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 Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Sources: Illegal card game led to Fairview shooting death Sources: Illegal card game led to Fairview shooting death Sources: Illegal card game led to Fairview shooting death
Sources: Illegal card game led to Fairview shooting death UPDATE: Investigators were pursuing several suspects in the shooting death of a 50-year-old Fairview man during what sources said was an illegal card game, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has confirmed. The victim died in surgery after being shot around 10:45 last night at a residence on Walker Street at the corner of Third Street. 261 Walker Street, Apt. 7 Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli identified the victim as Jeronimo Lopez. No one had been charged as of early this afternoon. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS: Edwin Trejo    

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield man charged in Englewood luring case suspected in three others Bergenfield man charged in Englewood luring case suspected in three others Bergenfield man charged in Englewood luring case suspected in three others
Bergenfield man charged in Englewood luring case suspected in three others ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Bergenfield man who was arrested on charges of trying to lure an 18-year-old pedestrian into his car thought that she was much younger — and deliberately chose the neighborhood because of two nearby schools, Englewood police said tonight. Stephen Stanzione, 51, “planned on plying her with alcohol in an attempt to have sex with her,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Before police caught him, Stanzione approached three other women — two of whom he believed were in their mid-teens — with the same intent, the captain added. The 18-year-old woman call…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack Ambulance Corps chief charged with sexually touching two female members South Hackensack Ambulance Corps chief charged with sexually touching two female members South Hackensack Ambulance Corps chief charged with sexually touching two female members
South Hackensack Ambulance Corps chief charged with sexually touching two female members EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Police yesterday charged the recent chief of the South Hackensack Ambulance Corps with three counts of criminal sexual contact involving two female colleagues from the squad, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Christopher Gnazzo, 31, of South Hackensack, was released without bail pending an initial Municipal Court appearance following his arrest yesterday. He is charged with “inappropriate touching” of his colleagues’ private areas at the corps’ “in the course of performing his duties” at the Phillips Avenue headquarters, township police Capt. Robert Kaiser said this evening. …

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood brawl sparks shooting, car arson, investigation Englewood brawl sparks shooting, car arson, investigation Englewood brawl sparks shooting, car arson, investigation
Englewood brawl sparks shooting, car arson, investigation YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An overnight brawl led to a car arson, a shooting — in which a bullet broke through the front window of a senior citizen’s apartment — and the arrest this morning of a convicted felon, Englewood police said this afternoon. It began with a 1:15 a.m. fight yesterday involving several people at a social club near the Soldier’s Monument in the downtown Palisade Avenue business district, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Most had left or were leaving as police arrived, he said. A little over an hour later, officers went to nearby Cleveland Street on a report of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Keen-eyed Mahwah police officer seizes brick of heroin, arrests mother, son Keen-eyed Mahwah police officer seizes brick of heroin, arrests mother, son Keen-eyed Mahwah police officer seizes brick of heroin, arrests mother, son
Keen-eyed Mahwah police officer seizes brick of heroin, arrests mother, son YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah police officer trained to spot drug users arrested a township mother and son and seized a brick of heroin, a syringe and Xanax from their car during a routine stop. Officer Eric Larsen stopped a white Ford Fusion for a motor-vehicle violation on Linden Street last night. He was talking with the driver, 52-year-old Shari Grogan, and her son, rear-seat passenger David N. Peluso, 27, when he notified “traits consistent with narcotics use,” Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Their statements also didn’t match, the chief said. L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets eight years for molesting girlfriend’s developmentally disabled daughter Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets eight years for molesting girlfriend’s developmentally disabled daughter Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets eight years for molesting girlfriend’s developmentally disabled daughter
Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets eight years for molesting girlfriend’s developmentally disabled daughter ONLY ON CVP: A Guatemalan immigrant living illegally in Fairview was sentenced yesterday to eight years in state prison for the sexual assault of his girlfriend’s developmentally disabled daughter when she was less than 12 years old. Jose C. Juarez-Roca, 49, asked for mercy. “I would like you to consider that I am a father in my country,” he told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian through an interpreter. “So if you could reduce the sentence because of that, and if it were possible if you could send me to Avenel….” Jose C. Juarez-Roca (STORY/PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey probationary firefighter rescues cat from tree Ramsey probationary firefighter rescues cat from tree Ramsey probationary firefighter rescues cat from tree
Ramsey probationary firefighter rescues cat from tree EXCLUSIVE: Ramsey firefighters used a tower ladder to rescue a cat from a tree this afternoon. “Midnight” didn’t resist the Chestnut Street rescue by Ramsey probationary firefighter Liam Coyne after a neighbor who heard the feline’s frightened cries called authorities. Midnight’s owner, who lives on nearby Church Street, wasn’t aware of the predicament but was thrilled when firefighters came knocking after the save. Ramsey probationary firefighter Liam Coyne, Midnight (STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving)    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah crash sends one to hospital Mahwah crash sends one to hospital Mahwah crash sends one to hospital
Mahwah crash sends one to hospital EXCLUSIVE: One person was taken to the hospital and two summonses were issued following a crash in Mahwah this morning. A four-door Ford Focus collided with a Honda Odyssey minivan at at the intersection of Airmount and Armour Roads around 9:15 a.m. One occupant was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what weren’t considered serious injuries. Meanwhile, nearby traffic on Airmount Road was halted so tow trucks could remove both vehicles. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook Walmart shoplifters packed loaded handgun, indictment says Saddle Brook Walmart shoplifters packed loaded handgun, indictment says Saddle Brook Walmart shoplifters packed loaded handgun, indictment says
Saddle Brook Walmart shoplifters packed loaded handgun, indictment says ONLY ON CVP: Two convicted felons from Paterson were indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of having loaded, defaced .45-caliber handgun when they were caught shoplifting $75 worth of goods from the Saddle Brook Walmart. Security officers at the Route 46 store detained Shonda Sullivan, 42, and 48-year-old Derek Pitts for police, who took both to headquarters following the Jan. 16 incident. In Sullivan’s pocketbook police said they found a semi-automatic Ruger. The indictment handed up this week charges both with illegal possession of the gun and with being felons illegally i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Police seek men who offered Mahwah middle-schoolers candy Police seek men who offered Mahwah middle-schoolers candy Police seek men who offered Mahwah middle-schoolers candy
Police seek men who offered Mahwah middle-schoolers candy PUBLIC SAFETY: Police were looking for two men in a grey car who they said approached two Mahwah middle-schoolers in front of the Ramapo Ridge School yesterday and asked whether they wanted candy. When a teacher approached the vehicle, it left the area, Mahway Police Chief James Batelli said. Officers checked the parking lots of the Ridge School and surrounding schools, as well as nearby corporate lots, after the 2:45 p.m. incident, but they said didn’t find any vehicles fitting the description of what witnesses said looked like a Saab, the chief said. Suffern police stopped a car gener…

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