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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police stop leads to arrests for using juvenile to sell heroin Fair Lawn police stop leads to arrests for using juvenile to sell heroin Fair Lawn police stop leads to arrests for using juvenile to sell heroin
Fair Lawn police stop leads to arrests for using juvenile to sell heroin YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A routine Fair Lawn police traffic stop on Route 208 led to the discovery of more than three dozen bags of heroin and the arrest of two men on charges that include employing a juvenile to sell drugs. Officer Paul Donohue stopped the car on the highway’s northbound side near DeBoer Drive. Assisted by Sgt. Timothy O’Shaughnessy and Officer Sean Macys, he found the driver — identified as 19-year-old Dean Hopper — carrying a hypodermic needle, Detective Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Hopper and his passengers, Joseph Semiz, 24, of Haskell and a 17-year-old juvenile, appeared…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Fairview baby killer trial set to begin Fairview baby killer trial set to begin Fairview baby killer trial set to begin
Fairview baby killer trial set to begin ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The trial of a Fairview man charged with killing his girlfriend’s 1-year-old daughter is set to begin in late June. Medical experts for both sides will be conferring and exchanging information, now that Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebbi yesterday removed the last obstacle to the trial of Yoher Jimenez. DeAvila-Silebi yesterday ruled against a request by Jimenez’s lawyer that she throw out a statement by his client to police, along with other evidence, because he wasn’t told he was a suspect in the April 2010 death of Baby Victoria. Yoher Jimenez with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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PIP officer writing parking ticket finds cocaine, ‘Molly,’ pot bound for upstate NY PIP officer writing parking ticket finds cocaine, ‘Molly,’ pot bound for upstate NY PIP officer writing parking ticket finds cocaine, ‘Molly,’ pot bound for upstate NY
PIP officer writing parking ticket finds cocaine, ‘Molly,’ pot bound for upstate NY YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Palisades Parkway Police officer writing a traffic ticket for an improperly parked car at a PIP service station in Englewood Cliffs turned up more than three oiunces of cocaine, some pot, and more than an ounce of a popular rave and teen dance party drug similar to Ecstasy bound for upstate New York. The “Molly,” as its known, along with the other drugs, were found around 5 yesterday afternoon after 22-year-old Harley Lynn Rooney of Binghamton came out of the Sunoco convenience store in Englewood Cliffs and got back into her 2013 Hyundai Elantra as Officer Frankie …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
The real faces of NJ drug addiction: Brendon Project remembers The real faces of NJ drug addiction: Brendon Project remembers The real faces of NJ drug addiction: Brendon Project remembers
The real faces of NJ drug addiction: Brendon Project remembers A TRIBUTE: Some of those addicted to heroin and other drugs could possibly end up being viewed somewhat differently, said Christine Gregory Campos, who today announced plans for the dedication in Waldwick later this month of a bench in memory of her 23-year-old son, who died of a drug overdose a year ago. She launched the grass-roots non-profit Brendon Project, named for the late Brendon Michael Campos, to raise awareness of how disabling addiction can be and to seek better answers for dealing with it than simply by locking up users — or by publishing their photos in newspapers. “Its purp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Northvale woman gets jail time for violating probation in crack-related Westwood crash Northvale woman gets jail time for violating probation in crack-related Westwood crash Northvale woman gets jail time for violating probation in crack-related Westwood crash
Northvale woman gets jail time for violating probation in crack-related Westwood crash ONLY ON CVP: A Northvale woman who walked away with probation for a crack-related crash that sent two people to the hospital is back behind bars after violating the terms of her release. Nicole Italiano, 25, was ordered to serve 364 days in the Bergen County Jail last week by Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian. Italiano — who violated probation before when she was arrested on a knife-possession charge in 2007 — was involved in a three-car crash on Kinderkamack Road in Westwood on Jan. 10, 2012 that put her back behind bars for vehicular assault. The afternoon crash involved a borough …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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NJ State Police arrest mother, son in same car, different incidents NJ State Police arrest mother, son in same car, different incidents NJ State Police arrest mother, son in same car, different incidents
NJ State Police arrest mother, son in same car, different incidents YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Jersey State Police twice went to the same house to arrest a mother and son in separate incidents that began on or near the Garden State Parkway involving the same car. The first occurred in Saddle Brook at the Parkway entrance ramp on Saturday when a motorist told police a man in another vehicle pointed a handgun at him and his family following some type of dispute, NJSP Sgt. Adam Grossman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Troopers from the Bloomfield barracks went to the other man’s Newark home and found the Nissan Altima out front, Grossman said. They als…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep rear-ends Infiniti in Glen Rock Jeep rear-ends Infiniti in Glen Rock Jeep rear-ends Infiniti in Glen Rock
Jeep rear-ends Infiniti in Glen Rock YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A silver Jeep Cherokee slammed into a blue Infiniti that was parked outside of a home located in the 300 block of Harristown Road in Glen Rock tonight. The Jeep’s driver wasn’t injured, although both vehicles were severely damaged and had to be towed from the scene by flatbed truck. Glen Rock Patrol Officer Lucas Doney is investigating the crash. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood police find stray pooch’s owners Westwood police find stray pooch’s owners Westwood police find stray pooch’s owners
Westwood police find stray pooch’s owners UPDATE: Westwood police have found the owners of a dog who turned up between Berkeley Elementary School and Lexington Avenue on Sunday. Bella, a  slightly overweight, light brown dachsund/beagle mix, wasn’t wearing any tags when she was found, as CLIFFVIEW PILOT originally reported late last night. She has since been reunited with her owners, Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino confirmed this afternoon. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Lawyer stuns court by quitting James Bond Gang case — and all others Lawyer stuns court by quitting James Bond Gang case — and all others Lawyer stuns court by quitting James Bond Gang case — and all others
Lawyer stuns court by quitting James Bond Gang case — and all others ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: In a stunning development rarely seen in a courtroom, the trial of two principles in the notorious James Bond Gang burglary case was postponed after one of the defense attorneys temporarily suspended his law practice as jury selection was about to begin. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi told Justin Christodoro that his decision to withdraw from the case required him to resign all of his cases. “That’s no problem, your honor,” he responded. Christodoro (above, left) later told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that his decision was “the ethical thing to do.” …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months prison, 3 months home confinement for ducking taxes Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months prison, 3 months home confinement for ducking taxes Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months prison, 3 months home confinement for ducking taxes
Lauryn Hill sentenced to 3 months prison, 3 months home confinement for ducking taxes NEWSBREAK: Lauryn Hill was sentenced today to three months in prison and three months of home confinement with electronic monitoring for not reporting more than $2.3 million in income by intentionally failing to file tax returns for five years. U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo two weeks ago set a deadline for today for Hill to come up with $514,000 that she still owed the government. Her attorney, Nathan Hochman, said she paid her debt, along with fines, interest and restitution totaling nearly $970,000. However, the government put her tax liability at more than $1 million. The …

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