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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Ridgewood, NJ
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Wood-Ridge police charge Ridgewood man with stealing $400 breast cancer donations Wood-Ridge police charge Ridgewood man with stealing $400 breast cancer donations Wood-Ridge police charge Ridgewood man with stealing $400 breast cancer donations
Wood-Ridge police charge Ridgewood man with stealing $400 breast cancer donations YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In a crime that might shock some, a Ridgewood man was charged with stealing a breast-cancer donation jar from a Wood-Ridge business. Now police are hoping the nearly $400 that was inside will be returned. Nicholas Demetro, 25, of Ridgewood already was being held on charges of assault and eluding police, stemming from an incident last month in the village. Wood-Ridge police were called to a pizzeria in their town after the jar was taken on June 13, Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Surveillance video showed the thief entering the store, placing a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Unregistered Paterson motorcyclist killed in Route 17 crash Unregistered Paterson motorcyclist killed in Route 17 crash Unregistered Paterson motorcyclist killed in Route 17 crash
Unregistered Paterson motorcyclist killed in Route 17 crash UPDATE: A  28-year-old motorcyclist from Paterson who was riding without a license was killed this morning in a horrific crash on the northbound Route 17 on-ramp from eastbound Route 4, police said this afternoon. Adrian Rodriguez was driving a yellow 2003 Honda 600 motorcycle that struck the side of a 2008 Peterbilt tractor trailer carrying concrete drain pipes in the right lane, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The motorcycle “struck the rear passenger side  of the trailer just in front of the rear tires” just before 7 a.m. and caught Rodriguez in its wheels, the chief said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Former prosecutor Fahy suicide victim Former prosecutor Fahy suicide victim Former prosecutor Fahy suicide victim
Former prosecutor Fahy suicide victim Sources with knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early tonight that a man found dead of a gunshot wound to the head on Route 17 in East Rutherford was former prosecutor Jay Fahy, the apparent victim of a suicide. “I feel like I just lost my brother,” a close associate told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “Everybody’s in tears right now…. “Something happened in the last two weeks. He wasn’t himself,” he added. “But none of us can figure out what it is.” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed Fahy’s death, which he said was “the result of a single gunshot wound to the he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Man slips down Palisades in Alpine, rescued by officers Man slips down Palisades in Alpine, rescued by officers Man slips down Palisades in Alpine, rescued by officers
Man slips down Palisades in Alpine, rescued by officers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man who was at first believed to be suicidal was rescued from the side of the Palisades this afternoon after he slipped and tumbled nearly 100 feet below the Alpine lookout. Using cellphone GPS, Palisades Interstate Parkway police found the man’s car at the lookout near Exit 2 of the parkway after getting a call from a suicide prevention hotline, Acting PIP Police Chief Michael J. Coppola said. Soon after, another call came from the hotline that the man “was alive but injured below the cliffs,” he said. Several PIP officers, as well as a Bergen County Sheriff’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Judge: Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant ‘not cooperating’ with authorities Judge: Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant ‘not cooperating’ with authorities Judge: Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant ‘not cooperating’ with authorities
Judge: Mahwah minister who had sex with underage congregant ‘not cooperating’ with authorities ONLY ON CVP: A Mahwah youth pastor convicted of sexually abusing a young member of his church has delaying his sentencing by not cooperating with authorities at the state’s treatment facility for sex offenders, a judge in Hackensack said today. Curtis Franklin is “unwilling to participate in the sex offender treatment” at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian said this morning. Jerejian originally set last Friday for sentencing Franklin. But that can’t be done until the experts in Avenue fully evaluate him and submit a pre-sentence re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus police arrest 2 in Zac Brown Band concert ticket fraud Paramus police arrest 2 in Zac Brown Band concert ticket fraud Paramus police arrest 2 in Zac Brown Band concert ticket fraud
Paramus police arrest 2 in Zac Brown Band concert ticket fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Bronx men who sold an unsuspecting buyer four bogus tickets for a concert by the Zac Brown Band were busted by Paramus police who secretly arranged to buy from the same dealers, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this afternoon. The buyer who was scammed out of $500 called Paramus police, who made undercover arrangements to buy tickets of their own yesterday at the Garden State Plaza. Officers immediately arrested the pair when they showed up, Ehrenberg said. Tyron C. Carr, 30 (above, top), was being held on $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst mail carrier who delivered cocaine gets 46 months in fed pen Lyndhurst mail carrier who delivered cocaine gets 46 months in fed pen Lyndhurst mail carrier who delivered cocaine gets 46 months in fed pen
Lyndhurst mail carrier who delivered cocaine gets 46 months in fed pen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former U.S. Postal Service employee from Lyndhurst who diverted packages of cocaine deliberately mailed to addresses on her route from Puerto Rico was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison. Because it’s federal time, 30-year-old Christina Nunez must serve all but possibly a couple of months of the sentence handed down this morning by U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark. Last month, Salas sentenced Nunez’s husband, Luis A. Vega, 37, to 37 months in prison for his role in distributing the cocaine-laden packages. The couple and conspirators are bel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fort Lee doctor, others, admit bribe scheme with Biodiagnostic Labs Fort Lee doctor, others, admit bribe scheme with Biodiagnostic Labs Fort Lee doctor, others, admit bribe scheme with Biodiagnostic Labs
Fort Lee doctor, others, admit bribe scheme with Biodiagnostic Labs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee doctor and three fellow physicians admitted today that they took tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services as part of a long-running scheme operated by the lab, its president, and several associates. Claudio Dicovsky, 51, of Fort Lee and the other two — Dennis Aponte, 46, of Cedar Grove, and 63-year-old Franklin Dana Fortunato of Montville — each pleaded guilty to violating the Federal Travel Act. Fortunato also admitted failing to report more $640,000 in bribe money and patient co-pays, for which he owes the governmen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Tourists robbed in Carlstadt, suspect found in Meadowlands marshes Tourists robbed in Carlstadt, suspect found in Meadowlands marshes Tourists robbed in Carlstadt, suspect found in Meadowlands marshes
Tourists robbed in Carlstadt, suspect found in Meadowlands marshes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A manhunt ended in the marshes of the Meadowlands early this morning when Carlstadt police and a Bergen County Sheriff’s K9 unit found an ex-con who authorities said robbed a group of tourists from Virginia hours earlier. Three of the four victims were walking back with two six packs of beer from Redd’s Restaurant to the nearby Econo Lodge on Washington Avenue shortly after arriving in town when they were accosted at knifepoint around 1:30 a.m., Carlstadt Detective John Cleary told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The robber, who was wearing a ski mask and pointing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Indictment: NJ correction officer frightened four prostitutes into free sex Indictment: NJ correction officer frightened four prostitutes into free sex Indictment: NJ correction officer frightened four prostitutes into free sex
Indictment: NJ correction officer frightened four prostitutes into free sex BEYOND BERGEN: A New Jersey State correction officer has been indicted on charges of identifying himself as a police officer in order to coerce four prostitutes into having free sex with him. A 25-count state grand jury indictment accuses Juan R. Stevens of a pattern of official misconduct and four counts each of official misconduct, sexual assault, criminal restraint, coercion, extortion and impersonating a law enforcement officer. “It is abhorrent that a state correction officer would corruptly use his badge to sexually assault women in the manner alleged in this indictment,” Acting New…

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