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
SUVs crash in Waldwick, two injured seriously SUVs crash in Waldwick, two injured seriously SUVs crash in Waldwick, two injured seriously
SUVs crash in Waldwick, two injured seriously YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two people were seriously injured in a crash of late-model SUVs in Waldwick tonight. Both were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps after a Red Mazda T-boned a silver Mercedes at the intersection of Wyckoff Avenue and Monroe Street. Also responding were police from Waldwick and Ridgewood, Waldwick firefighters and paramedics from The Valley Hospital. Both SUVs had to be removed on flatbed tow trucks. STORY, PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jilted boyfriend who harassed Bergen fashion editor gets probation, training Jilted boyfriend who harassed Bergen fashion editor gets probation, training Jilted boyfriend who harassed Bergen fashion editor gets probation, training
Jilted boyfriend who harassed Bergen fashion editor gets probation, training ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): An ex-boyfriend who violated a “no contact” order by making late-night phone calls to the fashion editor of a local magazine will be sentenced to five years’ probation and a mandatory 26-week training course on domestic violence after pleading guilty to the charges today. “What did you say to her?” Superior Court Judge Patrick Roma demanded of Mario Sarachelli in Hackensack. “You were cursing at her. “Some of the calls were at 4 a.m. You knew that was an inappropriate time to make phone calls. You knew she would be sleeping.” Sarachelli, 30, of Fairfield…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook man shot in Paterson ‘lucky to be alive,’ chief says Saddle Brook man shot in Paterson ‘lucky to be alive,’ chief says Saddle Brook man shot in Paterson ‘lucky to be alive,’ chief says
Saddle Brook man shot in Paterson ‘lucky to be alive,’ chief says UPDATE: A 21-year-old Saddle Brook man is lucky to be alive after being shot on the streets of Paterson last night, borough Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The victim, whose name CLIFFVIEW PILOT is withholding because he is the victim of a crime, turned up at the borough’s Volunteer Ambulance Corps building around 9:30 last night after being shot in the right arm on Rosa Parks Boulevard, an area plagued by street drug sales, particularly heroin, the chief said. The gunman, with whom he’d had some type of argument, fired through the passenger-side window of the victim’s car. After going…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Brooklyn man charged with ‘electronically stalking’ woman Brooklyn man charged with ‘electronically stalking’ woman Brooklyn man charged with ‘electronically stalking’ woman
Brooklyn man charged with ‘electronically stalking’ woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities in Bergen County have charged a Brooklyn man with stalking and harassing a woman electronically. Yekeseil Gluck, 38, was released without bail and arraigned without notice on Friday in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack after surrending to detectives a day earlier. Gluck, of Beford Avenue, was charged following a month-long investigation by Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Computer Crimes Task Force. Molinelli said Gluck, who is single, “utilized electronic equipment to telephonically stalk and harass a female victim with whom he had no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police from 3 departments grab Route 17 tire thieves in the act Police from 3 departments grab Route 17 tire thieves in the act Police from 3 departments grab Route 17 tire thieves in the act
Police from 3 departments grab Route 17 tire thieves in the act YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police from three departments moved quickly and decisively, snagging a team of tire thieves before they could make off with a huge haul from a Route 17 dealership. All three — including two Dominican natives already facing similar charges — almost immediately posted $20,000 cash bail each and were released. Wood-Ridge police got a call at 1:30 a.m. Saturday from a security company that monitors surveillance cameras at East Coast Toyota. Although the dealership is located in Wood-Ridge, a section of its lot is in Carlstadt. Within moments, officers from both towns a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Masturbation charge against married engineer in Bergen online sting Masturbation charge against married engineer in Bergen online sting Masturbation charge against married engineer in Bergen online sting
Masturbation charge against married engineer in Bergen online sting YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Edison man who authorities said masturbated online in front of someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl — actually a detective from the Bergen County prosecutor’s office — was arrested at his Edison home today. Vankata S. Mantrala, 27, is charged with attempting to transmit obscenity to a minor, attempted child endangerment and attempted criminal sexual contact. A married electrical engineer, Mantrala was arrested by detectives of the Computer Crimes Task Force following sexually explicit conversations and the webcam incident “in front of the purported child,” …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two dead in Hackensack crash Two dead in Hackensack crash Two dead in Hackensack crash
Two dead in Hackensack crash UPDATE: Hackensack police tonight confirmed that two people died in a crash earlier today on Polifly Road. An Acura sedan containing three people collided with a Nissan Quest mini-van a block or so south of the CVS on Polifly Road — a short distance from Routes 80 and 46 — before it smashed into a utility pole, killing two of them, shortly before noon, police said. The third occupant of the Acura and two people in the mini-van were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, police said. The crash drew Hackensack firefighters and police, four ambulances and two ALS units. The Acura…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Drug stash found in Hackensack police raid Drug stash found in Hackensack police raid Drug stash found in Hackensack police raid
Drug stash found in Hackensack police raid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hackensack police searching a Mary Street home found more than an ounce of pot, several grams of cocaine and numerous Ecstacy pills. Officers hit the house at 9:12 p.m. Friday following a month-long investigation by Detectives John Dalton and Demetrius Carroll. Adamo Gallini, 25, was charged with two counts of drug distribution — one for the cocaine and the other for the marijuana, a single count of possession for each and additional charges of possessing drug paraphernalia. Gallini was being held on $25,000 bail at the Bergen County Jail. Adamo Gallini (MUGSHO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson drug deal brings apparent shooting victim to Saddle Brook Paterson drug deal brings apparent shooting victim to Saddle Brook Paterson drug deal brings apparent shooting victim to Saddle Brook
Paterson drug deal brings apparent shooting victim to Saddle Brook ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A man showed up at the Saddle Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps building with an apparent gunshot wound in his arm around 10 o’clock Sunday night and was immediately taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “It appears to be a drug deal gone bad in Paterson,” Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT late Sunday. “We are initially and currently investigating the incident and circumstances at this time,” the chief said just before 11:30 p.m. More information will be provided once his detectives were able to fully inve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Big night for Ramsey Volunteer Fire Department brass Big night for Ramsey Volunteer Fire Department brass Big night for Ramsey Volunteer Fire Department brass
Big night for Ramsey Volunteer Fire Department brass EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): A special night for the Ramsey Volunteer Fire Department got an extra boost from Police Capt. Ray Bailey, who was saved by firefighters after being pinned by a tree during Hurricane Sandy. Bailey, who is doing well in physical therapy, had the members riveted with his speech at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Many said they were glad to see him among them again. Mayor Christopher Botta swore in the department line and bench officers in a ceremony attended by all emergency response organizations in town. The department’s top five officers boast an impressive amount…

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