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
Breaking News
Ohio man caught with three guns in Fort Lee could be free in 16 months Ohio man caught with three guns in Fort Lee could be free in 16 months Ohio man caught with three guns in Fort Lee could be free in 16 months
Ohio man caught with three guns in Fort Lee could be free in 16 months ONLY ON CVP: An Ohio man who admitted his role in a Fort Lee black-market gun deal could be out of prison in 16 months after being sentenced in Hackensack. Fort Lee police arrested Gary L. Workman, 24, and another Colombus, Ohio man with three handguns — a 9mm FMK, a Jiminez .380-caliber and a Charter Arms Undercover 38 Special — in August 2012. Workman, who had a history of minor offenses, pleaded guilty to possessing the weapons in return for a five-year state prison sentence and a year’s probation after his release. A fourth-degree charge of possession of body armor-piercing bullets …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Medical marijuana advocates fire up outside NJ Statehouse Medical marijuana advocates fire up outside NJ Statehouse Medical marijuana advocates fire up outside NJ Statehouse
Medical marijuana advocates fire up outside NJ Statehouse It didn’t draw the 500 or more attendees that organizers hoped, but a “smoke in” on the steps of the Statehouse in Trenton to celebrate “National Weed Day” this afternoon went off without a bust. The “4/20 at Noon” march and rally in support of state Sen. Nicholas Scutari’s marijuana legalization bill was organized by Ed Forchion — also known as NJ Weedman. It came at the end of a march from the city train station that included a stop at the federal courthouse and included several of the 150 or so who turned out lighting up joints and eating pot brownies. READ: Bergen judge grants son o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen County officer ‘staying strong’ after Lodi crash, department, union say Bergen County officer ‘staying strong’ after Lodi crash, department, union say Bergen County officer ‘staying strong’ after Lodi crash, department, union say
Bergen County officer ‘staying strong’ after Lodi crash, department, union say The Bergen County Police Department and its PBA had special Easter messages today. And a former co-worker had some good news. “Thank you for the outpouring of support and prayers. We have reason to believe that it is working,” Capt. James Mullin said, on behalf of the department. “Although PO Breslin continues to fight for his life, we are encouraged by evidence that PO Breslin is staying strong,” Mullin said. Inset: BCPD OFFICER DANIEL BRESLIN(Crash PHOTO: CLIFFVIEWPILOT.COM) Meanwhile, PBA Local #49 President Vincent Sileo wrote: “I’d like to take a moment to thank all of our Brot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack firefighters ‘Fill the Boot’ on city streets with $4,000 for MDA Hackensack firefighters ‘Fill the Boot’ on city streets with $4,000 for MDA Hackensack firefighters ‘Fill the Boot’ on city streets with $4,000 for MDA
Hackensack firefighters ‘Fill the Boot’ on city streets with $4,000 for MDA SHOUT OUT: Hackensack firefighters and their families celebrated their 35th year of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s “Fill the Boot Drive” by hittting the street yesterday and raising $4,000. It was an “all hands” operation for more than two dozen on- and off-duty members of Hackensack Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2081 and Hackensack Professional Fire Officers IAFF Local 3172, accompanied by their loved ones. They also had a special visit from Kaitlin Spreen, one of their local MDA representatives and a summer camp attendee. Fireman/ MDA Coordinator Timmy Rice asked Kaitlin …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Carlstadt mother of sheriff’s officer, retired detective dies in Easter morning fire Carlstadt mother of sheriff’s officer, retired detective dies in Easter morning fire Carlstadt mother of sheriff’s officer, retired detective dies in Easter morning fire
Carlstadt mother of sheriff’s officer, retired detective dies in Easter morning fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fast-moving, smoky fire killed the 76-year-old mother of a Bergen County Sheriff’s officer and a retired Carlstadt police detective this morning. The Carlyle Court blaze erupted just after 9:15 a.m. and quickly raced through the single-family house where Dolores Bellina lived alone, witnesses and responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “A police officer tried to get in the front door, but the smoke was too heavy,” an emergency responder said of Bellina’s neighbor, Thomas Berta. “We weren’t sure at first if she was in there.” The fire apparently began in the kitchen, n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Closter crash sends driver to hospital Closter crash sends driver to hospital Closter crash sends driver to hospital
