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
‘Wanted’ photo leads Englewood police to former basketball phenom on the run ‘Wanted’ photo leads Englewood police to former basketball phenom on the run ‘Wanted’ photo leads Englewood police to former basketball phenom on the run
‘Wanted’ photo leads Englewood police to former basketball phenom on the run YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No sooner was a photo of fugitive Sean Banks flashed online by Englewood police than a tipster phoned headquarters with his whereabouts. Banks, a repeat offender wanted for breaking into an ex-girlfriend’s house and then slashing her tires, was being held this morning on a combined $120,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Several other police agencies have obtained detainers on him for failing to show up for court on charges in their towns, as well. Nearly two years ago, Banks was grabbed along with other members of an offshoot of the infamous James Bond Gang burgl…

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Paterson, NJ
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Port Authority police: Fleeing driver was drunk when car struck traffic officer Port Authority police: Fleeing driver was drunk when car struck traffic officer Port Authority police: Fleeing driver was drunk when car struck traffic officer
Port Authority police: Fleeing driver was drunk when car struck traffic officer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Port Authority police officer directing traffic near the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City this morning injured his leg when he was struck by a car driven by a drunken motorist who refused his orders to pull over, an authority spokesperson said this morning. The incident occurred 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of 12th Street and Marin Boulevard. The uniformed officer tried to stop the eastbound 2008 Honda Civic for a traffic violation, but the traffic kept going, hitting him with the vehicle, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Other officers res…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey noon procession honors Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill Ramsey noon procession honors Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill Ramsey noon procession honors Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill
Ramsey noon procession honors Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill A TRIBUTE: A procession makes its way down Main Street in Ramsey at noon today, as the body of Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill returns home. Ramsey Hardware is donating 1,000 American flags to anyone who wants one. Timothy Raymond McGill, 30 — a lifelong Ramsey resident, volunteer firefighter and member of the borough’s DPW in-between deployments — was killed Sept. 21 by an Afghan who turned his gun on a group of American soldiers during training exercises.  McGill was serving as a weapons specialist with the Rhode Island National Guard. Citizens have been asked to stand along Main Street …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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PHOTOS: North Bergen apartment building blaze PHOTOS: North Bergen apartment building blaze PHOTOS: North Bergen apartment building blaze
Photos: North Bergen apartment building blaze A five-story North Bergen apartment building struck by a massive fire yesterday may have to be knocked down, a township spokesman said today. Originally predictions that it could be days before some could return was overly hopeful, North Bergen spokesman Phil Swibinksi said this afternoon. In fact, he said, repairs, if made, could take months. Authorities suspect an electrical fire amid a cluster of more than two dozen cellphone towers on the roof sparked what became a massive torch that quickly was impossible to reach by anything but ladder hoses. Smoke was reported seen from Manhattan…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield rapist gets 6 years in prison, teen victim ‘scarred for life’ Bergenfield rapist gets 6 years in prison, teen victim ‘scarred for life’ Bergenfield rapist gets 6 years in prison, teen victim ‘scarred for life’
Bergenfield rapist gets 6 years in prison, teen victim ‘scarred for life’ EXCLUSIVE: A convicted Bergenfield rapist whose victim has attempted suicide several times was sentenced to six years in state prison, finally ending a case that has devastated a family. Adan Martinez, a Mexican national, will also likely be deported once his sentence for raping the then-14-year-old is over, Superior Court Judge James J. Guida said yesterday. Martinez, 46, could have faced up to 20 years if convicted at a trial. But a plea bargain was struck that Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Dion Findley said spares the emotionally fragile victim the ordeal of testifying. She’s no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Former Lyndhurst PTA president charged with stealing $10,000 from organization Former Lyndhurst PTA president charged with stealing $10,000 from organization Former Lyndhurst PTA president charged with stealing $10,000 from organization
Former Lyndhurst PTA president charged with stealing $10,000 from organization YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A recent Lyndhurst PTA president was arrested by borough police and charged with stealing $10,000 from the organization. Jeneen Gino, 42, posted $10,000 bail through a bondsman and was released pending an Oct. 29 Municipal Court hearing after being arrested at her home Thursday by Detectives Vincent Auteri and Michael Lemanowicz. She is charged with theft and three counts of forgery for allegedly signing another’s name to checks made out to her, opening a secondary bank account without the PTA executive board’s knowledge and “preparing fraudulent bank statements to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Fairview chamber sets “Night Down Memory Lane,” featuring Yankee Tower meatloaf Fairview chamber sets “Night Down Memory Lane,” featuring Yankee Tower meatloaf Fairview chamber sets “Night Down Memory Lane,” featuring Yankee Tower meatloaf
Fairview chamber sets “Night Down Memory Lane,” featuring Yankee Tower meatloaf SHOUT OUT: The Fairview Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a special “A Night Down Memory Lane” — featuring songs, stories and the legendary Yankee Tower meatloaf — to reunite past and president Fairview residents, business owners and anyone with ties to the community. Old-time photos and other memorabilia will be shared and moments recalled during the event, set for Saturday, Oct. 19, from 6:30-9:30 p.m., at the Greek Orthodox Church on Anderson Avenue. Many attendees will no doubt remember the Yankee Tower. The white-brick, 82-seat landmark — at the foot of Fairview Avenue off Broad — cl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Garfield mechanic recants admission of groping, grinding female customer Garfield mechanic recants admission of groping, grinding female customer Garfield mechanic recants admission of groping, grinding female customer
Garfield mechanic recants admission of groping, grinding female customer EXCLUSIVE: A Garfield mechanic’s sentencing was cancelled after he asked the judge to withdraw his guilty plea to groping a woman and pressing his groin against her after convincing her to bend over her car door. Superior Court Judge James J. Guida has ordered both sides to return next Friday, when, he said, he will decide whether to accept Adel Baladi’s request or sentence him, anyway. Baladi originally protested his innocence and was prepared to go to trial. Then Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Dion Findley announced that two women he was accused of doing the same thing to were prepa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police officer grabs man wielding samurai sword Port Authority police officer grabs man wielding samurai sword Port Authority police officer grabs man wielding samurai sword
Port Authority police officer grabs man wielding samurai sword YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A homeless man wielding a samurai sword with a 27-inch blade was arrested last night by Port Authority police in downtown Manhattan, an authority spokesman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. People exiting the subway station near Watts Street around 8:30 p.m. alerted Officer James Dunphy to the commotion below, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Dunphy spotted the man carrying the sword in its sheath and followed him to Barclay and Church streets, where he quickly disarmed him, Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. No one was hurt, he said. The man, identified as 51-year-ol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks on the run from police again Former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks on the run from police again Former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks on the run from police again
Former Englewood basketball phenom Sean Banks on the run from police again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Onetime pro basketball phenom Sean Anthony Banks of Englewood is on the run from police again — this time, they said, after he broke into the home of a woman he had a child with, harassed her and slashed her tires this morning. Banks, 28, already was wanted by several police agencies for failing to show up for court on a variety of charges. He was was charged along with other members of an offshoot of the infamous James Bond Gang burglary ring following a high-speed chase and crash while being pursued by police after break-ins at homes in Sparta and Jefferson Towns…

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