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
Jurors convict New Milford bus boy of raping, killing estranged wife Jurors convict New Milford bus boy of raping, killing estranged wife Jurors convict New Milford bus boy of raping, killing estranged wife
Jurors convict New Milford bus boy of raping, killing estranged wife (l. to r.) Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino; Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors Wayne Mello, Danielle Grootenboer; defense attorneys Brian Neary, S. Emile Lisboa ; Pedro Gutierrez  Defense attorney Brian Neary, Pedro Gutierrez (STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in Hackensack today convicted a New Milford busboy of killing his estranged wife by slashing her throat after tying her up and raping her. Defense attorney Brian Neary, Pedro Gutierrez (STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Distracted driving police enforcement focusing this month on texting motorists Distracted driving police enforcement focusing this month on texting motorists Distracted driving police enforcement focusing this month on texting motorists
Distracted driving police enforcement focusing this month on texting motorists PUBLIC SAFETY: Police this month are concentrating on stopping texting drivers in order to help make area roads safer. Taking your attention off the road — for even just a few seconds — could hurt or kill you or someone else, police say. As a result, police are dedicating the first three weeks of April to aggressively enforce distracted driving laws through a state-funded initiative called “UDrive UText UPay.” The penalties are considered severe (see photo, above). Distracted driving, particularly involving texting, has contributed to a growing number of crashes nationwide, making suc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Woman caught with brass knuckles at JFK, Port Authority police say Woman caught with brass knuckles at JFK, Port Authority police say Woman caught with brass knuckles at JFK, Port Authority police say
Woman caught with brass knuckles at JFK, Port Authority police say BEYOND BERGEN: A Long Island woman was arrested by Port Authority police at JFK Airport this morning after trying to bring a set of brass knuckles aboard a flight, authorities said. Elizabeth Petrakis, 41, of Old Brookville, was released on a court summons charging her with fourth-degree weapons possession after the metal knuckles were found during screening, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this afternoon. PHOTO: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Guatemalan deportee who sexually assaulted Fairview girl caught sneaking back into U.S. Guatemalan deportee who sexually assaulted Fairview girl caught sneaking back into U.S. Guatemalan deportee who sexually assaulted Fairview girl caught sneaking back into U.S.
Guatemalan deportee who sexually assaulted Fairview girl caught sneaking back into U.S. SPECIAL REPORT: An illegal Guatemalan immigrant deported after he sexually assaulted an 8-year old Fairview girl in front of her younger sister was arrested trying to sneak back into the country, according to a published report. U.S. Border Patrol agents captured 34-year-old Abraham A. Chumil near Rio Grande City in Texas at the Mexican border, Breitbart.com reported this morning. A judge in Hackensack sentenced Chumil in November to four years and three months without parole minus 446 days he’d spend in the Bergen County Jail since his Aug. 27, 2013 arrest. A week after the sentencing,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Total in Paramus car sale ripoffs tops $250,000, authorities allege Total in Paramus car sale ripoffs tops $250,000, authorities allege Total in Paramus car sale ripoffs tops $250,000, authorities allege
Total in Paramus car sale ripoffs tops $250,000, authorities allege ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A widening investigation has found that two Paramus car dealership employees pocketed more than $250,000 in deposits, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Steven Amato, 45, of Clifton and Robert Scott, 43, of East Orange were arrested last June following a lengthy investigation by Paramus police working with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Both were charged in connection with deposits from customers at Hyundai of Paramus on Route 4 that were pocketed and not included on applications to finance companies, authorities said. Investigators working with Mercedes Financial S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park man charged with having sex with girl, 14 Elmwood Park man charged with having sex with girl, 14 Elmwood Park man charged with having sex with girl, 14
Elmwood Park man charged with having sex with girl, 14 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unemployed 36-year-old Elmwood Park man posted $50,000 bail and was released yesterday following his arrest on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Rene Casteneda was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact and child endangerment following an investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Elmwood Park police. The girl “disclosed what had taken place to a teacher,” who contacted local police, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. They then called his and the girl was interviewed l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus computer tech held on child sex charge Paramus computer tech held on child sex charge Paramus computer tech held on child sex charge
Paramus computer tech held on child sex charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 46-year-old Paramus computer tech was arrested by borough and Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives on charges of having sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl. The girl, now 14, “recently disclosed to her mother with the help of a close friend” that she’d had “inappropriate sexual activity” with Frank O. Garcia, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Paramus police notified his office, Molinelli said, and the girl “provided specific details” about what happened in an interview with investigators. The state Division of Child Protection and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment charges Guatemalan national with kidnapping, assaulting, terrorizing Palisades Park ex-girlfriend Indictment charges Guatemalan national with kidnapping, assaulting, terrorizing Palisades Park ex-girlfriend Indictment charges Guatemalan national with kidnapping, assaulting, terrorizing Palisades Park ex-girlfriend
Indictment charges Guatemalan national with kidnapping, assaulting, terrorizing Palisades Park ex-girlfriend YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An illegal Guatemalan immigrant who police said burst into his ex-girlfriend’s Palisades Park bedroom, grabbed her by throat, dragged her from house and threatened to kill her was indicted on a trio of charges. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack accuses Abelino De Paz Ajiatas, 21, is accused of kidnapping, terrorizing and assaulting the victim this past Nov. 6. Neighbors called police just before 1 a.m. after hearing the 20-year-old woman’s screams and looking out to see her being assaulted in front of her Roff Avenue home. Officers found her c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police make separate drug arrests in less than 90 minutes Elmwood Park police make separate drug arrests in less than 90 minutes Elmwood Park police make separate drug arrests in less than 90 minutes
Elmwood Park police make separate drug arrests in less than 90 minutes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police seized 25 bags of heroin, two bags of crack and prescription drugs while separately arresting two men, one of whom was wanted on warrants out of Hackensack and Fair Lawn. Eugene Bertolacci, 31, of Northvale was being held on a combined $4,750 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest at 3:15 p.m. yesterday on Iozia Terrace for heroin and crack possession. Less than 90 minutes later, Police Chief Michael Foligno said, officers stopped 38-year-old Thomas Adam of Elmwood Park on Market Street and found him carrying 10 bags of heroin and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck detectives investigate possible connections in separate shootings Teaneck detectives investigate possible connections in separate shootings Teaneck detectives investigate possible connections in separate shootings
Teaneck detectives investigate possible connections in separate shootings UPDATE: Teaneck police this morning said they were trying to determine whether two shots fired at a house last night are related to a similar shooting earlier this week. None of seven people at home when someone shot at the Washington Avenue two-story home around 8:40 p.m. — one of which passed through a glass front door and the other that lodged in the aluminum siding — was injured last night. This follows an incident reported just after 1 a.m. Monday, in which a shigle shot was fired into an Amsterdam Avenue residence, Lt. Andrew McGurr said. None of six people home at the time was inju…

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