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
Young coyote captured in Elmwood Park Young coyote captured in Elmwood Park Young coyote captured in Elmwood Park
Young coyote captured in Elmwood Park YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A young coyote found asleep behind an Elmwood Park resident’s shed was sedated with a tranquilizer pole and removed by Bergen County animal control officers this morning, authorities said. The report comes on the heels of yesterday’s reported spotting of a coyote in Palisades Park near the Ridgefield border. Today’s incident occurred around 10:30 a.m., after a Linden Avenue resident told police he was doing yardwork when he found the 30- to 40-pound coyote lying behind his shed in a fenced-in backyard. “No one was injured and the animal did not appear to be aggre…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Grand jury returns seven 1st-degree murder, rape charges against Midland Park man in Waldwick ex-girlfriend’s killing Grand jury returns seven 1st-degree murder, rape charges against Midland Park man in Waldwick ex-girlfriend’s killing Grand jury returns seven 1st-degree murder, rape charges against Midland Park man in Waldwick ex-girlfriend’s killing
Grand jury returns seven 1st-degree murder, rape charges against Midland Park man in Waldwick ex-girlfriend’s killing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Midland Park man who prosecutors said raped and sodomized his former girlfriend as their infant son lay in a bassinet nearby was named in a 12-count indictment by a grand jury in Hackensack. Mark Spatucci is charged with burglary and child endangement offenses in addition to seven first-degree murder- and sex assault-related counts in the brutal killing of Mary Greff in October 2013. Mary Greff , Mark Spatucci He remained held on $2 million bail today in the Bergen County Jail. Prosecutors said Spatucci, 24, climbed through a second-floor window into her pare…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen authorities charge six in separate cases of shipping untaxed cigarettes north, payments south Bergen authorities charge six in separate cases of shipping untaxed cigarettes north, payments south Bergen authorities charge six in separate cases of shipping untaxed cigarettes north, payments south
Bergen authorities charge six in separate cases of shipping untaxed cigarettes north, payments south YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A quartet of cases sparked by Fort Lee and Mahwah police produced a series of indictments naming six people for transporting untaxed cigarettes north through New Jersey and the money to buy them back down south, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced this afternoon. It began when Fort Lee police stopped a vehicle containing Yousef Khraim, 27, of Ocean City, MD and Mohamed Hasan, 26, of Harlem just south of the George Washington Bridge and found them carrying more than $28,000 apparently destined for a southern state, Molinelli said. On March 5, 2014, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
93½ years without parole for New Milford busboy who raped, killed estranged wife 93½ years without parole for New Milford busboy who raped, killed estranged wife 93½ years without parole for New Milford busboy who raped, killed estranged wife
93½ years without parole for New Milford busboy who raped, killed estranged wife PHOTOS: (top) Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer, defense attorneys Brian Neary, S. Emile Lisboa with Gutierrez(above) Members of Shaday Betancourth’s family YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced a New Milford busboy to life in prison for killing his estranged wife by slashing her throat after tying her up and raping her. Shaday Betancourth Pedro Gutierrez got 75 years for murder, 20 for kidnapping, 15 for aggravated sexual assault and five for hindering his arrest in total. He must serve 85% of that term before he could be eligible for p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police nab DWI driver who crashed through closed Lincoln Tunnel gates Port Authority police nab DWI driver who crashed through closed Lincoln Tunnel gates Port Authority police nab DWI driver who crashed through closed Lincoln Tunnel gates
Port Authority police nab DWI driver who crashed through closed Lincoln Tunnel gates IMAGES: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An unlicensed drunk driver’s SUV barreled through a closed Lincoln Tunnel tube overnight, slamming through closed gates, before Port Authority police nabbed him on the West Side Highway moments later. Mario H. Saldana, 34, of the Bronx “admitted to drinking and asked the officer if he had hit something,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. No workers were injured, he said. Mario H. Saldana (MUGSHOT: Courtesy PAPD) Saldana sped past officers who tried to stop his 2004 GMC at the closed sout…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Closter police: Welder ignites container fire Closter police: Welder ignites container fire Closter police: Welder ignites container fire
Closter police: Welder ignites container fire UPDATE: A welder ignited a shipping container fire in Closter this morning. No one was injured, authorities said. Closter police, firefighters and EMS responded to Extech (formerly Pasvalco) at 9:17 a.m. for a fire in the 40-foot shipping container, which was being used for storage in the stone yard, Police Chief Dennis Kaine told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The cause of the fire was a welder working on the container,” the chief said. The intial responders were joined by Demarest, Haworth, Norwood, Northvale and Harrington Park firefighters and a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit. The sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge allows gadfly’s case against Bergen prosecutor’s office to continue Judge allows gadfly’s case against Bergen prosecutor’s office to continue Judge allows gadfly’s case against Bergen prosecutor’s office to continue
Judge allows gadfly’s case against Bergen prosecutor’s office to continue UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack yesterday found probable cause to continue a complaint brought against a Bergen County assistant prosecutor by a former local councilman-turned-gadfly who has filed complaints against various public and private agencies, officials and administrators in New Jersey over the past decade and a half, according to a TV report. Superior Court Judge Roy McGeady found probable cause that First Executive Assistant Prosecutor Frank Puccio “made false statements in connection with the awarding of a government contract,” according to PIX11. The hearing follows a decision …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man staggering between cars on Rochelle Park lot had dozens of heroin bags, police say Man staggering between cars on Rochelle Park lot had dozens of heroin bags, police say Man staggering between cars on Rochelle Park lot had dozens of heroin bags, police say
Man staggering between cars on Rochelle Park lot had dozens of heroin bags, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rockland man found staggering between parked cars in the lot of a Rochelle Park auto body shop had a few bags of heroin in his pocket and dozens more in his car, police said. Officer Dean Pinto spotted Anthony Iskander, 30, of New City, at Rochelle Auto Body on Essex Street yesterday afternoon. Concerned for his safety, Pinto and Officer Ryan Burke tried talking to him, Detective James DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “Iskander reached into his pants pockets on several occasions after being instructed not to do so,” DePreta said. When Pinto removed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
NJ officials warn: Beware ‘authorities’ who claim you owe them money NJ officials warn: Beware ‘authorities’ who claim you owe them money NJ officials warn: Beware ‘authorities’ who claim you owe them money
NJ officials warn: Beware ‘authorities’ who claim you owe them money PUBLIC SAFETY: Beware con artists calling people claiming to collect a non-existent debt for the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. “This is the latest in a long line of government impostor scams, in which criminals cold-call their victims while claiming to represent the IRS, the Attorney General’s Office, or some other agency,” Acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. “The goal is always to con the victim into sending money, or giving away personal information and opening themselves up to identity theft,” he said. Many government impostors, particularly in the “IRS s…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie detectives nab wanted trailer park resident Moonachie detectives nab wanted trailer park resident Moonachie detectives nab wanted trailer park resident
Moonachie detectives nab wanted trailer park resident ONLY ON CVP: Moonachie detectives chased down a 61-year-old Moonachie trailer park resident wanted on warrants after he tried running, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti said he and Detective Robert Pezzillo were in the Van Guard Mobile Home Park on Moonachie Avenue yesterday when they spotted Daniel Malia, who took off. Pezzillo quickly caught up with Malia and took him into custody as Sgts. Jeffery Napolitano and James McNeice arrived. Malia, who has a mostly drug-related criminal record stretching back decades and a variety of aliases — including Warren Beer and Daniel…

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