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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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IRS reminder: YOU are responsible for your tax return IRS reminder: YOU are responsible for your tax return IRS reminder: YOU are responsible for your tax return
IRS reminder: YOU are responsible for your tax return PUBLIC SERVICE: As you get your paperwork in order for the IRS this tax filing season, remember: It’s your responsibility for what is on your return. “Dishonest return preparers use a variety of methods to cheat the government,” warns Jonathan D. Larsen, the special agent in charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation unit in Newark, cautioning taxpayers to be careful in selecting a return preparer. When the IRS detects a fraudulent return, the taxpayer – not the return preparer – must pay the additional taxes and interest and may be subject to penalties, Larsen noted. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Feds arrest Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill on health care fraud charges Feds arrest Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill on health care fraud charges Feds arrest Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill on health care fraud charges
Feds arrest Englewood doctor with office in Cresskill on health care fraud charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood physician with offices in Cresskill and Little Falls was arrested by federal agents on fraud charges this morning after an indictment in Newark was unsealed. Albert Ades, a 60-year-old family medicine physician, is charged with fraudulently billing Medicare, Medicaid and private health care insurance companies hundreds of thousands of dollars for office visits that never happened, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court charges. Ades was indicted by a grand jury on Friday on one count of health care fraud and 35 counts of “making false statements re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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‘Chubby’ bandit in New England Patriots cap robs Hasbrouck Heights bank of $1,200 ‘Chubby’ bandit in New England Patriots cap robs Hasbrouck Heights bank of $1,200 ‘Chubby’ bandit in New England Patriots cap robs Hasbrouck Heights bank of $1,200
‘Chubby’ bandit in New England Patriots cap robs Hasbrouck Heights bank of $1,200 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A short, chubby man handed a Hasbrouck Heights bank teller a note and made off with at least $1,200 cash this morning, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. *      *      *      *      *      * EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Maywood police not only solved the robbery of a Lodi bank when their suspect stopped for coffee moments after the holdup today: He also was caught on surveillance footage robbing a bank in Toms River earlier this month, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. READ MORE…. *      *      *      *      *      *  The robber hit the Wells Fargo branch at 181 Boulevard right aro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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North Arlington detective grabs paroled murderer with cocaine North Arlington detective grabs paroled murderer with cocaine North Arlington detective grabs paroled murderer with cocaine
North Arlington detective grabs paroled murderer with cocaine YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 70-year-old paroled murderer was carrying nearly two dozen small bags of cocaine when he was nabbed by a North Arlington detective over the weekend, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Kenneth Grochulski, of North Arlington, was talking with a woman in the back of a building at 350 Belleville Turnpike when Detective Agostino Feola approached them just after midnight yesterday, Police Chief Louis Ghione said this morning. The woman fled and Grochulski threw down a bag he was carrying, the chief said. Kenneth Grochulski (PHOTO: Courtesy NORTH ARLINGTON PD) Inside…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights Sonic drive-in blaze quickly extinguished Hasbrouck Heights Sonic drive-in blaze quickly extinguished Hasbrouck Heights Sonic drive-in blaze quickly extinguished
Hasbrouck Heights Sonic drive-in blaze quickly extinguished PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Damien Danis (above), CLIFFVIEW PILOT (top) UPDATE: A fire at the Sonic drive-in restaurant in Hasbrouck Heights closed part of Route 17 this morning and was quickly knocked down. The fire in the kitchen’s hot oil system and spread to the walls and ventilation system and went to a second alarm after a Sonic employee flagged down a passing HHPD officer around 8 a.m. An emergency responder at the scene initially reported heavy smoke conditions but no visible fire. The blaze was extinguished less than 15 minutes later. One lane of Route 17 was eve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Fire destroys Englewood multi-family Fire destroys Englewood multi-family Fire destroys Englewood multi-family
Fire destroys Englewood multi-family YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A two-alarm fire destroyed an Englewood multi-family house last night. No immediate injuries were reported. Firefighters from Hackensack, Tenafly and Teaneck Box 54 responded along with their Englewood colleagues to the Humphrey Street blaze, while Bergenfield, Bogota, Leonia provided city coverage. IMAGES: Courtesy REGIONAL FIRE PHOTOS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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New York City women accused of conning elderly Leonia man out of $134,000 indicted New York City women accused of conning elderly Leonia man out of $134,000 indicted New York City women accused of conning elderly Leonia man out of $134,000 indicted
New York City women accused of conning elderly Leonia man out of $134,000 indicted EXCLUSIVE: A grand jury in Hackensack returned a theft indictment against two New York City women who police said scammed an elderly Leonia man out of $134,000 — and were about him to leave his half-million dollar home to them when a social services worker called borough detectives. The victim, now 91, had just been released from a local hospital in August 2012 when Sable S. Edwards, 26 (above, left), and Teresa V. Butch, 28 (right), “went up and identified themselves as caretakers and companions for senior citizens,” Leonia Police Chief Thomas Rowe said after they were arrested more than a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Lyndhurst Burger King closed after power surge ignites kitchen fryer fire Lyndhurst Burger King closed after power surge ignites kitchen fryer fire Lyndhurst Burger King closed after power surge ignites kitchen fryer fire
Lyndhurst Burger King closed after power surge ignites kitchen fryer fire OVERNIGHT: Power surges to a deep fryer ignited a fire that was contained to a kitchen area, with a minor extension to a duct, at the Lyndhurst Burger King last night. Firefighters were investigating several power-related incidents when the Park Avenue call came in at 10:52 p.m., Lyndhurst Fire Chief Paul Haggerty Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. No one was injured, he said. North Arlington provided the FAST team and Rutherford an engine company to cover additional calls created by several power surges. “The establishment has been red-tagged by the fire official and construction…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Firefighters rescue driver after car goes airborne into Hackensack shopping center parking lot Firefighters rescue driver after car goes airborne into Hackensack shopping center parking lot Firefighters rescue driver after car goes airborne into Hackensack shopping center parking lot
Firefighters rescue driver after car goes airborne into Hackensack shopping center parking lot PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Willy Thompson (TOP), Chris Leon (ABOVE) YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An out-of-control sedan went airborne and into the parking lot of a Hackensack shopping center this afternoon, clipping a passerby and pinning the driver, who responders aid didn’t appear seriously injured after firefighters from Hackensack and Maywood cut her out. The woman, who appeared to be in her late 50s, told police she didn’t know why she suddenly lost control of the car, which careened onto Passaic Street, hit an SUV and flipped back into the lot over a row of bushes, landing on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Officer Christopher Goodell of Waldwick, Stephen Petruzzello of Cliffside Park to be honored in 2015 Police Unity Tour Officer Christopher Goodell of Waldwick, Stephen Petruzzello of Cliffside Park to be honored in 2015 Police Unity Tour Officer Christopher Goodell of Waldwick, Stephen Petruzzello of Cliffside Park to be honored in 2015 Police Unity Tour
Officer Christopher Goodell of Waldwick, Stephen Petruzzello of Cliffside Park to be honored in 2015 Police Unity Tour PHOTOS ABOVE: Courtesy PARAMUS PD TRIBUTE: Fallen Police Officers Christopher Goodell of Waldwick and Stephen Petruzzello of Cliffside Park will be on the minds of many of the riders participating in this year’s Policy Unity Tour. Contingents from Bergen County and elsewhere will be honoring Goodell, 32, who was working a radar detail in his unmarked cruiser, parked on the shoulder of southbound Route 17, when it was struck by an 18-wheeler driven by a Brooklyn trucker the morning of July 17 last year. The impact instantly killed him. Waldwick P.O. Christopher Goodell They’ll also ho…

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