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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Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Manhattan woman killed in GWB tractor-trailer crash Manhattan woman killed in GWB tractor-trailer crash Manhattan woman killed in GWB tractor-trailer crash
Manhattan woman killed in GWB tractor-trailer crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An upper Manhattan woman was killed when a car she was riding in collided with a tractor-trailer overnight on the George Washington Bridge, Port Authority police said. She and another of four passengers were extricated from the Honda Accord after the crash on the bridge’s upper level around 2 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. Police were investigating. PHOTO: Courtesy PORT AUTHORITY PD  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus cyclist in crash dies, investigation continues Paramus cyclist in crash dies, investigation continues Paramus cyclist in crash dies, investigation continues
Paramus cyclist in crash dies, investigation continues YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One of two bicyclists died yesterday after being struck before dawn on a Paramus street, authorities confirmed this afternoon. Mandeep Singh, 23, of Paramus NJ suffered a critical head injury after he and a co-worker, 24-year-old Shernjit Singh (no relation), were struck by a 2000 Jeep Cherokee on Midland Avenue as they rode side-by-side to separate service station jobs just before 5 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Shernjit Singh, also of Paramus, remained in serious condition Hackensack University Medical Center, where both were taken after the crash. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Protesters call for end to combustible crude oil crossing Bergen Protesters call for end to combustible crude oil crossing Bergen Protesters call for end to combustible crude oil crossing Bergen
Protesters call for end to combustible crude oil crossing Bergen PHOTO: Dozens of protesters were watched by Closter, Harrington Park and CSX police as they expressed concerns over published reports that at least 7 million gallons per day of highly combustible Bakken crude oil comes through nearly a dozen Bergen towns along the CSX River Line. Uniformed officers converged on the area to help keep traffic moving along Old Hook and nearby Schraalenburgh roads past the railroad crossing near the Oradell Reservoir. One lane of Old Hook Road was closed. Signs included: “Oil and water don’t mix” and “Ban unsafe trains now,” while demonstrators chanted: “He…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Convicted Teaneck child sex offender held on $750,000 bail Convicted Teaneck child sex offender held on $750,000 bail Convicted Teaneck child sex offender held on $750,000 bail
Convicted Teaneck child sex offender held on $750,000 bail CVP EXCLUSIVE: A registered sex offender from Teaneck was back behind bars on underage sex assault charges today. 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. READ MORE…. Details of the alleged February incidents weren’t immediately available, but records show that 41-year-old William Romero Kooney of Farrant Terrace was being held on $750,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Sheriff: Teen with autism who vanished while snow tubing in Mahwah walked to Oakland Sheriff: Teen with autism who vanished while snow tubing in Mahwah walked to Oakland Sheriff: Teen with autism who vanished while snow tubing in Mahwah walked to Oakland
Sheriff: Teen with autism who vanished while snow tubing in Mahwah walked to Oakland UPDATE: A 14-year-old boy with autism who vanished while night snow-tubing with his family at Campgaw Mountain Ski Resort in Mahwah last night was hospitalized after he knocked on the door of an Oakland resident’s house before dawn this morning, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He’d walked quite a distance,” said Saudino, who was involved, along with a K9 unit from his office, in what became a massive search. “He was barefoot when they opened the door.” PHOTO: Courtesy NEW JERSEY SEARCH & RESCUE “He was hospitalized for precautionary measures,” the sherif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
It’s done: Tedesco officially folds county police into Bergen Sheriff’s Office It’s done: Tedesco officially folds county police into Bergen Sheriff’s Office It’s done: Tedesco officially folds county police into Bergen Sheriff’s Office
It’s done: Tedesco officially folds county police into Bergen Sheriff’s Office UPDATE: Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco this afternoon signed a pair of ordinances folding the county police department into the county sheriff’s office. With his signature, Tedesco officially moved the Bergen County Police Department into the authority of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office while setting the table of organization for the sheriff’s Bureau of Police Services. The move was approved by the county freeholders by a 6-1 vote on Feb. 25. Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino (CLIFFVIEW PILOT photo) “This is a win for the taxpayers, law enforcement, and county government,”…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Blonde justice: ‘Buff Bod Bandit’ charged in Glen Rock, Greenwich bank robberies Blonde justice: ‘Buff Bod Bandit’ charged in Glen Rock, Greenwich bank robberies Blonde justice: ‘Buff Bod Bandit’ charged in Glen Rock, Greenwich bank robberies
Blonde justice: ‘Buff Bod Bandit’ charged in Glen Rock, Greenwich bank robberies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 51-year-old Westchester County woman arrested by the FBI in Atlantic City yesterday for taking at least $112,900 in cash at gunpoint from a Glen Rock bank while wearing a bright red wig two weeks ago and $13,000 from a bank in Greenwich, CT with a pixie-cut piece the month before is a former white-collar executive and bodybuilder who previously served time for robbing a bank 20 years ago. Michelle Cantatore (“Father’s Day 2011,” FACEBOOK) The New York Post dubbed Michelle C. Cantatore of White Plains the “Buff Bod Bandit” after she was tracked down by the FBI in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Dumont 5th-grader succumbs to critical injuries after jumping from second-floor school window Dumont 5th-grader succumbs to critical injuries after jumping from second-floor school window Dumont 5th-grader succumbs to critical injuries after jumping from second-floor school window
Dumont 5th-grader succumbs to critical injuries after jumping from second-floor school window UPDATE: A fifth-grade boy succumbed to his injuries late this afternoon after deliberately jumping from a second-story window at the Grant School in Dumont around noon. The 10-year-old youngster apparently had a dispute with another boy over a chess game, then wrote a note that was given to a school lunch aide before he jumped nearly 25 feet from a window on the east side of the building, landing on the sidewalk below, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The boy was on a ventilator after being brought to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center with head injuries that included mu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
PHOTOS: MRI explosion at Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus leaves one worker critical, 2 others hospitalized PHOTOS: MRI explosion at Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus leaves one worker critical, 2 others hospitalized PHOTOS: MRI explosion at Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus leaves one worker critical, 2 others hospitalized
Photos: MRI explosion at Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus leaves one worker critical, 2 others hospitalized PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO (No commercial re-use without permission) PHOTOS: An electrician was in emergency surgery after an MRI machine exploded, injuring two of his co-workers, at the Oradell Animal Hospital this afternoon. “The back blew off while they were dismantling the machine,” Bergen County Executive James Tedesco told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The one who was standing behind the machine took the full hit in the chest.” CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO (No commercial re-use of any photos here without permission) He was in surgery at Hac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Edgewater police rescue heroin overdose victim with Narcan Edgewater police rescue heroin overdose victim with Narcan Edgewater police rescue heroin overdose victim with Narcan
Edgewater police rescue heroin overdose victim with Narcan SHOUT OUT: An Edgewater police officer rescued an overdosing heroin addict with Naracan last night. Officer Robert Carrano administered two doses, reviving the 33-year-old victim at the Edgewater Harbor Development, Police Chief William Skidmore told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The victim “was blue in the face with shallow breathing,” following the 10:19 p.m. call, Skidmore said. He was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, the chief said.

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