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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, 17, struck by bus in Cliffside Park Girl, 17, struck by bus in Cliffside Park Girl, 17, struck by bus in Cliffside Park
Girl, 17, struck by bus in Cliffside Park ONLY ON CVP: A 17-year-old girl was conscious but dazed after being struck by a bus in Cliffside Park this afternoon. The northbound bus hit the girl as it turned left from Gorge Road to head west on Edgewater Road, near Cliffside Park High School, just after 1:30 p.m. The girl, who apparently had been walking north on Gorge Road, was taken to Holy Name Hospital. STORY / PHOTOS: Richard Criscione, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent STORY / PHOTOS: Richard Criscione, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Community Reporter    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck, Hackensack police nab Englewood bank robbery suspects after chase Teaneck, Hackensack police nab Englewood bank robbery suspects after chase Teaneck, Hackensack police nab Englewood bank robbery suspects after chase
Teaneck, Hackensack police nab Englewood bank robbery suspects after chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who police said robbed an Englewood bank early this afternoon hopped out of the getaway car on Route 4 in Paramus and was caught hiding in a trash bin behind the Jennifer Convertibles store, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The getaway driver waited outside the Chase Bank branch on Grand Avenue during the holdup, just after 12:30 p.m. Teaneck Police Detective Stephen Ramirez, who was working patrol for the day to assist with manpower demands, heard the bulletin after the pair fled, spotted the red Altima and stopped it on the westbound highway, Lt. Andrew McGurr …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Donations accepted for Englewood firefighter who lost house in blaze Donations accepted for Englewood firefighter who lost house in blaze Donations accepted for Englewood firefighter who lost house in blaze
Donations accepted for Englewood firefighter who lost house in blaze SHOUT OUT: Donations were being accepted for an Englewood firefighter whose house was destroyed by fire yesterday. Kevin Wilson was among those who responded to the three-alarm blaze at his West Palisade Avenue home yesterday afternoon. He remained with the pumper truck, fulfilling his assignment, as the fire blew through the attic and second floor. Wilson, who lived on the first floor of the 2½-story, wood frame house, had upstairs tenants who got out in time. Firefighters from several towns, including Bergenfield, Hackensack, Teaneck and Tenafly assisted. IAFF Local 3260 is accept…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Trial set for ‘Bloody Sincere’ in Fairview bus stop beating of Port Authority employee, 80 Trial set for ‘Bloody Sincere’ in Fairview bus stop beating of Port Authority employee, 80 Trial set for ‘Bloody Sincere’ in Fairview bus stop beating of Port Authority employee, 80
Trial set for ‘Bloody Sincere’ in Fairview bus stop beating of Port Authority employee, 80 ONLY ON CVP: An ex-con goes on trial early next month on charges of beating and robbing an 80-year-old Port Authority worker, breaking his jaw in two places, at a Fairview bus stop. Rashon Drone — known as “Bloody Sincere” — was identified by Fairview Detective Jose Rivas from surveillance video and eyewitness interviews as the man who mugged the victim at Desoto Place and Hamilton Avenue around 5 a.m. last Aug. 13. Seeking safety, the man boarded a bus to Manhattan, then was taken from a Port Authority facility to Bellevue Hospital, where he remained for several days. He later returned h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials work together in unique partnership Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials work together in unique partnership Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials work together in unique partnership
Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials work together in unique partnership SHOUT OUT: Dealing with the worst heroin and prescription drug epidemics New Jersey has ever seen and making sure Jewish emergency response teams can get to victims on state highways dominated discussion yesterday during the seventh annual pre-summer community outreach confab. Yesterday’s meeting at the Passaic County Police Academy in Wayne underscored how far leaders of law enforcement agencies from throughout the state and various religious faiths have come in understanding one another. “The great collaboration has led to the resolution of many issues,” Rabbi Abe Friedman, one of the e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood firefighter battles blaze at his home Englewood firefighter battles blaze at his home Englewood firefighter battles blaze at his home
