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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Bergenfield, NJ
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Lodi contractor admits ducking nearly $200,000 in federal income taxes Lodi contractor admits ducking nearly $200,000 in federal income taxes Lodi contractor admits ducking nearly $200,000 in federal income taxes
Lodi contractor admits ducking nearly $200,000 in federal income taxes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi contractor admitted ducking nearly $200,000 in federal income taxes. Salvatore Paladino, the 52-year-old owner of Paladino Paving & Concrete, “deposited into or cashed out against his personal bank accounts” $572,411 of business receipts that he used to fund a cash payroll between January 2007 and December 2011, the IRS said. “For the 2011 tax year, Paladino admitted that he failed to report approximately $185,659 of income earned through Paladino Paving,” the service said in a release. “This unreported income resulted in a tax due and owing to the gover…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Cresskill man kept missing Dumont woman’s body in house after OD before dumping it off Palisades Interstate Parkway, prosecutor says Cresskill man kept missing Dumont woman’s body in house after OD before dumping it off Palisades Interstate Parkway, prosecutor says Cresskill man kept missing Dumont woman’s body in house after OD before dumping it off Palisades Interstate Parkway, prosecutor says
Cresskill man kept missing Dumont woman’s body in house after OD before dumping it off Palisades Interstate Parkway, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Cresskill man kept the body of a missing 18-year-old Dumont woman in his home before dumping it off the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine after she overdosed on drugs, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Antony Freay led investigators late this morning to the spot where he illegally disposed of the body Mila Kostadinova, the prosecutor said. Although a body was found near the Women’s Federation Monument, it had to be positively identified, Molinelli said. Freay, meanwhile, was ordered held on $50,000 ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Sedan driver hospitalized after Hackensack bus crash Sedan driver hospitalized after Hackensack bus crash Sedan driver hospitalized after Hackensack bus crash
Sedan driver hospitalized after Hackensack bus crash PHOTO: A driver was hospitalized after his Lexus collided with a passenger bus in Hackensack late this morning. The crash occurred at 11:44 a.m. when the sedan apparently turned onto Main Street from Linden as struck the 165 bus was headed to the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Neither the bus driver nor the passengers complained of any injuries, they said. PHOTO: Chris Leon, Bergen Brookside Auto Body and Towing, Inc.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Grand jury clears tactical team officer in death of armed South Brunswick man in standoff Grand jury clears tactical team officer in death of armed South Brunswick man in standoff Grand jury clears tactical team officer in death of armed South Brunswick man in standoff
Grand jury clears tactical team officer in death of armed South Brunswick man in standoff BEYOND BERGEN: An Old Bridge police officer who shot and killed a man who attacked him during a tactical team entry during an armed standoff in late 2013 was cleared of any wrongdoing by a state grand jury, Acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced this afternoon. The state grand jury concluded its deliberations late yesterday by declining to indict the officer “after hearing extensive testimony and evidence” from Hoffman’s Shooting Response Team, made up of investigators from the Division of Criminal Justice and the New Jersey State Police Major Crime Unit, the attorney …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Tractor-trailer kills Cresskill boy on bicycle, 13 Tractor-trailer kills Cresskill boy on bicycle, 13 Tractor-trailer kills Cresskill boy on bicycle, 13
Tractor-trailer kills Cresskill boy on bicycle, 13 UPDATE: A 13-year-old Cresskill Middle School student was struck and killed on his bicycle by a tractor-trailer on Grant Avenue this morning. The seventh-grader was pronounced dead at the scene of the 8:20 a.m. crash, Detective Jason Lanzilotti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was riding east in the street on Grand Avenue, wearing a helmet, when the tractor-trailer struck him while turning from Jefferson Avenue in the same direction, Lanzilotti said. Several callers summoned police, he said. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Unit, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Crimina…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Owners of Wayne Mazda, Hyundai paying $135,000 to resolve deceptive advertising charges Owners of Wayne Mazda, Hyundai paying $135,000 to resolve deceptive advertising charges Owners of Wayne Mazda, Hyundai paying $135,000 to resolve deceptive advertising charges
Owners of Wayne Mazda, Hyundai paying $135,000 to resolve deceptive advertising charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County auto group agreed to pay $135,000 to settle what state authorities called “unconscionable” and “deceptive” advertising for selling new and used motor vehicles, acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced this morning. In a final consent judgment reached in state court in Passaic County, Bergen Auto Enterprises, LLC — which does business as Wayne Mazda and Wayne Auto Mall Hyundai (collectively “Bergen Auto Enterprises”) — must also comply with the following: Undertake a search using a vehicle history service, to discern the prior u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park police find heroin, crack, pills in separate arrests Elmwood Park police find heroin, crack, pills in separate arrests Elmwood Park police find heroin, crack, pills in separate arrests
Elmwood Park police find heroin, crack, pills in separate arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pair of sepearate arrests by Elmwood Park police yesterday turned up 50 bags of heroin, three bags of cracks, prescription drugs and a crack pipe. Officers found the heroin on 22-year-old Vincent Celentano after a 4:15 p.m. traffic stop on Locust Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. They found the crack, the pipe and several Xanax pills after stopping Scott Hansen, 24, of Saddle Brook on River Drive at 9:30 p.m., Foligno said. Both were released on court summonses.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation donates $6,600 to Pony Power Therapies Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation donates $6,600 to Pony Power Therapies Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation donates $6,600 to Pony Power Therapies
Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation donates $6,600 to Pony Power Therapies SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Police Chiefs Foundation today presented a $6,600 donation to a non-profit Mahwah organization that gives special needs and at-risk children and adults a unique opportunity to ride, care for and interact with horses. Several chiefs also are volunteering this week with Pony Power Therapies, founded 15 years ago, on Ramapo Valley Road.   SEE: www.ponypowernj.org or www.facebook.com/PPTherapies A lifelong equestrian, Pony Power Therapies Executive Director Dana Spett founded the organization afer discovering therapeutic horseback riding while researching alte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Bridge inspector’s body recovered from Passaic River Bridge inspector’s body recovered from Passaic River Bridge inspector’s body recovered from Passaic River
Bridge inspector’s body recovered from Passaic River UPDATE: The body of a Middlesex County bridge inspector who was swept away by the current in a Passaic River tributary was recovered in Rutherford early this morning, authorities involved in the search confirmed this morning for CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The body of Efrain Grajeda, 47, of Monroe Township was brought to the Nereid Boat Club on Riverside Avenue after it was retrieved around 6 a.m. near the Union Avenue bridge, responders said. Authorities searched a 2-mile stretch of the river, storm drains and sewer lines while being beaten back by storms yesterday and Monday after Grajeda fell int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy starting soon Free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy starting soon Free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy starting soon
Free Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy starting soon SHOUT OUT: The Fair Lawn Police Department’s popular annual Junior Police Academy runs this year from July 20-24. The free training includes visits to the Bergen County Law & Public Safety Complex in Mahwah, the county courthouse in Hackensack and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, where recruits will see the inner workings of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the K-9 Unit, the Bomb Squad and the Regional SWAT Team. They’ll also visit the Fair Lawn Fire Department, Rescue Squad and Ambulance Corps. Junior recruits must be between 11-14 before Aug. 1 to apply. Applications can…

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