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
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Worker falls 30 feet from tree at Washington Township home Worker falls 30 feet from tree at Washington Township home Worker falls 30 feet from tree at Washington Township home
Worker falls 30 feet from tree at Washington Township home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A tree service employee was hospitalized after falling 30 feet while on a job in Washington Township this afternoon. The worker was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a serious back injury, chest pains and difficulty breathing after the 1:50 p.m. Pascack Road mishap. Township police responded along with Hillsdale EMS using a River Vale ambulance. A medical helicopter was placed on standby but later cancelled. STORY /PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Hackensack, NJ
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Englewood Cliffs police officers rescue Teaneck woman trapped in burning car Englewood Cliffs police officers rescue Teaneck woman trapped in burning car Englewood Cliffs police officers rescue Teaneck woman trapped in burning car
Englewood Cliffs police officers rescue Teaneck woman trapped in burning car YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood Cliffs deputy police chief and three officers ignored their own safety to pull a trapped Teaneck driver from her overturned, burning car after it toppled a utility pole this afternoon. The 20-year-old driver lost control of her Volkwagen, which struck the pole on Hudson Terrace at Van Nostrand Avenue around 10:30 a.m., rolled and caught fire from the burning transformers, Lt. James Tracy told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Deputy Police Chief Michael McMorrow and Officers Demetrius Salogiannis, Sean Flannelly and Dan O’Shea crawled under the live wire…

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Retired fashion designer, 71, was drunk, driving on rim in utility pole crashes, Wyckoff police charge Retired fashion designer, 71, was drunk, driving on rim in utility pole crashes, Wyckoff police charge Retired fashion designer, 71, was drunk, driving on rim in utility pole crashes, Wyckoff police charge
Retired fashion designer, 71, was drunk, driving on rim in utility pole crashes, Wyckoff police charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 71-year-old retired independent clothing designer from Franklin Lakes was drinking and driving on three tires and a rim after her car hit utility poles in two towns, authorities said. A caller alerted Wyckoff police to the 2009 Lexus, which they found in a cul-de-sac off Ackerson Avenue — along with various auto body parts — just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. The car had struck utility poles on Sicomac Avenue and on Franklin Lakes Road in Franklin Lakes, he said. Following a breath test, officers charged Susan H. Billste…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Legislative committee approves college suicide prevention bills named for Madison Holleran of Allendale Legislative committee approves college suicide prevention bills named for Madison Holleran of Allendale Legislative committee approves college suicide prevention bills named for Madison Holleran of Allendale
Legislative committee approves college suicide prevention bills named for Madison Holleran of Allendale PUBLIC SAFETY: A legislative panel in Trenton today gave its consent to a pair of proposed laws — named for an Allendale college student who committed suicide last year — that provide support and raise awareness for others who are considering or have tried to kill themselves. Approved by the state Senate Higher Education Committee, the Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act “calls for health care professionals, with training in mental health and reducing suicides, to be available around the clock on college campuses to assist students in crises,” said the bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Kevin O…

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Paterson, NJ
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‘Operation Heat’ brings guilty pleas from crime family bosses, associates ‘Operation Heat’ brings guilty pleas from crime family bosses, associates ‘Operation Heat’ brings guilty pleas from crime family bosses, associates
‘Operation Heat’ brings guilty pleas from crime family bosses, associates BEYOND BERGEN: A who’s-who of former Lucchese Crime Family heavyweights from New Jersey were among six people who pleaded guilty to racketeering charges yesterday following an investigation by the state Division of Criminal Justice dubbed “Operation Heat.” They include Martin Taccetta, 64, the former head of the “Jersey Crew” (above, right) who already is serving a state prison sentence of life plus 10- years for racketeering and extortion. Taccetta, who years ago was cleared of charges in connection with a 1984 golf-club beating death of a Mafia-connected contractor, pleaded guilty to firs…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cresskill blood drive this afternoon Cresskill blood drive this afternoon Cresskill blood drive this afternoon
Cresskill blood drive this afternoon THIS AFTERNOON: The Cresskill PBA Local 180 and Cresskill Fire Department IAFF Local 4896 are hosting a blood/placelets drive from 2-7 p.m. at the Cresskill Firehouse at 51 Madison Avenue. Donors get a free $5 Dunkin Donuts gift card. Walk-ins are welcome. You must: • Weigh at least 110 pounds • Eat before donating • Bring ID There will be complimentary non-fasting glucose and cholesterol test with each donation.

