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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Hackensack, NJ
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Libertarian had ‘no particular reason’ to get Bergen judge to order that sheriff release officers’ IDs in internal probes Libertarian had ‘no particular reason’ to get Bergen judge to order that sheriff release officers’ IDs in internal probes Libertarian had ‘no particular reason’ to get Bergen judge to order that sheriff release officers’ IDs in internal probes
Libertarian had ‘no particular reason’ to get Bergen judge to order that sheriff release officers’ IDs in internal probes WHO’S THAT? A Somerset County man who got a judge in Hackensack to order the release of Bergen County Sheriff’s officers’ identities in internal affairs investigations is a libertarian who, by his own count, files an average of 700 public records requests throughout New Jersey each year. “I try to do it consistently throughout the state,” he told NJSpotlight earlier this year. “I probably have no more than five going on in any town at one time.” Paff, who calls himself self-employed, admits that he has “no particular reason” for most of the requests. He just want to see how officials resp…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Major Bergen ID theft probe defendant busted on heroin dealing charges Major Bergen ID theft probe defendant busted on heroin dealing charges Major Bergen ID theft probe defendant busted on heroin dealing charges
Major Bergen ID theft probe defendant busted on heroin dealing charges ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Paterson woman facing charges in connection with a major investigation of an identity theft ring was caught by Fair Lawn police with several ounces of heroin — and quickly released again after posting $50,000 bail. A judge in Hackensack ordered 36-year-old Angel Leary held on $100,000 bail in June 2013 after she was among nearly a dozen people charged by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office with using stolen information to open up lines of credit at various department stores (SEE: Crew bought $150,000 in goods with 70 stolen IDs). Nineteen days later, Leary was relea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Man stabbed outside Teaneck High School among 5 charged in brawl Man stabbed outside Teaneck High School among 5 charged in brawl Man stabbed outside Teaneck High School among 5 charged in brawl
Man stabbed outside Teaneck High School among 5 charged in brawl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police arrested two men and took three juveniles into custody in connection with a fight outside Teaneck High School that sent one of them to the hospital with a stab wound. Amari F. Estiverne, 19, who was stabbed in the brawl, told police he was with two friends when they got into it with another group on school grounds just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Robert Carney said this afternoon. Police responding to the call found him on the Elizabeth Avenue side near the Margaret Street Bridge and no one else around, Carney said. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported exclu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack police, Bergen sheriff’s officers bust 2 in $32G high-end clothing thefts Hackensack police, Bergen sheriff’s officers bust 2 in $32G high-end clothing thefts Hackensack police, Bergen sheriff’s officers bust 2 in $32G high-end clothing thefts
Hackensack police, Bergen sheriff’s officers bust 2 in $32G high-end clothing thefts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Hackensack men shoplifted $32,000 worth of suits, leather jackets and other clothing from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and other high-end stores using Velcro adult diapers before being snagged by members of Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino’s Quality of Life unit, authorities said today. Investigators from the special squad, which joins sheriff’s detectives with their counterparts from Hackensack and other towns, spotted both men at the Riverside Square Mall after being alerted by employees at Saks, Saudino said.  They moved in after one of the two “rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Man, 20, charged in sexual relationship with Garfield girl, 13 Man, 20, charged in sexual relationship with Garfield girl, 13 Man, 20, charged in sexual relationship with Garfield girl, 13
Man, 20, charged in sexual relationship with Garfield girl, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Westchester man had intercourse “multiple times” with a 13-year-old Garfield girl, authorities said today in announcing his arrest. Wilmer Lara of White Plains was being held on $112,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said members of his Special Victims Unit and Garfield police arrested Lara on Wednesday after the girl’s parents contacted authorities and they interviewed her at his office in Paramus. There she “provided specific details regarding her sexu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack surgeon in kickback scheme employed unlicensed practitioner in steroid clinic Hackensack surgeon in kickback scheme employed unlicensed practitioner in steroid clinic Hackensack surgeon in kickback scheme employed unlicensed practitioner in steroid clinic
Hackensack surgeon in kickback scheme employed unlicensed practitioner in steroid clinic UPDATE: A Hackensack orthopedic surgeon charged with taking kickbacks in exchange for referrals to a network of Bergen County-based diagnostic imaging centers allowed a medical school graduate to distribute steroids at his clinic without a license, records show. Michael L. Gross entered into a consent agreement with the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners to avoid any further action following a formal reprimand, the board reported. Gross (Courtesy NJAG’s OFFICE) Besides hiring the unlicensed graduate, Gross “failed to adequately supervise the treatment of patients” at his Active…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Hackensack detectives make prostitution, heroin arrests South Hackensack detectives make prostitution, heroin arrests South Hackensack detectives make prostitution, heroin arrests
South Hackensack detectives make prostitution, heroin arrests ONLY ON CVP: A pair of undercover South Hackensack police details last night netted a Lodi woman on prostitution charges and three Paterson men for dealing heroin. Kristi Linn Villano, 27, propositioned an officer and was arrested before being released on a summons, Capt. Robert Kaiser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A short time later, detectives interrupted a drug deal on Route 46, seized 50 wax folds of heroin stamped “world wide” and took three men into custody, Kaiser said. Held on $15,000 bail each on charges of heroin possession with the intent to distribute the drug are Kashief Davis, 21,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Toppled Fort Lee crane just misses house Toppled Fort Lee crane just misses house Toppled Fort Lee crane just misses house
Toppled Fort Lee crane just misses house YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An operator escaped injury and a Fort Lee house was narrowly missed by a crane that toppled into its side yard during a tree-cutting operation this morning. The 9:30 a.m. incident brought Fort Lee police, firefighters and EMS workers, as well as OSHA inspectors, to Edgewater Lane. The operator from Bay Crane Service in Long Island City declined medical treatment. The house had some damage to a gutter and some shingles when the bucket grazed the corner of the house. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Lyndhurst driver, 74, cut from overturned car Lyndhurst driver, 74, cut from overturned car Lyndhurst driver, 74, cut from overturned car
Lyndhurst driver, 74, cut from overturned car ONLY ON CVP: A 74-year-old driver was cut from his overturned Toyota and taken to the hospital following a collision with a pickup truck in Lyndhurst this morning. Lyndhurst firefighters extricated the elderly driver and EMS workers tended to him before he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the 8:49 a.m. crash at the corner of Court Street and Park Avenue, Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The pickup driver wasn’t injured. Lyndhurst police were first on the scene.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park home health aide goes on spending spree with elderly sisters’ debit card Rochelle Park home health aide goes on spending spree with elderly sisters’ debit card Rochelle Park home health aide goes on spending spree with elderly sisters’ debit card
Rochelle Park home health aide goes on spending spree with elderly sisters’ debit card YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A home health aide went on a spending spree with a debit card stolen from two elderly sisters — buying TVs, clothing, hair-care products and dinner at Red Lobster — before Rochelle Park police tracked her down and arrested her. Kesha Rountree, 32, of Paterson also paid her mother’s cellphone and her own cable bill and bought headphones, gasoline, booze, pizza and groceries with the victim’s card during a two week spree that began Aug. 26, Detective Jim DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Their brother got suspicious after the pair — ages 90 and 94 — got a re…

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