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
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Bergen prosecutor’s detectives seize $22,000 of cocaine Bergen prosecutor’s detectives seize $22,000 of cocaine Bergen prosecutor’s detectives seize $22,000 of cocaine
Bergen prosecutor’s detectives seize $22,000 of cocaine YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigators found more than $22,000 worth of cocaine in a Paterson drug suspect’s car and apartment after watching a drug deal go down, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight. Jason Frias, 22, of 19th Avenue, was being watched Tuesday night by detectives who suspected him of dealing in Bergen and Passaic counties when he “was observed participating in a drug transaction,” Molinelli said. They seized a pound of cocaine in after stopping Frias’s car, then found more than an ounce and a half in  his apartment, the prosecutor said. Frias was being …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Woodcliff Lake Christmas tree event renamed following complaints Woodcliff Lake Christmas tree event renamed following complaints Woodcliff Lake Christmas tree event renamed following complaints
Woodcliff Lake Christmas tree event renamed following complaints ONLY ON CVP: Responding to complaints, Woodcliff Lake Mayor Jeffrey Goldsmith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon that what was originally billed variously as a borough “Holiday” or “Community” tree lighting has been renamed a “Christmas tree” event. The mayor spoke on speaker phone from Borough Hall, joined by Councilwoman Donna Abene and Borough Administrator Wolfgang Albrecht, following a story earlier today on CLIFFVIEW PILOT about the town’s first holiday tree-lighting in recent memory. In the story, Councilman Michael Struk said he was prepared to go to court to fight using “Communi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Night vandals cut down Wyckoff homeowner’s tree, hurl logs at car Night vandals cut down Wyckoff homeowner’s tree, hurl logs at car Night vandals cut down Wyckoff homeowner’s tree, hurl logs at car
Night vandals cut down Wyckoff homeowner’s tree, hurl logs at car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Vandals cut down a two-story tree in front of a Wyckoff resident’s home, sectioned off logs and tossed them through the back window of a car parked in the driveway, police said today. Wyckoff police began investigating the bizarre vandalism after responding to the Burma Road home just after 11 o’clock last night, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. The vandals apparently used a chainsaw to cut down the 20-foot, 8-inch-thick tree, Fox said. PHOTOS COURTESY: Wyckoff PD They then threw logs through the back window of a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta that was parked in the d…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Oury gets three years probation for role in grant-writing scheme Oury gets three years probation for role in grant-writing scheme Oury gets three years probation for role in grant-writing scheme
Oury gets three years probation for role in grant-writing scheme Attorney Dennis Oury was sentenced to three years probation today for his role in a scheme with former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero to hide their interests in a grant-writing company that solicited work from local officials. “The court wants to be clear what you did in this case was reprehensible,” U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler told Oury. However, the judge cut him a break for his role in helping the government prosecute Ferriero. “Sometimes people who are good people do horrendous things,” said the judge, who also fined Oury $17,500, payable immediately. “…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Christmas ‘holiday tree’ controversy in Woodcliff Lake Christmas ‘holiday tree’ controversy in Woodcliff Lake Christmas ‘holiday tree’ controversy in Woodcliff Lake
Christmas ‘holiday tree’ controversy in Woodcliff Lake YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Woodcliff Lake councilman said he’s prepared to go to court to fight the renaming of the borough Christmas tree to a “Community Tree” or “Holiday Tree.” That’s if the ACLU doesn’t get there first. NEWSBREAK:  Woodcliff Lake Mayor Jeffrey Goldsmith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon that what was originally billed variously as a borough “Holiday” or “Community” tree lighting has been renamed a “Christmas tree” event. READ MORE…. As a Christian, Councilman Michael Struk said, he is “insulted that my heritage and beliefs are shrouded by someone’s fear of politica…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Civilians urged Leonia robbery suspect to drop knife before shooting Civilians urged Leonia robbery suspect to drop knife before shooting Civilians urged Leonia robbery suspect to drop knife before shooting
Civilians urged Leonia robbery suspect to drop knife before shooting EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Police officers from Leonia and Palisades Park weren’t the only ones shouting at a man to drop a large knife as he approached police minutes after holding up a Broad Avenue CVS: Both a man and woman who witnessed what became a fatal encounter did so, as well, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Both were among no fewer than four civilians who have given similar eyewitness accounts of the broad-daylight events on a Leonia street Sunday afternoon, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. All of them reportedly agreed the officers were c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Little Ferry man had pound of pot, used juvenile to sell, Maywood police say Little Ferry man had pound of pot, used juvenile to sell, Maywood police say Little Ferry man had pound of pot, used juvenile to sell, Maywood police say
Little Ferry man had pound of pot, used juvenile to sell, Maywood police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An undercover investigation led to the arrest of a 27-year-old Little Ferry man who Maywood police said used a juvenile to help him sell pot and hash. The teenager was behind the wheel when police, after watching Robert Nukho’s house, pulled the car over in Maywood last night. Search warrants were obtained, and police reported finding more than a pound of marijuana, packaging materials and about $7,400 in cash, Detective Timothy Moran said. Nukho was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Charges include drug posession and distribution, employing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Gas odor closes Banchetto Feast, Westwood area businesses Gas odor closes Banchetto Feast, Westwood area businesses Gas odor closes Banchetto Feast, Westwood area businesses
Gas odor closes Banchetto Feast, Westwood area businesses YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Banchetto Feast in Westwood and the surrounding businesses have been evacuated as fire officials and PSE&G investigate a gas leak. Employees there reported smelling an odor of something electrical burning around the same time that the Center Avenue business lost power around 4:30 this afternoon. Several Center Avenue businesses were then evacuated and the power cut. Hillsdale firefighters joined their Westwood counterparts at the scene.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Federal trial for ‘Buzzy’ Dressel, co-defendant, could begin in two months Federal trial for ‘Buzzy’ Dressel, co-defendant, could begin in two months Federal trial for ‘Buzzy’ Dressel, co-defendant, could begin in two months
Federal trial for ‘Buzzy’ Dressel, co-defendant, could begin in two months UPDATE: Influential Bergen County union leader Richard “Buzzy” Dressel and co-defendant John DeBouter could go to trial as early as Jan. 22, following brief federal court appearances in Newark today. Both men were arrested two weeks ago by federal agents in connection with a $350,000 embezzlement scheme. Dressel was an advisor to, and DeBouter the director of, the local’s Joint Apprentice Training Fund when Dressel gave his then-girlfriend several sources of income with the Local 164 the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Paramus and the JATF, an indictment returned by a g…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Traffic tickets in 8 towns over 2 months for Harrington Park man Traffic tickets in 8 towns over 2 months for Harrington Park man Traffic tickets in 8 towns over 2 months for Harrington Park man
Traffic tickets in 8 towns over 2 months for Harrington Park man ONLY ON CVP: Imagine getting traffic tickets in eight different towns in just over two months. Meet Roderick Oh. Oh, a 41-year-old Canada native who lives in Harrington Park, has collected a stack of summonses for, among other offenses, not inspecting his vehicle, not having a driver’s license or registration and, last week, not wearing a seat belt, according to court records. Police say that Oh (photo above), a real estate investor with a petty-criminal past, has used aliases that include Roger Oh, Burton Oh and Roderick Ho. During the past two months, records show, he’s been ticketed …

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