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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Driver OK after Route 80 crash with tractor-trailer Driver OK after Route 80 crash with tractor-trailer Driver OK after Route 80 crash with tractor-trailer
Driver OK after Route 80 crash with tractor-trailer UPDATE: A driver cut from a car following a tractor-trailer crash on Route 80 in South Hackensack this morning escaped with injuries that State Police said weren’t life-threatening. Onlookers watched as Hackensack firefighters removed the sedan’s roof following the 8:27 a.m. crash on the highway’s westbound side near Exit 65. The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, NJSP Trooper Alina Spies told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Involved in the crash were the tractor-trailer, along with an Audi A4 and a Mercedes C350, Spies said. PHOTO: Courtesy RUSSELL NYDEGGER  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood ex-con with long rap sheet facing trial in girlfriend beating Englewood ex-con with long rap sheet facing trial in girlfriend beating Englewood ex-con with long rap sheet facing trial in girlfriend beating
Englewood ex-con with long rap sheet facing trial in girlfriend beating ONLY ON CVP: An Englewood ex-con facing new charges of domestic violence against his girlfriend could go to prison for up to 13 years if convicted at a trial, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor said. Derrick Smalls, 37, has rap sheet that stretches back nearly 20 years and includes more than two dozen offenses ranging from assault, eluding and obstruction to drug, forgery and theft charges, records show. He narrowly avoided prison on a previous indictment by accepting a plea to a disorderly persons offense for injuring the same woman. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Vered Adoni said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Shelter open 24/7 for young Bergen County runaways, homeless Shelter open 24/7 for young Bergen County runaways, homeless Shelter open 24/7 for young Bergen County runaways, homeless
Shelter open 24/7 for young Bergen County runaways, homeless SHOUT OUT: Homeless and runaway youth in Bergen County now have 24-hour access to emergency shelter. The county-run Bergen’s Place Youth Shelter also offers counseling and services aimed at protecting those youngsters — 11 to 17 years old — while improving their well-being and self-sufficiency. It also provides outpatient services to help prevent shelter placement for dozens of youngsters who are at risk of homelessness. The shelter is part of the new $28 million Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center. Although it’s on the same campus, it’s an entirely separate operation, with its own …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood man charged with molesting girl, teenage sister offered 10-year prison deal Englewood man charged with molesting girl, teenage sister offered 10-year prison deal Englewood man charged with molesting girl, teenage sister offered 10-year prison deal
Englewood man charged with molesting girl, teenage sister offered 10-year prison deal EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Prosecutors have offered an Englewood man 10 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea to molesting an 8-year-old girl and having illegal sexual contact with her teenage sister. Pablo Gomez-Sanchez, 45, was arraigned in a Hackensack courtroom today on various sexual assault and morals impairment charges. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Marybel Mercado-Ramirez offered Gomez-Sanchez five years each on two counts of criminal sexual assault in exchange for dropping the remaining charges. If he refuses, he could be sentenced to significantly more time for a co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson woman tried to block child sex assault probe of husband, indictment alleges Emerson woman tried to block child sex assault probe of husband, indictment alleges Emerson woman tried to block child sex assault probe of husband, indictment alleges
Emerson woman tried to block child sex assault probe of husband, indictment alleges YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack last week charged an Emerson woman with trying to cover up her husband’s alleged sexual assault of a grade school girl. Michelle Weckstrom, 42, was released after being arrested and processed Friday following the indictment. The indictment charges that she “hindered apprehension or prosecution” by directing the alleged victim “not to tell anyone” of the crime “and / or taking no further action and / or alerting” her husband, Karl. The indictment also charges Karl Weckstrom, a 44-year-old IT worker, with fondling and digitally penetrating…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood woman forged $75,000 in bank gift cards, indictment charges Englewood woman forged $75,000 in bank gift cards, indictment charges Englewood woman forged $75,000 in bank gift cards, indictment charges
Englewood woman forged $75,000 in bank gift cards, indictment charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former TD Bank employee from Englewood cashed $75,000 worth of gift cards by forging a co-worker’s name, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges. Krisheita M. Robinson, 31, collected the money from the bank cards beginning in August 2011 and continuing through May of last year, the indictment handed up last week charges. Robinson, of Dubois Court, remains free on $50,000 bail. She is charged with theft by deception, money laundering and improper disposal of a financial institution’s property. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFF…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Accused WWII vet’s killer from Cliffside Park brought to court in plot to kill co-defendant Accused WWII vet’s killer from Cliffside Park brought to court in plot to kill co-defendant Accused WWII vet’s killer from Cliffside Park brought to court in plot to kill co-defendant
Accused WWII vet’s killer from Cliffside Park brought to court in plot to kill co-defendant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: How new charges of plotting to kill a co-defendant will affect the scheduled June trial of a Cliffside Park man for killing an 88-year-old World War II veteran from Fairview remained an open question following a brief court appearance today. Edwin Estrada, 23, was brought into court in Hackensack to formally be presented with an attempted murder count this afternoon. “Do you understand the charges?” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian asked him. Estrada stared at the judge, shrugged and replied: “I guess.” Cellphone records are among the evidence that autho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Car plows through fence toward Ridgewood RR tracks Car plows through fence toward Ridgewood RR tracks Car plows through fence toward Ridgewood RR tracks
Car plows through fence toward Ridgewood RR tracks YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The elderly driver of a Lexus sedan wound up on the wrong side of a chain link fence this afternoon after apparently mistaking the gas pedal for the brake while trying to park behind a Ridgewood medical office building. Police helped escort both occupants from the active railroad line behind 505 Goffle Road. Both appeared OK. Ridgewood firefighters removed a portion of the fence to help recover the vehicle, which was towed by a flatbed. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood PD sponsors first annual Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy this summer Ridgewood PD sponsors first annual Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy this summer Ridgewood PD sponsors first annual Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy this summer
Ridgewood PD sponsors first annual Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy this summer SHOUT OUT: Ridgewood police are holding their first annual Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy from June 26 to July 2, fulfilling a dream of the popular 10-year-old honorary village police chief who lost a battle with cancer in late November of last year . The Academy is FREE to Ridgewood residents ages 10 to 14. Courtesy: RIDGEWOOD PD It will be held at the Benjamin Frankling Middle School from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day, with a field trip to the Bergen County Police Academy on day three. Students will learn about what it takes to be a police officer and the tasks that…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Female bus driver in Englewood elbows rider who tried to snatch cash Female bus driver in Englewood elbows rider who tried to snatch cash Female bus driver in Englewood elbows rider who tried to snatch cash
Female bus driver in Englewood elbows rider who tried to snatch cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A female bus driver headed down a busy Englewood street with a load of passengers elbowed a rider in the gut when he tried grabbing her cash envelope yesterday. Gerardo Ruiz, 52, of West New York boarded the NJ Transit bus in Bergenfield, bound for Fairview, around 1:30 yesterday afternoon, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Feeling he overpaid by $1.35, Ruiz “aggressively approached” the 32-year- old driver as the bus headed down South Dean Street, Torell said. When she told him he’d paid the correct amount, Ruiz “reached across her and tried t…

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