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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Paterson, NJ
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Sentencing, pleas, appearances in massive ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others Sentencing, pleas, appearances in massive ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others Sentencing, pleas, appearances in massive ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others
Sentencing, pleas, appearances in massive ATM skimming scheme that hit Englewood bank, others UPDATE: One by one, an organized crime crew of Romanian nationals who used ATM skimming devices to steal $5 million from banks in Englewood and elsewhere were brought into federal court in Newark this past week – with one sentenced to nearly five years in prison, two more pleading guilty and the alleged ringleader being arraigned. The man who federal prosecutors said led the operation – 31-year-old Marius Vintila– was arraigned on Tuesday after being extradited from Sweden. The government said Vintila, also known as “Dan Girneata,” fled the country last July as federal agents rounded up h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Hillsdale man, 24, charged in slashing of ex’s tires in Ho-Ho-Kus Hillsdale man, 24, charged in slashing of ex’s tires in Ho-Ho-Kus Hillsdale man, 24, charged in slashing of ex’s tires in Ho-Ho-Kus
Hillsdale man, 24, charged in slashing of ex’s tires in Ho-Ho-Kus ONLY ON CVP: Several witnesses pointed police to a 24-year-old Hillsdale man who they said slashed the tires of his ex-girlfriend’s car in Ho-Ho-Kus. Ridgewood police grabbed Shain Prefi a block from the First Street incident early yesterday evening. Bergen County Police assisted. The damaged car was attended to by the driver of a AAA-affiliated tow truck. Police, meanwhile, impounded Prefi’s black Audi. Prefi, 24, was being held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with harassment, criminal mischief, threatening to kill and weapons possession. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Lo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood man accused of molesting two girls, one 8 Englewood man accused of molesting two girls, one 8 Englewood man accused of molesting two girls, one 8
Englewood man accused of molesting two girls, one 8 ONLY ON CVP: An Englewood man was indicted on charges of molesting two girls — one eight, the other in her mid teens. Pablo Roberto Gomez-Sanchez, 45, touched the younger girl’s breasts and vagina “more than once” beginning when she was six, the indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack on Feb. 24 says. It says he also forced her to touch him. Englewood police and members of Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit arrested Gomez-Sanchez in February of last year after learning of the alleged assaults on the younger girl. Molinelli said they quickly disco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Massive procession set for funeral of Wallington Fire Capt. Greg Barnas Massive procession set for funeral of Wallington Fire Capt. Greg Barnas Massive procession set for funeral of Wallington Fire Capt. Greg Barnas
Massive procession set for funeral of Wallington Fire Capt. Greg Barnas TRIBUTE: Thousands of firefighters, emergency workers and citizens are expected for a memorial procession that will pass through Wallington this Friday for the funeral of popular veteran Fire Captain Gregory Barnas, who was killed after falling from the roof of a burning restaurant before dawn yesterday. The wake for Greg Barnas, 57, is set for Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at Warner-Wozniak Funeral home on Midland Avenue. The funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Friday at Most Sacred Heart of Jesus R.C. Church on Paterson Avenue. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that contributions be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Elmwood Park man gets six years for raping woman while friend recorded it Elmwood Park man gets six years for raping woman while friend recorded it Elmwood Park man gets six years for raping woman while friend recorded it
Elmwood Park man gets six years for raping woman while friend recorded it EXCLUSIVE: A judge said state prison — and not a rehabilitation facility — is where an Elmwood Park man is going for at least 5½ years for raping an unconscious woman while his friend recorded it on video. Jimmy Corallo, 27, also must remain under Megan’s Law parole supervision for life once he’s released, Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi said yesterday in Hackensack. “I know it was wrong. I was completely out of touch with reality,” Corallo told the judge. “But I accept my responsibility, and I am very sorry to the victim. Jimmy Corallo (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Mir…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Bergen prosecutor warns of deadly synthetic drug mix after Ramsey OD arrests Bergen prosecutor warns of deadly synthetic drug mix after Ramsey OD arrests Bergen prosecutor warns of deadly synthetic drug mix after Ramsey OD arrests
Bergen prosecutor warns of deadly synthetic drug mix after Ramsey OD arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Upper Saddle River man and his daughter have been charged in connection with the overdose death of a 19-year-old Ramsey man this past weekend from a lethal drug mix that was being passed off as heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli announced tonight. Molinelli in announcing the arrests took the rare move of warning young people in North Jersey to beware of the drug mixture and not to use it. Darius Ghahary – aka “Dash” – of Hampshire Hill gave Daniel Lajterman the fatal dose of a deadly poly-drug substance he created using Fentanyl as one of the ingred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Driver cut from car after Ridgewood collision, summonses issued Driver cut from car after Ridgewood collision, summonses issued Driver cut from car after Ridgewood collision, summonses issued
Driver cut from car after Ridgewood collision, summonses issued YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood firefighters used the “Jaws of Life” to free the female driver of an Acura TL after she was pinned during a late-night crash in Ridgewood. She was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that police said weren’t life-threatening following the collision at the intersection of Linwood and Walthery avenues. The driver of the other car, a black Audi, declined medical aid, as did two occupants. The Audi sustained heavy front-end damage. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow truck. Responding along with Ridgewood firefigh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Judge warns Rashidah Ali of ‘Love & Hip Hop': Break the rules again and it’s jail Judge warns Rashidah Ali of ‘Love & Hip Hop': Break the rules again and it’s jail Judge warns Rashidah Ali of ‘Love & Hip Hop': Break the rules again and it’s jail
Judge warns Rashidah Ali of ‘Love & Hip Hop': Break the rules again and it’s jail EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack agreed not to send “blinged-out bombshell” Rashidah Ali of “Love & Hip Hop” to jail today after she promised to stop violating probation for credit card fraud. Ali, 30, has missed several scheduled appointments with her probation officer and failed to pay restitution under the terms of her plea agreement. She even wrote a $6,800 check to the Bergen County Probation Department last spring that bounced. Rashidah Ali (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Defense attorney Ron Bar-Nadav promised Presiding Superior Court…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Police: Englewood woman turned tricks from apartment Police: Englewood woman turned tricks from apartment Police: Englewood woman turned tricks from apartment
Police: Englewood woman turned tricks from apartment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Round-the-clock traffic in and out of an Englewood housing complex drew enough attention for residents to call police, who busted a neighborhood woman for running a brothel from her apartment through online advertisements. Dionne Stubbs, 30, was released on bail after Englewood detectives, assisted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad, arrested her yesterday aftenoon on charges of prostitution and maintaining a house of prostitution. Police initially grew suspicious after a “robbery-related call at her residence,” Detecti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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New Milford police chase down heroin suspects after snowbank crash New Milford police chase down heroin suspects after snowbank crash New Milford police chase down heroin suspects after snowbank crash
New Milford police chase down heroin suspects after snowbank crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One suspect was chased down while running barefoot, while another was caught hitching a ride — both carrying heroin — after they left their car stranded in a snowbank, New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Officers responding to a 911 call found the car stuck in the snow at Birchwood Road and Dalia Drive around 10:30 Wednesday night, Papapietro said. While Officer Derek Mattessich stayed with the vehicle, he said, Sgt. William Duby traced footprints in the snow a half-mile or so before spotting 21-year-old Jordan Richter of …

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