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
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff rounds up 55 deadbeat dads, moms: One owes $445,887 Bergen sheriff rounds up 55 deadbeat dads, moms: One owes $445,887 Bergen sheriff rounds up 55 deadbeat dads, moms: One owes $445,887
Bergen sheriff rounds up 55 deadbeat dads, moms: One owes $445,887 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One father who owes $445,886 in child support and another who’s behind $292,141 in payments head the Top 10 List of Deadbeat Dads in Bergen County, Sheriff Michael Saudino said today, announcing a three-day sweep that produced 55 arrests and an initial $35,190 off the $1.3 million that was outstanding. “The real victims here are the children,” Saudino said. “It is troubling to see these parents neglect their duties and fail to provide basic financial assistance for their children.” Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino Robert Genardi of Rutherford — who owes a wh…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn construction worker charged with molesting girl, 10 Fair Lawn construction worker charged with molesting girl, 10 Fair Lawn construction worker charged with molesting girl, 10
Fair Lawn construction worker charged with molesting girl, 10 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A series of sex assaults on a 10-year-old girl that began the past few weeks and “gradually escalated in severity” led to the arrest of a 44-year-old construction worker from Fair Lawn Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced this afternoon. Jose G. Anguiano was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault by contact and two counts of child endangerment. Anguiano, who is married, was arrested yesterday by members of Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and the Fair Lawn police after the girl’s father notified authoritie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police chief, officers, grab wanted Englewood man Teaneck police chief, officers, grab wanted Englewood man Teaneck police chief, officers, grab wanted Englewood man
Teaneck police chief, officers, grab wanted Englewood man YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A “WANTED” poster helped Teaneck police nab down a man being sought by their Englewood colleagues for punching his girlfriend in the face, dragging her by the collar and stealing items from her. Teaneck Officer Arnot Peters spotted 19-year-old Gnahore Gnegbo as he walked into a 7Eleven last night, Englewood Detective Capt. Tim Torelli said today. “Law enforcement agencies throughout New Jersey have several data bases we effectively use to network with each other,” Torell said, noting that his department issued a “WANTED” poster with Gnegbo’s picture on it. Gnegbo…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Line service restored after train hits tanker in Garfield Bergen Line service restored after train hits tanker in Garfield Bergen Line service restored after train hits tanker in Garfield
Bergen Line service restored after train hits tanker in Garfield Rail service was restored along NJ Transit’s Bergen County line nine hours after a tractor-trailer was struck by a commuter train in Garfield. The noon crash near the Plauderville station today produced only minor injuries, the authority said. The driver, who was hauling plastic pellets to a nearby Garfield company, got out before it was struck — leaving the crossing gates atop the toppled tanker, they said. However, an agency spokesman said the locomotive of the northbound, six-car train became derailed after hitting the truck, which was left on its side — with pellets spilled around. …

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Man ‘having a bad day’ saved by Port Authority officer from George Washington Bridge leap Man ‘having a bad day’ saved by Port Authority officer from George Washington Bridge leap Man ‘having a bad day’ saved by Port Authority officer from George Washington Bridge leap
Man ‘having a bad day’ saved by Port Authority officer from George Washington Bridge leap YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 57-year-old homeless man had one leg over the railing, about to jump off the George Washington Bridge, when a Port Authority police officer pulled him to safety last night. Officer Raul Munoz was on patrol on the south sidewalk midspan around 5:30 p.m. when he noticed the man “with his hands and one leg over the railing preparing to jump,” Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The man wrestled with him a bit, but Munoz pulled him onto the sidewalk. He continued fighting, trying to get back over the rail, when Officer William …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Garfield man struck, killed by NJ Transit train Garfield man struck, killed by NJ Transit train Garfield man struck, killed by NJ Transit train
Garfield man struck, killed by NJ Transit train A Garfield man apparently committed suicide when he stoold on the tracks in front of a moving train in Saddle Brook last night, authorities said this morning. The 37-year-old victim, who CLIFFVIEW PILOT is not identifying, was on the tracks beneath the Route 46 overpass around 11:30 p.m. when the Hoboken-bound passenger train came through, an NJ Transit spokesman said. Transit police were investigating, he said.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge dismisses suspended Cliffside Park officer’s harassment complaint against retired captain Judge dismisses suspended Cliffside Park officer’s harassment complaint against retired captain Judge dismisses suspended Cliffside Park officer’s harassment complaint against retired captain
Judge dismisses suspended Cliffside Park officer’s harassment complaint against retired captain UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack yesterday dismissed a harrassment complaint brought by a suspended Cliffside Park police officer against a retired captain and his family. Former Patrol Officer John Lemkin alleged that retired Capt. Michael Russo and his children posted libelous comments about him online — including that he was “mentally deficient,” “a little girl who plays with a fake cop car” and a “mommys boy.” But Central Municipal Court Judge Roy F. McGeady said these were protected free speech. What’s more, the judge said, these weren’t part of any type of series or campaign, which c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man believed hit by car in Maywood was mugged, police say Man believed hit by car in Maywood was mugged, police say Man believed hit by car in Maywood was mugged, police say
Man believed hit by car in Maywood was mugged, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Maywood police now believe a man originally thought to be struck by a car last week actually was beaten and robbed, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “His injuries are not consistent with being struck by a car,” Maywood Police Chief David T. Pegg said last night. Rather, the chief told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, “we now feel the victim had been assaulted and possibly robbed. Investigators have widened their search and viewing more cameras from where people saw the victim walking.” The victim — 51-year-old James Gilly of Ridgefield Park– still hasn’t regained consciousness at Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck salon owner’s charity keeps cancer patients looking healthy Teaneck salon owner’s charity keeps cancer patients looking healthy Teaneck salon owner’s charity keeps cancer patients looking healthy
Teaneck salon owner’s charity keeps cancer patients looking healthy (via NJ.com) TEANECK — It might seem trivial. Vain, even. But for many women, losing their hair can be one of worst parts of a cancer diagnosis. It was for Amy Rafferty, a Ringwood resident who was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2010. CONNECT WITH US • Follow us on Twitter • Like us on Facebook • NJ.com…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Horrific accusations made in Fair Lawn rape trial Horrific accusations made in Fair Lawn rape trial Horrific accusations made in Fair Lawn rape trial
Horrific accusations made in Fair Lawn rape trial EXCLUSIVE: “You know how I get when I get angry. Sometimes I can’t control myself around you,” George Sanchez told his fiancé the night of March 17, 2012 to try and discourage her from filing charges against him, authorities said. What he didn’t know was that she was talking to him over her cellphone speaker at Fair Lawn police headquarters, where detectives were listening, a prosecutor said this week. Sanchez’s rape trial continued yesterday in Hackensack with defense attorney Benjamin Morton countering that prosecutor’s don’t have the evidence to support the victim’s contention that his…

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