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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont chimney sweep hospitalized in 2-story roof fall Dumont chimney sweep hospitalized in 2-story roof fall Dumont chimney sweep hospitalized in 2-story roof fall
Dumont chimney sweep hospitalized in 2-story roof fall UPDATE: A 24-year-old chimney sweep was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center this morning after falling more than 20 feet from a Dumont roof. The victim didn’t lose consciousness after the 10:10 a.m. incident on Blanche Court, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was transported by the Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

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Rutherford, NJ
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Lyndhurst, Rutherford PBAs to join salon in ‘Cut-a-Thon’ for NJ Special Olympics Lyndhurst, Rutherford PBAs to join salon in ‘Cut-a-Thon’ for NJ Special Olympics Lyndhurst, Rutherford PBAs to join salon in ‘Cut-a-Thon’ for NJ Special Olympics
Lyndhurst, Rutherford PBAs to join salon in ‘Cut-a-Thon’ for NJ Special Olympics SHOUT OUT: A “Cut-A-Thon” with all proceeds going to this year’s Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run is set for Sunday, May 3 at 605 Salon in Lyndhurst. 605 Salon manager Alison Inglese is sponsoring the fundraising event with Rutherford PBA Local 300 and Lyndhurst PBA 202 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All donations and 100% of the proceeds from the haircuts will help fund the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run, which annually raises money to support the Special Olympics New Jersey. The 2015 Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games are scheduled the weekend of June 12-14 at The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment names Englewood Cliffs mother, daughter in $300,000 real estate fraud Indictment names Englewood Cliffs mother, daughter in $300,000 real estate fraud Indictment names Englewood Cliffs mother, daughter in $300,000 real estate fraud
Indictment names Englewood Cliffs mother, daughter in $300,000 real estate fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three clients were scammed out of $300,000 by a self-employed consultant from Englewood Cliffs and her daughter, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges. Between May 2009 and April of last year, Anna Lee and her daughter, Jennifer Lee of downtown Manhattan schemed to bilk the victims in loan modification agreements for their houses or apartments involving services that they said included attorney’s fees, escrow funds and processing costs, authorities charge. Anna Lee laundered the money through her business, Donche Consulting Corporation, while…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Tickets still available for Mahwah Fire Company 1 tricky tray TONIGHT Tickets still available for Mahwah Fire Company 1 tricky tray TONIGHT Tickets still available for Mahwah Fire Company 1 tricky tray TONIGHT
Tickets still available for Mahwah Fire Company 1 tricky tray Tonight SHOUT OUT: Tickets are available at the door for tonight’s tricky tray fundraiser at Mahwah Fire Company 1. Tickets are only $10. Admission includes coffee, cake and one sheet of Level 1 prize tickets. 7 p.m. / 100 Miller Road, Mahwah CALL: Tim Tedesco (551) 265-1114

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Four GWB suicides in 9 days Four GWB suicides in 9 days Four GWB suicides in 9 days
Four GWB suicides in 9 days UPDATE: A 23-year-old Wall Township woman who authorities said jumped from the George Washington Bridge late this afternoon after leaving a note became the fourth GWB suicide in the past nine days and third in five. Witnesses said she “scaled the fence after removing her shoes and jumped from midspan around 4:30 [p.m.] after walking west from the New York side,” the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. PAPD officers responding from the New Jersey side recovered her shoes, Pentangelo said. The NYPD Harbor Patrol was searching for her as night fell. It was th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater police grab 2 on bus after shoplifting gets physical Edgewater police grab 2 on bus after shoplifting gets physical Edgewater police grab 2 on bus after shoplifting gets physical
Edgewater police grab 2 on bus after shoplifting gets physical ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A shoplifter who knocked down a female Target security guard was caught by an Edgewater police officer moments after he and an accomplice boarded a bus on River Road, authorities said. Officer James Dalton was joined by Officer Tina Pothos after he saw Mario Lorenzo Guzman, 30 (above, left), and 28-year-old Edis Kaleci (right) board the bus outside the McDonalds in The Commons Mall and stopped it yesterday afternoon, Detective Sgt. Brian Van Wettering told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The officers separated the pair, who gave conflicting stories, Van Wettering said this afternoon. …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fire roars through Englewood house Fire roars through Englewood house Fire roars through Englewood house
Fire roars through Englewood house STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving PHOTOS: A three-alarm fire blew through an Englewood home this afternoon. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in the Shepard Avenue blaze, which drew assistance from firefighters from Bogota, Hackensack, Leonia, Teaneck and a Tenafly FAST. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities charge Wayne man with sexually abusing Lyndhurst boy Authorities charge Wayne man with sexually abusing Lyndhurst boy Authorities charge Wayne man with sexually abusing Lyndhurst boy
Authorities charge Wayne man with sexually abusing Lyndhurst boy YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 21-year-old Wayne man was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a Lyndhurst boy with whom authorities said he had illicit conversations on social media and through texts. Nicholas Paradiso, who works as a cook and counterman at an Italian restaurant, was being held on $300,000 bail in he Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. Paradiso twice “engaged in inappropriate sexual activity” with the boy, both when 12 and after he’d turned 13, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said ths afternoon. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen detectives bust retired Paterson police officer with Oxy, guns Bergen detectives bust retired Paterson police officer with Oxy, guns Bergen detectives bust retired Paterson police officer with Oxy, guns
Bergen detectives bust retired Paterson police officer with Oxy, guns YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A retired Paterson police officer was busted selling Oxycodone to an undercover Bergen County narcotics detective who responded to his Craigslist ad, authorities said. Gines Rodriguez III, 43, of Pompton Lakes also had three handguns seized — a .40-caliber Glock, an .9mm H&K and a .25-caliber Colt — after he was taken into custody last night by members of the Bergen County Narcotic Task Force and Clifton police outside a Van Houten Avenue Walgreens in Clifton, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Detectives also seized suspected Oxyco…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson teen wasn’t wearing seat belt in fatal ejection crash, authorities say Emerson teen wasn’t wearing seat belt in fatal ejection crash, authorities say Emerson teen wasn’t wearing seat belt in fatal ejection crash, authorities say
Emerson teen wasn’t wearing seat belt in fatal ejection crash, authorities say UPDATE: Bergen County authorities on Friday, April 24 filed a vehicular homicide complaint against a 17-year-old probationary Emerson driver responsible for a single-car crash that killed her best friend Wednesday night. READ MORE…. PREVIOUS STORY: Stephanie Morgan, 18, was in the front seat and not wearing a seat belt as the northbound 2008 Nissan Pathfinder rounded a 45-degree curve on Hasbrouck Avenue at Chestnut Street, slid sideways and hit a curb as the driver apparently tried to steer out of the skid around 8:40 p.m. Stephanie Morgan “The Pathfinder continued, in a yaw, traveling…

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