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
Collars and scents: Bergen County sheriff to graduate K9 crews Collars and scents: Bergen County sheriff to graduate K9 crews Collars and scents: Bergen County sheriff to graduate K9 crews
Collars and scents: Bergen County sheriff to graduate K9 crews SHOUT OUT: As heroin and other deadly drugs cut deeper into the culture, the demand for police dogs has spiked. On Friday, members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Canine Training Academy will be graduated in a special ceremony scheduled at the county jail. “Scent Class 14:01″ includes five Bergen County Sheriff’s officers and their K9 partners, as well as colleagues from seven other agencies in New Jersey — including Fort Lee and Jersey City. All have been through the rigors in freezing and sweltering temperatures, chasing fake criminals through a variety of obstacles while tracking whiffs…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Grand jury: Hackensack man had sex with girl, 10 Grand jury: Hackensack man had sex with girl, 10 Grand jury: Hackensack man had sex with girl, 10
Grand jury: Hackensack man had sex with girl, 10 A Bergen County grand jury has charged a Hackensack man with sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl who they said was videotaped five years later taking sexual turns with his friends at a party. Nicholas “Troy” Jackson, 36, penetrated and received fellatio from the girl in 2006, the indictment returned in Hackensack alleges. Three of Jackson’s friends took plea deals for their roles in the June 2012, which prosecutors said he didn’t attend. The girl, who ran away from home a few days earlier, was four months shy of her 16th birthday, they said. Detectives investigating the party produ…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood police charge man with stabbing woman with scissors while kids watched Maywood police charge man with stabbing woman with scissors while kids watched Maywood police charge man with stabbing woman with scissors while kids watched
Maywood police charge man with stabbing woman with scissors while kids watched CVP EXCLUSIVE: Police from Maywood and Rochelle Park this afternoon converged on a Hackensack man who they said stabbed a woman several times in the head with a pair of scissors. Kelly Jones, 41, was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with attempted murder, weapons possession and three counts of child endangerment, records show. The defendant and the victim, 36, were in her car with their three children in the back seat just before 1:30 p.m. when he “became enraged and started assaulting her with a pair of scissors,” Maywood Police Chief David Pegg told CLIFFVI…

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Paterson, NJ
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Bergen County Police Department named a national leader in sports security Bergen County Police Department named a national leader in sports security Bergen County Police Department named a national leader in sports security
Bergen County Police Department named a national leader in sports security SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Police Department has become one of the first law enforcement agencies in the U.S. to receive national certification for the way it handles security at sporting events and other venues. The purpose of the Certified Sport Security Professional (CSSP) certification is to assure that middle and upper management of agencies responsible for the job have the necessary knowledge, skill and ability. Bergen County hosts various high-profile events, some of which draw more than 10,000 people — among them, interstate scholastic football games, the Under Armour I-95 Class…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets 8 years for sex with girl, 12, he met on Facebook Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets 8 years for sex with girl, 12, he met on Facebook Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets 8 years for sex with girl, 12, he met on Facebook
Guatemalan immigrant from Fairview gets 8 years for sex with girl, 12, he met on Facebook A Fairview man who was acquitted of raping a 12-year-old girl after convincing her to play hooky from middle school was sentenced in Hackensack yesterday to eight years in state prison for having sexual contact with her. “You don’t date 12-year-old girls, you don’t romance a 12-year-old child,” Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma told 22-year-old Marvin Flores-Gamez. “She should be playing with dolls instead of being in someone’s bedroom. Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) “There has to be something wrong with yo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Winds topple Glen Rock tree onto cars Winds topple Glen Rock tree onto cars Winds topple Glen Rock tree onto cars
Winds topple Glen Rock tree onto cars YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: This morning’s high winds were causing all kinds of problems, including toppling a large tree that landed on a trio of parked cars in Glen Rock. No injuries were reported after the tree toppled on Romary Court. Two of the cars sustained heavy damage. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Alert officer, teamwork net serial burglar in Rutherford Alert officer, teamwork net serial burglar in Rutherford Alert officer, teamwork net serial burglar in Rutherford
Alert officer, teamwork net serial burglar in Rutherford ONLY ON CVP: A 22-year-old convicted burglar was back behind bars, charged with several commercial break-ins – including the same Blimpie’s twice in three days – thanks to cooperation between Rutherford and East Rutherford police. East Rutherford Police Officer Jeff Perry was off duty Wednesday afternoon when he spotted Tyler Lusardi-Paz near the Rutherford train station, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Perry recognized Paz, who was wanted for questioning in connection with commercial burglaries in town and in East Rutherford. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office al…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack PD: Ex-con police impersonator had loaded gun, badges, more South Hackensack PD: Ex-con police impersonator had loaded gun, badges, more South Hackensack PD: Ex-con police impersonator had loaded gun, badges, more
South Hackensack PD: Ex-con police impersonator had loaded gun, badges, more UPDATE: An ex-con who South Hackensack police said they caught carrying a loaded gun, dozens of fake law enforcement ID cards and badges and all kinds of police equipment was simply staying overnight at a Route 46 motel and apparently wasn’t planning anything nefarious in the area, authorities said today. South Hackensack Police Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that his investigators also “haven’t heard of any other incidents yet” in which Scott Geddes impersonated a law enforcement officer. The unemployed Geddes told a borough police officer that he was with the New York SPCA — a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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New Milford police: Drunken mom left son, 1, outside restaurant New Milford police: Drunken mom left son, 1, outside restaurant New Milford police: Drunken mom left son, 1, outside restaurant
New Milford police: Drunken mom left son, 1, outside restaurant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A staggeringly drunken woman left her 1-year-old son unattended in a stroller with several bottles of alcohol while she got Chinese takeout Wednesday night, said New Milford police, who arrested her. Now she’s in the county jail on $50,000 and the boy’s grandmother is caring for him. Witnesses who saw the child outside the Dairy Queen on River Road called police just before 8 p.m., then brought the boy inside the Golden China Restaurant. Lt. Kevin Kiene and Officer Michael Lafrano and Lt. Kevin Kiene found 26-year-old Ashley Scola of Hawthorne pushing the stro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Judge in Hackensack upholds River Vale DWI conviction Judge in Hackensack upholds River Vale DWI conviction Judge in Hackensack upholds River Vale DWI conviction
Judge in Hackensack upholds River Vale DWI conviction ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A man who was arrested by the River Vale police chief for drunk driving at three times the legal limit was sent directly to the Bergen County Jail this afternoon after his third DWI conviction was upheld by Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma. Ryan Pospisil, who reportedly told police at the scene he went to the liquor store because “I was out and there was a storm coming,” appealed his conviction in River Vale Municipal Court to Roma for the Dec. 29, 2012 arrest. Roma found Pospisil guilty and remanded him to jail for 180 days, as required by state law. Roma ruled t…

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