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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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Port Authority: GWB guard caught smoking pot worked for same firm as sleepers Port Authority: GWB guard caught smoking pot worked for same firm as sleepers Port Authority: GWB guard caught smoking pot worked for same firm as sleepers
Port Authority: GWB guard caught smoking pot worked for same firm as sleepers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A George Washington Bridge security guard arrested by Port Authority police for smoking pot on the job worked for the same firm that fired two guards who CLIFFVIEW PILOT found fast asleep in their booths. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey must again question officials of FJC Security “to explain how this security lapse happened,” the authority’s Steve Coleman said this morning. The same thing happened after CLIFFVIEW PILOT’s investigative report on sleeping guards in August 2009 was picked up by area TV networks, after another FJC guard reportedly was c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man brought to Bergen to face charges of kidnapping ex-girlfriend from Bergenfield Hackensack man brought to Bergen to face charges of kidnapping ex-girlfriend from Bergenfield Hackensack man brought to Bergen to face charges of kidnapping ex-girlfriend from Bergenfield
Hackensack man brought to Bergen to face charges of kidnapping ex-girlfriend from Bergenfield ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Hackensack man who was tracked down in Harlem through a cellphone trace after his ex-girlfriend was kidnapped from her mother’s Bergenfield home is in the Bergen County Jail, having waived extradition from New York City. Charles A. Vera, 20, is charged with kidnapping with the intent to injure or terrorize, menacing (simple assault) and robbery in connection with last Thursday’s incident. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What initially appeared a domestic dispute turned even more serious last night when a Hackensack man abducted his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend before Bergenfie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Defense attorney in Mahwah minister underage sex trial mulling risky move Defense attorney in Mahwah minister underage sex trial mulling risky move Defense attorney in Mahwah minister underage sex trial mulling risky move
Defense attorney in Mahwah minister underage sex trial mulling risky move UPDATE (CVP EXCLUSIVE): The defense attorney in a former Mahwah minister’s underage sex trial said today he intends to call witnesses to discredit the alleged victim, who testified for several hours yesterday and today. However, Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian warned Benjamin Morton that, in doing so, he would give Senior Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kenneth Ralph the opportunity to present two key pieces of evidence that so far have been withheld from jurors. One is that Franklin is serving time for sexually abusing the woman’s youngster sister, who also was underage, and the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn convict, 81, gets at least 5 years for child porn Fair Lawn convict, 81, gets at least 5 years for child porn Fair Lawn convict, 81, gets at least 5 years for child porn
Fair Lawn convict, 81, gets at least 5 years for child porn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 81-year-old convict from Fawn Lawn will spend at least five years — and possibly many more — in federal prison after admitting today that he downloaded what he knew were images and videos of children being sexually abused. Joseph Anthony Amari potentially could face a 20-year sentence, under federal guidelines, when he is sentenced on May 13 by U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark. It’s likely to be far less. But the five-year minimum is guaranteed — and because it’s federal prison, he’ll have to serve just about all of it. Amari, a widower, alr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bomb threat clears New Milford school Bomb threat clears New Milford school Bomb threat clears New Milford school
Bomb threat clears New Milford school YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford police evacuated the Berkley Street School and called in the county K9 unit after some students heard another talking about a bomb threat. “They immediately told a teacher, which was the right thing to do,” New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The supposed even was supposed to happen at 2 p.m., the chief said. So the 400 or so students were moved to the Hovnanian School nearby while the dogs search the building. The students approached the teacher around 1 this afternoon, saying “there was a bomb in the school set to deton…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Woodcliff Lake con man sentenced in $1 million investment scams Woodcliff Lake con man sentenced in $1 million investment scams Woodcliff Lake con man sentenced in $1 million investment scams
Woodcliff Lake con man sentenced in $1 million investment scams YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The male half of a duo from Woodcliff Lake who admitted conning friends and others out of nearly $1 million in bogus investments was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison today. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office White Collar Crimes Unit first investigated and brought charges against Joseph Suarez (above, left) — owner of Suarez Investment and Development — and former Florida attorney Katherine Ferro (right) in connection with a $450,000 ripoff of a man whose father had just died. The case was picked up by the FBI and Securities Exchange Commission as more vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford lawyer, 69, gets 3 years for $1.2 million tax dodge Rutherford lawyer, 69, gets 3 years for $1.2 million tax dodge Rutherford lawyer, 69, gets 3 years for $1.2 million tax dodge
Rutherford lawyer, 69, gets 3 years for $1.2 million tax dodge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 69-year-old disbarred lawyer from Rutherford was sentenced today to three years for stiffing the IRS out of nearly $1.2 million on $3.36 million in unreported income. Following his prison term, Joseph Gallagher will be under two years of supervised release, U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman ordered today in Camden. He also fined Gallagher $60,000 annd required him to pay his more than $1.1 million in outstanding taxes to the IRS, plus interest and penalties. Gallagher pleaded guilty to a single count of tax evasion in August 2011 after the government said he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
8 Bergen teams set for NJ High School Consumer Bowl event 8 Bergen teams set for NJ High School Consumer Bowl event 8 Bergen teams set for NJ High School Consumer Bowl event
8 Bergen teams set for NJ High School Consumer Bowl event SHOUT OUT: Ridgefield Park High School returns tomorrow to defend its Bergen County High School Consumer Bowl title, taking on seven other teams from throughout the county in the competition organized by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. The field: ·        Fort Lee High School ·        Hackensack High School (last year’s 3rd-place Bergen winner) ·        Immaculate Conception High School (Lodi) ·        Leonia High School ·        Lodi High School ·        Lyndhurst High School (last year’s 2rd-place Bergen winner) ·        Ridgefield Park High School ·        Ru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Underage sex with Mahwah minister was ‘something special,’ woman testifies Underage sex with Mahwah minister was ‘something special,’ woman testifies Underage sex with Mahwah minister was ‘something special,’ woman testifies
Underage sex with Mahwah minister was ‘something special,’ woman testifies ONLY ON CVP:  A woman who said she had sex with a former Mahwah minister for four years beginning when she was 12 told jurors she “thought was it was love, something special between us,” then later felt like a sinner. The encounters occurred in Curtis Franklin’s tow truck, the bedroom of his house after his wife left early for work, her bedroom, in parking lots, on secluded roads, and in Oregon when she saved money from her summer job working for Franklin’s father-in-law at Speedway 17 in Mahwah and went to visit him and his family for six weeks — when she was 14 — she said. It continued …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Ex-con stole 2 bottles of cognac worth $2,200 each, Tenafly police say Ex-con stole 2 bottles of cognac worth $2,200 each, Tenafly police say Ex-con stole 2 bottles of cognac worth $2,200 each, Tenafly police say
Ex-con stole 2 bottles of cognac worth $2,200 each, Tenafly police say HAVE YOU SEE HIM? Authorities are looking for this 52-year-old ex-con in connection with a host of crimes in Bergen and Morris counties, including the theft of two bottles of cognac worth $2,200 each from a Tenafly liquor store. Police are certain that 51-year-old Randy Reed, who was identified by witnesses, will turn up soon.  He might not be an easy catch, though: After swiping $38,000 in gems from a Fair Lawn jewelry store in 1995, Randy Reed led police on a chase that ended when he smashed his getaway into a curb in Paterson. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Reed was released from state pris…

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