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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police charge Paterson man with conning Catholic priest out of $200 Saddle Brook police charge Paterson man with conning Catholic priest out of $200 Saddle Brook police charge Paterson man with conning Catholic priest out of $200
Saddle Brook police charge Paterson man with conning Catholic priest out of $200 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Saddle Brook police arrested a Paterson man today who they said conned a Roman Catholic priest out of $200 by pretending that he was collecting it for a family member in trouble. It wasn’t the first time he’s done it, either, they said. After reviewing surveillance video and consulting an informant familiar with him, Detective Capt.Vincent Laurentino identified 55-year-old Keith Bennett as the man who came to St. Philip the Apostle Roman Catholic Church rectory on Sept. 28 and left with the cash. “The priest offered to help in giving money to someone he thought h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Stabbing at popular Lyndhurst nightclub leads to indictment against Essex County man Stabbing at popular Lyndhurst nightclub leads to indictment against Essex County man Stabbing at popular Lyndhurst nightclub leads to indictment against Essex County man
Stabbing at popular Lyndhurst nightclub leads to indictment against Essex County man ONLY ON CVP: A grand jury returned attempted murder and weapons charges against a 21-year-old East Orange man accused of stabbing a fellow patron with a box cutter at a packed Lyndhurst nightclub. Malik Taylor (above) posted $200,000 bail a week ago, nearly two months after the stabbing at Riva Blue on Riverside Avenue near Kings Court. Taylor turned himself in to Lyndhurst police after Detective Sgts. John Mazure and John Kerner and Detective Vincent Auteri identified him as their lone suspect by reviewing club surveillance footage and interviewing several witnesses. The victim — 21-ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Brothers indicted on charges of terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police Brothers indicted on charges of terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police Brothers indicted on charges of terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police
Brothers indicted on charges of terrorizing Fort Lee McDonalds workers, fighting police ONLY ON CVP: Two New York City brothers who fought with Fort Lee police after throwing chairs across the counter at McDonalds workers when they couldn’t get free food were indicted on strong-armed robbery and menacing-related charges by a grand jury in Hackensack. Officers responding to a disturbance call from the Lemoine Avenue fast-food restaurant near the George Washington Bridge on May 27 said they spotted Malick and Malcolm Mitchell, both 36, trying to flee. Malick Mitchell of Brooklyn (above, right), “began to resist when officers attempted to take him into custody,” Fort Lee Police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Bergen executive candidate Tedesco issues ethics policy Bergen executive candidate Tedesco issues ethics policy Bergen executive candidate Tedesco issues ethics policy
Bergen executive candidate Tedesco issues ethics policy Jim Tedesco, the Democratic candidate for Bergen County Executive, today released an Ethics Policy Paper that he said will guide him and his Administration once he unseat incumbent Kathleen Donovan in the Nov. 4 election.  “Ethics, transparency and accountability are some of the most vital components of government,” Tedesco said. “Within my first 100 days in office, we will adopt and implement initiatives that will set the standard for ethics in government,” he said.   Ethics in County Government Presented by Jim Tedesco October 8, 2014   ETHICS PUBLIC POLICY PAPER   Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee man, 75, sentenced to 17 months in largest US tax-fraud case, thanks to Bergen County PD Fort Lee man, 75, sentenced to 17 months in largest US tax-fraud case, thanks to Bergen County PD Fort Lee man, 75, sentenced to 17 months in largest US tax-fraud case, thanks to Bergen County PD
Fort Lee man, 75, sentenced to 17 months in largest US tax-fraud case, thanks to Bergen County PD YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 75-year-old Fort Lee man was sentenced to 17 months in federal prison today for his role in what the government said was one of the nation’s largest, longest-running frauds of its kind — all sparked by a pair of arrests by members of the Bergen County Police Department. The scheme in which David Pinski last year admitted he participated caused more than 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns to be filed, which sought more than $65 million in tax refunds — and cost Uncle Sam more than $12 million. “No matter how sophisticated, these crimes are pure theft,” U.S. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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19 years in federal prison for Paramus Smashburger robber 19 years in federal prison for Paramus Smashburger robber 19 years in federal prison for Paramus Smashburger robber
