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
Breaking News
Feds arrest Hackensack man, 65, on child porn charges Feds arrest Hackensack man, 65, on child porn charges Feds arrest Hackensack man, 65, on child porn charges
Feds arrest Hackensack man, 65, on child porn charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents this morning arrested a 65-year-old Hackensack man on charges of trafficking in child pornography. Robert Miller had a brief appeareance before a judge this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Newark who ordered him held without bail. A complaint on file with the court accuses him of distributing child sex abuse videos the first week of this past May. “An undercover agent discovered and downloaded the videos, and the username and IP address of the distributor were traced back to Miller’s residence,” U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Smashburger robber gets nearly 19 years in federal prison for holdup spree Paramus Smashburger robber gets nearly 19 years in federal prison for holdup spree Paramus Smashburger robber gets nearly 19 years in federal prison for holdup spree
Paramus Smashburger robber gets nearly 19 years in federal prison for holdup spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Newark man who robbed a Smashburger in Paramus — binding employees with zip ties — was sentenced to nearly 19 years in federal prison today. The March 13, 2013 holdup in Paramus was one of 14 armed robberies of pharmacies, sandwich shops and other small businesses that 27-year-old James “Rhino” Darby admitted committing with a crew of accomplices in Bergen, Hudson, Essex and Union counties. Darby and his accomplices stole cash, cigarettes and other items at gunpoint. In 13 of the 14 robberies, they used zip ties or duct tape to restrain their victims. Besides t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police grab alleged molester on Jersey City street Port Authority police grab alleged molester on Jersey City street Port Authority police grab alleged molester on Jersey City street
Port Authority police grab alleged molester on Jersey City street BEYOND BERGEN: Port Authority police arrested a Jersey City man after a 23-year-old woman and witnesses told them he came up from behind and molested her outside a city church. Witnesses on bicycles flagged two Port Authority officers in a marked unit who then spotted the suspect a short distance from the corner at Montgomery and Summit avenues following the 6 a.m. assault, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The woman declined medical attention, he said. Alfonzo Williams Jr., 37, was charged with criminal sexual contact.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
HUMC fitness center patron helps Maywood police track down burglary suspect HUMC fitness center patron helps Maywood police track down burglary suspect HUMC fitness center patron helps Maywood police track down burglary suspect
Humc fitness center patron helps Maywood police track down burglary suspect YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A patron who caught a man rummaging through lockers at HUMC Wellness and Fitness on Route 17 in Maywoood last night followed him outside and got his license plate number, leading to an arrest. The patron confronted Clifford A. Jocks of Secaucus in the mens locker room just before 8:30 p.m., Maywood Police Chief David Pegg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. They argued before Jocks left — but not before the other man got his plate number, the chief said. Clifford A. Jocks (MUGSHOT: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY SHERIFF) Police found a broken lock that Pegg said Jocks t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford merchants, police thwart jewelry store robbery New Milford merchants, police thwart jewelry store robbery New Milford merchants, police thwart jewelry store robbery
New Milford merchants, police thwart jewelry store robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two New Milford store owners scuffled with a man who just swiped several thousand dollars worth of jewelry and threw it onto a shopping center roof, before a pair of borough police officers drew their guns and got him to stop the getaway car in the parking lot. Both Alexander Garibian, the owner of New Milford Delicatessen, and Jewelry by Vincent owner Vincent Aveta were back at work this morning, Police Chief Frank Papapietro said. “They weren’t going to let a little thing like that stop them,” the chief said, relieved that both were OK. Meanwhile, 58-year-old G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Construction worker burned at Fair Lawn excavation site Construction worker burned at Fair Lawn excavation site Construction worker burned at Fair Lawn excavation site
Construction worker burned at Fair Lawn excavation site YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A construction worker suffered electrical burns on his hands while working an excavation project in Fair Lawn this morning. The accident occured just after 8:30 a.m. at Morlott Avenue and Banta Place, where a J. Fletcher Creamer crew was working on an improvement project for the nearby PSE&G substation. A police officer handling the traffic detail immediately called for an ambulance, which took the conscious and alert worker to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Besides police, EMS workers and a paramedic unit from St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paters…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Lyndhurst man found at Garden State Plaza Missing Lyndhurst man found at Garden State Plaza Missing Lyndhurst man found at Garden State Plaza
Missing Lyndhurst man found at Garden State Plaza HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Police and the parents of a cognitively impaired Lyndhurst man who went missing on Friday found him at the Garden State Plaza early this afternoon. Justin Moran, 21, had talked of getting new sneakers, police said, so they went with the parents to the mall hoping someone had seen him there. “He’s in good shape, first and foremost,” Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He’s well and he’s OK.” He’d gone missing before and turned up at the mall, the chief said. Justin Moran The trouble, according to family friend Gina Pollut, is that “he’s nev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia man charged with molesting girl has sex crimes history Leonia man charged with molesting girl has sex crimes history Leonia man charged with molesting girl has sex crimes history
Leonia man charged with molesting girl has sex crimes history EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A Leonia construction worker charged with molesting a 16-year-old girl in his van after offering her a ride earlier this month has a history of sex crimes, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. According to court records, 48-year-old Wilfredo Arias has three prior convictions, two involving crimes against children. Three years ago, he accepted a plea to fourth-degree lewdness after originally being charged with second-degree sexual contact with a 7-year old Little Ferry girl. For that, he was sentenced last November to 180 days in the Bergen County Jail, followed by three years…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview neighborhood brothel raided, illegals seized Fairview neighborhood brothel raided, illegals seized Fairview neighborhood brothel raided, illegals seized
Fairview neighborhood brothel raided, illegals seized EXCLUSIVE REPORT: An illegal Mexican immigrant running a prostitution business from a Fairview residence tried hiding in the basement after he saw investigators coming today but was quickly found and arrested, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Fairview police teamed up with federal Homeland Security agents and detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office to arrest 49-year-old Antonio Miguel Ramirez Lima and another illegal Mexican immigrant, Edelia Osorio-Martinez, 30, of Astoria, Queens. Federal agents took custody of Osorio-Martinez and a customer whose name turned up i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff gets free surplus armored vehicles from Department of Defense Bergen sheriff gets free surplus armored vehicles from Department of Defense Bergen sheriff gets free surplus armored vehicles from Department of Defense
Bergen sheriff gets free surplus armored vehicles from Department of Defense YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli has agreed to use cash confiscated from criminals to help pay maintenance, repair and fuel costs for a surplus armored truck, nullifying concerns that taxpayers would have to foot the bill. Sheriff Michael Saudino has approved the addition of the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle, as well as a second one to be used for parts. The Department of Defense has donated the MRAP MaxxPro Category I vehicles, which each weigh 29,500 pounds and are “almost identical to the Bergen County Police Department’s two vehicles that th…

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