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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park loan officer admits taking bribes Elmwood Park loan officer admits taking bribes Elmwood Park loan officer admits taking bribes
Elmwood Park loan officer admits taking bribes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Elmwood Park bank officer admitted in federal court today to taking more than $65,000 in bribes to help customers get low-interest refinancing loans without preparyment penalties. Jose Dominguez, 46, of Newark, already pleaded guilty eight days ago to bank fraud, bribery and conspiracy in connection with another case in which he and a Newark police officer were charged with defrauding Spencer Savings Bank to secure a $1.9 million loan to buy two apartment buildings in Elizabeth. The officer, 13-year veteran Victor Patela, was sentenced to four years in fed…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Gun bill scorecard: Track New Jersey’s gun control legislation Gun bill scorecard: Track New Jersey’s gun control legislation Gun bill scorecard: Track New Jersey’s gun control legislation
Gun bill scorecard: Track New Jersey’s gun control legislation (via NJ.com)Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger After a rocky start, the Assembly and Senate are now working together on gun control legislation. Here’s where the gun bills stand. Passed by both houses and on governor’s desk A3668: Bars state pension fund from investing in companies that manufacture or sell assault…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale, River Vale police offer ‘Safe Banks, Safe Businesses’ program Hillsdale, River Vale police offer ‘Safe Banks, Safe Businesses’ program Hillsdale, River Vale police offer ‘Safe Banks, Safe Businesses’ program
Hillsdale, River Vale police offer ‘Safe Banks, Safe Businesses’ program SHOUT OUT: Holdups are just one situation police from Hillsdale and River Vale will discuss with interested bank employees and law enforcement officers from area towns during a special “Safe Banks, Safe Businesses” presentation next week. “Human nature can often prevent us from thinking clearly during stressful moments,” Hilldale Chief Chip Staler and River Vale Chief Michael McCann said in a joint release. ” The best way to combat panic and emphasize positive concepts for dealing with emergencies is to formulate responses for these incidents ahead of time.” WHAT: Safe Banks, Safe Busines…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pregnant mom, 2-year-old daughter hospitalized after River Vale crash Pregnant mom, 2-year-old daughter hospitalized after River Vale crash Pregnant mom, 2-year-old daughter hospitalized after River Vale crash
Pregnant mom, 2-year-old daughter hospitalized after River Vale crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 2-year-old girl was flown by helicopter to Hackensack Unversity Medical Center after a serious crash in River Vale this morning that sent her pregnant mother to the hospital by ambulance. Their conditions couldn’t be determined as of late this afternoon, although emergency workers at the scene indicated that their injuries didn’t appear life-threatening. AirMed One brought the River Vale girl to HUMC just before 11 a.m., a half-hour or so after the crash on River Vale Road, Police Sgt. John DeVoe said tonight, confirming an earlier CLIFFVIEW PILOT report. The 3…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington man inappropriately touched Lyndhurst girl, prosecutor charges North Arlington man inappropriately touched Lyndhurst girl, prosecutor charges North Arlington man inappropriately touched Lyndhurst girl, prosecutor charges
North Arlington man inappropriately touched Lyndhurst girl, prosecutor charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An auto dealership employee from North Arlington was arrested and charged with inappropriately touching a 13-year-old Lyndhurst girl a year or so ago. Juan C. Collado, who turns 43 in a few weeks, was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. Collado, who is divorced, was arrested yesterday by Lyndhurst police and members of Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit after being alerted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. “The alleged instances occurred ab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Former Emerson executive, Bergen biotech companies ordered to pay more than $11M for embezzlement scheme Former Emerson executive, Bergen biotech companies ordered to pay more than $11M for embezzlement scheme Former Emerson executive, Bergen biotech companies ordered to pay more than $11M for embezzlement scheme
Former Emerson executive, Bergen biotech companies ordered to pay more than $11M for embezzlement scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former executive from Emerson under indictment for embezzlement and the two biotechnology/medical device companies he ran in Allendale have been ordered to pay $10.2 million in investor restitution and $1 million in civil penalties, under a settlement with state authorities. Thomas J. Fagan, 57, of Rye, NY, was indicted by a state grand jury earlier this month in connection with a scheme that defrauded nearly 800 investors of $9.5 million by selling unregistered stock in one of the companies, Energex Systems, Inc. More than 225 of them were in New Jersey, state A…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Rifle casings found at headstone of North Arlington officer’s son Rifle casings found at headstone of North Arlington officer’s son Rifle casings found at headstone of North Arlington officer’s son
Rifle casings found at headstone of North Arlington officer’s son YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: North Arlington police are investigating the alarming discovery of two rifle shell casings at the base of a headstone for a borough police officer’s son. Police were contacted yesterday afternoon by a family remember, who reported recently finding the casings days earlier at Holy Cross Cemetery, Police Chief Louis Ghione told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Officer Anthony Abilio, a 14-year veteran of the department, buried two sons who died from complications related to Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a disease that causes muscle degeneration and weakness and often l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Body of missing Englewood man found in Hudson River Body of missing Englewood man found in Hudson River Body of missing Englewood man found in Hudson River
Body of missing Englewood man found in Hudson River Cover photos on loved ones’ Facebook pages went black following the news that the body of an Englewood man who’d been reported missing three weeks ago was found in the Hudson River near 158th Street. The family of 25-year-old Curtis Aukshunas “is tremendously grateful to all here who have helped, shared, searched and supported throughout this terrible time,” a Facebook page post now says. It remains unclear, pending the results of an autopsy, what happened to Aukshunus, a native of Orange, California, who was reported missing from his job as an analyst for BNP Paribas Bank on May 8. It wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor tells horrifying tale of wife’s ordeal in South Hackensack standoff trial Prosecutor tells horrifying tale of wife’s ordeal in South Hackensack standoff trial Prosecutor tells horrifying tale of wife’s ordeal in South Hackensack standoff trial
Prosecutor tells horrifying tale of wife’s ordeal in South Hackensack standoff trial EXCLUSIVE: Steven Spalnick’s wife lay in a fetal position on the floor of their South Hackensack bathroom, cradling her infant son, her nose gushing blood. It was Christmas night 2011 and she’d been repeatedly beaten by her husband after a brief respite at her sister’s house, a prosecutor told jurors in Hackensack yesterday. “She had enjoyed the day away,” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Jessica Gomperts said, “but once she returned home at about 11 p.m., trouble started again…. He was yelling and nasty, and she didn’t want to deal with it.” It was the continuation of a nightmare-come-…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood police nab Paterson couple in bank robbery spree Maywood police nab Paterson couple in bank robbery spree Maywood police nab Paterson couple in bank robbery spree
Maywood police nab Paterson couple in bank robbery spree YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Maywood police last night arrested a Paterson couple who they said confessed to robbing five area TD Bank branches of more than $10,000 in just over seven weeks. In four of the holdups, 30-year-old Samantha Dixon drove the getaway car for her boyfriend, 28-year-old Lamont Moseley, Maywood Detective Sgt. Timothy Moran told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early this morning. Dixon also pulled her own job — and was recorded on surveillance video taking an estimated $1,200 in cash from a Maywood Avenue TD Bank branch on March 27, Moran said. Moseley was waiting for her, and they took …

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