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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey police charge accused felon with thefts of costly tires, rims Ramsey police charge accused felon with thefts of costly tires, rims Ramsey police charge accused felon with thefts of costly tires, rims
Ramsey police charge accused felon with thefts of costly tires, rims ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A man arrested by Upper Saddle River police in a string of burglaries and thefts of tires and rims that police said he sold online was charged by Ramsey police with similar crimes. Jose M. Acevedo-Herrera, 23, of Kearny, was released yesterday after spending three days in the Bergen County Jail once the new charges were filed. Acevedo-Herrera had been free on bail following his Feb. 18 arrest outside his home by Upper Saddle River police when he was charged again. Authorities in Wayne have also issued a warrant for his arrest. Mahwah police have charged him with sev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Yet another trial for imprisoned Teaneck human crime wave Yet another trial for imprisoned Teaneck human crime wave Yet another trial for imprisoned Teaneck human crime wave
Yet another trial for imprisoned Teaneck human crime wave ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: It looks like human crime wave Melvin Collins — a man with 60 indictments on his record — is headed to trial in Bergen County once again. A status conference that Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi (above) expected would include a mutually agreeable plea offer was scuttled late yesterday in Hackensack after Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor David Calviello said that a plea offer of 16 years in prison — including eight years before Collins would be eligible for parole — had expired a year ago. The thing is: Colllins, a 46-year-old habitual offen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Wind snaps utility pole, disrupts traffic in Paramus, Oradell, River Edge Wind snaps utility pole, disrupts traffic in Paramus, Oradell, River Edge Wind snaps utility pole, disrupts traffic in Paramus, Oradell, River Edge
Wind snaps utility pole, disrupts traffic in Paramus, Oradell, River Edge TRAFFIC: PSE&G temporarily suspended power and traffic was diverted after a utility pole on Midland Avenue in Paramus was snapped by the wind. The road was opened to the River Edge/Oradell area from Paramus but closed in the opposite direction at River Road. PHOTO: Courtesy Chris Denton

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Imprisoned Upper Saddle River mobster sentenced on weapons charge Imprisoned Upper Saddle River mobster sentenced on weapons charge Imprisoned Upper Saddle River mobster sentenced on weapons charge
Imprisoned Upper Saddle River mobster sentenced on weapons charge ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: An imprisoned Genovese family underboss from Upper Saddle River likely won’t get additional time after pleading guilty today to a single charge of having a defaced firearm in  his home, following a raid in which authorities said they found an arsenal of illegal guns, some with the serial numbers scraped off. Frank Fea, 72, has been serving a 30-month sentence at the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Pennsylvania for running a gambling and loan-sharking ring out of Rockland with his son and daughter-in-law. An extended hearing that moved between judges toda…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck man, 23, charged with molesting girl, 14, in Cresskill Teaneck man, 23, charged with molesting girl, 14, in Cresskill Teaneck man, 23, charged with molesting girl, 14, in Cresskill
Teaneck man, 23, charged with molesting girl, 14, in Cresskill YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old Teaneck man is charged with molesting a 14-year-old acquaintance in Cresskill. Eduardo Garcia of Intervale Road was arrested after the girl went to Cresskill police, who contacted Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit, the prosecutor said today. Garcia, who works for a Cresskill-based legal funding company, was being held on $100,000 bail, charged with second-degree sexual assault and third-degree child endangerment. MUGSHOT: Courtesy Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood suicide on anniversary of wife’s death Westwood suicide on anniversary of wife’s death Westwood suicide on anniversary of wife’s death
Westwood suicide on anniversary of wife’s death SPECIAL REPORT: Approaching the one-year anniversary of the day his wife died, a 62-year-old Westwood man took his own life. His two daughters notified borough police yesterday afternoon that their father left notes for them and an acquaintance about his intentions hours earlier, Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Uniformed officers found his car parked at the CVS at the corner of Westwood Avenue and Broadway around 4 p.m., Regino said. “It was cold to the touch, so it had been there awhile,” he said. As the officers went to the man’s Beech Street home, a B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
T-bone crash in Ridgewood sends driver to hospital T-bone crash in Ridgewood sends driver to hospital T-bone crash in Ridgewood sends driver to hospital
T-bone crash in Ridgewood sends driver to hospital YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A T-bone collision in Ridgewood this afternoon sent one driver to the hospital and left the other without any serious injuries. A  Toyota Camry was struck by a Honda Passport at the intersection of South Van Dien Avenue and Grove Street, trapping the Camry driver until members of the Ridgewood Fire Department freed her with the Jaws of Life. The Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with undetermined injuries. The other driver refused medical aid at the scene. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow truck. Meanwhile, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview police say man caught with cocaine in car tried fleeing Fairview police say man caught with cocaine in car tried fleeing Fairview police say man caught with cocaine in car tried fleeing
Fairview police say man caught with cocaine in car tried fleeing UPDATE: Fairview police today released additional details about the arrest of an unemployed borough man who first gave them a fake name and then tried fleeing when they caught him with a half-dozen small bags of cocaine. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported last night, 31-year-old Wessam Constant was arrested after Officer Robert Sabatino spotted him sitting in a parked car with another man in an industrial section of Bergenwood Road, Chief Frank Del Vecchio said today. As Sabatino turned his cruiser around to investigate, Constant pulled away, the chief said. After the officer stopped the car, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-boyfriend, 72, charged in suspected date-rape drugging of Mahwah woman Ex-boyfriend, 72, charged in suspected date-rape drugging of Mahwah woman Ex-boyfriend, 72, charged in suspected date-rape drugging of Mahwah woman
Ex-boyfriend, 72, charged in suspected date-rape drugging of Mahwah woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 72-year-old Brooklyn man is free on $100,000 bail in connection with the suspected date-rape drugging of his 67-year-old ex-girlfriend from Mahwah. John Zechowski told police he injected the victim with insulin, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. The woman told police  that she was expecting a package and opened her front door Friday afternoon when Zechowski — wearing a black hoodie — knocked. Zechowski “pushed her inside, where a struggle ensued,” the chief said. The woman was knocked down and cut her head, he said. Zechowski, who was carrying a syrin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen, Passaic ‘bait-and-switch’ movers hit with $21.3 million judgment Bergen, Passaic ‘bait-and-switch’ movers hit with $21.3 million judgment Bergen, Passaic ‘bait-and-switch’ movers hit with $21.3 million judgment
Bergen, Passaic ‘bait-and-switch’ movers hit with $21.3 million judgment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State authorities announced this morning that they slammed two North Jersey moving companies and their owners with $21.2 million in fines, restitution and investigation reimbursements for holding customers’ belongings hostage after jacking up low-ball estimates. Progressive Movers and ABC Packing Supplies — along with their owner/operators — must pay $123,532 in consumer restitution to about 70 past customers, under terms of a final default judgment issued by a Superior Court in Paterson. Progressive’s owner, Konstantin Egorov, and ABC’s head, Yevgeniy Piskun, are …

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