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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen chief seeks support against police consolidation plan, local chiefs have questions Bergen chief seeks support against police consolidation plan, local chiefs have questions Bergen chief seeks support against police consolidation plan, local chiefs have questions
Bergen chief seeks support against police consolidation plan, local chiefs have questions EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the introduction of an ordinance that would fold the entire Bergen County Police Department into the sheriff’s office, Chief Brian Higgins made a direct bid to the county police chiefs’ association to fight the proposal. The chiefs, in turn, say they have several questions. The consolidation move — contained in an ordinance to be introduced this afternoon — “saves no money but rather limits the current authority and power of the position of the [Bergen County] Chief of Police,” Higgins wrote in an email to the association president, Cliffside Park Police Chief Donal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bodybuilder cleared in Bergen Oxycontin ring charged with DWI after Emerson crash Bodybuilder cleared in Bergen Oxycontin ring charged with DWI after Emerson crash Bodybuilder cleared in Bergen Oxycontin ring charged with DWI after Emerson crash
Bodybuilder cleared in Bergen Oxycontin ring charged with DWI after Emerson crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A professional bodybuilder cleared of involvement in a black market Oxycontin ring earlier this year was charged with DWI last night after he drove his car onto a row of hedges in Emerson, police said. The car ended up three feet off the ground after it left the roadway and barreled onto a Douglas Street lawn, according to a police report. Robert Waananen, 37, of Emerson, told them he lost control of the vehicle while texting, it says. “Buddy” Waananen, who competes in national events, left court in Hackensack with a clean record in May after a judge sentenced hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Down syndrome man, 34, left on Bergen County bus for hours in Lodi garage Down syndrome man, 34, left on Bergen County bus for hours in Lodi garage Down syndrome man, 34, left on Bergen County bus for hours in Lodi garage
Down syndrome man, 34, left on Bergen County bus for hours in Lodi garage YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 34-year-old Ridgewood man with Down syndrome was left alone for several hours on a Bergen County community transportation bus parked for the night in a Lodi garage yesterday before he called his mother and police rescued him. UPDATE (ANOTHER CVP SCOOP): A Bergen County community bus driver who left a 34-year-old Ridgewood man with Down syndrome behind on a bus parked in a Lodi garage last night was charged by police and “will be terminated,” authorities said this afternoon. READ MORE…. The 52-year-old driver from Garfield was charged with the disorderly persons…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcycle, bus collide in Westwood, cyclist seriously injured Motorcycle, bus collide in Westwood, cyclist seriously injured Motorcycle, bus collide in Westwood, cyclist seriously injured
Motorcycle, bus collide in Westwood, cyclist seriously injured YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 50-year-old motorcyclist from Emerson underwent emergency surgery last night after his bike collided with the rear of a bus pulling out of a Westwood depot, authorities said. Several witnesses and people with knowledge of the accident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT immediately following yesterday’s crash that the bottom of Michael Cullen’s leg was severed, although that hadn’t been officially confirmed yet this morning. The driver of the Rockland Coaches bus, 61-year-old Eugenio Jiminez of Teaneck, was issued several summonses after the crash. The bus was pulling out of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
One confirmed dead in crash of church van, NJ Transit bus on Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook One confirmed dead in crash of church van, NJ Transit bus on Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook One confirmed dead in crash of church van, NJ Transit bus on Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook
One confirmed dead in crash of church van, NJ Transit bus on Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook UPDATE:  New Jersey State Police confirmed that one person died and four were critically injured in the collision of a church van and an NJ Transit bus on the Garden State Parkway in Saddle Brook tonight. They have identified the dead woman as Velma Castro but said they had no other information about her yet. There were 23 occupants in the Ford Econoline passenger, which landed on its roof against the parkway divider across from southbound Exit 159 following the 7:30 p.m. crash, NJSP Sgt. Brian Polite told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. At least seven victims were immediately taken to the hospital, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
West New York mayor cleared, son convicted of hacking opponent’s site West New York mayor cleared, son convicted of hacking opponent’s site West New York mayor cleared, son convicted of hacking opponent’s site
West New York mayor cleared, son convicted of hacking opponent’s site Federal jurors in Newark needed a day of deliberations to clear West New York Mayor Felix Roque, while convicting his son, of federal computer hacking charges this afternoon. Prosecutors contended that the elder Roque, 56, and his 23-year-old son, Joseph, hacked into and crashed a “Recall Roque” site created by Hudson County Freeholder Jose Munoz under a bogus name. Defense lawyers made a stronger case for the mayor than for his son, for whom they didn’t argue against accusations that he accessed email addresses and passwords, disabled the site and then scrubbed it clean. They accused M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian, 51, struck outside Paramus Food Market Pedestrian, 51, struck outside Paramus Food Market Pedestrian, 51, struck outside Paramus Food Market
Pedestrian, 51, struck outside Paramus Food Market YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson woman who was struck by a car while crossing Paramus Road outside the Paramus Food Market this afternoon was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with leg pains, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Mary Cadet, 51, was struck just after noon by a 2012 Hyundai Sonata driven by 57-year-old Paramus woman, the chief said. Cadet “was crossing from the west side of Paramus Road,” while the Hyundai was making a left out of the food center lot, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police nab accused coke dealer Fair Lawn police nab accused coke dealer Fair Lawn police nab accused coke dealer
Fair Lawn police nab accused coke dealer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police seized more than $2,750 in cash and money orders, along with three cellphones and a Rolex, from a New York man who they said was selling cocaine in town. Three officers stopped 43-year-old Mike Paniagua on Broadway at 27th Street as part of an investigation Friday afternoon and said they found empty bags used to distribute cocaine. A further search turned up a bag of cocaine under the Nissan Altima’s seat, they said. At that point, Paniagua “admitted to being in Fair Lawn to make a drug transaction,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said this afternoon. Metzle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police suspected in North Jersey burglary spree Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police suspected in North Jersey burglary spree Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police suspected in North Jersey burglary spree
Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police suspected in North Jersey burglary spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police investigating burglaries in at least four other towns are eyeing two Rockland men arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police who interrupted a break-in yesterday. The burglary location — just off Franklin Turnpike within minutes of Route 17 — along with their hometown and modes of operation make the pair potential suspects in several jurisdictions. A Ho-Ho-Kus police sergeant was on patrol yesterday morning when he spotted a suspicious-looking vehicle with New York license plates on Edgewood Drive, Police Chief John Wanamaker told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “There wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Christie formally nominates pick for Bergen County prosecutor Christie formally nominates pick for Bergen County prosecutor Christie formally nominates pick for Bergen County prosecutor
Christie formally nominates pick for Bergen County prosecutor (via NJ.com) TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday formally nominated Gurbir Grewal to be the next Bergen County Prosecutor. Grewal, a Glen Rock resident, has worked since 2010 as the deputy chief of the Economic Crimes and Computer Hacking and IP Crimes Unit…

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