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
Cliffside Park responders rescue woman from second floor as blaze tears through house Cliffside Park responders rescue woman from second floor as blaze tears through house Cliffside Park responders rescue woman from second floor as blaze tears through house
Cliffside Park responders rescue woman from second floor as blaze tears through house PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Damien Danis UPDATE: Police officers and firefighters rescued a middle-aged woman from the second-floor roof as a Cliffside Park two-family blaze raged tonight. The woman was taken to Holy Name Medical Center with injuries that Fire Chief Teddy Tarabokija told CLIFFVIEW PILOT weren’t considered life-threatening. PHOTO: James Woods Sr. Two firefighters also sustained minor injuries in the blaze, he said. Flames broke out in the 3½-story Oakdene Avenue structure just after 9 p.m., quickly blew through the second floor and then up a third-floor wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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Federal jurors convict rabbi trio in plot to terrorize Jewish men into divorce Federal jurors convict rabbi trio in plot to terrorize Jewish men into divorce Federal jurors convict rabbi trio in plot to terrorize Jewish men into divorce
Federal jurors convict rabbi trio in plot to terrorize Jewish men into divorce BEYOND BERGEN: Three Orthodox Jewish rabbis were convicted today for their roled in a scheme to kidnap and torture a Jewish man into granting his wife a religious divorce. Mendel Epstein, 69, of Lakewood (above, left), Jay “Yaakov” Goldstein, 60, and 39-year-old Binyamin Stimler, both of Brooklyn, were each found gulty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Goldstein and Stimler also were convicted of attempted kidnapping following three days of deliberation after an eight-week trial in U.S. District Court in Trenton. Epstein’s son, 40-year-old David “Ari” Epstein of Lakewood, was found no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock author’s account of the real story behind Pearl Harbor attack bound for paperback Glen Rock author’s account of the real story behind Pearl Harbor attack bound for paperback Glen Rock author’s account of the real story behind Pearl Harbor attack bound for paperback
Glen Rock author’s account of the real story behind Pearl Harbor attack bound for paperback SHOUT OUT: “Operation Snow,” Glen Rock author John Koster’s behind-the-scenes account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, is being released in a new paperback edition as the lead book Regnery Publishing’s World War II collection on May 4. Based on federal papers from the Seeley G. Mudd Library at Princeton and original translations from Russian, Japanese and Korean documents, “Operation Snow” tells how Harry Dexter White, a key U.S. Treasury official, took orders from Vitalii Pavlov, a Soviet agent and later a lieutenant general of the KGB, to start a war between the United States and Japan. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Long Branch man becomes 5th GWB suicide of year Long Branch man becomes 5th GWB suicide of year Long Branch man becomes 5th GWB suicide of year
Long Branch man becomes 5th GWB suicide of year UPDATE: A 54-year-old Long Branch man jumped to his death from the south walkway of the George Washington Bridge earlier today. The man left his black VW on the eastbound upper level, climbed over the railing and jumped around noon, the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. An NYPD Harbor Unit recovered the body and took it to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Pentangelo said. Pronouncement was made at 1:30 p.m, he said. It was the fifth GWB suicide of 2015 (one every 22 days). Eighteen people jumped to their deaths from the span last year (one every 20 days),…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Heroin addict found unconscious in running car on Route 17 with young son in back indicted for child abuse Heroin addict found unconscious in running car on Route 17 with young son in back indicted for child abuse Heroin addict found unconscious in running car on Route 17 with young son in back indicted for child abuse
Heroin addict found unconscious in running car on Route 17 with young son in back indicted for child abuse YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former River Edge woman found passed out on the center console of her car on the shoulder of Route 17 — the engine running and her 3-year-old son crying in the back seat — was indicted on child abuse charges. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack also charges Jennifer Feola with heroin possession. Responding to a 911 call from a local business owner the night of Jan. 25, officers arrested Feola, 38, after finding her unconscious and the blond-headed boy in back, police said at the time. They seized 32 bags of heroin, a hypodermic needle and a cr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
$500,000 bail for Ecuadoran waiter charged with having sex with Hackensack girl $500,000 bail for Ecuadoran waiter charged with having sex with Hackensack girl $500,000 bail for Ecuadoran waiter charged with having sex with Hackensack girl
$500,000 bail for Ecuadoran waiter charged with having sex with Hackensack girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married Ecuadoran national living in Hackensack repeatedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl beginning three years ago before detectives arrested him yesterday, authorities said. Walter Rodriguez, 36, was being held on $500,000 bail, charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault and one of child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Hackensack police notified members of his Special Victims Unit, who were given “specific details regarding what had occurred” in an interview with the girl. An arraignment was set for tomorrow in Central…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson woman looks to sever connection with husband’s child sex assault case Emerson woman looks to sever connection with husband’s child sex assault case Emerson woman looks to sever connection with husband’s child sex assault case
Emerson woman looks to sever connection with husband’s child sex assault case EXCLUSIVE REPORT: After showing a united front the past 18 months, an Emerson woman charged with covering up her husband’s alleged sex assault of a grade-school girl now hopes to separate her case from his, her lawyer said. Karl Weckstrom, Michele Weckstrom (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) During a court hearing in Hackensack yesterday, defense attorney James M. Doyle said he is filing a bid to sever charges against Michele Weckstrom from the case against Karl Weckstrom. Then, he said, he’ll ask that the charges against her be dismissed. Karl …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Cops in Lyndhurst crosswalks are back Cops in Lyndhurst crosswalks are back Cops in Lyndhurst crosswalks are back
Cops in Lyndhurst crosswalks are back PUBLIC SAFETY: The “Cops in Crosswalks” program returns to Lyndhurst for the next several months, with plainclothes decoys ticketing motorists who don’t stop for pedestrians – as well as people who don’t cross streets where they should. Police hope to educate both drivers and pedestrians, Capt. John Valente said. “This type of enforcement is taking place statewide and for good reason,” he said. Under state law, motorists must stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalks. Violators face fines of up to $200 fine, two points off their driver’s licenses points, 15 days community service and in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood firefighters protect home from driveway blaze Englewood firefighters protect home from driveway blaze Englewood firefighters protect home from driveway blaze
Englewood firefighters protect home from driveway blaze PHOTOS: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD FD PHOTOS: A minivan blaze  extended to the exterior of an Englewood home before firefighters quickly put it down this morning. A Tenafly FAST joined city firefighters at the West Street two-alarm blaze, as flames melted some aluminum siding and electrical wires just after 7:15 a.m. Bogota and Teaneck provided mutual aid. PHOTOS: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD FD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Elmwood Park police arrest one, seek another after Route 46 hotel break-in Elmwood Park police arrest one, seek another after Route 46 hotel break-in Elmwood Park police arrest one, seek another after Route 46 hotel break-in
Elmwood Park police arrest one, seek another after Route 46 hotel break-in YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police caught one man and were searching for another after an employee at the closed Red Carpet Inn on Route 46 interrupted an apparent burglary last night. The employee said he heard glass break around 9:30 p.m. and saw one of the two intruders in the lobby of the hotel, which is still closed after a fire a year ago, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The 6-foot-tall burglar, who was wearing a black hoodie, headed toward the basement and the employee called police, the chief said. Police were establishing a perimeter mom…

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