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
PIP police chase carjacked SUV with blown tire driven by Bronx boy, 16 PIP police chase carjacked SUV with blown tire driven by Bronx boy, 16 PIP police chase carjacked SUV with blown tire driven by Bronx boy, 16
PIP police chase carjacked SUV with blown tire driven by Bronx boy, 16 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Palisades Interstate Parkway police chased down a 16-year-old Bronx boy driving a carjacked SUV on a flat tire in Alpine and took him and two adult passengers into custody, authorities said last night. Officer Adam Temporale activated his emergency lights to try and pull over the green 2013 Toyota Rav4, which was headed northbound at a low rate of speed Monday afternoon, Police Chief Michael Coppola said. The driver kept going, however. Officers in an unmarked PIP police vehicle helped stop the SUV, afte which all three were taken into custody. Officers “detect…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Residents’ motion-sensor lights help Rochelle Park arrest car burglary suspect Residents’ motion-sensor lights help Rochelle Park arrest car burglary suspect Residents’ motion-sensor lights help Rochelle Park arrest car burglary suspect
Residents’ motion-sensor lights help Rochelle Park arrest car burglary suspect ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Rochelle Park police attacked a recent string of car burglaries by hitting the street before dawn this morning and snagging a local man who they said they caught in the act. Officer Dean Pinto and Detectives Chris Bermudez and Detective Jim DePreta were assigned to the detail east of Rochelle Avenue between Central Avenue and Essex Street when they spotted 20-year-old Richard Rodriguez walking east on Becker Avenue around 1 a.m. Rodriguez, who has a past burglary history, already was seen in people’s driveways on residential security video, DePreta said. As they follo…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Zipper bag, helium tank used in Palisades Park suicide, police say Zipper bag, helium tank used in Palisades Park suicide, police say Zipper bag, helium tank used in Palisades Park suicide, police say
Zipper bag, helium tank used in Palisades Park suicide, police say EXCLUSIVE: What at first appeared a suspicious death in Palisades Park turned out to be an asphyxiation suicide involving a plastic bag and helium, authorities said. Police responding to the family’s DOA overnight call today found the 33-year-old 11th Street victim with a zipper bag tied around his head and rubber tubes running to two helium tanks bought at Wal-Mart, Chief Benjamin Ramos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Somehow the man bound his wrists in front of himself with zip ties similar to those used by police, the chief said. The Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
No injuries when Ridgewood garbage truck, car collide No injuries when Ridgewood garbage truck, car collide No injuries when Ridgewood garbage truck, car collide
No injuries when Ridgewood garbage truck, car collide YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: No injuries were reported after a Ridgewood sanitation truck collided with a sedan this morning. The truck, carrying three workers, collided with a Toyota Camry at the intersection of Prospect Street and Durar Avenue around 9 a.m. The Toyota sustained passenger-side damage but was driven from the scene. The truck was returned to the village garage and was back on its route after repairs. There was no immediate word on possible summonses. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pot smoking driver on NJ Turnpike shoulder gives Bergen County Jail address, Port Authority police say Pot smoking driver on NJ Turnpike shoulder gives Bergen County Jail address, Port Authority police say Pot smoking driver on NJ Turnpike shoulder gives Bergen County Jail address, Port Authority police say
Pot smoking driver on NJ Turnpike shoulder gives Bergen County Jail address, Port Authority police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver who Port Authority police said reeked of pot when they stopped him near the Lincoln Tunnel told them his address was the Bergen County Jail — and was promptly arrested along with his passenger. A PAPD officer stopped the man for driving a 2009 Cadillac on the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike early last night, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The officer, smelling burnt marijuana, questioned the driver (above, left), who “made statements to the effect that he had been smoking marijuana and that he did not have a driver’s license,” Pentangelo said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey City boy, 15, facing hearing for posting Facebook video of sex with girl, 13 Jersey City boy, 15, facing hearing for posting Facebook video of sex with girl, 13 Jersey City boy, 15, facing hearing for posting Facebook video of sex with girl, 13
Jersey City boy, 15, facing hearing for posting Facebook video of sex with girl, 13 BEYOND BERGEN: A 15-year-old Jersey City boy who authorities said posted a video to Facebook of him having sex with a 13-year-old girl was briefly taken into custody earlier today and served with a juvenile complaint. He was released to his parents on a complaint alleging two counts of invasion of privacy after being taken into custody at Dickinson High School (photo, above), which both he and the girl attend, Hudson County Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor Debra Simon said. A hearing in the Family Division of state court in Jersey City was being scheduled. The proceeding will be private …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale police charge former Westwood man with punching resident, kicking dog Hillsdale police charge former Westwood man with punching resident, kicking dog Hillsdale police charge former Westwood man with punching resident, kicking dog
Hillsdale police charge former Westwood man with punching resident, kicking dog YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hillsdale police today arrested a former Westwood man in the assault on a resident and his dog last night outside a local fast-food restaurant. Christian Sapp, 22, of Jersey City, punched the 34-year-old borough man and kicked his dog outside the Wendy’s Restaurant on Hillsdale Avenue just before 10 p.m. yesterday and then fled, Police Chief Chip Stalter said this afternoon. Officer Alex Kaplan interviewed the victim and quickly pegged Sapp, the chief said. Sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that’s because Sapp has a history of random attacks. Records show charges dism…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Surgery for Bogota boy, 12, hit by car, state tests postponed Surgery for Bogota boy, 12, hit by car, state tests postponed Surgery for Bogota boy, 12, hit by car, state tests postponed
Surgery for Bogota boy, 12, hit by car, state tests postponed UPDATE: A 12-year-old Bogota boy struck by a car on the way to his Little League game Monday night had surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center yesterday to remove swelling on his brain, borough sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The Bixby Elementary School sixth-grader remained in intensive care, they said. “We are all praying for a positive outcome,” one of them told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Bogota Baseball Organization is having a fundraiser for the boy’s family at its snack bar this Saturday. The Bogota school district has counselors available this week for students and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police chief helps fight house blaze caused by smoldering cigar Lyndhurst police chief helps fight house blaze caused by smoldering cigar Lyndhurst police chief helps fight house blaze caused by smoldering cigar
Lyndhurst police chief helps fight house blaze caused by smoldering cigar ONLY ON CVP: Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor joined a firefighting effort today when he grabbed a garden hose and trained on the window of a burning house while awaiting firefighters this afternoon. The elderly homeowner was taken to the hospital by EMS workers with what were deemed minor injuries. A firefighter twisted an ankle but refused medical attention. Police Officer Anthony Alexander spotted smoke and immediately called in the Forest Avenue fire around 1:30 p.m., Lyndhurst Fire Chief Paul Haggerty Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor (ALL: CLIFFV…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield police officers grab three at scene of home burglary Ridgefield police officers grab three at scene of home burglary Ridgefield police officers grab three at scene of home burglary
Ridgefield police officers grab three at scene of home burglary ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A trio of Ridgefield police officers caught three burglars in the act, thanks to a call from a concerned neighbor, authorities said. Officer Edward Schaefer was the first on the scene of a suspicious car with New York license plates parked on Oak Street near Edgewater Road just after 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. There he said he found 31-year-old Joel Bautista of Secaucus crouched behind a car wheel listening to a police scanner and talking on a cellphone. Schaefer was interviewing him when two other men — identified as Adam Khales, 28, of Palisades Park and 32-year…

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