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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn bank robber gets $2,000 Fair Lawn bank robber gets $2,000 Fair Lawn bank robber gets $2,000
Fair Lawn bank robber gets $2,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A robber passed a note and, without exchanging any words, fled on foot with $2,000 from the TD Bank on River Road in Fair Lawn this afternoon, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The bandit walked in just before 2:15 and gave a teller a note “indicating a robbery,” Lt. Brian LaRosa said. “Other than that, there was no other communication,” LaRosa told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “There was no weapon shown or mentioned.” He was described only as black, wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves. Fair Lawn police are working the case with the FBI.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Palisades Park ex-con surprised by arrest, faces ‘three strikes’ Palisades Park ex-con surprised by arrest, faces ‘three strikes’ Palisades Park ex-con surprised by arrest, faces ‘three strikes’
Palisades Park ex-con surprised by arrest, faces ‘three strikes’ NOWHERE BUT CVP: A violent Palisades Park ex-con who ducked out of court before a judge could order mandatory drug testing earlier this month was surprised to find when he was arrested yesterday that his bail had been hiked to $100,000 bail after police identified him as a purse snatcher. James DeSotto already has conviction for aggravated assault with a baseball bat (2004) and robbery (2003) on his record. If he pleads to or is found guilty of the current offenses, it would be his third felony conviction as an adult. Last year, a man caught trying to steal a woman’s purse was sentenced t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack judge takes the stand(up) with the Supremes South Hackensack judge takes the stand(up) with the Supremes South Hackensack judge takes the stand(up) with the Supremes
South Hackensack judge takes the stand(up) with the Supremes Standup comedian and South Hackensack Municipal Court Judge Vincenzo “Vince August” Sicari is prepping to play his most demanding house yet — the New Jersey state Supreme Court. A panel called the Advisory Committee on Extrajudicial Activities put the kibosh on Sicari’s standup act in 2010, claiming his material could imply bias and a lack of impartiality. Sicari — whose name in Italian means “hit man” — nonetheless met his commitment for a three-show gig at Caroline’s while waiting for a booking with the state’s highest court. Tomorrow he finally takes his act on the road — to Trenton.…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park liquor store robber caught on video Cliffside Park liquor store robber caught on video Cliffside Park liquor store robber caught on video
Cliffside Park liquor store robber caught on video ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Cliffside Park detectives are reviewing surveillance video from a liquor store holdup last night. The 42-year-old clerk told police the robber was wearing a ski mask when he entered Ha’s Discount Liquors on Palisade Avenue, armed with a black handgun, around 10:10 p.m. He said the bandit threatened him, telling him to remain still, while he  rifled thorugh the register, taking $800 in cash. The robber was described as 5-foot-8, with a large build and wearing a hoodie, dark jeans and black sneakers.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Killer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement brought to court in Hackensack Killer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement brought to court in Hackensack Killer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement brought to court in Hackensack
Killer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement brought to court in Hackensack EXCLUSIVE: A killer who dismembered his ex-girlfriend before burying her remains in a Teaneck basement five years ago was brought into a Bergen County courtroom this morning to answer local charges from the grisly killing. However, both sides told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack that they’ve yet to discuss a plea deal over charges of burglary and desecrating human remains. So Julio Flores will remain here at least until March 25. Julio Flores after his 2008 arrest (COURTESY NY DAILY NEWS) Teaneck Flores, 36, did not speak, although he entered a not-gu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood police seek suspect who ran from stop, tried home break-in Maywood police seek suspect who ran from stop, tried home break-in Maywood police seek suspect who ran from stop, tried home break-in
Maywood police seek suspect who ran from stop, tried home break-in ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Maywood police are search for a passenger in a stolen car pulled over on Route 17 early this morning who bolted into a wooded area, then unsuccessfully tried to break into an area home, while the driver was being arrested on drug charges. Officer Darryl Wuhrl pulled the vehicle over near Prospect Avenue just before 1 a.m., Maywood Police Chief David Pegg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Wuhrl received consent to search the car from the driver, Nicholas Garcia of North Bergen, the chief said. But his passenger, while being frisked, suddenly pushed Wuhrl and ran, he said. Several …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Car collides with bus on Route 80 Car collides with bus on Route 80 Car collides with bus on Route 80
Car collides with bus on Route 80 A motorist driving a car that was rear-ended by a bus on Route 80 was taken to the hospital just after 8 a.m. The crash occurred near the split for Route 95. Among the units responding were the Hackensack Fire Department. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
The 10 most creative license plates banned in N.J. The 10 most creative license plates banned in N.J. The 10 most creative license plates banned in N.J.
The 10 most creative license plates banned in N.J. Top 10 most creative license plates banned in N.J. (via NJ.com) The list of banned personalized license plates in New Jersey, published this morning by The Star-Ledger, runs from the profane to the innocent, with some clearly offensive — even in Spanish and Italian — and others being too close to license plates that already exist. Some alphanumeric combinations…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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‘Time’ for wake, funeral, for missing Bogota woman, husband says ‘Time’ for wake, funeral, for missing Bogota woman, husband says ‘Time’ for wake, funeral, for missing Bogota woman, husband says
‘Time’ for wake, funeral, for missing Bogota woman, husband says EXCLUSIVE: “It was time to do it,” Jim Viola of Bogota said of the wake tomorrow and burial Monday burial of his wife, Patricia, more than 12 years after her disappearance ignited a nationwide search and led to a New Jersey DNA profiling law that eventually helped identify her remains. “It’s good for the kids, especially my daughter, Christine (25). She wants to go to the cemetery, put flowers out,” Viola told CLIFFVIEW PILOT in an exclusive interview this afternoon. “I’m glad we’re able to do this,” he said, adding that he’s hoping for a large turnout. “It’s been a long time coming.” A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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$1.2 million in unpaid support puts former surgeon, 76, in Bergen jail $1.2 million in unpaid support puts former surgeon, 76, in Bergen jail $1.2 million in unpaid support puts former surgeon, 76, in Bergen jail
$1.2 million in unpaid support puts former surgeon, 76, in Bergen jail EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Hailed as a visionary and blasted as a quack, a 76-year-old former vascular surgeon from Englewood spent last night in the Bergen County Jail – and could remain there awhile – after falling behind in support payments to his Tenafly ex-wife by a staggering $1.2 million, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Irving Dardik is far and away Bergen County’s biggest deadbeat dad in history – and could be nationwide, as well. It makes him at once one of the facility’s most famous and notorious inmates. Dardik has been in the Hackensack lockup before, back in 1996, when his alimony…

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