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
Poor parking helps Palisades Park police nail credit card thief Poor parking helps Palisades Park police nail credit card thief Poor parking helps Palisades Park police nail credit card thief
Poor parking helps Palisades Park police nail credit card thief YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Poor parking led to the arrest of a Bronx man charged by a Palisades Park police detective with using a stolen credit card number to buy gift cards at the local post office. Hannis M. Bridges Jr., 23, was in the Central Boulevard post office on April 14 when a female lookout in his car outside called and said he was getting a parking ticket, Police Chief Benjamin Ramos told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Bridges ran out the door with $500 worth of ilegally-purchased gift cards, leaving the receipts on the counter, he said. Borough Special Police Officer Nelson The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Port Authority police grab Lincoln Tunnel toll evader after helix witness calls Port Authority police grab Lincoln Tunnel toll evader after helix witness calls Port Authority police grab Lincoln Tunnel toll evader after helix witness calls
Port Authority police grab Lincoln Tunnel toll evader after helix witness calls BEYOND BERGEN: A witness called Port Authority police after seeing a New York State man stop on the Lincoln Tunnel helix and remove the license plates from his Prius before going through the tolls without paying, authorities said. Officers tussled briefly with 25-year-old Mohammed Aloqailyail of Schenectady last night before charging him with theft of services and resisting arrest, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. Aloqailyail told them he removed the plates “to clean his car,” Pentangelo said. He then “starting pushing the officers and pulling his hands away, refusin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Judge to rule whether jurors can hear victim’s ID of Fairview man from CLIFFVIEW PILOT story in cold-case sex assault Judge to rule whether jurors can hear victim’s ID of Fairview man from CLIFFVIEW PILOT story in cold-case sex assault Judge to rule whether jurors can hear victim’s ID of Fairview man from CLIFFVIEW PILOT story in cold-case sex assault
Judge to rule whether jurors can hear victim’s ID of Fairview man from Cliffview Pilot story in cold-case sex assault UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack said she’ll consider a motion by defense attorneys for a Fairview man awaiting a pair of sex assault trials to prohibit his accuser’s identification of him after seeing his mugshot on CLIFFVIEW PILOT three years ago. Saying there will be no more delays or “further adjournments” in the case, Superior Court Judge Margaret M. Foti set Nov. 2 to launch the separate trials against former auto mechanic Jose Augusto Masmela-Sarmiento, 49. Detectives first arrested Masmela-Sarmiento in March 2012 on charges of molesting a Fairview girl between May 2002 and April 2005…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Charges dismissed against Monmouth man for Facebook posts advocating violence against police Charges dismissed against Monmouth man for Facebook posts advocating violence against police Charges dismissed against Monmouth man for Facebook posts advocating violence against police
Charges dismissed against Monmouth man for Facebook posts advocating violence against police PUBLIC SAFETY: A Monmouth County man who became a lighting rod, of sorts, for anti-police sentiment had charges against him dismissed last week by a judge for a Facebook post that said officers deserve to die. Assignment Judge Lisa Thornton called the comment of Matthew Reardon, 29, of Tinton Falls too trivial to prosecute. Police arrested Matthew Reardon following a Dec. 21, 2014 post in a Facebook discussion: “Don’t wana [sic] get clipped while sitting in your squad car??” he wrote. “Eon’t be a f—-t ass p-g whos [sic] looking to get killed. F–k you. Everyone who goes out of their way …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Oakland police sergeant rescues elderly woman scammed out of $6,900 Oakland police sergeant rescues elderly woman scammed out of $6,900 Oakland police sergeant rescues elderly woman scammed out of $6,900
Oakland police sergeant rescues elderly woman scammed out of $6,900 SHOUT OUT: An Oakland police sergeant saved an elderly victim from losing $6,900 to a scam artist after he stopped her for talking on her cellphone while driving. Sgt. Paul O’Keefe pulled the Pompton Lakes woman’s 2000 Saturn over on East Oak Street, and she “mentioned something about having to make copies of her deposit slips at the post office and send them to someone’s email address,” Lt. Christian Eldridge told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “She was upset and confused about what she needed to do and began to cry,” Eldridge said. Earlier that day, he said, the scammer “called her a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen-based contractors charged with cheating customers Bergen-based contractors charged with cheating customers Bergen-based contractors charged with cheating customers
