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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Warren County man admits $3.7M mortgage fraud involving Wood-Ridge property Warren County man admits $3.7M mortgage fraud involving Wood-Ridge property Warren County man admits $3.7M mortgage fraud involving Wood-Ridge property
Warren County man admits $3.7M mortgage fraud involving Wood-Ridge property YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Warren County man admitted today that he concealed a scheme with his wife that produced $3.7 million in falsely-obtained mortgage loans for two properties — one in Wood-Ridge and the other in the town where they live. Zbigniew Cichy, 45, owned and operated Global Builders LLC, a construction company, while his wife, 48-year-old Ania Nowak was the owner and operator of A.N. Title Agency LLC, the government said. She also was an agent for Stewart Title Guaranty Company. Nowak last week admitted fraudulently obtaining seven mortgage loans, including one for a Union …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Teaneck ex-con indicted in Tenafly burglary Teaneck ex-con indicted in Tenafly burglary Teaneck ex-con indicted in Tenafly burglary
Teaneck ex-con indicted in Tenafly burglary ONLY ON CVP: A 30-year-old ex-con already facing a string of charges for his role in what became a police chase from Englewood to Paramus following the thefts of copper piping last April was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack in connection with a November 2013 burglary in Tenafly. Rameesh Dula, 30, of Teaneck, cut the cable wires before burglarizing an Engle Street home, the indictment returned this week says. Dula, who remained held in the Bergen County Jail on a combined bail just under $150,000, has a history of arrests for drugs, weapons and other offenses, records show. Police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook sex offender charged with guns, ammo, threats Saddle Brook sex offender charged with guns, ammo, threats Saddle Brook sex offender charged with guns, ammo, threats
Saddle Brook sex offender charged with guns, ammo, threats YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A convicted sex offender who forced the evacuation of his Saddle Brook neighborhood last winter was indicted by a grand jury on charges of having four illegal guns and a collection of homemade pipe bombs after threatening his girlfriend’s two daughters with a rifle. Robert Sunday, 52, pointed a .223-caliber Ruger rifle at both “with extreme indifference to human life,” the 11-count indictment returned in Hackensack says. Sunday also had two black powder rifles and a black powder handgun, in addition to the pipe bombs, it says. As a convicted felon, he was prohibi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Aftermath of massive Edgewater fire: charity, support, stark images Aftermath of massive Edgewater fire: charity, support, stark images Aftermath of massive Edgewater fire: charity, support, stark images
Aftermath of massive Edgewater fire: charity, support, stark images SLIDESHOW/UPDATE: Citizens and officials, public servants and strangers, businesses and individuals all drew tight today around the more than 1,000 people displaced by a ravenous apartment complex fire in Edgewater last night. Firefighters, meanwhile, continued to pour water on what remained of the main building of the Avalon at Edgewater development between Undercliff Avenue and River Road — the scene of a similar, less-devastating blaze nearly 15 years ago — as evacuees were allowed in briefly to retrieve whatever they could. Those working tonight have generator-powered lighting. C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota driver assists pedestrian after crash Bogota driver assists pedestrian after crash Bogota driver assists pedestrian after crash
Bogota driver assists pedestrian after crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police were searching for a driver who got out of his car and helped up a woman he knocked down in Bogota this afternoon. “It’s not technically a hit and run,” Detective Capt. James Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after reviewing surveillance video of the incident. “She was standing in the middle of the street and went straight down, then got back up,” Sepp said. “He walked her from the street to the curb, they talked a bit and she walked away from him. He walked to his car and stood there awhile. Then he got back in and left.” The woman seemed OK but was taken to Ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police charge boy, 13, in connection with $7,000 worth of damage in school vandalism attack Wyckoff police charge boy, 13, in connection with $7,000 worth of damage in school vandalism attack Wyckoff police charge boy, 13, in connection with $7,000 worth of damage in school vandalism attack
Wyckoff police charge boy, 13, in connection with $7,000 worth of damage in school vandalism attack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 13-year-old Wyckoff boy caused nearly $7,000 worth of damage to a local school earlier this month — prying swipe card access readers off six doors, tearing 93 window screens, destroying a door handle and severing supports for a memorial tree, police said this afternoon. Detectives filed a delinquency complaint against the youth today, charging him with criminal mischief, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. Eisenhower Middle School officials reported the damage on Jan. 5. Police using surveillance video identified their suspect, Fox said. He was released to his…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Driver charged with Fair Lawn DWI crash that injured Midland Park woman, 63 Driver charged with Fair Lawn DWI crash that injured Midland Park woman, 63 Driver charged with Fair Lawn DWI crash that injured Midland Park woman, 63
Driver charged with Fair Lawn DWI crash that injured Midland Park woman, 63 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 63-year-old Midland Park woman crawled from her car last night after it was slammed into a Fair Lawn utility pole by a vehicle whose driver was drunk, police said. Joseph Davidson, 33, of Hawthorne, was trying to change lanes in his 2006 Chrysler when it slammed into the woman’s 2014 Volvo, sending it off northbound Route 208 near Maple Avenue and into the pole just before 9 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said this afternoon. The toppled pole trapped the woman, who managed to get out, he said. Fair Lawn Ambulance took her to The Valley Hospital with head, chest and a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater apartment complex fire photos by Jack Dunn Edgewater apartment complex fire photos by Jack Dunn Edgewater apartment complex fire photos by Jack Dunn
Edgewater apartment complex fire photos by Jack Dunn PHOTOS: Photographer Jack Dunn of Regional Fire Photos worked last night’s Edgewater fire, producing dozens of captivating shots — including one of his father, a firefighter, witnessing the destruction. Some of them are collected in this slide show: MANY MORE are at: Regional FIRE Photos  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
How you can donate to the displaced families of Edgewater fire How you can donate to the displaced families of Edgewater fire How you can donate to the displaced families of Edgewater fire
How you can donate to the displaced families of Edgewater fire PHOTOS: Courtesy CITY PLACE HOW YOU CAN HELP: City Place in Edgewater has become the official collection point for donation and relief efforts for the hundreds of families burned from their homes in the Avalon fire last night. A host of volunteers, including local students, are hard at work at the Donation & Relief Center, which opened its doors at noon today and will remain in operation on the City Place promenade next to Fleming’s Steakhouse. Donations are coming in (PHOTOS: Courtesy CITY PLACE) Among the items they’re requesting: • bottled water • nonperishable foods • p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police arrest three more for heroin — from Bergenfield, Dumont Elmwood Park police arrest three more for heroin — from Bergenfield, Dumont Elmwood Park police arrest three more for heroin — from Bergenfield, Dumont
Elmwood Park police arrest three more for heroin — from Bergenfield, Dumont YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police arrested residents from Bergenfield and Dumont in separate heroin busts yesterday. The first was at 4 p.m., when 31-year-old Matthew Clark of Dumont was taken into custody after officer reporting finding him carrying 40 bags of heroin after being stopped around 4 p.m. on East 53rd Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Clark was released on a summons on drug possession charges and issued a ticket for having drugs in a car, the chief said. Also released without bail on possession charges were John Schiraldi, 24, and 20-year-old Matthew Dane…

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