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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police urge lookout for Leonia burglar Police urge lookout for Leonia burglar Police urge lookout for Leonia burglar
Police urge lookout for Leonia burglar YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An early-morning burglary in Leonia had police warning residents to protect their property and keep a lookout. The bandit broke into a home on Edgewood Road near Jones Road on the Englewood border after ringing a neighbor’s doorbell before 9 a.m. Wednesday. “Most burglars will do this prior to committing a burglary,” Leonia Police Lt. Thomas Rowe told residents yesterday. The burglar was described as 5-foot-10, black, wearing a black ski cap, brown jacket and black pants. He was driving a dark-colored Nissan, police said. Rowe urged residents to “make sure you …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Have you seen armed, dangerous Englewood fugitive? Have you seen armed, dangerous Englewood fugitive? Have you seen armed, dangerous Englewood fugitive?
Have you seen armed, dangerous Englewood fugitive? CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Englewood police are looking for a 35-year-old ex-con who they said fired shots at his ex-girlfriend’s home with a stolen rifle — nearly striking their child’s crib — while holding the woman against her will. Sule Imo Ouhuru stole her car — a stolen two-door, silver 2004 Honda Accord with the NJ license plate: R42CRN — and might still have the .45-caliber carbine with him, as well, Detective Lt. Timothy Torell said. “We know Sule knows we are looking for him,” Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. My suggestion to him is that he turn himself in immediately, along…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep clipped by bus rolls over in Glen Rock Jeep clipped by bus rolls over in Glen Rock Jeep clipped by bus rolls over in Glen Rock
Jeep clipped by bus rolls over in Glen Rock YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An NJ Transit bus collided with a with a Jeep Cherokee at the intersection of Rock Road and Ackerman Avenue in Glen Rock late this afternoon. Glen Rock Police Chief Fred Stahman said both vehicles were headed northbound on Ackerman when the Jeep improperly tried to pass the bus, which was making a left onto Rock Road. The bus “clipped the rear bumper of the Jeep, causing it to spin and flip over,” the chief told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The 23-year-old Wyckoff driver of the Jeep wasn’t injured, Stahman said. He was issued a summons. Five passengers were on the bus, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Valley-area police snag Washington Township car burglary suspects Valley-area police snag Washington Township car burglary suspects Valley-area police snag Washington Township car burglary suspects
Valley-area police snag Washington Township car burglary suspects YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police from several Pascack Valley towns tracked down a pair of accused car burglars overnight — both of whom were being held on $50,000 bail each. Woodcliff Lake police got the call of someone going through cars on Highview Avenue near the Hillsdale border late last night. An alert went out, and Hillsdale Officer Dave Sayers immediately began chasing one of the pair. A dragnet involving other officers eventually closed on 18-year-old Robert Glasgow (above, left), who was found in nearby Wood Dale Park, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the arrests told …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
ACLU demands to know how much police use military tactics ACLU demands to know how much police use military tactics ACLU demands to know how much police use military tactics
ACLU demands to know how much police use military tactics YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) and ACLU affiliates in 23 other states today simultaneously filed public records requests to determine what they said was the extent to which local police departments are using federally subsidized military technology and tactics that are traditionally used in American military settings overseas. The requests went to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and New Jersey State Police, among others, here. “Equipping state and local law enforcement with military weapons and vehicles, military tactical training,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Mahwah minister brought to Bergen for second underage sex trial Former Mahwah minister brought to Bergen for second underage sex trial Former Mahwah minister brought to Bergen for second underage sex trial
Former Mahwah minister brought to Bergen for second underage sex trial YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Former Mahwah minister Curtis Franklin is back in the Bergen County Jail, as preparations begin for the convicted sex offender to be retried on charges of having sex with a teenaged congregant. Jury selection starts Monday. Franklin was brought to the jail yesterday from the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, where he is serving an eight-year prison sentence for having sex with another underaged member of his congregation. His first case, in 2011, ended in a mistrial after a juror not only researched its history online — in volations of court rules — …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Onetime Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks in trouble again Onetime Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks in trouble again Onetime Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks in trouble again
Onetime Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks in trouble again ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Onetime pro basketball sure thing Sean Anthony Banks of Englewood is in trouble again — this time on charges of threatening the father of a woman he’d been seeing and having marijuana on him when Englewood police arrested him. This comes while Banks, 28, was out on bail following his December arrest in a domestic violence incident — and as he awaits trials on other charges that could send him to state prison for several years. Patrol officers who’d been looking for Banks in connection with the alleged threats spotted him walking along St. Nicholas Avenue late Monday, En…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
DWI in Bergenfield smash-up: 3 cars, 2 signs, utility pole, more DWI in Bergenfield smash-up: 3 cars, 2 signs, utility pole, more DWI in Bergenfield smash-up: 3 cars, 2 signs, utility pole, more
DWI in Bergenfield smash-up: 3 cars, 2 signs, utility pole, more YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield police arrested a drunk driver whose out-of-control SUV smashed three other cars and split a utility pole as it careened across the sidewalk and into a New Bridge Road driveway. Randy R. Lora, 22, of Teaneck told police he was fine when they found him standing outside the wreckage – including debris strewn across the road, two struck street signs and a damaged garbage can – in the front yard of 149 New Bridge Road, Bergenfield Police Chief Michael Carr said early this morning. Carr said his officers “detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emana…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood man, 71, struck by car dies Ridgewood man, 71, struck by car dies Ridgewood man, 71, struck by car dies
Ridgewood man, 71, struck by car dies ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A 71-year-old man who was hit by a car while crossing a Ridgewood street Tuesday night has died, authorities confirmed. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving Ronald Sarno appeared alert as he was loaded into an ambulance before being rushed to the trauma center at Hackensack University Medical Center after he was hit by a 4-door Lexus sedan as he crossed North Walnut Street near the Stop & Shop on Franklin Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. Police said Sarno, who sustained a head injury, died Friday morning. As of this morning, no charges had been filed against the 48-year-o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood pawn broker who bought hot jewelry loses shop, license Englewood pawn broker who bought hot jewelry loses shop, license Englewood pawn broker who bought hot jewelry loses shop, license
Englewood pawn broker who bought hot jewelry loses shop, license ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Galsun Khudaynatov of Fort Lee is out of the jewelry business in Englewood after pleading guilty to buying stolen goods without checking identification or recording the transactions. Conditions of his plea include not trying to re-open a jewelry business in the city and not pursuing a license renewal to buy used jewelry. He also had to pay a $1,000 fine. Authorities shut down Khudaynatov’s Golden Chocolate shop after a major citywide anti-crime sweep led to an October raid on the store. “Golden Chocolate’s name had emerged as a dumping ground for stolen jewelry in som…

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