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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Englewood concert-goer killed, friend charged in Route 80 crash in Elmwood Park Englewood concert-goer killed, friend charged in Route 80 crash in Elmwood Park Englewood concert-goer killed, friend charged in Route 80 crash in Elmwood Park
Englewood concert-goer killed, friend charged in Route 80 crash in Elmwood Park CVP EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A Morris County man was killed and his friend charged with aggravated manslaughter after their car crashed on the way home from a ZZ Top concert in Englewood last night, New Jersey State Police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. * * * * * * YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Morris County man beat his friend to death after their car crashed on Route 80 in Elmwood Park and then walked away following a ZZ Top concert in Englewood, a prosecutor revealed this morning. READ MORE…. * * * * * * Jared Clackner (PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) Jared Clackner,…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
State Assemblywoman Schepisi: ‘No permanent effects’ from aneurysm State Assemblywoman Schepisi: ‘No permanent effects’ from aneurysm State Assemblywoman Schepisi: ‘No permanent effects’ from aneurysm
State Assemblywoman Schepisi: ‘No permanent effects’ from aneurysm SHOUT OUT: Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi said this afternoon that there were “no permanent effects” from an aneurysm — and that she expects to be at her 2015 re-election campaign kickoff tomorrow night at the Stony Hill Inn in Hackensack. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will assume the hosting duties for the second-term Bergen County Republican. “I’m taking one step at a time but optimistic that all will be OK,” Schepisi told CLIFFVIEW PILOT as she accepted best wishes and words of encouragement at home from friends, family members, supporters, constituents — and rivals, as well. “Holly: my though…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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No-limit Texas Hold’em tourney this Friday at River Vale firehouse No-limit Texas Hold’em tourney this Friday at River Vale firehouse No-limit Texas Hold’em tourney this Friday at River Vale firehouse
No-limit Texas Hold’em tourney this Friday at River Vale firehouse SHOUT OUT: The River Vale Volunteer Fire Department is holding a no-limit Texas Hold’Em Tournament this Friday. There’ll be a light buffet, cash bar and beverage at the event. Check-in is 6:30 p.m. Game begins at 7. Prizes will be awarded to the finalists, with the number of winners TBD. Bubble wins free entry to the next tournament. Ticket donation: $100 SITE: North Firehouse, 620 River Vale Road INFO: (201) 264-0198 (Frank)

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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NJ lawmakers seek explosive-gas detectors in all homes NJ lawmakers seek explosive-gas detectors in all homes NJ lawmakers seek explosive-gas detectors in all homes
NJ lawmakers seek explosive-gas detectors in all homes PUBLIC SAFETY: A trio of state lawmakers today said they’ve drafted a bill requiring that explosive-gas sensors be installed in residences to help detect dangerous levels of methane or propane. State Sen. Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Greg McGuckin said they’re responding to two recent gas explosions that leveled two New Jersey homes. “While the use of natural gas and propane for heating and cooking in our homes is extremely safe, the recent house explosions in Pt. Pleasant Beach and Stafford Township have reminded us that gas leaks do pose some risk,” Holzapfel said. “We c…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Hasbrouck Heights car burglar confesses to break-ins, posts bail, arrested again Police: Hasbrouck Heights car burglar confesses to break-ins, posts bail, arrested again Police: Hasbrouck Heights car burglar confesses to break-ins, posts bail, arrested again
Police: Hasbrouck Heights car burglar confesses to break-ins, posts bail, arrested again YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hasbrouck Heights man charged with a car burglary just days after police said they caught breaking into another vehicle last week admitted committing nearly two dozen such thefts since last October, authorities said this afternoon. Vincent Cazmere Bontempo, who turns 23 tomorrow, was brought to the Bergen County Jail after detectives arrested him earlier today. A trio of officers grabbed Bontempo at 4:21 a.m. last Friday while he was entering a Franklin Avenue resident’s car. He posted bail and was released after confessing to more than 20 vehicle burglaries th…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Would-be Wallington jumper hospitalized after 2-hour Passaic River search Would-be Wallington jumper hospitalized after 2-hour Passaic River search Would-be Wallington jumper hospitalized after 2-hour Passaic River search
