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
Injury count revised to 31 in Bergen-route Lincoln Tunnel bus crash Injury count revised to 31 in Bergen-route Lincoln Tunnel bus crash Injury count revised to 31 in Bergen-route Lincoln Tunnel bus crash
Injury count revised to 31 in Bergen-route Lincoln Tunnel bus crash UPDATE: An inbound NJ Transit No. 166 bus rear-ended a private charter bus in the center tube of the Lincoln Tunnel near the Manhattan end this morning, injuring 31 people and sending a pregnant woman in labor to the hospital, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Four passengers aboard the NJT required backboards after complaining of neck and shoulder injuries, Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Pentangelo also confirmed that a 32-year-old woman in a vehicle behind the crash was taken to Bellevue Hospital. A responder said her contractions were 13 minutes apart a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man who pulled trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend close to plea deal Man who pulled trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend close to plea deal Man who pulled trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend close to plea deal
Man who pulled trigger in horseplay shooting death of friend close to plea deal CVP EXCLUSIVE: An East Orange man who is accused of killing his friend while carelessly playing with a handgun behind a New Milford apartment complex has less than two weeks to accept a plea deal or go to trial. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer said she thinks that she can secure a deal with Byron Sankar, 22. She originally offered 15 years in prison and then dropped it to 11 in exchange for a guilty plea to aggravated manslaughter. Defense attorney Adam Lustberg said he wants 10 years. Sankar was one of four people who were drinking beer and horsing around the ni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Little Ferry housekeeper charged with stealing Hillsdale employer’s credit cards Little Ferry housekeeper charged with stealing Hillsdale employer’s credit cards Little Ferry housekeeper charged with stealing Hillsdale employer’s credit cards
Little Ferry housekeeper charged with stealing Hillsdale employer’s credit cards YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry housekeeper stole and used a Hillsdale employer’s credit cards before being taken into custody, authorities said this morning. Paulienne R. Mota, 37, was arrested yesterday after the victim reported several suspicious charges, Hillsdale Police Detective Bill Diedtrich said. Mota — whose aliases include Pauliene Pratissoli and Pauliene Santoro — was being held on $60,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two counts each of credit card theft and possession of personal information, as well as one each of assuming a false ID and lying to polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
‘Swatting’ brings tactical teams to hospitals in Englewood, elsewhere ‘Swatting’ brings tactical teams to hospitals in Englewood, elsewhere ‘Swatting’ brings tactical teams to hospitals in Englewood, elsewhere
‘Swatting’ brings tactical teams to hospitals in Englewood, elsewhere YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “Swatting” turned to hospitals last night with bogus calls to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Morristown Hospital and Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune. The calls were that four gunmen were in various sections of each hospital, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. These came after Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick went on divert and lockdown on Monday — closing its emergency room and suspending admissions to its trauma unit by helicopter. Last night, certain access points were locked down as the Englewood Police Emergency Services…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man charged in roommate beating death to discuss plea offer Hackensack man charged in roommate beating death to discuss plea offer Hackensack man charged in roommate beating death to discuss plea offer
Hackensack man charged in roommate beating death to discuss plea offer CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Bergen County assistant prosecutor confirmed today that she will present a plea offer within the next two weeks to a Hackensack man charged in the beating death of his sometime roommate. Clayton L. Robinson, 27, left the beaten, cut-up and semi-conscious Paul Calli in a closet of his First Street apartment on March 6 of last year before stealing his 2007 Volvo XC90, authorities said at the time. Family members called police after not hearing from Calli in more than a day. Let into the apartment by the building mangement company, they found him. Hours later, they arreste…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment charges West New York Mayor Felix Roque with taking $250,000 in bribes, kickbacks Indictment charges West New York Mayor Felix Roque with taking $250,000 in bribes, kickbacks Indictment charges West New York Mayor Felix Roque with taking $250,000 in bribes, kickbacks
Indictment charges West New York Mayor Felix Roque with taking $250,000 in bribes, kickbacks YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: West New York Mayor Felix Roque pocketed nearly $250,000 in bribes and other kickbacks in exchange for referring patients to a Boonton man who operated a network of diagnostic imaging centers in Hackensack, Englewood and elsewhere in New Jersey, an indictment returned by a state grand jury in Trenton today alleges. The 59-year-old Roque, who operates the Pain Relief Center medical practice in West New York, is charged with healthcare claims fraud and commercial bribery, among other counts, state Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said this afternoon. Roque “pu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man jailed in sex crime involving girl, 15 Hackensack man jailed in sex crime involving girl, 15 Hackensack man jailed in sex crime involving girl, 15
Hackensack man jailed in sex crime involving girl, 15 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man had “inappropriate sexual activity” with a 15-year-old girl, said authorities who charged him with sex assault and child endangerment. George Delacruz, 20, was being held on $150,000 bail on the second-degree assault charge in the Bergen County Jail. Members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Hackensack police arrested him last Friday after interviewing the girl, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Delacruz was scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson man charged with fighting Ramsey police after assault arrest Paterson man charged with fighting Ramsey police after assault arrest Paterson man charged with fighting Ramsey police after assault arrest
Paterson man charged with fighting Ramsey police after assault arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Ramsey police officers required medical treatment after scuffling at headquarters with a Paterson man arrested after an assault with a pair of pliers at a Route 17 car wash. The officers were released from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood while Terrance Eaton, 28, remained in custody today at Bergen County Medical Center in Paramus. His bail was $50,000. Upper Saddle River police grabbed Eaton and held him for their Ramsey colleagues shortly after the Friday morning assault, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said this morning. Eaton, who refused to answer any …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities preparing summonses in Route 3 container crash in Rutherford Authorities preparing summonses in Route 3 container crash in Rutherford Authorities preparing summonses in Route 3 container crash in Rutherford
Authorities preparing summonses in Route 3 container crash in Rutherford YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 39-year-old Westchester driver was pronounced dead at the scene a little over an hour after a shipping container fell off a flatbed truck and crushed him after hitting a Route 3 overpass in Rutherford yesterday afternoon, authorities said this morning. Investigators were preparing motor vehicle charges against the Clifton trucker, they said. A preliminary review of the events produced a release issued by Rutherford Police Capt. Patrick Feliciano, leading to this report: James Hart III was behind the wheel of a 2014 Honda in the westbound highway’s furthest righ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Judge orders Teterboro special needs student held on $10,000 bail in scuffle with police Judge orders Teterboro special needs student held on $10,000 bail in scuffle with police Judge orders Teterboro special needs student held on $10,000 bail in scuffle with police
Judge orders Teterboro special needs student held on $10,000 bail in scuffle with police EXCLUSIVE REPORT: An 18-year-old special needs student remained held on $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail today following a scuffle at a county school in Teterboro yesterday. Bilal Diggs, 18, is charged with three counts of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest “with the substantial risk of injury,” being under the influence of drugs and disorderly conduct. Bergen County Bureau of Police Services officers were called to the North Street School classroom around 1 p.m. yesterday after Diggs fell and hit his head on a desk, Anthony Cureton of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office s…

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