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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Final judgment against Wayne prom dress shop owners: fines, restitution Final judgment against Wayne prom dress shop owners: fines, restitution Final judgment against Wayne prom dress shop owners: fines, restitution
Final judgment against Wayne prom dress shop owners: fines, restitution YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State authorities have obtained a final judgment against a Wayne dress shop that left nearly a dozen young women without paid-for prom dresses, perhaps bringing some measure of closure to the teens and their parents after the place abruptly closed last year. As a result, the Division of Consumer Affairs will pay $2,900 in restitution to the victims from a court-ordered August auction of unclaimed dresses and other assets of Red Carpet Pageant and Prom. What’s more, estranged co-owners Patricia and Michael Dowling must pay $110,000 in civil penalties, $26,000 for th…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Prison terms for thieves who ran down woman at Lyndhurst hotel Prison terms for thieves who ran down woman at Lyndhurst hotel Prison terms for thieves who ran down woman at Lyndhurst hotel
Prison terms for thieves who ran down woman at Lyndhurst hotel EXCLUSIVE: Two members of a Queens-based theft ring are both looking at several years in state prison after pleading guilty in connection with a theft in which they ran down a woman after snatching her purse outside a Lyndhurst hotel. Jesus Ortiz and Hector Ruiz admitted they jumped into a car after grabbing the woman’s bag on May 8, 2011 outside Courtyard by Marriott Hotel. The woman, a Chinese national here on a visit, stepped in front of the vehicle to block their path. But Ortiz hit her with the car, causing “serious bodily injury,” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Martin Delaney to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
You can help rescue sexually abused child, FBI says You can help rescue sexually abused child, FBI says You can help rescue sexually abused child, FBI says
You can help rescue sexually abused child, FBI says DO YOU KNOW THESE MEN? The FBI is hoping a series of photos helps end a decade-long search for a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation case that is focusing, in part, on New Jersey. David Velazquez, acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI’s Newark Field Office, asked that people look at the images in the hope that someone will recognize either of two unknown men. “[I]t appears they have been in contact with the victim and can assist the FBI with identification efforts,” Velazquez said. The first “John Doe” has dark hair and glasses and is believed to be between 25 and 35. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Why Garfield Boys & Girls Club works in Englewood Why Garfield Boys & Girls Club works in Englewood Why Garfield Boys & Girls Club works in Englewood
Why Garfield Boys & Girls Club works in Englewood A BOARD PRESIDENT WRITES: The more than 2,500 school-aged youth in Englewood’s public schools all need a place to go during the crucial times of 3 to 6 p.m., and the James T. Wright ice arena could be that place. We have a plan to convert the arena in Mackay Park into basketball courts in the summer and a venue for concerts, banquets and other events. Every community has unique traits that define it and make it different from one another — just like people. In today’s world every community, for multiple reasons needs to extend their arms and ask for help. Today’s leaders have an obligatio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
James Bond Gang co-defendant hassles judge in court hearing James Bond Gang co-defendant hassles judge in court hearing James Bond Gang co-defendant hassles judge in court hearing
James Bond Gang co-defendant hassles judge in court hearing EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): The man who authorities say is the last genuine leader of the notorious James Bond Gang had his spotlight stolen in court today by a co-defendant who challenged his bail. “$500,000 for a third-degree charge? Are you kidding me?” Jerelle Bordeaux asked Superior Court Judge Patrick Roma. Unfazed, the judge said he already cut Bordeaux’s original $750,000 bail by a third in connection with an Oct. 25 sweep in which members of a multi-jurisdictional task force busted into a garage near the King Gardens apartment complex in Englewood and arrested Bordeaux and Boone – w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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BCC bomb scare caused by ink cartridges BCC bomb scare caused by ink cartridges BCC bomb scare caused by ink cartridges
BCC bomb scare caused by ink cartridges ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A package that arrived without a return address that even the post office couldn’t trace was suspicious enough for Bergen Community College security officials to call in the county bomb squad today. Despite the “strangeness” of the unexpected delivery, the package — labeled in magic marker — turned out to contain Canon ink cartridges. “That in itself was weird. The school uses Xerox,” Bergen County Police Lt. James Mullin told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The entire school didn’t have to be evacuated during the BCPD bomb squad’s 12:45 p.m. visit to the vault-like basement mailroo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck man charged in sex assault Teaneck man charged in sex assault Teaneck man charged in sex assault
Teaneck man charged in sex assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Teaneck man is charged with sexually assaulting a woman in his apartment last week. Sidney Jackson Jr., 34, was arrested by Teaneck police and members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit last Friday, two days after the alleged assault, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced today. Jackson formerly worked as company manager for the LFant (pronounced “elephant”) apparel company created by his brother, Ryan, in 2003. He was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with second-degree sexual assault. Ja…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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NJ gun buyback program hits 5,400 weapons, coming to Bergen NJ gun buyback program hits 5,400 weapons, coming to Bergen NJ gun buyback program hits 5,400 weapons, coming to Bergen
NJ gun buyback program hits 5,400 weapons, coming to Bergen PUBLIC SAFETY: New Jersey’s no-questions-asked gun buyback program picked up steam with the announcement today by state Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa that more than 1,700 firearms — nearly 95% of them operable — were turned in by Essex County residents this past weekend. The total includes 70 firearms that are illegal to own because they feature unlawfully high ammunition capacities, have sawed-off barrels or are otherwise modified, Chiesa said. That brings the total to 5,400 collected during three state-led gunbacks — including more than 1,100 in Camden County and more than 2,600 in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hillsdale officer catches suspended driver making illegal turn Hillsdale officer catches suspended driver making illegal turn Hillsdale officer catches suspended driver making illegal turn
Hillsdale officer catches suspended driver making illegal turn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A motorist spotted making an illegal turn by a Hillsdale patrolman was driving while on the suspended list — with two outstanding warrants for previous traffic violations, police said this morning. Officer Alex Kaplan was on patrol on Broadway Sunday afternoon when he said he saw 29-year-old Marco Calle make an illegal left onto Washington Avenue. Kaplan pulled Calle over in a borough public parking lot, then did a check on his Seattle, WA driver’s license, Officer William Dietrich said today. Calle, who came east from Bellevue, WA, had warrants out of Hackensack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook woman charged in Fair Lawn DWI crashes Saddle Brook woman charged in Fair Lawn DWI crashes Saddle Brook woman charged in Fair Lawn DWI crashes
Saddle Brook woman charged in Fair Lawn DWI crashes UPDATE: A Saddle Brook woman whose SUV slammed into no fewer than five other vehicles on a Fair Lawn street last night was charged with DWI, police said this morning. Responding officers found that Giuseppina Ciappina, 32, “had been drinking earlier that day and was too intoxicated to be driving a car,” Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Richard Schultz said. She was arrested, taken to police headquarters and later released to someone’s care. Police issued summonses for DWI and careless driving, to be answered in Fair Lawn Municipal Court a week from tomorrow. CLIFFVIEW PILOT had the scoop last ni…

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