Would-be Wallington jumper hospitalized after 2-hour Passaic River search YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An emotionally distraught man who’d planned to jump into the Passaic River and then changed his mind was brought to Bergen Regional Medical Center by Wallington police after they found him pacing on a bridge following a search of the water. Police got the 911 call around 6:50 a.m. of a man jumping into the river from the Eighth Street bridge, Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Return calls automatically went to voicemail, indicating that the caller had shut the cellphone off, he said. Wallington and Lyndhurst dive teams were joined by firefigthers from East…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Sheriff’s K9 ‘Bandit’ nabs drug suspect who rammed police cars, ran ‘out of his boots’ in Hackensack Sheriff’s K9 ‘Bandit’ nabs drug suspect who rammed police cars, ran ‘out of his boots’ in Hackensack Sheriff’s K9 ‘Bandit’ nabs drug suspect who rammed police cars, ran ‘out of his boots’ in Hackensack
Sheriff’s K9 ‘Bandit’ nabs drug suspect who rammed police cars, ran ‘out of his boots’ in Hackensack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal fugitive from Manhattan rammed his SUV into police vehicles, then hopped out and literally ran out of his boots before Bandit, a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9, flushed him out of a marsh off Route 4 in Hackensack, authorities said. NOTE: Original versions of this story identified Kevin Frye, 37, as wanted for two homicides based on information provided by local officials. Frye actually was wanted by federal authorities in the Southern District of New York in connection with the December indictment of a physician and 10 other people in a massive prescription O…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford police nab car burglary trio at work Rutherford police nab car burglary trio at work Rutherford police nab car burglary trio at work
Rutherford police nab car burglary trio at work ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Rutherford police interrupted an overnight car burglary spree with the arrests of three people caught in the act. Responding to a citizen’s call around 1:35 a.m. Monday, Officers Stephen Batchelor, Fuad Lindon, James Fecanin and Kathleen Ervelli spotted a man walking from a Land Rover parked in a Mortimer Avenue driveway near Donaldson Avenue. The officres watched as the man — identified as 19-year-old Jahad Turnage of Newark (above, left) — pulled latex gloves from his hands and put them in his sweatshirt pocket, Capt. Patrick Feliciano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They the…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook police seek help public’s finding plus-sized department store thief Saddle Brook police seek help public’s finding plus-sized department store thief Saddle Brook police seek help public’s finding plus-sized department store thief
Saddle Brook police seek help public’s finding plus-sized department store thief IMAGES: Courtesy SADDLE BROOK PD HAVE YOU SEEN HER? Saddle Brook police are seeking the public’s help finding a plus-sized shoplifter who swiped two women’s pocketbooks from shopping carriages at area department stores — one of which contained $500 in cash along with a passport, Social Security card, driver’s license and various credit cards. “It’s an identity theft nightmare for the victim,” Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon after his department released images of the suspect. She struck first at the Walmart on Route 46 around 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Convicted Teaneck Megan’s Law offender held on new child sex charges Convicted Teaneck Megan’s Law offender held on new child sex charges Convicted Teaneck Megan’s Law offender held on new child sex charges
Convicted Teaneck Megan’s Law offender held on new child sex charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A registered sex offender from Teaneck was arrested over the weekend after he “engaged in inappropriate sexual activity” with several children ranging from 3 to 5 years old, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. CLIFFVIEW PILOT on Sunday reported the arrest of William Romero Kooney, 41-year-old software engineer who was registered in 2009 as a Megan’s Law offender for sexually assaulting a Passaic County girl under 13 and possessing child pornography (SEE: Convicted Teaneck child sex offender held on $750,000). Molinelli today released det…

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