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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Drunk driver tries to avoid River Vale D.W.I. checkpoint Drunk driver tries to avoid River Vale D.W.I. checkpoint Drunk driver tries to avoid River Vale D.W.I. checkpoint
Drunk driver tries to avoid River Vale D.W.I. checkpoint YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: River Vale police issued a host of summonses and arrested two drunk drivers last night, including one who tried to avoid the D.W.I. checkpoint and had to be chased down. Nearly 100 vehicles were stopped at the designated spot on Rivervale Road, Sgt. John DeVoe said. In addition to those who received summonses, a 27-year-old drunk driver from just across the state border, Pearl River, was also charged with having illegal emergency lights on his vehicle, the sergeant said. The motorist, who had expired NYFD credentials, also was charged with being under the influen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
String of car burglaries cracked by Bogota detective String of car burglaries cracked by Bogota detective String of car burglaries cracked by Bogota detective
String of car burglaries cracked by Bogota detective ONLY ON CVP: A three-month rash of car burglaries in Bogota’s north end was cracked after a borough detective looked deeper into a person of interest stopped by his counterparts in Teaneck. Rafael Sosa, 18, of North Brunswick was being questioned by Teaneck police when Bogota Detective Geoffrey Cole noticed that he looked like a man seen in business and home surveillance video from the area of the break-ins. Before his investigation was through, Cole had Sosa in custody on charges involving no fewer than six car burglaries. Sosa was being held on $30,000 cash bail in the Bergen County J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Man charged in Elmwood Park puppy theft has criminal record Man charged in Elmwood Park puppy theft has criminal record Man charged in Elmwood Park puppy theft has criminal record
Man charged in Elmwood Park puppy theft has criminal record ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Thomas Meshach already was facing theft charges from a year ago when he walked into The Aquarium at Route 4 — and onto Facebook pages around the country. Now he’s in custody again, charged with pup-napping. Meshach, 24, and his girlfriend, 21-year-old Carmen Fucci, were wanted in connection with the Nov. 3 theft of 7½-week-old English bulldog, Blackie, from the Elmwood Park pet shop. Blackie (The Aquarium at Route 4) Meshack was charged with theft and Fucci with conspiracy by Elmwood Park police after police in Phillipsburg, where the couple lives, arrested them aroun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
One of the most important PBA Toy Drives ever One of the most important PBA Toy Drives ever One of the most important PBA Toy Drives ever
One of the most important PBA Toy Drives ever SPOTLIGHT: Now in its third decade, this year’s PBA Toy Drive is unlike any other. Uppermost in many people’s minds are Friday’s massacre in Newtown, CT, as well as the devastation from Hurricane Sandy — and all the people affected by both. At the same time, they have an ongoing dedication to the youngsters at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack who’ll they’ll be visiting this Wednesday. “Mommy, it’s what I always wanted!” a 4-year-old cancer patient  shrieked last year, holding her new Nintendo DS game to her chest. Several “Santa Response Team” members laughed, or sm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle River man who posed as accountant gets four years in prison Saddle River man who posed as accountant gets four years in prison Saddle River man who posed as accountant gets four years in prison
Saddle River man who posed as accountant gets four years in prison YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Saddle River man who claimed to be an accountant was sentenced to four years in prison today for stealing $189,787 in checks that small business clients wrote to pay sales taxes or payroll withholding taxes to New Jersey, New York and the U.S. government. Under the terms of a plea deal, 47-year-old Wayne Dunich Kolb paid full restitution of $189,787 to both states. He also agreed to pay $85,991 representing interest on the stolen tax payments. Superior Court Judge Thomas M. Brown also ordered that Dunich Kolb “never again hold himself out as an accountant or pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Blackie’s back after theft from Elmwood Park pet shop Blackie’s back after theft from Elmwood Park pet shop Blackie’s back after theft from Elmwood Park pet shop
Blackie’s back after theft from Elmwood Park pet shop Blackie is back in New Jersey and this afternoon was at the vet’s office (photo). “He is unfortunately extremely dehydrated and over a pound and a half underweight,” said Joe Aversa, owner of The Aquarium at Route 4. “We are hoping for a quick recovery for our little angel,” Aversa said. Thomas Meshach, Carmen Fucci Thomas Meshach, 24, was charged with theft and 21-year-old Carmen Fucci with conspiracy after Elmwood Park police tipped off their counterparts in Phillipsburg, where the couple lives. Authorities said Fucci is seven months pregnant. CLIFFVIEW PILOT broke the news locall…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Stolen Elmwood Park pet shop puppy found, arrests made Stolen Elmwood Park pet shop puppy found, arrests made Stolen Elmwood Park pet shop puppy found, arrests made
Stolen Elmwood Park pet shop puppy found, arrests made Blackie, the puppy stolen from an Elmwood Park pet shop, was recovered this morning in Warren County by police who arrested the man shown in the store’s surveillance video and a woman who was with him. Thomas Meshach, 24, was charged with theft and 21-year-old Carmen Fucci with conspiracy after Elmwood Park police tipped off their counterparts in Phillipsburg, where the couple lives. Only 6½ pounds to begin with, the malnourished Blackie had lost a pound and a half in less than four days, pet shop owner Joseph Aversa said ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Thomas Meshach already was facing theft char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge finds ‘hardship’ in Donovan preventing Bergen sheriff’s officers pay raises Judge finds ‘hardship’ in Donovan preventing Bergen sheriff’s officers pay raises Judge finds ‘hardship’ in Donovan preventing Bergen sheriff’s officers pay raises
Judge finds ‘hardship’ in Donovan preventing Bergen sheriff’s officers pay raises Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan’s refusal to implement 2011 and 2012 pay raises to Sheriff Michael Saudino’s officers has created a hardship for them, a judge said in granting their request for relief. Superior Court Judge Joseph Conte (CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO: Mary K. Miraglia) Attorney John McCann, the general counsel to the sheriff, said that Conte rightfully ruled that the sheriff is the sole employer for collective bargaining purposes, not the county executive, and that state courts — and not PERC — retain jurisdiction in such cases. Local 134 sued after the Public Employ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee High School staffer has viral meningitis, classrooms being sanitized Fort Lee High School staffer has viral meningitis, classrooms being sanitized Fort Lee High School staffer has viral meningitis, classrooms being sanitized
Fort Lee High School staffer has viral meningitis, classrooms being sanitized ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Officials at Fort Lee High School are having classrooms sanitized tonight after discovering that a staff member was diagnosed with viral meningitis, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “The Board of Health has assured us that it’s an isolated case and that the student body and faculty are safe,” Principal Priscilla Church said in a recorded message to parents. “We are, however, taking precautions by sanitizing the classes this evening to insure a clean environment when we return in the morning,” Church said. “Please be assured that we will provide additional information if i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen sheriff’s largest-ever Citizens Police Academy to graduate Bergen sheriff’s largest-ever Citizens Police Academy to graduate Bergen sheriff’s largest-ever Citizens Police Academy to graduate
Bergen sheriff’s largest-ever Citizens Police Academy to graduate SHOUT OUT: The largest Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy class ever will be graduated tomorroow night during a ceremony at the county jail. Sheriff Michael Saudino said he will applaud the 53 members of the class for their “community involvement and commitment to public safety.” Many of them will also speak about their experiences in the course, the 11th annual for the sheriff’s office. The academy is designed “to educate participants on the functions of the Sheriff’s Office and the role the agency plays in Bergen County,” Saudino said. It uses a classroom-style f…

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