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
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Palisades Park man, 33, charged in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker, 61 Palisades Park man, 33, charged in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker, 61 Palisades Park man, 33, charged in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker, 61
Palisades Park man, 33, charged in stabbing of Closter restaurant co-worker, 61 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fight between two employees of a Closter Chinese restaurant left one stabbed in the back and another held on $75,000 bail. The 61-year-old victim was recovering this morning after surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center after being stabbed around 9 p.m. in the kitchen area of the Ewha Won Restaurant in the shopping center on Piermont Road, Closter Police Chief Dennis Kaine said. The assailant — identified as 33-year-old Guatemalan national Antonio Lopez-Tuche of Palisades Park — then fled, Kaine said. A Bergen County Sheriffs K-9 unit tracked Lopez-Tuch…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Woman, 44, struck, killed on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River a suicide, police say Woman, 44, struck, killed on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River a suicide, police say Woman, 44, struck, killed on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River a suicide, police say
Woman, 44, struck, killed on Route 17 in Upper Saddle River a suicide, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 44-year-old woman struck and killed by a car on Route 17 last night left behind a suicide note, Upper Saddle River Police Chief Patrick Rotella said this morning. The woman was struck between the right and middle lanes of traffic just before 9:30 p.m. south of Jack Daniels Audi. “Witness accounts and a note located close to the scene confirmed the incident as a suicide attempt,” Rotella said. The highway was closed for about three hours for the investigation. Rotella thanked several agencies for assisting: -Upper Saddle River Fire Department -Bergen County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bogota police search for assailant in stabbing, robbery Bogota police search for assailant in stabbing, robbery Bogota police search for assailant in stabbing, robbery
Bogota police search for assailant in stabbing, robbery  YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Bogota man stabbed during a robbery last night tried making it to a friend’s house before collapsing just across the border in Teaneck, police said this morning. Officers responded just before 9 p.m. to a call of the bleeding man, who was shouting from an abandoned house on Elm Avenue near West Grove Street, Bogota Police Capt. James Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He’d been stabbed in the side and “was trying to make it back to a friend’s house but couldn’t because of his injury,” Sepp said. The man told officers that he was walking on Linden Avenue wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Pellet gun fires during Teaneck sex assault, ‘missing’ man held, prosecutor says Pellet gun fires during Teaneck sex assault, ‘missing’ man held, prosecutor says Pellet gun fires during Teaneck sex assault, ‘missing’ man held, prosecutor says
Pellet gun fires during Teaneck sex assault, ‘missing’ man held, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pellet gun he was carrying fired several times as a 49-year-old Teaneck man tackled and tried to molest a woman who works in the building where he lives, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Bum S. Suh – who made headlines after authorities reported him missing three years ago – was arrested by Teaneck police before dawn Sunday following the gunpoint sexual assault. The 33-year-old woman told police that Suh “approached her carrying a firearm and, after tackling her forcibly, touched her in an inappropriate manner,” Molinelli said. “The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
IRS phone scams continuing, police chief warns citizens not to become victims IRS phone scams continuing, police chief warns citizens not to become victims IRS phone scams continuing, police chief warns citizens not to become victims
IRS phone scams continuing, police chief warns citizens not to become victims PUBLIC SAFETY: It’s nearly a full month since April 15 and, still, tax scams continue to do serious damage, New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro warned this afternoon. His department has been “inundated with reports of tax fraud and IRS scam calls,” the chief said. In some cases, people have been unable to legitimately file their tax returns because an identity thief used their Social Security numbers, Papapietro said. In other cases, he said, people have been scared into giving up money by callers pretending to be from the IRS. The victims “were advised they were about to be arr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Bergen County Jail again gets state DOC recognition Bergen County Jail again gets state DOC recognition Bergen County Jail again gets state DOC recognition
Bergen County Jail again gets state DOC recognition SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Jail fully complies with a strict series of standards set forth by the New Jersey Department of Corrections, Sheriff Michael Saudino announced this afternoon. It’s no small feat. Since his first day on the job, Saudino has done nothing but praise the members of his office for their professionalism and dedication. Getting the seal of approval from the state DOC — after the BCJ has already won national recognition for excellence in operation — underscores what the sheriff has been saying. A four-day inspection in September found the jail satisfying 622 require…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Ex-con can be free again in two years for burglaries in six Bergen towns Ex-con can be free again in two years for burglaries in six Bergen towns Ex-con can be free again in two years for burglaries in six Bergen towns
Ex-con can be free again in two years for burglaries in six Bergen towns ONLY ON CVP: A career criminal can be out of jail again in as little as two years after pleading guilty to home burglaries in six different Bergen County towns. “I did,” Sean Patrick Byrne answered in a firm voice to a series of questions about the break-ins from his defense attorney yesterday. Byrne, 45, of Orange, once served seven years in state prison for robbery and burglary out of Passaic. He was released in October 2011 only to end up back in prison July 2012 for a little more than a month. Byrne has nearly a dozen other arrests on his record out of Bergen, Morris and Camden coun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack firefighters rescue six cats in apartment blaze Hackensack firefighters rescue six cats in apartment blaze Hackensack firefighters rescue six cats in apartment blaze
Hackensack firefighters rescue six cats in apartment blaze YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Hackensack firefighters rescued six cats and returned them to their owners after snuffing a kitchen stove fire that severely damaged a unit in a Polifly Road apartment complex tonight. The call came in just after 6:30 p.m. at the three-story garden apartment complex across from the Stony Hill Inn. Three Hackensack engines, a ladder truck and a rescue unit began attacking the second-floor blaze. A second alarm brought a Teaneck FAST team. The fire was knocked down in under five minutes, during which city firefighters found the felines. Hackensack Volunteer EMS work…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Mama turtle stranded in Ridgewood park Mama turtle stranded in Ridgewood park Mama turtle stranded in Ridgewood park
Mama turtle stranded in Ridgewood park ONLY ON CVP: A female snapping turtle became stranded on a ledge within a man-made waterfall at a Ridgewood park this afternoon. Village Patrol Officer Shayne James (left) and an unidentified representative of Ho-Ho-Kus-based Tyco Animal Control decided to leave the turtle in place in the Irene Habernickel Family Park on Hillcrest Road. They’ll check back later this week to see whether she freed herself on her own. The Tyco representative said she probably laid eggs somewhere in the park and was in the process of returning to her natural habitat. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Woodland Park con man gets 3 years for scamming charities Woodland Park con man gets 3 years for scamming charities Woodland Park con man gets 3 years for scamming charities
Woodland Park con man gets 3 years for scamming charities YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A compulsive gambler who promised organizations that benefit schoolchildren and people with life-threatening illnesses several rounds at the Augusta National Golf Course, a walk-on role on “Desperate Housewives,” and tickets to the Tony Awards was sentenced today to three years in federal prison. Gregory Ciccone, 37, of Woodland Park last year admitted defrauding at least 17 charities and non-profit organizations, costing them $768,000. Several victims were organizing a class action suit in October 2010 when federal agents arrested Ciccone, the owner and president …

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