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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Dominican native from Paterson had ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with Garfield girl, 13, prosecutor says Dominican native from Paterson had ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with Garfield girl, 13, prosecutor says Dominican native from Paterson had ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with Garfield girl, 13, prosecutor says
Dominican native from Paterson had ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with Garfield girl, 13, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Dominican native from Paterson was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on charges of having “inappropriate sexual activity” once with a 13-year-old Garfield girl. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli didn’t specify what 26-year-old scrap metal collector Pedro P. Liranzogomez is accused of doing. The charges — criminal sexual contact and child endangerment — under state law would indicate nothing physical. “The victim told her mother what had occurred and she contacted the Garfield Police Department, who then notified the Bergen County Pr…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Wallington man already facing charges in connection with underage girl had heroin syringes in underwear, Lodi police charge Wallington man already facing charges in connection with underage girl had heroin syringes in underwear, Lodi police charge Wallington man already facing charges in connection with underage girl had heroin syringes in underwear, Lodi police charge
Wallington man already facing charges in connection with underage girl had heroin syringes in underwear, Lodi police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Wallington driver already facing charges for having a 16-year-old girl in his car when he was caught with heroin last month admitted having two hypodermic syringes in his underwear when he was stopped, Lodi police said. Officer Joseph Lanfrank smelled burnt marijuana after stopping Grzegorz Kociubinski Tuesday afternoon, Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said. After being ordered from the car, Kociubinski told the officer he was carrying two capped syringes in his underwear, Scorzetti said. A consented search also turned up two folds of heroin in the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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PHOTO GALLERY: Young, old embrace Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck 2015 PHOTO GALLERY: Young, old embrace Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck 2015 PHOTO GALLERY: Young, old embrace Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck 2015
Photo Gallery: Young, old embrace Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck 2015 ALL PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving PHOTOS: Touch-a-Truck 2015 rolled into Ridgewood yesterday, and photographer Boyd A. Loving was there to capture the joy of youngsters, their parents and local emergency responders. Children got the feel of vehicles that organizers said they’d “only seen at a distance on the streets of Ridgewood” during the free five-hour event at Memorial Park at Van Neste Square downtown. Village police also assembled a Safetytown Kiddie-Car Driving Track and the Public Library hosted a special truck story time. VIEW THE GALLERY: Touch-a-Truck was co-sponsored by the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Police arrest Brooklyn man tied by DNA to Maywood car burglary Police arrest Brooklyn man tied by DNA to Maywood car burglary Police arrest Brooklyn man tied by DNA to Maywood car burglary
Police arrest Brooklyn man tied by DNA to Maywood car burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An ex-con from Brooklyn wanted by Maywood police in a car burglary last year was being held in the Bergen County Jail after being arrested by Montville police for shoplifting yeterday. Maywood police obtained an arrest warrant earlier this week for Alexander Gesin after State Police returned the results of DNA tests on skin samples collected by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Identification from the smashed window of a vehicle outside at Bergen Town Center. A laptop valued at $850 was taken in the break-in, they said. Gesin, 47, was behind h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie police charge Lodi woman with heroin in Burger King bathroom Moonachie police charge Lodi woman with heroin in Burger King bathroom Moonachie police charge Lodi woman with heroin in Burger King bathroom
Moonachie police charge Lodi woman with heroin in Burger King bathroom YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Moonachie police investigating a report of drug use in a Burger King rest room arrested a 32-year-old Lodi woman who they said was carrying four packets of heroin stamped “Assassin” and “Snoopy.” Angela Markline was also carrying prescription drugs not prescribed to her, Sgt. Jeff Napolitano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Napolitano said he responded with Officer Andrew Finch and Detective Robert Pezzillo to the Moonachie Road eatery around 5 p.m. after an employee “called and reported [three] individuals entering the bathrooms repeatedly.” “The employee went into investi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Rutherford police charge man who crashed stolen car during chase in two more vehicle thefts Rutherford police charge man who crashed stolen car during chase in two more vehicle thefts Rutherford police charge man who crashed stolen car during chase in two more vehicle thefts
Rutherford police charge man who crashed stolen car during chase in two more vehicle thefts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rutherford man who crashed a stolen car while being chased by police two months ago was at it again, said authorities who arrested him for stealing another vehicle last night. After the 2009 Kia was swiped from the 7-Eleven parking lot on Jackson Avenue, Detectives Russell Snyder and Joseph Espinoza went to 11th Avenue in Paterson, a popular heroin neighborhood. They found the Kia and took 26-year-old Jesse McCallum, who was driving it, into custody, Police Chief John Russo said this afternoon. McCallum later confessed to taking the vehicle — as well as a 2004 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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2nd suspect surrenders in marijuana, THC bust at Mahwah motel 2nd suspect surrenders in marijuana, THC bust at Mahwah motel 2nd suspect surrenders in marijuana, THC bust at Mahwah motel
2nd suspect surrenders in marijuana, THC bust at Mahwah motel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ringwood woman surrendered to Mahwah police today in connection with the seizure of 15 pounds of marijuana and more than a pound of concentrated TCH — known as “dab” — during an undercover bust last night at a Route 17 motel. Beatrice Ramirez, 22, was almost immediately released after posting $45,000 bail. Darren Richardson (MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF) Darren Edward Richardson, 31, of Haskell already was behind bars following his arrest last night. Richardson was free on bail after he was charged with selling large amounts of pot from his Oakldn …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rockland contractor cleared in Mahwah home-building case Rockland contractor cleared in Mahwah home-building case Rockland contractor cleared in Mahwah home-building case
Rockland contractor cleared in Mahwah home-building case UPDATE: A Rockland County contractor successfully completed pre-trial intervention after Bergen County authorities charged him with taking $200,000 for a new home in Mahwah that he never built. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack granted a request by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office for early termination of pre-trial intervention and the dismissal of the charges against Samuel Diaz of Suffern. The judge’s order noted that the victims “have been made whole via full restitution in the amount of $211,500.” For his part, Diaz told CLIFFVIEW PILOT: “[I]t is true that I did sign a con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst contractor kept $648,337 from Fort Lee co-op for piping project, authorities charge Lyndhurst contractor kept $648,337 from Fort Lee co-op for piping project, authorities charge Lyndhurst contractor kept $648,337 from Fort Lee co-op for piping project, authorities charge
Lyndhurst contractor kept $648,337 from Fort Lee co-op for piping project, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst contractor pocketed $648,337 given to him by a Fort Lee cooperative building for copper piping and related materials, said authorities following his arrest on theft and other charges. John T. O’Brien, 46, signed a $1,430,373.90 contract for his company, J.T. O’Brien Plumbing and Heating, with the owners of the Colony, 1530 Owner’s Corp, in September 2012, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. O’Brien gave the Colony a list of the items he supposedly bought — which the contract called for him to store on his property “locked in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park police arrest restaurant worker, girlfriend, with credit card skimmer Rochelle Park police arrest restaurant worker, girlfriend, with credit card skimmer Rochelle Park police arrest restaurant worker, girlfriend, with credit card skimmer
Rochelle Park police arrest restaurant worker, girlfriend, with credit card skimmer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi man who worked at a local restaurant stole credit card information from customers using a skimmer, said Rochelle Park police who found the device after stopping his car yesterday morning. Officer Ryan Burke pulled the car over on Rochelle Avenue because it didn’t have a front license plate, Detective James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A computer check found that the rear plate was reported stolen out of Lodi, he said. Police were questioning the driver, 23-year-old Joselvin Febrillet, when his girlfriend, Tiffany Rosario, 22, showed up and tried to hide the…

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