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
‘Brains’ behind robbery of East Rutherford Papa John’s in Muslim clothes agrees to 9-year sentence ‘Brains’ behind robbery of East Rutherford Papa John’s in Muslim clothes agrees to 9-year sentence ‘Brains’ behind robbery of East Rutherford Papa John’s in Muslim clothes agrees to 9-year sentence
‘Brains’ behind robbery of East Rutherford Papa John’s in Muslim clothes agrees to 9-year sentence EXCLUSIVE: A woman charged in a series of armed robberies revealed a larger role in the holdup of a Papa John’s Pizza in East Rutherford as part of a plea deal that’s sending her to state prison for nine years. Whendy Laurencio-Blanco, 24, said she cased the East Rutherford eatery on Dec. 15, 2012 before a partner and two underaged girls wearing Muslim clothing went inside and held it up. Under questioning by her attorney, John P. Pieroni, Laurencio-Blanco told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian in Hackensack on Monday that she drove to the Papa John’s and went inside while the other…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Englewood police grab ex-con in pre-dawn business burglaries Englewood police grab ex-con in pre-dawn business burglaries Englewood police grab ex-con in pre-dawn business burglaries
Englewood police grab ex-con in pre-dawn business burglaries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A quality surveillance camera was all it took to help Englewood police catch an ex-con with a 20-year rap sheet who they said broke into a Dunkin Donuts and a convenience store before dawn this morning. Despite getting into the West Palisade Avenue Dunkin Donuts and jimmying a cash register partially open around 4:20 a.m., 47-year-old Keath Miller didn’t get any cash, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Officers responding to a burglar alarm there viewed the store’s surveillance system, which got a clear shot of Miller and his clothing, Tor…

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Port Authority PD charges CNN producers with trying to break into World Trade Center site Port Authority PD charges CNN producers with trying to break into World Trade Center site Port Authority PD charges CNN producers with trying to break into World Trade Center site
Port Authority PD charges CNN producers with trying to break into World Trade Center site YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police arrested two CNN producers this afternoon who they said tried to break into the site around 1 World Trade Center in an apparent copycat attempt of a 16-year-old boy who sneaked in. Officers also confiscated a Go Pro camera and a video camera on a tripod that the pair was carrying. Yon Pomrenze, 35 (above, right), of New York, and 26-year-old Connor Fieldman Boals (left) of Brooklyn “tried to go through a manned gate into the WTC site at Vesey and Washington Street at 2:08 p.m. and were stopped by a PAPD officer at that location,” the authority…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man gets drug court probation for selling crystal meth Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man gets drug court probation for selling crystal meth Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man gets drug court probation for selling crystal meth
Breaking Bad: Former Palisades Park man gets drug court probation for selling crystal meth UPDATE: A Bergen Catholic graduate from Palisades Park was sentenced to probation for selling crystal meth and GHB from his Somerset County home. John N. Norton, who was arrested by State Police detectives moments after they said he delivered meth and liquid GHB in a plastic bottle to someone outside the house late last year, must spend five years in Somerset’s drug court program. The intensively supervised program requires ongoing treatment, regular court appearances, constant random drug testing. New Jersey State Police detectives said they found another man in the middle of a possibl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park police bust teacher for drugs after finding needle at grammar school Cliffside Park police bust teacher for drugs after finding needle at grammar school Cliffside Park police bust teacher for drugs after finding needle at grammar school
Cliffside Park police bust teacher for drugs after finding needle at grammar school YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A needle found at a Cliffside Park grammar school sparked an investigation that led to the arrest of a high school special education teacher on heroin and prescription drug charges, borough authorities confirmed this afternoon. The needle was found on Friday inside the No. 6 School, where 29-year-old Ryan Fogarty of Ridgefield previously taught, borough spokesman William Maer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. From an earlier CLIFFVIEW PILOT report: Fogarty, CPHS (insets), No. 6 School (backdrop) Cliffside Park police arrested Fogarty last night and released hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Former A&P exec admits scalping $1.2M in tix to U2, Super Bowl, Yankees playoffs Former A&P exec admits scalping $1.2M in tix to U2, Super Bowl, Yankees playoffs Former A&P exec admits scalping $1.2M in tix to U2, Super Bowl, Yankees playoffs
Former A&P exec admits scalping $1.2M in tix to U2, Super Bowl, Yankees playoffs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former senior official at A&P supermarkets Montvale headquarters admitted in federal court in Newark today that he scalped more than 7,000 promotional tickets for employees a Super Bowl, New York Yankees playoff games and concerts by Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga and U2. John R. Moritz, 44, said he pocketed $1.2 million privately selling the tickets online without his colleagues’ knowledge. Moritz, of Mason, Ohio, was senior vice-president of marketing for A&P when he arranged for the company’s purchase of the tickets, intended “to reward high-performing A&P em…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah police say driver had heroin fit Mahwah police say driver had heroin fit Mahwah police say driver had heroin fit
Mahwah police say driver had heroin fit YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police said they arrested a Rockland man having some type of fit after finding heroin and a used hypodermic needle in his truck. Dave Nollido, 31, of Suffern was “thrashing about in the driver’s seat” of his Ford Mustang outside a convenience store at the International Motor Plaza lot on southbound Route 17 yesterday morning, Police Chief James Batelli said this afternoon. Then, with the motor running and the keys in the ignition, he got out and acted “consistent with an individual being under the influence of a narcotic or intoxicating liquor,” the chief sa…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bogota man, 56, charged with inappropriately touching girl, 13 Bogota man, 56, charged with inappropriately touching girl, 13 Bogota man, 56, charged with inappropriately touching girl, 13
Bogota man, 56, charged with inappropriately touching girl, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 56-year-old Bogota man was arrested today after a 13-year-old girl said he inappropriately touched her. Owen T. James was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, cahrged with criminal sexual contact (a third-degree crime) and child endangerment. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BOGOTA PD  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff school locked down, employee taken for evaluation after threat Wyckoff school locked down, employee taken for evaluation after threat Wyckoff school locked down, employee taken for evaluation after threat
Wyckoff school locked down, employee taken for evaluation after threat YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Eisenhower Middle School in Wyckoff was on temporary lockdown this morning after an employee working on the roof “made some threatening comments” to a co-worker, police said. “We responded and spoke to him,” Police Lt. Charles Van Dyke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The maintenance worker was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center for an evaluation shortly after the 11:12 a.m. incident, the lieutenant said. “He’s got some issues. He’s under a lot of stress,” the lieutenant said. No children were considered in any danger, he said. The school was put into lockdown “out…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Former Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper admits embezzling $575,000 Former Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper admits embezzling $575,000 Former Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper admits embezzling $575,000
Former Englewood Cliffs travel company bookeeper admits embezzling $575,000 EXCLUSIVE: A former bookkeeper at a popular Englewood Cliffs hub for travel agents agreed yesterday to a five-year prison sentence for stealing $575,000 from her employer. Patricia Slattery, 55, now of Del Ray Beach, took the money from REZ Connect Technology to feed a Percocet habit, defense attorney Frank Lucianna said. In addition to her prison term, Slattery agreed to repay the money, beginning with a lump sum of $47,500, along with another $5,000 from a 401K account, $30,000 currently in her attorney trust account and the $17,500 she posted for bail when she is sentenced next month. …

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