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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood loan officer admits role in $2 million mortgage fraud Westwood loan officer admits role in $2 million mortgage fraud Westwood loan officer admits role in $2 million mortgage fraud
Westwood loan officer admits role in $2 million mortgage fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Westwood loan officer admitted today in federal court that he participated in a $2 million mortgage-fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers” to in three states. Raffi Oghlian, 38, worked for a time as a loan officer at MJS Lending Inc., in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., which was in the business of making mortgage loans. Oghlian admitted during his guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Camden today that he conspired with others to get mortgage loans for unqualified buyers by ginning up applications and other documents. The crew profited from the sales …

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Talk about a big gun: NJ man’s mailbox looks like giant pistol Talk about a big gun: NJ man’s mailbox looks like giant pistol Talk about a big gun: NJ man’s mailbox looks like giant pistol
Talk about a big gun: NJ man’s mailbox looks like giant pistol (via NJ.com) LOPATCONG — A Warren County man has ensured that anyone who passes by his house will have a lasting impression of it. The semi-retired Lopatcong cabinet maker designed a mailbox that resembles a huge Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum revolver, according…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Chemical reaction fills Lodi plant with smoke Chemical reaction fills Lodi plant with smoke Chemical reaction fills Lodi plant with smoke
Chemical reaction fills Lodi plant with smoke YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 55-gallon barrel of printing ink began boiling after a mixer overheated, causing a chemical reaction that fllled a small Lodi industrial building with smoke and brought hazardous materials specialists from Garfield and Bergen County, along with local firefighters. The chemical was eventually neutralized and the drum was cooled down and brought outside UViTec Printing Ink at 14 Mill Street shortly after the 11:30 a.m. call, emergency workers said. Firefighters continued to pour water on it to keep it cooling. Mutual aid was provided by, among others, Saddle Brook,…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mothers sue Glen Rock Board of Education in wrestlers ‘tea-bagging’ incident Mothers sue Glen Rock Board of Education in wrestlers ‘tea-bagging’ incident Mothers sue Glen Rock Board of Education in wrestlers ‘tea-bagging’ incident
Mothers sue Glen Rock Board of Education in wrestlers ‘tea-bagging’ incident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An alleged incident of “tea-bagging” by two Glen Rock High School wrestlers against a pair of 11-year-olds has sparked a lawsuit against the borough Board of Education by the mothers of the alleged victims. Although the lawsuit doesn’t go into detail, district sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time that two middle-schoolers were subjected to a domination tactic used by schoolyard bullies and inspired by a popular video game. Playing off what for some is an accepted sexual position, the darker practice involves at least one person holding the target down while ano…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota police seek 3 in mugging Bogota police seek 3 in mugging Bogota police seek 3 in mugging
Bogota police seek 3 in mugging YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bogota detectives were reviewing videos from Queen Anne Road businesses after three assailants on bicycles mugged a 55-year-old man on Central Avenue last night. The victim was walking home from work around 9:40 p.m. near Teaneck when the three pulled up, jumped off their bikes and hit him in the head with something, Detective Capt. Jimmy Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Then took off with a black bag with a FIFA log and containing a cellphone and his hearing aid, heading east on Central and then south on Queen Anne, Sepp said. The victim was taken by ambu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock teen kept dealing drugs after arrest, prosecutor says Glen Rock teen kept dealing drugs after arrest, prosecutor says Glen Rock teen kept dealing drugs after arrest, prosecutor says
Glen Rock teen kept dealing drugs after arrest, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Glen Rock teen arrested on drug-selling charges at his school during the past school year went right back to it during the summer, selling heroin to undercover detectives three times, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. The third time, Molinelli said, was Tuesday, when Tristan Rodas sold two bundles of heroin for $140 to an undercover investigator from the Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force. At that point, he was taken into custody, the prosecutor said. Glen Rock police originally arrested the 18-year-old Rodas in June on heroin-sel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-employee charged with stealing rental from Newark Airport, then returning for gas Ex-employee charged with stealing rental from Newark Airport, then returning for gas Ex-employee charged with stealing rental from Newark Airport, then returning for gas
Ex-employee charged with stealing rental from Newark Airport, then returning for gas YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Hertz employee who left the job on Labor Day weekend was arrested by Port Authority police who said they found him and another man at Newark Airport in a 2013 Mustang stolen from the rental lot nearly 12 hours earlier. Officers got suspicious when one the men got of the car near the fence line of the Hertz rental facility at 4 o’clock this morning, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. As it turned out, the car had been missing since 5 o’clock last night, he said. Pentangelo said he couldn’t confirm the report, but a source at the airport told CLIFFVIE…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge cites dangers of domestic violence in sentencing Dumont killer to 45 years Judge cites dangers of domestic violence in sentencing Dumont killer to 45 years Judge cites dangers of domestic violence in sentencing Dumont killer to 45 years
Judge cites dangers of domestic violence in sentencing Dumont killer to 45 years YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Dumont supermarket cashier was sentenced to 45 years in prison today for shooting his ex-girlfriend dead with a semi-automatic rifle, in what both the judge and a Bergen County prosecutor said was the culmination of an escalating pattern of domestic violence. Jordan Turner, 25, barely flinched as Presiding Superior Court Judge Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi issued his plea-bargained murder sentence in Hackensack. Under the deal, he must serve 38¼ years before he is eligible for parole. He’d be 64. Heather Reyes Although relatives insisted the two had broken up…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Cleaning agent near Fair Lawn school flushed from storm drain Cleaning agent near Fair Lawn school flushed from storm drain Cleaning agent near Fair Lawn school flushed from storm drain
Cleaning agent near Fair Lawn school flushed from storm drain YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Someone dumped a cleaning fluid into a storm drain near a Fair Lawn school, which was closed today for the Jewish holiday. Fair Lawn police, Heavy Rescue, and hazardous materials unit responded to the area of Westmoreland School around noon on reports of a chemical odor. The chemical was tested and determined to be a neutral cleaning agent, not environmentally harmful. However, authorities thought it best to flush the drains to dissipate the substance. A storm drain cover was removed on school property, a hose was hooked up to a nearby hydrant, and the system wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police arrest 3 teens in armed deliveryman robbery Saddle Brook police arrest 3 teens in armed deliveryman robbery Saddle Brook police arrest 3 teens in armed deliveryman robbery
Saddle Brook police arrest 3 teens in armed deliveryman robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After tracing the source of a phoned-in order, Saddle Brook police arrested three 18-year-olds from town in connection with the attempted holdup of a deliveryman who ended up smashing his cars into three others in a bid to escape. Charged with first-degree armed robbery, as well as forgery and theft, are Xhonero Shehu of Van Orden Street and Justin Glazer of Hickory Avenue. Police also charged Glazer with wielding the that gun the 61-year-old store owner said was pointed at him when he tried to deliver the order. Charged with hindering the investigation is Lakhwi…

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