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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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford drunk driver rams pole, hits police car, tries to flee, chief says New Milford drunk driver rams pole, hits police car, tries to flee, chief says New Milford drunk driver rams pole, hits police car, tries to flee, chief says
New Milford drunk driver rams pole, hits police car, tries to flee, chief says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former janitorial service president with a criminal record steered his SUV into a pole, side-swiped a police cruiser, then led officers on a chase before trying to fight them off, New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro said this morning. It was 8:30 on Christmas Even when police got a 911 call about a vehicle smashing into the utility pole near Fulton Street and Summit Avenue. Moments later, Sgt. Brian Clancy spotted a white Nissan Pathfinder backing away from a damaged pole and taking off, Papapietro said. It then sideswiped Clancy’s cruiser and kept going,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Police face hidden dangers — bracelet cords, handcuff keys Police face hidden dangers — bracelet cords, handcuff keys Police face hidden dangers — bracelet cords, handcuff keys
Police face hidden dangers — bracelet cords, handcuff keys Following the cold-blooded killings of two upstate New York firefighters, a Bergen County police officer’s wife asked for a reminder here about two hidden-in-plain-sight dangers facing law enforcement: plastic handcuff keys and paracord bracelets. “As if we don’t have enough to worry about when our husbands go to work,” she told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “These things are becoming very popular.” Paracord bracelet, zipper-pull handcuff key The bracelet is made of 8-10 feet of cord with extreme tensile strength. Although the makers say it can be used for fishing line, lashing, or snares, they can …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Would-be Wood-Ridge contractors rip off Hurricane Sandy victim Would-be Wood-Ridge contractors rip off Hurricane Sandy victim Would-be Wood-Ridge contractors rip off Hurricane Sandy victim
Would-be Wood-Ridge contractors rip off Hurricane Sandy victim ONLY ON CVP: Two men claiming to be contractors took $1,580 of a Hurricane Sandy victim’s money and told her the entire job to remove a tree stump and branches from her property, while repairing some siding, would cost $3,300, said police, who arrested them. One of them, 44-year-old Robert Busacca, was turned over to authorities from Ocean County, where he was wanted on a warrant. The other, 18-year-old Evan Carmona, was released on a summons pending a court hearing. Police responding to a burglar alarm at Charter Oak earlier this month discovered Busacca tearing siding off the victim’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Donovan calls 2012 year of consolidation, cost-cutting in Bergen Donovan calls 2012 year of consolidation, cost-cutting in Bergen Donovan calls 2012 year of consolidation, cost-cutting in Bergen
Donovan calls 2012 year of consolidation, cost-cutting in Bergen LOOKING BACK: Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan issued her Year in Review this afternoon, calling 2012 a year of “continued innovation, consolidation and cost cutting.” “Overall, 2012 represented ongoing progress in my administration’s efforts to implement our plan to downsize county government and create efficiencies that will lower the burden on taxpayers without sacrificing services,” Donovan said. “We looked critically at the way county government was operating prior to my election as County Executive and we found numerous ways to reduce waste and redundancy,” she explained. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale checkpoint yields DWI arrests River Vale checkpoint yields DWI arrests River Vale checkpoint yields DWI arrests
River Vale checkpoint yields DWI arrests River Vale’s DWI checkpoints continued this weekend, with a pair of drunk-driving arrests among other offenses found, after more than 170 vehicles were stopped on Rivervale Road. A 23-year-old Old Tappan and a 24-year-old woman from Hillsdale each was arrested for DWI. The man also was hit with a pot charge. Various summonses were issued, as well. River Vale police remind drivers that, besides jail time, you could lose your license and your job — not to mention the cost of a lawyer, court fees, lost work time and higher insurance rates. “Nighttime driving is the most deadly,” Detectiv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Elderly customer, 72, beaten, robbed outside 7-Eleven Elderly customer, 72, beaten, robbed outside 7-Eleven Elderly customer, 72, beaten, robbed outside 7-Eleven
Elderly customer, 72, beaten, robbed outside 7-Eleven ONLY ON CVP: A 72-year-old man was punched in the face and thrown to the ground after a 26-year-old thug jumped on the hood of his car outside a Wood-Ridge 7-Eleven and rifled through the victim’s glove compartment. But Wood-Ridge police got there immediately, thanks to a 911 call, and took the suspect into custody. The victim came out of the convenience store just before 9 o’clock Thursday night to find Eric Urias of Kearney (above) on the hood of his car, Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The elderly man told police he confronted Urias, who pushed him aside, got into t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
‘Hidden’ car could keep Bogota man, 64, in jail for Christmas ‘Hidden’ car could keep Bogota man, 64, in jail for Christmas ‘Hidden’ car could keep Bogota man, 64, in jail for Christmas
‘Hidden’ car could keep Bogota man, 64, in jail for Christmas ONLY ON CVP: A decision to hide his girlfriend’s car after an argument put a 64-year-old Bogota man behind bars, where he’ll remain on Christmas if someone doesn’t post his bail. Police said they called Gary Earl Hill after the woman reported her car missing. Hill “admitted he had moved the vehicle but would not disclose the location,” Detective Geoffrey Cole told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Cole said that left him no choice but to obtain an arrest warrant charging Hill with unlawful taking and obstruction of justice. Hill was being held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Stolen cars ram Fort Lee police cruisers in chase Stolen cars ram Fort Lee police cruisers in chase Stolen cars ram Fort Lee police cruisers in chase
Stolen cars ram Fort Lee police cruisers in chase ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Two stolen cars were rammed into Fort Lee police cruisers last night during a wild chase that police finally aborted in Newark. Fort Lee Police Officer Timothy Cullen first spotted the cars shortly after an 11:15 broadcast that one of them, a BMW X5, had been stolen from outside the Cliffs Steakhouse on Sylvan Avenue in Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee Detective Sgt. Kenneth Porrino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. As Cullen watched, the Beamer SUV suddenly left the line of eastbound traffic on Bridge Plaza North, with a black Mercedes E350 following closely behind. The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Woman hit by SUV outside ‘Glee’ star’s Ridgewood childhood home Woman hit by SUV outside ‘Glee’ star’s Ridgewood childhood home Woman hit by SUV outside ‘Glee’ star’s Ridgewood childhood home
Woman hit by SUV outside ‘Glee’ star’s Ridgewood childhood home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman who was struck by an SUV while getting out of a car parked in the Ridgewood driveway of “Glee” star Ali Stroker’s mother’s house was hospitalized this afternoon with what was described as a non-life-threatening head injury. The woman was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after the rear door of the Subaru SUV she was getting out of was broadsided by a Honda that apparently barreled into the driveway on the 100 block of South Pleasant Avenue. Ali Stroker (GLEE publicity photo) Ridgewood police are investigating and have impounded the SUV. PHOTO, S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Muchas razones para amar Los Lobos Muchas razones para amar Los Lobos Muchas razones para amar Los Lobos
Muchas razones para amar Los Lobos IN TUNE: “Thank you for still liking us,” Los Lobos guitarist César Rojas told the sold-out crowd last night during the first of three Christmas weekend gigs at City Winery. The original Wolves not only have survived: They may be at their highest career point artistically. Not bad for “just another band” that started out 40 years ago last month playing mariachi for weddings and barrio parties in East L.A. Los Lobos at City Winery last night (CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos, video) It’s been a whirlwind year of nonstop touring – full of festivals, special gigs and 20th-anniversary live performanc…

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