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
Commuter, 75, rumbles with taxi hustler over $149 fare around airport Commuter, 75, rumbles with taxi hustler over $149 fare around airport Commuter, 75, rumbles with taxi hustler over $149 fare around airport
Commuter, 75, rumbles with taxi hustler over $149 fare around airport BEYOND BERGEN: A 75-year-old man emerged from an illegal livery cab with blood on his face and clothes after fighting with a hustler who authorities said literally took him for a ride at JFK Airport. Port Authority police, in turn, arrested 41-year-old Wayne Walker of Queens and charged him with unlawful imprisonment, assault and unlawful solicitation. The incident began just after 4 p.m. yesterday when Walker offered the man a ride in his 2004 Nissan Pathfinder. The victim, who spoke limited English and was unfamiliar with the airport, was trying to get to Terminal 1 from Terminal 2 — …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con can be free again in two years for eight Bergen burglaries Ex-con can be free again in two years for eight Bergen burglaries Ex-con can be free again in two years for eight Bergen burglaries
Ex-con can be free again in two years for eight Bergen burglaries ONLY ON CVP: A career criminal with a record of 18 convictions in three states could be back on the street in two years after being sentenced in Hackensack for eight Bergen County burglaries. Sean Byrne, 45, is an almost certain risk to return to crime after his release, Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi said yesterday. “You were on parole when these burglaries were committed,” the judge told him. “You have 18 indictable convictions to your name and a bench warrant from Florida. You’ve committed crimes in Florida, Indiana, New Jersey.” However, under the terms of a p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus police motorcycle chase ends in Clifton crash Paramus police motorcycle chase ends in Clifton crash Paramus police motorcycle chase ends in Clifton crash
Paramus police motorcycle chase ends in Clifton crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A motorcyclist led a Paramus police officer on a brief chase before crashing in Clifton, authorities said this morning. Officer Norman Gin tried pulling over the 2014 BMW’s operator for reckless driving on Route 17 South around 10 a.m., Sgt. Christine Udis told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The rider continued on, however, heading onto the southbound Garden State Parkway and then westbound Route 46 before wiping out at Crooks Avenue, Udis said. Identified as 21-year-old Boris Begun of Brooklyn, he was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center with an apparent leg injury, she said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi woman whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again Lodi woman whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again Lodi woman whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again
Lodi woman whose car plunged into Garfield parking lot arrested again ONLY ON CVP: A 23-year-old former IHOP waitress who was charged with DWI after her car plunged over a 12-foot wall and into a Garfield shopping center parking lot was behind the wheel again when Lodi police arrested her yesterday on drug charges. Kelly Luterzo, a Lodi native who lives in Garfield, wasn’t wearing a seatbelt when she was stopped, records show. Lodi police charged her with two counts of possession of prescription drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was being held on $5,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Authorities said Luterzo sustained minor injuries on Ap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield, Rutherford fires both arson, prosecutor says Ridgefield, Rutherford fires both arson, prosecutor says Ridgefield, Rutherford fires both arson, prosecutor says
Ridgefield, Rutherford fires both arson, prosecutor says UPDATE: Pre-dawn fires in a vacant house in Ridgefield and a single-family Rutherford home were both set, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Cliffside Park, Fairview and Palisades Park firefighters joined their Ridgefield colleagues at 894 Lancaster Avenue around 5:30 a.m. (photos above, below). A 60-something woman who lived alone got out before a 1 a.m. fire that began in the garage rendered her 2½-story house on Ridge Road in Rutherford unihabitable, authorities said. Firefighters from East Rutherford, Lyndhurst, North Arlington and Wallington assisted. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
‘Courageous’ manager sparks arrests in Englewood bank robbery, defendants have 22 convictions ‘Courageous’ manager sparks arrests in Englewood bank robbery, defendants have 22 convictions ‘Courageous’ manager sparks arrests in Englewood bank robbery, defendants have 22 convictions
‘Courageous’ manager sparks arrests in Englewood bank robbery, defendants have 22 convictions YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A “very courageous and dedicated” employee followed a man who’d just robbed an Englewood bank of more than $10,000 yesterday, leading to the capture of the robber and a getaway driver, both of Paterson, authorities said this morning. Hackensack police took 53-year-old Michael Hall into custody following a violent struggle after they found him hiding in a garbage bin behind a Route 4 strip mall in Paramus. Moments earlier, a Teaneck officer who stopped the getaway car arrested the driver. The accused robbers, who were being held on $500,000 bail each, have 22 felo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Teaneck motorcyclist killed in Route 80 crash Teaneck motorcyclist killed in Route 80 crash Teaneck motorcyclist killed in Route 80 crash
Teaneck motorcyclist killed in Route 80 crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 59-year-old Teaneck man was killed last night when his motorcycle collided with an SUV on eastbound Route 80. Kevin Bonin apparently was in the center lane when his Harley Davidson moved into the right lane and struck a Volkswagen Touareg driven by Christopher Acciardi, 45, near milepost 68.1 in Teaneck just after 10:30 p.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Jeff Flynn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Bonin was pronounced dead at the scene, Flynn said. Acciardi, of Woodcliff Lake, immediately pulled to the shoulder to await police, he said. “An investigation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors find Lodi man not guilty of raping girl, 12, after she recants Jurors find Lodi man not guilty of raping girl, 12, after she recants Jurors find Lodi man not guilty of raping girl, 12, after she recants
Jurors find Lodi man not guilty of raping girl, 12, after she recants ONLY ON CVP: Following a trial in which the alleged victim fully recanted on the witness stand, jurors in Hackensack today found a Lodi man not guilty of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old family acquaintance. Defense attorney Brian Neary thanked jurors for “their good work and the clarity of their decision” to acquit Bryan Caceres, 39, after less than a day of deliberations. The girl, now 17, testified that she lied about being raped in May 2011 because she was seeking attention and wasn’t getting along with her mother. She also answered several questions by saying she didn’t remember o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Body found in Hudson was GWB jumper, Port Authority police confirm Body found in Hudson was GWB jumper, Port Authority police confirm Body found in Hudson was GWB jumper, Port Authority police confirm
Body found in Hudson was GWB jumper, Port Authority police confirm YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police today confirmed that a body found beneath the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday was that of a 49-year-old Bronx man who parked his car on the bridge last Thursday and jumped — the 10th suicide off the span this year. Harold Olivares parked his 1998 Ford Taurus on the bridge’s upper level, climbed over two railings and plunged to the river below, witnesses told police. A contractor working on the span summoned police around 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The NYPD Harbor Unit recovered the body near the bridge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two more arrests in Washington Township family pot bust brings total to 5 Two more arrests in Washington Township family pot bust brings total to 5 Two more arrests in Washington Township family pot bust brings total to 5
Two more arrests in Washington Township family pot bust brings total to 5 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A raid that turned up four pounds of pot, seven guns and $8,100 in cash led to the arrests of five members of a Washington Township family, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed today. CLIFFVIEW PILOT first reported the arrests by prosecutor’s detectives on Wednesday of Glenn Gerhard, his wife, Hilda Gerhard, and their son, Matthew Gerhard, along with the search of their Viola Terrace home – a quarter-mile from the Bergen County YJCC and barely 500 feet from town hall and the Washington Township police station (SEE: Washington Township father, mother, …

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