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
Port Authority police crackdown on Journal Square bicycle thieves continues with arrests Port Authority police crackdown on Journal Square bicycle thieves continues with arrests Port Authority police crackdown on Journal Square bicycle thieves continues with arrests
Port Authority police crackdown on Journal Square bicycle thieves continues with arrests YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Port Authority police on the lookout for bicycle thieves said they chased and caught two men they found using bolt cutters in an attempted theft at Journal Square. They quickly caught one of them. He was identified as Vicente Williams, 18. The second was caught at nearby Martin Luther King Drive and Ege Avenue moments later, Port Authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Both are from Jersey City, he said. The square has been the site of several thefts and attempted thefts of bicycles secured by commuters, so authority police are cracking down…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Indictment in case of robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 after holdup Indictment in case of robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 after holdup Indictment in case of robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 after holdup
Indictment in case of robber who tipped Lyndhurst barmaid $20 after holdup EXCLUSIVE: A man who Lyndhurst police said tipped a bartender $20 from $138 he’d just robbed used an illegal .25-caliber handgun, an indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack says. It was a Saturday night around 6:15 on April 20, 2012 when, police said, Donald Tuohy walked into The Locker Room on Stuyvesant Avenue. After using the bathroom, he asked the 26-year-old barmaid for a tap beer, Lyndhurst Police Chief Jim O’Connor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She said they had only bottles, so he ordered a Budweiser, the chief said. As she was getting it, O’Connor said, Tuohy pulled a handgun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rutherford man gets 364 days for corporal punishment of daughter, 13 Rutherford man gets 364 days for corporal punishment of daughter, 13 Rutherford man gets 364 days for corporal punishment of daughter, 13
Rutherford man gets 364 days for corporal punishment of daughter, 13 EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A judge in Hackensack yesterday sentenced a Rutherford man who beat his 13-year old daughter with a karate stick, broomstick and belt to 364 days in the Bergen County Jail, despite pleas from the defense attorney to “heal the family.” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian said he was sentencing Chan Ho Kim “in accordance with the law,” while noting that prosecutors dropped more serious charges — ostensibly to avoid having the girl endure a trial. Kim’s wife came to court to support him, and his pastor spoke on his behalf. The family also presented a letter from his dau…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn woman charged in arson fire Fair Lawn woman charged in arson fire Fair Lawn woman charged in arson fire
Fair Lawn woman charged in arson fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 45-year-old Fair Lawn woman was jailed after police said she she deliberately set fire to a stack of papers in her bedroom, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Firefighters quickly snuffed the Lincoln Avenue blaze while police investigated. Stephanie Addie Stephanie Addie was charged with aggravated arson with the danger of injury and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was being held on $35,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Addie just recently spent two days in jail after county police arrested her on a charge of improper behavior, records show. She was engag…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Boy on bicycle hit by car in Park Ridge Boy on bicycle hit by car in Park Ridge Boy on bicycle hit by car in Park Ridge
Boy on bicycle hit by car in Park Ridge ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A boy on a bicycle was taken to Hackensack Unversity Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after he was struck by a car in a Park Ridge parking lot this afternoon. The crash occurred outside Dunkin’ Donuts on Kinderkamack Road around 2:45 p.m. Park Ridge police, Washington Township Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics from Hackensack University Medical Center North responded. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Allendale landlord gets 5 years for threatening tenant with gun Allendale landlord gets 5 years for threatening tenant with gun Allendale landlord gets 5 years for threatening tenant with gun
Allendale landlord gets 5 years for threatening tenant with gun YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Allendale landlord who decided to settle a dispute over parking on his lawn with a handgun was sentenced today to five years in prison, three of which he must serve before he’s eligible for parole. Donald Scott agreed to the five-year term in exchange for admitting that he threatened his tenant with a handgun. The trouble began when the tenant in his West Crescent Avenue mother-daughter house bought home a helper from his landscaping business who parked his car on the grass. Scott pointed a gun at him, and the tenant summoned police. The Bergen County Police S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Pedestrian couple hit by car get summonses from Ramsey police Pedestrian couple hit by car get summonses from Ramsey police Pedestrian couple hit by car get summonses from Ramsey police
Pedestrian couple hit by car get summonses from Ramsey police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A couple hit by a car while crossing the street after walking down the middle of the road last night were each given summonses by Ramsey police for not using a crosswalk. Neither the 23-year-old Upper Saddle River man nor the 22-year-old Mahwah woman was seriously injured when they were clipped by a a two-door Honda on West Main Street near Erie Plaza around 11:20 p.m., Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. However, the man was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the chief said. The driver, a 46-year-old Ramsey man who immediately stopped after his car bumped th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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12 new Bergen County sheriff’s officers sworn in 12 new Bergen County sheriff’s officers sworn in 12 new Bergen County sheriff’s officers sworn in
12 new Bergen County sheriff’s officers sworn in SHOUT OUT: “This is a great day for our new officers, their families and Bergen County,” said Sheriff Michael Saudino, as a dozen new sheriff’s officers were sworn in yesterday. Chosen from 100 candidates, the incoming class includes 10 military veterans: Three served with the U.S. Marine Corps., five with Army and two with the Navy. “I give my thanks to these ten members who sacrificed their lives and served our country overseas, and who are now returning to continue their service back home,” Saudino said. The new officers begin a 22-week Police Academy next week at the Bergen County L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Convict in South Hackensack SWAT standoff goes free Convict in South Hackensack SWAT standoff goes free Convict in South Hackensack SWAT standoff goes free
Convict in South Hackensack SWAT standoff goes free YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former South Hackensack man who held a SWAT team at bay for 5½-hours after beating his wife — saying he wanted to go out in a “blaze of glory” — walked out of court a free man this morning after being sentenced to less than a year already spent in the Bergen County Jail and five years probation. Steven Spalnick, who spent 344 days behind bars before his trial, must undergo counseling for alternatives to domestic violence counseling, Superior Court Judge James J. Guida ruled. Guida said he was horrified by Spalnick’s crimes. “The victim’s testimony was chilling,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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DPW workers, citizens help police nab ex-con, accomplice in Fairview bank robbery DPW workers, citizens help police nab ex-con, accomplice in Fairview bank robbery DPW workers, citizens help police nab ex-con, accomplice in Fairview bank robbery
DPW workers, citizens help police nab ex-con, accomplice in Fairview bank robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With the help of two DPW workers and several good Samaritans, police tracked down two men — one a career criminal who once escaped from the Hudson County Jail — who they said robbed a Fairview bank of several thousand dollars this morning. Gary Bohanan, a former North Bergen resident who police said lives in Keansburg, carjacked a van at gunpoint in North Bergen after the holdup but barely made it down Third Avenue before crashing it into a porch at 91st Street, township Police Capt. Patrick Irwin told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Police seized what turned out to be an air …

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