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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus detective cracks jewelry thefts Paramus detective cracks jewelry thefts Paramus detective cracks jewelry thefts
Paramus detective cracks jewelry thefts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus detective cracked the theft of a trio of expensive rings from a home, arresting a contractor’s employee who’d done work there. The Morningside Road resident reported the thefts on Oct. 2. Paramus Detective Thomas Schroeder identified the workers who’d been there and, with the homeowners’ assistance, began interviewing them. Earlier this week, he identified a suspect — 25-year-old Carlos Garcia (above) of Palisades Park, who reportedly told a co-worker about the thefts. Garcia was arrested yesterday after being interviewed. He was later released on bai…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Solomon Dwek, cooperator in largest NJ corruption probe, gets 6 years in federal prison Solomon Dwek, cooperator in largest NJ corruption probe, gets 6 years in federal prison Solomon Dwek, cooperator in largest NJ corruption probe, gets 6 years in federal prison
Solomon Dwek, cooperator in largest NJ corruption probe, gets 6 years in federal prison More than three years after the largest corruption bust in New Jersey history, the man who helped make it all happen — crooked developer Solomon Dwek — was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison today in connection with his scheme to defraud PNC Bank of more than $50 million. U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares also sentenced Dwek to five years of supervised released and ordered the broke criminal to pay restitution of $22.8 million. He will be taken to state Superior Court in Freehold for a morning sentencing on related state charges. “Although Dwek’s fraudulent conduct was extremely…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Another luring incident, this time in Westwood Another luring incident, this time in Westwood Another luring incident, this time in Westwood
Another luring incident, this time in Westwood YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Westwood police are looking for a stranger who a 13-year-old junior high school student said followed and then approached her in a vehicle this morning, asking whether she wanted a ride.   YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Westwood police this afternoon released a sketch of a man a 13-year-old junior high school student said followed and then approached her in a vehicle this morning, asking whether she wanted a ride (ABOVE). It happened around 7:10 a.m. on Lafayette Avenue (above) as she walked to school, Police Capt. Frank Durante told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The girl said …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police charge Teaneck man in Fort Lee credit card fraud with doing it again Wyckoff police charge Teaneck man in Fort Lee credit card fraud with doing it again Wyckoff police charge Teaneck man in Fort Lee credit card fraud with doing it again
Wyckoff police charge Teaneck man in Fort Lee credit card fraud with doing it again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Javaun Cooper was free on bail after being arrested last month for credit card fraud in Fort Lee when a Wyckoff detective connected him to nearly $2,225 worth of bogus purchases at a Walgreens in town. Cooper (above) is free again, this time on $10,000 bail, pending a court hearing on the new charges. Wyckoff Detective Sgt. Joseph Soto was helping Waldwick police locate a man who fled the Walgreens in their town late Monday when the 21-year-old Cooper was arrested. Soto dug a little deeper, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said, and quickly discovered a similar …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge police looking for man who stalked young girls Wood-Ridge police looking for man who stalked young girls Wood-Ridge police looking for man who stalked young girls
Wood-Ridge police looking for man who stalked young girls ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Wood-Ridge police are looking for a man in his early 20s who touched a 12-year-old girl’s hand in a local 7Eleven and then followed another youngster after saying “Damn!” to her in Spanish. “This isn’t exactly the same as the other luring incidents we’ve been hearing about in Bergen County,” Wood-Ridge Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, “but it clearly was inappropriate behavior that scared these girls.” Two of the youngsters — one 12 and the other 13 — were at the counter of the Hackensack Street store just after 3 o’clock yesterday when the man…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Pete Townshend books stolen from Bookends in Ridgewood after sold-out signing Pete Townshend books stolen from Bookends in Ridgewood after sold-out signing Pete Townshend books stolen from Bookends in Ridgewood after sold-out signing
Pete Townshend books stolen from Bookends in Ridgewood after sold-out signing YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Someone broke into Bookends in Ridgewood and stole 60 copies of “Who Am I,” the new book by the Who’s Pete Townshend, which he’d autographed at a packed in-store appearance just hours earlier, village police said. Townshend has been on a whirlwind tour this month to promote the memoir, with stops at the New York Public Library and on several television shows, including Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” the “Today” show and “The View.” Pete Townshend in Ridgewood last week The mini-tour ends today at the Old Truman Brewery in London. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Luring incidents have Bergen County residents on edge Luring incidents have Bergen County residents on edge Luring incidents have Bergen County residents on edge
Luring incidents have Bergen County residents on edge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Anxiety levels are rising amid reports of possible attempted lurings in Bergen County, including one early this morning in Fair Lawn in which neither two children, a witness nor police could say what exactly happened. This comes after two Lyndhurst boys yesterday made up a story about a man trying to lure them into his van. A Fair Lawn resident summoned police around 8 this morning after seeing what he described as “a suspicious dark-colored Jeep stop near two children who were walking to school,” Police Sgt. Richard Schultz said. “The two children were then seen r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
New Jersey authorities win $2.2 million judgment against bogus inmate legal service New Jersey authorities win $2.2 million judgment against bogus inmate legal service New Jersey authorities win $2.2 million judgment against bogus inmate legal service
New Jersey authorities win $2.2 million judgment against bogus inmate legal service YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State authorities have obtained a $2.2 million judgment against a bogus, non-profit legal assistance organization and its owner, who are accused of “cynically exploiting” prison inmates and their families, by making them pay paying hundreds of dollars for legal services without doing the work. A judge barred Bruce Buccolo, of West Orange, and his organization, The Project Freedom Fund, from offering legal services in New Jersey. “The defendants have preyed upon an especially vulnerable and disadvantaged group of victims: inmates seeking to return to society, and th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
New Jersey lawmakers consider changing ticket selling laws New Jersey lawmakers consider changing ticket selling laws New Jersey lawmakers consider changing ticket selling laws
New Jersey lawmakers consider changing ticket selling laws YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State legislators are about to vote on an overhaul of ticket-buying and resale laws in New Jersey aimed at regulating secondary ticket agencies and exchanges that resell well above face value — in some cases after a singer or band has held back a number of seats for resale. The proposed law, advanced by a Senate committee this morning, would require that ticket issuers provide advance public notice of: the total number of tickets to be issued; the number of tickets to be offered to the general public; the number of holdback tickets; the number of publ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Injuries not severe in Old Tappan crash outside Bi-state Plaza Injuries not severe in Old Tappan crash outside Bi-state Plaza Injuries not severe in Old Tappan crash outside Bi-state Plaza
Injuries not severe in Old Tappan crash outside Bi-state Plaza YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three people were taken to area hospitals after a crash outside the Bi-state Plaza shopping center in Old Tappan Monday night. Although there was a report of an entrapment, emergency workers easily ushered out the occupant, a source with direct knowledge of the crash told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A Norwood ambulance took one of the three to Hackensack University Medical Center. It was unclear where Old Tappan EMS took the other two. Old Tappan police and fire responded, as well.

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