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
2 Ridgefield police cruisers rammed, driver held 2 Ridgefield police cruisers rammed, driver held 2 Ridgefield police cruisers rammed, driver held
2 Ridgefield police cruisers rammed, driver held ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Ridgefield police are trying to figure out why a Pennsylvania man they caught tossing paper from a bridge rammed his car into two police cruisers, totaling one of them and sending three officers to the hospital. Christian Morales Ruiz, 32, is being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on a host of charges — including two counts of aggravated assault on police. Ruiz, of Pottstown, has an outstanding warrant from 1999 out of Passaic County, and was wanted out of Cumberland County, PA on an unspecified charge, records show. However, Ridgefield Police Capt. Ric…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Casino Night set for Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation Casino Night set for Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation Casino Night set for Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation
Casino Night set for Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation SPECIAL REPORT: You can help find a cure for childhood brain cancer and support the families of kids who suffer from it by attending or buying an ad for The Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation‘s third annual Casino Night. More than 10 children a day in the U.S. are diagnosed with brain tumors, a figure that those involved with the foundation are committed to changing. The Christopher Brandle Joy of Life Foundation was created in the spring of 2010 to honor the life and memory of a courageous 10-year-old from Oakland who died from a form of pediatric brain cancer called Medulloblast…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Driver hospitalized after car slams into Ridgewood tree Driver hospitalized after car slams into Ridgewood tree Driver hospitalized after car slams into Ridgewood tree
Driver hospitalized after car slams into Ridgewood tree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police believe a medical condition may have been responsible for a car careening off the road and slamming into a tree right outside a Ridgewood home earlier today. Members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver of the Honda Accord to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for treatment of minor wrist and facial injuries after the Super Bowl Sunday crash in the 900 block of East Ridgewood Avenue. No summonses were issued, although the crash remained under investigation. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Career criminal from Bogota gets sweet deal Career criminal from Bogota gets sweet deal Career criminal from Bogota gets sweet deal
Career criminal from Bogota gets sweet deal ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A pile of mounting charges led to what a Superior Court judge in Hackensack called “a very generous” one-year prison sentence for an ex-con headed back to prison for the third time. Eduardo Masdeu was arrested last May after a woman whose parking space he swiped snapped a cellphone pic of his car, moments before he left a nearby apartment with two pillowcases full of stolen goods. Given a criminal history that stretches more than 15 years – including two prison stings – Masdeu got “a very generous plea deal,” Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma said Friday. Mas…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fire severely damages Rochelle Park strip mall Fire severely damages Rochelle Park strip mall Fire severely damages Rochelle Park strip mall
Fire severely damages Rochelle Park strip mall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fire roared through a Rochelle Park strip mall overnight. The fire began in Maguro, a takeout sushi restaurant, before 12:30 and eventually blew through the roof of the Rochelle Avenue mall near Passaic Street. PHOTO: Sheldon Neal Maywood, Saddle Brook, and Paramus fire departments assisted Rochelle Park. Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn and Lodi firefighters handled mutual aid. The sushi restaurant was gutted, Ted’s Deli was severely damaged and the rest of the mall sustained varying degrees of fire, smoke and heat damage, fire officials said. PHOTO TOP:  Damien Da…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale firefighters step up for Nico River Vale firefighters step up for Nico River Vale firefighters step up for Nico
River Vale firefighters step up for Nico #ForNico: The River Vale Volunteer Fire Department did its part to help Nico Santoli of Oradell by buying a huge batch of t-shirts — the proceeds of which go toward the 2-year-old’s treatments for a rare form of childhood eye cancer . As soon as the firefighters learned of Nico’s condition, they voted to purchase the “Americans For Nico” t-shirts, which have been appearing throughout the world. (PHOTO ABOVE: By Andrea Velthaus) Retinoblastoma, which develops quickly in the retina, affects an estimated 300 children a year nationwide. Although it has a high cure rate, loved ones are  conc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Pipes bursting throughout Bergen Pipes bursting throughout Bergen Pipes bursting throughout Bergen
Pipes bursting throughout Bergen Pipes are bursting from the cold weather, flooding homes such as this one in Glen Rock. A neighbor who saw water coming out of the East Grammercy Place residence summoned police, who found nearly five feet of water in the basement from a pipe that burst on the second floor. PSE&G shut off electric and gas service to the home for safety reasons. Ridgewood Water Company disconnected water service. Glen Rock firefighters and members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad pumped out the water. Homeowners who leave their homes vacant for extended stretches in the winter should make sure they’re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota police: Woman made up robbery story Bogota police: Woman made up robbery story Bogota police: Woman made up robbery story
Bogota police: Woman made up robbery story ONLY ON CVP: An emotionally troubled woman who told Bogota police she was mugged in her home was charged today with lying to law enforcement and creating a false public alarm. The 47-year-old tenant was released on her own recognizance pending a Feb. 21 Municipal Court hearing, police said this afternoon. Officers set up a perimeter around the apartment building where the woman lives and brought in the Bergen County Police Department’s K9 to search the area after receiving the call yesterday. And although they had their doubts, they wanted to talk to her first. (CLIFFVIEW PILOT in tur…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Summonses in Ho-Ho-Kus pedestrian hit and run Summonses in Ho-Ho-Kus pedestrian hit and run Summonses in Ho-Ho-Kus pedestrian hit and run
Summonses in Ho-Ho-Kus pedestrian hit and run CVP EXCLUSIVE: A reliable witness and solid detective work led police to the hit-and-run driver of a luxury SUV that struck a pedestrian as he walked home from the Ho-Ho-Kus train station the other night. Detective Anthony Balistreri found the 45-year-old borough resident’s car in the station’s parking lot. Balistieri credited “a good witness who was driving behind her car” on rain-slicked North Franklin Turnpike when it hit the 30-year-old pedestrian and then took off after dark Tuesday. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with an injury that wasn’t life-threat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Car careens through Wyckoff shopping center Car careens through Wyckoff shopping center Car careens through Wyckoff shopping center
Car careens through Wyckoff shopping center YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A car driven by a 60-year-old Franklin Lakes man trying to elude police barreled through the parking lot of a Wyckoff shopping center, mounting the sidewalk and nearly hitting pedestrians, after hitting a stop sign. Patrolman Kyle Ferreira said he spotted the car veer off the exit from Route 208 at Cedar Hill Avenue and hit the sign Wednesday afternoon. Ferreira got of his car and approached the vehicle, which suddenly backed from the sign and continued along Cedar Hill Avenue, Chief Benjamin Fox said. “The driver then entered the Cedar Hill Shopping Center by dr…

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