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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Ridgewood, NJ
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Prestigious NJSACOP executive program certifies Paramus, Ramsey, Ridgewood police chiefs Prestigious NJSACOP executive program certifies Paramus, Ramsey, Ridgewood police chiefs Prestigious NJSACOP executive program certifies Paramus, Ramsey, Ridgewood police chiefs
Prestigious Njsacop executive program certifies Paramus, Ramsey, Ridgewood police chiefs SHOUT OUTS: Police Chiefs Bryan Gurney of Ramsey, Kenneth Ehrenberg of Paramus and John Ward of Ridgewood were among 33 police executives awarded certification by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police through the Accredited Chief/Command Executive (ACE) Program. “The NJSACOP ACE Program is a revisiting of the former Certified Chief Law Enforcement Executive Program (CCLEEP) with a new lean towards accrediting the individual police leader and assuring that experience, formal education and management training, continuing education, and collaboration are formally assessed agains…

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Paramus, NJ
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Bergen Academies teacher sent sexually explicit emails to teen student, prosecutors charge Bergen Academies teacher sent sexually explicit emails to teen student, prosecutors charge Bergen Academies teacher sent sexually explicit emails to teen student, prosecutors charge
Bergen Academies teacher sent sexually explicit emails to teen student, prosecutors charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A teacher at Bergen County Academies was arrested on charges of exchanging sexually explicit emails with a 16-year-old female student, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced this morning. Donald Dewitt, 65, of Warwick, N.Y., was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. “The victim’s sister discovered sexually explicit email correspondence between the victim and [Dewitt] and advised their mother of her findings,” Molinelli said. “The victim’s mother then contacted her local police department, who notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Compute…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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FBI hunts ‘John Doe’ in child exploitation investigation, seeks public’s help FBI hunts ‘John Doe’ in child exploitation investigation, seeks public’s help FBI hunts ‘John Doe’ in child exploitation investigation, seeks public’s help
FBI hunts ‘John Doe’ in child exploitation investigation, seeks public’s help HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? The FBI this morning released images of a man who the bureau said may have critical information about the identity of a victimized girl in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. Images of the man identified as “John Doe 29″ first came to the attention of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January 2008, New Jersey Special FBI Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel said. Images of him were digitally enhanced to provide what Frankel said the bureau hopes are clues that will jog the memory of someone who knows the man or had contact with him. WAT…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Palisades Park restaurant owner charged with tax fraud by IRS-Newark Palisades Park restaurant owner charged with tax fraud by IRS-Newark Palisades Park restaurant owner charged with tax fraud by IRS-Newark
Palisades Park restaurant owner charged with tax fraud by Irs-newark YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Palisades Park man who owns two Jersey Shore eateries was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of tax evasion and five of failing to pay payroll taxes. Nikolaos Psaros was the sole owner of Nick’s Horizon Diner Corporation in Manahawkin and 99% owner of Mariner’s Cove in Brielle, with the other one percent owned by his wife, the Newark office of the federal Internal Revenue Service said this morning. Both businesses generated more than $1 million in revenue in 2009 and 2010, from which Psaros is accused of skimming nearly $607,000 — ducking $190,244 in …

