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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Hackensack, NJ
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Judge in Hackensack makes sure Englewood burglar does serious prison time Judge in Hackensack makes sure Englewood burglar does serious prison time Judge in Hackensack makes sure Englewood burglar does serious prison time
Judge in Hackensack makes sure Englewood burglar does serious prison time ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack added three years to the sentence of an Englewood convict with ties to the infamous James Bond Gang, boosting Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s pledge to put career burglars in prison for longer stretches than before. As a result, 26-year-old Marc Rainey isn’t looking at his first shot at parole for nearly seven years — and could remain behind bars until 2026. Rainey began a 10-year sentence in October after a jury convicted him and six co-defendants in the theft of a 600-pound safe from Connecticut. Last month, he pleaded guilty to a Wyckof…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood woman charged with sexually abusing boy, 5 Englewood woman charged with sexually abusing boy, 5 Englewood woman charged with sexually abusing boy, 5
Englewood woman charged with sexually abusing boy, 5 A 33-year-old Englewood woman was being held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with “engaging in inappropriate sexual activity” with a 5-year-old boy, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. Molinelli didn’t elaborate on what actions prompted the arrest of Roxanne Hewitt at her home Wednesday by detectives from his Special Victims Unit and Englewood police on two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one of child endangerment. The boy was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the prosecutor said. Interviewed by detectives, he “described to them in detail t…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Public service tomorrow for Allendale police captain, academy instructor James Tallia Public service tomorrow for Allendale police captain, academy instructor James Tallia Public service tomorrow for Allendale police captain, academy instructor James Tallia
Public service tomorrow for Allendale police captain, academy instructor James Tallia TRIBUTE: A memorial service is scheduled tomorrow for Capt. James Tallia, a retired Allendale police captain who became an instructor for generations of law enforcement officers. Tallia continued to work at the Bergen County Police Academy Range until a week before going into the hospital for the final time. He was 85 years old when he died last week. Born in Paterson, “Jimmy” Tallia was graduated from Ramsey High School and moved to Allendale in 1958. He devoted 57 years to law enforcement and service to the community — and to his wife, Isabel, who survives him. Also surviving are so…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack special police officer in crash Hackensack special police officer in crash Hackensack special police officer in crash
Hackensack special police officer in crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack special police officer was uninjured in a rain-slicked crash last night, authorities said. The officer was on River Street near Passaic Street around 11 p.m. when he “swerved to avoid another vehicle that came into his lane,” Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The police car then slammed into a utility pole, he said. The car was towed from the scene.  

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K heads under the Hudson Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K heads under the Hudson Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K heads under the Hudson
Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K heads under the Hudson SHOUT OUT: More than 3,000 runners are expected for this morning’s 28th Annual Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K under the Hudson to benefit more than 24,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities in the Special Olympics New Jersey program. Presented by AmeriHealth New Jersey, the event begins and ends at the south tube in Weekhawken, with two starts: 8 a.m. for runners with times under 30 minutes, and 8:45 for all other runners and walkers. This year’s 2014 Lincoln Tunnel Run already has raised more than $182,154 from 2,500 or pre- registered participants and their online pledges. …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Latvian immigrant from Mahwah gets 3-year prison sentence for friend’s fatal heroin OD Latvian immigrant from Mahwah gets 3-year prison sentence for friend’s fatal heroin OD Latvian immigrant from Mahwah gets 3-year prison sentence for friend’s fatal heroin OD
Latvian immigrant from Mahwah gets 3-year prison sentence for friend’s fatal heroin OD Calling him part of the recent heroin epidemic, a judge in Hackensack yesterday sentenced a Mahwah man to three years in prison for contributing to the death of another addict. “I have seen so many heroin deaths — it’s disproportionate to the size of our county,” Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi told 22-year-old Uldis Mende. “You contributed to that, to more deaths from heroin — and that’s the most important factor in your sentence.” Mende (above, left), a Latvian national who lives in Mahwah, was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury last year after being arrested a…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights police detective tackles gunman before he can pull trigger Hasbrouck Heights police detective tackles gunman before he can pull trigger Hasbrouck Heights police detective tackles gunman before he can pull trigger
Hasbrouck Heights police detective tackles gunman before he can pull trigger YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bloods gang member being chased by a Hasbrouck Heights police detective today pulled a loaded handgun from his waistband but was tackled before he could do anything with it, authorities said this afternoon. Detective John Behr was investigating a report of a suspicious-looking man walking up and down Terrace Avenue around 11:30 a.m. when he stopped Marcos Payne, 21, of Lodi, who police said was pointing his fingers — pistol-styled — at passing cars. As Behr identified himself, Payne took off, Detective Sgt. Michael Colaneri told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Payne then p…

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Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack police crash Route 46 heroin deal, bust alleged dealer called ‘Baby Harlem’ South Hackensack police crash Route 46 heroin deal, bust alleged dealer called ‘Baby Harlem’ South Hackensack police crash Route 46 heroin deal, bust alleged dealer called ‘Baby Harlem’
South Hackensack police crash Route 46 heroin deal, bust alleged dealer called ‘Baby Harlem’ ​YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: South Hackensack police targeting heroin dealing along the Route 46 corridor said they picked off a man known as “Baby Harlem” selling smack last night at a local hotel. An informant pointed them to a motel off the highway where Capt. Robert Kaiser said they saw 20-year-old Zajiir A. Barrett of Paterson arrive in a livery cab “and deliver the product to a customer.” The officers moved in, grabbed Barrett and found him carrying 200 bags of heroin, the captain said. ​Barrett was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with heroin possession …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack man who escaped high-rise garage collapse charged with sexually assaulting girl, 5 Hackensack man who escaped high-rise garage collapse charged with sexually assaulting girl, 5 Hackensack man who escaped high-rise garage collapse charged with sexually assaulting girl, 5
Hackensack man who escaped high-rise garage collapse charged with sexually assaulting girl, 5 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man who told reporters that he and his young daughter escaped a garage collapse with their lives four years ago is charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Damian Kazazian, 41, remained held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Her mother originally brought the girl to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where “a staff member learned of the situation and notified the Special Victims Unit,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The child was later brought to the …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Fundraiser in Wyckoff tonight for pitbulls rescued from dog-fighting ring Fundraiser in Wyckoff tonight for pitbulls rescued from dog-fighting ring Fundraiser in Wyckoff tonight for pitbulls rescued from dog-fighting ring
Fundraiser in Wyckoff tonight for pitbulls rescued from dog-fighting ring SHOUT OUT: A fundraiser is being held tonight at the Dairy Queen in Wyckoff to help raise money to pay medical bills for more than a dozen pitbulls who were rescued from a Paterson dog-fighting ring. The dogs, many of which are puppies, were rescued last Friday from what police are calling one of the largest dog fighting rings ever discovered in the area. Dairy Queen will donate $3 from every blizzard purchased to A Pathway to Hope and Second Chance Pet Adoption League. Donations are also being accepted online. READ MORE …. PHOTO: Courtesy MIDLAND PARK PRESS

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