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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Neighbors help Saddle Brook homeowner chase down burglar Neighbors help Saddle Brook homeowner chase down burglar Neighbors help Saddle Brook homeowner chase down burglar
Neighbors help Saddle Brook homeowner chase down burglar YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Saddle Brook homeowner who thought his fiance had just come in through the back door was shocked — and angered — to find an intruder whom he then chased down with the help of neighbors, police said tonight. It was a short sprint. Saddle Brook police who got a 911 call of the posse chasing 56-year-old Theodore Sutton of Passaic down Westminster Place last night arrived to find him being restrained, Deputy Chief Robert White said. The homeowner told Officer Scott Habermann that he was in his living room when he heard the back door open. Thinking it was his fiance…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park ex-con arrested in Englewood Cliffs Bally break-ins did it before, records show Elmwood Park ex-con arrested in Englewood Cliffs Bally break-ins did it before, records show Elmwood Park ex-con arrested in Englewood Cliffs Bally break-ins did it before, records show
Elmwood Park ex-con arrested in Englewood Cliffs Bally break-ins did it before, records show YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Elmwood Park ex-con arrested by Englewood Cliffs police on charges of breaking into lockers and vehicles at Bally’s Total Fitness after he was caught on surveillance video has been busted for similar crimes before, records show. Luca Ferrigno, 44, has an arrest sheet in Bergen and Passaic counties that dates back 15 years, for crimes including theft, wrongful impersonation, forgery and several counts of fraudulent use of credit cards, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. Three years ago, Wayne police said he bought two laptops with a credit card he stole from a car in the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan honored at packed funeral Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan honored at packed funeral Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan honored at packed funeral
Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan honored at packed funeral COURTESY NJ.COM: Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill was honored by friends, family, military officials and community members who crammed into the St. Paul R.C. Church Friday to pay respects to the fallen soldier. “If he could say one thing right now, it would be to take all of this attention off of him,” his sister, Megan McGill, said following a civil ceremony where McGill was awarded military honors. “Because he was doing his job, and he was doing what he was so passionate about.” McGill was killed Sept. 21 in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan, when an enemy combatant wearing an Afghan sec…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood ex-con, 67, charged with beating, restraining wife, refusing to be fingerprinted Englewood ex-con, 67, charged with beating, restraining wife, refusing to be fingerprinted Englewood ex-con, 67, charged with beating, restraining wife, refusing to be fingerprinted
Englewood ex-con, 67, charged with beating, restraining wife, refusing to be fingerprinted YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police said they arrested a 67-year-old ex-con with a rap sheet covering more than 40 years after he beat his wife, held her against her will and then refused to be fingerprinted. Kenneth Cushnie’s criminal record stretches from New Jersey and New York to Florida and Georgia, records show. Around 11 a.m. yesterday, Englewood officers rushed from door to door at the Park View Drive housing complex after receiving reports of a woman screaming for help, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. They eventually found Cushnie’s 52-y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
NJ trooper safely stops driver with medical condition on three tires on Parkway in Paramus NJ trooper safely stops driver with medical condition on three tires on Parkway in Paramus NJ trooper safely stops driver with medical condition on three tires on Parkway in Paramus
NJ trooper safely stops driver with medical condition on three tires on Parkway in Paramus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Jersey State Police trooper maneuvered his car in front of one being driven on three tires and a rim by a man suffering a medical condition, then brought it to a gentle stop on the northbound Garden State Parkway this morning. The 61-year-old driver was clearly having a medical issue when troopers from the Bloomfield barracks got the call around 11 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Adam Grossman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They caught up to his Mercury Monarch soon after, Grossman said. “He was driving at very low speed, somewhere under 30 miles an hour or so, on three tires and a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah police: Bogus drug deal leads to robbery Mahwah police: Bogus drug deal leads to robbery Mahwah police: Bogus drug deal leads to robbery
Mahwah police: Bogus drug deal leads to robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three people were charged with robbery after they lured a 17-year-old boy into a proposed drug deal and then jumped him, Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. The victim called police at 6:30 last night near the Commodore Perry ballfield next to Island Road immediately after the holdup and described his assailants, whom he knew, Batelli said. The Mahwah teen “explained that he had met three individuals near a Route 17 diner to purchase what he believed to be cocaine,” Batelli said today. He said he walked away after they showed him a product that he believed fa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police admit to break-ins Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police admit to break-ins Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police admit to break-ins
Rockland pair arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police admit to break-ins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men arrested by Ho-Ho-Kus police who interrupted a break-in earlier this week have admitted to several burglaries in Rockland County, where both live. Alan DeStephano Jr. and Jeremy Olano, both 26, of Sloatsburg, were grabbed just off Franklin Turnpike within minutes of a break-in Monday. They immediately became suspects in several area break-ins. Ho-Ho-Kus Police Chief John Wanamaker told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the pair confessed to burglaries in Rockland County. Detectives in several Bergen towns — among them: Hillsdale, Saddle River, Waldwick and Washington …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
No drugs found during search of Pascack high schools, but message sent, superintendent says No drugs found during search of Pascack high schools, but message sent, superintendent says No drugs found during search of Pascack high schools, but message sent, superintendent says
No drugs found during search of Pascack high schools, but message sent, superintendent says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Drug-sniffing dogs turned up a total of 10 “hits” at both of the Pascack Regional School District’s high schools during simultaneous searches of lockers, backpacks and vehicles drills this morning, but all turned out to be false positives, Schools Superintendent P. Erick Gundersen told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. After warning parents in advance, school officials relocated the students to their respective football fields, after having them leave their backpacks behind, at 9 a.m. sharp. Led by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, with support from other police departments,, fou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack man charged with having sex for years with girl beginning when she was 11 Hackensack man charged with having sex for years with girl beginning when she was 11 Hackensack man charged with having sex for years with girl beginning when she was 11
Hackensack man charged with having sex for years with girl beginning when she was 11 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man was arrested on charges of having “inappropriate sexual activity” with a girl beginning when she was 11 and continuing for two years, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. Members of Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Hackensack police arrested Omar Aguirre-Cascante, 43, on Wednesday after the girl told a counselor who immediately contacted the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), the prosecutor said. The girl then told investigators that “the incidents occurred on numerous occasions when she was between…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park PBA beefsteak — and comedy — tomorrow night Elmwood Park PBA beefsteak — and comedy — tomorrow night Elmwood Park PBA beefsteak — and comedy — tomorrow night
Elmwood Park PBA beefsteak — and comedy — tomorrow night SHOUT OUT: Got plans for tomorrow night? How about the 5th Annual Elmwood Park PBA Local 185 Beefsteak dinner? Beer, wine, soda — and plenty of beefsteak — all supplied by The Brownstone, come with the $55 ticket. So does the comedy of the Rev. Bob Levy (photo, above). The festivities begin a 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Post in Elmwood Park. Walk-ins welcomed.

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