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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police arrest Bronx man with 2,000 heroin decks Port Authority police arrest Bronx man with 2,000 heroin decks Port Authority police arrest Bronx man with 2,000 heroin decks
Port Authority police arrest Bronx man with 2,000 heroin decks BEYOND BERGEN: A man who Port Authority police said clearly was acting suspiciously was carrying 2,000 branded decks of heroin in a paper bag, authorities said. Officers patrolling the authority bus terminal in Manhattan yesterday morning said they spotted 32-year-old Gobert Taveras-Payamps walking through the subway entrance into the building’s south wing carrying the bag. They saw him “look at them three times, change direction and walk back into the subway” before returning to the terminal, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. He then put the bag on the floor, walked away, then re…

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Paramus, NJ
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Gunman robs cash from Paramus hotel Gunman robs cash from Paramus hotel Gunman robs cash from Paramus hotel
Gunman robs cash from Paramus hotel YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An armed robber took an undetermined amount of cash at gunpoint overnight from employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus, police said this morning. The black robber, believed to be in his 20s, was wearing a dark hoodie when he threatened the employees with a handgun, snatched the cash and fled the From Road Hotel around 2:20 a.m., Paramus police said. Authorities were trying to determine whether the same man was responsible for other recent North Jersey hotel holdups. Anyone with information that could help police is asked to call Detective James Teehan, (20…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Fund established for sons of Ridgefield Park Police Sgt. Steve Sulborsky Fund established for sons of Ridgefield Park Police Sgt. Steve Sulborsky Fund established for sons of Ridgefield Park Police Sgt. Steve Sulborsky
Fund established for sons of Ridgefield Park Police Sgt. Steve Sulborsky TRIBUTE: Colleagues of Ridgefield Park Police Sgt. Steven A. Sulborsky who died of a sudden illness last month, today launched a campaign to raise money for his two sons, ages 4 and 7. “The goal is college and trust funds, whatever we can do to set them up for the future,” said Ridgefield Park Police Officer Nicholas Triano, the president of Central Bergen PBA Local #86. An unexpected illness claimed Sulborsky’s life on April 30. He was 42. “Steve was a kind and caring individual who put his family second to none,” his colleagues said on YouCaring donation page. “He was a beloved pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack school board reviewing city councilman’s alleged racial remark to police detective Hackensack school board reviewing city councilman’s alleged racial remark to police detective Hackensack school board reviewing city councilman’s alleged racial remark to police detective
Hackensack school board reviewing city councilman’s alleged racial remark to police detective YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack police detective has accused city Councilman David Sims of using a racial epithet to introduce himself during a security drill at Hackensack High School, where he works as a paraprofessional. “I don’t think we’ve met but Iwanted to introduce myself to you.I am the Head N—a,” Travara Morton quotes Sims as saying on April 4 after approaching her as she sat in a police car in the student parking lot. “[I]t don’t get no higher than me.” Sims handed her a business card that read: “Police Commissioner” on one side and “Councilman” on the other, Morton wrote …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Defendants in Fairview card game killing brought to court, remain held on $2M bail each Defendants in Fairview card game killing brought to court, remain held on $2M bail each Defendants in Fairview card game killing brought to court, remain held on $2M bail each
Defendants in Fairview card game killing brought to court, remain held on $2M bail each YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Four gang members charged in the weekend shooting death of a 50-year-old Fairview man during the robbery of an illegal card game remained held on $2 million bail each in the Bergen County Jail after being brought before a judge today in Hackensack amid heavy security No fewer than nine county sheriff’s officers kept a close watch  as Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer read the list of charges against each, including felony murder, and their respective defense attorneys entered not-guilty pleas. Prosecutors said the defendants were all armed with…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paramus housekeeper, health aide charged in thefts from employers Paramus housekeeper, health aide charged in thefts from employers Paramus housekeeper, health aide charged in thefts from employers
Paramus housekeeper, health aide charged in thefts from employers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police charged a housekeeper from Union City and a home health aide from Paterson with separate thefts of jewelry and credit cards from the homes of their employers. Elizabeth Loayza-Rios, 47, was arrested by Detective Craig McEllen after two employers on Duke Drive reported thefts in March and April, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this morning. McEllen also made the case against 33-year-old Emily Hester after she used credit cards stolen from an 88-year-old Roosevelt Boulevard man whom she cared for as a health aid the past six months, the chief said. Both…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood man arrested on pot charge after refusing Rochelle Park police search Maywood man arrested on pot charge after refusing Rochelle Park police search Maywood man arrested on pot charge after refusing Rochelle Park police search
Maywood man arrested on pot charge after refusing Rochelle Park police search YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Rochelle Park police said they had just begun a consented car search when the driver stopped them, so they brought in a drug-sniffing dog, impounded the car, got a warrant and arrested him after finding three ounces of pot. Patrolman Chris Rios stopped 22-year-old Kevin Manansala for several violation in the ShopRite parking lot on Passaic Streetwhen he smelled the odor of burnt marijuana, Detective Jim DePreta told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. After getting “inconsistent accounts of [Manansala’s] driver’s destinations and whereabouts,” Rios requested consent to search the veh…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack woman agrees to begin repaying former Teaneck boss stolen $117,410 Hackensack woman agrees to begin repaying former Teaneck boss stolen $117,410 Hackensack woman agrees to begin repaying former Teaneck boss stolen $117,410
Hackensack woman agrees to begin repaying former Teaneck boss stolen $117,410 ONLY ON CVP: A Hackensack woman must give at least $250 a month to her former employer until she repays $117,410 that she admitted stealing from him, or she goes to jail. Kimberly Leitholf, 40, told a judge in Hackensack yesterday that she withdrew the money using an ATM card she had access to as the perseonal assistant of Stephen Cohen, principle officer of Middle East Regional Development in Teaneck. The monthly payment plan was ordered by Superior Court Judge James J. Guida, who will sentence Leitholf on July 11. It lasts for five years, after which a civil judgment will be entered for…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Owners of Villa Amalfi restaurant in Cliffside Park admit tax fraud Owners of Villa Amalfi restaurant in Cliffside Park admit tax fraud Owners of Villa Amalfi restaurant in Cliffside Park admit tax fraud
Owners of Villa Amalfi restaurant in Cliffside Park admit tax fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The owners of Villa Amalfi restaurant in Cliffside Park pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark yesterday to filing false tax returns. Nicola Esposito, 59, of Franklin Lakes, pleaded guilty to a single count of filing a false tax return for 2006, while his 62-year-old brother, Giovanni Esposito of Mahwah, admitted doing so for 2007. Both are scheduled for sentencing Sept. 3. For sentencing purposes, the government said, the judge will take into account that Nicola admitted short-changing the government by $166,967.20, while his brother caused a tax loss of $116,5…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Bergen animal shelter preparing dogs rescued in Ridgefield Park for adoption Bergen animal shelter preparing dogs rescued in Ridgefield Park for adoption Bergen animal shelter preparing dogs rescued in Ridgefield Park for adoption
Bergen animal shelter preparing dogs rescued in Ridgefield Park for adoption SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Animal Shelter has posted photos of several of the 40 German Shepherds who were rescued from a Ridgefield Park animal hospital over the weekend by investigators from the county SPCA. Investigators found full-sized dogs and puppies jammed into tiny crates — some of them in a basement area that they said resembled a dungeon. * * * * * * CLIFFVIEW PILOT broke the news of the rescue Sunday night: Bergen County SPCA rescues 40 German Shepherds from Ridgefield Park animal hospital * * * * * * As a result, the animal shelter is following a strict screening p…

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