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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Four Ridgewood underage house party drinkers hospitalized Four Ridgewood underage house party drinkers hospitalized Four Ridgewood underage house party drinkers hospitalized
Four Ridgewood underage house party drinkers hospitalized YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Four highly intoxicated teens were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after police from two towns broke up an underage drinking party overnight in Ridgewood. Police said 14 juveniles were released to their parents and 17 adults — 15 of them charged with underage consumption of alcohol on private property, a violation of municipal ordinance, Ridgewood Police Lt. William Amoruso told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Two of the others were charged with similar state charges, as well as obstruction, he said. Nearly all available police from Glen Rock and Ridgewood arrived at th…

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Poughkeepsie, NY
Breaking News
Mystery of Hudson River floating head solved? In Bergen? Mystery of Hudson River floating head solved? In Bergen? Mystery of Hudson River floating head solved? In Bergen?
Mystery of Hudson River floating head solved? In Bergen? (via WeirdNJ) No one has yet claimed ownership of a giant head found last week floating in the Hudson River, but we may have scooped the major news outlets on its possible origin. If you aren’t familiar with the story, a rowing crew from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, found the 7-foot-tall, foam and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood Board of Education dump truck snaps utility pole Ridgewood Board of Education dump truck snaps utility pole Ridgewood Board of Education dump truck snaps utility pole
Ridgewood Board of Education dump truck snaps utility pole YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A small dump truck owned by the Ridgewood Board of Education crashed into a utility pole on Godwin Avenue early this afternoon. Police were trying to determine what happened. The driver was uninjured, while the utility pole had to be replaced. Godwin Avenue between Doremus and Ackerman avenues remained closed into mid-afternoon while that work was being done. No loss of any utility service was reported in the area. A heavy-duty wrecker removed the dump truck from the scene. Ridgewood police, firefighters and emergency services units responded. STORY / PHO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi woman in ‘family affair’ drug ring gets 10 years, son gets five Lodi woman in ‘family affair’ drug ring gets 10 years, son gets five Lodi woman in ‘family affair’ drug ring gets 10 years, son gets five
Lodi woman in ‘family affair’ drug ring gets 10 years, son gets five CVP EXCLUSIVE: A judge who last month ordered a Lodi woman who participated in a family-run drug be jailed after her lawyer insisted that he delay sentencing sent her to prison for 10 years today. At the same time, another judge sentenced Lydia Cruz’s son, Irving Sanchez Jr. of Ridgefield Park, to five years in state prison. Yet to be sentenced is Cruz’s husband, 52-year-old William Diaz, also of Lodi. A May 17 date was set by Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma, who this morning sentenced the 55-year-old Cruz. Cruz, who could be eligible for parole after only 18 months, pleaded in Feb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
ID theft arrests prove consumers need to be more aware, Bergen prosecutor says ID theft arrests prove consumers need to be more aware, Bergen prosecutor says ID theft arrests prove consumers need to be more aware, Bergen prosecutor says
ID theft arrests prove consumers need to be more aware, Bergen prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The arrests of a band of accused thieves who “turned stolen personal information into hard cash” serve as a warning to consumers to immediately notify police when any unusual charges turn up on their credit cards, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. Consumers also should place limits on how much can be charged to those cards at any one time, the prosecutor said. Otherwise, “someone could buy something that costs $35,000,” he said, during a news conference at the Bergen County Courthouse attended by area police chiefs and members of the media. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Arrangements for retired Bergen County Police Chief Jack Schmidig Arrangements for retired Bergen County Police Chief Jack Schmidig Arrangements for retired Bergen County Police Chief Jack Schmidig
Arrangements for retired Bergen County Police Chief Jack Schmidig The wake for retired Bergen County Police Chief John “Jack” Schmidig is scheduled for this Monday, followed by a funeral Mass the next morning at St. Phillip Apostle Church in Saddle Brook. Arrangements are being handled by Trinka-Faustini Funeral Home, 439 Maywood Ave., Maywood, where visiting is scheduled for 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Tuesday’s Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. at St. Phillip’s at 488 Saddle River Road. Schmidig, admired for his loyalty to his staff, died at age 65 on Wednesday in Port Charlotte, FL, where he lived with his wife. She was coming north to make final arran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police cite ‘unruly’ Fort Lee situation in Marine gun trial Port Authority police cite ‘unruly’ Fort Lee situation in Marine gun trial Port Authority police cite ‘unruly’ Fort Lee situation in Marine gun trial
Port Authority police cite ‘unruly’ Fort Lee situation in Marine gun trial ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: “Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot! That’s my brother,” U.S. Marine MP Hisashi Pompey shouted at a trio of Port Authority police officers who said they saw a man with him throw a high-caliber handgun beneath a pickup truck during a melee behind the agency’s administration building near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. Details of the Dec. 26, 2011 incident emerged during the first day of Pompey’s trial in Superior Court in Hackensack on charges of illegal weapons possession. The three authority officers testified to what happened after Fort Lee police summoned them…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor: Crew bought $150,000 in goods with 70 stolen IDs Bergen prosecutor: Crew bought $150,000 in goods with 70 stolen IDs Bergen prosecutor: Crew bought $150,000 in goods with 70 stolen IDs
Bergen prosecutor: Crew bought $150,000 in goods with 70 stolen IDs ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A pair of accused thieves ran an operation that created bogus credit cards using information from nearly six dozen mortgage and refinancing applicants to buy more than $150,000 worth of goods at Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, Sears and other stores, which were then resold in New York City, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli has scheduled a news conference for tomorrow to announce 11 arrests, made possible by a multi-jurisdictional Identity Theft Task Force under the direction of Chief Steven Cucciniello, the prosecutor’s chief …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Gov. Christie signs ‘good Samaritan’ overdose bill into law, with Bon Jovi Gov. Christie signs ‘good Samaritan’ overdose bill into law, with Bon Jovi Gov. Christie signs ‘good Samaritan’ overdose bill into law, with Bon Jovi
Gov. Christie signs ‘good Samaritan’ overdose bill into law, with Bon Jovi YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With Jon Bon Jovi joining him, Gov. Christie today signed the bipartisan Overdose Protection Act into law at a drug rehab center in Paterson — providing protection from prosecution to those who help overdose victims or those who administer antidotes in life-threatening situations. New Jersey’s General Assembly on Monday approved the compromise Good Samaritan law, which  legislators said is aimed at helping to save lives and prevent drug overdoses. The 68-2-6 vote came on a new measure that incorporates components of both the bill known as the “Opioid Antidote and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor: ‘Whole new approach’ to fighting drugs yields sellers, buyers Bergen prosecutor: ‘Whole new approach’ to fighting drugs yields sellers, buyers Bergen prosecutor: ‘Whole new approach’ to fighting drugs yields sellers, buyers
Bergen prosecutor: ‘Whole new approach’ to fighting drugs yields sellers, buyers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A staggering 28 heroin overdose deaths in Bergen County last year left County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli no choice but to change gears and go after both dealers and users — within and outside the county. “It’s a whole new approach to drug enforcement,” Molinelli said during a news conference this afternoon in Hackensack, during which he released the names of 90 arrested users — in addition to nearly two dozen people accused of operating heroin trafficking networks that stretched from Bergen to Mercer and Passaic counties. He also posted their mugshots or driver’s…

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