Closter crash sends driver to hospital YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening this afternoon after a BMW SUV collided with a Honda Civic and rolled over in Closter. The driver of the BMW and two passengers were already out when emergency responders arrived at the Closter Dock Road crash scene at 3:25 p.m. The Honda driver was removed on a backboard and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Closter police, firefighters and rescue squad responded, along with Alpine police. Closter Dock Road was closed from Piermont to Anderson avenues.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi High School teacher released on $150G bail after crash critically injures Bergen PD officer Lodi High School teacher released on $150G bail after crash critically injures Bergen PD officer Lodi High School teacher released on $150G bail after crash critically injures Bergen PD officer
Lodi High School teacher released on $150G bail after crash critically injures Bergen PD officer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi math teacher and athletic coach posted $150,000 bail and was released from borough headquarters on a variety of criminal charges following what Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said was a drunk driving crash on westbound Route 46 overnight that critically injured BCPD Officer Daniel Breslin. Michael Ettz, 36, of Lodi slammed his four-door 2012 Ford Fusion into Breslin’s marked SUV and then tried to make a run for it after being pulled from his car, Molinelli said. Ettz (mugshot, above) was charged with aggravated assault, DWI assault by auto, le…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Police Department officer critical, driver arrested, following Route 46 crash in Lodi Bergen County Police Department officer critical, driver arrested, following Route 46 crash in Lodi Bergen County Police Department officer critical, driver arrested, following Route 46 crash in Lodi
Bergen County Police Department officer critical, driver arrested, following Route 46 crash in Lodi UPDATE: A Bergen County Police Department officer remained in critical condition after being rushed in “full trauma” to Hackensack University Medical Center following a crash on Route 46 in Lodi around 1:20 a.m. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi math teacher and athletic coach was drunk when his car rammed into a Bergen County Police Department SUV on Route 46 in Lodi overnight, critically injuring Officer Daniel Breslin, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. READ MORE …. The driver of the vehicle that slammed into 39-year-old Daniel Breslin’s SUV at high speed “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police grab boy, 15, with Beretta-styled BB gun Garfield police grab boy, 15, with Beretta-styled BB gun Garfield police grab boy, 15, with Beretta-styled BB gun
Garfield police grab boy, 15, with Beretta-styled BB gun YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police said they caught a 15-year-old boy with a BB gun that looks similar to a Beretta model after a tipster said he showed the weapon tucked into his waistband. Officers responding to Cambridge and Van Winkle avenues yesterday afternoon found the white teen in the gray hoodie, as described by the witness, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. He was with three other teens, the captain said. The boy was taken into custody after officers found him carrying a loaded .177-caliber Daisy Powerline 340, Sucorowski said. The Powerline seized is similar to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Bergen detectives arrest four, net 25 pounds pot, steroids, $500,000 cash Bergen detectives arrest four, net 25 pounds pot, steroids, $500,000 cash Bergen detectives arrest four, net 25 pounds pot, steroids, $500,000 cash
Bergen detectives arrest four, net 25 pounds pot, steroids, $500,000 cash ONLY ON CVP: An undercover investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force led to the seizure of more than 25 pounds of pot, an undisclosed amount of anabolic steroids and $500,000 in cash, along with the arrests of four people. Luis A. Cordero (also known as “Jersey”), Johathan R. Murray (aka “Red”), Luis J. Rojas-Jimenez (“Gato”) and Nastassia Samadzelkava were arrested after drug buys in Paramus, Hoboken and Lakewood between the beginning of July 2012 and December of last year, records show. Cordero and Roja-Jimenez, of Costa Rica, were charged in connection with an…

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