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
Lodi man convicted of raping, murdering brother 43 years ago denied DNA evidence bid Lodi man convicted of raping, murdering brother 43 years ago denied DNA evidence bid Lodi man convicted of raping, murdering brother 43 years ago denied DNA evidence bid
Lodi man convicted of raping, murdering brother 43 years ago denied DNA evidence bid CVP EXCLUSIVE: Saying it wouldn’t have made a difference, a judge in Hackensack today rejected a bid by a Lodi man for DNA evidence to challenge his 2011 conviction for murdering his 6-year-old brother when both were youngsters. STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia Joseph Barbarino, now 58, said he was seeking the DNA evidence that wasn’t requested in his original trial in an effort to exonerate himself in the rape and killing of young Vincent at a deserted Lodi construction site in April 1972. But Superior Court Judge James J. Guida said he didn’t con…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ecuadoran nationals charged in child sex assault Ecuadoran nationals charged in child sex assault Ecuadoran nationals charged in child sex assault
Ecuadoran nationals charged in child sex assault YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities in Hackensack arrested two Ecuadoran nationals over the weekend on charges of child sexual assault and endangerment. Maintenance worker Manuel J. Zumba Chably, 36, and 19-year-old factory worker Edwin Sangorima were being held on $125,000 bail each following their arrests on Saturday by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and city police. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced the arrests separately this afternoon after they were reported earlier in CLIFFVIEW PILOT. In each case, he said, “[t]he victim told a school cou…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Loaded gun, hollow-point bullets found in NY man’s Newark Airport carry-on Loaded gun, hollow-point bullets found in NY man’s Newark Airport carry-on Loaded gun, hollow-point bullets found in NY man’s Newark Airport carry-on
Loaded gun, hollow-point bullets found in NY man’s Newark Airport carry-on BEYOND BERGEN: A Woodstock, NY man was arrested by Port Authority police yesterday after screeners found a loaded gun in his carry-on bag. The .32-caliber pistol — loaded with six rounds of hollow-point bullets — showed up on an X-ray machine, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said this morning. ” There was no impact to airport operations” as PAPD officers took Gregory Soltanoff into custody on charges of weapons and illegal ammunition possession and confiscated the gun, Pentangelo said. PHOTO: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD

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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
GWB jumper’s body recovered, another found in Hudson GWB jumper’s body recovered, another found in Hudson GWB jumper’s body recovered, another found in Hudson
GWB jumper’s body recovered, another found in Hudson YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities who found the body of a man who jumped overnight from the George Washington Bridge — the 12th so far this year — were still trying to determine how the body of a woman found in the water below yesterday got there. The 40-something man “was seen jumping from the north walkway at the New York tower at 2:30 a.m.,” the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “His body was recovered from the outcropping below,” he said. Investigators were trying to determine how the man got onto the north walkway, which is closed to pedestrians. No car was…

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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rescuers fish out East Rutherford man who jumped into Hudson on a dare Rescuers fish out East Rutherford man who jumped into Hudson on a dare Rescuers fish out East Rutherford man who jumped into Hudson on a dare
Rescuers fish out East Rutherford man who jumped into Hudson on a dare BEYOND BERGEN: An East Rutherford man was pulled from the Hudson River after he jumped in on a dare, authorities said. The 22-year-old leaped off the south end of Pier A park after friends dared him, then struggled in the water and had to be rescued with a rope and a ladder by responders who included Hoboken police and firefighters and the NYPD’s Aviation and Harbor units. He was hospitalized as a precaution and issued a city ordinance summons for swimming in water adjacent to a public park. Police Chief Ken Ferrante praised the work of the various agencies.

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Distraught Ramsey man hospitalized without incident Distraught Ramsey man hospitalized without incident Distraught Ramsey man hospitalized without incident
Distraught Ramsey man hospitalized without incident UPDATE: A distraught Ramsey man was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center after police were called to his home last night. The Cambridge Heights townhouses resident “was taken into custody after a short dialogue” following a response by Ramsey and Mahwah officers, Police Chief Bryan Gurney told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. EMS remained on standby at Ramsey police headquarters. The resident has a legally owned shotgun that “was not used or brandished in any way,” the chief said.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two seriously injured in Explorer rollover in Hasbrouck Heights Two seriously injured in Explorer rollover in Hasbrouck Heights Two seriously injured in Explorer rollover in Hasbrouck Heights
Two seriously injured in Explorer rollover in Hasbrouck Heights PHOTOS: Squads of emergency responders combined to extricate and transport two seriously injured occupants of a Ford Explorer that rolled into a billboard in Hasbrouck Heights overnight. Hasbrouck Heights police, firefighters and EMS responded to the 12:04 a.m. crash off the Terrace Avenue exit of Route 17 along with Little Ferry Rescue and the Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad. The victims — a middle-aged man and woman — were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. PHOTOS used with permission  

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Let’s talk Tasers Let’s talk Tasers Let’s talk Tasers
Let’s talk Tasers A PUBLISHER WRITES: It’s easy for people without knowledge, information or understanding to say that police should carry stun guns and be able instantly decide whether to draw and fire them or their service weapons. The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has strict, comprehensive guidelines governing the use of the “conductive energy devices” that are considered the strictest in the nation. Any officers who are issued them must undergo extensive training that includes instruction on recognizing mental illness and dealing with emotionally disturbed people. Jerry DeMarcoPublisher/Editor…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Local vet honors U.S. Army’s 240th birthday, Flag Day Local vet honors U.S. Army’s 240th birthday, Flag Day Local vet honors U.S. Army’s 240th birthday, Flag Day
Local vet honors U.S. Army’s 240th birthday, Flag Day TRIBUTE: In honor of the U.S. Army’s 240th birthday and Flag Day, Cpl. Francis Diorio of Elmwood Park, a dsabled veteran, is distributing flag car decals and accepting donations today through the Cedar Grove Elks Lodge at the Kings Supermarket on Pompton Avenue. All donations go to wounded veterans and deployed troops, Diorio said. The lodge holds a monthly table drive.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
New Palisades Park Fire Department rescue truck christened at wetdown New Palisades Park Fire Department rescue truck christened at wetdown New Palisades Park Fire Department rescue truck christened at wetdown
New Palisades Park Fire Department rescue truck christened at wetdown PHOTOS: Sun and spray sparked the debut of the Palisades Park Fire Department’s new rescue truck at an afternoon wetdown yesterday. Fellow firefighters from throughout Bergen and beyond — including Rockland and Monmouth counties — came to christen the new rig in lots just below westbound Route 46 on Grand Avenue, behind what once was the Soap Factory. PHOTOS by Maria D.L. Angeles

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