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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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Gun control measures approved by state Assembly panel Gun control measures approved by state Assembly panel Gun control measures approved by state Assembly panel
Gun control measures approved by state Assembly panel The final tally in today’s gun-control legi-thon: Twenty (20) proposed bills approved, including one requiring that certain mental health records become part of background checks, another that bans people on the federal terrorist watch list from purchasing firearms and another that reduces the number of rounds an ammo magazine can hold to 10 rounds from 15. One measure would end ammunition sales online or by telephone or mail order. Another would give mental health professionals the authority to determine whether a gun should be seized from someone. Another approved bill would establish w…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Federal agents make new busts in rhino horn smuggling Federal agents make new busts in rhino horn smuggling Federal agents make new busts in rhino horn smuggling
Federal agents make new busts in rhino horn smuggling YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal authorities continued their assault on a global ring that trafficked in endangered black rhinoceros horn – believed to cure cancer and have aphrodisiac qualities – with charges against defendants in Newark, Manhattan and Miami. Among those charged in the second round of “Operation Crash” arrests is a man named Zhifei Li, a 28-year-old Chinese national who was indicted by federal grand juries in both Newark and Miami for international smuggling of rhinoceros horns, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced this afternoon. Shusen Wei, a 44-year old Chinese busi…

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Paterson, NJ
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Franklin Lakes doctor gets mixed sentence in kickback scheme Franklin Lakes doctor gets mixed sentence in kickback scheme Franklin Lakes doctor gets mixed sentence in kickback scheme
Franklin Lakes doctor gets mixed sentence in kickback scheme YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Franklin Lakes doctor who was featured on “Real Housewives of New Jersey” was sentenced today to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for taking kickbacks to refer patients. Dov Rand was among 13 physicians and a nurse practitioner arrested by federal agents a little over two years ago. He copped a plea deal last May, leading to today’s sentence in Newark, which includes Rand forfeiting $8,325 in ill-gotten property. Rand, a muscle doctor who specialized in bioidentical hormone therapy, referred more than a dozen patients for MRI tests at O…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Fairview police: More victims possible in ‘serial groper’ case Fairview police: More victims possible in ‘serial groper’ case Fairview police: More victims possible in ‘serial groper’ case
Fairview police: More victims possible in ‘serial groper’ case ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: The crimes of an accused “serial groper” from Fairview were escalating when an alert patrolman helped end the spree, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “We think we got him just in time,” Fairview Police Capt. Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He was progressing.” Brian Peters Rossi, 23, was being held on $15,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with three counts of criminal sexual contact. He’s due in court this afternoon. Police suspect there may be more victims and are urging any to come forward. The first reported incident happened on Jan. 8 when, police said,…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen prosecutor says NY man wanted to have sex with girl, 6 Bergen prosecutor says NY man wanted to have sex with girl, 6 Bergen prosecutor says NY man wanted to have sex with girl, 6
Bergen prosecutor says NY man wanted to have sex with girl, 6 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An upstate New York man sent pornographic videos and explicit instructions on what he wanted to do to a 6-year-old girl to a person he thought was the child’s mother — but was, in fact, a cybercrimes detective, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. His detectives arrested 59-year-old William Potoczny after he “chatted about wanting to engage in sexual activities with the child and described what sexual acts he wanted to perform with the child,” Molinelli said. “He further indicated he wanted to photograph/video the interaction,” the prosecutor said…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Help for animal rescue groups in need planned for Bergen Help for animal rescue groups in need planned for Bergen Help for animal rescue groups in need planned for Bergen
Help for animal rescue groups in need planned for Bergen HOW YOU CAN HELP: Rescue groups help animals in need, and now a Fort Lee woman is trying to come to their aid. “It’s something I’m honored to do,” said Maggie Conway, who has organized a Feb. 21 fundraiser for two rescue groups at Andiamo Restaurant in Haworth. “Hopefully we can raise some money for the dogs in need,” she said. Maggie Conway and Lily Conway, works for Coach in Manhattan, has owned bulldogs for more than 16 years. “I know how hard and expensive a sickly dog can be,” she told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. That’s makes the burden even greater for those who cannot afford it. Res…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fireman photog follows American bald eagles’ return to Bergen Fireman photog follows American bald eagles’ return to Bergen Fireman photog follows American bald eagles’ return to Bergen
Fireman photog follows American bald eagles’ return to Bergen SHOUT OUT: After following a breeding pair of American bald eagles up and down the Hackensack River since last fall, Willy Thompson recently got a bit of a surprise — a pair of two offspring. He named them Arnett and Kanati, to with the adults, Fred and Ethel. Thompson, a professional photographer from Maywood, has also spotted four more adults and a few youngsters in the area the last few weeks, while witnessing a heated battle over a dead carp on the ice. “I feel like I’m in Haines, Alaska sometimes,” he told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Willy Thompson (CLICK HERE for his Facebook page) A nesti…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Lodi man charged with stabbing neighbor in snow blowing fight Lodi man charged with stabbing neighbor in snow blowing fight Lodi man charged with stabbing neighbor in snow blowing fight
Lodi man charged with stabbing neighbor in snow blowing fight ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A snow blowing argument between neighbors led to a stabbing — and attempted murder charges against a 56-year-old Lodi man now being held on $750,000 bail. Bradford Patrick got angry after his 48-year-old neighbor apparently blew some snow onto his Pasadena Avenue property while digging out after the weekend storm, Lodi Police Sgt. Robert Salerno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The two, who’ve had troubles in the past, exchanged words Saturday before Bradford went after him and members of the man’s family with a knife, the sergeant said. The victim’s son rescued his father, leav…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
High-tech ‘scrub’ of NJ driver’s licenses turns up felons, others High-tech ‘scrub’ of NJ driver’s licenses turns up felons, others High-tech ‘scrub’ of NJ driver’s licenses turns up felons, others
High-tech ‘scrub’ of NJ driver’s licenses turns up felons, others YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A high-tech facial recognition program that “scrubbed” 19 million New Jersey driver’s licenses turned up 600 potential criminal cases, of which more than three dozen have already led to prosecutions. Among those snagged by “Operation Facial Scrub” are 50-year-old Raymond Pompey of Hackensack, who obtained a license to drive a commercial bus in the name of his dead cousin, Edward Rivers, after his license was suspended six times for traffic infractions and failing to appear in court, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Pompey, who was indicted by a state grand jury yesterd…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Lodi man facing several years in prison for threatening to kill ex-girlfriend Lodi man facing several years in prison for threatening to kill ex-girlfriend Lodi man facing several years in prison for threatening to kill ex-girlfriend
Lodi man facing several years in prison for threatening to kill ex-girlfriend EXCLUSIVE: A Lodi man admitted climbing the fire escape of his former girlfriend’s Hackensack apartment to declare his undying love and then threatening to kill her when the conversation didn’t go his way. As a result, Basil Trotman will be sentenced to three to four years in state prison next month after pleading guilty yesterday to stalking and making terroristic threats. Trotman said in court that he and the woman had been dating for several years when things went south and she obtained a restraining order in 2009. However, he said, she then told him “it was okay” for him to contact …

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