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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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Seven years of sex assaults on Lyndhurst girl, year in prison for illegal brother immigrants Seven years of sex assaults on Lyndhurst girl, year in prison for illegal brother immigrants Seven years of sex assaults on Lyndhurst girl, year in prison for illegal brother immigrants
Seven years of sex assaults on Lyndhurst girl, year in prison for illegal brother immigrants Two Lyndhurst brothers in the U.S. illegally will spend little more than a year in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl from age 5 to 12. Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian sentenced Mauro Cedeno-Blondet, 53, and Gustavo Cedeno-Blondet, 55, to three years in state prison each. But because they’ve been behind bars for 691 days, they get nearly two years of jail credit. They will then be deported back to Ecuador. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Maria Rockfol (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) The Cedeno-Blondets will serve t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Paramus police find ex-con with loaded handgun, high-capacity magazine, in stop Paramus police find ex-con with loaded handgun, high-capacity magazine, in stop Paramus police find ex-con with loaded handgun, high-capacity magazine, in stop
Paramus police find ex-con with loaded handgun, high-capacity magazine, in stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson ex-con had a loaded handgun in his glove compartment when he was stopped for having tinted windows and no headlight on his car, Paramus police said this afternoon. Born Graham, 27, refused permission to search the car to Officer Jon Umanzor, who stopped the white 2006 Chevy Impala on Route 4 west near Forest Avenue, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Umanzor became suspicious after smelling raw marijuana, the chief said, so he summoned a K-9 narcotics team from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office. The dog “made several positive indications on the vehi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Driver hospitalized after being rear-ended in Ridgewood Driver hospitalized after being rear-ended in Ridgewood Driver hospitalized after being rear-ended in Ridgewood
Driver hospitalized after being rear-ended in Ridgewood YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was hospitalized after his Honda Accord was rear-ended on Linwood Avenue over Route 17 in Ridgewood this afternoon. Emergency responders on the scene reported that the victim complained of severe pain after his head whacked an interior door post. Several Ridgewood police officer, firefighters and EMS workers responded to assist the driver, who was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The exit ramp from Route 17 northbound to Linwood Avenue westbound was closed for 30 minutes while he was attended to and his car removed by flatbed tow tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Woman was drunk when car plunged into Garfield parking lot, police say Woman was drunk when car plunged into Garfield parking lot, police say Woman was drunk when car plunged into Garfield parking lot, police say
Woman was drunk when car plunged into Garfield parking lot, police say YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police said a 22-year-old former IHOP waitress was drunk this morning when her car plunged over a 12-foot wall and into a shopping center parking lot. Kelly Luterzo was behind the wheel just after 9:30 a.m. when her northbound car veered off Passaic Street, hit a light pole and then careened through a fence and a guard rail, dropping off the wall at Shopping Center Drive outside the Marshalls, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Luterzo, a Lodi native, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that were characterize…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Saddle River doctor diverted $5.8 million for personal use, evaded taxes Feds: Saddle River doctor diverted $5.8 million for personal use, evaded taxes Feds: Saddle River doctor diverted $5.8 million for personal use, evaded taxes
Feds: Saddle River doctor diverted $5.8 million for personal use, evaded taxes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents this morning arrested a Saddle River doctor at his home on an indictment charging him with various counts of tax evasion for illegally diverting more than $5.8 million in insurance payments from three immediate medical care facilities to pay his mortgage, his sons’ college tuition and other personal expenses. Medhat El Amir conducted a bogus $2.5 million sale of his home as part of the scheme, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Newark yesterday alleges. El Amir, who owned two immediate medical care offices in Jersey City and one in Nor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen grand jury: Violent felon terrorized Englewood homeowner after breaking in Bergen grand jury: Violent felon terrorized Englewood homeowner after breaking in Bergen grand jury: Violent felon terrorized Englewood homeowner after breaking in
Bergen grand jury: Violent felon terrorized Englewood homeowner after breaking in ONLY ON CVP: A Bronx ex-con with a 20-year violent rap sheet was indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack on charges of pushing his way in and terrorizing an Englewood homeowner before fleeing with her cash, jewelry and other valuables. City police said they chased down and caught 36-year-old Ibn Jabbar Lee a short time after the Jan. 15 break-in. Authorities said Lee first broke into a Thornton Road home near the Tenafly and Englewood Cliffs borders. A housekeeper who was home alone said she heard the doorbell ring but didn’t answer it — then saw the 6-foot-5-inch, 250-pound Lee coming thr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Grand jury charges former Elmwood Park man with sexually abusing girls, 7, 9 Grand jury charges former Elmwood Park man with sexually abusing girls, 7, 9 Grand jury charges former Elmwood Park man with sexually abusing girls, 7, 9
Grand jury charges former Elmwood Park man with sexually abusing girls, 7, 9 EXCLUSIVE: A grand jury in Hackensack tonight indicted a former Elmwood Park man who was arrested after a week-long manhunt on charges of forcing two girls — one 7 and the other 7 — into fellatio on him. John Armfield, 27 — also known as “Five” and “Peanut” — fled New Jersey in early May last year “after being confronted about the sexual assault allegations by family members of the victims,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. Detectives from Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and the Elmwood Park Police Department found him in Allentown, Pa. Armfield, who is sing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield, CT
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NYC probation officer finds missing Ridgefield girl riding Brooklyn subway NYC probation officer finds missing Ridgefield girl riding Brooklyn subway NYC probation officer finds missing Ridgefield girl riding Brooklyn subway
NYC probation officer finds missing Ridgefield girl riding Brooklyn subway YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 13-year-old Ridgefield girl who ran away from home was riding a subway train in Brooklyn earlier today when a New York City probation officer spotted her, leading to her safe return, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Iana Darlington “was riding the rails, trying to get away from everything, when he spotted her,” Ridgefield Police Capt. Richard Besser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon, moments after he and a borough detective reunited her with her family. A group of family members and friend gathered at her mother’s Ridgefield home this afternoon awaiting middle-s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Washington Township teen to be tried as adult in stabbing death of sister, ordered held on $2M bail Washington Township teen to be tried as adult in stabbing death of sister, ordered held on $2M bail Washington Township teen to be tried as adult in stabbing death of sister, ordered held on $2M bail
Washington Township teen to be tried as adult in stabbing death of sister, ordered held on $2M bail BREAKING NEWS: A Washington Township teen charged with stabbing his 20-year-old sister to death will be treated as an adult, a judge in Hackensack ruled today. Travis Gallo, who turned 18 in February, was led away in handcuffs after Superior Court Judge Gary Wilcox’s ordered him held on $2 million bail pending a court appearance on Monday following a closed hearing in the Family Part of Superior Court.  Gallo was charged with murder. He was transferred this afternoon to the Bergen County Jail from the Bergen County Juvenile Detention Center in Teterboro. The 6-foot-3-inch, 215-pound G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Smoky mulch fire put down outside Paramus mall Smoky mulch fire put down outside Paramus mall Smoky mulch fire put down outside Paramus mall
Smoky mulch fire put down outside Paramus mall ONLY ON CVP: Smoke from a mulch fire was so heavy outside the Fashion Center in Paramus early this evening that some people though the Lord & Taylor was on fire. No injuries were reported and the nearby Paramus Fire Company No. 1 was soon back in service after quickly dousing the 7 p.m. blaze. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving  

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