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
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River Vale fundraising event this Friday: special ‘nightclub event’ for youngsters River Vale fundraising event this Friday: special ‘nightclub event’ for youngsters River Vale fundraising event this Friday: special ‘nightclub event’ for youngsters
River Vale fundraising event this Friday: special ‘nightclub event’ for youngsters THIS FRIDAY: It’s not your typical school dance: 6th-, 7th- and 8th-graders from River Vale and Hillsdale are invited to a nightclub-styled event, chaperoned by police, teachers and parents, this Friday. The River Vale Police Department and its Police Officers Association are sponsoring the event, known as VIBE, from 7 – 9 p.m. at the Holdrum Middle School in River Vale. Admission is $10 and all proceeds go to supporting a courageous fight against cancer by Mike Blazina, a popular community athletic coach from River Vale. The group behind VIBE, In the Mix, is a favorite of police depart…

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Paterson, NJ
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Special fundraiser planned for 10-year anniversary of Clifton motorcycle officer’s killing Special fundraiser planned for 10-year anniversary of Clifton motorcycle officer’s killing Special fundraiser planned for 10-year anniversary of Clifton motorcycle officer’s killing
Special fundraiser planned for 10-year anniversary of Clifton motorcycle officer’s killing MARK THE DATE: As it draws nearer to 10 years since Clifton Police Officer John Samra was struck and killed by a van driven by a fleeing parolee, those who knew him best are planning a special beefsteak dinner to raise money for a scholarship in his name. Samra was a member of both groups sponsoring the Nov. 17 event — the North Jersey Chapter of the Renegade Pigs Motorcycle Club and Clifton PBA Local #36. “John was an active member of our chapter and was extremely well-known in the community,” said motorcycle club member Brian Newman, a Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer. “He was also very …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Federal jury convicts former UConn star Tate George of wire fraud Federal jury convicts former UConn star Tate George of wire fraud Federal jury convicts former UConn star Tate George of wire fraud
Federal jury convicts former UConn star Tate George of wire fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors in federal court in Newark this afternoon convicted former University of Connecticut basketball star Tate George of four counts of federal wire fraud following less than a day of deliberations. George could face from six to nine years in federal prison, prosecutors said, following the three-week trial. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Cooper said she considered him a flight risk, so she had George cuffed and taken into custody. This came after Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Shumofsky told her: “If your honor lets him walk out of the courthouse today, there i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Woman accused of scamming Bergen’s elite given more time to make restitution Woman accused of scamming Bergen’s elite given more time to make restitution Woman accused of scamming Bergen’s elite given more time to make restitution
Woman accused of scamming Bergen’s elite given more time to make restitution EXCLUSIVE: A judge today allowed a woman accused of swindling Alpine philanthropist Lenora Klein, Englewood restaurant owner Carlo Bartolomeo and Bergenfield photographer/writer Elizabeth R. Burchard, among others, more time to raise some cash to make “meaningful restitution” to them. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Brian Lynch told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian this morning that ongoing plea negotiations “have not been fruitful.” “We’re looking for some more meaningful restitution” before coming up with how much jail time, fines or combination of both that authorities would …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Little Ferry swim instructor held in beating of girlfriend, infant Little Ferry swim instructor held in beating of girlfriend, infant Little Ferry swim instructor held in beating of girlfriend, infant
Little Ferry swim instructor held in beating of girlfriend, infant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A swimming instructor from Little Ferry was being held on $350,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with beating his 21-year-old girlfriend and her 20-month-old daughter. Eric Ramirez, 24, of Kaufman Avenue, was arrested by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Little Ferry police late last night following the assaults. The child is OK, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. However, the woman — who doesn’t live with Ramirez — was “beaten pretty badly,” a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Ramirez i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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A hero comes home: Body of Army Sgt. Timothy McGill returns to Ramsey A hero comes home: Body of Army Sgt. Timothy McGill returns to Ramsey A hero comes home: Body of Army Sgt. Timothy McGill returns to Ramsey
A hero comes home: Body of Army Sgt. Timothy McGill returns to Ramsey (via NJ.com) RAMSEY — Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill came home Monday, and the whole town was there to greet him. Hundreds of people—friends, family, residents—lined Main Street to watch as a procession traveled down Main Street a little over a week after…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Fugitive accused of beating mother-in-law nabbed by Englewood detectives in the Bronx Fugitive accused of beating mother-in-law nabbed by Englewood detectives in the Bronx Fugitive accused of beating mother-in-law nabbed by Englewood detectives in the Bronx
Fugitive accused of beating mother-in-law nabbed by Englewood detectives in the Bronx YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood detectives today arrested an “extremely dangerous” woman who they said beat her 82-year-old mother-in-law so violently that she knocked out several teeth and gave her a severe concussion after the older woman tried to convince her to kick a drug habit. Even though she had cut and dyed her hair, Mary Tene “walked right into their arms as Detectives Chris Kedersha and Carlos Marte walked up to her building in the Bronx with officers from 48th Precinct,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The detectives had traced her to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood police officers assaulted in separate incidents Englewood police officers assaulted in separate incidents Englewood police officers assaulted in separate incidents
Englewood police officers assaulted in separate incidents YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Englewood police officers were assaulted in separate incidents Saturday, authorities said this morning. The first occurred after officers were dispatched to the the corner of Lafayette Place and Third Street, in the City’s 4th Ward, around 1 a.m. Saturday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Witnesses directed them to 18-year-old city resident Douglas Wade-Perry, who they said was acting violently in the street. Wade-Perry “turned his aggression” toward police, “punching Officer Charles Silva in the face and spitting and fighting with back-up…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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More than $500,000 awarded to Bergen Jewish institutions to boost security More than $500,000 awarded to Bergen Jewish institutions to boost security More than $500,000 awarded to Bergen Jewish institutions to boost security
More than $500,000 awarded to Bergen Jewish institutions to boost security YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Eight Bergen-area Jewish institutions – four of them in Teaneck — have received more than $500,000 to increase security, in part, because of a series of firebombing attacks in December 2011 and January 2012. Thirteen New Jersey nonprofit organizations in all will share more than $861,000 in money from the federal grant program, with the bulk of it going to Bergen County. More than 70 non-profit organizations in New Jersey applied for grants of up to $75,000 each. Among the local recipients was the Jewish Community Center in Paramus, which Bergen County Prosecutor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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$250,000 bail for man accused in attempted slashing of Garfield neighbor $250,000 bail for man accused in attempted slashing of Garfield neighbor $250,000 bail for man accused in attempted slashing of Garfield neighbor
$250,000 bail for man accused in attempted slashing of Garfield neighbor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield homeowner was nearly slashed with a utility knife when he confronted a 59-year-old neighbor who police said tried to steal an extension ladder. William P. Lyons was arrested by police after a brief struggle moments later, Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. The Farnham Avenue resident called headquarters after confronting Lyons as he toted the ladder out of his backyard, Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The resident said Lyons “attempted to slash  [him] several times with a utility knife but was unsuccessful [and] then fled,” the captain said. Th…

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