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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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AOL Patch ditching news (via: The Jersey Tomato Press) AOL Patch ditching news (via: The Jersey Tomato Press) AOL Patch ditching news (via: The Jersey Tomato Press)
AOL Patch ditching news (via: The Jersey Tomato Press) AOL Patch about to become a non-human editor “community hub” (via The Jersey Tomato Press) Via The New Jersey Tomato Press: Local news provided by multi-billion dollar company AOL in the form of Patch, available from coast to coast, seems to be drawing to an end, according to sources at Business Insider. Now, instead of having editors to run these mini-sites, the new model looks like it may be more of a content-sharing…

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Paterson, NJ
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Ethics committee dismisses Sacco sexual harassment complaint Ethics committee dismisses Sacco sexual harassment complaint Ethics committee dismisses Sacco sexual harassment complaint
Ethics committee dismisses Sacco sexual harassment complaint YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The state Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards today said it couldn’t consider a complaint filed by a former North Bergen township employee against state Sen. Nicholas Sacco, which her lawyer said included recorded phone messages of him threatening her, because the 2-year statute of limitations against the longtime township mayor had expired. Lydia Coleman, who worked in the township’s recreation department as a swim instructor from 1995 to 2005, alleged that the harassment began in 2003 and continued for two years. She said she waited six years to file t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Bergen-based Par Pharmaceutical to pay $45 million for misbranding AIDS drug Bergen-based Par Pharmaceutical to pay $45 million for misbranding AIDS drug Bergen-based Par Pharmaceutical to pay $45 million for misbranding AIDS drug
Bergen-based Par Pharmaceutical to pay $45 million for misbranding AIDS drug YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Woodcliff Lake-based Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc. (“Par”) agreed this morning to pay $45 million to resolve criminal and civil liability in the company’s promotion of the prescription AIDS drug Megace® ES for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and not covered by federal health care programs. CEO Paul V. Campanelli pleaded guilty on behalf of Par before U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, who fined the company $18 million and ordered $4.5 million in criminal forfeiture. Par also agreed to pay $22.5 million to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Get your application for the free Bergen Youth Police Academy Get your application for the free Bergen Youth Police Academy Get your application for the free Bergen Youth Police Academy
Get your application for the free Bergen Youth Police Academy SHOUT OUT: It seemed a pie-in-the-sky idea when Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli and now-Superior Court Judge Lisa Perez Friscia first pitched it nearly a decade ago, but an “academy” where young people can learn honor, respect and commitment has become so successful that officials are now accepting applications for the Bergen County Youth Police Academy Class #9. Paid for with funds forfeited by criminals, the free two-week “day camp,” which runs M-F July 8 through July 19, is open to teens entering the 9th, 10th , 11th and 12th grades. Designed by law enforcement professionals…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Sweeping NJ human trafficking bill advanced Sweeping NJ human trafficking bill advanced Sweeping NJ human trafficking bill advanced
Sweeping NJ human trafficking bill advanced A state Senate panel yesterday approved bipartisan legislation to crack down on human trafficking, better support its victims and educate the public — particularly johns. The Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act addresses a crime estimated to claim up to 20 million victims worldwide. NJ State Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (Bergen) “There are two important messages contained in this bill. To victims: You’re not alone. To perpetrators: We’re coming after you,” said one of the measure’s primary sponsors, state Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle. In drafti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Car rolls into Paramus highway ditch, driver unscathed Car rolls into Paramus highway ditch, driver unscathed Car rolls into Paramus highway ditch, driver unscathed
Car rolls into Paramus highway ditch, driver unscathed ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The driver of a Toyota Camry walked away without a scratch after it rolled over into a ditch at the Route 17 South interchange at Route 4 in Paramus late Monday. The crumpled car was winched out of a ditch by a flatbed tow truck shortly after 10 p.m. and removed from the scene. Paramus police and firefighters responded. Traffic on both highways was light at the time of the accident and no delays were reported. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack physician who violated patient enters pre-trial intervention Hackensack physician who violated patient enters pre-trial intervention Hackensack physician who violated patient enters pre-trial intervention
Hackensack physician who violated patient enters pre-trial intervention NOWHERE BUT CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The young mother of a premature girl thought Hackensack internist Adam Goldfarb was a good choice when she got lightheaded and felt tightness in her chest – until he supplemented an EKG with an unexpected pelvic exam. “Dr. Goldfarb, it’s been 2½ years since you destroyed my life forever, the most horrible experience of my life,” she told him in Superior Court in Hackensack yesterday. “I trusted you, I thought I could confide in you. But in one moment you took that away from me. “You violated more than a woman,” she said. “You violated a sacred trust between a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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NJ State PBA chief blames lawmakers for drop in pension value NJ State PBA chief blames lawmakers for drop in pension value NJ State PBA chief blames lawmakers for drop in pension value
NJ State PBA chief blames lawmakers for drop in pension value NJ STATE PBA PRESIDENT WRITES: Today’s announcement by the Actuary for the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System (PFRS) that the value of the pension fund had dropped in 2012 is a cause for serious frustration by the members of the New Jersey State PBA. Police officers, both active and retired, made a commitment to ensure [that] our pensions were secure under the guise of shared sacrifice, but politicians have again shortchanged the retirement system. *     *     *     *     * NEWS: Retirement funds for local police, firefighters and state troopers in New Jersey slipped in the first ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Trader formerly of Alpine sentenced in ‘free-riding’ scheme Trader formerly of Alpine sentenced in ‘free-riding’ scheme Trader formerly of Alpine sentenced in ‘free-riding’ scheme
Trader formerly of Alpine sentenced in ‘free-riding’ scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A con man originally from Alpine was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison for orchestrating a “free-riding” scheme of selling stocks before he bought them, fleecing victims of nearly $2 million. Scott Kupersmith, now living in Marco Island, Fla., pleaded guilty to the charges last May. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden sentenced Kupersmith to three years of supervised release and fined him $1.8 million. Kupersmith, 46, formerly worked with Strategic Alliance Partners, LLC, created in 1993 by former major league baseba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Robber in Yankees, Phillies caps knocks over North Jersey banks Robber in Yankees, Phillies caps knocks over North Jersey banks Robber in Yankees, Phillies caps knocks over North Jersey banks
Robber in Yankees, Phillies caps knocks over North Jersey banks HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? The images are clear, and the FBI is hoping you know who the man in the vintage Yankees and Phillies caps who’s held up five North Jersey banks — including one in Passaic and the same Belleville bank twice — since September. “In each of the robberies, the individual approached the teller, presented a demand note, and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash,” reads a statement issued by the bureau’s Newark Field Office. SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS: Courtesy FBI Newark “In most instances, the robber claimed he was carrying a gun,” it says. “On three occasions, he wore eithe…

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