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
Police explore possible holdup spree link in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting Police explore possible holdup spree link in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting Police explore possible holdup spree link in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting
Police explore possible holdup spree link in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting EXCLUSIVE: Authorities investigating the shooting of a Ridgefield Park gas station attendant during a robbery last night were exploring possible connections to similar Delta station holdups in Bergen County, at least two that also occurred on a Monday night and one on Easter Sunday, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. One of the most recent was reported on May 19 — a Monday — at a Garfield Delta station in the 700 block of River Drive. The attendant there told police that an armed robber took $400 to $500 in cash at gunpoint before getting into a dark-colored getaway car. Exactly a week earlier,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing can’t afford lawyer Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing can’t afford lawyer Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing can’t afford lawyer
Defendant in Teaneck love-triangle killing can’t afford lawyer ONLY ON CVP: A New York City man charged with murdering popular software engineer Robert Cantor of Teaneck is broke and will go from here with a public defender. Attorney David J. Goldstein told a judge in Hackensack yesterday that he has to withdraw from defending Sui Kam “Tony” Tung. “He has no money to pay me or any other private attorney,” Goldstein said. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi directed Tung to file an application to be represented by the public defender’s office and return to court on July 7. Robert Cantor Tung, 51, is accused of killing Cantor in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police hunt robber in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting Police hunt robber in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting Police hunt robber in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting
Police hunt robber in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigators were exploring whether the mid-20s robber who shot an attendant at a Ridgefield Park gas station last night is believed involved in other holdups of Delta stations in East Rutherford, Garfield, Saddle Brook and Teaneck, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Surrounding agencies rushed to assist Ridgefield Park police in the search for a four-door black Nissan with two black men following the shooting at the Delta gas station at the east end of the Hackensack River Bridge to Little Ferry. * * * * * * EXCLUSIVE: Authorities investigating the shooting of a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Guilty plea for robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 Guilty plea for robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 Guilty plea for robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20
Guilty plea for robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 ONLY ON CVP: A man who police said tipped a Lyndhurst bartender $20 after holding up the place pleaded guilty to two robberies today in exchange for a pair of eight-year prison sentences. Donald Tuohy of Lyndhurst likely will be sentenced to 12 years, of which he’ll have to serve a little over ten before being eligible for parole. “I’m desperate. I don’t want to hurt anyone,” Lyndhurst police said Tuohy, 50, told the barmaid while pointing an illegal .25-caliber handgun at her during the April 20, 2012 robbery. She gave him $138. He gave her a twenty back, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford busboy to stand trial in stabbing death, rape of estranged wife in Teaneck New Milford busboy to stand trial in stabbing death, rape of estranged wife in Teaneck New Milford busboy to stand trial in stabbing death, rape of estranged wife in Teaneck
New Milford busboy to stand trial in stabbing death, rape of estranged wife in Teaneck ONLY ON CVP: A Colombian national from New Milford who is accused of stabbing his estranged wife to death after tying her up and raping her at knifepoint is set to go to trial on no fewer than a dozen counts in September. Pedro Gutierrez, 26, broke into the Teaneck home where Shaday Betancourth was living in October 2011 and stabbed her several times after raping her, authorities said. She died en route to a hospital. Gutierrez fled to Orlando and was arrested as he prepared to board a flight to Colombia, authorities said. Gutierrez, who worked as a busboy at a West Palisade Avenue rest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver cut from car in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn Driver cut from car in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn Driver cut from car in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn
Driver cut from car in Route 208 crash in Fair Lawn ONLY ON CVP: Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad used the “Jaws of Life” to free an elderly male driver who was hospitalized following a crash just off Route 208 this afternoon. A second person from the crash was taken to the hospital with chest pains, police said. The off ramp of the northbound highway to eastbound Morlot Avenue was closed for roughly 20 minutes after the  gold, 4-door Honda Accord crashed around 1:10 p.m. Responding were Fair Lawn police, firefighters and EMS workers, along with a Basic Life Support unit from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. STORY / PHOTOS: Bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Disbarred attorney from Englewood Cliffs charged with stealing from injured client Disbarred attorney from Englewood Cliffs charged with stealing from injured client Disbarred attorney from Englewood Cliffs charged with stealing from injured client
Disbarred attorney from Englewood Cliffs charged with stealing from injured client YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A disbarred attorney who had offices in Englewood Cliffs was charged by Bergen County authorities with siphoning $88,000 from a severely injured client’s $100,000 insurance settlement for his own use. Bail was set at $300,000 on theft, forgery and unlawful disposition of property charges against 48-year-old Jeffrey P. Squitieri, who was in federal custody. Squitieri, who was disbarred 17 months ago, was sentenced in December 2012 in Manhattan to 30 months in federal prison after admitting that he filed a $1 million claim against the FBI for a man who he thought was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Did you ever have to make up your mind? Did you ever have to make up your mind? Did you ever have to make up your mind?
Did you ever have to make up your mind? A TRAVELER WRITES: Whose side are you on, anyway? Sound familiar? We live in a Zero Tolerance Era. For those who don’t realize what that means: The government doesn’t believe that you are smart enough to think, to use your judgment, to make decisions. (Hint # 1: If you believe that the government knows what is best for you, you just may want to think a little harder.) We live in the Twitter Era, when you must explain your beliefs and positions in 140 characters or less. Ever try to share your thoughts on euthanasia or how to raise your children in a violent world in 140 characters? Yo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Illegal Guatemalan immigrant admits molesting Fairview girl, 8, in front of sister, 6 Illegal Guatemalan immigrant admits molesting Fairview girl, 8, in front of sister, 6 Illegal Guatemalan immigrant admits molesting Fairview girl, 8, in front of sister, 6
Illegal Guatemalan immigrant admits molesting Fairview girl, 8, in front of sister, 6 A Guatemalan immigrant in the county illegally will be deported after serving at least four years and three months for sexually assaulting the 8-year old daughter of Fairview friends in front of her 6-year-old sister. Abraham Anibol Chumil, 33, of North Bergen originally insisted that he wasn’t aroused when he put the girl on his lap while in his underwear during a sleepover. He also denied trying to pull down the girl’s pants, which she told detectives especially upset her. But the prospect of a trial — in particular, the potential prison sentence of 30 to 40 years that a guilty verdic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Route 17 bus stop shelter destroyed in Waldwick morning rush-hour crash Route 17 bus stop shelter destroyed in Waldwick morning rush-hour crash Route 17 bus stop shelter destroyed in Waldwick morning rush-hour crash
Route 17 bus stop shelter destroyed in Waldwick morning rush-hour crash EXCLUSIVE: A bus stop shelter, a street light and a trash can were taken out when a motorist this morning lost control of his Chevy Blazer while exiting southbound Route 17 in Waldwick. The driver was fine and no commuters were believed injured in the crash at the Sheridan Avenue/Prospect Street exit. The vehicle’s fuel tank ruptured, leaking gasoline onto an adjacent entrance ramp to the southbound highway, which was shut down while Waldwick firefighters and Bergen County Hazardous Materials personnel tended the spilled fuel. The wreck was removed by a flatbed tow truck as Waldwick PD …

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