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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Rye, NY
Breaking News
Former NFL receiver Irving Fryar, mother, indicted in $690,000 mortgage fraud Former NFL receiver Irving Fryar, mother, indicted in $690,000 mortgage fraud Former NFL receiver Irving Fryar, mother, indicted in $690,000 mortgage fraud
Former NFL receiver Irving Fryar, mother, indicted in $690,000 mortgage fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A state grand jury indictment returned today in Trenton charges former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Irving Fryar and his mother with an elaborate scheme in which she obtained five equity loans totaling $690,000 on the same house. Fryar, 51, and 72-year-old Allene McGhee conspired to have her obtain the loans in December 2009 using her Willingboro home as collateral on all five loans, the indictment alleges. They then “deceived the five banks by applying for and closing on the loans within a short period and purposefully failing to disclose the existence of any prior …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge police: Carlstadt man charged in dozens of area car burglaries identified buying cigarettes Wood-Ridge police: Carlstadt man charged in dozens of area car burglaries identified buying cigarettes Wood-Ridge police: Carlstadt man charged in dozens of area car burglaries identified buying cigarettes
Wood-Ridge police: Carlstadt man charged in dozens of area car burglaries identified buying cigarettes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Wood-Ridge police today said they arrested the accomplice of a Carlstadt charged last week in connection with dozens of car burglaries in Wood-Ridge, Hasbrouck Heights, Carlstadt and Lodi. More than 20 of the break-ins happened in Wood-Ridge in June and July, Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT shortly after the arrest of 22-year-old Christopher Morton (above, left). The primary suspect in the case, Nicholas Stallone (right), 20, was arrested last Thursday, he said. Stallone “used two stolen credit cards that were taken from vehicles in Wood-Ridge to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man charged with arson, attempted murder in fire Hackensack man charged with arson, attempted murder in fire Hackensack man charged with arson, attempted murder in fire
Hackensack man charged with arson, attempted murder in fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man was charged with aggravated arson and attempted murder after trying to torch the apartment of a woman he’d had a longstanding beef with, police said this morning. The trouble between Gary Brown, 53, and the 49-year-old woman apparently began when both were staying at the homeless shelter in Hackensack and “carried over several years,” Police Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Last night, he said, “it came to a head.” At just after 7:30 p.m., Brown set a pile a pile of trash on fire outside the woman’s fourth-floor Polifly Roa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Plea deal keeps former Bergen corrections officer out of prison Plea deal keeps former Bergen corrections officer out of prison Plea deal keeps former Bergen corrections officer out of prison
Plea deal keeps former Bergen corrections officer out of prison EXCLUSIVE: A former Bergen County corrections officer with a rap sheet pleaded guilty to theft charges in Hackensack on Tuesday as part of a deal that spares him prison time. Mario Restivo, 35, admitted stealing from an Englewood woman whose home he was living in. He also agreed to pay her back. Prosecutors, in turn, dropped charges that included possession of Ketamine and other drugs, as well as two restraining-order violations, from Fort Lee, Cliffside Park, Edgewater and Hasbrouck Heights. Restivo, formerly of Fort Lee but now of Jersey City, had been free on $15,000 bail following a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Manhunt for Fairview street robber ends when suspect returns to scene Police: Manhunt for Fairview street robber ends when suspect returns to scene Police: Manhunt for Fairview street robber ends when suspect returns to scene
Police: Manhunt for Fairview street robber ends when suspect returns to scene YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man wanted in the $750 street-corner holdup of a Fairview resident was arrested by borough police today — at the same intersection where the armed robbery occurred. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fairview street robbery arrest “Maybe he likes the food in the neighborhood,” Detective Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT following the arrest of 39-year-old Tirzo Manuel Pena for the Oct. 8 holdup. Images captured by business surveillance cameras and solid detective work led to the identification of Pena as the primary suspect, Kahn said. Police then distributed photos of the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police catch sex offender, 51, in motel room with naked boy, 15 Fort Lee police catch sex offender, 51, in motel room with naked boy, 15 Fort Lee police catch sex offender, 51, in motel room with naked boy, 15
Fort Lee police catch sex offender, 51, in motel room with naked boy, 15 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A registered sex offender was arrested at a Fort Lee motel yesterday after undercover officers said they found him with a naked 15-year-old boy, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed this afternoon. Jayme Shannon, 51, of East Brunswick, was being held on $275,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. He also was wanted on a warrant out of Somerset County, records show. Jayme Shannon (MUGSHOT: Courtesy BCPO) Molinelli confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report from earlier this afternoon of the arrest — and adde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police arrest Garfield ex-con at bus terminal with stolen camera, equipment Port Authority police arrest Garfield ex-con at bus terminal with stolen camera, equipment Port Authority police arrest Garfield ex-con at bus terminal with stolen camera, equipment
Port Authority police arrest Garfield ex-con at bus terminal with stolen camera, equipment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police arrested a Garfield ex-con moments after they said he swiped a backpack containing $2,000 worth of camera equipment from a fellow bus commuter. The victim told police at the Port Authority bus terminal in midtown Manhattan that he “looked away for a moment,” then looked back to find the bag and his fellow passenger gone around 11 o’clock last night, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He described the man to the officers, who “canvassed the area and found him and the bag,” Pentangelo said. A search turned up a hard drive …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont man killed by freight train laid on tracks, witnesses say Dumont man killed by freight train laid on tracks, witnesses say Dumont man killed by freight train laid on tracks, witnesses say
Dumont man killed by freight train laid on tracks, witnesses say (via NJ.com) DUMONT — The train accident that closed railroad crossings in Dumont and Bergenfield Monday was caused by a suicide, police said. A 39-year-old Dumont man laid down on the tracks at about 7:45 a.m. at the West Madison Avenue crossing as a CSX freight…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota police arrest man, 23, headed to date with girl, 14 Bogota police arrest man, 23, headed to date with girl, 14 Bogota police arrest man, 23, headed to date with girl, 14
Bogota police arrest man, 23, headed to date with girl, 14 EXCLUSIVE: A 23-year-old Long Island man carrying two bouquets of flowers and a pair of new earrings was arrested by Bogota police after they said he told them he was headed to a date with a 14-year-old girl to whom he’d texted a photo of his penis. Francisco J. Castro Reyes of Roosevelt was questioned Sunday after police received reports of a suspicious car parked on Elm Avenue, Detective Capt. James Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Reyes told them he was headed to his first in-person meeting with a girl who has two children and lives in a group home in town, Sepp said. She, lik…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police find 9mm handgun, heroin in stop of ex-cons Hackensack police find 9mm handgun, heroin in stop of ex-cons Hackensack police find 9mm handgun, heroin in stop of ex-cons
Hackensack police find 9mm handgun, heroin in stop of ex-cons YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two ex-cons were arrested after Hackensack police said they found heroin and a 9mm handgun — reported stolen out of Alabama — in their car following a routine stop. Authorities will look to trace the journey of the gun, which police said was found just after midnight Sunday following a stop at Main and Anderson streets. Officer Kley Peralta pulled the car over for failing to maintain a lane and suspected the pair was carrying drugs, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. A search turned up a small amount of smack and the handgun, which …

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