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
Breaking News
North Arlington diner waitress, 74, struck, killed North Arlington diner waitress, 74, struck, killed North Arlington diner waitress, 74, struck, killed
North Arlington diner waitress, 74, struck, killed YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A popular 74-year-old North Arlington waitress was struck and killed on her way to work this morning, police said. Barbara Gangi had just left a laundry on River Road about 100 yards from the Belleville Turnpike when she was struck around 6:30 a.m., North Arlington Police Chief Louis Ghione told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead, he said. No summonses were immediately issued. However, both the North Arlington and Bergen County prosecutor’s fatal accident teams were interviewing the driver and a passenger, Ghione sa…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Camden man caught by BCPD K9 eyed in Bergen armed robberies Camden man caught by BCPD K9 eyed in Bergen armed robberies Camden man caught by BCPD K9 eyed in Bergen armed robberies
Camden man caught by Bcpd K9 eyed in Bergen armed robberies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County Police Department K9 unit caught a Camden man who authorities believe was responsible for a weekend holdup spree following the armed robbery of a Lodi 7-Eleven. “He’s our guy,” an investigator told CLIFFVIEW PILOT after BCPD Detective Daniel Antinori and Eiffel found the suspect hiding in a dumpster behind a Boston Market barely 110 yards down Essex Street from the convenience store just after midnight. “He covered himself in garbage and was a mess when they got him out,” a law enforcement source said. Moments earlier, police said, 21-year-old Ham…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge sets $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death Judge sets $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death Judge sets $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death
Judge sets $2 million bail in Hackensack roommate beating death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County judge has ordered the accused killer of a Hackensack man found bloodied and beaten in a bedroom closet after nearly 13 hours held on $2 million bail. Clayton Robinson, 26, was brought to the Bergen County Jail earlier today after being extradited from the Bronx, where police arrested him after finding his roommate, 41-year-old Paul Calli, beaten, cut up and semi-conscious in a closet of his First Street apartment on March 6. Robinson is charged with murder, purposefully causing death during the commission of a crime, robbery and theft. Bergen Coun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor offers Garfield duo in pot factory bust six to 12 years in plea deal Bergen prosecutor offers Garfield duo in pot factory bust six to 12 years in plea deal Bergen prosecutor offers Garfield duo in pot factory bust six to 12 years in plea deal
Bergen prosecutor offers Garfield duo in pot factory bust six to 12 years in plea deal ONLY ON CVP: Bergen County prosecutors have offered a Garfield mother and son busted on major pot dealing charges plea deals of from six to 12 years. Sandra and Mark Pelicot, both of Main Street, were arraigned in Hackensack today on five separate counts of an indictment returned against them three months ago. Mark Pelicot, 30, also pleaded guilty to a probation violation stemming from a 2011 burglary charge. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Pia Sheperd told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian that investigators found more than five pounds of marijuana and $161,435 in cash that “a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Two men from Ukraine, one from Brooklyn charged in $15M international cybertheft scheme Two men from Ukraine, one from Brooklyn charged in $15M international cybertheft scheme Two men from Ukraine, one from Brooklyn charged in $15M international cybertheft scheme
Two men from Ukraine, one from Brooklyn charged in $15M international cybertheft scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two fugitives from the Ukraine and a Brooklyn man hacked customer accounts at more than a dozen banks, brokerage firms, payroll processing companies and government agencies in a scheme to steal more than $15 million from American customers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. Oleksiy Sharapka, 33, directed the operation with help from 39-year-old Leonid Yanovitsky, both of Kiev, said Fishman (above). A third man, Richard Gundersen, 47, of Brooklyn, helped divert money from the hacked accounts to bank accounts and pre-paid debit cards that the crew co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
New blood drives for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas set New blood drives for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas set New blood drives for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas set
New blood drives for Wallington Firefighter John Barnas set HOW YOU CAN HELP: Blood drives are growing in support of John Barnas, a Wallington firefighter who is battling leukemia — with one coming up this Sunday and another the following weekend. The Pascack Firemen’s Association is sponsoring this weekend’s drive: TIME: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 23 PLACE: Paramus Donor Center 1 West Ridgewood Ave., Paramus The following weekend, the Oradell Volunteer Fire Department will hold its own drive. TIME: 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 29 PLACE: Oradell Firehouse 335 Kinderkamack Road TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT FOR EITHER: (201) 646-7763 or (201)…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack middle school boy says driver tried luring him with ‘lost dog’ story Hackensack middle school boy says driver tried luring him with ‘lost dog’ story Hackensack middle school boy says driver tried luring him with ‘lost dog’ story
Hackensack middle school boy says driver tried luring him with ‘lost dog’ story YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack boy told police a man attempted to lure him to his car on his way to middle school this morning by asking him to help search for his sister’s lost dog. The boy said he was approached near the corner of Union Street and Lawrence Avenue just after 7:30 a.m. by a man in a two-door Honda Civic with tinted windows, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The boy said the car had some type of sticker on the front windshield, but he didn’t know what it said. He described the driver as white or Hispanic, in his 20s to 30s, with short black spike…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack ex-con gets three years in statutory group rape of girl, 15 Hackensack ex-con gets three years in statutory group rape of girl, 15 Hackensack ex-con gets three years in statutory group rape of girl, 15
Hackensack ex-con gets three years in statutory group rape of girl, 15 EXCLUSIVE: A Hackensack ex-con who said he simply “joined a party” was sent to state prison for three years for having videotaped sex with a 15-year old girl along with three of his friends. Justin Elliott, 40, said he went to a friend’s house one morning and found three of them taking turns with the teenager, who he said was wrapped in a blanket and dancing on a couch. “Do you think I’d let someone videotape me having sex with an underaged girl?” Elliott asked Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian in Hackensack on Friday. “She was a big girl. She didn’t have any clothes on,” he said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Hundreds of NJ law enforcement officers to get autism awareness training this week Hundreds of NJ law enforcement officers to get autism awareness training this week Hundreds of NJ law enforcement officers to get autism awareness training this week
Hundreds of NJ law enforcement officers to get autism awareness training this week PUBLIC SAFETY: More than 450 New Jersey law-enforcement officers from 150 or so departments will participate in one of two day-long autism recognition and awareness training sessions this week, one of which will be held at Bergen Community College. Sponsored by the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey, “Autism and Law Enforcement: Recognition, Response and Risk Management” will be held tomorrow at BCC in Paramus, following a similar session today at Brookdale Community College in Middletown. Autism/law enforcement trainer Dennis Debbaudt, who is conducting the sessions, said he ai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen bandit blamed for five weekend business robberies Bergen bandit blamed for five weekend business robberies Bergen bandit blamed for five weekend business robberies
Bergen bandit blamed for five weekend business robberies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A manhunt was under way for a Bergen County armed robber who is believed to have struck five times in a little over 24 hours this weekend — twice in Hasbrouck Heights and once each in Garfield, Lodi and Elmwood Park, authorities said. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County Police Department K9 unit caught a Camden man who authorities believe was responsible for a weekend holdup spree following the armed robbery of a Lodi 7-Eleven. READ MORE …. The likelihood grew that a county task force would be formed out of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office following t…

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