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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Hackensack, NJ
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Little Ferry police: Illegal gas-buying ring trafficked hundreds of gallons in vans Little Ferry police: Illegal gas-buying ring trafficked hundreds of gallons in vans Little Ferry police: Illegal gas-buying ring trafficked hundreds of gallons in vans
Little Ferry police: Illegal gas-buying ring trafficked hundreds of gallons in vans EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Using bogus credit cards, a ring run by the owner of a vehicle leasing company dangerously trafficked hundreds of gallons of high-octane fuel in the back of vans between New Jersey and Brooklyn before Little Ferry police busted them, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Responding officers tipped off to a suspicious vehicle arrested six men – one of whom tried to run across the Hackensack River bridge into Ridgefield Park – and seized two Econoline vans filled with dozens of five-gallon containers, Little Ferry Police Chief Ralph Verdi said yesterday. “Can you imagine what …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood man gets probation, time served in repeated child sex assaults Englewood man gets probation, time served in repeated child sex assaults Englewood man gets probation, time served in repeated child sex assaults
Englewood man gets probation, time served in repeated child sex assaults EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack yesterday reluctantly rejected the request of a woman afflicted with a life-threatening disease to nullify a plea bargain for an Englewood ex-con who sexually assaulted her for several years beginning when she was 9. As a result, Kevin “Shorty” Ellis of Englewood left court a free man, sentenced to the 405 days he remained in jail before being bailed out, plus five years of probation. Ellis, a 55-year-old career criminal, was about to be tried on seven counts of sexual assault and impairing the morals of a minor when the woman took ill. When it appeared …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fort Lee officer fired one shot at ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive who stole police car Fort Lee officer fired one shot at ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive who stole police car Fort Lee officer fired one shot at ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive who stole police car
Fort Lee officer fired one shot at ‘armed, dangerous’ fugitive who stole police car UPDATE (EXCLUSIVE REPORT): A Fort Lee police officer fired a single shot that struck the driver’s side door jamb of an undercover vehicle as a man staying at a borough motel sped off with the car this morning, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. One of two officers who were searching the man’s vehicle was thrown from the police car during the theft, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. One of the officers also squeezed off the shot as the thief sped away in the 2005 Audi A6, he said. BULLETIN: The man who stole a Fort Lee police car this morning was identified this …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus crash sends 2 to hospital, snarls traffic Paramus crash sends 2 to hospital, snarls traffic Paramus crash sends 2 to hospital, snarls traffic
Paramus crash sends 2 to hospital, snarls traffic YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ford Mustang and Honda Accord collided at the intersection of West Midland Avenue and Paramus Road shortly after 2:30 this afternoon, sending both drivers to the hospital and tying up traffic in several directions. A Paramus EMS ambulance already en route to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with a patient on board stopped at the scene to pick up one of the crash victims. Another ambulance was dispatched from The hospital to attend to the other. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by flatbed tow truck. Paramus police were investigating. STORY / PHOTOS: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Port Authority officers grab Fairview man trying to leap from GWB Port Authority officers grab Fairview man trying to leap from GWB Port Authority officers grab Fairview man trying to leap from GWB
Port Authority officers grab Fairview man trying to leap from GWB YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Port Authority police officer who made headlines two weeks ago after nabbing a purse snatcher while on a Boston vacation was one of three who grabbed a 46-year-old Fairview man who tried to jump from the George Washington Bridge this afternoon. Officer Fred Corrubia Jr. joined fellow Port Authority Officers Stephen Gryboski and Michael O’Sullivan in grabbing the man as he threatened to jump from the walkway around 2:40 p.m. “After engaging him in conversation, the officers got close enough to grab his arms and clothing and hold on,” the authority’s Joseph Pentang…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Prosecutor: Paramus man, 23, molested young girl Prosecutor: Paramus man, 23, molested young girl Prosecutor: Paramus man, 23, molested young girl
Prosecutor: Paramus man, 23, molested young girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An out-of-work deejay from Paramus who turned 23 earlier this month was arrested yesterday and charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl at least two years ago. Anthony Yachouh of Kossulth Street was picked up by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s  Special Victims Unit detectives and Paramus police after being notified by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. Social workers with the agency “were the first to become aware of the alleged abuse and subsequently notified the Special Victims Unit,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this aftern…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Bergen freeholder calls for prosecutor’s investigation of county police role in sheriff’s officer stop Bergen freeholder calls for prosecutor’s investigation of county police role in sheriff’s officer stop Bergen freeholder calls for prosecutor’s investigation of county police role in sheriff’s officer stop
Bergen freeholder calls for prosecutor’s investigation of county police role in sheriff’s officer stop UPDATE: Bergen County Freeholder Tracy Zur, who chairs the board’s Law and Public Safety Committee, today called for an investigation by county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli of a traffic stop of a fellow freeholder that ignited a battle between the county police and the sheriff’s office. Zur’s request followed one by fellow Democratic Freeholder Steve Tanelli, who called on county Executive Kathleen Donovan and his own board to fully investigate the incident. That includes obtaining the dash-cam videos from the police cruisers involved, Tanelli, said. “Currently, the County Police and the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Mail carrier gets 3 years for income tax check scheme Mail carrier gets 3 years for income tax check scheme Mail carrier gets 3 years for income tax check scheme
Mail carrier gets 3 years for income tax check scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paterson postal carrier was sentenced to three years in state prison today for using his route to help a crew steal more than $390,000 by filing 151 fraudulent state and federal tax returns. Miguel E. Duran, 35, earlier admitted his role in the ring, saying that he supplied addresses from his mail route in Morris County to be used in filing false tax returns. He also admitted intercepting the resulting government refund checks while working his route, then delivering them to his co-conspirators for $200 a check. In addition to the prison term, Superior Court Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Carlstadt woman, 28, critical after being struck by East Rutherford drunk driver Prosecutor: Carlstadt woman, 28, critical after being struck by East Rutherford drunk driver Prosecutor: Carlstadt woman, 28, critical after being struck by East Rutherford drunk driver
Prosecutor: Carlstadt woman, 28, critical after being struck by East Rutherford drunk driver YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 28-year-old Carlstadt woman remained in critical condition this morning after she was struck by a car driven by a drunk 22-year-old Rutherford man in East Rutherford last night, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed. Victor Kwak lost control of his 2006 Lexus GS430 while headed east on Railroad Avenue between Everett Place and Boiling Springs Avenue just after 7:40 p.m. Molinelli said. The car “struck the curb on the south side of the roadway and then crossed back northward and drove off the road onto the sidewalk on the north side,” he said. It …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Drunk driving crash in East Rutherford sends pedestrian to hospital Drunk driving crash in East Rutherford sends pedestrian to hospital Drunk driving crash in East Rutherford sends pedestrian to hospital
Drunk driving crash in East Rutherford sends pedestrian to hospital YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A crash in East Rutherford last night sent a pedestrian to the hospital and led to the arrest of the driver, who authorities said was drunk. The crash occurred just before 7:45 p.m. when a vehicle jumped the curb and struck a utility pole on Railroad Avenue between Boiling Springs Avenue and Everett Place. UPDATE: A 28-year-old Carlstadt woman remained in critical condition this morning after she was struck by a car driven by a drunk 22-year-old Rutherford man in East Rutherford last night, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed. READ MORE….  The …

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