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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Missing East Rutherford teen found in Passaic Missing East Rutherford teen found in Passaic Missing East Rutherford teen found in Passaic
Missing East Rutherford teen found in Passaic YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Missing 17-year-old Paola Terrazas was reunited with loved ones this afternoon after East Rutherford police found her in Passaic, where her family used to live. East Rutherford Police Chief Lawrence Minda said Terrazas was found safe and sound after his detectives “determined a possible location” and contacted Passaic police. “Paola is in good condition,” Minda said just after 4:30 this afternoon. Her father told police he last saw Terrazas the afternoon of April 30, when he found her at home with her boyfriend, whom he asked to leave. It was believed the Becto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Fort Lee police arrest 5 in drug den, find $250,000 of heroin, stolen guns Fort Lee police arrest 5 in drug den, find $250,000 of heroin, stolen guns Fort Lee police arrest 5 in drug den, find $250,000 of heroin, stolen guns
Fort Lee police arrest 5 in drug den, find $250,000 of heroin, stolen guns YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police seized three pounds of heroin worth more than $250,000 on the street, along with two stolen handguns, pot and other contraband in a raid on a Hudson Terrace apartment that Chief Keith Bendul said was operating as a heroin distribution mill. The pre-dawn raid was prompted after K-9 Officer Rick Hernandez followed and pulled up to a motorist who had a flat tire around 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, Bendul said. After leaving Myrtle Avenue, the driver turned onto Hudson Terrace, headed north in the southbound lanes and straddling the center yellow lines, with t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Car ends up in Glen Rock woods off Route 208 Car ends up in Glen Rock woods off Route 208 Car ends up in Glen Rock woods off Route 208
Car ends up in Glen Rock woods off Route 208 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rollover on Route 208 in Glen Rock this afternoon left a car in a wooded area off the highway shoulder. The driver of the 4-door sedan that left the roadway between Lincoln Avenue and Harristown Road around 4:15 p.m. was taken by the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps to a local hospital for what emergency workers said appeared to be minor injuries. The vehicle was removed from the scene by flatbed tow truck. Southbound Route 208 traffic was restricted to one lane while the car was removed and the accident investigated. Among those responsding were Glen Rock…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Drug deal produces 13-year sentence for man cleared in Teaneck double homicide Drug deal produces 13-year sentence for man cleared in Teaneck double homicide Drug deal produces 13-year sentence for man cleared in Teaneck double homicide
Drug deal produces 13-year sentence for man cleared in Teaneck double homicide YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Queens nightclub owner cleared of a double street killing in Teaneck was sentenced in Hackensack today to 13 years in state prison — at least 6½ of which he must serve before being eligible for probation — for conspiring to deal drugs. “You chose a life of crime, of cocaine, because you could,” Presiding Bergen County Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila Silebi told Nicholas Kiriakakis. “It is very clear to  me that you are in dire need of self reflection. That is the only thing that is going to get you out of this hell.” DeAvila-Silebi said she was troubled tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bodybuilder gets suspended probation in podiatrist Oxycontin ring case Bodybuilder gets suspended probation in podiatrist Oxycontin ring case Bodybuilder gets suspended probation in podiatrist Oxycontin ring case
Bodybuilder gets suspended probation in podiatrist Oxycontin ring case YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A professional bodybuilder who competes in national events left court in Hackensack with a clean record today after a judge sentenced him to probation — and then suspended it — for his cooperation in the investigation of a black market Oxycontin ring operated by an Emerson podiatrist. Authorities “would not have had a case” against Dr. Carnig Shakarjian and others in the ring without the help of bodybuilder Robert “Buddy” Waananen, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Pia Shepard said in court this morning. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi, in tu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
NJ court overrules Bergen judge, denies PTI to HUMC sleep expert NJ court overrules Bergen judge, denies PTI to HUMC sleep expert NJ court overrules Bergen judge, denies PTI to HUMC sleep expert
NJ court overrules Bergen judge, denies PTI to Humc sleep expert ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: An appeals court has reversed a local judge’s decision — and supported Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli — by rejecting pre-trial intervention for a Hackensack University Medical Center expert in sleep disorders who is accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from her former boss. Susan Zafarlotfi must now either go to trial or try to strike a plea deal with authorities. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack admitted Zafarlotfi into the special program over Molinelli’s objections after a Bergen County grand jury indicted her on theft charges in May 2011. Moli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Student: Delays evacuating Bergen EMS Training Center after 4 overcome by fumes Student: Delays evacuating Bergen EMS Training Center after 4 overcome by fumes Student: Delays evacuating Bergen EMS Training Center after 4 overcome by fumes
Student: Delays evacuating Bergen EMS Training Center after 4 overcome by fumes EXCLUSIVE: An adult student at the Bergen County EMS Training Center in Paramus told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early this morning that officials there didn’t evacuate the building last night until nearly a half-hour after several young students were overcome by some type of fumes. Authorities were trying to determine what was responsible for causing at least four EMT students to suddenly collapse — three of whom they said had to be taken to area hospitals — at what is one of the largest ambulance and rescue training facilities in the Northeast. “The rest of the school wasn’t immediately evacuated,”…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Students in special Bergen County re-employment program graduating Students in special Bergen County re-employment program graduating Students in special Bergen County re-employment program graduating
Students in special Bergen County re-employment program graduating SHOUT OUT: Six “work-ready” adults from Bergen County could have jobs in the coming weeks after completing a re-employment course conducted by West Orange-based Teach4Life. The qualified applicants passed the vocational training course and are graduating tomorrow. The six-week program was made possible through a collaboration among Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan, the Bergen County Housing, Health and Human Services Center and Bergen County One-Stop Career Center, where the classes were held. It became critical, authorities said, amid a rise in homelessness, a reduction in vouche…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Marine MP convicted of illegally carrying handgun behind Port Authority headquarters Marine MP convicted of illegally carrying handgun behind Port Authority headquarters Marine MP convicted of illegally carrying handgun behind Port Authority headquarters
Marine MP convicted of illegally carrying handgun behind Port Authority headquarters YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Jurors today convicted a Marine MP of illegal possession of a weapon without a permit following a Christmastime melee outside a Fort Lee nightclub. Hisashi Pompey sat stoically as the verdict was read, following more than three hours of deliberations. He remains free on $10,000 bail pending a Sept. 6 sentencing by Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian. Defense attorney John Carbone said he believed there would have been a different verdict if Jerejian allowed jurors to be told that they could have found that he made a mistake in judgment and didn’t act deliberatel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Five Charged With Kidnapping, Robbing Teaneck Teen Who Stole Cellphones Five Charged With Kidnapping, Robbing Teaneck Teen Who Stole Cellphones Five Charged With Kidnapping, Robbing Teaneck Teen Who Stole Cellphones
Five Charged With Kidnapping, Robbing Teaneck Teen Who Stole Cellphones YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A teen was pulled into a car outside a Teaneck hotel and robbed by a group of men he’d stolen cellphones from, before an alert security guard saw what was happening, followed them as they took off and called police. All five were ordered held on $1.5 million each in the Bergen County Jail following initial appearances in Teaneck Municipal Court this afternoon. The cellphones were stolen during a basketball tournament last weekend in Parsippany, Police Chief Robert A. Wilson said this afternoon. Soon after, one of the victims saw them for sale on Craigslist.com, h…

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