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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Chopper rescues injured hiker from Alpine cliffs Chopper rescues injured hiker from Alpine cliffs Chopper rescues injured hiker from Alpine cliffs
Chopper rescues injured hiker from Alpine cliffs YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 36-year-old hiker was airlifted from the from the steep, rocky cliffs along the Hudson River in Alpine after she apparently broke her ankle while walking along the Hudson River this afternoon. An NYPD helicopter joined rescue teams in extricating the woman from a steep cliffside area of washed-out stone 200 feet above the shoreline. The hiker, Amanda Graham, slipped on a rock and fell a short distance before grabbing onto a rock and pulling herself up. After Piermont firefighters were unable to reach her from below, two choppers were called in. They got her into…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Mother of slain Lodi woman says boys should be with her Mother of slain Lodi woman says boys should be with her Mother of slain Lodi woman says boys should be with her
Mother of slain Lodi woman says boys should be with her SPECIAL REPORT: A Lodi grandmother’s anguish over her daughter’s murder was deepened this Mother’s Day by fears that the boys will be kept from her and her family while the child welfare and legal systems determine where to place them. Gloria Laurentino, also of Lodi, said she cared for 8-year-old Nicholas and 7-year-old Anthony Jordan (all above) and was “a part of the children’s everyday lives.” She picked them up from school each day and cared for them until her daughter, Tracey Jordan, 39, came home from her clothing store job in Secaucus. FBI agents and local police were waiting wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
‘Missing’ man charged in Teaneck gunpoint sexual assault ‘Missing’ man charged in Teaneck gunpoint sexual assault ‘Missing’ man charged in Teaneck gunpoint sexual assault
‘Missing’ man charged in Teaneck gunpoint sexual assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 49-year-old former Fort Lee man who’d been reported missing three years ago was arrested by Teaneck police before dawn today following a gunpoint sexual assault. Bum S. Suh of Teaneck was in police custody at Bergen Regional Medical Center with bail set at $500,000. The victim was taken to an area hospital around 1 a.m., police said. Authorities characterized Suh as “mentally challenged” when he was reported missing by his family in December 2010. He was last seen at the Port Authority bus terminal on 42nd Street in Manhattan and was believed headed to California…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington police head off bank robbery North Arlington police head off bank robbery North Arlington police head off bank robbery
North Arlington police head off bank robbery A man who looked suspicious enough to deserve a 911 call was preparing to rob a North Arlington bank when police stopped him, authorities said. Sgt. Joseph Prinzo and Officers David Ryan and Sean MacDonald stopped 20-year-old Frankie R. Ortiz of Paterson on Ridge Road on Tuesday and found him carrying a black automatic 9mm handgun, Police Chief Louis Ghione said. After taking him into custody, the officers searched Ortiz’s backpack. Inside, Ghione said, they found a black wool hat with a full facel mask, black gloves, clear rubber gloves, an additional pair of sneakers and an additional f…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Falling displays mistaken for gunfire, several injured in chaos at Garden State Plaza Falling displays mistaken for gunfire, several injured in chaos at Garden State Plaza Falling displays mistaken for gunfire, several injured in chaos at Garden State Plaza
Falling displays mistaken for gunfire, several injured in chaos at Garden State Plaza UPDATE: As if loud bangs mistaken for gunfire weren’t enough, police at the Garden State Plaza last night also had to contend with an unsecured backpack found during the chaos near JC Penney. A Demarest police officer who found the pack determined that it contained personal items. A hectic night with a peaceful ending once again tested the response capability of tactical teams and local police departments. By 8:30 p.m. — roughly 20 minutes after the initial 911 call — Paramus police called off any further reinforcements. Hundreds of officers from various towns and agencies, some in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep tips on Paramus Road entrance to Route 17 Jeep tips on Paramus Road entrance to Route 17 Jeep tips on Paramus Road entrance to Route 17
Jeep tips on Paramus Road entrance to Route 17 ONLY ON CVP: A driver escaped serious injury after his 2005 Jeep Cherokee keeled onto its side this afternoon. The driver climbed out on his own after the crash on the Paramus Road entrance ramp to northbound Route 17 in Ridgewood around 1 p.m. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS workers all responded. The ramp was closed until a flatbed tow truck righted the vehicle. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie police charge Little Ferry man with punching, running over girlfriend with car Moonachie police charge Little Ferry man with punching, running over girlfriend with car Moonachie police charge Little Ferry man with punching, running over girlfriend with car
Moonachie police charge Little Ferry man with punching, running over girlfriend with car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry man was charged with attempted murder and other offenses after he punched his girlfriend in the face, then ran her over and dragged her with his car before fleeing, Moonachie Police Chief Michael J. Maguire said this afternoon. Oscar Pedraza, 18, turned himself in at 10:10 a.m. today to face the charges, Maguire said. The condition of the victim, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what the chief said were serious injuries, was unknown. Pedraza knocked down the 32-year-old woman, also of Little Ferry, on West Fifth Street just …

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Three injured in Ridgewood crash Three injured in Ridgewood crash Three injured in Ridgewood crash
Three injured in Ridgewood crash ONLY ON CVP: Three non-life-threatening injuries were reported in connection with the collision of a Jaguar sedan and Buick Enclave SUV at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and North Walnut Street in Ridgewood at 10:45 this morning. The Jaguar’s driver was the most seriously injured of the victims, reporting from chest pains as a result of air bag deployment. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS all responded. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood delivery robbery leads to $140K in stolen cosmetics, five arrests Englewood delivery robbery leads to $140K in stolen cosmetics, five arrests Englewood delivery robbery leads to $140K in stolen cosmetics, five arrests
Englewood delivery robbery leads to $140K in stolen cosmetics, five arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police arrested five people — including a brother and sister — and were seeking a sixth following a chain of events that began with the brutal mugging of a Chinese food deliveryman and ended with the seizure of $140,000 worth of stolen makeup removal wipes. The 40-year-old victim was lured Sunday night to a closed West Forest Avenue business, where he was set upon by several men, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He took a pretty good beating,” Torell said. “He was punched, kicked, stomped and choked. They took between two and three hu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Edgewater bicyclist critical in crash, Hummer driver charged with DWI assault Edgewater bicyclist critical in crash, Hummer driver charged with DWI assault Edgewater bicyclist critical in crash, Hummer driver charged with DWI assault
Edgewater bicyclist critical in crash, Hummer driver charged with DWI assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A North Bergen interior designer was drunk when her car hit a bicyclist on River Road in Edgewater last night, leaving him in critical condition, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Siobhan Stokley, 40, was charged with DWI assault by auto and released on $15,000 bail pending a Municipal Court appearance this coming Thursday, Molinelli said. Stokley was behind the wheel of a 2007 Hummer H2 that hit 61-year-old Tony Tyson as he pedaled his bike in the right lane of the roadway north of Churchill Road around 10:50 p.m., the prosecutor said. …

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