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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
How you can help Dumont native battling cancer How you can help Dumont native battling cancer How you can help Dumont native battling cancer
How you can help Dumont native battling cancer SHOUT OUT: A Dumont native undergoing a stem cell transplant for Stage 4 cancer and her family could use a boost. Barbara Reeves — whose brother, Richard Zdanowicz, is an Oradell police sergeant and former borough fire chief — has battled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma since a lung collapsed two years ago. She has undergone chemotherapy for more than a year. Last June, Barbara, 42, had autologous stem cell transplant at Robert Wood Johnson in New Brunswick, but her cells didn’t respond. Since then, she’s gone for chemo treatments every three weeks. RWJ Hospital found two stem cell matches for the t…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
‘I have to stop drinking,’ hit and run driver tells Port Authority police officer ‘I have to stop drinking,’ hit and run driver tells Port Authority police officer ‘I have to stop drinking,’ hit and run driver tells Port Authority police officer
‘I have to stop drinking,’ hit and run driver tells Port Authority police officer BEYOND BERGEN: “I have to stop drinking,” a hit-and-run driver who blew a .245 on a blood alcohol content breath test — three times over the legal limit — told a Port Authority police officer who’d just chased him across the Bayonne Bridge into Staten Island, authorities said. Officer Robert Jersey spotted the 2002 Chevrolet van driven by 40-year-old Jose Morales around 8:45 p.m. yesterday after Bayonne police issued an alert following the crash off 5th Street, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Morales was unsteady on his feet, had watery eyes and slurred his words after Jersey pull…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck trio plead guilty in Hurricane Sandy gas station robbery Teaneck trio plead guilty in Hurricane Sandy gas station robbery Teaneck trio plead guilty in Hurricane Sandy gas station robbery
Teaneck trio plead guilty in Hurricane Sandy gas station robbery ONLY ON CVP: Three Teaneck men thought a Lodi gas station would be a perfect place to rob because Hurricane Sandy left it without electricity. And now two are headed to prison and another for probation. Jean B. Barthelemy, 23, said the idea was hatched in November 2012 when Daniel Margulies drove him and Carlos Escarraman to the BP Connect gas station on Essex Street for cigarettes. When he came back out, Barthelemy said, he suggested the holdup to the other two because there would be no cameras or video to identify them. The trio then went to the home of another man, got a BB gun from …

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program again targets underage drinkers Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program again targets underage drinkers Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program again targets underage drinkers
Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program again targets underage drinkers PUBLIC SAFETY: New Jersey officials are once again bringing their “Cops in Shops” program to the Shore in an effort to crack down on underage drinking. The initiative hits hard by having local police officers working undercover in liquor stores looking for people under 21 trying to buy booze or those of legal age trying to buy it for them. This summer, 35 shore area police departments are participating — including Atlantic City, Beach Haven, Belmar, Brick Township, Cape May,, Lavallette, Neptune (township and city), the Wildwoods, the Point Pleasants, Seaside Heights, Ship Bottom and Toms…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ho-Ho-Kus industrial fire quickly snuffed Ho-Ho-Kus industrial fire quickly snuffed Ho-Ho-Kus industrial fire quickly snuffed
Ho-Ho-Kus industrial fire quickly snuffed ONLY ON CVP: A smoky two-alarm fire in a multi-tenant Ho-Ho-Kus industrial complex brought out fire departments from several northwest Bergen County municipalities this afternoon. The blaze was contained within the premises at 1 Hollywood Avenue, leased by Alan Baird Industries, a manufacturer of specialty wire & cable for the medical industry. It apparently originated in a piece of heavy machinery, a fire official at the scene told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters were assisted by colleagues from Ridgewood, Waldwick, and Wyckoff. Unis from Fair Lawn, Midland Park, and Mahw…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Will GWB follow Golden Gate with suicide nets? Will GWB follow Golden Gate with suicide nets? Will GWB follow Golden Gate with suicide nets?
Will GWB follow Golden Gate with suicide nets? A PUBLISHER WRITES: Now that officials in San Francisco have OK’d a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can no longer ignore calls for similar nets for the George Washington Bridge. The $76 million plan for nets made of thick steel cables stretched two stories below the 1.7-mile length of the east and west edges of the Golden Gate will finally end its decades-long rep as one of the world’s most infamous suicide magnets. The nets will slope upward slightly, like in some baseball parks, to prevent jumpers from climbing out. A retrieval de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Car rolls onto roof in Fair Lawn crash Car rolls onto roof in Fair Lawn crash Car rolls onto roof in Fair Lawn crash
Car rolls onto roof in Fair Lawn crash ONLY ON CVP: A crash in Fair Lawn this afternoon sent a car rolling onto its roof and two occupants to the hospital with what weren’t considered serious injuries. An 18-year-old woman driving a 2012 Kia Sorento south on 32nd Street apparently ran a stop sign, leading to the collision with a 2003 Toyota Camry just after 12:30 p.m., Fair Lawn Police Lt. Derek Bastinck said this afternoon. The driver and a 16-year-old boy were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, The 54-year-old driver of the Camry wasn’t injured. Fair Lawn police, firefighters and EMS and Heavy Rescue crews respo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Brawl at Montvale hotel ends quickly Brawl at Montvale hotel ends quickly Brawl at Montvale hotel ends quickly
Brawl at Montvale hotel ends quickly ONLY ON CVP: Two large groups clashed at a Montvale hotel after its restaurant closed last night, but order was restored before police arrived. None of the nearly two dozen people involved initially sought to sign complaints in the fight at the Courtyard by Marriott on Chestnut Ridge Road, Police Chief Jeremy Abrams told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. A woman was arrested on a drunk and disorderly offense, the chief said. Police from surrounding communities assisted.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Weapons charges against North Carolina man in Hackensack road rage incident Weapons charges against North Carolina man in Hackensack road rage incident Weapons charges against North Carolina man in Hackensack road rage incident
Weapons charges against North Carolina man in Hackensack road rage incident ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury in Hackensack brought several weapons charges against a North Carolina man who got into a road-rage beef with a city resident backing out of his driveway. Richard Zahn first pulled a handgun and then a rifle — and was later found with eight high-capacity magazines of ammo in a bag behind his car seat, city police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT shortly after his Feb. 22 arrest. The 31-year-old victim told police he was backing out of his Prospect Avenue driveway near Hackensack University Medical Center when his car nearly collided with one driven by Zahn, 56, of Hubert, N.…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Body recovered of Montvale man who jumped from GWB after hour-long talk Body recovered of Montvale man who jumped from GWB after hour-long talk Body recovered of Montvale man who jumped from GWB after hour-long talk
Body recovered of Montvale man who jumped from GWB after hour-long talk UPDATE: Port Authority police confirmed this morning that the body of a 50-year-old Montvale man who jumped from the George Washington Bridge last Sunday after rescuers spent more than an hour trying to talk him down has been recovered. The father of two worked for one of the country’s largest banks and was extremely active in the community. His body was recovered Wednesday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that he had cancer. Montvale police got a call to do a security check on the distraught man just before 2:30 Sunday afternoon, but by then he’d …

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