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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Hundreds arrested in heroin sweep led by Bergen prosecutor Hundreds arrested in heroin sweep led by Bergen prosecutor Hundreds arrested in heroin sweep led by Bergen prosecutor
Hundreds arrested in heroin sweep led by Bergen prosecutor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The arrests of more than 325 people in North Jersey were announced today as part of a joint anti-heroin initiative in Paterson spearheaded by Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli with his counterparts from Passaic and Morris counties. Nearly 100 of those charged are alleged users and dealers from Bergen County. They come from all but a few of the county’s 70 municipalities. Most of the rest are from Passaic (180) and Morris (40) counties, with the rest from Sussex, Hudson, Middlesex and New York State. One was an Afghanistan war vet, another a dental hygien…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
DWI driver in Fair Lawn crash charged with punching, kicking, spitting on police, EMTs DWI driver in Fair Lawn crash charged with punching, kicking, spitting on police, EMTs DWI driver in Fair Lawn crash charged with punching, kicking, spitting on police, EMTs
DWI driver in Fair Lawn crash charged with punching, kicking, spitting on police, EMTs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunk driver who passed out in a crash had to be restrained after she punched, kicked and spit on police and EMS workers after she came to, Fair Lawn police said. Four cars were involved in the Saturday afternoon crash on Broadway at Zink Place, Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. A 56-year-old New Milford man driving one of the cars was taken by ambulance to,Hackensack University Medical Center with a back injury, Metzler said. Responding Officers Stephen Buskiewicz, Michael Franco, Luke Hintzen and Louis Evangelista found 50-year-old Suzanne Flanagan of Haw…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck man charged in Hackensack hockey league thefts Teaneck man charged in Hackensack hockey league thefts Teaneck man charged in Hackensack hockey league thefts
Teaneck man charged in Hackensack hockey league thefts ONLY ON CVP: A Teaneck man stole nearly $1,000 in cash and belongings after snearking into an unlocked locker room at the Ice House in Hackensack during mens league hockey games, an indictment alleges. Daniel M. Margulies, 22, is charged with two separate incidents, on Jan. 30 and Feb. 3. He rifled through belongings, taking mostly cash from a team from Riverdale, N.Y. known as the “Rusty Nuts,” authorities allege. Teaneck police arrested Margulies this past weekend in connection with another theft, this one in late February. He was free on bail at the time. This time, he posted $5,00…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Donate at Cresskill blood drive, get $5 Dunkin Donuts card Donate at Cresskill blood drive, get $5 Dunkin Donuts card Donate at Cresskill blood drive, get $5 Dunkin Donuts card
Donate at Cresskill blood drive, get $5 Dunkin Donuts card SHOUT OUT: Donors at the Cresskill police and firefighters blood drive tomorrow will get a free $5 Dunkin Donuts gift card. The blood/platelets drive runs from 3 to 7 p.m. at the firehouse at 51 Madison Ave. You must weigh at least 110 pounds and show ID. It’s recommended that you eat before donating. There’s a complimentary glucose and cholesterol test with each donation. Click HERE to MAKE AN APPOINTMENT Or call: (201) 251-3703 (Jeremy Luciano) The event is sponsored by Cresskill PBA Local 180 and Cresskill IAFF Local 4896.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist hospitalized after deer crash on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes Motorcyclist hospitalized after deer crash on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes Motorcyclist hospitalized after deer crash on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes
Motorcyclist hospitalized after deer crash on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 63-year-old motorcyclist was hospitalized after his bike struck a deer on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes last night. Robert Minor of Kinnelon was headed north near Ewing Avenue on his Harley Davidson just before 8:30 p.m. when the deer ran in front of him, causing the collision, Lt. John Bakelaar said this morning. Minor was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Bakelaar said.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTO gallery: First female chief of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office detectives sworn in PHOTO gallery: First female chief of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office detectives sworn in PHOTO gallery: First female chief of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office detectives sworn in
Photo gallery: First female chief of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office detectives sworn in SHOUT OUT: Carmen Martino, the first woman to head a county detective bureau in New Jersey history, was sworn in today as chief of detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Martino, 48, is used to breaking ground, having begun her career nearly 25 years ago as the first Latina female detective on the county’s narcotics task force. She was also the first female certified firearms instructor and first female captain in the BCPO. BCPO Chief of Detectives Carmen Martino, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli (CVP PHOTOS: Robert Kugler) “It’s an honor to be the first femal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Structural issue closes Ridgefield Park CVS Structural issue closes Ridgefield Park CVS Structural issue closes Ridgefield Park CVS
Structural issue closes Ridgefield Park CVS UPDATE: The Ridgefield Park CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Main and Mt. Vernon streets has been temporarily closed because of what authorities say is instability in the building’s structure. The owners ask that customers instead go to the CVS at 375 Queen Anne Road in Teaneck (201-928-2900).

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep driver hospitalized after Ridgewood crash Jeep driver hospitalized after Ridgewood crash Jeep driver hospitalized after Ridgewood crash
Jeep driver hospitalized after Ridgewood crash ONLY ON CVP: A driver was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after his neck was injured in a crash earlier today. The young driver’s Jeep Wrangler collided with a silver Toyota Camry at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Grant Street in Ridgewood late Monday morning. The Camry driver complained of pain but declined to be taken to the hospital. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow truck. Responding were Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS workers, along with Midland Park police, who helped with traffic control. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge gives man who beat pregnant girlfriend 5 years after she says they’re ‘still in love’ Judge gives man who beat pregnant girlfriend 5 years after she says they’re ‘still in love’ Judge gives man who beat pregnant girlfriend 5 years after she says they’re ‘still in love’
Judge gives man who beat pregnant girlfriend 5 years after she says they’re ‘still in love’ ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack sentenced a man who beat his pregnant girlfriend and then threatened to kill her to five years without parole despite the Garfield woman’s request to “bring him home.” “It’s my understanding they are still in love and want to be together,” defense attorney Aaron Miller told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian during Friday’s sentencing for 22-year-old Tavin Mann. He said the girlfriend, who now has a baby boy with Mann, “has been on the phone with me from the beginning asking me to get him help” — specifically through a drug treatment program. “Pun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Aides at Hackensack health agency charged with collecting $18,000 in Medicaid for work never done Aides at Hackensack health agency charged with collecting $18,000 in Medicaid for work never done Aides at Hackensack health agency charged with collecting $18,000 in Medicaid for work never done
Aides at Hackensack health agency charged with collecting $18,000 in Medicaid for work never done YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two former employees of a Hackensack-based home health agency were charged in separate indictments today with trying to scam Medicaid for services they never provided. Naum Lavnevich, 56, of Oakland, collected $5,614 on 178 bogus claims while working an unrelated job — and even when he was out of the country, the indictment returned in Trenton alleges. Meanwhile, it says, 52-year-old Anatoli Rountsev of Totowa got $12,598 for 463 false reports, Both were certified homemaker home health aides for Confident Care Corporation, which has 10 satellite offices throughou…

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