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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Wyckoff man charged with stealing grandmother’s car again Wyckoff man charged with stealing grandmother’s car again Wyckoff man charged with stealing grandmother’s car again
Wyckoff man charged with stealing grandmother’s car again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Sixteen months after he was busted for stealing his grandmother’s car and selling it for heroin, a Wyckoff man swiped her car again, police said. Arthur J. Garlick, 24, was released on a summons after his 89-year-old grandmother alerted police Sunday night that he’d snatched her car keys and took off in the vehicle after an argument, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. He was charged with taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. Garlick was arrested on charges of stealing the elderly woman’s car from a Wyckoff church parking lot as she worked the June 3, 2…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park detectives nab Rockland Couple with 300 bags of heroin at Route 46 motel Elmwood Park detectives nab Rockland Couple with 300 bags of heroin at Route 46 motel Elmwood Park detectives nab Rockland Couple with 300 bags of heroin at Route 46 motel
Elmwood Park detectives nab Rockland Couple with 300 bags of heroin at Route 46 motel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park detectives investigating drug distribution at a Route 46 motel arrested a Rockland County couple last night with 300 bags of heroin, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Brian Moore, 29, of Haverstraw, and Ana Trecakov, 27, of Pomona were released on summonses charging them with possession with the intent to distribute drugs following their arrests at the Townhouse Motel (Townhouse Inn & Suites) around 10:45 p.m., Foligno said.

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Old Tappan Man Charged In $1M Swindle Of Woman, 92 Old Tappan Man Charged In $1M Swindle Of Woman, 92 Old Tappan Man Charged In $1M Swindle Of Woman, 92
Old Tappan Man Charged In $1M Swindle Of Woman, 92 OLD TAPPAN, N.J. -- A borough man swindled a 92-year-old Connecticut woman out of more than $1 million by claiming it was for a Christian charity, said authorities who arrested him on theft by deception and money laundering charges. Sonny Y. Lee, 57, became a focus of the Bergen County Prosecutor's White Collar Crime Unit after an investigator with Bank of America "reported unusual banking activity" between him and the victim, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. They found that Lee convinced the elderly woman to donate more than $1 million to the charity but was "simply exploi…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Dead dog hearing for Dumont animal rescue operator delayed yet again Dead dog hearing for Dumont animal rescue operator delayed yet again Dead dog hearing for Dumont animal rescue operator delayed yet again
Dead dog hearing for Dumont animal rescue operator delayed yet again CVP EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack today indefinitely postponed a hearing for the owner and operator of a Newark non-profit animal rescue stemming from the discovery of two dead dogs and a half-dozen emaciated canines at her Dumont home. Gabrielle Ganter was hours late for a scheduled hearing, but Central Municipal Court Judge Louis Dinice said it didn’t matter because he still hadn’t received veterinary reports from the Bergen County Animal Shelter. “If Ms. Ganter comes, we’ll just send her home too,” Dinice said before she arrived. Without the reports, the judge said, the hearing ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah detectives capture fugitive in theft of $150,000 left on street Mahwah detectives capture fugitive in theft of $150,000 left on street Mahwah detectives capture fugitive in theft of $150,000 left on street
Mahwah detectives capture fugitive in theft of $150,000 left on street YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who authorities said got out of a passenger van and snatched a satchel filled with $150,000 from a Mahwah street was arrested by township detectives this afternoon at a Newark motel, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. James Bludson, 35, was grabbed by Mahwah Detective Sgt. Kevin Hebert, Detective Michael Grassi assisted by state and federal investigators, the chief said. He’s charged with theft of mislaid property. The satchel was inadvertently left on the street by employees of a company that delivers money to ATM machines on July 27. Mahwa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Lodi man in pot case charged following Twitter threat against detective Lodi man in pot case charged following Twitter threat against detective Lodi man in pot case charged following Twitter threat against detective
Lodi man in pot case charged following Twitter threat against detective YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 21-year-old Lodi man busted after local police said they found him carrying a half-ounce of pot last week was arrested today on menacing charges after he threatened a detective on Twitter, authorities said. Marquise Nether was carrying medication without a prescription, for which he was also charged, when he was taken into custody earlier today, Lt. Robert Salerno said this afternoon. Nether was ordered held on $2,500 bail in the Bergen County Jail. He was free on the same amount of bail, posted a short time after his arrest late last Wednesday. Investigators…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Woman gets 30 months in federal prison for bringing 6½ pounds of cocaine into Newark from Puerto Rico Woman gets 30 months in federal prison for bringing 6½ pounds of cocaine into Newark from Puerto Rico Woman gets 30 months in federal prison for bringing 6½ pounds of cocaine into Newark from Puerto Rico
Woman gets 30 months in federal prison for bringing 6½ pounds of cocaine into Newark from Puerto Rico BEYOND BERGEN: A woman from Puerto Rico was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle 6½ pounds of cocaine through Newark Liberty International Airport in a suitcase. Kenia Diaz, 24, also must spend three years on supervised release, under the sentence imposed in Newark by U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton. Diaz previously admitted flying into Newark from Puerto Rico on May 22, 2013 with the drugs, detected by a K-9 unit. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman praised special agents of the DEA with the investigation leading to today’s plea, secured by Special Assis…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Grand jury will review Hackensack, Lyndhurst police shootings, prosecutor says Grand jury will review Hackensack, Lyndhurst police shootings, prosecutor says Grand jury will review Hackensack, Lyndhurst police shootings, prosecutor says
Grand jury will review Hackensack, Lyndhurst police shootings, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two fatal police shootings in Bergen County that occurred eight days apart in May will be presented to a grand jury under guidelines that acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman issued two weeks ago, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. The first involved an ex-con with a lengthy criminal history who charged at Hackensack police officers with a large knife on May 21 in what authorities said was an apparent suicide-by-cop. The second involved a Lyndhurst man who authorities said was carrying a knife when he was shot and killed after assaulting …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Old Tappan businessman charged with swindling woman, 92, out of more than $1M Old Tappan businessman charged with swindling woman, 92, out of more than $1M Old Tappan businessman charged with swindling woman, 92, out of more than $1M
Old Tappan businessman charged with swindling woman, 92, out of more than $1M An Old Tappan man swindled a 92-year-old Connecticut woman out of more than $1 million by claiming it was for a Christian charity, said authorities who arrested him on theft by deception and money laundering charges. Sonny Y. Lee, 57, became a focus of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s White Collar Crime Unit after an investigator with Bank of America “reported unusual banking activity” between him and the victim, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. They found that Lee convinced the elderly woman to donate more than $1 million to the charity but was “simply exploiting the elderly woman to enr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Penalties increased for attacks on NJ corrections, sheriff’s officers Penalties increased for attacks on NJ corrections, sheriff’s officers Penalties increased for attacks on NJ corrections, sheriff’s officers
Penalties increased for attacks on NJ corrections, sheriff’s officers PUBLIC SAFETY: Legislation increasing penalties for assaulting a New Jersey corrections officer, sheriff’s officer and other member of law enforcement because of his or her job status was signed into law yesterday by Gov. Chris Christie. Simple assault charges will be upgraded to aggravated assault when it involves state Department of Corrections employees; county corrections officers; juvenile corrections officers; state juvenile facility employees; juvenile detention staff members; juvenile detention officers; probation officers; or any sheriffs, undersheriffs, or sheriff’s officers doing…

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