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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Englewood, NJ
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Televised reporter murders leave all feeling vulnerable, TV icon Sara Lee Kessler says Televised reporter murders leave all feeling vulnerable, TV icon Sara Lee Kessler says Televised reporter murders leave all feeling vulnerable, TV icon Sara Lee Kessler says
Televised reporter murders leave all feeling vulnerable, TV icon Sara Lee Kessler says CVP EXCLUSIVE: Not even the most experienced journalist could have been prepared for this morning’s live-televised, cold-blooded killings of a reporter and camera man in Virginia, veteran New York City-area TV newswoman Sara Lee Kessler of Englewood told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.  “Usually the things you have to worry about when you do live TV shots is someone jumping in front or behind the camera trying to get their 15 seconds of fame and yelling, ‘Hi, mom!’ or waving,” Kessler said. “You don’t think about somebody harming you.” One of the most recognizable metropolitan-area TV figures, Kessler w…

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Englewood, NJ
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Englewood's Sara Lee Kessler Shaken By Live TV Killings Englewood's Sara Lee Kessler Shaken By Live TV Killings Englewood's Sara Lee Kessler Shaken By Live TV Killings
Englewood's Sara Lee Kessler Shaken By Live TV Killings ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- No journalist could have been prepared for this morning’s live-televised, cold-blooded killings of a reporter and camera man in Virginia, veteran New York City-area TV newswoman Sara Lee Kessler of Englewood said. “Usually the things you have to worry about when you do live TV shots is someone jumping in front or behind the camera trying to get their 15 seconds of fame and yelling, ‘Hi, mom!’ or waving,” Kessler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. One of the most recognizable metropolitan-area TV figures, Kessler was in the newsroom at 24/7 News NY — where she is an anchor, reporter an…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor plans to produce ‘enemies,’ ‘dead cops’ writings of Bergen synagogue firebombing defendant Prosecutor plans to produce ‘enemies,’ ‘dead cops’ writings of Bergen synagogue firebombing defendant Prosecutor plans to produce ‘enemies,’ ‘dead cops’ writings of Bergen synagogue firebombing defendant
Prosecutor plans to produce ‘enemies,’ ‘dead cops’ writings of Bergen synagogue firebombing defendant First Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Higgins (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A prosecutor told a judge in Hackensack today that he’ll be looking to introduce writings of a man charged with plotting a series of Bergen synagogue firebombings that show his hatred of Jews and the government. Defense attorney Brian Neary, Aakash Dalal (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) First Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Higgins was referring to handwritten charts from 23-year-old A…

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Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Cliffs man admits conning law firms with wife of $7.8M Englewood Cliffs man admits conning law firms with wife of $7.8M Englewood Cliffs man admits conning law firms with wife of $7.8M
Englewood Cliffs man admits conning law firms with wife of $7.8M YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood Cliffs man today admitted using bogus litigation support companies to steal $7.8 million from two law firms where his wife was a partner. Melvin Feliz, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court in Newark federal court to single counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion. Feliz’s wife, Keila Ravelo, 49, also of Englewood Cliffs, worked at one of the firms from 2005 through October 2010 and the other after that until November 2014. During that time, the couple “formed two limited liability companies…that purported to provide litigation support…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey police charge Brooklyn men in credit card fraud Ramsey police charge Brooklyn men in credit card fraud Ramsey police charge Brooklyn men in credit card fraud
Ramsey police charge Brooklyn men in credit card fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Brooklyn men arrested after trying to pass a bogus credit card had 14 others, as well as an automated rear license plate cover, Ramsey police said. Both fled the Walgreens on North Franklin Turnpike in a white BMW with New York license plates after the card was declined around 5 p.m. yesterday, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Hearing an alert issued by his Ramsey colleagues, Mahwah Police Officer John Rodriguez stopped the BMW on northbound Route 17 near the Sheraton Crossroads. Both men provided bogus Pennsylvania driver’s licenses, Gurney said. After brin…

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Paterson, NJ
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Lodi narcotics unit arrests Garfield woman in street pot deal Lodi narcotics unit arrests Garfield woman in street pot deal Lodi narcotics unit arrests Garfield woman in street pot deal
Lodi narcotics unit arrests Garfield woman in street pot deal YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lodi narcotics detectives arrested a 19-year-old Garfield woman after they said they saw her buy two bags of pot on the street. The investigators were heading down Passaic Street around 7 p.m. Thursday when they saw Zuleika Morales make the marijuana buy and put a bag in her pocket, Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT today. She was later released on a court summons charging her with drug possession. MUGSHOT: Courtesy LODI PD

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Carjackers flee Little Ferry to Newark Carjackers flee Little Ferry to Newark Carjackers flee Little Ferry to Newark
Carjackers flee Little Ferry to Newark YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Little Ferry man was carjacked this morning by three men who crashed his rental car and another stolen vehicle a short time later in Newark. The victim was headed to work at A Self Storage on Bergen Turnpike off Route 46 in a rented Dodge Charger at 7:20 a.m. when the trio pulled up behind him, Police Chief Ralph Verdi told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The three guys jump out, two with handguns and put him on the ground,” the chief said. “They took his cellphone, his iPad for work and the keys, then they took off.” NJ State Police got a report soon after of two cars speed…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Elmwood Park police help Hasbrouck Heights colleagues in Route 17 gas station robbery arrest Elmwood Park police help Hasbrouck Heights colleagues in Route 17 gas station robbery arrest Elmwood Park police help Hasbrouck Heights colleagues in Route 17 gas station robbery arrest
Elmwood Park police help Hasbrouck Heights colleagues in Route 17 gas station robbery arrest YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police helped their Hasbrouck Heights colleagues arrest a man who they said tried to rob a Route 17 gas station attendant last night. Pablo M. Perez, 37, of Newark pulled into the Shell station on the northbound highway in a black Chevy SUV just after 6:30 p.m. and assaulted the attendant, shouting, “Give me the money!” Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The attendant struggled with him, and Perez got back into the SUV and took off, Colaneri said. Hasbrouck Heights police issued an alert after interviewing the atten…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Suspect In Gas Station Robbery Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Suspect In Gas Station Robbery Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Suspect In Gas Station Robbery
Hasbrouck Heights Police Nab Suspect In Gas Station Robbery HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Borough police got help from their Elmwood Park colleagues in arresting a man who they said tried to rob a Route 17 gas station attendant last night. Pablo M. Perez, 37, of Newark pulled into the Shell station on the northbound highway in a black Chevy SUV just after 6:30 p.m. and assaulted the attendant, shouting, "Give me the money!" Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The attendant struggled with him, and Perez got back into the SUV and took off, Colaneri said. Hasbrouck Heights police issued an alert after interview…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford police charge local man with DUI, reckless driving, leaving scene New Milford police charge local man with DUI, reckless driving, leaving scene New Milford police charge local man with DUI, reckless driving, leaving scene
New Milford police charge local man with DUI, reckless driving, leaving scene YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford police arrested a 24-year-old borough man who they said was driving under the influence when he took off after his car hit several guard rails and a vehicle headed in the opposite direction. Smoke was coming from the Honda Civic when officers stopped it at 1:30 p.m. yesterday on River Road, a few blocks from the scene, Detective Kevin Van Saders told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Justin Persaud was released on summonses charging him with DUI in a school zone, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.

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