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
Prosecutor: Waldwick woman’s killer climbed in through bedroom window Prosecutor: Waldwick woman’s killer climbed in through bedroom window Prosecutor: Waldwick woman’s killer climbed in through bedroom window
Prosecutor: Waldwick woman’s killer climbed in through bedroom window YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Waldwick man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend in her bed yesterday climbed into the house through a second-floor window while her parents were sleeping, got into an argument with her and either strangled or suffocated her, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Waldwick man charged with killing his former live-in girlfriend in her bed as their 8-month-old son lay in a crib nearby was brought before a judge this morning in a Hackensack courtroom packed with loved ones from both sides and a platoon of sheriff…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Feds arrest Mahwah woman in $10 million fraud in U.S. and China Feds arrest Mahwah woman in $10 million fraud in U.S. and China Feds arrest Mahwah woman in $10 million fraud in U.S. and China
Feds arrest Mahwah woman in $10 million fraud in U.S. and China YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents this morning arrested the president of a purported textile wholesale distributor based in Hackensack at her Mahwah home on charges of defrauding investors in the U.S. and China of more than $10 million. Sara Rong Liu, 52, has an appearance scheduled this afternoon in federal court in Newark, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. The case is being prosecuted by the man nominated by Gov. Christie as Bergen County’s next prosecutor: Assistant U.S. Attorney Gurbir Grewal of Glen Rock. According to a federal complaint on file in U.S. District C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Bergen prescription drug take back this weekend: Find your town here Bergen prescription drug take back this weekend: Find your town here Bergen prescription drug take back this weekend: Find your town here
Bergen prescription drug take back this weekend: Find your town here COMPLETE BERGEN TAKE BACK LIST: Police departments throughout Bergen County will take aim at Wyckoff’s record haul from April in this weekend’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The nationwide event gives citizens the seventh opportunity in three years to address pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs – with no questions asked. CLIFFVIEW PILOT has the complete list (below) of Bergen police departments collecting the pills this weekend (NOTE TO BERGEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS: If you’re collecting this weekend…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-boyfriend charged in murder of Waldwick woman Ex-boyfriend charged in murder of Waldwick woman Ex-boyfriend charged in murder of Waldwick woman
Ex-boyfriend charged in murder of Waldwick woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have charged the ex-boyfriend of a Walwick woman found strangled in her bed yesterday with her murder. Mark J. Spatucci, a 22-year-old graduate of Midland Park High School, became an immediate suspect in the strangling death of Mary Greff, 23, and was arrested and charged last night, records show. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Waldwick man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend in her bed yesterday climbed into the house through a second-floor window while her parents were sleeping, got into an argument with her and either strangled or suffocated her, Ber…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Alpine’s Belcolle sworn as police chief, sergeant promoted Alpine’s Belcolle sworn as police chief, sergeant promoted Alpine’s Belcolle sworn as police chief, sergeant promoted
Alpine’s Belcolle sworn as police chief, sergeant promoted SHOUT OUTS: Christopher Belcolle was officially sworn in as Alpine Chief of Police and Michael Kavanagh promoted to lieutenant at tonight’s mayor and council meeting. Belcolle had been serving as acting chief since Jan. 1. He began his career as a police officer at Fairleigh Dickenson University’s Madison campus in 1996 and was hired by Alpine two years later. Belcolle was promoted to sergeant in 2006 and lieutenant in 2010. He is married with two sons. Kavanagh began his police career with the Maplewood Police Department in 1990. He was hired by Alpine in 1994 and promoted to serge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor: Waldwick woman, 23, was strangled Bergen prosecutor: Waldwick woman, 23, was strangled Bergen prosecutor: Waldwick woman, 23, was strangled
Bergen prosecutor: Waldwick woman, 23, was strangled UPDATE: A 23-year-old woman found dead in her bed today was strangled, Bergen County Prosecutor’s John L. Molinelli said tonight. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have charged the ex-boyfriend of a Walwick woman found strangled in her bed yesterday with her murder. READ MORE …. Greff, Spatucci (Facebook photos) The county medical examiner determined that Mary Greff was killed “in the early morning hours of today,” Molinelli said just before 9:30 tonight. “An autopsy is yet to be performed,” he said, “but the death has been ruled a homicide due to evidence of strangulation/asphy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Port Authority officer fends off homeless man with pen Port Authority officer fends off homeless man with pen Port Authority officer fends off homeless man with pen
Port Authority officer fends off homeless man with pen BEYOND BERGEN: A homeless man charged at a Port Authority police officer, trying to stab him in the face with a pen, before he was subdued this morning, authorities said. The uniformed officer was on duty at 5:30 a.m. at West 41st Street and Ninth Avenue near the Lincoln Tunnel when he asked 47-year-old Johnnie Moore to stop blocking pedestrian traffic, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. The officer was trying to clear the corner during the morning rush, Pentangelo said, but Moore refused. Moore then “charged the officer and crashed into him,” he said. Armed with a pen, he “attem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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North Arlington cemetery worker convicted of molesting girl North Arlington cemetery worker convicted of molesting girl North Arlington cemetery worker convicted of molesting girl
North Arlington cemetery worker convicted of molesting girl EXCLUSIVE: A former North Arlington cemetery worker must remain under house arrest with a monitoring bracelet until he is sentenced on Jan. 10 for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl seven years ago, a judge in Hackensack ruled. Following a bench trial last week, Superior Court Judge James J. Guida convicted 44-year-old John Minervini of three second-degree counts: touching the girl’s breasts, touching her vagina through her clothing and impairing the morals of a minor. Guida then ordered Minervini, who’d been free on $100,000 bail, to remain under house arrest with the bracelet until …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Paramus police join Bergen colleagues in warning about phone scammers Paramus police join Bergen colleagues in warning about phone scammers Paramus police join Bergen colleagues in warning about phone scammers
Paramus police join Bergen colleagues in warning about phone scammers PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT: If a caller tells you that you just won a 2013 Mercedes Benz: You didn’t, say Paramus police, who are again warning the public to beware of phone scams — and to warn your older loved ones, as well. Paramus detectives have been investigating several cases, including one in which callers told residents that they owned the IRS $2,350 in back taxes and could stay out of prison by buying Green Dot Moneypak cards and mailing them to an address in California. Another was told she’d won a large sum of money but had to send a $300 cashier’s check in order to collect. Those c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Tenafly police search for juveniles from pot, booze bash, issue warning Tenafly police search for juveniles from pot, booze bash, issue warning Tenafly police search for juveniles from pot, booze bash, issue warning
Tenafly police search for juveniles from pot, booze bash, issue warning PUBLIC SAFETY: A weekend pot and booze bash attended by dozens of under-aged teens has Tenafly police warning residents about the dangers – and legal consequences – of illicit house parties. It also has detectives identifying who was there. Somewhere between 50 and 75 young people bolted when police arrived late Saturday, responding to noise complaints at an Engle Street house near Hillside Avenue. Inside the house, officers “dozens of open containers of beer and hard alcohol, as well as marijuana and other evidence of illicit drug use,” Detective Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Backups w…

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