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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Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck police charge ex-con with stolen gun, pot, MDMA after raid Teaneck police charge ex-con with stolen gun, pot, MDMA after raid Teaneck police charge ex-con with stolen gun, pot, MDMA after raid
Teaneck police charge ex-con with stolen gun, pot, MDMA after raid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police seized a handgun stolen out of Paramus, marijuana and narcotics paraphernalia during a raid this morning on the home of a local ex-con following a drug investigation, acting Police Chief Robert A. Carney said this afternoon. Corey Washington, 32, was being held on $75,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with illegal weapon and drug offenses — including possession of marijuana and MDMA with the intent to distribute both. Police executed a search warrant at his Beaumont Avenue home following a five-week investigation, Carney said. Besides the…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Two from Bergen among 10 indicted in Paterson-based Oxy ring in ‘Operation White Silk’ Two from Bergen among 10 indicted in Paterson-based Oxy ring in ‘Operation White Silk’ Two from Bergen among 10 indicted in Paterson-based Oxy ring in ‘Operation White Silk’
Two from Bergen among 10 indicted in Paterson-based Oxy ring in ‘Operation White Silk’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Bergen County men were among 10 people indicted by a state grand jury in Trenton today in connection with a Paterson-based oxycodone ring that authorities said distributed more than 1,000 pills a week. John Mosley, 50, of Hackensack (above, left), and 51-year-old Larry Garrett of Lodi (above, right) were arrested as part of “Operation White Silk,” a joint investigation by the state Division of Criminal Justice, the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and the DEA, with help from Paterson and New Jersey State Police. Ten other people already have pleaded guilty in th…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Illegal immigrant charged with choking, threatening to kill Palisades Park ex-girlfriend, 20 Illegal immigrant charged with choking, threatening to kill Palisades Park ex-girlfriend, 20 Illegal immigrant charged with choking, threatening to kill Palisades Park ex-girlfriend, 20
Illegal immigrant charged with choking, threatening to kill Palisades Park ex-girlfriend, 20 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An illegal Guatemalan immigrant burst into his ex-girlfriend’s Palisades Park bedroom, grabbed her by throat, dragged her from house and threatened to kill her before others scared him off, police said. Detectives then went to Edison, where 21-year-old Avelino De Paz Ajiatas worked as a food preparer, and arrested him at his job yesterday, Police Chief Benjamin Ramos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Neighbors called police just before 1 a.m. yesterday after hearing the 20-year-old woman’s screams and looking out to see her being assaulted in front of her Roff Avenue home. O…

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Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck police nab 2 leaving electronics burglary Teaneck police nab 2 leaving electronics burglary Teaneck police nab 2 leaving electronics burglary
Teaneck police nab 2 leaving electronics burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police said they grabbed two township men moments after a burglary yesterday. Denzel Castro, 18, was arrested while trying to flee the Grant Terrace break-in on a stolen bicycle, Acting Police Chief Robert Carney said this afternoon. Police later found 19-year-old Solomon Aluko, who drove off in a Mercedes Benz following the 5:30 p.m. burglary, in which a basement door was forced open, Carney said. Officer Randy Morales had seen the Mercedes leave the area as he responded to the burglary call. Officer Matthew Sanchez also reported seeing two men run fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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PHOTOS: Fire destroys Fair Lawn house PHOTOS: Fire destroys Fair Lawn house PHOTOS: Fire destroys Fair Lawn house
Photos: Fire destroys Fair Lawn house YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: What apparently began as a dryer fire destroyed a Fair Lawn home this morning. No major injuries were reported. The call to the 30th street residence came in around 10:30 a.m., after the fire ran up the walls. Flames spread quickly and blew through the roof. The blaze was brought under control within a half hour but flared up and blew through the roof again, collapsing it. Firefighters from Elmwood Park and Saddle Brook joined their Fair Lawn colleagues. All units were cleared by 1 p.m. PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving   PHOTO: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook cemetery workers stole $180,000 from grieving survivors, prosecutor says Saddle Brook cemetery workers stole $180,000 from grieving survivors, prosecutor says Saddle Brook cemetery workers stole $180,000 from grieving survivors, prosecutor says
Saddle Brook cemetery workers stole $180,000 from grieving survivors, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pair of Saddle Brook cemetery workers took $180,000 from grieving loved ones for plots and mausoleum crypts and used the money for themselves, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning in announcing their arrests. Denise J. Dagostino and Kathy Barbier, both of Garfield, were arrested by members of Molinelli’s White Collar Crimes Squad and Garfield police after representatives of the Archdiocese of Newark alerted them to the thefts at Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Molinelli said. Barbier was being held on $50,000 bail and Dagostino on $25,000 in the Be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Mahwah soccer player knocked out, teeth loosened, opponent charged with assault Mahwah soccer player knocked out, teeth loosened, opponent charged with assault Mahwah soccer player knocked out, teeth loosened, opponent charged with assault
Mahwah soccer player knocked out, teeth loosened, opponent charged with assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A soccer player was arrested after he deliberately knocked out an opposing player, loosening his teeth, during an adult league soccer  match in Mahwah last night, police said. Both teams were tangling in an Adult Bergen County Open Soccer League match at Continental Soldiers Field when police arrived at 9:30 p.m. and separated them, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. They found the 21-year-old Mahwah victim with a cut across his nose, his teeth loosened by a blow to the head that had temporarily knocked him out, the chief said. He was t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Hackers stole 53M email addresses from The Home Depot customers Hackers stole 53M email addresses from The Home Depot customers Hackers stole 53M email addresses from The Home Depot customers
Hackers stole 53M email addresses from The Home Depot customers Hackers stole 53 million email addresses of self-checkout customers from The Home Depot during one of the largest data breaches of its kind this past spring, company officials said — adding that the files didn’t contain passwords, payment card information or other “sensitive” personal information. There is also no evidence that PIN numbers were lifted, the company said. The hackers used a third-party vendor’s user name and password to enter Home Depot’s network in April, then deployed custom-built malware on the company’s self-checkout system, company officials said. The Home Depot even…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Nine Port Authority police rookies fired, 4 suspended in Hoboken graduation booze bash Nine Port Authority police rookies fired, 4 suspended in Hoboken graduation booze bash Nine Port Authority police rookies fired, 4 suspended in Hoboken graduation booze bash
Nine Port Authority police rookies fired, 4 suspended in Hoboken graduation booze bash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Nine rookie Port Authority police officers were fired and four suspended today — and their probations extended a year — as a result of an alcohol-fueled, post-graduation bash in Hoboken this past summer, the agency said this afternoon, confirming a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report from early this morning. “The ones who weren’t terminated were extremely lucky,” one source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, noting that the quasi-public agency can terminate probationary officers without the usual due process or union representation. “Their actions were considered less egregious.” Three supe…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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No injuries in Westwood crash No injuries in Westwood crash No injuries in Westwood crash
No injuries in Westwood crash ONLY ON CVP: A female driver escaped unharmed after her Dodge Durango mounted a sidewalk and crashed into guardrail in Westwood tonight. The crash occurred just after 8 p.m. on Lafayette Avenue near Lake Drive. The vehicle was towed by a flatbed. Westwood police were investigating. STORY/PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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