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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale electrician busted for kiddie porn River Vale electrician busted for kiddie porn River Vale electrician busted for kiddie porn
River Vale electrician busted for kiddie porn ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A 27-year-old electrician from River Vale was arrested today by investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and charged with trafficking in online child pornography. Detectives said they also found pot and drug paraphernalia after they searched the Rockland Avenue home of Michael Sapuppo, a New York electrician. Sapuppo was buying and distributing “images and videos of pre-pubescent children engaged in sexual acts,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The prosecutor thanked police from River Vale, Oradell and Ramsey for this assistance in the…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park bank robbed Elmwood Park bank robbed Elmwood Park bank robbed
Elmwood Park bank robbed A slim, 6-foot robber in sunglasses and a red hoodie made off with an undetermined amount of cash after passing a note to a teller an Elmwood Park bank. The 3 p.m. holdup occurred at the TD Bank on Midland Avenue and Market Street, Detective Lt. Bryan DiPasquale told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Police said they believe the robber fled on foot, he said. A K9 unit from the Bergen County Police Department was brought in to search the area, without luck. Elmwood Park detectives are working with the FBI and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification, which was collecting evidence thi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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‘Baby-faced’ killer gets life in prison for Lyndhurst murder ‘Baby-faced’ killer gets life in prison for Lyndhurst murder ‘Baby-faced’ killer gets life in prison for Lyndhurst murder
‘Baby-faced’ killer gets life in prison for Lyndhurst murder YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sent “baby-faced killer” Fernando Carrero Jr. to prison for life for gunning down an aspiring police officer in Lyndhurst during a dispute over his girlfriend. Carrero sat motionless, his family gasping and sobbing behind him, as Superior Court Judge Patrick Roma advised him that he couldn’t be eligible for parole for 75 years. The victim: Jose Hall Just before sentencing him, Roma asked Carrero whether he had anything to say. “Mr. Carrero, this is your only opportunity to speak,” the judge said.  “It’s the only opportunity you will…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood man, 26, caught in Bergen child porn trafficking bust Ridgewood man, 26, caught in Bergen child porn trafficking bust Ridgewood man, 26, caught in Bergen child porn trafficking bust
Ridgewood man, 26, caught in Bergen child porn trafficking bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unemployed single Ridgewood man was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office who said he trafficked in child pornography photos and videos. Joseph Nizza, 26, of Rugby Court, was being held on $25,000 cash bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two counts of child endangerment — for possession and for transmission of kiddie porn, records show. Cyberdetectives were trolling online when they encountered Nizza, who was arrested without incident this morning, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The prosecutor said that Ni…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Molinelli officially puts sheriff in charge of regional SWAT, splits K-9 Molinelli officially puts sheriff in charge of regional SWAT, splits K-9 Molinelli officially puts sheriff in charge of regional SWAT, splits K-9
Molinelli officially puts sheriff in charge of regional SWAT, splits K-9 CVP EXCLUSIVE:  As first reported here two months ago, a 2013 Law Enforcement Services Plan issued this morning by Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli officially gives county police four months to join a regional SWAT team that will be headed by the county sheriff, while giving both county agencies a month to implement a plan dividing specific K-9 duties. The K9 split, he said, “will once and for all remove any redundancies in Bergen County between the Sheriff’s Department and the Bergen County Police.” In January, CLIFFVIEW PILOT exclusively reported that the BCPD SWAT unit, until…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Prosecutor: Delinquency charges don’t fit in Ridgewood nude photos case Prosecutor: Delinquency charges don’t fit in Ridgewood nude photos case Prosecutor: Delinquency charges don’t fit in Ridgewood nude photos case
Prosecutor: Delinquency charges don’t fit in Ridgewood nude photos case EXCLUSIVE: Ridgewood Schools Superintendent Daniel Fishbein may not be able to pursue criminal action against students caught sharing nude photos online, despite threats to do so, Bergen County’s top lawman confirmed this morning. “I don’t think he’s familiar with the new law,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, referring to a September 2011 state statute that requires New Jersey juveniles caught “sexting” to take education courses. “You have it right,” the prosecutor said of a story first posted on CLIFFVIEW PILOT Wednesday night (SEE: Ridgewood High School …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police bust 4 on pot charges after wrong turn near high school Fort Lee police bust 4 on pot charges after wrong turn near high school Fort Lee police bust 4 on pot charges after wrong turn near high school
Fort Lee police bust 4 on pot charges after wrong turn near high school YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police arrested four 18-year-old Clifton men after reportedly finding six dozen dime bags of pot during a traffic stop for making an illegal left out of the shopping center next to the high school on Lemoine Avenue. Officer Brett Howard was on patrol when he stopped Tyquan Lee around 9 o’clock Tuesday night after he pulled his 2002 Dodge Neon into the neighboring McDonalds, Chief Keith Bendul said. Howard “smelled the odor of burnt marijuana emanating from inside the vehicle,” Bendul said in a news release. After obtaining Lee’s consent to search the veh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Underage sex trial of Mahwah minister stays in Bergen, judge rules Underage sex trial of Mahwah minister stays in Bergen, judge rules Underage sex trial of Mahwah minister stays in Bergen, judge rules
Underage sex trial of Mahwah minister stays in Bergen, judge rules EXCLUSIVE: Former Mahwah minister Curtis Franklin will be re-tried in Hackensack next week on charges of having sex with a teenaged congregant, a judge ruled today in rejecting a bid for a change of venue. Defense attorney Benjamin Morton argued that there was a great deal of publicity during Franklin’s previous two trials — one of which led to a conviction that put him behind bars for several years and the other resulting in a mistrial. Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian (STORY / PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia) Morton said he also wanted to to protect Franklin’s 12-year old daughter, whose …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper charged with embezzling $200,000 Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper charged with embezzling $200,000 Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper charged with embezzling $200,000
Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper charged with embezzling $200,000 ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE: Executives at a popular and successful Englewood Cliffs hub for travel agents had thrown a retirement party for its longtime bookeeper when it later discovered more than $200,000 gone. Last night, she was brought up from Florida, where borough authorities had her arrested and extradited on theft and money laundering charges. Patricia Slattery, 54, remained held on $175,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on the second-degree charges today as investigators continued tallying up losses to Rez Connect Technologies and its subsidiaries. “We’re not allowed to comment at all,”…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive in New Hampshire shooting caught in Bergen Fugitive in New Hampshire shooting caught in Bergen Fugitive in New Hampshire shooting caught in Bergen
Fugitive in New Hampshire shooting caught in Bergen ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Authorities in Bergen County have captured a fugitive wanted out of New Hampshire for jumping bail after police there reported finding him hiding in an attic — with a .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun and ammo — while investigating a shooting, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. John De La Cruz, 24, is being held in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition to Hillsborough County, NH, following his arrest by U.S. Marshals. Police in Manchester said they were investigating a report of shots fired in a neighborhood last April when they found De La Cruz in a third-floor apartm…

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