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
NJSP seek help in Route 80 shooting death of Hackensack man NJSP seek help in Route 80 shooting death of Hackensack man NJSP seek help in Route 80 shooting death of Hackensack man
Njsp seek help in Route 80 shooting death of Hackensack man SHOUT OUT: New Jersey State Police are asking the public’s help in solving the shooting death of a 39-year-old Hackensack cab driver on Route 80 in Saddle Brook last week. Jeffrey Mansilla left the Wet Gentleman’s Club in Belleville with a customer from the club and an acquaintance who already was with him around 2 a.m. last Thursday, State Police said. A short time later, Mansilla was hit with one of three shots fired through the driver’s side door of his GMC Yukon on the eastbound highway near milepost 63. The bullet passed through him, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Strong-arm robbers take $651,000 in jewelry outside Carlstadt hotel Strong-arm robbers take $651,000 in jewelry outside Carlstadt hotel Strong-arm robbers take $651,000 in jewelry outside Carlstadt hotel
Strong-arm robbers take $651,000 in jewelry outside Carlstadt hotel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two jewelry salespeople in town for a Manhattan trade show told Carlstadt police they were robbed of $651,000 in valuables by four men who set upon them outside a Paterson Plank Road hotel. Police in South Carolina retrieved some of the stolen goods but let a trio of suspects they’d stopped go because they hadn’t committed a crime in their state. The victims travel around the country selling jewelry at various trade and craft shows, Carlstadt Police Chief Thomas Nielsen told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They were staying as guests at the Hampton Inn while doing business at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State authorities confirm arrest of radiology chief following Medicaid fraud raids of Hackensack, Englewood clinics State authorities confirm arrest of radiology chief following Medicaid fraud raids of Hackensack, Englewood clinics State authorities confirm arrest of radiology chief following Medicaid fraud raids of Hackensack, Englewood clinics
State authorities confirm arrest of radiology chief following Medicaid fraud raids of Hackensack, Englewood clinics YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State authorities today confirmed the arrest of the owner of a network of diagnostic imaging centers Hackensack, Englewood and elsewhere on charges of orchestrating “an elaborate scheme to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to doctors in exchange for patient referrals.” A dozen other people were taken into custody, as well, said New Jersey Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman, who has scheduled a news conference tomorrow morning in Newark to announce the results of the investigation. CLIFFVIEW PILOT yesterday broke the news of the arrest of Rehan Zuberi and hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst jeweler admits role in one of largest credit cards schemes ever in U.S. Lyndhurst jeweler admits role in one of largest credit cards schemes ever in U.S. Lyndhurst jeweler admits role in one of largest credit cards schemes ever in U.S.
Lyndhurst jeweler admits role in one of largest credit cards schemes ever in U.S. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst jewelry store owner today admitted in federal court that he used his business to further one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department. Vinod Dadlani, 51, said he allowed accomplices to swipe bogus credit cards created with false identities at his Raja Jewelers store on Newark Avenue in Jersey City, then split the proceeds of the illegal transactions with them. He became the 17th conspirator to take a plae in the case, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. Dadlani was indicted in October 2013 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Route 46W in Fort Lee stays closed after tractor-trailer downs wires across highway Route 46W in Fort Lee stays closed after tractor-trailer downs wires across highway Route 46W in Fort Lee stays closed after tractor-trailer downs wires across highway
Route 46W in Fort Lee stays closed after tractor-trailer downs wires across highway UPDATE: Westbound Route 46 in Fort Lee (aka Routes 1/9 south) remained closed at 5 p.m. after a tractor-trailer toppled a utility pole, downing wires across a car carrier on the other side, before noon today. Fort Lee police diverted eastbound traffic through the exit for Bergen Boulevard/Route 63, barely 50 yards from the 11:50 a.m. crash on the westbound side. The tractor-trailer snagged and yanked down overhead electrical and telephone wires, toppling the pole, sparking a small mulch fire and bringing Fort Lee police and firefighters, along with workers from the state Department of Tra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial begins Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial begins Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial begins
Edgewater restaurant rape, beating trial begins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A West New York man celebrated his birthday by brutally beating and raping his former girlfriend, a prosecutor told jurors in Hackensack this morning. A defense attorney countered that the sex was consensual and that charges were filed against 23-year-old Arsenio Amelco because of the woman’s unhealthy relationship with her mother. He also didn’t contest a charge of aggravated assault against his client for breaking the woman’s nose. The trial began this morning with Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kristin DeMarco telling jurors that Amelco approached the woma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township father, mother, son busted on pot selling charges Washington Township father, mother, son busted on pot selling charges Washington Township father, mother, son busted on pot selling charges
Washington Township father, mother, son busted on pot selling charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three members of a Washington Township family were busted on pot-selling charges yesterday as investigators searched their home, a quarter-mile from the Bergen County YJCC and barely 500 feet from town hall and the police station. Glenn Gerhard, 60, his 56-year-old wife, Hilda, and their son, Matthew, 27, were all charged with distributing drugs, as well as distributing them on school property. Investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office also charged Glenn Gerhard, a gun enthusiast, with possessing a weapon while committing a drug crime. Charges were…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Cats killed, two displaced in overnight Saddle Brook house fire Cats killed, two displaced in overnight Saddle Brook house fire Cats killed, two displaced in overnight Saddle Brook house fire
Cats killed, two displaced in overnight Saddle Brook house fire PHOTOS: An overnight single-family house fire in Saddle Brook displaced its two residents, killed seven cats and left another missing, while sending a firefighters to the hospital with chest pains. The Midland Avenue blaze began around 12:45 a.m. on the first floor and shot up through the second floor and attic, Fire Cheif Doug Habermann said. Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn and Garfield firefighters assisted. PHOTOS: Justin Derevyanik (CLICK HERE for more)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Englewood police make arrest in car burglaries, still seek culprit in rash of vehicle break-ins Englewood police make arrest in car burglaries, still seek culprit in rash of vehicle break-ins Englewood police make arrest in car burglaries, still seek culprit in rash of vehicle break-ins
Englewood police make arrest in car burglaries, still seek culprit in rash of vehicle break-ins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police said they don’t believe that an ex-con arrested for a pair of pre-dawn car burglaries today is tied to a string of car break-ins in the city’s Second Ward. Responding to a citizen’s call, officers spotted 26-year-old city resident Michael McCoy near the scene of the 5 a.m. burglaries, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said this afsternoon. McCoy bolted but was quickly caught, Torell said. He was carrying a knife and a combination tool — although one of the burglarized vehicles was left unlocked, the captain said. Michael McCoy (MUGSHOT: Courtesy ENG…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park bank robber may have had an accomplice, police say Rochelle Park bank robber may have had an accomplice, police say Rochelle Park bank robber may have had an accomplice, police say
Rochelle Park bank robber may have had an accomplice, police say YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: “Fill it up,” a robber told a teller at the Bank of Rochelle Park this afternoon before making off with less than $5,000 — and possibly getting into a getaway car. Authorities were searching for him, as well as for a “person of interest” wearing a white t-shirt (photo, above) who was in the bank a half-hour earlier, Rochelle Park Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. The robber came in around 12:45 p.m. wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and a black baseball cap with a logo on the front, Flannelly said (inset, above). Holding a dark-colored…

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