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
Women hold up East Rutherford Papa John’s Women hold up East Rutherford Papa John’s Women hold up East Rutherford Papa John’s
Women hold up East Rutherford Papa John’s Four would-be customers — three of them women — strolled into a Papa John’s Pizza in East Rutherford last night and staged an armed robbery. One of the robbers pulled a gun and two others knives just before 9:30 p.m. at the Paterson Avenue eatery, East Rutherford Police Chief Lawrence Minda said. The robbers took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and personal items from the employees before fleeing in what was described as an older model, dark vehicle, the chief said. He asked that anyone with information about the holdup call his department: (201) 438-0168

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Spray-paint vandals target cars, house in Wyckoff Spray-paint vandals target cars, house in Wyckoff Spray-paint vandals target cars, house in Wyckoff
Spray-paint vandals target cars, house in Wyckoff EXCLUSIVE: Wyckoff police are looking for a vandal who spray-painted expletives and derogatory comments on a Voorhis Avenue house and garage, as well as on two cars parked in the driveway. The estimated cost of the damage is “close to $10,000,” Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. Vandalism (PHOTOS COURTESY: Wyckoff PD) A partygoer who’d been at the house found the damage to her car Sunday morning. Patrolman Kyle Ferreira went there and discovered similar damage to a second car and vandalism to the siding and garage door of the house. Fox asked that anyone with information contac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly hedge fund operator agrees to pay U.S. $16 million Tenafly hedge fund operator agrees to pay U.S. $16 million Tenafly hedge fund operator agrees to pay U.S. $16 million
Tenafly hedge fund operator agrees to pay U.S. $16 million Sung Kook “Bill” Hwang, a Tenafly businessman who ran a hedge fund focused on Asian stocks, agreed on Wednesday to settle federal charges over insider trading by paying $16 million to the government. Hwang pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark this afternoon to a single count of wire fraud on behalf of his company, Tiger Asia Management, financed by fund guru Julian Robertson. In turn, a federal judge sentenced Tiger Asia to one year of probation and ordered Tiger Asia to forfeit more than $16 million in criminal proceeds. “On more than one occasion, Tiger Asia was entrusted with co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff police get new flashlights, courtesy of a grand master Wyckoff police get new flashlights, courtesy of a grand master Wyckoff police get new flashlights, courtesy of a grand master
Wyckoff police get new flashlights, courtesy of a grand master SHOUT OUT: Grand Master Koh, the owner of Wyckoff Martial Arts School, Boulder Run Shopping Center; recently donated $1,725 to the Wyckoff Police Department for the purchase of new flashlights. The replacement of flashlights with new LED technology lights was on a future purchase wish list, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. Now every member of the department will have one, thanks to Koh, the chief said. The new lights “are whiter and brighter than any flashlights we own, and are a significant safety improvement for the officers,” Fox said. ABOVE, from left: Wyckoff Police Lt. Da…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
3 nabbed in Lodi gas station holdup 3 nabbed in Lodi gas station holdup 3 nabbed in Lodi gas station holdup
3 nabbed in Lodi gas station holdup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The November holdup of a Lodi gas station has been cracked by investigators from two local police departments and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office with the arrests of three Teaneck men. While two accomplices waited outside, 21-year-old Jean Barthelemy pointed a gun at the Essex Street BP Gas Station around 4 a.m. Nov. 13, forced him to open the store register and took off with about $800, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound Bathelemy also grabbed a pack of Newports on the way out, he said. All three took off in a vehicle …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Suspect arrested in North Arlington before break-in discovered Suspect arrested in North Arlington before break-in discovered Suspect arrested in North Arlington before break-in discovered
Suspect arrested in North Arlington before break-in discovered YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lyndhurst police didn’t have to look far for a suspect in a Ridge Road convenience store break-in: The man seen on surveillance video was locked up on an unrelated charge a short time later in North Arlington. James Ryan, 21, of Kearny climbed through a window eight feet off the sidewalk at the AIWA store, Detective Capt. John Valente told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. His plan apparently was to let someone else in to help with the burglary, but the front door was deadbolt-locked from the outside, so he took off, the captain said. An officer investigating the break-in recogni…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Arrest in Lyndhurst kidnapping, death threats Arrest in Lyndhurst kidnapping, death threats Arrest in Lyndhurst kidnapping, death threats
Arrest in Lyndhurst kidnapping, death threats ONLY ON CVP: A woman was taken on a frightening ride by her ex-boyfriend, who Lyndhurst police said pressed a gun to her side and threatened to kill her and a male friend who called her during the ordeal. The 40-year-old Harrison woman told police she stopped at the Lyndhurst post office on her way to work around 7:45 yesterday morning when Marlon Alicea, 38, confronted her. “She tried getting into her car quickly, but he forced her into the passenger seat and got behind the wheel,” Lyndhurst Detective Capt. John Valente told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Alicea raised his shirt to display w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police seek public’s help after chase Garfield police seek public’s help after chase Garfield police seek public’s help after chase
Garfield police seek public’s help after chase HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Garfield police are looking for a shoplifter who bailed out of a getaway car, leaving a female passenger from Fort Lee behind. The call came in from the Walmart on Passaic Street just before 4:30 on Monday, after security officers at the store grabbed hold of the unidentified thief, who they said took a Metro PCS cellphone worth nearly $160. SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS: Courtesy Garfield PD After bolting from the security office, the thief got behind the wheel of a 1992 Black Honda Civic 4D with New York State license plates that he apparently drove there in, said Garfie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Jury convicts Turk from Paterson of selling Oxy, X Jury convicts Turk from Paterson of selling Oxy, X Jury convicts Turk from Paterson of selling Oxy, X
Jury convicts Turk from Paterson of selling Oxy, X YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal jury in Newark today convicted a Turkish citizen living in Paterson of trafficking Oxycodone and Ecstasy on the black market, following a six-day trial. Bahadir Yahsi, 30, potentially faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $1 million when he is sentenced next April, although the final punishment is likely to be far less than either. Jurors convicted him of conspiring to sell the drugs, having the drugs and having them with the intent to distribute, as outlined in a federal grand jury indictment returned two months after his March 2011 arrest. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview building worker charged with sexually touching, hitting girl, 10 Fairview building worker charged with sexually touching, hitting girl, 10 Fairview building worker charged with sexually touching, hitting girl, 10
Fairview building worker charged with sexually touching, hitting girl, 10 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fairview man is accused of sexually abusing and then smacking a 10-year-old girl, putting him behind bars on $150,000 bail pending a court hearing. Fairview police and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit arrested 48-year-old Jose Juarez-Roca yesterday after police were notified. Juarez-Roca, a maintenance worker in the Day Avenue building where he lives, is charged with sexual assault and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. He has a Municipal Court appearance set for tomorrow aft…

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