Bergen-based contractors charged with cheating customers State authorities have charged a pair of contractors from Bergenfield and Wyckoff with cheating and short-changing customers, doing substandard work — and even damaging homes. The state Attorney General and Division of Consumer Affairs filed an eight-count complaint in Superior Court in Hackensack against ABC Construction and both of its owner operators — Charleston J. Masterson of Bergenfield and Frankie Olandesi of Wyckoff — along with the company after investigating complaints forwarded by the Bergen County Office of Consumer Affairs. “Some homeowners have been left with unusable kitch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Trucker who tried cheating GWB tolls had no registration, insurance, Port Authority police charge Trucker who tried cheating GWB tolls had no registration, insurance, Port Authority police charge Trucker who tried cheating GWB tolls had no registration, insurance, Port Authority police charge
Trucker who tried cheating GWB tolls had no registration, insurance, Port Authority police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A trucker stopped by Port Authority police for trying to cheat the George Washington Bridge tolls didn’t have registration or insurance for the vehicle, authorities said. Salvador E. Ramirez, 32, of Newark, rolled the 2012 Hino through an E-ZPass lane without license plates was stopped around 4 p.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Ramirez “indicated that he didn’t know where the plates for the vehicle were and he could only produce his own driver’s license,” Pentangelo said. PAPD officers charged him with theft of services …

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Lodi police turn to public for help solving jewelry store burglary, neighboring break-ins Lodi police turn to public for help solving jewelry store burglary, neighboring break-ins Lodi police turn to public for help solving jewelry store burglary, neighboring break-ins
Lodi police turn to public for help solving jewelry store burglary, neighboring break-ins HAVE YOU SEEN THESE? Lodi police are seeking the public’s help cracking the burglary of a local jewelry store and two neighboring businesses. The thief or thieves truck between 1:30-2:30 a.m. yesterday the Grasso Jewelry Store — snatching several items from a safe — and two other businesses located in the Sorrento Mall at 1 South Main Street, Lt. Robert Salerno said. Police released images of some of the items taken in the hopes they would turn up for sale. If you have seen the items, or have information that could help the investigation, please call the Lodi PD: (973) 473–7600, ext. 81…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Advertising with CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Never better Advertising with CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Never better Advertising with CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Never better
Advertising with Cliffview Pilot: Never better OUTSTANDING OFFER: If YOU own a business, or know someone who does, consider what 1.5 MILLION page views a month in Bergen and the surrounding area could do to bring in more customers. You could have a store, a contracting business, an emergency services agency, a union — companies large and small and medium-sized, too. Anything that succeeds more as word spreads. Jerry DeMarcoPublisher/[email protected](201) 943-2794 You know how much you enjoy the PILOT. So do countless others — friends, family, neighbors, colleagues and more. You know how much I make …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield, CT
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Operator OK, power KO’d after pile driver topples in Ridgefield Operator OK, power KO’d after pile driver topples in Ridgefield Operator OK, power KO’d after pile driver topples in Ridgefield
Operator OK, power KO’d after pile driver topples in Ridgefield PHOTOS (above): CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Shawn Hagal; (top) CVP UPDATE: The operator of a pile driver escaped serious injury after the rig toppled with him inside across Hendricks Causeway in Ridgefield this afternoon, snapping at least one utility pole, downing lines and knocking out power in some areas. Responders to the PSE&G substation included Ridgefield police, fire and EMS, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit to address a reported 90-gallon fuel spill. A car was damaged in the 3:20 p.m. crash. The utility said 260 customers were temporarily without pow…

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