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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Aftermath of Avalon: A single mom’s story Aftermath of Avalon: A single mom’s story Aftermath of Avalon: A single mom’s story
Aftermath of Avalon: A single mom’s story A FIRE VICTIM WRITES: My son, Amir, called me while I was still at work at 5:30 from the YMCA after-school program at the Eleanor Gelber School across the street. He said families were coming in the school crying. He said he heard there was a fire at our home. I picked up my daughter, Taty, from her school and headed there. There was no serious traffic or much street closures. I was able to pick up Amir. That’s when I saw people running into the school, upset. I parked in the Trader Joe’s lot and went to the community building. Around 6:30-7 p.m. they allowed me to go into my apartme…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Edgewater police: Maintenance workers ignited apartment complex inferno, waited 15 minutes to call 911 Edgewater police: Maintenance workers ignited apartment complex inferno, waited 15 minutes to call 911 Edgewater police: Maintenance workers ignited apartment complex inferno, waited 15 minutes to call 911
Edgewater police: Maintenance workers ignited apartment complex inferno, waited 15 minutes to call 911 Edgewater officials surround Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco at morning news conference as complex continues to smolder in background (CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO) PHOTO: Courtesy Michael Russo PHOTO: Courtesy NYC Scanner PHOTO ABOVE: Courtesy Carmen FuentesPHOTO TOP: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Damien Danis PHOTO: Courtesy Jim Luker UPDATE: Maintenance workers using a blow torch to fix a plumbing leak ignited the fire in a first-floor apartment at the southern side of the four-story main building of the Avalon at Edgewater apartment complex, then waited at least 15 minutes to call…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Teaneck crash Motorcyclist seriously injured in Teaneck crash Motorcyclist seriously injured in Teaneck crash
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Teaneck crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A motorcyclist sustained a serious leg injury when his bike collided with a sedan in Teaneck this afternoon. The 36-year-old victim was conscious when taken to the emergency trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center by the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps after the 1:20 p.m. crash at Queen Anne Road and Johnson Avenue, emergency responders said. The male driver of the sedan remained at the scene. Teaneck police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge denies lower bail for alleged getaway driver in Fairview card game killing, presses prosecutor on indictment Judge denies lower bail for alleged getaway driver in Fairview card game killing, presses prosecutor on indictment Judge denies lower bail for alleged getaway driver in Fairview card game killing, presses prosecutor on indictment
Judge denies lower bail for alleged getaway driver in Fairview card game killing, presses prosecutor on indictment EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack gave county prosecutors two months to seek an indictment against a 20-year-old alleged getaway driver charged in connection with the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview card game operator during a holdup last spring. Blonson Florestal (STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) At the same time, she refused another bail reduction for Blonson Florestal. Judges previously had cut bail for Florestal — first in half from $2 million and then to $750,000, based, in part, on his not being inside the apartment when 50-year-old Jeronimo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes doctor with Paterson, Union City, Newark offices admits health-care fraud Franklin Lakes doctor with Paterson, Union City, Newark offices admits health-care fraud Franklin Lakes doctor with Paterson, Union City, Newark offices admits health-care fraud
Franklin Lakes doctor with Paterson, Union City, Newark offices admits health-care fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Franklin Lakes doctor with offices in Union City, Paterson and Newark admitted in federal court today that he participated in a three-year scheme to defraud the government. Benjamin Sabido, 62, pleaded guilty to health care fraud, admitting that he billed Medicare for services from unlicensed and unsupervised providers, as well as for those that weren’t provided at all. Sabido received $237,182 from Medicare and Medicaid based upon fraudulent claims, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. He “instructed staff to submit bills for physical therapy ser…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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PIP police swear in new officers, sergeants, present valor awards PIP police swear in new officers, sergeants, present valor awards PIP police swear in new officers, sergeants, present valor awards
