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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police grab would-be GWB jumper from East Rutherford Port Authority police grab would-be GWB jumper from East Rutherford Port Authority police grab would-be GWB jumper from East Rutherford
Port Authority police grab would-be GWB jumper from East Rutherford YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 37-year-old East Rutherford man remained hospitalized this morning after two Port Authority police officers grabbed him as he stood on the outer railing of the George Washington Bridge and threatened to jump last night. An hour or so earlier, East Rutherford police notified Port Authority police that the distraught Asian man had been reported missing and was believed headed to the bridge. A comprehensive canvass didn’t turn up anything, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Another driver summoned PAPD police after seeing the man ge…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Crashes jam Route 4 in Teaneck, Route 17 in Hackensack, pedestrian struck Crashes jam Route 4 in Teaneck, Route 17 in Hackensack, pedestrian struck Crashes jam Route 4 in Teaneck, Route 17 in Hackensack, pedestrian struck
Crashes jam Route 4 in Teaneck, Route 17 in Hackensack, pedestrian struck UPDATE: No serious injuries were reported in a pileup involving no fewer than eight cars on Route 4 West at the Sussex Road bridge in Teaneck, backing up traffic for miles — one of three incidents on a quarter-mile stretch of the westbound highway during this morning’s rush, responders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Meanwhile, a female pedestrian was semi-responsive after being struck at Teaneck Road and State Street in Teaneck. She was taken to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center. An investigation that closed the roadway was ongoing. In Hackensack, a rear-ender closed the…

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities charge Liberian national with stealing $100,000 from Bergen County small business owners Authorities charge Liberian national with stealing $100,000 from Bergen County small business owners Authorities charge Liberian national with stealing $100,000 from Bergen County small business owners
Authorities charge Liberian national with stealing $100,000 from Bergen County small business owners YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Liberian national swiped more than $100,000 from the bank accounts of several small business owners in Bergen County through an elaborate scheme before a group of law enforcement agencies combined to bring him down, authorities announced this afternoon. Miokar B. Wehye, who turns 42 this Sunday, changed victims’ mailing addresses, opened bank accounts in their names, used counterfeit checks to make illegal withdrawals from their bank accounts — and even applied for bogus names using their identities, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Molinelli said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack home health care aide from Fort Lee agrees to four years in prison for Medicaid fraud Hackensack home health care aide from Fort Lee agrees to four years in prison for Medicaid fraud Hackensack home health care aide from Fort Lee agrees to four years in prison for Medicaid fraud
Hackensack home health care aide from Fort Lee agrees to four years in prison for Medicaid fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee home health care aide working for a Hackensack-based agency admitted today that he billed Medicaid for services he didn’t provide during a period when he was working another job — or out of the country. Elhan Gurban, 52, agreed to pay $64,125 in restitution as part of his deal with state prosecutors in exchange for a four-year prison sentence. Gurban, who originally was charged with 45 counts of health care claims fraud and one count each of Medicaid fraud and theft by deception, was a certified homemaker home health aide at Confident Care Corporation, w…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Russian national in unprecedented hacking, data-breach brought before federal judge in Newark Russian national in unprecedented hacking, data-breach brought before federal judge in Newark Russian national in unprecedented hacking, data-breach brought before federal judge in Newark
Russian national in unprecedented hacking, data-breach brought before federal judge in Newark BEYOND BERGEN: A Russian national who authorities said conspired in the the largest hacking and data-breach plot ever prosecuted in the U.S. was brought before a federal judge in Newark this afternoon after being extradited from the Netherlands. Vladimir Drinkman, 34, pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. Drinkman, of Syktyykar and Moscow, was one of five principals whom U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said targeted NASDAQ, JetBlue and Dow Jones, among others, in the scheme. “Financial institutions, credit card companies, and consumers suffered hundreds of millions in losses” followin…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police charge Little Ferry man with grabbing officer’s gun in ambulance Hackensack police charge Little Ferry man with grabbing officer’s gun in ambulance Hackensack police charge Little Ferry man with grabbing officer’s gun in ambulance
