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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington brothers admit locking disabled uncle in bedroom, robbing Little Ferry bank North Arlington brothers admit locking disabled uncle in bedroom, robbing Little Ferry bank North Arlington brothers admit locking disabled uncle in bedroom, robbing Little Ferry bank
North Arlington brothers admit locking disabled uncle in bedroom, robbing Little Ferry bank ONLY ON CVP: Two North Arlington brothers will receive extremely different sentences for locking their disabled uncle in a bedroom while they robbed a bank in Little Ferry late last year, following their guilty pleas in Hackensack. Terence “Terry” Shelton, 31, who robbed the TD Bank branch on Main street of $5,899 while wearing a clown mask and holding a pistol, will be sentenced to 14 years in prison in exchange for taking the full weight of the holdup. Hi brother, Nicholas, 28, who drove the getaway car, will get probation. Terry Shelton told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeA…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood store clerk pistol-whipped, police seek public’s help Englewood store clerk pistol-whipped, police seek public’s help Englewood store clerk pistol-whipped, police seek public’s help
Englewood store clerk pistol-whipped, police seek public’s help YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood convenience store clerk who was being entirely cooperative with an armed robber was brutally pistol-whipped last night, and police are hoping citizens help find his attacker. “This is a small local store off the beaten path. Our suspect is most likely a local guy,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “We have a few leads in this case, but what we really need is the public’s help on this one,” Torell said. “The injuries the clerk received were totally unwarranted. “This suspect is a violent criminal we need to get off the streets ASAP…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities investigate Edgewater pier fire Authorities investigate Edgewater pier fire Authorities investigate Edgewater pier fire
Authorities investigate Edgewater pier fire PHOTOS: Authorities were investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a pedestrian pier in Edgewater overnight. The wind-whipped, two-alarm blaze began at the end of Main Street off River Road in the Hudson River — near one of the East Coast’s most notorious Superfund sites — and moved toward the shore before it was snuffed within two hours. More than four dozen firefighters Edgewater, Cliffside Park, Fort Lee, Englewood Cliffs and Leonia. Manhattan and Jersey City tried to send boats but were stifled by a low tide. There were no reported injuries. PHOTOS: Kevin Teel (CLICK HERE F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Tractor-trailer rear-ends another on southbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn Tractor-trailer rear-ends another on southbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn Tractor-trailer rear-ends another on southbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn
Tractor-trailer rear-ends another on southbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn ONLY ON CVP: A tractor trailer’s cab was heavily damaged after it rear-ended a flatbed carrying a piece of heavy construction equipment on southbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn this afternoon in a chain-reaction crash that also involved a Jeep. Combined with a triple-fatal crash on Route 287 — also involving a tractor-trailer — the collision created extremely heavy traffic conditions in and around the area (SEE: 3 Oakland cement company workers die in fiery tractor-trailer crash on Route 287 in Mahwah). Route 208 southbound was closed near Maple Avenue while the crash was investigated and the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah retiree, 68, charged with sexually assaulting girl, 6 Mahwah retiree, 68, charged with sexually assaulting girl, 6 Mahwah retiree, 68, charged with sexually assaulting girl, 6
Mahwah retiree, 68, charged with sexually assaulting girl, 6 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 68-year-old retiree from Mahwah was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl. Horace R. Ashworth of Strong Street was being held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said members of his Special Victims Unit and Mahwah police arrested Ashworth yesterday after an interview with the girl. Molinelli said she originally told her mother, who took the girl to the family’s pediatrician – who, in turn, contacted the state Division of Ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Emotional words from prosecutor, family, life sentence in killing, dismemberment of Cliffside Park chef Emotional words from prosecutor, family, life sentence in killing, dismemberment of Cliffside Park chef Emotional words from prosecutor, family, life sentence in killing, dismemberment of Cliffside Park chef
Emotional words from prosecutor, family, life sentence in killing, dismemberment of Cliffside Park chef YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Saying the victim begged for his life, a judge in Hackensack today sentenced a Cliffside Park kitchen worker to life in prison for his role in the murder and dismemberment of a popular neighborhood cook, following emotional statements by the victim’s siblings. Wilfredo Sanchez, 38, appeared ashamed as Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi sentenced him to two 10-year terms and five separate five-year terms for an aggregate sentence of 90 years for the murder and desecration of the body of Francisco Gonzalez Fuentes. He also stood for the entire p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Huge turnout expected at funeral for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas Huge turnout expected at funeral for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas Huge turnout expected at funeral for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas
Huge turnout expected at funeral for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas TRIBUTE: A full fireman’s funeral for Firefighter John Barnas, a Wallington native who lived in Jersey City, is scheduled for 11 a.m. this Thursday at the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Wallington. Visiting hours for Barnas, 23, who beat lymphoma but died yesterday after being stricken with pneumonia, are set for 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Warner-Wozniak Funeral Home on Midland Avenue in Wallington. Mourners are expected to line Wallington’s streets on Thursday the way they did for Barnas’ father’s funeral. Barnas’s father, Fire Capt. Gregory Barnas, died in a Wallington …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
3 Oakland cement company workers die in fiery tractor-trailer crash on Route 287 in Mahwah 3 Oakland cement company workers die in fiery tractor-trailer crash on Route 287 in Mahwah 3 Oakland cement company workers die in fiery tractor-trailer crash on Route 287 in Mahwah
3 Oakland cement company workers die in fiery tractor-trailer crash on Route 287 in Mahwah YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three Oakland cement company workers trying to fix a disabled mixer on northbound Route 287 were killed when a tractor-trailer slammed into them, the mixer and then another vehicle in a fiery crash early this afternoon. Another Concrete on Demand mixer similar to the one struck (PHOTO: Rebecca Abma) The workers from Concrete on Demand in Oakland were outside the mixer and a pickup truck just after 12:30 p.m. when the tractor-trailer carrying a load of bricks veered onto the shoulder, slammed into the mixer and then continued on, colliding with a Toyota Avalon. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Weekend 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Paterson seeks players Weekend 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Paterson seeks players Weekend 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Paterson seeks players
Weekend 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Paterson seeks players SHOUT OUT: There’s time to register for this Saturday’s second annual Street 2 Street 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Tyrone Collins Memorial Park in Paterson. Boys and girls 13 to 18 years old are eligible, with registration beginning at 9 a.m. and games starting an hour later. Each team is made up of four players, which allows for one subtitute. There will be two age divisions, 13-15 and 16-18. Shirts, trophies, lunch and music will be provided. Organized by Tony Browne, a senior vice-president with Merrill Lynch in Paramus, the tournament is billed as “an effort to end violence and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police say man fired buckshot at brother in money dispute Mahwah police say man fired buckshot at brother in money dispute Mahwah police say man fired buckshot at brother in money dispute
Mahwah police say man fired buckshot at brother in money dispute YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah man was arrested after shooting buckshot at his brother during an argument over money, police said this morning. Stephen Schwarz, 31, pointed the shotgun at his brother as he approached the back door of his Nilsen Avenue home around 9 o’clock last night, Police Chief James Batelli said. Schwarz fired, blasting a hole in a screen door and embedding buckshot in the porch, Batelli said. Roy Schwarz, who wasn’t struck, told police he’d gone to his brother’s house after work to discuss a fight earlier in the week over the alleged theft of money, the chief sai…

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