19 years in federal prison for Paramus Smashburger robber UPDATE: A Newark man who robbed a Smashburger in Paramus — binding employees with zip ties — was sentenced to 225 months in federal prison today for participating in 17 holdups of stores in four counties last year. Bobby Dawson, 31, got the sentence in exchange for a guilty plea to armed hijacking, conspiracy and a shooting during one of the holdups. It was the same deal obtained by accomplice James “Rhino” Darby in July. The March 13, 2013 holdup in Paramus was one of a spree of armed robberies of pharmacies, sandwich shops and other small businesses committed by the crew in Bergen, Hu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Don’t be a victim: Bergen sheriff warns of federal warrant phone scam Don’t be a victim: Bergen sheriff warns of federal warrant phone scam Don’t be a victim: Bergen sheriff warns of federal warrant phone scam
Don’t be a victim: Bergen sheriff warns of federal warrant phone scam PUBLIC SAFETY: The latest phone scam targeting unsuspecting victims involves callers claiming to have warrants for their arrests, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino warned this morning. “Residents have received phone calls from individuals perpetrating this fraud who claim to be members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office or another state police agency,” Saudino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “They advise the potential victim that there is an arrest warrant issued in their name.” Some targets have been told to call a specific number to speak with a detective assigned to their case, the sherif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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South Korean man brought to Bergen in $500,000 real estate ripoff with Palisades Park mayoral candidate South Korean man brought to Bergen in $500,000 real estate ripoff with Palisades Park mayoral candidate South Korean man brought to Bergen in $500,000 real estate ripoff with Palisades Park mayoral candidate
South Korean man brought to Bergen in $500,000 real estate ripoff with Palisades Park mayoral candidate YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A South Korean national charged along with a Palisades Park mayoral candidate in connection with a real estate scam that authorities said fleeced Korean investors of more than $500,000 was brought to Bergen County from California this morning, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Shangsu Han, 43, of Los Angeles, was being held on $100,000 bail following his extradition. Local police arrested Han at his home in Fullerton, CA in late July. Both the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Los Angeles FBI office received the intial complaints beginning four years ago. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Paramus police officer shot fleeing burglary suspect after being knocked onto car hood Prosecutor: Paramus police officer shot fleeing burglary suspect after being knocked onto car hood Prosecutor: Paramus police officer shot fleeing burglary suspect after being knocked onto car hood
Prosecutor: Paramus police officer shot fleeing burglary suspect after being knocked onto car hood YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus police officer managed to shoot at a fleeing suspect, killing him, after being struck and landing on the hood of the getaway car in an aborted burglary of a Paramus cellphone store on Route 4 this morning, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Miguel Reyes, 20, from Harlem River Drive in Manhattan, hit the gas of a 2015 Kia, striking one of two Paramus police officers who responded to the 4:36 a.m. burglary alarm, in an attempt to flee with three accomplices onto westbound Route 4, Molinelli said this morning. The officers had noticed the rear …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge gives addict in Lodi armed robbery, Hackensack Ice House thefts choice of treatment or prison Judge gives addict in Lodi armed robbery, Hackensack Ice House thefts choice of treatment or prison Judge gives addict in Lodi armed robbery, Hackensack Ice House thefts choice of treatment or prison
Judge gives addict in Lodi armed robbery, Hackensack Ice House thefts choice of treatment or prison ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack suspended a four-year prison sentence for a 22-year-old drug-addicted expectant father from Teaneck for a Lodi gas station holdup so that he can get into drug treatment. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi gave Daniel Margulies until Nov. 7 to apply and be evaluated for Bergen County’s drug court. She also issued a warning to Margulies’s lawyer. “He’s a train wreck,” the judge said. “He’s on all kinds of medication. He’s on Adderall — that means he has ADD. He’s a mess. “If he goes into drug court and bombs out, he’ll go to st…

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