witnesses reported seeing two dark-skinned men running from th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs attorney indicted on charges of stealing from injured client Englewood Cliffs attorney indicted on charges of stealing from injured client Englewood Cliffs attorney indicted on charges of stealing from injured client
Englewood Cliffs attorney indicted on charges of stealing from injured client YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A disbarred Englewood Cliffs attorney was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of siphoning $88,000 from a severely injured client’s $100,000 insurance settlement for his own use. Jeffrey P. Squitieri, 48, who was disbarred 18 months ago, was sentenced in December 2012 in Manhattan to 30 months in federal prison after admitting that he filed a $1 million claim against the FBI for a man who he thought was a car accident victim. The man actually was an undercover agent working with a healthcare fraud task force. Wearing a wire, the agent met with Squitie…

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