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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield home invaders hold minister, family at gunpoint Ridgefield home invaders hold minister, family at gunpoint Ridgefield home invaders hold minister, family at gunpoint
Ridgefield home invaders hold minister, family at gunpoint YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgefield minister’s terrified family was held at gunpoint by four men who kicked in a side door and burst into their home last night before making off with jewelry. “They kept asking where the safe was. But there was none,” Ridgefield Police Capt. Richard Besser told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. No injuries were reported to the minister, his wife and their two adult daughters in the home invasion, which occurred around 11 o’clock last night in the 400 block of Morse Avenue near Edgewater Avenue, Besser said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Ide…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale police: Bronx men try to buy $2,000 worth of booze with bogus credit cards Hillsdale police: Bronx men try to buy $2,000 worth of booze with bogus credit cards Hillsdale police: Bronx men try to buy $2,000 worth of booze with bogus credit cards
Hillsdale police: Bronx men try to buy $2,000 worth of booze with bogus credit cards YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Hillsdale police arrested two Dominican nationals from the Bronx in a borough liquor store where they’re charged with trying to buy $2,000 worth of booze with bogus credit cards. Officers Liz Zimmerman and Anthony Lacher responded to Bottle King after being called by employees at the Washington Avenue store. As they spoke with both men, one of them tried using a Pennsylvania driver’s license and several credit cards as identification. All were phony, Officer William Diedtrich said. Jose Zamora Marte (above, left) and Geovanny Florimon (right), both 34, also had a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Two women plead guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’ Two women plead guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’ Two women plead guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’
Two women plead guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’ Two more people admitted in federal court to their roles in a Bergen County-based “crime superstore” that stole identities from people in Asia to get credit cards and bank loans that were used to buy fancy cars, fine whiskey and designer shoes. Rita S. Kim, 49, of Fort Lee, and Hyon-Suk “Clara” Chung, 50, of North Bergen, each pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Newark to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud. Kim and Chung admitted they attached the identities of nearly 100 people with “blank slates” for credit scores to their own credit card accounts, then boosted those cred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police charge hotel employee with thefts from newlyweds’ rooms Saddle Brook police charge hotel employee with thefts from newlyweds’ rooms Saddle Brook police charge hotel employee with thefts from newlyweds’ rooms
Saddle Brook police charge hotel employee with thefts from newlyweds’ rooms YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A since-fired bell hop at the Saddle Brook Marriott was arrested by local police last night and charged with slipping into the rooms of newlyweds at their receptions and snatching some of their wedding-gift cash. Timothy Henriquez, 30, of Chester, NY, is charged with two counts of theft — for a July incident in which $770 was taken and for another on Saturday, when a couple said $500 was stolen. He was released on a summons pending a Municipal Court hearing, police said. Timothy Henriquez Henriquez, who was hired in May, apparently slipped up through the freight …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Norwood police crack stolen safe case, get arrest assist from Fair Lawn Norwood police crack stolen safe case, get arrest assist from Fair Lawn Norwood police crack stolen safe case, get arrest assist from Fair Lawn
Norwood police crack stolen safe case, get arrest assist from Fair Lawn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Norwood police cracked the case of a stolen safe — as well as another that a resident found pried open — with an assist in the arrests from their Fair Lawn colleagues. Detectives issued a warrant for 19-year-old Vincent Bulzomi and his brother, Nicholas, 23, of Fair Lawn, after one resident reported his safe taken from his garage and another said hers was pried open — both last Monday, Norwood Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Both Bulzomis were picked up on Saturday by Fair Lawn Officer Joseph Mecionis near Pollitt Drive and turned over to Norwood…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus shooting victim arrested after motorcycle chase, crash Paramus shooting victim arrested after motorcycle chase, crash Paramus shooting victim arrested after motorcycle chase, crash
Paramus shooting victim arrested after motorcycle chase, crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 33-year-old ex-con who was shot on a Paramus street last month led police on a chase with his motorcycle through several red lights last night before wiping out in Rochelle Park. Ilkay Karayel was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center under police guard with injuries that Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said didn’t appear life-threatening. The chase began just after 9:30 last night, when Paramus Police Officer Daniel Derienzo spotted Karayel’s beige 2009 Suzuki GSX swerving on Pascack Road northbound near Oradell Avenue, Ehrenberg said. When the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Ugandan mission driver busted for DWI at GWB in Fort Lee Ugandan mission driver busted for DWI at GWB in Fort Lee Ugandan mission driver busted for DWI at GWB in Fort Lee
Ugandan mission driver busted for DWI at GWB in Fort Lee YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police this morning arrested a chauffeur for the Ugandan Mission for DWI in Fort Lee near the George Washington Bridge. An officer directing traffic stopped 41-year-old Elly Agaba just before 8:30 a.m. for driving the mission’s 2010 Mercedes Benz through the “zebra stripes” on the approach to the bridge, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The officer quickly noticed that Agaba — a native of the western Ugandan town of Kanungu — was intoxicated, Pentangelo said. He then blew a .21% on a breath test, nearly three times the legal li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police: Ex-con punched man in face, took cash Hackensack police: Ex-con punched man in face, took cash Hackensack police: Ex-con punched man in face, took cash
Hackensack police: Ex-con punched man in face, took cash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack police detective investigating a Main Street mugging combed through surveillance video from various area businesses to identify an ex-con with an arrest history that spans the last 20 years. Nathaniel Coleman walked up to a man leaving an ATM just after 11 p.m. Thursday, demanded money, then punched him in the face when he didn’t produce any, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Coleman then rifled through the victim’s pockets, took the cash and fled, he said. Detective Ryan Weber had Coleman in custody less than 24 hours later after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Christie mobile unit in Lyndhurst to help with Sandy recovery, rebuilding Christie mobile unit in Lyndhurst to help with Sandy recovery, rebuilding Christie mobile unit in Lyndhurst to help with Sandy recovery, rebuilding
Christie mobile unit in Lyndhurst to help with Sandy recovery, rebuilding Representatives From various state and federal agencies will be on hand tomorrow in Lyndhurst to help residents and business owners continue to recovery and rebuild from Hurricane Sandy. The Sandy Recovery Mobile Cabinet will set up shop at the Lyndhurst Senior Center. They’ll look to answer a variety of questions on homeowner and rental programs, business grants and loans and other concerns. IF YOU GO: Bring all documents related to the issue you’re facing. WHAT: Mobile Recovery Cabinet to assist homeowner, businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy WHEN: Tues., Sept. 24, 3 – 7 p.m. WHER…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Latest Journal Square bicycle thief easy to ID, Port Authority police say Latest Journal Square bicycle thief easy to ID, Port Authority police say Latest Journal Square bicycle thief easy to ID, Port Authority police say
Latest Journal Square bicycle thief easy to ID, Port Authority police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The lone suspect Port Authority police said they had in a pair of bicycle thefts at Jersey City’s Journal Square wore a ponytail, a New York Giants jersey and long shorts. He has a criminal history in three states, records show — and was picked up by them twice before. Yesterday, authority officers went to his Jersey City apartment and arrested him once more. Marco Santamaria-Beltran, 43, was charged with stealing one bike valued at $300 and another at $100. The pricier bicycle was recovered, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Santamaria-Be…

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