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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Three more Romanians plead out in historic ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others Three more Romanians plead out in historic ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others Three more Romanians plead out in historic ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others
Three more Romanians plead out in historic ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three more Romanian nationals today admitted their roles in using ATM skimming devices to steal $5 million from banks in Englewood and elsewhere. Emil Revesz (a/k/a Daniel Laptes), 31, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark to single counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Meanwhile, Constantin Pendus (a/k/a Florin Bodgan Hristea), 30; and 19-year-old Florin Apetrei each pleaded guilty the conspiracy charge for their roles in what U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said was one of the largest operations of its kind ever uncovered by l…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Christie signs law opening NJ adoption records Christie signs law opening NJ adoption records Christie signs law opening NJ adoption records
Christie signs law opening NJ adoption records SHOUT OUT: Adoptees in New Jersey will be able to obtain birth records beginning in 2017 under a bill signed into law today by Gov. Christie. Birth parents of children adopted before Aug. 1, 2015 have until the end of 2016 to request their names be removed from the birth certificates, under the New Jersey Adoptees’ Birthright Bill. If they do, they’ll be asked to give a family health history. Birth parents will be able to choose their preferred means of contact — directly, through a confidential intermediary or no contact at all. (The confidential intermediary between birth parents an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police chase ends in crash Fair Lawn police chase ends in crash Fair Lawn police chase ends in crash
Fair Lawn police chase ends in crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Orange County, N.Y. man led Fair Lawn police on a brief car chase that ended in a crash and a failed attempt to flee on foot after a CVS shoplifting this morning, authorities said. The call from the Broadway pharmacy of a man driving off in a blue 2000 Pontiac after swiping $140 worth of gum and razors came in just before 9:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Officer Chris O’Shaughnessy spotted the car heading west on Broadway and pursued it into Paterson when the driver – identified as 32-year-old Jason Schulman of Tuxedo Park – refused to stop, he said. As Sch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood dad protecting daughter slashes Brooklyn man, police say Englewood dad protecting daughter slashes Brooklyn man, police say Englewood dad protecting daughter slashes Brooklyn man, police say
Englewood dad protecting daughter slashes Brooklyn man, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood father of four was in custody this morning after slashing a Brooklyn man who was having a dispute with his daughter outside their house last night, Police Chief Lawrence Suffern told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Garth Virgil, 51, pulled out a pocket knife and slashed the 28-year-old man on the abdomen and arm just after 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of East Forest Avenue and Mary Street, Suffern said. The victim was taken to Englewood Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening. Virgil, meanwhile, was brought to Engelwood police head…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Number of Teaneck serial brick throwings increases to nine Number of Teaneck serial brick throwings increases to nine Number of Teaneck serial brick throwings increases to nine
Number of Teaneck serial brick throwings increases to nine UPDATE: Following additional reports this morning, Teaneck police said they’re now investigating nine incidents last night in which bricks were thrown through the windows of homes and at vehicles — including one that sent an 18-year-old woman to the hospital. Witnesses reported seeing a man on a bicycle in the area of the attacks, which began when a car on Helen Street was damaged around 9:50 last night, Detective Lt. Andrew McGurr told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The woman was lying on a couch when the brick came crashing through a living-room window around 11:10 p.m., McGurr said. “She sustained…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield police arrest Englewood man for fighting with officer helping assault victim Bergenfield police arrest Englewood man for fighting with officer helping assault victim Bergenfield police arrest Englewood man for fighting with officer helping assault victim
Bergenfield police arrest Englewood man for fighting with officer helping assault victim YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergenfield police officer attending to an assault victim took another man into custody after a brief scuffle when he interfered, authorities said this morning. Officer Nicolas Deleon was the first to arrive to the report of an unconscious victim outside 96 South Washington Avenue just before 3 a.m. Sunday. He broadcast a description of the alleged assailant and began tending to the victim – who was bleeding from the nose and mouth – when 37-year-old Geraldo Reyes-Penaloza of Englewood approached and began yelling at him, Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said. De…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Two crashes within minutes tie up Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights Two crashes within minutes tie up Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights Two crashes within minutes tie up Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights
Two crashes within minutes tie up Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights ONLY ON CVP: Two vehicles colliding at a Hasbrouck Heights jughandle ended up on the wrong side of Route 17, leading to another collision in which a vehicle being towed on a flatbed fell onto the highway. A Mercury Mountaineer and Honda Civic were headed south near the Meadowlands Nissan jughandle when they collided and continue across the highway into the northbound lanes around 2:45 p.m. About 200 feet south, the driver of a vehicle towing another one on a flatbed trailer tried merging into traffic from the shoulder when the trailer hit another vehicle. No injuries were reported in ei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
SUVs collide in Fair Lawn, driver hospitalized SUVs collide in Fair Lawn, driver hospitalized SUVs collide in Fair Lawn, driver hospitalized
SUVs collide in Fair Lawn, driver hospitalized ONLY ON CVP: The male driver of a Ford Edge was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that police said weren’t life-threatening following a crash this morning in Fair Lawn. The Edge collided with a Range Rover at the intersection of Saddle River Road and Fair Lawn Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Fair Lawn police and an EMS crew responded. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont man jailed on assault, weapons charges after brief standoff Dumont man jailed on assault, weapons charges after brief standoff Dumont man jailed on assault, weapons charges after brief standoff
Dumont man jailed on assault, weapons charges after brief standoff YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 50-year-old Dumont man who was critically stabbed in a fight three years ago briefly held police at bay last night before surrendering on assault and weapons charges. Michael Andrew King was being held on $12,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Local police summoned the Bergen County SWAT Team negotiators, who removed King an hour or so after he barricaded himself in his New Milford Avenue home before midnight last night. King was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by his ex-girlfriend’s 17-year-old son in September 2011 after he refused to leave their Paramus hou…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
2 girls hospitalized, 4 adults arrested in Franklin Lakes drinking party 2 girls hospitalized, 4 adults arrested in Franklin Lakes drinking party 2 girls hospitalized, 4 adults arrested in Franklin Lakes drinking party
2 girls hospitalized, 4 adults arrested in Franklin Lakes drinking party YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Four adults were arrested and two drunken 17-year-old girls were hospitalized after Franklin Lakes police were called to an underage house party last night. Officers responding to the 11:35 p.m. call on Linden Way found one of the girls drunk and unconscious, Detective Lt. John Bakelaar said this morning. She and another girl were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, he said. Resident Marine Michaels, 20, was charged with maintaining a nuisance, while 21-year-old Robert Thompson of Oakland was charged with buying the booze for the minors. Meanwhile, Caile…

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