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
Breaking News
Former NJ Turnpike claims manager admits $1.5 million accident insurance scam Former NJ Turnpike claims manager admits $1.5 million accident insurance scam Former NJ Turnpike claims manager admits $1.5 million accident insurance scam
Former NJ Turnpike claims manager admits $1.5 million accident insurance scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former claims manager for the N.J. Turnpike Authority admitted in federal court in Newark today that he hatched a scheme that led to the theft of more than $1.5 million from the authority and various insurance companies. With the help of representatives from two New Jersey-based insurance companies, 55-year-old Gerardo A. Blasi of Clifton said, he inflated the costs to repair damage motorists did to NJTA property. The inflated claims were submitted to the motorists’ insurance companies from May 2009 until June of this year, Blasi said. The payouts were then direc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
5 years for woman caught with gun in Ridgefield, probation for accomplice 5 years for woman caught with gun in Ridgefield, probation for accomplice 5 years for woman caught with gun in Ridgefield, probation for accomplice
5 years for woman caught with gun in Ridgefield, probation for accomplice EXCLUSIVE: The lawyer for a New Hampshire woman arrested by Ridgefield police for illegally carrying a pistol told a judge in Hackensack today that she was duped into agreeing to trade the weapon for “a lot of pills.” Chelsea Carpentier, 22, of Franklin, NH, and her co-defendant, 23-year-old Michael Provenzano of Deerfield, NH, each pleaded guilty today to charges arising from a May 17 arrest in Ridgefield, where they were caught with drugs and a .45-caliber Hi-Point semiautomatic handgun. Provenzano told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian that he agreed to drive Carpentier to New Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Medical emergency believed responsible for Franklin Lakes crash Medical emergency believed responsible for Franklin Lakes crash Medical emergency believed responsible for Franklin Lakes crash
Medical emergency believed responsible for Franklin Lakes crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 70-year-old motorist whose car crashed it way down a Franklin Lakes street before ramming into a house on the Mahwah side apparently had a medical emergency, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The 2001 Lexus was headed east on Pulis Avenue just after noon when it side-swiped a guardrail, continued down the street and hit utility pole and a mailbox before leaving the roadway, continuing across a property on Chapel Road and hitting the house, Franklin Lakes Police Lt. John Bakelaar said. Emergency workers from Franklin Lakes, Mahwah and Ramsey responded, as did the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Emerson borough attorney, councilman-elect charged with election fraud Emerson borough attorney, councilman-elect charged with election fraud Emerson borough attorney, councilman-elect charged with election fraud
Emerson borough attorney, councilman-elect charged with election fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Emerson borough attorney and a limousine driver elected to the council last month were charged by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office with adding candidates’ names to council primary petitions after they were signed earlier this year. Scott Mooney, 38 (above, left), who also serves as a prosecutor in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack, was served with a summons to appear on Dec. 19 on charges of falsifying or tampering with records, defacing a primary petition and conspiracy, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. The same was issu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD: Man grabs woman’s butt, threatens her and good Samaritan Port Authority PD: Man grabs woman’s butt, threatens her and good Samaritan Port Authority PD: Man grabs woman’s butt, threatens her and good Samaritan
Port Authority PD: Man grabs woman’s butt, threatens her and good Samaritan YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police arrested a convicted sex offender who they said grabbed a woman’s behind before dawn this morning, followed her out of the Journal Square Transportation Center and then threatened a witness who came to her aid. Maurice Alvarado, 22, of Jersey City “placed his hands in his pockets simulating a weapon and made verbal threats to both the victim and witness,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The 29-year-old victim then tried ducking into an ATM and getting in a taxi line following the 4 a.m. incident, but Alvara…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Track coach indicted in student sex assault case Track coach indicted in student sex assault case Track coach indicted in student sex assault case
Track coach indicted in student sex assault case YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County grand jury has indicted Passaic High School’s head track coach on charges of sexually assaulting a team sprinter when he was an assistant. King Jamol Perry II remains free on $100,000 bail following his indictment last week in Hackensack on charges assigned out of Passaic County. The four-count indictment accuses Perry of having sex with the girl during the first four months of 2006, when she was 16. Additional charges involve engaging in sexual conduct that “would impair or debauch the morals of a child,” including “sexual touching, sexual penetr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen men indicted in child sex, exposure cases Bergen men indicted in child sex, exposure cases Bergen men indicted in child sex, exposure cases
Bergen men indicted in child sex, exposure cases EXCLUSIVE: Two Bergenfield men have been indicted in separate child sex and exposure cases. Both were arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and have remained free since raising bail. Luis Lopez, 51, posted $250,000 in March after spending three months behind bars as he awaits a trial. Lopez, a Colombian national, was arrested on Dec. 5, 2012, after a 13-year-old girl told someone at her school that he molested her several times last year, beginning when she was 12. A grand jury in Hackensack indicted him last week on seven charges, the most …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Court hearing for woman charged with stalking, killing ex-lover, River Edge girlfriend Court hearing for woman charged with stalking, killing ex-lover, River Edge girlfriend Court hearing for woman charged with stalking, killing ex-lover, River Edge girlfriend
Court hearing for woman charged with stalking, killing ex-lover, River Edge girlfriend EXCLUSIVE: A New York woman charged with stalking and then murdering her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend last year was arraigned on the charges today in Hackensack. Monica Mogg, 50, expressed little emotion during the brief hearing this morning. She was quickly returned to the Bergen County Jail, where she remains held on $3 million bail. Prosecutors said Mogg shot and stabbed Arthur Noeldechan, 52, and 42-year-old Jung Yi Kim inside Kim’s River Edge home in late October 2012 after stalking them for months. Mogg with her attorney, David I. Goldsteid, in Superior Court in Hackensack …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock police arrest 2 after stolen car chase into Fair Lawn Glen Rock police arrest 2 after stolen car chase into Fair Lawn Glen Rock police arrest 2 after stolen car chase into Fair Lawn
Glen Rock police arrest 2 after stolen car chase into Fair Lawn EXCLUSIVE: A Paterson man driving a car reported stolen twice in less than a week led a Glen Rock police officer on a brief chase before being tackled and arrested after he hopped out and tried to run, authorities said today. Officer Michael Trover stopped the 1993 Toyota Corolla on southbound Route 208 for an equipment violation late yesterday morning. Trover was approaching the car when he noticed a woman ducking down in the back seat, Detective Sgt. Eric Reimy told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Suddenly, the driver hit the gas, he said. Trover ran back to his cruiser and chased t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority PD seeks public’s help finding PATH station beating suspects Port Authority PD seeks public’s help finding PATH station beating suspects Port Authority PD seeks public’s help finding PATH station beating suspects
Port Authority PD seeks public’s help finding PATH station beating suspects HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? Port Authority police are seeking the public’s help in identifying six suspects in the beating of a 44-year-old man at the Christopher Street PATH station in Manhattan early yesterday. Do you know them? CALL: 1-800-828-7273 All told, police are searching for three male suspects (photos above and left) and three female suspects, one of whom is pictured below. The victim sustained cuts to his head, lip and hand, for which he was treated at Jersey City Medical Center before being released. Anyone with any information about the incident or the identities of the susp…

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