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
Ridgewood police charge driver in crash with blowing stop sign Ridgewood police charge driver in crash with blowing stop sign Ridgewood police charge driver in crash with blowing stop sign
Ridgewood police charge driver in crash with blowing stop sign ONLY ON CVP: Ridgewood police issued a driver a summons for blowing a stop sign today after her sedan collided with an SUV carrying two children. The crash between the Toyota Camry and RAV4 occurred just before noon at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Bellair Road in Ridgewood. The SUV’s driver complained of chest pains and the youngsters were a bit shaken up. All three were taken to The Valley Hospital by ambulance as a precaution. The Camry’s driver appeared uninjured. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS wo…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Police seek help finding vehicle that struck Little Ferry man, 59, in Hackensack Police seek help finding vehicle that struck Little Ferry man, 59, in Hackensack Police seek help finding vehicle that struck Little Ferry man, 59, in Hackensack
Police seek help finding vehicle that struck Little Ferry man, 59, in Hackensack YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Authorities are seeking help finding the hit-and-run driver of a car (photo, above) that struck and severely injured a 59-year-old Little Ferry man in Hackensack last night. The man was found in the northbound lane of First Street, between its intersections with Clay Street and Berdan Place, around 9:15 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The victim, Grady Fort, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. Fort was crossing First Street when the northbound vehicle hit him and kept going. Molinelli said investigators believe it w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors deliberating in Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial Jurors deliberating in Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial Jurors deliberating in Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial
Jurors deliberating in Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack today began deliberating the fate of a West New York man accused in the brutal rape of his girlfriend at an Edgewater construction site, then were dismissed until Monday. Arsenio Amelco is accused of taking the woman the night of his 24th birthday last July on a drinking binge after promising her dinner, then dragging her beneath a tractor-trailer near a River Road restaurant and raping, beating and choking her as he threatened her life. The trial closed this morning with defense attorney Alan Peyrouton admitting his client struck the woman aft…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn man admits having 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images Fair Lawn man admits having 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images Fair Lawn man admits having 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images
Fair Lawn man admits having 44 hours of child porn video, 600 images YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 24-year-old Fair Lawn man is going to federal prison for at least five years after admitting today that he downloaded more than 600 images and videos of child sex abuse on a laptop at his parents’ house. Agents with the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations found the images while executing a search warrant at the Morlot Avenue house in September 2012. The laptop held “a vast number” of child porn images that involve “prepubescent minors, as well as material that portrays sadistic or masochistic conduct,” includin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Emerson business busted in NJ ‘cash-for-gold’ crackdown Emerson business busted in NJ ‘cash-for-gold’ crackdown Emerson business busted in NJ ‘cash-for-gold’ crackdown
Emerson business busted in NJ ‘cash-for-gold’ crackdown YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Emerson “cash for gold” faces up to $123,000 in civil penalties after becoming one of 21  shops cited by state authorities for violating New Jersey consumer protection laws. Reliance Gold Buyers was charged with 123 civil violations because it “failed to post the prices offered for precious metals” or “maintain receipts with required information such as the weights, fineness, and prices paid per unit of weight for purchased jewelry,” the state Division of Consumer Affairs said today. Each single civil violation carries a penalty of $500 to $1,000. State author…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Ridgewood police help Rochelle Park MS patient after 3-hour wait outside doctor’s office Ridgewood police help Rochelle Park MS patient after 3-hour wait outside doctor’s office Ridgewood police help Rochelle Park MS patient after 3-hour wait outside doctor’s office
Ridgewood police help Rochelle Park MS patient after 3-hour wait outside doctor’s office SPECIAL REPORT: A wheelchair-bound multiple sclerosis patient from a Rochelle Park nursing home spent three hours outside a doctor’s office in Ridgewood last night after the local ambulance service that dropped him off didn’t pick him up. John Ricciardi, 50, a patient at Alaris at Rochelle Park — formerly known as Bristol Manor Nursing Home — said he was dropped off for his bi-annual visit with his dermatologist at 6:30 p.m. He emerged at 7:30, then sat out front of the North Maple Avenue medical building and waited for two hours. A passing bicyclist stopped to check on him, then calle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford man from Ukraine gets six months in federal ‘catfish’ kidnap hoax Rutherford man from Ukraine gets six months in federal ‘catfish’ kidnap hoax Rutherford man from Ukraine gets six months in federal ‘catfish’ kidnap hoax
Rutherford man from Ukraine gets six months in federal ‘catfish’ kidnap hoax UPDATE: A federal judge in Newark sentenced a Rutherford man from the Ukraine to six months in prison — three of which he’s already served — for luring a classmate into helping him report the kidnapping of a cyber high school girl he created, prompting a massive search in Bulgaria Andriy Mykhaylivskyy, 19, also was ordered to pay $500 and spend three years on federal supervised release. Mykhaylivskyy admitted in March that he staged a “catfishing” scam in which he created a “Kate Brianna Fulton” using a photograph of another young woman, then brought her to virtual life through Facebook, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Grenade brought to police desk prompts evacuation of New Milford Borough Hall Grenade brought to police desk prompts evacuation of New Milford Borough Hall Grenade brought to police desk prompts evacuation of New Milford Borough Hall
Grenade brought to police desk prompts evacuation of New Milford Borough Hall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford Borough Hall was briefly evacuated this morning after a local resident brought a hand grenade that she said she found in her backyard to police headquarters. The Bergen County Police Bomb Squad removed the device, which still had the pin in it, Police Chief Frank Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The grenade was real,” BCPD Capt. James Mullin said. “But it didn’t appear to have the parts necessary to detonate.” It was being turned over to the U.S. Army, he said. The woman brought the grenade to the front desk of police headquarters around 8:20 a.m. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Councilman’s comments, image of ‘Calvin’ pissing on Thin Blue Line outrages law enforcement Councilman’s comments, image of ‘Calvin’ pissing on Thin Blue Line outrages law enforcement Councilman’s comments, image of ‘Calvin’ pissing on Thin Blue Line outrages law enforcement
Councilman’s comments, image of ‘Calvin’ pissing on Thin Blue Line outrages law enforcement YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Sussex County councilman already under fire for anti-police comments has drawn the anger of law enforcement officers beyond New Jersey’s borders for an image he posted online of the cartoon character Calvin pissing on the recognized symbol of the Thin Blue Line while raising his middle finger. Craig Polen, who administers the 15,000-member “LEO-Only” message board, said the complaints about Councilman David Fanale have increased since the “Calvin and Hobbes” image was posted. “Sure, we believe in and support freedom of speech,” Polen told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “But th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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3 cars crash into 3 utility poles in three Bergen towns 3 cars crash into 3 utility poles in three Bergen towns 3 cars crash into 3 utility poles in three Bergen towns
3 cars crash into 3 utility poles in three Bergen towns ONLY ON CVP: Three cars crashed into utility poles in a 5-mile radius of one another within 45 minutes today, and CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s Boyd A. Loving was there to get photos of all of them. A driver said his knee hurt but refused transport to the hospital after his Honda Accord took down a couple of street signs and hit a utility pole on southbound Maple Avenue in Fair Lawn just before 3 p.m. Fair Lawn police and EMS workers and paramedics from St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson responded. The Honda removed by a flatbed tow truck. A short time later, a woman lost control of h…

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