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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park detectives make arrest in truck burglary Ridgefield Park detectives make arrest in truck burglary Ridgefield Park detectives make arrest in truck burglary
Ridgefield Park detectives make arrest in truck burglary EXCLUSIVE: Ridgefield Park detectives reviewed area surveillance video and added more than a bit of legwork to arrest a truck burglary suspect. Detectives reviewing complaints noticed a report of a moving truck that had been broken into while parked on Bergen Turnpike. The owners said roughly $30 in loose change had been taken, Detective Lt. Joseph Rella told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Area businesses there have surveillance cameras,” Rella said. A review of them turned up a suspect — and an arrest on Thursday. Joshua Lynn Bendewald, 20, of Ridgefield Park, was being held on $50,000 bail in …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen sheriff’s detective makes road-rage arrest Bergen sheriff’s detective makes road-rage arrest Bergen sheriff’s detective makes road-rage arrest
Bergen sheriff’s detective makes road-rage arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An off-duty Bergen County Sheriff’s Office detective grabbed a trucker involved in a road-rage incident on Route 17 in Rochelle Park last night and placed him under arrest. Detective Kevin Dempsey said Bartolome Olivero, 33, of Passaic, got out of his truck and assaulted the other driver before 8:30 p.m. Backups quickly arrived and Olivero was taken into custody. He was charged with simple assault and released on a summons after being processed.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Woodcliff Lake officials to address overpayment to resigned business administrator Woodcliff Lake officials to address overpayment to resigned business administrator Woodcliff Lake officials to address overpayment to resigned business administrator
Woodcliff Lake officials to address overpayment to resigned business administrator YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Woodcliff Lake’s mayor and council have scheduled a vote Monday to deduct nearly $2,200 they overpaid their disgraced former borough administrator, Wolfgang Albrecht, for unused sick and vacation time. Albrecht resigned on Wednesday, more than two months after borough police charged him with back-dating election documents. He’d been on a 60-day leave of absence after receiving a pair of summonses on Aug. 5. Records show Albrecht was paid in full for the Aug. 1 thru Aug. 15 pay period, which ended up being an overpayment by five days because he was granted an unpa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock swindler who lived high life sentenced to 100 months in federal prison Glen Rock swindler who lived high life sentenced to 100 months in federal prison Glen Rock swindler who lived high life sentenced to 100 months in federal prison
Glen Rock swindler who lived high life sentenced to 100 months in federal prison YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Glen Rock hedge fund manager was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison today for conning a elderly paraplegic woman out of her life savings while defrauding other victims of more than $4 million that he and a pair of cohorts spent on high-end vehicles, luxury travel and five-figure bar tabs. George Sepero, 40, has been in federal custody since July 16, when, while on supervised released he continued swindling people, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said this afternoon. Sepero pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion, admitting that he u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Stolen cellphone leads Saddle Brook police straight to neighbor Stolen cellphone leads Saddle Brook police straight to neighbor Stolen cellphone leads Saddle Brook police straight to neighbor
Stolen cellphone leads Saddle Brook police straight to neighbor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A cellphone swiped in a Saddle Brook burglary this morning led police straight to the victim’s crack-addicted neighbor, who was later connected to an aborted shoplifting at a borough CVS last night, Police Chief Robert Kugler said this afternoon. This was to be 25-year-old Timothy Tucci’s last day in his parents’ Cambridge Avenue home, which had been sold, the chief told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The property and that owned by the victim share a backyard, he said. The Oxford Avenue woman called police after driving her children to school just after 8:30 a.m. and returning t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood burglar gets 8 years in prison in stolen safe caper Englewood burglar gets 8 years in prison in stolen safe caper Englewood burglar gets 8 years in prison in stolen safe caper
Englewood burglar gets 8 years in prison in stolen safe caper EXCLUSIVE: Protesting to the end that he’d endured “unfair treatment,” a member of a Bergen County burglary crew was sentenced in Hackensack today to eight years in prison for his role in the theft of a safe that police found the thieves trying to bust open in an Englewood garage. “This is ridiculous, your Honor,” Renando Sheffield told Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma. “I’m looking at 10 years for possession of a safe I never seen, I never touched. ”This is not justice. This is not fair,” he said. “I got kids to take care of.” Roma said he cut Sheffield a break for the hardship his…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood woman accused of beating mother-in-law brought to Bergen from Bronx Englewood woman accused of beating mother-in-law brought to Bergen from Bronx Englewood woman accused of beating mother-in-law brought to Bergen from Bronx
Englewood woman accused of beating mother-in-law brought to Bergen from Bronx YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood woman accused of beating her 82-year-old mother-in-law so violently that she knocked out several teeth and gave her a concussion was transferred from the Bronx yesterday to the Bergen County Jail. Mary Tene, 54, was being held on $125,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault and elderly abuse, after being extradited. Police said the 5-foot-5-inch, 105-pound Tene beat the older woman the night of Sept. 11 after she tried to convince her to kick a drug habit. Tene then high-tailed it across the Hudson, they said. Even though she cut and dyed her hair,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn police grab burglary suspect out on bail for Paramus break-in Fair Lawn police grab burglary suspect out on bail for Paramus break-in Fair Lawn police grab burglary suspect out on bail for Paramus break-in
Fair Lawn police grab burglary suspect out on bail for Paramus break-in YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A little more than a month after he was released on bail following a Paramus burglary, a Paterson man was back behind bars after a Fair Lawn resident who saw him carrying two bags down the street called police. The call brought a group of officers to Morlot Avenue near the bridget to Paterson just before 4:30 yesterday afternoon, Fair Lawn Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. The area had been hit hard by burglaries this summer, and residents were asked to report anything suspicious, the sergeant explained. With help from their Paterson colleagues, the Fair Lawn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Montvale owner of escaped cows facing animal cruelty charges Montvale owner of escaped cows facing animal cruelty charges Montvale owner of escaped cows facing animal cruelty charges
Montvale owner of escaped cows facing animal cruelty charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Montvale owner of two cows who escaped a windowless rented trailer on their way to slaughter will be charged with two counts of animal cruelty, Bergen SPCA Lt. Roni Wildoner told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The owner had picked up the pair at a stockyard and “put them in a U-Haul trailer with no windows or ventilation” to be taken to Paterson for slaughter for a family dinner as part of a Muslim observation, Wildoner said. After finding the slaughterhouse closed, he drove back home Tuesday night to wait until the next day, she said. While he was backing the…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Franklin Lakes burglar came in through bedroom window, police say Franklin Lakes burglar came in through bedroom window, police say Franklin Lakes burglar came in through bedroom window, police say
Franklin Lakes burglar came in through bedroom window, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Franklin Lakes police were investigating a home burglary report from last night. An Alpine Drive resident told police that someone stood on a patio chair and broke in through a rear bedroom window sometime between 6:22 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and ransacked the master bedroom, Detective Lt. John Bakelaar said this morning. “It appears that a yet-to-be-determined amount of jewelry was taken,” Bakelaar said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification processed the crime scene for evidence.

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