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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen grand jury indicts 4 in Oxy prescription fraud ring after Rochelle Park arrests Bergen grand jury indicts 4 in Oxy prescription fraud ring after Rochelle Park arrests Bergen grand jury indicts 4 in Oxy prescription fraud ring after Rochelle Park arrests
Bergen grand jury indicts 4 in Oxy prescription fraud ring after Rochelle Park arrests EXCLUSIVE: Four members of a large-scale prescription fraud ring used the names of five legitimate doctors from North Jersey and Rockland County whose signatures were forged, an indictment returned by a Bergen County grand jury alleges. The four were in the middle of a series of buys at a local pharmacy using forged signatures of physicians from Rutherford, Saddle River and Secaucus when they were snatched up in July, according to the 19-count indictment filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. Rochelle Park Detective Jim DePreta said he and fellow investigator Chris Bermudez spotted them w…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
City of Garfield vehicle stolen City of Garfield vehicle stolen City of Garfield vehicle stolen
City of Garfield vehicle stolen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield municipal sedan was stolen from the worker using it this afternoon, police confirmed. The white, four-door 2000 Saturn, belonging to the “Clean Communities” program, was running when the worker got out on River Drive and Semel Avenue just after 1:45 p.m. to pick up some trash. “When he turned back, it was gone,” Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Sucorowski said the vehicle (above, left) has the City of Garfield logos on both front doors and the license plate: MG81004. It also has the “CC1″ under the exterior mirrors on both sides o…

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Paramus, NJ
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River Edge man gets 364 days in county jail for DWI crash injuring good Samaritan River Edge man gets 364 days in county jail for DWI crash injuring good Samaritan River Edge man gets 364 days in county jail for DWI crash injuring good Samaritan
River Edge man gets 364 days in county jail for DWI crash injuring good Samaritan EXCLUSIVE: A River Edge man was sentenced to 364 days in the Bergen County Jail and three years probation for crashing his car into a good Samaritan and two vehicles in Paramus while drunk. Gregory Komporlis, 31, had been free on $50,000 bail since hours after his arrest last Dec. 14. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time that Komporlis was drunk when he caused the collision just after 2 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Forest Avenue near Norman Way. A 21-year-old good Samaritan had gotten out to help another motorist who’d crashed her car into a utility pole when h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive charged with hitting New Milford officer with car brought to court today Fugitive charged with hitting New Milford officer with car brought to court today Fugitive charged with hitting New Milford officer with car brought to court today
Fugitive charged with hitting New Milford officer with car brought to court today YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry man accused of clipping a New Milford officer with his car after a strong-armed robbery in Dumont was being held on $95,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being extradited from Florida. His first in a series of area court hearings was being held today in Hackensack. Richard Scrivani, 23, was brought to Hackensack Municipal Court this morning for a first appearance on theft charges following his February arrest in Key Largo — for erratic bike riding. Scrivani also must make appearances in New Milford — tentatively scheduled for Dec. 11 — and in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Van driver, 71, killed in tractor-trailer crash at GWB Van driver, 71, killed in tractor-trailer crash at GWB Van driver, 71, killed in tractor-trailer crash at GWB
Van driver, 71, killed in tractor-trailer crash at GWB YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 71-year-old driver from upstate New York was killed early this morning when his van rear-ended a tractor-trailer on the approach to the George Washington Bridge tolls in Fort Lee, authorities said. Anthony Ruberto, of Highland, N.Y., was driving the 2012 Econoline construction van into the city on I-95 around 6 a.m. when the front on his side slammed into the right rear corner of the Pacific Logistics Corp. trailer after the rig slowed in traffic under the Center Avenue overpass, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Fort Lee EMS pronounced the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bail raised to $1 million for Bronx man in Cliffside Park kidnapping Bail raised to $1 million for Bronx man in Cliffside Park kidnapping Bail raised to $1 million for Bronx man in Cliffside Park kidnapping
Bail raised to $1 million for Bronx man in Cliffside Park kidnapping YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Municipal Court judge today hiked bail to $1 million for a Bronx fugitive extradited to Bergen County in connection with the September abduction of a Cliffside Park man. Basilio Garcia, 32, was arrested earlier this month by Port Authority police for his alleged role in the Sept. 2 abduction of a 36-year-old borough man from Main Street in what police said was a failed attempt to collect a debt. Besides kidnapping, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Garcia (above, left) faces a long list of other charges stemming from the discovery of several bogus credit a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland police: Mexican immigrant paid $10,000 for docs to get driver’s license Oakland police: Mexican immigrant paid $10,000 for docs to get driver’s license Oakland police: Mexican immigrant paid $10,000 for docs to get driver’s license
Oakland police: Mexican immigrant paid $10,000 for docs to get driver’s license YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mexican immigrant tried getting a New Jersey driver’s license using credentials he bought from another man for $10,000, Oakland police said this morning. Ruben Gonzalez-Trujillo, 25, of Butler, was arrested by Sgt. Keith Sanzari and Officers Ed McDermott and Stephen Broek at the NJ Motor Vehicle Commission office on Ramapo Valley Road on Friday. Trujillo presented the other man’s birth certificate, Social Security card and debit card in attempt to apply for a driver’s license, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. He was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Wood Ridge Junior/Senior High School in semis for $48,000 Jimmy Johnson tech makeover Wood Ridge Junior/Senior High School in semis for $48,000 Jimmy Johnson tech makeover Wood Ridge Junior/Senior High School in semis for $48,000 Jimmy Johnson tech makeover
Wood Ridge Junior/Senior High School in semis for $48,000 Jimmy Johnson tech makeover YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Wood Ridge Junior/Senior High School is one of 10 national semi-finalists for a $48,000 “Team Up for Technology” grant through the Jimmy Johnson Foundation, established by the successful NASCAR driver. By making it to the semis, the school won a $250 digital camera and a $1,200 laptop, both manufactured by contest co-sponsor Samsung. The school also is in the running for a grand prize of $13,700 worth of Samsung merchandise and a check to buy $34,300 worth of other equipment listed in its grant application. Students will vie for the top honor by using the new equ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Recognize him? He lured different girls on separate days, Leonia police say Recognize him? He lured different girls on separate days, Leonia police say Recognize him? He lured different girls on separate days, Leonia police say
Recognize him? He lured different girls on separate days, Leonia police say HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Leonia police are seeking the public’s help finding a man who they said followed and then approached two different girls on the street, asking one “inappropriate” questions and another to get into his vehicle. The first girl, a 15-year-old, told police she was walking home on Thursday when she noticed a black van slowly following her, Police Chief Thomas Rowe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT last night. She turned and walked in the other direction, Rowe said, but the driver got out and “proceeded to ask her a few inappropriate questions,” the girl told police. She described …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities raid Englewood Cliffs home, smash $100,000 milk crate theft ring Authorities raid Englewood Cliffs home, smash $100,000 milk crate theft ring Authorities raid Englewood Cliffs home, smash $100,000 milk crate theft ring
Authorities raid Englewood Cliffs home, smash $100,000 milk crate theft ring A ring that stole and recycled more than $100,000 worth of plastic milk crates was smashed when investigators raided an Englewood Cliffs home and two Fairfield business addresses while arresting a Hackensack man and seven Passaic County associates, authorities said today. “The operators use stolen crates, reconfigure them and resell them for profit,’’ said Essex County Assistant Prosecutor Nicole Buermann, whose office lead the investigation. “Industry experts say these thefts cost stores millions annually. Investigators recovered plastic totes and soda pallets stolen from Rite Aid, CVS, …

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