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
New Milford police arrest two in student chain snatching New Milford police arrest two in student chain snatching New Milford police arrest two in student chain snatching
New Milford police arrest two in student chain snatching YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford police arrested two men who they said accosted a teenager on his way to school, snatching a gold chain from him. The 18-year-old victim told police the two pulled up in a black vehicle last Tuesday afternoon on River Edge Avenue. They quickly identified 20-year-old Zachary Garry of New Milford, then went to his house, Police Chief Frank Papapietro said this morning. There they discovered that Garry had just left for a court appearance in a black, two-door Volkswagen GTI with tinted windows and yellow fog lights that belonged to a man he was with, 23-y…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Circus clowns part of Bergenfield fundraiser for girl with inoperable brain tumor Circus clowns part of Bergenfield fundraiser for girl with inoperable brain tumor Circus clowns part of Bergenfield fundraiser for girl with inoperable brain tumor
Circus clowns part of Bergenfield fundraiser for girl with inoperable brain tumor SHOUT OUT: Special fundraisers for Lily LaRue Anderson continue this Thursday with circus clowns making balloon art at Matthews’ Diner & Pancake House in Bergenfield, which will donate 20% of all purchases all day to her family. The 3rd Masonic District organized the event at the Washington Avenue eatery for Lily, of Wayne, who has an inoperable brain tumor. Salaam Shrine clowns will be on hand, along with other special guests. READ MORE about Lily here:A memorable day at the circus Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), as it’s called, is particularly cruel: The median overall …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Police officers who took tens of thousands of DWI drivers off NJ roads honored Police officers who took tens of thousands of DWI drivers off NJ roads honored Police officers who took tens of thousands of DWI drivers off NJ roads honored
Police officers who took tens of thousands of DWI drivers off NJ roads honored SHOUT OUTS: Three Fort Lee police officers who collectively made more than 100 DWI arrests last year were among hundreds of law enforcers honored last week by Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s New Jersey chapter. Among those touted was the officer who made the most DWI arrests last year in Bergen County — and the fourth-most in the entire state: Harrington Park’s Antimo Costagliola, with 53. (COMPLETE LIST, below.) Fort Lee Deputy Police Chief Timothy Ford, Officers Thomas Keelen, Carlos Cabrera, Richard Hernandez, Police Chief Keith Bendul “These law enforcement officers are the ones t…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police say accused car burglar tried running, resisting Garfield police say accused car burglar tried running, resisting Garfield police say accused car burglar tried running, resisting
Garfield police say accused car burglar tried running, resisting A Garfield man who police said was trying car door handles ended up in jail after trying to escape by running through neighborhood backyards, authorities said. Officers responding to a citizen’s call spotted 45-year-old Michael Faulch between Cottage Place driveways just before 1 a.m. last Tuesday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Faulch took off through a backyard, emerged on Lanza Avenue and crossed the street, Sucorowski said. He was later grabbed trying to climb a fence behind a shed on Division Avenue and fought briefly with officers before being taken into custody, the captain said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Route 46 SUV crash in South Hackensack sends two to hospital Route 46 SUV crash in South Hackensack sends two to hospital Route 46 SUV crash in South Hackensack sends two to hospital
Route 46 SUV crash in South Hackensack sends two to hospital ONLY ON CVP: Two SUVs collided on Route 46 in South Hackensack late last night, sending two people to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered serious. South Hackensack police and firefighters and Moonachie EMS Rescue responded to the crash just after 11:45 p.m. at the intersection of Phillips Avenue.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Driver OK after hitting pole on Route 17 in Ramsey Driver OK after hitting pole on Route 17 in Ramsey Driver OK after hitting pole on Route 17 in Ramsey
Driver OK after hitting pole on Route 17 in Ramsey YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ford Focus hit a utility pole near a Route 17 strip mall after the driver lost control of it early this evening. The female driver refused aid after the crash on the northbound highway near the Smashburger restaurant. Ramsey police and EMS workers responded. The right lane of Route 17 was block as the vehicle was removed by flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian struck in Cliffside Park Pedestrian struck in Cliffside Park Pedestrian struck in Cliffside Park
Pedestrian struck in Cliffside Park ONLY ON CVP: A Cliffside Park pedestrian was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after he was struck by a sedan at the north end of the Anderson Avenue shopping district. Borough police issued a summons to the driver after yesterday morning’s crash at the T intersection of Pleasant Avenue.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park man who stalked, head-butted, recorded wife having sex sent to jail for a year Elmwood Park man who stalked, head-butted, recorded wife having sex sent to jail for a year Elmwood Park man who stalked, head-butted, recorded wife having sex sent to jail for a year
Elmwood Park man who stalked, head-butted, recorded wife having sex sent to jail for a year ONLY ON CVP: An Elmwood Park man who came to court expecting probation for repeatedly stalking his ex-wife, breaking into her house and secretly videotaping her having sex with another man was instead sent to prison for 364 days. “There is clearly something wrong with you,” Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi told Lorenz Hen, 45. “I’ve never been so disappointed in a defendant.” Friday was the second time in 6½ weeks that the Israeli citizen walked into court a free man and left in handcuffs. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment charges Rutherford man, 19, with public masturbation, assaulting police Indictment charges Rutherford man, 19, with public masturbation, assaulting police Indictment charges Rutherford man, 19, with public masturbation, assaulting police
Indictment charges Rutherford man, 19, with public masturbation, assaulting police ONLY ON CVP: A 19-year-old Rutherford man already facing lewdness charges was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack this week in another sex crime that authorities said ended in a scuffle with police officers. Jahlil W. Pegeise told officers who found him in a rear driveway of a Hastings Avenue housing complex the night of Feb. 1 that he was walking around to “burn off some steam” — then admitted that he’d been masturbating in view of a child, authorities charge. As they walked him to the police cruiser, Officers Frank Orlando and Curtis Moore said, Pegeise tried to break free. He then k…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen man pulls back would-be GWB jumper Bergen man pulls back would-be GWB jumper Bergen man pulls back would-be GWB jumper
Bergen man pulls back would-be GWB jumper SHOUT OUT: Riding his bicycle home from work in Manhattan as he always does, Benjamin Storch of Haworth spotted a troubled man at the railing on the George Washington Bridge’s south walkway Tuesday night. “He was trying to climb up over the side,” said Storch (inset, above), a capital planning insurance advisor who’s been riding his bike to work since last summer. “He grabbed one of the cables and was pulling himself up.” Storch could see powder around the 67-year-old Union City man’s mouth. He’d swallowed a handful of pills. “I pulled over and grabbed him and started yelling for help,”…

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