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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs loan broker pleads guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’ Englewood Cliffs loan broker pleads guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’ Englewood Cliffs loan broker pleads guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’
Englewood Cliffs loan broker pleads guilty in massive Bergen-based ID theft ‘superstore’ BEHIND THE STORY: Another defendant admitted in federal court today to playing a major role 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. Matthew J. Kang, 44, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., pleaded guilty to several charges, while admitting that he obtained and brokered Social Security cards with the prefix “586” and counterfeit driver’s licenses for the operation’s mastermind, Sang-Hyun “Jimmy” Park. As a member of a “build-up” team working closely with P…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Seaside boardwalk burns: photos, video Seaside boardwalk burns: photos, video Seaside boardwalk burns: photos, video
Seaside boardwalk burns: photos, video SEASIDE BOARDWALK FIRE: Kohr’s was the first to go, then more structures on the Seaside boardwalk — Kupper’s, Park Seafood, the Funtown Arcade. Before you knew it, it became an inferno. End to end, more than two dozen structures burned, including Funtown, which was engulfed before people’s eyes.We’ve seen such fires in Wildwood and Asbury Park. But few can remember anything like this at Seaside Park or the Heights. It shot to six alarms very, very quickly. Pretty soon, it was NINE alarms. Firefighters did an amazing job keeping the raging blaze contained, considering the circumstances. Othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police: Driver crashes, leaves car, charged with DWI, other offenses Wyckoff police: Driver crashes, leaves car, charged with DWI, other offenses Wyckoff police: Driver crashes, leaves car, charged with DWI, other offenses
Wyckoff police: Driver crashes, leaves car, charged with DWI, other offenses YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver who Wyckoff police said left his car behind after crashing it on a Route 208 overpass was arrested before he could get home, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. Sgt. Kevin Kasak found the 2010 BMW 5 series after responding to the call of a crash around 1:40 a.m. yesterday on the Russell Avenue overpass of the highway, Fox said. Using the vehicle’s registration, Sgt. Brian Zivkovich and Patrolman Mark Tagliareni found the owner — identified as Pratap S. Modapothala, 31, of Franklin Lakes — walking near his Eder Avenue home, the chief said. He w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Text message leads to sex assault charges against Lyndhurst man, 44, of girl, now 12 Text message leads to sex assault charges against Lyndhurst man, 44, of girl, now 12 Text message leads to sex assault charges against Lyndhurst man, 44, of girl, now 12
Text message leads to sex assault charges against Lyndhurst man, 44, of girl, now 12 EXCLUSIVE: A disturbing text message to a friend led to what authorities said was the ongoing molestation by an unemployed Lyndhurst man of a girl who is now 12, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. James Gizzo of Sanford Avenue was being held on $350,000 bail set by Superior Court Judge Lisa Perez-Friscia . The 6-foot-1, 330-pound Gizzo, who turned 44 last week, is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment in connection with what Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said was a series of events spanning the past five to six years. Detectives from Moline…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Police defense foundation chief secures visa for blind Dominican girl to have eye surgery Police defense foundation chief secures visa for blind Dominican girl to have eye surgery Police defense foundation chief secures visa for blind Dominican girl to have eye surgery
Police defense foundation chief secures visa for blind Dominican girl to have eye surgery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The head of the National Police Defense Foundation secured temporary visas in the Dominican Republic yesterday that allow 13-month-old blind girl and her mother to come to the U.S. for emergency eye surgery on the child. NPDF Executive Director Joseph Occhipinti said he is due to arrive at at Newark International Airport just before 4:30 today with Scarling Cabrera – known as “Baby Scarling” — and her mother. Occhipinti said they will be met by various law enforcement officers and officials from, among other agencies, the New Jersey State Police, Port Authority Pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Worker who fell into solvent at Carlstadt paint plant dies Worker who fell into solvent at Carlstadt paint plant dies Worker who fell into solvent at Carlstadt paint plant dies
Worker who fell into solvent at Carlstadt paint plant dies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who fell into a vat of chemical solvent at a Carlstadt paint factory died of his injuries, police said this morning. Henry Campbell, 56, of Newark was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after falling into the tank and inhaling its vapors at the Hartin Paint & Filler Corporation on Broad Street just before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. A co-worker pulled Campbell from the vat and placed him atop the tank. In doing so, the co-worker was exposed to the vapors himself, and was taken to HUMC, as well. He was beli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus, Oradell police grab burglary suspects, thanks to neighbor’s call Paramus, Oradell police grab burglary suspects, thanks to neighbor’s call Paramus, Oradell police grab burglary suspects, thanks to neighbor’s call
Paramus, Oradell police grab burglary suspects, thanks to neighbor’s call YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus and Oradell police teamed up to snare a pair of burglary suspects, thanks to alert residents who got officers to the scene before a car containing stolen goods could be driven away. Paramus police got the first call from an Oradell Avenue resident who said he saw a suspicious-looking man emerge from behind his neighbor’s house around 3:30 Monday afternoon. As patrol officers headed there, they got a call from a relative who was checking on the house and discovered that it had just been broken into, Detective Capt. Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Both …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Phone scam alert: Wyckoff man not fooled by call from ‘federal agent’ Phone scam alert: Wyckoff man not fooled by call from ‘federal agent’ Phone scam alert: Wyckoff man not fooled by call from ‘federal agent’
Phone scam alert: Wyckoff man not fooled by call from ‘federal agent’ ALERT: What seems an unending stream of phone scams now includes what, for some, are frightening calls from people pretending to be federal agents. This scam involves someone claiming to be from an agent DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) or other law enforcement agency who has a warrant for the intended victim’s arrest. The scammer then offers to allow the “defendant” to pay a fine and square things. Unfortunately, it’s worked in some cases. People have followed instructions and wired money overseas that they’ll never get back, authorities say. A Wyckoff resident who went to police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield homeowner holds down one burglary suspect, police catch other Garfield homeowner holds down one burglary suspect, police catch other Garfield homeowner holds down one burglary suspect, police catch other
Garfield homeowner holds down one burglary suspect, police catch other YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Garfield woman who found a couple burglarizing her home this afternoon pinned one of the suspects on the ground outside her house while police chased down another. The collars came at a price, though: The first officer on the scene, after knocking the female suspect down, broke his foot chasing the other, police said. By then, however, officers had flooded the neighborhood and caught the man, identified as 52-year-old Roberto Soto of Passaic. Garfield police got the call just before 1:30 from the Grace Street resident, who said she came to home to an open kitch…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Former Bergen Dem chairman Joe Ferriero indicted by federal grand jury Former Bergen Dem chairman Joe Ferriero indicted by federal grand jury Former Bergen Dem chairman Joe Ferriero indicted by federal grand jury
Former Bergen Dem chairman Joe Ferriero indicted by federal grand jury A federal grand jury today indicted Joseph A. Ferriero, the former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization, on charges of soliciting bribes and extorting payments as part of a racketeering scheme that included various grants, building projects and software contracts, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced this afternoon. READ THE INDICTMENT HERE: Ferriero, Joseph INDICTMENT The indictment also charges Ferriero, 56, with conspiring to promote bribery and distribute payoffs, as well as committing mail and wire fraud, among other offenses. It had been expected for months, s…

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