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
Franklin Lakes police: Son rips off $26,000 from mom, 88 Franklin Lakes police: Son rips off $26,000 from mom, 88 Franklin Lakes police: Son rips off $26,000 from mom, 88
Franklin Lakes police: Son rips off $26,000 from mom, 88 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Franklin Lakes police arrested a Little Falls man who they said forged checks in his 88-year-old mother’s name and used her credit card for a total of $26,000 in losses. Mark Cerio, 49, was arrested yesterday following an investigation by Detective Sgts. Anthony Pacelli and Jeffrey Jost. He was later released on $25,000 bail pending a Municipal Court hearing on charges of forgery and credit card theft. MUGSHOT: Courtesy FRANKLIN LAKES PD

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
‘Paradoxical undressing’ explored in death of Maywood woman ‘Paradoxical undressing’ explored in death of Maywood woman ‘Paradoxical undressing’ explored in death of Maywood woman
‘Paradoxical undressing’ explored in death of Maywood woman EXCLUSIVE: Authorities were investigating whether a 53-year-old Maywood woman whose partially clothed body was found off Route 17 North in Rochelle Park this morning may have shed her own garments, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Christine Bezak of Maywood was reported missing by her husband last night, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. “There are no outward signs of a homicide right now,” Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, “but an autopsy must be done to reach a final determination.” YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The death of a Maywood woman whose body was found behind a row of bu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Search continues for missing Cliffside Park chihuahua mix named Drama Search continues for missing Cliffside Park chihuahua mix named Drama Search continues for missing Cliffside Park chihuahua mix named Drama
Search continues for missing Cliffside Park chihuahua mix named Drama HAVE YOU SEEN THIS DOG? Friends and strangers were still searching tonight for a chihuahua mix named Drama from Cliffside Park who went missing three days ago while his owner was overseas. “The owner is coming back from Taiwan tomorrow and we will be arranging a search party,” the operators of Lost and Found Dogs NJ told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. They will cut a wide swath: Fort Lee, Palisades Park and Ridgefield are all within blocks of where the dog went missing. Drama bolted from his Lafayette Avenue backyard, which backs on a baseball field near Bergen Boulevard, on Saturday. He wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Study: New Jerseyans curse the third most of any #*&!$?% state Study: New Jerseyans curse the third most of any #*&!$?% state Study: New Jerseyans curse the third most of any #*&!$?% state
Study: New Jerseyans curse the third most of any #*&!$?% state WHAT WE THINK: So New Jersey ranks THIRD behind Ohio and Maryland in a study of who curses most? Can you believe this (expletive)? No one gave much of a shine when it was released earlier this year, but a study by an ad group called the Marchex Institute that put New Jerseyans in the Top 5 of our republic’s “Most Likely to Curse” list has drawn some attention lately. Ohio, which finished first, also made the Top 5 “Least Courteous” list. New Jersey didn’t rank as more or less courteous in the study, which scanned keywords for “please” and “thank you” during its research (They shoulda tr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
6-year minimum prison term for heroin network ringleader out of Passaic County 6-year minimum prison term for heroin network ringleader out of Passaic County 6-year minimum prison term for heroin network ringleader out of Passaic County
6-year minimum prison term for heroin network ringleader out of Passaic County YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Passaic County man pleaded guilty today to heading a major heroin supply operation that put kilos of the drug into the hands of suppliers and large-scale dealers each week in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Segundo Garcia, 38, of Prospect Park, aka “Moreno,” admitted that he led a narcotics supply ring that distributed millions of dollars worth of smack from a number of processing “mills” and stash houses in Paterson. Garcia, a Dominican national, served more than five years in federal prison for drug dealing beginning in 2000.  He was sub…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater man, father indicted on drug trafficking charges in 2-kilo heroin bust Edgewater man, father indicted on drug trafficking charges in 2-kilo heroin bust Edgewater man, father indicted on drug trafficking charges in 2-kilo heroin bust
Edgewater man, father indicted on drug trafficking charges in 2-kilo heroin bust  YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State Police found 2 kilos of heroin at the Edgewater home of a man who was arrested with his father and an alleged associate, according to an indictment returned against the trio. The discovery was made after detectives from the New Jersey State Police Drug Trafficking North Unit stopped a Cadillac STS the three men were in on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County on March 7, the indictment returned yesterday in Trenton says. The detectives found $34,950 in cash in the vehicle during a consensual search, it adds. Jonathan Antistian Jackson (l.), Miguel Angel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
‘Tweet-along’ with Bergenfield police this Friday ‘Tweet-along’ with Bergenfield police this Friday ‘Tweet-along’ with Bergenfield police this Friday
‘Tweet-along’ with Bergenfield police this Friday SHOUT OUT: Bergenfield police will be conducting their first “Tweet-along” from 7 to 11 p.m. this Friday. During that time, Police Chief Michael T. Carr and Captain Cathy Madalone (above, left) will shadow an officer on patrol and post to the department’s Twitter page. The hope is to create a virtual ride-along with a police officer, Carr said. “We will be posting photos and tweets of events and incidents which occur during the officer’s shift,” Madalone said. But there’s more: “We will also tweet a time and location for a meet and greet during the event,” the captain said. TO PARTI…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff woman scammed out of $4,100 renting apartment for daughter Wyckoff woman scammed out of $4,100 renting apartment for daughter Wyckoff woman scammed out of $4,100 renting apartment for daughter
Wyckoff woman scammed out of $4,100 renting apartment for daughter PUBLIC SAFETY: A Wyckoff woman trying to rent an apartment for her daughter online lost $4,100 to a scam artist claiming to be a landlord, police said. The woman told police she asked about what was promoted as an available unit online and received several responses from genuine real estate agents, as well as the purported owner. The scammer told her that “she could save realtor fees by dealing directly with him,” Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. They then struck a deal for $4,100 that she said she wired to him, the chief said. He eventually called back, asking her to send more money t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Jeep slams utility pole, closes Ridgewood street Jeep slams utility pole, closes Ridgewood street Jeep slams utility pole, closes Ridgewood street
Jeep slams utility pole, closes Ridgewood street YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah resident was injured, although not seriously, after her Jeep slammed into a utility pole in Ridgewood tonight. The driver lost control of the 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee in front of 555 North Maple Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. Although the pole was left leaning after the crash, no electric outages were reported in the area. A PSE&G utility worker was on the scene to assess the extent of necessary repairs. North Maple Avenue remained closed in both directions between Pine and 2nd streets until those repairs could be made. Ridgewood police, firefighters …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Trial in 2010 death of Fairview baby, 1, delayed yet again Trial in 2010 death of Fairview baby, 1, delayed yet again Trial in 2010 death of Fairview baby, 1, delayed yet again
Trial in 2010 death of Fairview baby, 1, delayed yet again EXCLUSIVE: A final piece of forensic evidence has caused yet another delay in the trial of a Fairview man accused of killing his girlfriend’s baby daughter by beating her and holding her head underwater in a bathtub. Yoher Jimenez, 27, must now wait until February before a trial date can be set in the death of 1-year-old Baby Victoria, in a case marked by repeated delays. Public defender Ian Silvera told Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack that a medical expert for his client has requested new slides of the child’s spinal cord from the county prosecutor’s e…

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