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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Police officers not guilty of lying, concealing evidence in shooting Bergen County Police officers not guilty of lying, concealing evidence in shooting Bergen County Police officers not guilty of lying, concealing evidence in shooting
Bergen County Police officers not guilty of lying, concealing evidence in shooting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors today acquitted two Bergen County Police officers of charges of trying to cover up a shooting following a high-speed chase from Paramus to Bogota nearly four years ago. Officers Jeffrey Roberts (above, right) and Saheed Baksh (left) remained composed as friends and loved ones shouted, clapped, embraced and cried. Both held slight smiles until Roberts’ wife rushed to the bar, where he joined her in an embrace. The hugging continued all around for a few minutes as the defense attorneys shook hands and exchanged congratulations. Jurors acquitted the two of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Driver seriously injured in Fair Lawn dump truck crash Driver seriously injured in Fair Lawn dump truck crash Driver seriously injured in Fair Lawn dump truck crash
Driver seriously injured in Fair Lawn dump truck crash ONLY ON CVP: A driver was seriously injured when her Toyota Prius collided with a tandem axle dump truck in Fair Lawn this morning. The woman was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center after the 11 a.m. crash in front of 17-50 River Road. Fair Lawn police and EMS responded. The Toyota was removed by flatbed tow truck. The dump truck driver wasn’t injured. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Transit police honor Bergen Rapid Deployment Force for Super Bowl security NJ Transit police honor Bergen Rapid Deployment Force for Super Bowl security NJ Transit police honor Bergen Rapid Deployment Force for Super Bowl security
NJ Transit police honor Bergen Rapid Deployment Force for Super Bowl security SHOUT OUT: Members of the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force were among several agencies honored by New Jersey Transit police yesterday for their work at this year’s Super Bowl in East Rutherford. Accepting the award were several members of the RDF command staff: New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro Englewood Cliffs Deputy Police Chief Michael McMorrow Fair Lawn Police Capt. Robert Kneer Palisades Park Police Capt. Anthony Muccio Carlstadt Police Sgt. Damir Blagec Bergen County Police Department Detective Gidget Petry The RDF, which is run by the Bergen County Police Chiefs Assoc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police say two-time Newark Airport baggage thief caught Port Authority police say two-time Newark Airport baggage thief caught Port Authority police say two-time Newark Airport baggage thief caught
Port Authority police say two-time Newark Airport baggage thief caught YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police officers watching an ex-con pacing near a Newark Airport baggage carousel grabbed him as he tried to board a bus carrying two stolen suitcases last night, authorities said. The plain-clothed officers stopped 37-year-old Jaysen P. Williams of Newark outside Terminal C around 8:30 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. The 6-foot-3-inch, 215-pound Williams — who was arrested for the same crime at the airport in February — admitted that the bags weren’t his, Pentangelo said. Williams, who has 40 prior arrests on his record, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Mishandled candles cause Palisades Park house fire Mishandled candles cause Palisades Park house fire Mishandled candles cause Palisades Park house fire
Mishandled candles cause Palisades Park house fire ONLY ON CVP: Two children playing with candles accidentally ignited a fire that destroyed the upper half of a 2½-story house in Palisades Park last night. Both the youngsters and their parents got out OK, Police Chief Benjamin Ramos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Leonia’s FAST team and Ridgefield firefighters joined their colleagues at the Hillside Avenue blaze, between West Edsall Boulevard and Ackerman Place, which broke out just after 11:40 p.m. The lower half of the house sustained severe water damage, Ramos said. VIDEO (CLIFFVIEW PILOT Contributor Kevin Teel): STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVI…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Poles smashed, driver ejected in Park Ridge crash Poles smashed, driver ejected in Park Ridge crash Poles smashed, driver ejected in Park Ridge crash
Poles smashed, driver ejected in Park Ridge crash ONLY ON CVP: A driver was ejected after his Chevy Suburban bounced off a utility pole, hit a tree and then snapped another pole in half in Park Ridge last night. AirMed One flew the driver to Hackensack University Medical Center with head trauma after the crash around 10 p.m. in front of 222 Spring Valley Road. A source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that he claimed he wasn’t driving and that there was another occupant, but no one was found at the scene. A second chopper that was put on standby was then cancelled. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office was inv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Former Bergen Catholic wrestler charged with attacking 5 in Jersey Shore rampage Former Bergen Catholic wrestler charged with attacking 5 in Jersey Shore rampage Former Bergen Catholic wrestler charged with attacking 5 in Jersey Shore rampage
Former Bergen Catholic wrestler charged with attacking 5 in Jersey Shore rampage BEYOND BERGEN: A former Bergen Catholic wrestling star from Ridgefield Park went on a violent rampage in Manasquan over the Memorial Day weekend — stealing and crashing a motorized beach cart and punching several people, including a 72-year-old man whose house he broke into, authorities said. Lukas D. Iorio, 20, was released on $341,000 bail Monday after being arrested the night before on a host of charges, including carjacking and assault. Iorio was a Region 2 champion and two-time state qualifier at Bergen Catholic, where he was team captain. He was 31-8 in his senior year in 2012 and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood man escapes injury in pool chemical explosion Ridgewood man escapes injury in pool chemical explosion Ridgewood man escapes injury in pool chemical explosion
Ridgewood man escapes injury in pool chemical explosion EXCLUSIVE: An elderly Ridgewood resident escaped injury after igniting an explosion in his garage today by mixing chlorine, pool shock and warm water in a bucket, police said. “He was really lucky,” Police Chief John Ward told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officer Rosario Vaccarella, who was passing by at the time, heard the mini-blast and saw a small cloud coming from the Willow Court garage, then ran inside and got the man out, Ward said. “He was covered in the chemicals, and the garage was filled with fumes,” the chief said. An ambulance took the man to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for eval…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Five New Milford High School students charged in counterfeit money operation Five New Milford High School students charged in counterfeit money operation Five New Milford High School students charged in counterfeit money operation
Five New Milford High School students charged in counterfeit money operation YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Milford teenager made $1,000 worth of counterfeit currency on a home printer, then enlisted four classmates to pass several bogus $20 bills at local businesses — and in the High School cafeteria, police said today. Bills with similar serial numbers were also passed at businesses in Dumont and Paramus, New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro said the U.S. Secret Service told him. “They were most likely made on a home ink jet printer with resume paper,” Papapietro said he was told. The bogus bills (photos, above) first turned up at a River Road Dunkin Donut…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
NYC brothers charged with terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police NYC brothers charged with terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police NYC brothers charged with terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police
NYC brothers charged with terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police UPDATE: Two New York City brothers fought with Fort Lee police after throwing chairs across the counter at workers in the George Washington Bridge McDonalds when they couldn’t get free food, authorities said this afternoon. Officers responding to the Lemoine Avenue fast-food restaurant on a disturbance report Monday night spotted Malick and Malcolm Mitchell trying to flee, Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul said. Malick Mitchell, 35, of Brooklyn (above, right), “began to resist when officers attempted to take him into custody,” Bendul said. Malcom Mitchell, 37, of Manhattan (left), “fle…

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