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
3 Cleared In Bogota Robbery, Abduction Case 3 Cleared In Bogota Robbery, Abduction Case 3 Cleared In Bogota Robbery, Abduction Case
3 Cleared In Bogota Robbery, Abduction Case All acquitted.

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Apologetic armed robber tips Lyndhurst bartender $20 Apologetic armed robber tips Lyndhurst bartender $20 Apologetic armed robber tips Lyndhurst bartender $20
Apologetic armed robber tips Lyndhurst bartender $20 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An armed robber tipped a bartender $20 from $138 he’d just taken from her at gunpoint at an empty Lyndhurst tavern, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Donald Tuohy walked into The Locker Room on Stuyvesant Avenue around 6:15 Saturday night, Capt. John J. Valente said. After using the bathroom, he asked the 26-year-old barmaid for a tap beer, Lyndhurst Police Chief Jim O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She said they had only bottles, so he ordered a Budweiser, he said. As she was getting it, O’Connor said, Tuohy pulled a handgun from his left jacket pocket — then began a…

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest in alleged death threat for NCAA Tournament gambling debt Arrest in alleged death threat for NCAA Tournament gambling debt Arrest in alleged death threat for NCAA Tournament gambling debt
Arrest in alleged death threat for NCAA Tournament gambling debt ONLY ON CVP: A Teaneck man accused of walking into an Englewood associate’s home and threatening to kill him for a $300 debt from an NCAA Tournament bet insists he didn’t do it — and that the debtor actually owes him $1,000, city police said tonight. Englewood police arrested Andre Wiggins, 41, at his home last night after the 62-year-old gambler contacted police. The purported victim said Wiggins showed up at his Humphrey Street apartment on Sunday night, walked in through an unlocked front door and demanded he pay up, Detective Capt. Tim Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. When he said he ne…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock utility pole taken out in crash Glen Rock utility pole taken out in crash Glen Rock utility pole taken out in crash
Glen Rock utility pole taken out in crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a Toyota Camry escaped serious injury on Wednesday evening during a crash into a utility pole at the intersection of Harristown Road and Berkeley Place in Glen Rock. The Camry was totaled and the utility pole required attention from PSE&G. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with a minor elbow injury after the full air bag deployed. Harristown Road was closed in both directions for about a half-hour while the vehicle and debris were cleared from the scene. No power outages were reported. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Two Edgewater men indicted for 112 pounds of cocaine Two Edgewater men indicted for 112 pounds of cocaine Two Edgewater men indicted for 112 pounds of cocaine
Two Edgewater men indicted for 112 pounds of cocaine YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Edgewater men were indicted today on charges of having more than 112 pounds of cocaine when they were busted in a joint sting by the state Division of Criminal Justice and the DEA. Mario C. Miller, 33, and Jesus Rivera, 54, were arrested in a parking lot outside Miller’s Portside Drive home along the Hudson River — a short distance from the Comfort Inn — on April 10, 2011, state Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said this afternoon. As detectives watched, Rivera “retrieved a box containing 10 kilos of cocaine from his car and delivered it to Miller,” Chiesa sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Popular Teaneck officer to get last-tour retirement procession, celebration Popular Teaneck officer to get last-tour retirement procession, celebration Popular Teaneck officer to get last-tour retirement procession, celebration
Popular Teaneck officer to get last-tour retirement procession, celebration SHOUT OUT: Teaneck Police Officer Charles “CJ” Mulligan will get a grand sendoff when he leaves headquarters Friday — with more than 100 commendations on a stellar career record — after his final tour of duty. FRIDAY, APRIL 26: It was near-impossible to squeeze into The Cottage Bar — aka “The Second Precinct” — this afternoon for the festivities that followed a grand procession from headquarters for retired Teaneck Police Officer Charles “CJ” Mulligan. READ MORE…. Besides fellow officers, family and friends, the Pipes and Drums of Bergen County will be waiting to escort the 25-year depa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey police find California man with blank handgun at hotel Ramsey police find California man with blank handgun at hotel Ramsey police find California man with blank handgun at hotel
Ramsey police find California man with blank handgun at hotel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A blank-firing handgun that a housekeeper at a Ramsey hotel spotted on a nightstand led to the arrest of a Van Nuys, CA man who was staying there, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this morning. Robert Wayne Taylor, 47, was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with handgun possession and presenting fake identification. A trio of officers responded to the Extended Stay America Hotel on Route 17 North, where they found the 9mm Zoraki M-906 after obtaining a search warrant for Taylor’s second-floor room, Gurney told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park officer honored at moving DWI memorial Elmwood Park officer honored at moving DWI memorial Elmwood Park officer honored at moving DWI memorial
Elmwood Park officer honored at moving DWI memorial YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Year after year, Elmwood Park Police Officer Michael Prelich has been a statewide leader in making DWI arrests, and this morning he was honored during an emotional ceremony in Trenton that featured loved ones of those killed by drunk and impaired drivers. Prelich is consistently in the 70s and 80s in DWI arrests each year. State officials — and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers — have frequently lauded him for his dedication and commitment to making the roads safer. He joined dozens of other officers from all of New Jersey’s counties and NJ State Police troopers in bei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Apollo Theater performance for talented Bergen 12-year-old Matthew Whitaker Apollo Theater performance for talented Bergen 12-year-old Matthew Whitaker Apollo Theater performance for talented Bergen 12-year-old Matthew Whitaker
Apollo Theater performance for talented Bergen 12-year-old Matthew Whitaker SHOUT OUT: Young multi-instrumentalist Matthew Whitaker’s miracle story continues when the Hackensack youngster returns to the Apollo Theatre tonight, this time as a special guest. Three weeks ago, Matthew celebrated his 12th birthday. It was an important milestone for the talented prodigy from Hackensack, who was born 3 months premature — at 1 pound/11 ounces — and blind. “I love sounds… the sound of banging pots, moving cars, airplanes, subways, buses, people walking, talking…the sound of jackhammers, tapping on a table, stomping of feet … copy machines, printers.  I hear music everywhe…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack police charge ex-con career criminal with tossing crack from car Hackensack police charge ex-con career criminal with tossing crack from car Hackensack police charge ex-con career criminal with tossing crack from car
Hackensack police charge ex-con career criminal with tossing crack from car ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: An ex-con who has spent more than half his life behind bars or facing charges was arrested by Hackensack police last night after they said he tossed crack from a car that sped off when detectives interrupted a drug deal. Two detectives on patrol spotted the deal going down around 9:20 p.m. near the corner of Panborn Place and Clinton Place, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. As they approached the group, two people took off in a car and two others who were standing outside ran, he said. Bags of crack cocaine were tossed from the vehi…

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