Englewood firefighter battles blaze at his home A Englewood firefighter was one of several who tried to keep a three-alarm blaze from destroying his home this afternoon. Kevin Wilson remained with the pumper truck, fulfilling his assignment, during the West Palisade Avenue fire, which blew through the attic and second floor. Wilson, who lived on the first floor of the 2½-story, wood frame house, had upstairs tenants who got out in time, emergency responders said. Firefighters from several towns, including Bergenfield, Hackensack, Teaneck and Tenafly assisted. TO CONTRIBUTE TO HELP ENGLEWOOD FF KEVIN WILSON: Re: Kevin Wilson IAFF…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Feds grab Franklin Lakes man at airport, charge him with defrauding country of $3.5M Feds grab Franklin Lakes man at airport, charge him with defrauding country of $3.5M Feds grab Franklin Lakes man at airport, charge him with defrauding country of $3.5M
Feds grab Franklin Lakes man at airport, charge him with defrauding country of $3.5M YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents at Newark Airport today arrested a Franklin Lakes man returning from a trip abroad and charged him with orchestrating a scheme to defraud a foreign nation of more than $3.5 million. Bobby Boye — also known as “Bobby Ajiboye,”or “Bobby Aji-Boye” — used the money to buy $1.5 million worth of property (paying cash), nearly $500,000 worth of luxury vehicles and two designer watches for almost $20,000, federal authorities said this afternoon. Boye, 50, worked as an international legal advisor for the country, referred to as “Country A” in a complaint on f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park nursing home worker charged with raping, pimping girl Elmwood Park nursing home worker charged with raping, pimping girl Elmwood Park nursing home worker charged with raping, pimping girl
Elmwood Park nursing home worker charged with raping, pimping girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A nursing home employee from Elmwood Park had sex with a teenage girl who he also pimped out to other men, Bergen County authorities have charged. Oneil Reid, 43, began by molesting the girl in Elmwood Park in 2009, when she was 15, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack alleges. A year later, he raped her, the 12-count indictment says. Sexual assaults followed in Englewood, Teaneck and Elmwood Park through November 2012, it says. The indictment also charges Oneil with obstructing the investigation and abusing and/or neglecting another girl, then …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack business owner enlisted family in multi-million-dollar radiology kickback scam, state authorities say Hackensack business owner enlisted family in multi-million-dollar radiology kickback scam, state authorities say Hackensack business owner enlisted family in multi-million-dollar radiology kickback scam, state authorities say
Hackensack business owner enlisted family in multi-million-dollar radiology kickback scam, state authorities say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The owner of a network of diagnostic imaging centers in Hackensack, Englewood and elsewhere in New Jersey enlisted his wife, his father and two brothers-in-law in a multi-million-dollar operation that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks to physicians for patient referrals to his testing facilities, state authorities said this morning. Rehan “Ray” Zuberi, 45, of Boonton Township, the owner of Diagnostic Imaging Affiliates (DIA) of Hackensack, and his accomplices also submitted $8 million in bogus Medicaid applications while avoiding income and franchise…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson police bust pot packaging operation, seize 2.2 pounds, $14,000 cash Emerson police bust pot packaging operation, seize 2.2 pounds, $14,000 cash Emerson police bust pot packaging operation, seize 2.2 pounds, $14,000 cash
Emerson police bust pot packaging operation, seize 2.2 pounds, $14,000 cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Emerson police investigating a complaint about suspicious cars on a residential street interrupted a pot packaging operation, seizing 2.2 pounds of marijuana, $13,900 in cash and a BMW. This comes after police one town over, in Washington Township, arrested three members of the same family on marijuana dealing charges (SEE: Washington Township father, mother, son busted on pot selling charges). Carlos Rocha, 23, of Saddle Brook and 22-year-old Daniel Humphreys, who was living at the Birch Street residence, were arrested just after 10:30 last night after authorities…

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