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
FBI arrests Bergen father, son on short-sale mortgage fraud charges FBI arrests Bergen father, son on short-sale mortgage fraud charges FBI arrests Bergen father, son on short-sale mortgage fraud charges
FBI arrests Bergen father, son on short-sale mortgage fraud charges Federal agents this morning arrested a Bergen County father and son who had previously agreed to pay $5.5 million — including $4 million full restitution — to state authorities for conning more than 30 victims out of investments they used to buy two Maseratis and a Ferrari, among other goodies, for themselves. George Bussanich Sr., 56, of Park Ridge, New Jersey, and George Bussanich Jr., 35, of Upper Saddle River, “engag[ed] in a scheme that used straw buyers and short sales on two Bergen County properties to defraud mortgage lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars,” U.S. Attorney P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Tennessee man brought to NJ on charges of sexually assaulting girl in Hackensack beginning 20 years ago Tennessee man brought to NJ on charges of sexually assaulting girl in Hackensack beginning 20 years ago Tennessee man brought to NJ on charges of sexually assaulting girl in Hackensack beginning 20 years ago
Tennessee man brought to NJ on charges of sexually assaulting girl in Hackensack beginning 20 years ago UPDATE: A Tennessee man waived extradition and was brought to New Jersey from Connecticut yesterday to face charges of sexually abusing a now-27-year-old woman at his previous home in Hackensack over the course of seven years, beginning when she was 7. Alex Safanova, 62, was taken into custody in Lebanon, CT last Wednesday after Special Victims Unit investigators tracked him to a family member’s home there from Dayton, TN, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. Safanova, who is married, faces two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one of sexual assault by contac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramapo College student banned from campus after alleged sex assault Ramapo College student banned from campus after alleged sex assault Ramapo College student banned from campus after alleged sex assault
Ramapo College student banned from campus after alleged sex assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year–old Ramapo College student who reported being sexually assaulted overnight wasn’t pursuing charges, but school authorities have banned the alleged assailant from campus, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said tonight. The woman told investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and township police at The Valley Hospital that the fellow student sexually assaulted her in the Overlook dorm, Batelli said. He was banned by college officials “pending further action,” the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
SUV rams utility pole in Glen Rock SUV rams utility pole in Glen Rock SUV rams utility pole in Glen Rock
SUV rams utility pole in Glen Rock PHOTOS: A driver got into an ambulance under his own steam after his Ford Expedition crashed into a utility pole in Glen Rock this morning. A juvenile female passenger was uninjured in the mishap in the 11:45 a.m. crash at the corner of Glen and Maple avenues, which also took down a traffic sign. Borough police and EMS responded. The vehicle was removed by flatbed tow truck. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest Made In Route 17 Bicyclist Hit/Run In Rutherford Arrest Made In Route 17 Bicyclist Hit/Run In Rutherford Arrest Made In Route 17 Bicyclist Hit/Run In Rutherford
Arrest Made In Route 17 Bicyclist Hit/Run In Rutherford RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Fatal accident investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and Rutherford police tracked down and charged a Belleville man who they said took off after his car struck a bicyclist on a Route 17 media last Thursday night. Jorge A. Velasquez Ruiz, 48, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault, assault by auto, leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury, endangering an injured victim and hindering his apprehension. Velasquez Ruiz was taken into custody and his damaged 2004 Saturn Ion impounded after i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$100,000 bail for man charged with Route 17 bicyclist hit and run in Rutherford $100,000 bail for man charged with Route 17 bicyclist hit and run in Rutherford $100,000 bail for man charged with Route 17 bicyclist hit and run in Rutherford
$100,000 bail for man charged with Route 17 bicyclist hit and run in Rutherford YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fatal accident investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Rutherford police tracked down and charged a Belleville man  who they said took off after his car struck a bicyclist on a Route 17 media last Thursday night. Jorge A. Velasquez Ruiz, 48, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault, assault by auto, leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury, endangering an injured victim and hindering his apprehension. Velasquez Ruiz was taken into custody and his damaged 2004 Saturn Ion impounded …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority Tunnel & Bridge agents deliver newborn outside Lincoln Tunnel Port Authority Tunnel & Bridge agents deliver newborn outside Lincoln Tunnel Port Authority Tunnel & Bridge agents deliver newborn outside Lincoln Tunnel
Port Authority Tunnel & Bridge agents deliver newborn outside Lincoln Tunnel BEYOND BERGEN: An Uber passenger who “couldn’t wait” during rush-hour traffic tonight had her baby girl delivered by Port Authority police. The PAPD desk got the call of a woman in labor in the Manhattan-bound south tube around 5:25 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. At the tunnel exit on 40th Street and Dyer Avenue, the driver pulled over and flagged down police. “Her water had broken and the baby was crowning,” an officer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The crew urged the woman to push, and after two pushes the baby’s head was there. “Four pushes and she was out.” …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Aggravated manslaughter charge for ZZ Top fan in friend’s Elmwood Park beating death Aggravated manslaughter charge for ZZ Top fan in friend’s Elmwood Park beating death Aggravated manslaughter charge for ZZ Top fan in friend’s Elmwood Park beating death
Aggravated manslaughter charge for ZZ Top fan in friend’s Elmwood Park beating death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A grand jury in Hackensack today returned aggravated manslaughter charges against a Morris County man who authorities said beat his friend to death after their car crashed on Route 80 in Elmwood Park following a ZZ Top concert in Englewood. Jared Clackner, 54, “left the scene of the injury knowing or reasonably believing that William K. Henning was physically helpless, mentally incapacitated or otherwise unable to care for himself,” the indictment returned today says. This followed him “recklessly causing the death of [Henning] under circumstances manifesting extre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights man, 83, pleads not guilty in shooting death of tenant Hasbrouck Heights man, 83, pleads not guilty in shooting death of tenant Hasbrouck Heights man, 83, pleads not guilty in shooting death of tenant
Hasbrouck Heights man, 83, pleads not guilty in shooting death of tenant Defense attorney Robert Galantucci, John Wisse (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A defense attorney this afternoon entered a not-guilty plea for an 83-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man who authorities said killed his 58-year-old tenant with a single gunshot to the chest during an argument over the wekend. John C. Wisse was formally charged in a Hackensack courtroom with aggravated manslaughter and illegal weapons possession in the death of Gerald Velardi Jr. at his two-family Passaic Street home late Saturday afternoon. Several o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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ZZ Top Fan Charged In Friend’s Elmwood Park Beating Death ZZ Top Fan Charged In Friend’s Elmwood Park Beating Death ZZ Top Fan Charged In Friend’s Elmwood Park Beating Death
ZZ Top Fan Charged In Friend’s Elmwood Park Beating Death ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A grand jury in Hackensack today returned aggravated manslaughter charges against a Morris County man who authorities said beat his friend to death after their car crashed on Route 80 in Elmwood Park following a ZZ Top concert in Englewood. Jared Clackner, 54, "left the scene of the injury knowing or reasonably believing that William K. Henning was physically helpless, mentally incapacitated or otherwise unable to care for himself," the indictment alleges. This followed him "recklessly causing the death of [Henning] under circumstances manifesting extrem…

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