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
Concerned citizens help Garfield police in separate burglary arrests Concerned citizens help Garfield police in separate burglary arrests Concerned citizens help Garfield police in separate burglary arrests
Concerned citizens help Garfield police in separate burglary arrests SHOUT OUT: Two good Samaritans helped Garfield police make a pair of burglary arrests. Officers tipped off by a caller were waiting Thursday afternoon as 31-year-old city resident Dione L. Briones emerged from a Van Winkle Ave residence, Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Briones broke a first-floor front window to get in, Sucorowski said. She claimed she was moving in and that another woman had broken the window to help her, he said. Briones didn’t have permission to be inside and was charged with burglary, giving a false report to police and possession of drug paraphernalia, the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Bar complaints lead to Wallington cocaine bust Bar complaints lead to Wallington cocaine bust Bar complaints lead to Wallington cocaine bust
Bar complaints lead to Wallington cocaine bust ONLY ON CVP: Wallington police, responding to complaints of drug dealing in local bars, said they arrested a cocaine dealer parked outside a borough tavern with several small bags of cocaine in his pockets. Jan Niemiec, 34, was sitting in the passenger seat of a gold Volkswagen, its motor running, that blocked the driveway of a bar at Hathaway Street and Lincoln Place when police approached him, Detective Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Niemiec “had no ID on him,” Kudlacik said. “He was acting very nervously. He wouldn’t take his hands out of his pockets. “It was a safety conce…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Storm downs trees, lines, knocks out power in Ridgewood, Midland Park, elsewhere Storm downs trees, lines, knocks out power in Ridgewood, Midland Park, elsewhere Storm downs trees, lines, knocks out power in Ridgewood, Midland Park, elsewhere
Storm downs trees, lines, knocks out power in Ridgewood, Midland Park, elsewhere YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Dozens of trees, limbs and branches were knocked free by the sudden and violent thunderstorm that swept through northwest Bergen and the surrounding area this afternoon. Power was cut throughout sections of Midland Park, Ridgewood and Wyckoff. *      *      *      *      *      * WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR AREA? TELL US: CVP NEWS TIPS *      *      *      *      *      * STORY / PHOTOS above, top: Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Percocet-addicted Dumont bookeeper gets 5 years for embezzling $575,000 from Englewood Cliffs travel company Percocet-addicted Dumont bookeeper gets 5 years for embezzling $575,000 from Englewood Cliffs travel company Percocet-addicted Dumont bookeeper gets 5 years for embezzling $575,000 from Englewood Cliffs travel company
Percocet-addicted Dumont bookeeper gets 5 years for embezzling $575,000 from Englewood Cliffs travel company YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced a former bookkeeper at a popular Englewood Cliffs hub for travel agents to five years in prison over arguments by her attorney that she was driven by an addiction to painkillers. Hoping to win a more lenient sentence, Frank Lucianna said that 57-year-old Patricia Slattery — now of Del Ray Beach, FL — took the money from REZ Connect Technology to feed a Percocet habit. In addition to the prison term, the plea deal that Slattery struck with prosecutors requires her to repay the money, beginning with a lump sum of $47,500 that incl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen authorities bust geriatric gambling crew that took in $50M Bergen authorities bust geriatric gambling crew that took in $50M Bergen authorities bust geriatric gambling crew that took in $50M
Bergen authorities bust geriatric gambling crew that took in $50M YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: They called it “Operation Back in the Game,” and it netted authorities 29 arrests, $800,000 in seized cash and the take-down of a illegal sports gambling ring, run by two geriatric ex-cons, that Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said took $50 million in wagers the past year. Anthony Pintabona, 76, of Secaucus and 72-year-old Gary Latawiec of Clifton – both of whom have longtime purported underworld ties – headed the operation out of New Jersey and New York, Molinelli said. Both were brought into court in Hackensack this afternoon and ordered held on $1 mil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County boosts campaign against domestic violence Bergen County boosts campaign against domestic violence Bergen County boosts campaign against domestic violence
Bergen County boosts campaign against domestic violence SHOUT OUT: In an effort to give people the strength to oppose and prevent domestic violence, Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan has forged an alliance with Shelter Our Sisters, “No More” and other organizations while participating in public service announcements. In 2011 there were 4,521 incidents of domestic violence reported to police in Bergen County, after which 1,367 people were arrested, the county executive noted.  “In December I attended a candlelight vigil commemorating four people who lost their lives to domestic violence,” Donovan said in her 2014 State of the County spee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Three-time loser again going to state prison for cheating at AC craps tables Three-time loser again going to state prison for cheating at AC craps tables Three-time loser again going to state prison for cheating at AC craps tables
Three-time loser again going to state prison for cheating at AC craps tables NEWS FOLO: A Bayonne ex-con was sentenced to 17 years in state prison for placing bets at craps tables in Atlantic City casinos after the winning number already came up — the third time he’s gone away for the same crime the past 13 years . Derek Bethea, 57, of Bayonne, placed a $1,100 bet at a craps table at the Borgata last Aug. 15 after the dice already came up, collected the winnings — and then was detained by security at the Tropicana the next day and issued a summons, an Atlantic County jury found last month after a week-long trial. Two weeks later, he placed a $505 bet at a craps ta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Car barrels onto Paramus lawn Car barrels onto Paramus lawn Car barrels onto Paramus lawn
Car barrels onto Paramus lawn ONLY ON CVP: The driver and passenger of a Dodge Caliber with Virginia license plates were uninjured when their vehicle left the road and barreled onto the front lawn of a Paramus home today. A passing Washington Township ambulance crew stopped to assist, but both the male and female occupants of the vehicle refused medical aid. Paramus police were investigating the cause of the Forest Avenue crash late this morning. The car was removed by flatbed tow truck. There was no damage to the house, although several shrubs and flowers were destroyed. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police release surveillance photos of TD Bank robber Fair Lawn police release surveillance photos of TD Bank robber Fair Lawn police release surveillance photos of TD Bank robber
Fair Lawn police release surveillance photos of TD Bank robber YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police this morning released surveillance photos of a robber who took an undetermined amount of cash from a TD Bank branch before getting into a getaway car with two accomplices. The robber — described as 5-foot-8 and wearing a New York Yankees hat and a plaid green shirt or jacket — passed a note to a teller at the River Road bank branch Wednesday afternoon and collected the cash without showing a weapon, authorities said. He then took off on foot to 6th Street, where a witness told police he was picked up by the two others in a gold or tan minivan, possi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Residents insist Midland Park mosque will bring traffic, crime, noise, property value decrease, more Residents insist Midland Park mosque will bring traffic, crime, noise, property value decrease, more Residents insist Midland Park mosque will bring traffic, crime, noise, property value decrease, more
Residents insist Midland Park mosque will bring traffic, crime, noise, property value decrease, more  (via http://bergenpress.com) Loudspeakers blaring chants five times a day, increased traffic and the potential for crime were among the fears expressed by residents last night to plans to open a mosque in Midland Park. “They say they are a small congregation, but they are looking…

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