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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia man brings separate lawyers in child sex, luring cases Leonia man brings separate lawyers in child sex, luring cases Leonia man brings separate lawyers in child sex, luring cases
Leonia man brings separate lawyers in child sex, luring cases YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Leonia per diem employee charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl and luring a 6-year-old boy from a park to his home brought different attorneys to court yesterday for each case. William Joseph Slaughter, 23, was accompanied by defense lawyer Frank Lucianna (above, left) for the charge involving the boy and another of violating a court order not to have unsupervised contact with minors. Attorney James Doyle (above, right) represented Slaughter on a charge of sexually assaulting the boy’s 13-year old sister at least twice after meeting her in an ope…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Popeye’s manager scares off armed masked robber Paramus Popeye’s manager scares off armed masked robber Paramus Popeye’s manager scares off armed masked robber
Paramus Popeye’s manager scares off armed masked robber YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus Popeye’s manager broke free from a masked robber armed with a gun who scooped up her purse and ran east on Route 4 overnight Saturday, police said. The 50-year-old manager told police she was walking to her car after locking up for the night just after midnight when the robber came up, grabbed arm and ordered her back inside, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. He was holding what might have been a revolver, she said. The victim “began to scream and was able to escape and run away towards Millers Ale House” next door, dro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill admits $280,000 health care fraud Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill admits $280,000 health care fraud Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill admits $280,000 health care fraud
Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill admits $280,000 health care fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: 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 today 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 b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Construction crew unearths animal bones outside New Milford Borough Hall Construction crew unearths animal bones outside New Milford Borough Hall Construction crew unearths animal bones outside New Milford Borough Hall
Construction crew unearths animal bones outside New Milford Borough Hall YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Bones discovered at a construction site outside New Milford Borough Hall this morning were most likely from a deer, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A PSE&G crew in the middle of a project laying 15 miles of gas pipelines made the discovery and alerted police who were handling traffic control. The River Road spot was barricaded off as a crime scene, and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification joined a borough detective, Police Chief Frank Ramaci said. A bone was brought to the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office, where it was determi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police charge Garfield man after finding screwdriver, gloves, mask in backpack Fair Lawn police charge Garfield man after finding screwdriver, gloves, mask in backpack Fair Lawn police charge Garfield man after finding screwdriver, gloves, mask in backpack
Fair Lawn police charge Garfield man after finding screwdriver, gloves, mask in backpack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fair Lawn police said they arrested a 22-year-old Garfield man after they caught him emerging from a residential backyard carrying gloves, a mask and screwdriver in a backpack. Nicholas Petrizzi was taken into custody on 32nd Street after giving Officer Stephen Buskiewicz false information just before noon Friday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. Police later found jewelry that was suspected stolen in his car, parked three blocks away, he said. Ownership of the jewelry hadn’t been determined, the sergeant added. Petrizzi was being held on $10,000 bail in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
FBI charges former Rutherford resident with supporting ISIS FBI charges former Rutherford resident with supporting ISIS FBI charges former Rutherford resident with supporting ISIS
FBI charges former Rutherford resident with supporting ISIS YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Jordanian national who previously lived in Rutherford until he left the country in May was arrested by federal agents this morning on charges of supporting foreign terrorism in Iraq. Nader Saadeh conspired with others in New Jersey and New York to provide services and personnel to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Saadeh, who authorities said flew to the Middle East three months ago to join ISIL, was scheduled for a first appearance in federal court in Newark this afternoon. He joins his br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police nab 2 in videotaped baseball bat beating Lyndhurst police nab 2 in videotaped baseball bat beating Lyndhurst police nab 2 in videotaped baseball bat beating
Lyndhurst police nab 2 in videotaped baseball bat beating YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lyndhurst police charged two men with the baseball bat beating of a borough resident last night after a bystander recorded it on a cellphone and texted it to the victim. Officers found the 21-year-old victim face-down in the grass of a curb off Forest and Grand avenues near the high school at 11:35 p.m., Detective Capt. John Valente told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. He was unresponsive and had a “strong odor of alcohol,” Valente said. “Who’s there?” he said when an officer shook him awake. “I can’t get up. I got jumped,” the victim told police. He then showe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police drug crackdown leads to arrests, seizures of Molly, heroin, pot, cocaine Elmwood Park police drug crackdown leads to arrests, seizures of Molly, heroin, pot, cocaine Elmwood Park police drug crackdown leads to arrests, seizures of Molly, heroin, pot, cocaine
Elmwood Park police drug crackdown leads to arrests, seizures of Molly, heroin, pot, cocaine YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A series of investigations over the past three months by the Elmwood Park Police Narcotics Enforcement Unit produced four arrests of people from different towns who authorities said were caught with a variety of drugs. One of those arrested Friday night, 19-year-old Elmwood Park resident Bashir Alkabouni, was charged with possessing with the intent to distribute seven grams of Molly (MDMA) and an ounce of marijuana after being stopped on River Drive. He was turned over to Clifton police on a warrant. David Burgos, 35, of Kearny, also was charged with having seven o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Your Community
Wyckoff YMCA Auditioning For 'Mary Poppins' Wyckoff YMCA Auditioning For 'Mary Poppins' Wyckoff YMCA Auditioning For 'Mary Poppins'
Wyckoff YMCA Auditioning For 'Mary Poppins' WYCKOFF, N.J. -- The Y Arts Theatre Company is seeking singers, actors and dancers, grades 3 and up, for its winter production of "Mary Poppins."  Auditions will be fro 6:30 to 9 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 10, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the YMCA, 691 Wyckoff Ave. Click here for more information.

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Tribute band to recreate Dylan’s ‘Basement Tapes’ in Fair Lawn Tribute band to recreate Dylan’s ‘Basement Tapes’ in Fair Lawn Tribute band to recreate Dylan’s ‘Basement Tapes’ in Fair Lawn
Tribute band to recreate Dylan’s ‘Basement Tapes’ in Fair Lawn SHOUT OUT: In celebration of the release of Bob Dylan’s “The Basement Tapes Complete,” The THE BAND Band will bring an audience back to the 1967 source with a special show on Sept. 12 at The Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in the Fair Lawn Community Center. Tickets are $25. Dylan recorded more than 100 songs with The Band in the basement of a house known as Big Pink near Woodstock, NY, nearly a half-century ago. Bootlegs from those sessions emerged over the years before 16 were issued on “The Basement Tapes” — with songs including “I Shall Be Released,” “Tears of Rage,” and “Quinn the Eskim…

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