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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Fair Lawn bank incident wasn’t robbery Police: Fair Lawn bank incident wasn’t robbery Police: Fair Lawn bank incident wasn’t robbery
Police: Fair Lawn bank incident wasn’t robbery UPDATE: Fair Lawn police tonight revealed that what was originally broadcast as a bank robbery this afternoon actually involved a man who was scammed into believing he had to pay an $800 ransom to free his supposedly kidnapped brother-in-law. It was the first of three such incident to occur today, a Fair Lawn police spokesperson said. “While the initial report came in as such, further investigation reveals that the resident passing the notes to the bank teller was a victim of a scam,” Sgt. Richard Schultz said, in an email to the media, more than three hours after the incident. Officers…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Jim Jones busted in Fair Lawn: obstruction, disorderly Jim Jones busted in Fair Lawn: obstruction, disorderly Jim Jones busted in Fair Lawn: obstruction, disorderly
Jim Jones busted in Fair Lawn: obstruction, disorderly After leaving his car abandoned in last week’s snowstorm, a parking ticket still on the windshield, rapper Jim Jones was arrested after he “became belligerent” and was found to have outstanding warrants, Fair Lawn police said. Sgt. James Corcoran spotted the car parked on Ward Street yesterday and was having it towed when Jones — a Fair Lawn resident whose real name is Joseph G. Jones — showed up and asked the sergeant what he was doing, police said. According to Sgt. Richard Schultz, the ticket was placed on the car last Wednesday and the still hadn’t been moved, despite borough requirem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale police: DWI charge against motorist who sideswiped train Allendale police: DWI charge against motorist who sideswiped train Allendale police: DWI charge against motorist who sideswiped train
Allendale police: DWI charge against motorist who sideswiped train YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Allendale police charged a 21-year-old Franklin Lakes man whose car was hit by a commuter train as he drove alongside the tracks this morning with DWI. Kevin Jongsma, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that didn’t appear life-threatening, also was issued several other motor vehicle violations, Allendale Police Chief George “Chip” Scherb told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Witnesses told CLIFFVIEW PILOT the vehicle went up West Allendale Avenue up onto the fenced-in right of way before it sideswiped a New Jersey Transit train around…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Smart car tips, driver tipsy, Wyckoff police say Smart car tips, driver tipsy, Wyckoff police say Smart car tips, driver tipsy, Wyckoff police say
Smart car tips, driver tipsy, Wyckoff police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Smart cars do tip: Just after 9:30 this morning, one struck the center barrier on Route 208 in Wyckoff and landed on its side. Police charged the driver with driving under the influence — possibly of marijuana. The crash, between Russell Avenue and Cedar Hill Avenue, tied up the late morning commute. The driver 2008 Smart Car Four Two — identified as 20-year-old Israel O. Amaya of Hawthorne — sustained minor injuries, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. A witness told police that Amaya “inexplicitly drove out of his lane of travel into the barrier,” Fox said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
UPDATE: Westwood ambulance, SUV collide UPDATE: Westwood ambulance, SUV collide UPDATE: Westwood ambulance, SUV collide
Update: Westwood ambulance, SUV collide ANOTHER CVP SCOOP:  An SUV collided with a Westwood borough ambulance after the driver tried to beat a traffic light at the corner of Lake Street and Broadway early this afternoon, witnesses told oplice. The ambulance crew was headed north on Broadway, responding to a mutual aid call in Hillsdale around 12:15, when it slowed almost to a stop at the Lake Street light and then proceeded through after it turned green, Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Meanwhile, a River Vale woman driving the SUV west on Lake Street “apparently tried to make the light and accelerated t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
NJ gets $1.9 million in ‘lemon law’ Toyota settlement NJ gets $1.9 million in ‘lemon law’ Toyota settlement NJ gets $1.9 million in ‘lemon law’ Toyota settlement
NJ gets $1.9 million in ‘lemon law’ Toyota settlement YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Jersey will receive $1.9 million as part of a multi-state settlement with the Toyota Motor Company that resolves allegations the company concealed safety issues related to sudden, unintended acceleration in vehicles it manufactured and sold. As a result of the New-Jersey-led “lemon law” investigation, Toyota has agreed to pay a total of $29 million to 29 states and one U.S. territory, and to make changes in both its corporate culture and corporate chain of command designed to help avoid such situations in the future, state Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa annou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement back in Bergen Murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement back in Bergen Murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement back in Bergen
Murderer who buried girlfriend in Teaneck basement back in Bergen EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): A convict who strangled and dismembered his ex-girlfriend before burying her remains in a Teaneck basement five years ago has been brought to Bergen County to answer local charges from the grisly killing, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Julio Flores is scheduled to be brought before President Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack on Feb. 25 to answer charges of disturbing human remains. Jealous that 28-year-old Jaritza Calderon was seeing other men, Flores killed her in his Bronx apartment on his 32nd birthday in 2008. He then chopped up her bod…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police undergoing accreditation process Fair Lawn police undergoing accreditation process Fair Lawn police undergoing accreditation process
Fair Lawn police undergoing accreditation process Fair Lawn residents and merchants are invited to give their opinion of the borough police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department are encouraged to call, as well, during the scheduled phone-in period: Monday, March 4, between 9 – 11 a.m. Telephone comments are limited to 5 minutes and “must address the agency’s ability to comply with the accreditation standards,”  according to Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Richard Schultz. However, you can also write to the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission at 11,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Man who banged on car at GWB wanted on warrant Man who banged on car at GWB wanted on warrant Man who banged on car at GWB wanted on warrant
Man who banged on car at GWB wanted on warrant ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A man who Port Authority police said banged on the car of an ironworker assigned to the George Washington Bridge before tussling with police turned out to be wanted for ducking court on a drug charge. Emanuel J. Walker, 38, of Long Island City, inexplicably began banging on the worker’s car with his fists and threatening the driver yesterday afternoon, said Steve Coleman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Port Authority police responded and handcuffed Walker, who they said initially resisted arrest. A background check turned up the warrant for not showi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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MetLife Stadium, NJSEA chiefs will meet with Meadowlands mayors over Super Bowl concerns MetLife Stadium, NJSEA chiefs will meet with Meadowlands mayors over Super Bowl concerns MetLife Stadium, NJSEA chiefs will meet with Meadowlands mayors over Super Bowl concerns
MetLife Stadium, Njsea chiefs will meet with Meadowlands mayors over Super Bowl concerns VIA NJ.COM: The president of MetLife Stadium and the head of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority will meet with Meadowlands mayors who have cried foul over not being compensated for emergency services during football games. NJSEA President Wayne Hasenbalg tells NJ Today that he and…

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