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
Elderly driver injured in Ho-Ho-Kus crash Elderly driver injured in Ho-Ho-Kus crash Elderly driver injured in Ho-Ho-Kus crash
Elderly driver injured in Ho-Ho-Kus crash ONLY ON CVP: An elderly driver was walked to an ambulance and taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after a crash in Ho-Ho-Kus this morning. The man’s Hyundai sedan collided with a GMC Denali at the intersection of Hollywood Avenue and North Franklin Turnpike aroun 9:45 a.m. The Hyundai was towed and the GMC driven away. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood police: Officer OK after crash with DWI driver Westwood police: Officer OK after crash with DWI driver Westwood police: Officer OK after crash with DWI driver
Westwood police: Officer OK after crash with DWI driver YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Westwood police officer sustained minor injuries late last night after his radio car hit a vehicle that authorities said was driven by an intoxicated woman who turned in front of him. Officer Michael Fortunat was headed east on Old Hook Road, about to stop another motorist, when the westbound 2012 Cadillac CTS turned in front of him onto Tilman Street just before midnight, Westwood Police Sgt. Michael Pontillo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The officer swerved to try and avoid the car and the cruiser hit the rear passenger side quarter-panel, knocking off the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Sons safe, Lodi man in custody, after wife’s stabbing death Sons safe, Lodi man in custody, after wife’s stabbing death Sons safe, Lodi man in custody, after wife’s stabbing death
Sons safe, Lodi man in custody, after wife’s stabbing death UPDATE: FBI agents and local police were waiting when a Lodi man who authorities said fled with his two young sons after stabbing his estranged wife to death pulled up to a relative’s house in South Carolina overnight, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. John “Rob” Jordan, 47, was arrested without incident when he arrived in Greenville, S.C., with sons Nicholas, 8, and Anthony, 7, at 12:45 a.m., Molinelli said. He was being held as a fugitive from justice, without bail, in the Greenville County Detention Center (mugshot above). (CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported Jordan’s …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Sixth defendant in Englewood street gang robberies surrenders Sixth defendant in Englewood street gang robberies surrenders Sixth defendant in Englewood street gang robberies surrenders
Sixth defendant in Englewood street gang robberies surrenders YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A reputed gang member from Staten Island surrendered to Englewood detectives who’d been searching for him in connection with a series of street robberies. Ivan “Live” Santos, 23, was the only one of six defendants not taken into custody during a tactical takedown by city police last month. Santos, who was charged with armed robbery, was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, where the other five remained today. Santos is accused of committing three holdups on April 14. The first was of a female jitney bus driver on the Englewood/Teaneck border o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi man sought in wife’s stabbing death captured in South Carolina, sons safe Lodi man sought in wife’s stabbing death captured in South Carolina, sons safe Lodi man sought in wife’s stabbing death captured in South Carolina, sons safe
Lodi man sought in wife’s stabbing death captured in South Carolina, sons safe YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police in South Carolina have captured a Lodi man who authorities said took off with his sons after stabbing his estranged wife to death, and “the boys are safe,” a law enforcement source  with direct knowledge of the case told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “They took him into custody a few minutes ago near a relative’s home,” the source said a little after 1 a.m. Saturday. “The boys are safe.” John “Rob” Jordan, 47, already was hours on the run when the body of 39-year-old Tracey Jordan was found early tonight at her Cynthia Gardens apartments on Garibaldi Avenue,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge regretfully gives scammer brief jail term in Leonia senior flim-flam Judge regretfully gives scammer brief jail term in Leonia senior flim-flam Judge regretfully gives scammer brief jail term in Leonia senior flim-flam
Judge regretfully gives scammer brief jail term in Leonia senior flim-flam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A career scam artist who admitted trying to con a 77-year old Leonia woman out of her savings was sentenced to 270 days in the Bergen County Jail today by a judge in Hackensack who clearly wasn’t pleased with the plea deal. “You should be going to state prison,” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian told 59-year-old Norman Gladney of the Bronx. “I agreed to this before I was aware of your extensive record.” Jerejian said he’s been a judge for nearly a decade “and this is one of the longest rap sheets I’ve ever seen.” “You have arrests in multi-state jurisdictio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Six charged with boosting $2,738 in perfume, clothing from Paramus Nordstrom Six charged with boosting $2,738 in perfume, clothing from Paramus Nordstrom Six charged with boosting $2,738 in perfume, clothing from Paramus Nordstrom
Six charged with boosting $2,738 in perfume, clothing from Paramus Nordstrom YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police said they caught six members of an Essex County shoplifting crew as they left the Garden State Plaza with “booster” bags full of perfume and clothing — and a stun gun. Nordstrom security alerted Officer David Bentancourt to the crew last Saturday, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said this afternoon. Bentancourt spotted them in the mall lot getting into a Nissan Murano and was backed up by Officer Keith Bland, Guidetti said. The group was carrying assorted bottles of fragrance from Jimmy Choo, Gucci, Armani, and Coco Channel, along with clothing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Help the family of Wayne girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor Help the family of Wayne girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor Help the family of Wayne girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor
Help the family of Wayne girl, 5, with inoperable brain tumor PLEASE HELP: At 5, Lily LaRue Anderson has already won a poetry contest. One of twins, she loves taking photos, making videoes, doing impressions, telling jokes. She also has an inoperable brain tumor. With no prior signs, the spry, bubbly Wayne girl was diagnosed Tuesday with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). The tumor sits in the middle of the brain stem — which holds our “wiring” for motor control and sensation — and can’t be removed. It’s a particularly cruel disease:  The median overall survival term is 9 months. *     *      *      *      *      * CLICK HERE: GoFundMe F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Illegal alien admits plot to rob Wyckoff pizzeria owner Illegal alien admits plot to rob Wyckoff pizzeria owner Illegal alien admits plot to rob Wyckoff pizzeria owner
Illegal alien admits plot to rob Wyckoff pizzeria owner ONLY ON CVP: One of three people charged in a botched scheme to rob the owner of a Wyckoff pizzeria pleaded guilty yesterday, while lawyers for his former girlfriend and a third co-defendant said they’re set to go to trial next week. Luis A. Diaz (inset, above), 23, of Paterson, agreed to a seven-year prison term — nearly six years of which he must serve — in exchange for pleading guilty to armed robbery for his role in the aborted December 2012 holdup. He also agreed to testify against Nicole Gorter (above, right), 20, of North Haledon and 29-year-old Jose M. Navarrohidalgo (left) of Pat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford bank robber gets $3,500 Rutherford bank robber gets $3,500 Rutherford bank robber gets $3,500
Rutherford bank robber gets $3,500 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rutherford police released a surveillance shot of an armed robber who they said waited for the Capitol One Bank branch on Park Avenue to open this morning, then took $3,500. The robber came in through the Franklin Place entrance once the doors opened at 9 a.m., Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said. He handed the teller a note and displayed a wooden-handled handgun in his waistband, the chief said. Then he fled with the cash in a dark backpack. The robber was described as about 5-foot-8, with dark hair, sideburns, a square jaw and pock-marked cheeks. He was …

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