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
Palisades Park man indicted in baseball attack on Edgewater teens Palisades Park man indicted in baseball attack on Edgewater teens Palisades Park man indicted in baseball attack on Edgewater teens
Palisades Park man indicted in baseball attack on Edgewater teens ONLY ON CVP: A Palisades Park man who authorities said went after a pair of Edgewater teenagers with an aluminum baseball bat, leaving one with a broken nose, jaw and eye socket, as well as a concussion, has been indicted by a Bergen County grand jury. Besides attempted bodily injury with a weapon and related offenses, 20-year-old Monroe Daughtrey is charged with property destruction and illegal weapons possession. Monroe Daughtrey The seven-count indictment says that the youths apparently had gone to Palisades Park looking for Daughtrey. Once the fight at Hillcrest Place and Bergen B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Rutgers coach Mike Rice apologizes for abusing players Rutgers coach Mike Rice apologizes for abusing players Rutgers coach Mike Rice apologizes for abusing players
Rutgers coach Mike Rice apologizes for abusing players UPDATE: Fired Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice apologized in front of TV crews  this morning, less than 24 hours after ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” showed footage of him abusing players and hours after he was let go by the university. Meanwhile, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti took responsibility for it getting this far. “I want to tell everybody who has believed in me that I’m deeply sorry for the pain and the hardship that I’ve caused them,” Rice said outside his Little Silver home. Here’s the ABC NEWS video of Rice’s mea culpa: “Coach Rice’s abusive language and actions …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Arrest in Ridgewood burglary Arrest in Ridgewood burglary Arrest in Ridgewood burglary
Arrest in Ridgewood burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 24-year-old Wayne man was being held on $40,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after a Ridgewood detective charged him with a burglary last August in which $1,200 in cash, a TV and jewelry were taken from a Northern Parkway home. Detective Douglas Williams arrested Yorghi Turkmany after he was picked up in connection with a domestic violence incident in Passaic County, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. It was then that authorities learned of his suspected involvement in the Aug. 13, 2012 Ridgewood break-in. Turkmany is charged with burglary and theft in connection wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee man charged with terroristic threats in fight over parking spot Fort Lee man charged with terroristic threats in fight over parking spot Fort Lee man charged with terroristic threats in fight over parking spot
Fort Lee man charged with terroristic threats in fight over parking spot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fight over illegal parking in an Englewood housing comple led to the arrest of a Fort Lee man who, police said, threatened management employees while damaging the outside of their office. Gregg Michael Weiner, 35, was visiting a friend in Rock Creek Terrace when  he allegedly parked in a prohibited area. “The management placed one of those parking violation notification stickers on Weiner’s car window and he took exception to that,” Detective Capt. Tim Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Weiner went to the management office there, damaged the side of the building and …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Ridgewood teen struck by SUV hospitalized Ridgewood teen struck by SUV hospitalized Ridgewood teen struck by SUV hospitalized
Ridgewood teen struck by SUV hospitalized YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood teenager sustained a serious leg injury after being struck by a BMW SUV near the intersection of South Van Dien Avenue and Hanks Avenue this afternoon. The girl was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Also responding to the scene to provide medical assistance were personnel from Ridgewood Fire Department’s Engine Company #35 and a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward, who was at the scene, said the incident was being investigated. The B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Hackensack coin dealer with Bulgarian mob ties indicted Ex-Hackensack coin dealer with Bulgarian mob ties indicted Ex-Hackensack coin dealer with Bulgarian mob ties indicted
Ex-Hackensack coin dealer with Bulgarian mob ties indicted CVP EXCLUSIVE: A former Hackensack ancient coin dealer with reputed ties to a Bulgarian crew that committed a major coin heist several years ago was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of filing bogus income tax returns to the I.R.S. Gantcho Zagorski, 59, formerly of Hackensack, is charged with “aiding and assisting in the filing of false federal income tax returns for calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. He will be arraigned once the case has been assigned to a federal judge, Fishman said. The indictment returned in Newar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood man charged in second knife attack over dogs in 4 days Englewood man charged in second knife attack over dogs in 4 days Englewood man charged in second knife attack over dogs in 4 days
Englewood man charged in second knife attack over dogs in 4 days ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A little over 48 hours after being released on charges of stabbing a neighbor during a fight over his unleashed dogs, a convicted felon from Englewood went after his roommate with a knife – again, because of the dogs – city police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Larry Dungey made bail on Saturday after being arrested late Thursday in connection with a fight that broke out after his unleashed dogs jumped a neighbor who was sitting outside. Dungey was arrested again early this morning and returned to the Bergen County Jail, this time after he got into a fight with his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-con being tried for Mahwah loaded guns traffic stop Ex-con being tried for Mahwah loaded guns traffic stop Ex-con being tried for Mahwah loaded guns traffic stop
Ex-con being tried for Mahwah loaded guns traffic stop ONLY ON CVP: Jury selection began in Hackensack this morning in the trial of a man accused of having a pair of unlicensed loaded guns, along with illegal ammunition, with him in a rental truck stopped by Mahwah police. Anthony L. McDonald, 37, was a passenger with his cousin, Scott McDonald, driving when Officer Christopher Fasulo stopped their rented U-Haul truck on Ramapo Valley Road just before 3 a.m. on March 9, 2011. Fasulo said he feared the truck was too high to clear the upcoming 9 1/2-foot underpass at North Ramapo Avenue. STORY / PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood DWI driver with child hits good Samaritan with car Ridgewood DWI driver with child hits good Samaritan with car Ridgewood DWI driver with child hits good Samaritan with car
Ridgewood DWI driver with child hits good Samaritan with car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood police were looking for a 41-year-old driver from Mahwah who witnesses said appeared drunk and had a child with her when she hit one of them with her car as they tried to stop her from leaving from a Route 17 gas station. UPDATE: A personal trainer from Mahwah has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident in which a man was struck after he tried to stop her car because she appeared to be drinking with a child aboard, Ridgewood police confirmed this morning. READ MORE…. The good Samaritans told police they saw the woman “discarding a bottle of a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Jack Antonoff of fun. gets key to Woodcliff Lake Jack Antonoff of fun. gets key to Woodcliff Lake Jack Antonoff of fun. gets key to Woodcliff Lake
Jack Antonoff of fun. gets key to Woodcliff Lake SHOUT OUT: After you’ve dated Scarlett Johansson, paired up with “Girls” creator/star Lena Dunham and won a pair of Grammy awards, where’s the next thrill? For fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff, it was receiving the key to the … um … borough tonight from Woodcliff Lake’s mayor and council. Throw in a near-riot and it made for an evening those there will likely remember. The honor, bestowed at a mobbed Tice Senior Center, was the first ever for the borough, said Mayor Jeffrey Goldsmith, who Antonoff sat next to for the (briefly) civil portion of the evening. “It was kind of exciting to see the …

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