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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Blind man among 4 suspects arrested in Teaneck street robbery Blind man among 4 suspects arrested in Teaneck street robbery Blind man among 4 suspects arrested in Teaneck street robbery
Blind man among 4 suspects arrested in Teaneck street robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A suspect’s distinguishing feature — blindness — led Teaneck police to four people, one of them an 21-year-old ex-con, who they arrested in connection with a street robbery Tuesday night. Two men told police they were waiting for a girl at the corner of Linden Avenue and Kipp Street around 8 p.m. Tuesday when a pair of bandits wearing masks over the bottoms of their faces approached them. One “pulled up his shirt, displaying a handgun, and threatened to shoot the two victims if they moved,” Police Chief Robert Wilson said this afternoon. The pair grabbed their ce…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Dogs search Bergen courthouse after pay-phone bomb threat Dogs search Bergen courthouse after pay-phone bomb threat Dogs search Bergen courthouse after pay-phone bomb threat
Dogs search Bergen courthouse after pay-phone bomb threat YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bomb-sniffing dogs searched the Bergen County Courthouse this morning following a bomb threat. The vague threat came in to Hackensack police around 10 a.m. from a local pay phone on Main Street, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “A K9 unit searched the building top to bottom and the perimeter,” a county officer said. “Nothing was found.”

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Englewood cop indicted for having loaded gun in Fair Lawn Former Englewood cop indicted for having loaded gun in Fair Lawn Former Englewood cop indicted for having loaded gun in Fair Lawn
Former Englewood cop indicted for having loaded gun in Fair Lawn EXCLUSIVE: A 66-year-old retired Englewood police officer was indicted on weapons charges out of Fair Lawn after a loaded handgun that once belonged to his father was found in a desk at his former security job. Timothy M. Toine, of Bergenfield, was fired from his position at the Mondelez Global snack food company on Route 208 earlier this year, Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. While cleaning out Toine’s desk in April, a company employee found a loaded .38 Special with a trigger lock inside a red handgun bag in a drawer, Metzler said. The weapon was turned over to Fa…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Suspect’s bright blue pants lead Little Ferry patrolman to stolen holiday packages Suspect’s bright blue pants lead Little Ferry patrolman to stolen holiday packages Suspect’s bright blue pants lead Little Ferry patrolman to stolen holiday packages
Suspect’s bright blue pants lead Little Ferry patrolman to stolen holiday packages EXCLUSIVE: A Little Ferry man gave a patrolman all the evidence he needed when he came to the door wearing a t-shirt stolen off a neighbor’s porch, authorities said. Tony Bugg, 34, then gave Officer John Andronaco consent to search his room, where Detective Ronald Klein Jr. said items from two stolen packages were found. They included two PlayStations, three video games, an air pump, a ballet workout DVD and two more Armani t-shirts — one black, one white — similar to the gray one he was wearing, Klein said. Andronaco hit the Woodland Avenue neighborhood after an alert resident called p…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Chain-reaction Ridgewood crash damages 3 parked vehicles Chain-reaction Ridgewood crash damages 3 parked vehicles Chain-reaction Ridgewood crash damages 3 parked vehicles
Chain-reaction Ridgewood crash damages 3 parked vehicles YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Three parked vehicles were damaged in Ridgewood this afternoon when a driver lost control of his Ford Explorer and it plowed into the rear end of a parked Jeep, which rammed a Honda sedan in front of it — which, in turn, hit another car. No injuries were reported in the early Wednesday afternoon incident in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch on North Walnut Street. A significant fluid spill resulted from the crash. Ridgewood FD personnel were assisted by members of the Ridgewood Streets Division in containing the mess. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Four attempted murder charges in Teaneck shooting involving child, 2 Four attempted murder charges in Teaneck shooting involving child, 2 Four attempted murder charges in Teaneck shooting involving child, 2
Four attempted murder charges in Teaneck shooting involving child, 2 EXCLUSIVE: An ex-con and an associate were indicted on four counts of attempted murder — one involving a 2-year-old child — in a summer shooting in Teaneck following a chase that began on Route 4. The target of the shooting told police the July 9 incident began when both men began following him “for an unknown reason” while was he was at the Garden State Plaza earlier in the day, Detective Lt. Andrew McGurr told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time. They then began chasing him on foot from Route 4, leading him to jump into a car occupied by a couple he knows and their young child. At that point,…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police sergeant corners DWI hit-and-run driver Fair Lawn police sergeant corners DWI hit-and-run driver Fair Lawn police sergeant corners DWI hit-and-run driver
Fair Lawn police sergeant corners DWI hit-and-run driver YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Old Tappan woman with a suspended license, no insurance and an expired registration was “severely intoxicated” when Fair Lawn police hemmed in her car, smashed the window and pulled her out following a hit-and-run crash on Route 208, authorities said. The driver whose car was hit followed 44-year-old Ava Cifaldi as she continued on Route 208, then turned around and headed south on the highway before exiting at Fair Lawn Avenue around 2:30 this afternoon, police said. Hearing the alert from Central Bergen Communications in neighboring Glen Rock, Fair Lawn Police …

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Car barrels into steps after taxi crash in Ridgewood Car barrels into steps after taxi crash in Ridgewood Car barrels into steps after taxi crash in Ridgewood
Car barrels into steps after taxi crash in Ridgewood YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A compact car was sent across the front lawn and into the front steps of a Ridgewood home after it collided with an SUV taxicab this afternoon. The elderly male driver of the Chevrolet Aveo was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, following the collision at the intersection of North Walnut Street and Robinson Lane shortly before 2 o’clock. The wooden staircase sustained minor damage, but there was substantial front-end damage to both the Chevy and the taxi. Ridgewood FD personnel provided EMS support and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey doctor admits taking bribes in Biodiagnostic Labs scheme Ramsey doctor admits taking bribes in Biodiagnostic Labs scheme Ramsey doctor admits taking bribes in Biodiagnostic Labs scheme
Ramsey doctor admits taking bribes in Biodiagnostic Labs scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ramsey doctor admitted in federal court today that he accepted bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services of Parsippany, its president and various associates. Glenn Leslie, 59, became the 21st person to plead guilty in connection with the bribery scheme, which its organizers have admitted involved millions of dollars in bribes and resulted in more than $100 million in payments to BLS from Medicare and various private insurance companies. The include 11 employees or associates of BLS and 10 …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Bergen father, son charged with scamming investors out of $3.5 million Bergen father, son charged with scamming investors out of $3.5 million Bergen father, son charged with scamming investors out of $3.5 million
Bergen father, son charged with scamming investors out of $3.5 million YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County father and son conned more than two dozen investors out of $3.5 million that they used to buy two Maseratis and a Ferrari, among other goodies for themselves, state authorities allege. Other family members benefitted from the money stolen from 26 investors through the sale of unregistered security notes by George J. Bussanich, 55, of Park Ridge and his 34-year-old son, George Bussanich of Upper Saddle River, the NJ Division of Law says in a lawsuit filed in Newark. “This was not a legitimate investment gone bad, but a scam by the defendants to line …

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