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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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Probation violator had stolen condoms, baby formula, syringe in child car seat, Wyckoff police say Probation violator had stolen condoms, baby formula, syringe in child car seat, Wyckoff police say Probation violator had stolen condoms, baby formula, syringe in child car seat, Wyckoff police say
Probation violator had stolen condoms, baby formula, syringe in child car seat, Wyckoff police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A heroin-addicted probation violator had a hypodermic syringe in a child’s car seat and 14 boxes of stolen condoms when a police officer stopped her and an alleged accomplice, Wyckoff police said. Christie Marie Alvino, 30, of Monsey removed the key from the ignition and couldn’t produce credentials for the car when she was stopped for speeding Sunday night, Police Chief Benjamin C. Fox said this morning. Officer Kyle Ferreira searched the car — owned by a friend of Alvino’s — and found syringes, one of which was in the child’s seat, the chief said. Also found we…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Trapped Washington Township driver in dead-end crash waits hour before summoning help Trapped Washington Township driver in dead-end crash waits hour before summoning help Trapped Washington Township driver in dead-end crash waits hour before summoning help
Trapped Washington Township driver in dead-end crash waits hour before summoning help YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Washington Township man remained in his car nearly an hour before turning on his radio to summon help this morning after he crashed in a dead end off the Garden State Parkway. The Andrea Lane resident was moving his car out of the way so he could put out recyclables just before 8 a.m. when the accelerator stuck,  Officer Heather Castronova told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The car careened down the street onto Edgewood Drive and crashed into some trees and the chain-link parkway fence at the end of the street, she said. *     *     *     *     *     * CLIFFVIEW PILOT is …

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Bank of America agrees to historic $17 billion settlement, $7B to homeowners, for financial crisis Bank of America agrees to historic $17 billion settlement, $7B to homeowners, for financial crisis Bank of America agrees to historic $17 billion settlement, $7B to homeowners, for financial crisis
Bank of America agrees to historic $17 billion settlement, $7B to homeowners, for financial crisis Struggling homeowners will get $7 billion as part of a $16.65 billion the U.S. Justice Department obtained from Bank of America – the largest civil settlement with a single entity in American history — for the massive fraud that led to the recent financial crisis. The historic resolution “goes far beyond ‘the cost of doing business,’” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said this morning. Holder called the money paid to struggling homeowners, borrowers and communities affected by the bank’s fraud appropriate, “given the size and scope of the wrongdoing at issue.” It will “defray tax liabi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Salvadoran immigrant charged with attempted murder in Englewood housemate stabbing Salvadoran immigrant charged with attempted murder in Englewood housemate stabbing Salvadoran immigrant charged with attempted murder in Englewood housemate stabbing
Salvadoran immigrant charged with attempted murder in Englewood housemate stabbing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An illegal alien from El Salvador was ordered held on $500,000 bail, charged with stabbing his Englewood housemate in the heart during an overnight argument, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The 27-year-old victim remained in critical condition at Hackensack University Medical Center this afternoon. Meanwhile, Jose Wilbur Hernandez, 23, was being taken to the Bergen County Jail. He is charged with attempted murder and two illegal weapons possession counts. Police have recovered the knife used in the stabbing at 242 West Palisade Avenue, Detective Capt. Timothy T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Son recounts horror of Little Ferry man’s stroke in Mexico, thanks many who helped Son recounts horror of Little Ferry man’s stroke in Mexico, thanks many who helped Son recounts horror of Little Ferry man’s stroke in Mexico, thanks many who helped
Son recounts horror of Little Ferry man’s stroke in Mexico, thanks many who helped A SON WRITES: On behalf of my father, and my entire family, I would like to thank all who donated funds, made phone calls, or expressed their concern in anyway about the welfare and safe return of my dad, John J. Garland. Words cannot express the gratitude and comfort my family was given when we realized the amount of love and support that was coming our way from anyone who ever touched our lives in even the slightest way. For me to say I have the best father anyone could ever wish for may seem like a cliché that anyone could utter, but in my case, it is just a plain fact, recognizable to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack restaurant worker charged with child porn trafficking Hackensack restaurant worker charged with child porn trafficking Hackensack restaurant worker charged with child porn trafficking
Hackensack restaurant worker charged with child porn trafficking YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Investigators today arrested a 52-year-old restaurant worker from Hackensack on charges of trafficking in kiddie porn. Jorge Carabajo was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment by posssessing and distributing child pornography. He’s scheduled for arraignment tomorrow afternoon. “The arrest stemmed from an Internet investigation in which [Carabajo] was using the Internet to acquire and transmit images and/or video files depicting child pornography,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight. “In this cas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Three indicted in Hackensack iPhone robbery that seriously injured victim Three indicted in Hackensack iPhone robbery that seriously injured victim Three indicted in Hackensack iPhone robbery that seriously injured victim
Three indicted in Hackensack iPhone robbery that seriously injured victim UPDATE: Three adults were indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack in connection with a staged iPhone robbery that put the victim in intensive care. The 24-year-old Lodi victim arranged to sell his iPhone to Ibrahim Abuharthia, 19, of Ridgefield Park (above, middle) while chatting on Facebook, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT following the June 7 mugging. He told police he then went to an arranged location on Lodi Street where he thought he was meeting only Abuharthia. Instead, Abuharthia sat in the passenger side of a car containing three other people — one of them a 17-year-old boy from L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
3 injured in Rochelle Park Jeep, ambulance crash 3 injured in Rochelle Park Jeep, ambulance crash 3 injured in Rochelle Park Jeep, ambulance crash
3 injured in Rochelle Park Jeep, ambulance crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Jeep occupant and two ambulance EMTs were taken to the hospital after a crash this afternoon on Essex Street in Rochelle Park near the Route 17 overpass. The Jeep Liberty apparently t-boned the CarePlus ambulance, knocking it on its side, around 1:10 p.m., an emergency responder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The extent of the female Jeep occupant’s injuries couldn’t immediately be determined. Two EMTs who were in the rig were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood — one with arm and shoulder injuries. Their injuries were characterized as minor. No patients were ab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Felon accused in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash brought to federal court Felon accused in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash brought to federal court Felon accused in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash brought to federal court
Felon accused in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash brought to federal court UPDATE: A career criminal who’d been arrested 39 times in the past 15 years was brought into federal court in Newark yesterday to officially be read charges of raping and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torching a used car dealership in Paterson and crashing a stolen SUV at either end of the George Washington Bridge. Luis Figueroa, 33 — who has kept addresses in Ridgefield and the Bronx — is charged with kidnapping, sexual abuse, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, being a felon in possession of a firearm and assaulting a U.S. government employee. A conviction …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bail lowered for driver in high-speed three-county chase that ended in Fairview crash Bail lowered for driver in high-speed three-county chase that ended in Fairview crash Bail lowered for driver in high-speed three-county chase that ended in Fairview crash
Bail lowered for driver in high-speed three-county chase that ended in Fairview crash ONLY ON CVP: The driver in a high-speed police chase that began in Newark and ended in Fairview after the car rammed several police vehicles had his bail reduced to $150,000 by a judge in Hackensack. Brandon Clemons, 25, of Newark has a job waiting for him at Stop & Shop if loved ones can bail him out, defense attorney Michael Robbins told Superior Court Judge John Conte. The lawyer pointed to family members attending yesterday’s bail hearing — including Clemons’ mother, who Robbins said has worked at the supermarket more than 20 years. Brandon Clemons (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Mirag…

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