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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Hackensack, NJ
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Former neo-Nazi leader from Ridgewood files police brutality suit Former neo-Nazi leader from Ridgewood files police brutality suit Former neo-Nazi leader from Ridgewood files police brutality suit
Former neo-Nazi leader from Ridgewood files police brutality suit SPECIAL REPORT (ONLY ON CVP): A former neo-Nazi leader from Ridgewood who is suing village and state police in federal court over his arrest on charges of threatening the director of the New York regional office of the Anti-Defamation League told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the raid was “a true incident of ‘overkill’.” “We were quite badly roughed-up,” Jacques Pluss said. “[A]nd our apartment was not searched, it was ransacked. “My wife was, in fact, put in the hospital (Hackensack Univ. Med. Center) and still suffers from PTSD over it all,” Pluss wrote in an email exchange with CLIFFVIEW PILOT …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen authorities charge men with separate sex assaults on girls Bergen authorities charge men with separate sex assaults on girls Bergen authorities charge men with separate sex assaults on girls
Bergen authorities charge men with separate sex assaults on girls YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men have been charged in separate incidents involving little girls who were sexually assaulted, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced tonight. Jose Centeno, a 67-year-old ex-con from South River Street in Hackensack, was picked up yesterday after the father of a 7-year-old girl told Hackensack police that he “touched her in a sexual manner” at the father’s business, Molinelli said. Centeno, who is single and unemployed, was carrying a knife when city police arrested him, the prosecutor said. They then contacted his Special Victims Unit. Centeno…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst police release sketch of robber who fired shots Lyndhurst police release sketch of robber who fired shots Lyndhurst police release sketch of robber who fired shots
Lyndhurst police release sketch of robber who fired shots HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Lyndhurst police this afternoon released a sketch of a man who a borough resident said fired two shots in his hallway while two others took $200 in cash from him last night. “Two shell casing were located at the scene, as were two bullet holes in both the wall and ceiling of the hallway,” Capt. John J. Valente said. CLIFFVIEW PILOT broke the story within an hour of last night’s incident: EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Lyndhurst police were looking for three men who a local resident said robbed him of $200 in his hallway after firing two shots. READ MORE….   The gun…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Heroin addict who flooded Bergen courthouse gets prison term Heroin addict who flooded Bergen courthouse gets prison term Heroin addict who flooded Bergen courthouse gets prison term
Heroin addict who flooded Bergen courthouse gets prison term YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A heroin addict who broke a Bergen County courthouse hallway pipe, causing a flood that led to spinal fusion surgery for a sheriff’s officer and a twisted ankle for a judge, was sentenced today to three years in state prison. Benjamin Blohm claimed he kicked the pipe out of frustration because a prosecutor during a July court hearing pushed to proceed with a case against him when he hadn’t yet retained an attorney. Blohm was facing charges at the time of breaking into cars in Lodi and Teaneck. “I’m sorry people got hurt. I had no intention to hurt anyone to hurt an…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Little Ferry Board of Education doesn’t renew Scarafile pact Little Ferry Board of Education doesn’t renew Scarafile pact Little Ferry Board of Education doesn’t renew Scarafile pact
Little Ferry Board of Education doesn’t renew Scarafile pact ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Little Ferry’s Board of Education last night voted against renewing the contract of Schools Superintendent Frank Scarafile, following a months-long battle with dozens of parents and district employees. Early rumors are that he could be replaced by a former Ridgefield Park superintendent. The vote was split 3-3. Scarafile needed five votes of approval. This comes as Little Ferry continues to try and rebuild from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, which closed schools and forced some children to attend classes in Lyndhurst. Estimates are that a search for a new super…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park police grab one burglary suspect, seek accomplice Rochelle Park police grab one burglary suspect, seek accomplice Rochelle Park police grab one burglary suspect, seek accomplice
Rochelle Park police grab one burglary suspect, seek accomplice HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Coordination by Rochelle Park detectives and uniformed officers led to the arrest of one burglary suspect and the identification of another who is being sought. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: It took less than a week, but Rochelle Park police have a second man in custody in connection with a pair of burglaries last week. READ MORE…. Julio Ponce, 31, of Clifton, remained at large this morning. Police are asking that anyone who sees him either dial 911 or call Rochelle Park police: (201) 843-1515 It began late yesterday morning when a St. Ann Place resident in the south…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Alpine traffic stop leads to heroin bags in driver’s butt, PIP police say Alpine traffic stop leads to heroin bags in driver’s butt, PIP police say Alpine traffic stop leads to heroin bags in driver’s butt, PIP police say
Alpine traffic stop leads to heroin bags in driver’s butt, PIP police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A purported Bloods gang member was found carrying 100 bags of heroin in his butt — worth from $1,000 to $2,000 — after he was stopped by a Palisades Parkway police officer for having an obscured license plate and obstructed windshield view, authorities said this  morning. PIP PD Sgt. Kley Peralta and Officer Mark Torsiello stopped the driver’s 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer yesterday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway near Exit 4 in Alpine. Both officers “detected an odor of burnt marijuana and asked the operator for consent to search the vehicle,” said Lt. Michael Coppol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Fire at Alpine home where robbery reported Fire at Alpine home where robbery reported Fire at Alpine home where robbery reported
Fire at Alpine home where robbery reported EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): An Alpine home where firefighters put down a basement blaze last night was once the scene of what a resident told police was a push-in robbery — and the scene of a fire 17 years ago that leveled the place. The 10:35 p.m. fire damaged the basement and some of the first floor of the house on Hillside Avenue, catty-corner from Route 9W and up the block from Alpine Elementary School. At the scene: CLIFFVIEW PILOT photo No injuries were reported. “Firefighters were there right away and knocked it down quickly,” Alpine Acting Police Chief Christopher Belcolle told C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Paramus resident leads police to 3 in car burglaries Paramus resident leads police to 3 in car burglaries Paramus resident leads police to 3 in car burglaries
Paramus resident leads police to 3 in car burglaries Keeping a positive trend going, a Paramus resident called police to a neighborhood where officers arrested three Hackensack men in connection with a string of car burglaries. Officer Joseph Cullen spotted the trio on Forsythia Lane around 3:30 a.m. yesterday after a caller said they were “going in and out of residential driveways and attempting to enter vehicles” on Millar Court, Lt. John Scully said. Cullen found them carrying proceeds from the car break-ins — including cash and jewelry — and all three were arrested, said Scully, the department’s operations commander. Charged with burg…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst man: Robbers fire 2 shots, take $200 Lyndhurst man: Robbers fire 2 shots, take $200 Lyndhurst man: Robbers fire 2 shots, take $200
Lyndhurst man: Robbers fire 2 shots, take $200 EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Lyndhurst police were looking for three men who a local resident said robbed him of $200 in his hallway after firing two shots. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Lyndhurst police on Friday released a sketch of a man who a borough resident said fired two shots in his hallway while two others took $200 in cash from him last night. READ MORE…. Police collected shell casings from the hallway while detectives spoke with the 26-year-old victim and his girlfriend following the 6:20 p.m. incident in the 500 block of Stuyvesant Avenue, Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PIL…

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