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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Albanian national gets 108 months in violent Wallington, Clifton bank holdups Albanian national gets 108 months in violent Wallington, Clifton bank holdups Albanian national gets 108 months in violent Wallington, Clifton bank holdups
Albanian national gets 108 months in violent Wallington, Clifton bank holdups YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A violent Albanian national who went by the nicknames “Shpend Mazari” and “Luie Belushi” was sentenced today in Newark to 108 months in federal prison for robbing two TD Bank branches of $20,715 at gunpoint – one in Wallington and the other in Clifton, where he was living. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas sentenced Arlind Hyseni, 31, to serve three years of supervised release and pay back the banks he robbed. Hyseni took a plea deal from the government and admitted knocking off the TD branch in Clifton on Nov. 2, 2011 and the branch …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Former North Bergen housing director gets 46 months in federal prison for extortion Former North Bergen housing director gets 46 months in federal prison for extortion Former North Bergen housing director gets 46 months in federal prison for extortion
Former North Bergen housing director gets 46 months in federal prison for extortion YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: North Bergen Housing Authority Operations Director John T. “Jack” Kennell was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for extorting employees of a Rutherford maintenance company that did business with the agency. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares sentenced Kennell to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $5,000 fine. Whenever he wanted the private employees to pay him off in $10 and $20 bills, all Kennell had to do was whistle, federal authorities said when they arrested him last year. He was immediately suspend…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township officer in hit and run on mend, reward increased, driver sought Washington Township officer in hit and run on mend, reward increased, driver sought Washington Township officer in hit and run on mend, reward increased, driver sought
Washington Township officer in hit and run on mend, reward increased, driver sought SHOUT OUT: The reward for finding the hit-and-run driver whose speeding SUV knocked down and injured Washington Township Police Officer Heather Castronova on a darkened local street went to $6,000 today, thanks to a $1,000 contribution from her PBA brethren in Hillsdale. “I’m really floored,” Castronova told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “I cannot express how grateful I am to all my brothers and sisters in blue. “It’s amazing how great everyone has been,” said the 11-year veteran, who today received flowers and a card (photo, above) from the Bergen County Police Department as she recove…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Pot sale rip-off leaves Cliffside Park man pistol-whipped, hit by car Pot sale rip-off leaves Cliffside Park man pistol-whipped, hit by car Pot sale rip-off leaves Cliffside Park man pistol-whipped, hit by car
Pot sale rip-off leaves Cliffside Park man pistol-whipped, hit by car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cliffside Park man who police said tried to rip off a drug dealer was pistol-whipped with his partner’s gun and then knocked down by the intended target’s car while fleeing through borough streets with a stolen pound of pot. The series of events began around 6 p.m. Sunday when Chris Taliaferro, 21, and Keshon Brown, 19, both of Cliffside Park, climbed into the back seat of a 2005 Ford Escape driven by Arad Terjanian, 19, of Fairview, police said. An unidentified teenager sat in front with Terjanian, they said. Brown (above, right) had arranged to buy a pound of p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst gas station, other businesses, to repay $283,000 for Hurricane Sandy price gouging Lyndhurst gas station, other businesses, to repay $283,000 for Hurricane Sandy price gouging Lyndhurst gas station, other businesses, to repay $283,000 for Hurricane Sandy price gouging
Lyndhurst gas station, other businesses, to repay $283,000 for Hurricane Sandy price gouging YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst service station that hiked gas prices more than 70 cents a gallon is among eight businesses that have agreed to reimburse consumers who were ripped off by price gouging during Hurricane Sandy. S&D LLC,d/b/a Exxon station, at 555 Riverside Avenue in Lyndhurst,  will make a settlement payment of $25,000, which represents $22,980.37 in civil penalties, $1,627.50 in attorneys’ fees and $392.13 in investigative costs, the state Attorney General’s Office and state Division of Consumer Affairs announced this morning. S&D was accused of raising the price …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mother Goose tale from Edgewater ends with woman, 62, in jail Mother Goose tale from Edgewater ends with woman, 62, in jail Mother Goose tale from Edgewater ends with woman, 62, in jail
Mother Goose tale from Edgewater ends with woman, 62, in jail EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Edgewater is hoping that Livia Prochnow’s beloved Canada geese will no longer feast on her illegally provided meals after he put the 63-year-old North Bergen woman behind bars for a long weekend. Prochnow has fought Edgewater officials for years over her insistence on feeding the flying fowl, which violates a municipal ordinance. She even took her case to a high court in New Jersey — and lost. The Appellate Division ordered her to pay fines and costs in 2009. But authorities said that Prochnow never made good. After giving her what he said was more than adequate …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Alert: Luxury cars being stolen when owners leave fobs behind Alert: Luxury cars being stolen when owners leave fobs behind Alert: Luxury cars being stolen when owners leave fobs behind
Alert: Luxury cars being stolen when owners leave fobs behind PUBLIC SAFETY: It’s that time of the year when drivers leave their air conditioning running while running into a store or their house. But some are also leaving the keys behind after parking the cars in their driveways or garages – and car thieves are benefitting. As usual, the majority of vehicle thefts in Bergen and Rockland counties lately were made possible by drivers who left their key fobs in their cars, River Vale Police Chief Michael McCann said. Last month, a 2012 BMW was swiped from a Closter garage entered after whoever was responsible found the garage-door opener in a Mercedes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Rain to pummel NJ Rain to pummel NJ Rain to pummel NJ
Rain to pummel NJ (via NJ.com) After some heavy downpours last night, parts of New Jersey that are already waterlogged could absorb more heavy rains today – and create flash floods in isolated areas, forecasters say. Virtually the entire state is under…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge clears Bergen man in synthetic pot case Judge clears Bergen man in synthetic pot case Judge clears Bergen man in synthetic pot case
Judge clears Bergen man in synthetic pot case FOLLOW-UP: One of the first synthetic marijuana cases in New Jersey ended when a judge in Hackensack cleared an Essex County physician of the charges. Khashayar Vosough, 48, who practices obstetrics and gynecology, was acquitted of third-degree charges of possession of drugs and paraphernalia following a bench trial of less than 15 minutes in October 2013, records show. The father of three was charged after his wife called police on Oct. 12, 2012, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Nicholas Ostuni told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time. Vosough pleaded innocent and refused pre-trial intervent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview baby killer trial delayed for forensic expert Fairview baby killer trial delayed for forensic expert Fairview baby killer trial delayed for forensic expert
Fairview baby killer trial delayed for forensic expert ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The beginning of a Fairview man’s trial in the death of his girlfriend’s baby daughter has been delayed while a forensics expert hired by his lawyer can review medical evidence. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi granted a lawyer for Yoher Jiminez more time today for the physician to obtain and review MRIs and CT scans conducted at Palisades and St. Joseph’s medical centers on 1-year-old baby Victoria. Baby Victoria Jimenez and his girlfriend had just moved from a relative’s house in Hasbrouck Heights to Harding Place in Fairview when she went…

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