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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Hackensack, NJ
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Three-time child sex offender gets life plus 10 years Three-time child sex offender gets life plus 10 years Three-time child sex offender gets life plus 10 years
Three-time child sex offender gets life plus 10 years YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A three-time convicted New Jersey child molester was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison today in Rhode Island for having sex with kids. Donald J. Jones III, 48, of Pemberton, was convicted last May of interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual acts with a minor, attempted aggravated sexual abuse, enticement of a minor and distribution of child pornography. Jones was convicted in New Jersey in 1993 of sexually assaulting a girl under age 13, and then again in 2004 and 2009 on lesser charges of child endangerment. Federal agents and the Rhode Island State…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Homeless man who fled county cops surrenders to sheriff’s detectives Homeless man who fled county cops surrenders to sheriff’s detectives Homeless man who fled county cops surrenders to sheriff’s detectives
Homeless man who fled county cops surrenders to sheriff’s detectives YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (AGAIN):  A homeless man accused of giving a pair of county cops the slip this morning at the county shelter in Hackensack surrendered to two Bergen County Sheriff’s detectives at his parents’ house this afternoon. Bergen County Sheriff’s Detectives Steven Stallard and Salvatore Cina took Gabriel Santana — a 20-year-old Paterson native –to the Bergen County Jail for processing. He is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. The trouble began when two unidentified Bergen County Police Officers went to the River Street shelter in Hacke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck, Bergen prosecutor’s officers foil holdup of liquor store owner Teaneck, Bergen prosecutor’s officers foil holdup of liquor store owner Teaneck, Bergen prosecutor’s officers foil holdup of liquor store owner
Teaneck, Bergen prosecutor’s officers foil holdup of liquor store owner YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Moving in before anyone was hurt, Teaneck police and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office arrested an Englewood ex-con who they said was following a local liquor store distributor, apparently to rob him. A second suspect was still at large. The intended target told Teaneck police last month that he “feared he was targeted for a robbery” after noticing people following him to and from his business. Today, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced that authorities had arrested 38-year-old Dammen McDuffie in connection with the crime and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fallen limb hits tree worker at Alpine Country Club Fallen limb hits tree worker at Alpine Country Club Fallen limb hits tree worker at Alpine Country Club
Fallen limb hits tree worker at Alpine Country Club YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fallen limb struck a tree service worker in the head at the Alpine County Club in Demarest this morning, sending him to the hospital with a serious injury, authorities said. The private tree service contractor was wearing a hard hat when hit by the limb — estimated to be more than 20 feet long, about 12 inches in diameter — which fell a nearly four stories onto him near a golf-cart path around 11 this morning, a police source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Fellow workers apparently carried him out of the woods, bleeding from the ears, to be treated by emergency medical pe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, 43, struck by car in Oradell Woman, 43, struck by car in Oradell Woman, 43, struck by car in Oradell
Woman, 43, struck by car in Oradell ONLY ON CVP: A 43-year-old bank employee was struck and thrown over a vehicle as the driver turned onto Oradell Avenue from Kinderkamack Road in Oradell this morning. The North Arlington woman was conscious while being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck around 8:30 a.m. Police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT the driver of a Toyota Camry was headed south on Kinderkamack, turned left onto Oradell Avenue and “didn’t slow down enough,” hitting the woman. “My son and I saw her go right up over the car,” a witness said. The area was partially closed to traffic while polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie laborer, 40, charged with molesting girls Moonachie laborer, 40, charged with molesting girls Moonachie laborer, 40, charged with molesting girls
Moonachie laborer, 40, charged with molesting girls YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Moonachie man was arrested two days after his 40th birthday and charged with molesting two girls under 13 years old at his home. Olbin Palomo of West 4th Street, was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Friday by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Moonachie police. “Each of the female victims reported the sexual assaults separately,” leading to the investigation and arrest, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Palomo, a laborer with a Union County counter-top…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Caddy takes driver on harrowing Harrington Park ride Caddy takes driver on harrowing Harrington Park ride Caddy takes driver on harrowing Harrington Park ride
Caddy takes driver on harrowing Harrington Park ride ONLY ON CVP: A Cadillac crashed through a fence and down a short hill before smacking into a tree in Harrington Park, sending the driver to the hospital. The crash happened around 11:30 yesterday morning at Schraalenburgh Road and Elm Street. No immediate word on the driver’s condition was available. PHOTO BY JUSTIN ROTH

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Rescue goes Gangnam Style Paramus Rescue goes Gangnam Style Paramus Rescue goes Gangnam Style
Paramus Rescue goes Gangnam Style YOU WATCHED IT HERE FIRST (VIDEO): It could go viral — who knows? But the Paramus Rescue Squad’s take on “Gangnam Style” is creative, original and unselfconsciously silly enough to draw rave reviews soon after it was posted. The objective is to grab people’s attention so the squad can deliver a safe-driving message. The all squad had some fun with PSY’s galloping hit, “but we still take our jobs seriously,” the member said. “We remind everyone to always buckle up, and to make sure that children are secured in a proper child seat.” Of course, someone had to drop a post about public ser…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Petition against killer’s parole launched on anniversary of Bergen Sheriff officer’s murder Petition against killer’s parole launched on anniversary of Bergen Sheriff officer’s murder Petition against killer’s parole launched on anniversary of Bergen Sheriff officer’s murder
Petition against killer’s parole launched on anniversary of Bergen Sheriff officer’s murder YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka took with him the pride of those he served as he lay choked by his own blood on a hospital floor, gasping through his final breath, on Jan. 7, 1979. All of 32 years old and already a 10-year veteran of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, he was a proud sentry who protected others from the horrors of crime. Unions band together But while guarding a dangerous prisoner at what was then known as Bergen Pines Hospital (now Bergen Regional Medical Center), Rybka was suddenly and viciously attacked. Stephen Perry was at the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Huge blaze in Rutherford business district spreads Huge blaze in Rutherford business district spreads Huge blaze in Rutherford business district spreads
Huge blaze in Rutherford business district spreads YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fire has spread through several connected businesses near Rutherford’s Restaurant Row, collapsing the roof of one building. Several companies have been on the scene since just after the blaze broke out on the corner where Ames and Park avenues meet. UPDATE: Flames blew through several connected businesses near Rutherford’s Restaurant Row tonight as firefighters worked furiously to contain the quickly spreading fire. READ MORE…. At one point, three aerial ladders were concentrating water on the top of the adjoining structures. Just before 10:30, the roof collaps…

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