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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Authorities nab Englewood fugitive Authorities nab Englewood fugitive Authorities nab Englewood fugitive
Authorities nab Englewood fugitive YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A multi-jurisdictional task force that stretched from Morris County to Connecticut grabbed Akeem “Light” Boone, among other suspects, in Englewood last night following a massive burglary investigation. Boone wasn’t around when police found 20 grams of crack cocaine and a loaded handgun reported stolen during the burglary of a North Carolina sporting goods store in his Hackensack apartment a month ago. A manhunt had been under way ever since. Authorities from Morris County, Connecticut and Englewood joined forces to track down Boone and his crew, culminating in a…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mixed martial arts trainer gets probation for forging fighter documents Mixed martial arts trainer gets probation for forging fighter documents Mixed martial arts trainer gets probation for forging fighter documents
Mixed martial arts trainer gets probation for forging fighter documents YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mahwah man who trains fighters for amateur mixed martial arts contests in New Jersey got two years probation today in Hackensack for submitting false documents, including medical forms, to the State Athletic Control Board so that his athletes could fight without undergoing mandatory physical examinations and medical tests. In addition, Superior Court Judge James J. Guida ordered 49-year-old Philip Dunlap, who owns and operates Advanced Fighting Systems in Ramsey, to provide 100 hours of community service and pay a $5,000 fine. Dunlap, who on Wednesday night offic…

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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Oradell firefighters celebrate 50 years of service Oradell firefighters celebrate 50 years of service Oradell firefighters celebrate 50 years of service
Oradell firefighters celebrate 50 years of service SPOTLIGHT: Veteran Oradell firefighters Charles May and William Spranz will be honored next week for 50 years of service with the department with a special performance of the Neil Simon play “Fools” by The Bergen County Players, followed by a dinner at the firehouse. More than 150 people are expected at the Nov. 3 event, including government officials and other dignitaries, former chief Derek Kahill told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Given the fact that we cannot invite everyone, we have set up an email address for people to send their regards,” Kahill said: [email protected] A former borough…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen authorities say scammer wrote 43 rubber checks Bergen authorities say scammer wrote 43 rubber checks Bergen authorities say scammer wrote 43 rubber checks
Bergen authorities say scammer wrote 43 rubber checks Bergen County prosecutors have brought check-fraud charges against a man currently jailed in New York on other fraud offenses. Leonard C. Major, 47, wrote 43 rubber checks worth $30,451, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. “The accounts were fraudulent, closed or had balances that were below the required amount for the checks to be paid,” Molinelli said, noting that Major was positively identified on post office surveillance cameras. Major, of Little Neck, Queens, is charged in Bergen County with theft. He’s currently being held in the Altona, N.Y. Correctional Facility. …

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Increasing ‘ransom’ phone scams hit Saddle Brook, Midland Park, Glen Rock Increasing ‘ransom’ phone scams hit Saddle Brook, Midland Park, Glen Rock Increasing ‘ransom’ phone scams hit Saddle Brook, Midland Park, Glen Rock
Increasing ‘ransom’ phone scams hit Saddle Brook, Midland Park, Glen Rock ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Police are increasing their warnings about the alarming spread of ransom telephone scams, including recent calls to unsuspecting loved ones in Saddle Brook, Midland Park and Glen Rock the past week — as well as two others, to Ridgewood and Wyckoff, that cost the victims thousands of dollars. Just yesterday, a Saddle Brook businesswoman got a call on her cellphone from a man claiming her son was involved in a Florida car crash and was being held there until she paid $3,500. “The caller demanded that the woman give him her bank’s account number to withdraw the funds…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah traffic stop yields wanted felon with ties to anti-government extremists Mahwah traffic stop yields wanted felon with ties to anti-government extremists Mahwah traffic stop yields wanted felon with ties to anti-government extremists
Mahwah traffic stop yields wanted felon with ties to anti-government extremists Mahwah Detective Kevin Hebert and Officer Michael Blondin couldn’t have known it at the time, but a traffic stop on Route 17 last night was anything but routine, given the driver’s history. As it turned out, 30-year-old Oscar Ayala of Brooklyn was wanted out of Arizona for charges that include carrying a defaced handgun. Ayala also has ties to the anti-government extremist “Sovereign Citizens” movement, which the FBI has characterized as a domestic terrorist group and numbers in the hundreds of thousands. It was two soverigns who, during a traffic stop in July 2010, jumped from a miniva…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Attempted luring sketches: Do you recognize anyone here? Attempted luring sketches: Do you recognize anyone here? Attempted luring sketches: Do you recognize anyone here?
Attempted luring sketches: Do you recognize anyone here? SPECIAL REPORT: We now have five sketches produced after police interviewed youngsters who said men tried to lure them into cars across Bergen County. ” It must be noted these incidents appear not to be all similar. There are different descriptions of both the actors and the vehicles they used,” Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli said this afternoon. “This is not to downplay the possible seriousness of the topic, but rather to get reliable information to the public. “These reported luring incidents may or may not be associated,” Ripoli said. “It is very possible that some incidents were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Go-go girls at Johnny A’s in South Hackensack touched detectives, exposed themselves, ABC says Go-go girls at Johnny A’s in South Hackensack touched detectives, exposed themselves, ABC says Go-go girls at Johnny A’s in South Hackensack touched detectives, exposed themselves, ABC says
Go-go girls at Johnny A’s in South Hackensack touched detectives, exposed themselves, ABC says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The state ABC today announced a dozen charges against Johnny A’s Players Club in South Hackensack, claiming dancers rubbed themselves against undercover investigators and held out their bikini bottoms, illegally exposing themselves. The Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control wants to suspend the license of the club, which it said has been owned by JRV Holdings LLC the past 445 days. Nine of the 12 charges stem from regulations that prohibit licensees from engaging in, allowing or permitting any “lewdness or immoral activity.” “These charges should send a clear me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge removes himself from deciding future of complaint against Emerson mayor Judge removes himself from deciding future of complaint against Emerson mayor Judge removes himself from deciding future of complaint against Emerson mayor
Judge removes himself from deciding future of complaint against Emerson mayor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack recused himself this morning from hearing whether to allow a criminal complaint filed against Emerson Mayor Carlos Colina by Borough Administrator Joseph Scarpa to proceed, citing a conflict of interest. Superior Court Central Municipal Judge Roy F. McGeady said he couldn’t rule in the case because he is a municipal court judge in Rochelle Park, where Scarpa is a Township Committee member and once served as mayor. Emerson Mayor Carlos Colilna, r., with his attorney (PHOTOS by Mary K. Miraglia) So McGeady sent the case to Presiding Judge Pete…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Four youngsters report attempted luring in Northvale Four youngsters report attempted luring in Northvale Four youngsters report attempted luring in Northvale
Four youngsters report attempted luring in Northvale Northvale police tonight released a sketch produced with the help of four youngsters who said a man tried luring them into his car this afternoon Three girls and a boy told police a silver, four-door vehicle pulled over as they were walking on Tappan Road near the corner of Birchwood Road around 3:50 p.m. “Do you guys want a ride home?” they said the driver asked. They didn’t acknowledge and kept going, went to a safe house, police said. “Because there are four and there are consistencies in their story, we’re treating it seriously,” an officer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. They des…

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