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
Midland Park crash sends car onto lawn, two to hospital Midland Park crash sends car onto lawn, two to hospital Midland Park crash sends car onto lawn, two to hospital
Midland Park crash sends car onto lawn, two to hospital Two people were hospitalized after a collision in Midland Park yesterday afternoon that sent one of the vehicles onto the side lawn of a nearby home, CLIFFVIEW PILOT sister site Northwest Bergen Press is reporting. A white Mercedes collided with a white Ford Fusion at the intersection of Vreeland Avenue and Hill Street after the driver of one of them ran a stop sign, according to witnesses. READ MORE….

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack rookie police officer grabs dread-locked chain snatching suspect Hackensack rookie police officer grabs dread-locked chain snatching suspect Hackensack rookie police officer grabs dread-locked chain snatching suspect
Hackensack rookie police officer grabs dread-locked chain snatching suspect A rookie Hackensack patrolman six months out of the police academy grabbed a 21-year-old city man moments after he snatched her gold chain this afternoon, city Police Director Michael Mordaga said. Officer Elvin Hernandez was on patrol near Passaic and Linden streets when he stopped Jared Carter, who fit the description of a dread-locked mugger who attacked the 30-year-old woman on State Street around 1 p.m. and took off with her chain, Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Carter was breathing hard, sweating and trying to look away from Hernandez, the police director said. He was taken into cu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Married Fort Lee construction worker trafficked child porn, prosecutor says Married Fort Lee construction worker trafficked child porn, prosecutor says Married Fort Lee construction worker trafficked child porn, prosecutor says
Married Fort Lee construction worker trafficked child porn, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married Fort Lee construction worker was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being arrested on charges of trafficking child pornography, authorities said today. Jose Chavarria, 53, of Bergen Boulevard is charged with child endangerment, Bergen Counthy Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Molinelli said he was arrested yesterday following an investigation by members of his Computer Crimes Unit and Computer Crimes Task Force and Fort Lee police. Seized were more than 100 images and/or videos of “pre-pubescent children engaged …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Driver in high-speed Route 3 crash that killed three was drunk, drugs found in car, sheriff says Driver in high-speed Route 3 crash that killed three was drunk, drugs found in car, sheriff says Driver in high-speed Route 3 crash that killed three was drunk, drugs found in car, sheriff says
Driver in high-speed Route 3 crash that killed three was drunk, drugs found in car, sheriff says UPDATE: The driver in a horrific crash yesterday that killed him, a Passaic woman and another man where eastbound Route 3 merges onto Route 495 in North Bergen was drunk — and investigators found cocaine, marijuana and pain and sleep medication in the vehicle, authorities said today. Margarita Santiago, 32, of Passaic, was headed to visit family in Massachusetts with her cousin, 34-year-old Miguel Barreto Jr., who’d come with Hector Perez, 37, also of Massachusetts, to pick her up, Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari said. The white Mercedes station wagon was speeding when it struck the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Woman injured after falling from float during Ridgewood Fourth of July parade Woman injured after falling from float during Ridgewood Fourth of July parade Woman injured after falling from float during Ridgewood Fourth of July parade
Woman injured after falling from float during Ridgewood Fourth of July parade ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A woman was hospitalized after falling off a float and hitting her head at Ridgewood’s Fourth of July parade this morning. The woman walked under her own steam to a nearby ambulance and was taken to The Valley Hospital after falling off at the intersection of Oak Street and East Ridgewood Avenue. The parade was temporarily halted while police removed the float and the pickup truck that was towing it from the parade and parked both at the nearby Mason’s Hall. They checked all paperwork as part of a preliminary investigation. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS  STORY / PHOTO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst man sexually abused girl for 6 years, indictment charges Lyndhurst man sexually abused girl for 6 years, indictment charges Lyndhurst man sexually abused girl for 6 years, indictment charges
Lyndhurst man sexually abused girl for 6 years, indictment charges UPDATE: An unemployed Lyndhurst man molested a girl over the course of six years beginning just after her sixth birthday, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges. A disturbing text message the girl sent to a friend prompted loved ones to call authorities, who told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that they found other writings by her pointing to James Gizzo, 44, last September. Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Lyndhurst police arrested the 6-foot-1, 330-pound Gizzo soon after. Gizzo, who has previous convictions for robbery, burgl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
More charges against Lodi man in Ramsey fitness center car break-ins More charges against Lodi man in Ramsey fitness center car break-ins More charges against Lodi man in Ramsey fitness center car break-ins
More charges against Lodi man in Ramsey fitness center car break-ins UPDATE: Ramsey police said they’ve tied  five more vehicle burglaries outside area fitness centers to a Lodi man first charged with breaking into cars in April. Jason Daniello, 38, was free on bail when Detectives Adam Szelga, Marc Shingelo and Adam Macaluso arrested him on Tuesday in connection with car break-ins at Retro Fitness and the New York Sports Club, both on Route 17. Three months ago, they charged him with two vehicle burglaries, one at Retro Fitness and the other at Sweat Fitness Center at the Main Plaza mall on on E. Main Street, as part of a continuing investigation, Police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Pickup truck driver in Bergenfield utility pole crash was drunk, police say Pickup truck driver in Bergenfield utility pole crash was drunk, police say Pickup truck driver in Bergenfield utility pole crash was drunk, police say
Pickup truck driver in Bergenfield utility pole crash was drunk, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a pickup truck that slammed into a utility pole in Bergenfield last weekend was drunk, police said this morning. Allan J. Martin Jr., 23, of Bergenfield failed field sobriety tests given by Patrolman Ahmed Alagha and was arrested just after 3:30 a.m. on Sunday after his Dodge hit the pole at South Prospect and Reid avenues, Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said. Martin was released to a family member and given a July 16 court date on charges of DWI and reckless driving, Madalone said.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
40 kilos cocaine, $1M cash: Drug network trial begins in Hackensack 40 kilos cocaine, $1M cash: Drug network trial begins in Hackensack 40 kilos cocaine, $1M cash: Drug network trial begins in Hackensack
40 kilos cocaine, $1M cash: Drug network trial begins in Hackensack ONLY ON CVP: Now that plea deals have been taken by three men accused of moving 40 kilos of cocaine cross-country to New Jersey in exchange for more than $1 million in cash, the trial of a fourth has finally begun in Hackensack. Carlos Marroquin, 52, who has spent the last two years in jail, is accused of stuffing the drugs into a trap in the gas tank of a tractor-trailer driven to a Metuchen warehouse. Three other men have all cut deals with prosecutors and are testifying against Marroquin in the trial. All four were arrested by a New Jersey State Police troopers and detectives as they…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Routine Paramus traffic stop leads to pot, cash seizure, arrest Routine Paramus traffic stop leads to pot, cash seizure, arrest Routine Paramus traffic stop leads to pot, cash seizure, arrest
Routine Paramus traffic stop leads to pot, cash seizure, arrest ONLY ON CVP: A routine traffic stop by a Paramus police officer led to the discovery of a bag of marijuana and $6,000 in cash, both of which were seized in the arrest of a Rhode Island man. Officer Anthony Mordaga stopped a rented 2014 Dodge Charger on southbound Route 17 near Midland Avenue around 1 a.m. Wednesday for not properly maintaining a lane, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Mordaga smelled pot and spotted a clear plastic bag of the drug in the center console, Guidetti said. Bryan Nelson, 29, of Providence, RI, was being held on $5,000 bail in the Berge…

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