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
Accused Burglar In Allendale Video Caught By Paramus Police Accused Burglar In Allendale Video Caught By Paramus Police Accused Burglar In Allendale Video Caught By Paramus Police
Accused Burglar In Allendale Video Caught By Paramus Police PARAMUS, N.J. -- Thanks to a call from an alert River Edge resident this morning, Paramus police arrested a homeless ex-con wanted in two counties for a string of thefts while riding a bicycle in Allendale, Closter, Norwood, Ramsey, Ridgewood and elsewhere. The resident called borough police at 8:41 a.m. April 6 after recognizing 47-year-old James M. Rainsford of Orangeburg from a mugshot posted on CLIFFVIEW PILOT and elsewhere, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Responding Officers Mark Pinajian, Justin Sicari and Jack Cacamis took Rainsford into custody without incident after finding hi…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Physician Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud Englewood Physician Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud Englewood Physician Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud
Englewood Physician Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- An Englewood physician with offices in Cresskill and Little Falls admitted in federal court today that he scammed Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by billing them for non-existent office visits. Albert Ades, 60, was indicted by a federal grand jury in February on one count of health care fraud, to which he pleaded guilty Aug. 10 in U.S. District Court in Newark, along with 35 counts of making false statements that were dismissed as part of his plea deal. Ades admitted that he altered patients’ medical charts by ins…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Police Nab Homeless Suspect In Burglaries Paramus Police Nab Homeless Suspect In Burglaries Paramus Police Nab Homeless Suspect In Burglaries
Paramus Police Nab Homeless Suspect In Burglaries PARAMUS, N.J. -- Thanks to a call from an alert River Edge resident this morning, Paramus police arrested a homeless ex-con wanted in two counties for a string of thefts while riding a bicycle in Allendale, Closter, Norwood, Ramsey, Ridgewood and elsewhere. The resident called borough police at 8:41 a.m. April 6 after recognizing 47-year-old James M. Rainsford of Orangeburg from a mugshot posted on CLIFFVIEW PILOT and elsewhere, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Responding Officers Mark Pinajian, Justin Sicari and Jack Cacamis took Rainsford into custody without incident after finding hi…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter Drug Death Defendant Charged With Heroin, Weapon Closter Drug Death Defendant Charged With Heroin, Weapon Closter Drug Death Defendant Charged With Heroin, Weapon
Closter Drug Death Defendant Charged With Heroin, Weapon CLOSTER, N.J. -- A borough man charged in the heroin-induced overdose death of an Emerson woman was arrested after he and a woman were found parked overnight at the Alpine Lookout on the Palisades with four dozen folds of heroin and a collapsible police baton, authorities said. Jesse Kurzweil, 28, was indicted last year along with 29-year-old Christopher Benvenuto of Old Tappan on charges of "strict liability for a drug-induced death" after prosecutors said they supplied Doreen Leach, 47, with the heroin that killed her on June 11, 2013. Kurzweil also was indicted in late July on …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack police make third Narcan save of the month South Hackensack police make third Narcan save of the month South Hackensack police make third Narcan save of the month
South Hackensack police make third Narcan save of the month SHOUT OUT: For the third time this month, South Hackensack police last night saved an overdosing heroin addict with Narcan. Officers responding to the Horizon Motel on Route 46 at 11:30 p.m. found the 35-year-old Toms River man “unresponsive, with no signs of life” on the floor at the door of his room, Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Sgt. Domenici Mea administered two blasts of Narcan, the second of which brought the man around. He was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Driver in stolen car ejected in NJ Turnpike off-ramp crash in Ridgefield Park Driver in stolen car ejected in NJ Turnpike off-ramp crash in Ridgefield Park Driver in stolen car ejected in NJ Turnpike off-ramp crash in Ridgefield Park
Driver in stolen car ejected in NJ Turnpike off-ramp crash in Ridgefield Park UPDATE: One occupant was ejected and the other seriously injured, as well, after they flipped a stolen car on a northbound New Jersey Turnpike off ramp in Ridgefield Park during a chase tonight, an NJ State Police sergeant confirmed. Both were taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck following the 8 p.m. crash, Sgt. Gregory Williams told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Williams said more information would be available in the morning.

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Cresskill Doctor Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud Cresskill Doctor Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud Cresskill Doctor Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud
Cresskill Doctor Admits $280,000 Health Care Fraud CRESSKILL, N.J. -- An Englewood physician with offices in Cresskill and Little Falls admitted in federal court today that he scammed Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by billing them for non-existent office visits. Albert Ades, 60, was indicted by a federal grand jury in February on one count of health care fraud, to which he pleaded guilty Aug. 10 in U.S. District Court in Newark, along with 35 counts of making false statements that were dismissed as part of his plea deal. Ades admitted that he altered patients’ medical charts by ins…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights landlord, 83, held on $750,000 bail in tenant shooting death Hasbrouck Heights landlord, 83, held on $750,000 bail in tenant shooting death Hasbrouck Heights landlord, 83, held on $750,000 bail in tenant shooting death
Hasbrouck Heights landlord, 83, held on $750,000 bail in tenant shooting death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 83-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man killed his 58-year-old tenant with a single gunshot to the chest during an argument yesterday, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. John C. Wisse was charged with aggravated manslaughter and illegal weapons possession in the death of Gerald Velardi Jr. at the two-family Passaic Street home after sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT he dialed 911 around 5 p.m. to report what had happened. The .38-caliber handgun was recovered following the downstairs shooting, the prosecutor said. Wisse was being held on $750,0…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Clifton police charge Newark man with 3 bank robberies in three days Clifton police charge Newark man with 3 bank robberies in three days Clifton police charge Newark man with 3 bank robberies in three days
Clifton police charge Newark man with 3 bank robberies in three days YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who authorities said robbed a Clifton bank this morning was the same one who held up two others the past three days. They identified him as 43-year-old Jarjisu Issah of Newark, formerly of the Bronx, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Clifton police grabbed Issah about a half-hour after the 11 a.m. holdup of the Clifton Savings Bank on Lakeview Avenue today. They said he also robbed the Getty Avenue Valley National Bank branch yesterday and Spencer Savings Bank on Piaget Avenue a day earlier — passing notes demanding cash in all three. No weapons were shown, they…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Your Community
Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Offers Wellness Testing Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Offers Wellness Testing Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Offers Wellness Testing
Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Offers Wellness Testing Annual wellness testing is being offered by the Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital to help detect and identify conditions and diseases before it's too late. The Pet Preventative Annual Wellness Screening (Pet-PAWS) program aims to keep your pet healthy by preventing diseases and recommending treatments. Because no pet is the same, the hospital said, screening tests provide valuable information on what’s “normal” and allows your doctor to quickly evaluate changes in his or her biology. Among the tests: Organ function: Measures kidney and liver function, blood sugar, electrolytes, blood protein…

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