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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority officers who delivered baby in taxi visit him, mother Port Authority officers who delivered baby in taxi visit him, mother Port Authority officers who delivered baby in taxi visit him, mother
Port Authority officers who delivered baby in taxi visit him, mother YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Two Port Authority police officers involved in delivering a baby boy in the back of a taxi in lower Manhattan visited the mother and child yesterday. PAPD Officer Pasquale Carpentiere was on red light enforcement detail at the corner of Hudson and Laight streets when the cabbie got his attention around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Carpentiere (above, right) requested EMS and delivered the 7½-pound boy, he said. Officers Jorge Negron and Agostinho Matias  (above, left), who also is a registered nurse, arrived soon aft…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Criminal justice scholarships available for NJ students Criminal justice scholarships available for NJ students Criminal justice scholarships available for NJ students
Criminal justice scholarships available for NJ students SHOUT OUT: Law school, college and graduate students are eligible for any of four scholarships being offered by the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey, Inc. The Oscar W. Rittenhouse, Andrew K. Ruotolo, Jr., Harris Y. Cotton and the John H. Stamler Memorial Scholarships are each $2,500 one-year grants awarded by the non-profit association. To be eligible for the Oscar W. Rittenhouse Memorial Scholarship, an applicant must be a New Jersey resident accepted for admission to a law school. The applicant must have an interest in pursuing a career as a prosecutor. The applicant must al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Port Authority, NYPD officers grab suicidal man in dramatic GWB rescue Port Authority, NYPD officers grab suicidal man in dramatic GWB rescue Port Authority, NYPD officers grab suicidal man in dramatic GWB rescue
Port Authority, Nypd officers grab suicidal man in dramatic GWB rescue YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A despondent man climbed over the walkway railing and was balanced on the narrow outer ledge of the George Washington Bridge tonight when a Port Authority police officer and an NYPD cop teamed up to grab and pull him to safety. Tossing a pint bottle of booze into the Hudson, the 29-year-old man told responding authority officers that he intended to jump around 7 p.m. tonight. Officer James Cronin, a 15-year department veteran, “established a rapport and got him talking,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “As this conversation was goi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mexican national admits sexually abusing Garfield girl for 7 years Mexican national admits sexually abusing Garfield girl for 7 years Mexican national admits sexually abusing Garfield girl for 7 years
Mexican national admits sexually abusing Garfield girl for 7 years ONLY ON CVP: A horrific tale of abuse was revisited in a Hackensack courtroom today when an undocumented Mexican living in Garfield admitted sexually assaulting a girl for seven years beginning when she was five. Alfonso Salas Vazquez (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Alfonso Salas Vazquez , 45, also pleaded guilty to impairing the morals of the girl’s sister, who prosecutors said was just over 13 when she caught him in the act. The sister told her mother, who immediately called Garfield police, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Marybel Mercado …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
BCPD Officer Daniel Breslin responding, doctors ‘cautiously optimistic’ BCPD Officer Daniel Breslin responding, doctors ‘cautiously optimistic’ BCPD Officer Daniel Breslin responding, doctors ‘cautiously optimistic’
Bcpd Officer Daniel Breslin responding, doctors ‘cautiously optimistic’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Police Officer Daniel Breslin “has been able to respond to some basic commands from the medical team,” offering reason for hope, the department announced today Brelin remains remains in critical condition at Hackensack University Medical Center. And although he remains sedated, “doctors are cautiously optimistic regarding his condition,” according to Capt. James Mullin. Danny Breslin (FAMILY PHOTO) Breslin, a father of two, was critically injured after his department SUV was rammed from behind when he stopped to help a fellow officer who lost his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police chief says evidence will support charges in high school prank gone wild Teaneck police chief says evidence will support charges in high school prank gone wild Teaneck police chief says evidence will support charges in high school prank gone wild
Teaneck police chief says evidence will support charges in high school prank gone wild YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Acting Teaneck Police Chief Robert Carney tonight countered township school officials’ claim that an overnight prank-gone-wild led to “exaggerated reports,” vowing that the evidence eventually presented in court “will support the charges filed.” In a letter to parents yesterday, Schools Superintendent Barbara Pinsak said that the arrests of two dozen 18-year-olds and complaints against 39 juveniles for burglary and criminal mischief led to a “very negative portrayal through the media.” “Misrepresentations of what happened” detracted from the good aspects of the sch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police seize heroin at train station, bus terminal Port Authority police seize heroin at train station, bus terminal Port Authority police seize heroin at train station, bus terminal
Port Authority police seize heroin at train station, bus terminal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police seized nearly 500 decks of heroin in separate arrests at transportation hubs on either side of the Hudson. “It’s a substantial amount of heroin,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. One arrest came after a 24-year-old Syracuse man jumped a turnstile at Newark’s Penn Station last night, Pentangelo said. As he was being taken into custody, Lamar Fitch “threw a small package on the floor which was found to contain 50 decks,” Pentangelo said. They were stamped “Time Out.” Police also found Fitch carrying a small bag of marijuana and a sy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man, 67, indicted in Bergenfield crack bust Hackensack man, 67, indicted in Bergenfield crack bust Hackensack man, 67, indicted in Bergenfield crack bust
Hackensack man, 67, indicted in Bergenfield crack bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 67-year-old Hackensack man and an Englewood man less than half his age were indicted on charges of selling crack cocaine at a Bergenfield public housing complex to undercover detectives from the county prosecutor’s office. Detectives grabbed Alton Coleman as he walked away and Phquon Cook, 29, as he tried to drive off from the Murray Hill Terrace senior and public housing building the night of Jan. 23, police said at the time. A 14-count indictment returned Tuesday says Coleman sold to undercovers near both the complex and the Hoover School last Dec. 16, then aga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Beware of callers claiming to be DEA agents, feds warn Beware of callers claiming to be DEA agents, feds warn Beware of callers claiming to be DEA agents, feds warn
Beware of callers claiming to be DEA agents, feds warn PUBLIC SAFETY: The federal government is warning citizens to beware of thieves posing as DEA agents who are are calling people who bought drugs online and demanding they pay a “fine” for what they claim are illegal purchases. Federal authorities are also reminding citizens that no DEA agent would ever contact them by phone to demand anything. The imposters have been threatening arrest or property searches of those who refuse to fall for the scam, the DEA said in an advisory. Some victims who bought their drugs online also reported fraudulent use of their credit cards. Local authoritie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Wood-Ridge police raid teen drinking party, charge mother, 50 Wood-Ridge police raid teen drinking party, charge mother, 50 Wood-Ridge police raid teen drinking party, charge mother, 50
Wood-Ridge police raid teen drinking party, charge mother, 50 ONLY ON CVP: Mixers were arranged on the kitchen counter and more than 100 Jello shots were chilling in the refrigerator, Wood-Ridge police said, when they raided a house party of children as young as 15 and arrested the 50-year-old hostess. An anonymous caller brought police to the Highland Avenue home of Jacqueline Blo, whom they said was given a warning after a previous drinking bash. This time, they found 15 underage partiers — including Blo’s 19-year-old son, Detective Matthew Muller told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They also found “house rules” posted on a wall: “No eating food that isn’t …

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