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Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack store owner shot six times in head was targeted, investigators suspect South Hackensack store owner shot six times in head was targeted, investigators suspect South Hackensack store owner shot six times in head was targeted, investigators suspect
South Hackensack store owner shot six times in head was targeted, investigators suspect UPDATE: A South Hackensack store owner from Rockland County gunned down at his Route 46 shop over the weekend was shot six times in the head, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Although robbery hasn’t been officially ruled out, the manner in which 51-year-old Richard Zarriello of Chestnut Ridge in Ramapo was killed leads authorities to strongly suspect that he was targeted. “It looked like someone tried to silence him,” one said. Zarriello was shot at his Clean Sweep Chimney Depot on westbound Route 46 sometime over the weekend. His body was found Sunday night. “He was still breathing when…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Gerry Calabrese ‘had three loves’ — wife, family, Cliffside Park, son of NJ’s longest-serving mayor recalls Gerry Calabrese ‘had three loves’ — wife, family, Cliffside Park, son of NJ’s longest-serving mayor recalls Gerry Calabrese ‘had three loves’ — wife, family, Cliffside Park, son of NJ’s longest-serving mayor recalls
Gerry Calabrese ‘had three loves’ — wife, family, Cliffside Park, son of NJ’s longest-serving mayor recalls TRIBUTE: An era of public service unlike any New Jersey had seen before, or will likely see again, ended early this evening when the state’s longest-serving mayor, Gerald “Gerry” Anthony Calabrese of Cliffside Park, died at 5:20 p.m. with his family beside him. He was 90. Calabrese — who held the office more than 50 years — was a giant of politics not only at the local level but in county, state and national spheres, as well. “He had three loves in his life: my mother, our family, and the Cliffside Park community,” said the iconic mayor’s son, Thomas Calabrese. ARRANGEMENTS: A funeral M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood police nab Colombian national for DWI crashes that injure three Englewood police nab Colombian national for DWI crashes that injure three Englewood police nab Colombian national for DWI crashes that injure three
Englewood police nab Colombian national for DWI crashes that injure three ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Three people sustained minor injuries after their cars were struck in Englewood by a box truck driven by a 56-year-old Colombian national who’d been released just days earlier after spending more than a week in jail. Police units flooded the area of Chestnut and North Dean streets Saturday night after several 911 callers said the truck hit a street sign, a utility pole and the two vehicles just after 7 p.m. Saturday. Officer Adolfo Gutierrez spotted the truck, with heavy front end damage, on South Dean Street about a half-mile from the crashes, Detective Capt. Timothy T…

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Hackensack, NJ
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New Milford store clerk held on Louisiana charges of online child sex chat New Milford store clerk held on Louisiana charges of online child sex chat New Milford store clerk held on Louisiana charges of online child sex chat
New Milford store clerk held on Louisiana charges of online child sex chat YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and New Milford police this morning arrested a borough store clerk wanted out of Louisiana on charges of having sexually explicit online chats with a minor. Ryan Dempsey, 24, was being held without bail in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition. Detectives also seized “images and videos depicting child endangerment” during a raid on his Canterbury Lane home, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. In addition to a fugitive from justice warrant, Dempsey is also charged with child endangerment, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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4 defendants in Fairview card game killing all charged with murder 4 defendants in Fairview card game killing all charged with murder 4 defendants in Fairview card game killing all charged with murder
4 defendants in Fairview card game killing all charged with murder YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: All four defendants arrested in the killing of a Fairview card game operator during a holdup last spring are charged with three counts of murder in a sweeping grand jury indictment returned in Hackensack today that features 10 first-degree and 11 second-degree charges. This comes after a series of bail reductions for both the alleged ringleader, Keshawn Malone, and the accused getaway driver, Blonson Florestal. Also charged are Jose Rivas and Evens Dumas. Malone, Rivas and Dumas were carrying guns the night of May 3 when they stormed the Walker Street apartment o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Carlstadt police nab drunk, disorderly Rockland resident after assault rifle turns up in repossessed pickup Carlstadt police nab drunk, disorderly Rockland resident after assault rifle turns up in repossessed pickup Carlstadt police nab drunk, disorderly Rockland resident after assault rifle turns up in repossessed pickup
Carlstadt police nab drunk, disorderly Rockland resident after assault rifle turns up in repossessed pickup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An intoxicated Rockland County carpenter who Carlstadt police said became unruly after being told his pickup truck had been repossessed was arrested after a loaded assault rifle was found in the vehicle, authorities said. Police responding to a call from 27-year-old Robert Annattone of Suffern that his 2005 Ford F-150 was stolen while he was at Shaker’s GoGo on Hoboken Road Friday night told him it had been repossessed from the Meadowlands Diner parking lot on Route 17 about an hour earlier. Annattone, in turn, was “extremely irate, uncooperative and intoxicated” a…

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