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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes firefighters free driver in rollover Franklin Lakes firefighters free driver in rollover Franklin Lakes firefighters free driver in rollover
Franklin Lakes firefighters free driver in rollover YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 84-year-old Franklin Lakes man’s Jeep hit several trees before rolling onto its roof after he fell asleep behind the wheel yesterday, police said this morning. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the 3:15 p.m. crash on Freemans Lane between Old Forge and Iroquois lanes. His southbound 2004 Jeep Cherokee drifted to the right and then the left before hitting the trees and overturning, Police Lt. John Bakelaar said. Franklin Lakes firefighters used a seatbelt cutting device to free him. Also responding were Franklin fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Route 17 stop leads Rochelle Park police to pot, Oxy in Hackensack man’s BMW Route 17 stop leads Rochelle Park police to pot, Oxy in Hackensack man’s BMW Route 17 stop leads Rochelle Park police to pot, Oxy in Hackensack man’s BMW
Route 17 stop leads Rochelle Park police to pot, Oxy in Hackensack man’s BMW YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man caught with four bags of marijuana and 150 illegal Oxycodone pills after a Route 17 traffic stop had another bag of pot in his shoe, Rochelle Park police said. Officer Jared Shatkin stopped the black BMW with North Carolina license plates for several motor-vehicle violations on the southbound highway around 11:30 last night, Detective Jim DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Right away, Shatkin could smell marijuana, DePreta said. Driver Wayne Hall, 34, gave the officer a different name — which Shatkin discovered after obtaining a consent t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woman says Englewood hair salon operator raped, threatened to kill her Woman says Englewood hair salon operator raped, threatened to kill her Woman says Englewood hair salon operator raped, threatened to kill her
Woman says Englewood hair salon operator raped, threatened to kill her SPECIAL REPORT: An Englewood hair salon operator’s former lover told jurors in Hackensack that he raped her in his house and then got drunk and began throwing up, giving her the opportunity to escape. “He told me to bring him a bucket, so I did,” the 49-year-old mother of two testified during the first day in the trial of Sisa Butu, 53. “When he started vomiting I saw my chance, grabbed my clothes, and ran next door. “The man there let me in, closed the door and turned off the porch light while I called first the police and then my husband.” The lawyer for Butu insisted that his client …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Car rolls off Garden State Parkway in Washington Township Car rolls off Garden State Parkway in Washington Township Car rolls off Garden State Parkway in Washington Township
Car rolls off Garden State Parkway in Washington Township YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Traffic delays were extensive after a northbound car on the Garden State Parkway rolled and landed on its roof just south of Exit 168 and north of the Glen Avenue bridge in Washington Township this afternoon. The driver was taken to the hospital with a back injury that authorities said wasn’t life-threatening after the 3:45 p.m. crash. A heavy-duty tow truck with a hydraulic crane lifted the vehicle back over the guard rail and righted it so it could be removed by a flatbed. New Jersey State Police were joined by Washington Township police and firefighters, a para…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Victim relieved trial date finally set in Hackensack laundry stabbing Victim relieved trial date finally set in Hackensack laundry stabbing Victim relieved trial date finally set in Hackensack laundry stabbing
Victim relieved trial date finally set in Hackensack laundry stabbing CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Hackensack man stabbed 11 times by his wife’s ex-boyfriend at a local laundry told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that he’s relieved that the case is finally moving toward a trial. So, too, was Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer, who said she’s still awaiting a response to a plea offer she made to Carlos Victoriano more than four months ago. The same goes for the victim’s teenage son, who was injured trying to stop the March 2013 attack, and his younger brother, who has attended every court hearing in the case since then. “I was in the hospital nine or 10 days,” s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood apartment building fire quickly contained Westwood apartment building fire quickly contained Westwood apartment building fire quickly contained
Westwood apartment building fire quickly contained YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Westwood firefighters quickly smacked down an apartment building kitchen blaze around lunchtime today. They arrived at the seven-story Westwood House at the end of Madison Avenue to find that smoke from the fire on the south side of the building had spread from the third floor to several apartments above, Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The building was safely evacuated,” he said. “No one was hurt.” Two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion and a resident for smoke inhalation, but no one was hospitalized, the chief said. Other towns wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Reoffend, release, reoffend, release — the saga of onetime Englewood basketball phenom continues Reoffend, release, reoffend, release — the saga of onetime Englewood basketball phenom continues Reoffend, release, reoffend, release — the saga of onetime Englewood basketball phenom continues
Reoffend, release, reoffend, release — the saga of onetime Englewood basketball phenom continues SPECIAL REPORT: Englewood police were surprised when a woman told them that she was assaulted before dawn yesterday by basketball phenom Sean Banks. They thought he was behind bars. Over the past 18 months, Banks has been jailed — and freed — no fewer than a half-dozen times. That includes a June 22 warrant arrest after police found him at a local flophouse being used as a gambling den, recording studio and marijuana stashhouse. No sooner was Banks taken to the Bergen County Jail that night than he posted $15,000 bail and was released. A little more than two weeks before, Banks was arre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police seize more than 40 pounds of pot, hash oil, arrest 2 in MV stop Mahwah police seize more than 40 pounds of pot, hash oil, arrest 2 in MV stop Mahwah police seize more than 40 pounds of pot, hash oil, arrest 2 in MV stop
Mahwah police seize more than 40 pounds of pot, hash oil, arrest 2 in MV stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police seized more than 40 pounds of marijuana and arrested two Rensselaer, NY men with drug records after stopping their minivan on Route 17. Officer Ryan Hill pulled over the rented Chrysler Town & Country for a traffic violation near Mountainside Avenue around 9:30 a.m. yesterday, Police Chief James Batelli said. The driver, 22-year-old David Farone (above, right), didn’t have the necessary paperwork for the vehicle, Batelli said. Both he and his passenger, William Mackey, 28 (above, left), “appeared nervous and gave inconsistent and conflicting sto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Fallen tree causes traffic headache in Moonachie, Little Ferry Fallen tree causes traffic headache in Moonachie, Little Ferry Fallen tree causes traffic headache in Moonachie, Little Ferry
Fallen tree causes traffic headache in Moonachie, Little Ferry TRAFFIC ALERT: A fallen tree was expected to keep Liberty Street, a major Moonachie/Little Ferry thoroughfare, closed past lunch, authorities said. Among those affected are NJ Transit Bus #161. PHOTO: Justin Derevyanik (CLICK HERE FOR MORE)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock police sergeant helps translate for driver in Hawthorne crash Glen Rock police sergeant helps translate for driver in Hawthorne crash Glen Rock police sergeant helps translate for driver in Hawthorne crash
Glen Rock police sergeant helps translate for driver in Hawthorne crash ONLY ON CVP: A Glen Rock police officer helped translate for a non-English-speaking driver of a minivan with a handicapped placard that barreled into a Hawthorne park and destroyed a Verizon underground equipment portal this morning. The driver lost control of the Nissan Quest around 8:30 a.m. while headed north on Goffle Road approaching Rea Avenue. He was alert and conscious when emergency personnel arrived and was taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance. The vehicle was removed by flatbed tow truck. Glen Rock Sgt. Christopher McInerney assisted with translating for Hawthorne police, …

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