PIP police swear in new officers, sergeants, present valor awards SHOUT OUTS: The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department this weekend swore in 10 new officers — four of whom just recently were graduated from the police academy and six who entered ths week. Also sworn before several hundred people at the Historic Park Facility in the Fort Lee section of Palisades Interstate Park were promoted Sgts. Raymond Walter and Jock Watkins. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Michael Coppola (PHOTOS: Courtesy PIP POLICE DEPT) The department also presented 17 awards for distinguished acts or achievements. Sworn in by Municipal Judge Marc. A. Raso …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly DWI driver in head-on 9W crash passed cars on shoulder, in opposite lane, witnesses say Tenafly DWI driver in head-on 9W crash passed cars on shoulder, in opposite lane, witnesses say Tenafly DWI driver in head-on 9W crash passed cars on shoulder, in opposite lane, witnesses say
Tenafly DWI driver in head-on 9W crash passed cars on shoulder, in opposite lane, witnesses say CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Yonkers man with a suspended license was drunk when his sedan crossed into oncoming traffic on 9W and slammed into a truck, Tenafly police said. Witnesses said that Joaquin Sanchez, 30, was passing cars on the southbound shoulder and in the northbound lane with his 2008 Chrysler Seabring before the crash around 7:30 a.m. between the Clinton Avenue traffic signal and the Alpine border, Police Capt. John Trainor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The driver of the 2005 International Persistent Construction truck tried to swerve to avoid it but couldn’t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield man charged in brawl stabbing at South Hackensack strip club pleads to lesser charge Garfield man charged in brawl stabbing at South Hackensack strip club pleads to lesser charge Garfield man charged in brawl stabbing at South Hackensack strip club pleads to lesser charge
Garfield man charged in brawl stabbing at South Hackensack strip club pleads to lesser charge ONLY ON CVP: Sporting a scar embedded in his scalp, a Garfield man originally accused of stabbing another man during a wild brawl at a South Hackensack strip club admitted having the knife — but said he couldn’t remember what happened after he got hit in the head with a hammer. Raphael Carrion Jr (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Raphael Carrion Jr., 28, pleaded guilty to illegal weapons possession in Hackensack yesterday in exchange for prosecutors dropping aggravated assault and other weapons charges for stabbing one of the combatants during the o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst man arrested for disrupting Holland Tunnel traffic Lyndhurst man arrested for disrupting Holland Tunnel traffic Lyndhurst man arrested for disrupting Holland Tunnel traffic
Lyndhurst man arrested for disrupting Holland Tunnel traffic YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst man driving with a suspended license was arrested after summoning police on a bogus report of a man with a gun getting out of his car and yelling at him in the middle of the Holland Tunnel, authorities said. Juan Perez, 38, called 911 at 4:15 p.m. yesterday and said that “a person driving a tan auto got out of his vehicle inside the tunnel to yell at him and he saw a gun in that person’s waistband,” Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority Police Department told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Officres located the vehicle on the Jersey City side, got the o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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2015 Lodi Fire Department chiefs, officers sworn 2015 Lodi Fire Department chiefs, officers sworn 2015 Lodi Fire Department chiefs, officers sworn
2015 Lodi Fire Department chiefs, officers sworn SHOUT OUTS: New chiefs and officers of the Lodi Fire Department were sworn to their positions for 2015 last night. From Hose Co. 1: Lt. Justin Ricco, Capt. Louis Ruffel Jr., and 3rd Assistant Chief Archie Dowson. From Hose Co. 2: Lt. Michael Zahorniak, Capt. Steven Cassiello Jr. and 1st Assistant Chief Michael Varrechia. From Fire Co. 1: Lt. Michael Lortz, Capt. Anthony Maiolo and Chief of the Department Ron Cannici. From Rescue Truck Co. 1: Lt. Bart Giaconia, Capt. Michael Barkley and 2nd Assistant Chief John Funk. ALL PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Kevin Teel ALL PHOTOS:…

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