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Lodi narcotics detectives seize BMW, wide-screen TVs, sports memorabilia in drug raid Lodi narcotics detectives seize BMW, wide-screen TVs, sports memorabilia in drug raid Lodi narcotics detectives seize BMW, wide-screen TVs, sports memorabilia in drug raid
Lodi narcotics detectives seize BMW, wide-screen TVs, sports memorabilia in drug raid YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lodi narcotics detectives ended a two-week investigation with the arrest of a local man and the seizure of heroin, pot and pills — along with two 60-inch TVs, a 2002 BMW, sports memorabilia and $5,242 in alleged proceeds. Jonathan Cruz, 31, was being held in the Bergen County Jail on $25,000 bail, charged with various drug counts, after yesterday’s warranted raid. “During the two-week surveillance detectives observed several narcotic transactions,” Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said ths morning. The subsquent search of Cruz’s Church Street apartment turned up …

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Lodi firefighting veteran, Bergen sheriff’s officer to be honored at Vietnam Vets Memorial in D.C. Lodi firefighting veteran, Bergen sheriff’s officer to be honored at Vietnam Vets Memorial in D.C. Lodi firefighting veteran, Bergen sheriff’s officer to be honored at Vietnam Vets Memorial in D.C.
Lodi firefighting veteran, Bergen sheriff’s officer to be honored at Vietnam Vets Memorial in D.C. TRIBUTE: A longtime Lodi firefighter and Bergen County sheriff’s officer who was awarded the Purple Heart and an Air Medal will be among those commemorated this Saturday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Loved ones of the late Nicholas Ciarocco plan to attend the 10 a.m. “In Memory” ceremony, which will include a roll call of deceased vets from the war and various tributes laid at the wall. Ciarocco, 67, who died in April 2012, took firefighting so seriously that he sometimes woke his kids in the middle of the night for surprise drills. Nicholas Ciarocco (PHOTOS: Cour…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Yankees fan struck crossing Route 4 in Paramus after game dies Yankees fan struck crossing Route 4 in Paramus after game dies Yankees fan struck crossing Route 4 in Paramus after game dies
Yankees fan struck crossing Route 4 in Paramus after game dies NEWSBREAK: A 28-year-old Yankees fan who went to see his team play the Marlins in the Bronx tonight died at Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck by a vehicle on eastbound Route 4 in Paramus. Responders said Michael Dinobile of Fort Lauderdale was struck around 11:10 p.m. by a 2002 Lexus 300 that police said was driven by a 24-year-old Passaic woman. Dinobile was dashing from the north to the south side of the highway to get to his car parked at the Miller Ale House, for whom he’d worked as a manager. He was taken to HUMC in critical condition and died less than an hou…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Deal could get Garfield vandal busted twice for drugs out in 9 months Deal could get Garfield vandal busted twice for drugs out in 9 months Deal could get Garfield vandal busted twice for drugs out in 9 months
Deal could get Garfield vandal busted twice for drugs out in 9 months ONLY ON CVP: A 19-year-old Garfield man who was busted by undercover detectives while out on bail for a previous drug arrest could end up serving nine months of a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to reduced charges stemming from a trio of indictments. Mitchell Pillot was awaiting the outcome of separate drug-dealing charges when he also wrote his name in wet cement on a new Garfield sidewalk last October, his attorney, Ron Bar-Nadav, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “It didn’t take police long to figure out who it was,” he said. Pillot earlier made four drug sales in all to invest…

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