Hackensack police charge Little Ferry man with grabbing officer’s gun in ambulance ONLY ON CVP: A drunken Little Ferry man who was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance grabbed a Hackensack police officer’s service weapon but was subdued before he could get it from the holster, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT today. Carlos Eddie Bonilla, 34, posted $20,000 bail and was released from the Bergen County Jail last Wednesday, two days after the incident, records obtained from the jail indicate. He is officially charged with trying to disarm a law enforcement officer. Bonilla “was being transported to Hackensack University Medical Center by ambulance for being highly…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes police latest to charge Garfield cleaning woman with stealing to feed heroin habit Franklin Lakes police latest to charge Garfield cleaning woman with stealing to feed heroin habit Franklin Lakes police latest to charge Garfield cleaning woman with stealing to feed heroin habit
Franklin Lakes police latest to charge Garfield cleaning woman with stealing to feed heroin habit YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Franklin Lakes police became the fifth law enforcement agency in North Jersey this month to charge a former Garfield cleaning woman with burglarizing the homes of employers to feed a heroin habit. Criminal complaints for stealing $3,500 worth of jewelry while working as a housekeeper were served by Franklin Lakes detectives on 23-year-old Aleksandra Polkowska at the Bergen County Jail, where she remained held today. Charges from four different Bergen towns have pushed her bail to a combined $75,000. A warrant also was issued out of Boonton, where detectives charged…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Group launching campaign to legalize, tax, regulate pot in NJ Group launching campaign to legalize, tax, regulate pot in NJ Group launching campaign to legalize, tax, regulate pot in NJ
Group launching campaign to legalize, tax, regulate pot in NJ A group of civil rights, law enforcement, medical and religious representatives plan to officially launch a campaign tomorrow to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in New Jersey. New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform (NJUMR) has scheduled an 11 a.m. news conference tomorrow at the Newark Club. Scheduled speakers: • Jon-Henry Barr, president of New Jersey Municipal Prosecutors Association; • Richard Smith, president of the NAACP New Jersey State Conference; • Udi Ofer, executive director of ACLU-NJ; • Dr. David L. Nathan, a Princeton-based psychiatrist and clinical associate pro…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Family finds missing Upper Saddle River bearded collie Family finds missing Upper Saddle River bearded collie Family finds missing Upper Saddle River bearded collie
Family finds missing Upper Saddle River bearded collie SHOUT OUT: A 9-year-old bearded collie named Madison from Upper Saddle River who went missing on Friday turned up on Wednesday — outside her family’s house. Madison is white, black and gray, about 50 pounds and in perfectly good health. Madison is found outside her Upper Saddle River home Although one of five well-trained champion dogs owned by John and Leslie Cosares, “she’s the only one of the group who’s skittish, even at home,” their daughter, Justine, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT as the search continued on Monday. “If she doesn’t know you, she’ll run,” she said. “So please don’t chase he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
‘Missing’ Ramapo Reservation hiker either got out OK or never existed, authorities say ‘Missing’ Ramapo Reservation hiker either got out OK or never existed, authorities say ‘Missing’ Ramapo Reservation hiker either got out OK or never existed, authorities say
‘Missing’ Ramapo Reservation hiker either got out OK or never existed, authorities say UPDATE: After more than six hours of searching for a man who’d called and said he’d injured his leg in the Ramapo Mountain Reservation, authorities said they suspected that he gotten out on his own and neglected to call them back– or that he never existed in the first place. “If he ever was there, he disappeared,” one responder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “It’s like the Great Houdini.” A New Jersey State Police helicopter joined Mahwah, Oakland, Ringwood and state park police and the West Milford Search and Rescue unit in scouring the Bear Swamp section, among other areas of the 3,000+-acre …

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