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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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Police charge Ramsey man, 42, with alcohol-related rape of woman, 19 Police charge Ramsey man, 42, with alcohol-related rape of woman, 19 Police charge Ramsey man, 42, with alcohol-related rape of woman, 19
Police charge Ramsey man, 42, with alcohol-related rape of woman, 19 MUGSHOT: A Ramsey father sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman after inviting her to his apartment to play video games and plying her with alcohol, borough police charged. Terry C. Goodfellow, 42, remained held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail today, charged with sexual assault and serving alcohol to a minor. Officers called to the Regency Park Apartment Complex last Wednesday night spoke with the woman, who told what happened, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. “After playing video games for a time, Goodfellow tackled her and removed [her] pants,” Gurney said she told them. “Go…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Two-week trial postponement for animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house Two-week trial postponement for animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house Two-week trial postponement for animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house
Two-week trial postponement for animal rescue operator who had dead, emaciated dogs at Dumont house EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack gave the owner and operator of a Newark non-profit animal rescue two weeks to find a lawyer for a hearing stemming from the discovery last month of two dead dogs and a half-dozen emaciated canines at her Dumont home. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported exclusively, Bergen County SPCA investigators last week filed 26 charges of animal cruelty and neglect against Gabrielle Ganter, 30, following an investigation that included necroposies. The complaints include not providing food, water, proper shelter or veterinary care under Title 4:22-17. A hearing schedu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Patron hospitalized, driver summonsed after SUV plows into Paramus Wendy’s Patron hospitalized, driver summonsed after SUV plows into Paramus Wendy’s Patron hospitalized, driver summonsed after SUV plows into Paramus Wendy’s
Patron hospitalized, driver summonsed after SUV plows into Paramus Wendy’s PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT (top) / CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Jon Ryan (above) ONLY ON CVP: A 52-year-old Wendy’s patron was taken to The Valley Hospital with back and side pain after an SUV slammed into the eastbound Route 4 restaurant in Paramus this afternoon. Another patron refused medical attention after the crash, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The 20-year-old driver from Passaic was issued a summons for careless driving, police said. Neither he nor his two passengers were injured, they said. A preliminary report indicated that no one was hospitalized before all had been evalua…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst firefighter, football coach accused of secretly recording pool partygoers in bathroom Lyndhurst firefighter, football coach accused of secretly recording pool partygoers in bathroom Lyndhurst firefighter, football coach accused of secretly recording pool partygoers in bathroom
Lyndhurst firefighter, football coach accused of secretly recording pool partygoers in bathroom YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 45-year-old volunteer firefighter and recreational football coach from Lyndhurst used an iPod hidden in a closet to record video of people using the family bathroom during a pool party for his son, authorities who arrested him this morning said. Mitchell Morreale was released without bail this morning after borough detectives arrested him on a single charge of invasion of privacy. A squad captain and seven-year borough fire department veteran, Morreale has been suspended from the fire department pending the outcome of the case, Lyndhurst Fire Chief Paul Haggerty …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack police charge naked man with breaking into garage, urinating on floor South Hackensack police charge naked man with breaking into garage, urinating on floor South Hackensack police charge naked man with breaking into garage, urinating on floor
South Hackensack police charge naked man with breaking into garage, urinating on floor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A naked 61-year-old Hackensack man broke into a South Hackensack resident’s garage, urinated on the floor and then stood in front of her rear window, said police who arrested him this morning Anthony Sudano was walking down the Chestnut Avenue driveway when responding officers pulled up at 7:15 a.m., Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Sudano, who apparently got into a car in the garage, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with burglary and lewdness. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park police charge Paterson woman, 22, with slashing local man, 33 Ridgefield Park police charge Paterson woman, 22, with slashing local man, 33 Ridgefield Park police charge Paterson woman, 22, with slashing local man, 33
Ridgefield Park police charge Paterson woman, 22, with slashing local man, 33 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield Park police arrested a 22-year-old Paterson woman who they said cut a village man with a kitchen knife during an argument overnight. Officers got a call just before 6 a.m. of someone screaming on Maple Street near Bergen Turnpike and found the 33-year-old victim with a laceration on his arm, Capt. Daniel Hippe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. They found Brianna S. Green moments later in a nearby parking lot, he said. The victim was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening. Green, who Hippe said also also slashed his tir…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Good Samaritan in pickup truck saves woman after Jeep rolls across Little Ferry lawn, catches fire Good Samaritan in pickup truck saves woman after Jeep rolls across Little Ferry lawn, catches fire Good Samaritan in pickup truck saves woman after Jeep rolls across Little Ferry lawn, catches fire
Good Samaritan in pickup truck saves woman after Jeep rolls across Little Ferry lawn, catches fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Good Samaritan jumped from his pickup truck and got a driver out of her Jeep before it caught fire after rolling across a Little Ferry lawn this afternoon. “She was OK, but quite shaken up,” Police Chief Ralph Verdi told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after the woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Her rescuer got back into his pickup and left, Verdi said. The Little Ferry Fire Department and EMS responded with police and a mutual aid engine from Moonachie. The Jeep was headed south on Franklin Street when it veered and rolled across the lawn, stopping ri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Retired Cliffside Park police captain OK after fire guts house Retired Cliffside Park police captain OK after fire guts house Retired Cliffside Park police captain OK after fire guts house
Retired Cliffside Park police captain OK after fire guts house PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT (above)Anthony Galasso Jr. (below) PHOTOS: Fire gutted a Cliffside Park home today, sending former Detective Capt. Robert Linardi to the hospital with chest pains. The 34-year veteran was OK, friends and family confirmed tonight. The two-alarm West End Avenue blaze was called in at 12:19 p.m. and was declared under control in 45 minutes. Responders joining Cliffside Park included Edgewater, Fairview, Fort Lee, Palisades Park and Ridgefield firefighters, along with Hackensack Rescue and Teaneck Box 54. The cause wasn’t immediately determined. A popular office…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River police accreditation assessment team invites public comment Upper Saddle River police accreditation assessment team invites public comment Upper Saddle River police accreditation assessment team invites public comment
Upper Saddle River police accreditation assessment team invites public comment SHOUT OUT: Upper Saddle River residents and merchants are invited to give their opinion of the borough police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and borough employees are encouraged to call, as well, during the scheduled phone-in period on Monday June 29 between 9 – 11 a.m. THE NUMBER: (201) 934-3979 Telephone comments are limited to 5 minutes and “must address the agency’s ability to comply with the accreditation standards,” according to Police Chief Patrick Rotella. (You can also write to: New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Corrections veteran scolds CNN commentator for insulting profession Corrections veteran scolds CNN commentator for insulting profession Corrections veteran scolds CNN commentator for insulting profession
Corrections veteran scolds CNN commentator for insulting profession SHOUT OUT: Cheers went up in the New Jersey correctional community and beyond last night when system veteran Anthony Gangi took CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin to task for suggesting that inmates such as two recent New York prison escapees easily manipulate officers. Anthony Gangi “Correction officers are often very poorly paid, and they are not very well trained, so you have people who are vulnerable to start with,” Toobin said on “Anderson Cooper 360.” “And it starts with very minor requests — ‘Oh, bring me food, bring me cigarettes’ — and then the grooming process continues,” Too…

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