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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Fire at Valentino’s in Park Ridge investigated Fire at Valentino’s in Park Ridge investigated Fire at Valentino’s in Park Ridge investigated
Fire at Valentino’s in Park Ridge investigated UPDATE: Bergen County arson investigators were at the scene tonight of a three-alarm fire at a Park Ridge Italian restaurant. The fire at Valentino’s broke out in the basement just before 4 o’clock and escalated to three alarms quickly, emergency responders said. Departments from several Pascack towns converged on the Spring Valley Road eatery, which was closed before dinner, and extinguished the entire blaze within an hour. Owner Angelo Colella reportedly was the only person in the restaurant, which he opened more than 30 years ago. He got out safely, emergency workers said.

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Was woman in ski mask looking to rob Englewood bank? Was woman in ski mask looking to rob Englewood bank? Was woman in ski mask looking to rob Englewood bank?
Was woman in ski mask looking to rob Englewood bank? YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A woman in a ski mask, gloves and a tight leather jacket cased an Englewood bank today and then rushed out before authorities could be notified, police said tonight. “She never displayed a weapon or uttered a word,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “We’re treating the incident as a probable bank robber who got ‘cold feet’ at the last minute,” he said. IMAGE: Courtesy ENGLEWOOD PD Given the time of day and the location of the PNC Bank branch — on Engle Street near busy East Palisade Avenue — investigators are hoping someone has area su…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood High School student reports knife assault by robber Ridgewood High School student reports knife assault by robber Ridgewood High School student reports knife assault by robber
Ridgewood High School student reports knife assault by robber YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police were looking for a man in his 20s who a Ridgewood High School student said slashed him with a knife while stealing his backpack late this morning. The student told police he was walking home for lunch on Walthery Avenue near the corner of Linwood Avenue around 11:45 a.m. when he “noticed a man walking behind him who appeared to be following him,” Detective Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke said. The robber “grabbed his backpack, which caused the juvenile to fall to the ground,” Luthcke said. He then “pulled out a knife and started slashing at the juvenile.” The tee…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Closter cardiologist gets 6½ years in federal prison for record $19M fraud Closter cardiologist gets 6½ years in federal prison for record $19M fraud Closter cardiologist gets 6½ years in federal prison for record $19M fraud
Closter cardiologist gets 6½ years in federal prison for record $19M fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A well-known cardiologist from Closter was sentenced today in Newark to 6½ years in federal prison for conspiring in a $19 million health care fraud — the largest in New Jersey, New York or Connecticut for an individual practitioner, according to the government. Jose Katz, 69, the founder, CEO, and sole owner of a pair of large medical services companies in New Jersey and New York, admitted to a scheme in April that subjected thousands of patients to unnecessary tests and potentially life-threatening, unneeded treatment, as well as treatment by unlicensed or untraine…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority officer makes 79th DWI arrest this year: Fort Lee cosmetologist Port Authority officer makes 79th DWI arrest this year: Fort Lee cosmetologist Port Authority officer makes 79th DWI arrest this year: Fort Lee cosmetologist
Port Authority officer makes 79th DWI arrest this year: Fort Lee cosmetologist YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee cosmetologist stopped at the George Washington Bridge early this morning became the 79th person that Port Authority Police Officer Edwin Berdecia has arrested for DWI this year. Cherie Lambiase, 42, was also wanted on a warrant out of Englewood, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Berdecia pulled over her car for having a broken headlight at Bridge Plaza North and West Street around 1 a.m., Pentangelo said. The officer “spoke to her and noticed she had bloodshot eyes and an odor of alcohol,” he said. Lambiase, a Bergen Community College graduate or…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
False alarm in reported disappearance of Saddle Brook boy, 10 False alarm in reported disappearance of Saddle Brook boy, 10 False alarm in reported disappearance of Saddle Brook boy, 10
False alarm in reported disappearance of Saddle Brook boy, 10 BULLETIN: A media report of a 10-year-old Saddle Brook boy who didn’t make it to school this morning was a false alarm. The Long Elementary School fifth-grader somehow was “unaccounted for” during the morning head count, Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT shortly before 11:30. The Long School is around the corner from the family’s house, he said.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Wells Fargo settles with NJ over bank employee who pressed loan applicant for sex Wells Fargo settles with NJ over bank employee who pressed loan applicant for sex Wells Fargo settles with NJ over bank employee who pressed loan applicant for sex
Wells Fargo settles with NJ over bank employee who pressed loan applicant for sex YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: As part of a settlement resolving charges that a Wells Fargo Bank employee pressured a female loan applicant for sex, the bank has agreed to strengthen its anti-discrimination policies, state officials announced this morning. In addition to updating its anti-discrimination and harassment policies, Wells Fargo has agreed to provide instruction to its human resources personnel on how to properly investigate employee-conduct-related customer complaints, and will  pay the Division on Civil Rights $2,500, they said. The applicant, Jeanine Johnson of Newark, also seperat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Englewood basketball star Sean Banks spared prison for domestic violence Former Englewood basketball star Sean Banks spared prison for domestic violence Former Englewood basketball star Sean Banks spared prison for domestic violence
Former Englewood basketball star Sean Banks spared prison for domestic violence EXCLUSIVE: Former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks will get probation after pleading guilty yesterday in Hackensack to assaulting and restraining his girlfriend, although he’s facing enough charges in other cases in Bergen and elsewhere to put him in prison for several years. Banks, 28, agreed to the guilty plea in return for a reduction in the six counts against him stemming from a Jan. 15 incident in which prosecutors said he assaulted his girlfriend with a broomstick and belt, then restrained her from leaving. In exchange for probation, the onetime Bergen Catholic star pleaded gu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack Fire Dept. bone marrow drive to help boy, 2, with rare disease Hackensack Fire Dept. bone marrow drive to help boy, 2, with rare disease Hackensack Fire Dept. bone marrow drive to help boy, 2, with rare disease
Hackensack Fire Dept. bone marrow drive to help boy, 2, with rare disease HOW YOU CAN HELP: When Hackensack Fire Chief Tom Freeman discovered the plight of 2-year-old Owen Hogan, a New York City firefighter’s son who desperately needs a bone marrow match to survive aplastic anemia, he made it his mission to help. Now you can make it yours. The Hackensack Fire Department continues its four-day bone marrow registration drive for Owen today and tomorrow from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. “This is when you know you have to step up,” Freeman said. “When a young life is at stake, we all have to do our part.” It’s quick, simple, easy. Owen’s disease prevents his blood from pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Accused Newark Airport auto thief’s love for Mustangs gets him caught a second time Accused Newark Airport auto thief’s love for Mustangs gets him caught a second time Accused Newark Airport auto thief’s love for Mustangs gets him caught a second time
Accused Newark Airport auto thief’s love for Mustangs gets him caught a second time YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A car thief had such a fondness for 2013 Ford Mustangs, Port Authority police said, that he tried to steal two of them from a rental lot at Newark Airport less than three weeks apart — and was thwarted both times. After busting him the first time, Port Authority detectives made quick work of identifying 22-year-old Eric S. Bradley in the second heist. Finding him proved easy, they said. Officers armed with his photo were waiting as Bradley exited a courtroom at the city courthouse in Newark on another matter yesterday, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFF…

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