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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Monsey, NY
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ACLU-NJ claims problems in police internal affairs ACLU-NJ claims problems in police internal affairs ACLU-NJ claims problems in police internal affairs
Aclu-nj claims problems in police internal affairs The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ) claimed today that more than three-quarters of police departments in the state were unable to provide answers or provided wrong answers regarding the basic rules surrounding access to internal affairs. A report entitled “The Crisis Continues Inside Police Internal Affairs,” released today, contends that “the average citizen filing an internal affairs complaint against a local police officer over the phone in New Jersey will most likely encounter hostility, misinformation or other obstacles from local law enforcement employees.” “W…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Trial likely in North Arlington rough sex attempted murder case Trial likely in North Arlington rough sex attempted murder case Trial likely in North Arlington rough sex attempted murder case
Trial likely in North Arlington rough sex attempted murder case EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): A man who prosecutors said choked his North Arlington girlfriend with a cellphone charger cord after rough sex until she passed out appears headed to trial on attempted murder charges. Indications are that Bergen County prosecutors will bring in a strangulation expert to bolster their case, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. A defense attorney seeking a bail reduction for Thomas Cieslik today said he and the prosecutors are too far apart in plea negotiations to reach a deal. He instead asked that Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi lower his client’s b…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Former Ridgewood real estate scammer gets 4 years in federal prison Former Ridgewood real estate scammer gets 4 years in federal prison Former Ridgewood real estate scammer gets 4 years in federal prison
Former Ridgewood real estate scammer gets 4 years in federal prison YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Ridgewood masseuse-turned-real estate investor was sentenced today to 48 months in prison in federal prison for scamming friends out of millions of dollars through sham deals in Oklahoma that she instead used in other ventures that flopped. Taya Romano, 37, admitted in January 2011 that she bilked three mortgage lenders out of $4.7 million in a fake down-payment assistance scheme that forced more than a dozen unsuspecting homebuyers to default on their loans. (Three of the properties were bought from a company partly owned by ex-Hackensack Police Chief Ken…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Emerson mayor’s son to enter pre-trial intervention for Oxy charge Emerson mayor’s son to enter pre-trial intervention for Oxy charge Emerson mayor’s son to enter pre-trial intervention for Oxy charge
Emerson mayor’s son to enter pre-trial intervention for Oxy charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Emerson Mayor Carlos Colina’s son, Sean, told a judge today that he intends to enter a special program that will clear his record of an arrest in connection with a black-market Oxycodone ring if he stays out of trouble for a year. Colina addressed the charge during a busy day in which four defendants in the ring entered guilty pleas in connection with the case in Superior Court in Hackensack — one of whom said he supplied Colina with lists of buyers. The key player, Emerson podiatrist Carnig C. Shakarjian, last month accepted a deal from prosecutors under which he’…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook scrap thieves arrested — after returning metal Saddle Brook scrap thieves arrested — after returning metal Saddle Brook scrap thieves arrested — after returning metal
Saddle Brook scrap thieves arrested — after returning metal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Saddle Brook police grabbed a quartet of Bronx men who they said were stealing steel I-beams from the demolished site of the former Amloid Toy factory, which burned down last fall. Officer Scott Habermann was on patrol before dawn this morning when he spotted two white vans in the parking lot of 59 N. Fifth Street, next to the demolition site, Chief Robert Kugler said. The rear doors of both were open, he said. Seeing the four men, Habermann radioed for backup. Officer David DeGennaro arrived soon after. The group admitted they didn’t have permission to take th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Bergen sheriff’s officers find pounds of pot in snow crash Bergen sheriff’s officers find pounds of pot in snow crash Bergen sheriff’s officers find pounds of pot in snow crash
Bergen sheriff’s officers find pounds of pot in snow crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Bergen County Sheriff’s officers who stopped to help a motorist whose SUV rammed a pole in the snow got a surprise when more than three pounds of pot turned up inside the vehicle. Sheriff’s Officers Hisham Sheikh and Alexis Mena were returning to the office through the snow after serving a restraining order Friday night when they came upon a Dodge Durango that smashed into a traffic pole in an Essex Street parking lot in Lodi, Sheriff Michael Saudino said this afternoon. The driver, 52-year-old John Washington Harris of Paterson “appeared to be disoriented,” th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Proposed bill would have NJ Attorney General handle local police internal affairs Proposed bill would have NJ Attorney General handle local police internal affairs Proposed bill would have NJ Attorney General handle local police internal affairs
Proposed bill would have NJ Attorney General handle local police internal affairs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A legislative panel in Trenton today gave its approval to a pilot program that would give the state Attorney General the power to take over a county or municipal law enforcement agency’s internal affairs unit. Certain conditions would have to be met, under the measure sponsored by, among others, Assemblymen Gordon M. Johnson of Bergen County and Peter J Barnes III of Middlesex. The Attorney General would select the county and municipal law enforcement agencies to participate in the pilot program and determine the criteria. A report evaluating the effectiveness of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Palisades Interstate Parkway Police first to adopt high-tech state radio system Palisades Interstate Parkway Police first to adopt high-tech state radio system Palisades Interstate Parkway Police first to adopt high-tech state radio system
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police first to adopt high-tech state radio system YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police have become the first law enforcers in New Jersey to move their radio communications system onto the state’s new Public Safety Interoperable Communications platform. The 700MHz PSIC system is a statewide trunking radio platform primarily funded by the U.S. Office of Homeland Security to reduce the financial burden on public safety agencies required to meet federally imposed “narrow banding” mandates. Detective Raymond Walter in photo using new APX6000 portable on PSIC. Photo by Anthony Toranto, PIPC Agencies operating between 4…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Give it up for the mack daddy of reality TV shows: ‘COPS’ Give it up for the mack daddy of reality TV shows: ‘COPS’ Give it up for the mack daddy of reality TV shows: ‘COPS’
Give it up for the mack daddy of reality TV shows: ‘Cops’ WHAT WE THINK: As we slide deeper into the ring of hell known as reality TV, it may have skipped notice that we are exactly a month from the 25-year anniversary of the mack daddy of reality shows, “COPS.” Hard to believe it’s a quarter-century since we took our first ride-along, during a time before cellphone cameras, car-chase choppers or Rodney King. “COPS” has thrived over the years despite having zero sex appeal — unless, of course, you’re into mulletheads or orthodontically-challenged women in stretchpants. To this day, it’s still got that stripped-down, DIY feel: There’s no host, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale firefighters cut out pickup driver after tree crash Allendale firefighters cut out pickup driver after tree crash Allendale firefighters cut out pickup driver after tree crash
Allendale firefighters cut out pickup driver after tree crash EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): Allendale firefighters used the “Jaws of Life” to free driver from his black pickup tonight after it struck a tree on Forest Road. The truck rammed the tree near Donny Brook Drive just after 9 p.m. Forest Road was closed in both directions for more than an hour while emergency responders worked at the scene. The victim was taken by basic life support ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with help from a hospital rig. A flatbed tow truck removed the vehicle. Allendale police are investigating the crash.

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