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
Queens man charged with scamming Moonachie company out of $30,000 by posing as lawyer Queens man charged with scamming Moonachie company out of $30,000 by posing as lawyer Queens man charged with scamming Moonachie company out of $30,000 by posing as lawyer
Queens man charged with scamming Moonachie company out of $30,000 by posing as lawyer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A finance manager from Queens posed as a lawyer collecting a debt to swindle $30,000 from a Moonachie beauty products wholesaler, authorities charged today. Detectives arrested Robert M. Paez, 40, of Woodhaven earlier today on charges of theft by deception, forgery, computer-related theft and practicing law without a license. Paez was released without bail pending an arraignment in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack tomorrow, said Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. Members of his White Collar Crimes Unit charged Paez afer a four-month investigation of…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: East Rutherford truck fire PHOTOS: East Rutherford truck fire PHOTOS: East Rutherford truck fire
Photos: East Rutherford truck fire CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos PHOTOS: East Rutherford firefighters douse a truck fire on Hackensack Street across from the Chase Bank branch early this afternoon.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington firefighter indicted on insurance fraud charges in hit and run Wallington firefighter indicted on insurance fraud charges in hit and run Wallington firefighter indicted on insurance fraud charges in hit and run
Wallington firefighter indicted on insurance fraud charges in hit and run ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Wallington firefighter and first aid squad member made up a story about being struck by a hit-and-run driver outside the borough firehouse last summer, an indictment returned today in Hackensack alleges. An “all-out” hunt for the phantom driver led investigators back to Joseph Fehl, 37, of Hasbrouck Heights following a review of area surveillance video and a series of interviews, Detective Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after arresting Fehl last July 3. Fehl told police that he was struck by a dark, compact vehicle on Park Row off Adamson Street that then too…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson man in DWI chase charged with threatening Wyckoff police officers Paterson man in DWI chase charged with threatening Wyckoff police officers Paterson man in DWI chase charged with threatening Wyckoff police officers
Paterson man in DWI chase charged with threatening Wyckoff police officers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson man who received 14 summonses following a drunk-driving chase last summer threatened two Wyckoff officers, an indictment returned in Hackensack alleges. Officer James Bakelaar clocked 35-year-old Michael C. Scian at 74 miles an hour on Route 208 just before 3 a.m. last July 12, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said at the time. Scian pulled off at Cedar Hill Avenue and continued going through several streets before bailing out at the end of Brewster Road, Fox said. A Midland Park officer spotted Scian at Sicomac and Cedar Hill avenues and took him into custod…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Morris man beat friend to death with fists on Route 80 in Elmwood Park after ZZ Top concert, prosecutor says Morris man beat friend to death with fists on Route 80 in Elmwood Park after ZZ Top concert, prosecutor says Morris man beat friend to death with fists on Route 80 in Elmwood Park after ZZ Top concert, prosecutor says
Morris man beat friend to death with fists on Route 80 in Elmwood Park after ZZ Top concert, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Morris County man beat his friend to death after their car crashed on Route 80 in Elmwood Park and then walked away following a ZZ Top concert in Englewood, a prosecutor told a judge in Hackensack this morning. The judge nonetheless reduced bail for Jared Clackner from $500,000 to to $300,000 full cash with no 10% option, citing his ties to the community. Clackner was a passenger in a blue 1996 Oldmobile Sierra driven by his friend, 61-year-old William Henning, that New Jersey State Police said crashed into a guardrail at milepost 61.6 during an argument between …

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Package thief sought by Fair Lawn police Package thief sought by Fair Lawn police Package thief sought by Fair Lawn police
Package thief sought by Fair Lawn police HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Fair Lawn police were searching for a man accused of snatching a package from a resident’s porch yesterday. What the alleged thief didn’t know, a neighbor said, was that the box contained crayons. “He walked up my friend’s driveway off Morlot Avenue about 2:30 in the afternoon and took a box from Amazon and put it in a blue bag [that] he carried with him,” she said. He was wearing a black Adidas backpack, a black coat and Nike sneakers. If you see or know him, police asked that you call them: (201) 796-1400.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia ex-con gets month to take plea deal or be tried for sexually assaulting girl, 16, in van Leonia ex-con gets month to take plea deal or be tried for sexually assaulting girl, 16, in van Leonia ex-con gets month to take plea deal or be tried for sexually assaulting girl, 16, in van
Leonia ex-con gets month to take plea deal or be tried for sexually assaulting girl, 16, in van ONLY ON CVP: Following a series of postponements, a judge in Hackensack yesterday gave a Leonia construction worker accused of sexually assaulting accused a 16-year-old girl last summer another month to accept a five-year plea deal or go to trial. Wilfredo Arias (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Wilfredo Arias, 49, who has remained free on $250,000 bail, approached a CLIFFVIEW PILOT reporter after court yesterday and asked that the proceedings not be reported. “It is hurting my family,” he said. Arias, who has a history of sexual offenses, is ac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Kearny man charged in North Arlington burglary, suspected in another Kearny man charged in North Arlington burglary, suspected in another Kearny man charged in North Arlington burglary, suspected in another
Kearny man charged in North Arlington burglary, suspected in another YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An alert citizen and Kearny police helped nab a man accused in one North Arlington burglary and suspected in another. Joseph Ferguson, 23, of Kearny was carrying various items stolen moments earlier from an Abbott Place home when Kearny Detectives Ray Lopez and Michael Farinola — responding to a 911 call of a suspicious-looking man carrying a GAP shopping bag — grabbed him just before 6 o’clock last night, North Arlington Police Chief Louis Ghione told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. These included several pieces of jewelry, a Play Station, a camera and a cellphone, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Charges pending against Paterson man in Rutherford train station crash Charges pending against Paterson man in Rutherford train station crash Charges pending against Paterson man in Rutherford train station crash
Charges pending against Paterson man in Rutherford train station crash UPDATE: A 24-year-old Paterson man was under the influence when his sedan slammed into a fence and bike rack overnight at the Park Avenue train station and burst into flames, police said. Daquon Ragland was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that responders said didn’t appear life-threatening. Charges were pending. PHOTO: Sean Slattery

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah PBA ‘Dine to Donate’ coming up Mahwah PBA ‘Dine to Donate’ coming up Mahwah PBA ‘Dine to Donate’ coming up
Mahwah PBA ‘Dine to Donate’ coming up SHOUT OUT: Mahwah PBA Local 143 is hosting a “Dine to Donate” at Houlihan’s on Route 17 in Ramsey from 5-9 p.m. Thurs., March 26. All proceeds from meals bought at the restaurant during that time will benefit the Mahwah PBA Local 143 Civic Association, a registered 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. All money raised by the Civic Association is donated back to the community each year. Attendees MUST bring the attached flyer the night of the event for the local to get credit for the donation. RSVP (by March 24): [email protected]

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