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
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Six charged with $560,000 Vietnam short-sell scam out of Palisades Park Six charged with $560,000 Vietnam short-sell scam out of Palisades Park Six charged with $560,000 Vietnam short-sell scam out of Palisades Park
Six charged with $560,000 Vietnam short-sell scam out of Palisades Park YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A crew of Korean natives ran a short-sale real estate scam out of Palisades Park that conned one victim out of $300,000 and another of $260,000, an indictment returned in Hackensack alleges. Four of those named in the indictment were being held in the Bergen County Jail on $75,000 bail following their arrests yesterday. Authorities said they were searching for two others. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said the crew ran the alleged scam in 2008-2009 from “Newstar Realty & Investment,” owned and operated in Palisades Park by a Norwood couple: Ki Sung…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Girl lied about abduction attempt, Garfield police say Girl lied about abduction attempt, Garfield police say Girl lied about abduction attempt, Garfield police say
Girl lied about abduction attempt, Garfield police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A reported abduction attempt outside outside Garfield’s Christopher Columbus No. 8 school yesterday proved false, police announced this afternoon. “It didn’t happen,” Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Nobody came down the hill and tried to grab anybody.” The girl initially said that a man tried to grab her near the school playground by Belmont Hill Park but she broke free, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A Bergen County Police Department K-9 unit was dispatched to the area of the Cedar Street school to assist after the sch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Bomb threat unfounded at Verizon building on Route 17 in Rutherford Bomb threat unfounded at Verizon building on Route 17 in Rutherford Bomb threat unfounded at Verizon building on Route 17 in Rutherford
Bomb threat unfounded at Verizon building on Route 17 in Rutherford UPDATE: The Bergen County Police Department’s Bomb Squad and K9 unit gave the all-clear after responding to a bomb threat at the Verizon building on Route 17 in Rutherford early this evening. Several emergency service agencies responded to 201 Route 17N just before 5 p.m. They declared the building safe a little over 90 minutes later, BCPD Capt. James Mullin told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “It was just a threat — nothing else,” he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Adopt a kitten tomorrow — you can even give it back Adopt a kitten tomorrow — you can even give it back Adopt a kitten tomorrow — you can even give it back
Adopt a kitten tomorrow — you can even give it back SHOUT OUT: The Bergen County Animal Shelter & Adoption Center is offering a unique deal tomorrow afternoon: Shelter a newborn kitten and then return the cat once he or she is weaned. “After a few weeks, I bet most of them will inquire about providing a forever home to at least one kitten,” said Deborah Yankow, the Adoption Center manager. “That is always our goal.” The special event “So You Want to Foster Kittens?” runs only from 2 to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at the shelter, 100 United Lane, Teterboro. The kittens are all without nursing mothers, Yankow said. “Sometimes they’ve been aba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergenfield day laborer sentenced to 18½ years for Dumont, Englewood sex assaults Bergenfield day laborer sentenced to 18½ years for Dumont, Englewood sex assaults Bergenfield day laborer sentenced to 18½ years for Dumont, Englewood sex assaults
Bergenfield day laborer sentenced to 18½ years for Dumont, Englewood sex assaults YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack this morning sentenced a Bergenfield day laborer to 18½ years in prison for sexually assaulting three women in Dumont and one in Englewood in a series of street incidents that set a community on edge. “I regret that all this happened,” 23-year-old Alexis Sanchez-Medina said before the judge sentenced him. “I’m sorry all these people have to suffer through all these consequences. In life you make a lot of mistakes, and if you could just turn back the hands of time you could change those. “That can’t be done, and we have to face the consequen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fourth defendant in drug trial says prosecutors can’t prove he knew Ecstasy was in bag Fourth defendant in drug trial says prosecutors can’t prove he knew Ecstasy was in bag Fourth defendant in drug trial says prosecutors can’t prove he knew Ecstasy was in bag
Fourth defendant in drug trial says prosecutors can’t prove he knew Ecstasy was in bag EXCLUSIVE: Did a Jersey City man know that a bag in an SUV chased and stopped by Bergen County detectives contained nearly 1½ pound of powdered MDMA? That’s the central question in a drug trial that began yesterday in Hackensack. The last of four men to be prosecuted in the case, 36-year-old Antonio Acosta Aquino doesn’t deny being in the car when an Oct. 6 undercover deal went sideways and the vehicle was chased from Fort Lee to 52nd Street in Union City, where police boxed it in. Inside was a large blue bag that contained “a substantial amount, between 600 and 800 grams, almost a pound …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Student, aide injured in Hackensack school bus crash Student, aide injured in Hackensack school bus crash Student, aide injured in Hackensack school bus crash
Student, aide injured in Hackensack school bus crash THE REAL STORY: A teenage student and an aide complained of back pain and were taken to the hospital after their school mini-bus was broad-sided in Hackensack this morning. The bus was headed east on Passaic Street, en route to Teterboro near the Maywood border, when it was struck just after 7 a.m. by a 2012 Honda Accord driven by a 51-year-old man from Maywood making a left from the Esplanade northbound, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Four teenage students and the 56-year-old aide were on board, the captain said. While the one student was wheeled to the ambulance,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergenfield man charged with gun possession in Oxycodone bust Bergenfield man charged with gun possession in Oxycodone bust Bergenfield man charged with gun possession in Oxycodone bust
Bergenfield man charged with gun possession in Oxycodone bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One of two brothers nabbed by Bergenfield police in a drug investigation faces charges of carrying a 9MM handgun while selling Oxycodone near a borough park. A grand jury indictment out of Hackensack charges Nicholas J. Valle with possession of the weapon while committing a crime. That crime, it says, is having Oxycodone within 500 feet of Edwin Crube Park on Road Street and on the property of the Roy W. Brown Middle School on South Washington Avenue. Along with four possession counts, he is also charged with dealing the drug. The gun charge by itself is an off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Cliffside Park man awaiting trial in murder of WWII vet charged with plotting to kill co-defendant Cliffside Park man awaiting trial in murder of WWII vet charged with plotting to kill co-defendant Cliffside Park man awaiting trial in murder of WWII vet charged with plotting to kill co-defendant
Cliffside Park man awaiting trial in murder of WWII vet charged with plotting to kill co-defendant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cliffside Park man awaiting trial for killing an 88-year old World War II veteran during a burglary was charged today with plotting from his Bergen County Jail cell to kill a co-defendant who was expected to testify against him. A jailhouse snitch alerted authorities to the alleged plot to kill Andrew Abella, the victim’s grandson, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Estrada “was attempting to contact individuals outside the jail in an effort to enlist their assistance to murder Abella,” Molinelli said, adding that items were seized from his cell. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Police investigating attempted abduction report outside Garfield school Police investigating attempted abduction report outside Garfield school Police investigating attempted abduction report outside Garfield school
Police investigating attempted abduction report outside Garfield school YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police were investigating a report of an attempted abduction outside the Christopher Columbus No. 8 school near the Lodi border this afternoon. A girl told police that a man tried to grab her near the school playground by Belmont Hill Park but she broke free, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A Bergen County Police Department K-9 unit was dispatched to the area of the Cedar Street school to assist after the school principal called Garfield police just before 1:20 p.m., the source said. Meanwhile, the school remained locked in place. The…

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