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
Probationer in Maywood drug raid returned to jail Probationer in Maywood drug raid returned to jail Probationer in Maywood drug raid returned to jail
Probationer in Maywood drug raid returned to jail ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A judge has ordered a woman jailed on $50,000 bail for violating probation when she arrested in a Maywood drug and gun raid. Adam Wraga, Aylin Kartalyan Aylin Kartalyan, 23, originally posted $25,000 bond and was released following her arrest on drug distribution charges earlier this month. But Judge Austin doubled the amount and had her jailed on Wednesday for violating the terms of her probation in connection with a pair of drug-related arrests in 2010, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. Maywood police seized a .357-caliber pistol loaded with hollow-point b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Bodybuilder career criminal from Pascack Valley picked up again, this time by River Vale police Bodybuilder career criminal from Pascack Valley picked up again, this time by River Vale police Bodybuilder career criminal from Pascack Valley picked up again, this time by River Vale police
Bodybuilder career criminal from Pascack Valley picked up again, this time by River Vale police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The word had barely come to River Vale police when they began watching a Westwood business where a parolee already facing charges for burglarizing a popular Kinderkamack Road bagel store — and now wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Rockland County — was working. Joey Labonville (PHOTOS: Courtesy Emerson PD) This morning, they moved in and arrested bodybuilder Joey M. LaBonville, 37, who was wanted out of Clarkstown on charges of burglary and grand larceny. LaBonville was taken to the River Vale Police Department, where he was processed and then taken to the B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Irish national caught with porn at Newark Airport sentenced to 100 months in prison Irish national caught with porn at Newark Airport sentenced to 100 months in prison Irish national caught with porn at Newark Airport sentenced to 100 months in prison
Irish national caught with porn at Newark Airport sentenced to 100 months in prison YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 29-year-old Irish national was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for trying to carry 600 child-porn images through Newark Airport. Farrell Corrway(COURTESY: Walsh Visa Program) Authorities were alerted to Farrell Corrway by the mother of a girl coerced into sending naked photos to someone she thought was a 14-year-old boy. The upstate New York mom contacted a juvenile affairs officer for the Batavia (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Office more than two years ago, The Batavian reports. The officer, looking to confi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fire damages Ridgewood home, ambulance in fender-bender Fire damages Ridgewood home, ambulance in fender-bender Fire damages Ridgewood home, ambulance in fender-bender
Fire damages Ridgewood home, ambulance in fender-bender YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No one was hurt, but a stubborn kitchen fire damaged a Ridgewood home this morning. PHOTO and STORY by Boyd A. Loving The 3-alarm fire at a single-family Cape Cod-styled house in the 600 block of Grove Street was quickly knocked down by Ridgewood firefighters shortly after 10:30. Everyone got out OK and no injuries to emergency responders were reported. However, a Ridgewood ambulance responding to the scene was involved in a minor motor vehicle accident that damaged its rear bumper. Paramus police assisted their Ridgewood counterparts with traffic control.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
‘Son in trouble’ phone scam costs Wyckoff couple $15,000 ‘Son in trouble’ phone scam costs Wyckoff couple $15,000 ‘Son in trouble’ phone scam costs Wyckoff couple $15,000
‘Son in trouble’ phone scam costs Wyckoff couple $15,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A widening scam that a police chief warned readers about on CLIFFVIEW PILOT unfortunately worked: A Wyckoff couple in their 70’s lost $15,000 after being tricked into believing their son had been in car crash in New York City and needed bail money. “I feel terrible for this couple,” Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. “This is a lot of money.” The FBI has joined local police in investigating the cons, through which calls are made from other states. Despite warnings about the scammers’ methods — including one a week ago today on CLIFFVIEW PILOT — “they alwa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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DWI for driver of dump truck that rear-ended car near BCC in Paramus DWI for driver of dump truck that rear-ended car near BCC in Paramus DWI for driver of dump truck that rear-ended car near BCC in Paramus
DWI for driver of dump truck that rear-ended car near BCC in Paramus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A dump truck driver was charged with DWI after the vehicle rear-ended a car on Paramus Road just south of Bergen Community College, Paramus police said. Nicholas Pietropaolo of Toms River had an alcohol concentration below the .08 legal limit but failed a series of field sobriety tests and was charged with driving while intoxicated and operate a commercial motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .08% or more on Monday. He was later released to the custody of a sober adult, Lt. John Scully said. Police also impounded the dump truck, registered to D&L pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
NJ ACLU offers iPhone app to secretly record police NJ ACLU offers iPhone app to secretly record police NJ ACLU offers iPhone app to secretly record police
NJ ACLU offers iPhone app to secretly record police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Jersey’s ACLU has come up with an free app for Apple devices that allows citizens to secretly record interactions with police, “even without their knowledge.” From ACLU-NJ video about the “Police Tape” app The iOS “Police Tape” app, which works on iPhone and iPad devices, vanishes from the screen once the recording begins — which ACLU-NJ says “prevents any attempts by police to squelch the recording. “In addition to keeping a copy of the audio recording on the phone, the user can choose to send it to the ACLU-NJ for backup storage and analysis of possible …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood Cliffs police, fire hold first-ever blood drive Englewood Cliffs police, fire hold first-ever blood drive Englewood Cliffs police, fire hold first-ever blood drive
Englewood Cliffs police, fire hold first-ever blood drive YOU CAN HELP: The Englewood Cliffs Police and Fire departments are holding their first annual blood drive next Thursday, Oct. 4, from 2 to 8 p.m. Location: Fire Station, 475 Sylvan Avenue “Walk-ins are always welcome on the day of the event, but pre-registration helps us to plan the event and to recruit as many donors as we can,” said Englewood Cliffs Police Sgt. James Tracy. “The few minutes you spend making a blood donation could literally save someone’s life,” Tracy said. To register, CLICK HERE For more info: [email protected]

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
North Bergen DPW hit with 25 more state subpoenas as probe widens North Bergen DPW hit with 25 more state subpoenas as probe widens North Bergen DPW hit with 25 more state subpoenas as probe widens
North Bergen DPW hit with 25 more state subpoenas as probe widens YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: More than two dozen subpoenas were dropped on the North Bergen Department of Public Works this afternoon as part of a widening probe into corruption at the agency, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The subpoenas are part of a larger probe, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Less than a week after two department supervisors were indicted, representatives from the state Attorney General’s Office served the 25 subpoenas at DPW headquarters on Tonnelle Avenue, a source with knowledge of the delivery told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. These were then distributed to certain employees, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Maywood fugitive surrenders, charged with 15 crimes Maywood fugitive surrenders, charged with 15 crimes Maywood fugitive surrenders, charged with 15 crimes
Maywood fugitive surrenders, charged with 15 crimes UPDATE: A fugitive wanted for having a .357-caliber pistol loaded with hollow-point bullets, along with various quantities of drugs, in his Maywood apartment surrendered to police at his attorney’s Essex County office today, then was booked on 15 charges before being taken to the Bergen County Jail. Adam Wraga’s hands, hearse, Maywood haul (MUGSHOT: Maywood PD) Adam “Atom Bomb” Wraga, a 37-year-old Passaic native, was being held on $210,000 bail. (For the charges, SEE BELOW.) After finding a man carrying a pound of pot outside Wraga’s apartment two weeks ago, police obtained a sear…

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