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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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Roads worsen again Roads worsen again Roads worsen again
Roads worsen again PUBLIC SAFETY: Although it began warming after noon today, temperatures headed back south after 2 o’clock, creating the potential for a carbon copy of this morning’s demolition derby. Temperatures that reached 40 degrees didn’t melt ice “because the ground is frozen solid,” said Sean Sweeney, an emergency management expert. “There will be no sun today, so the ground cannot warm up,” Sweeney said. “Several days of sub-freezing temps will do that.” The mercury was expected to drop below freezing around 4 p.m. “Even if the roads are salted, it is raining too hard for it to be effective,”…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Teaneck ambulance worker, bystanders rescue heart attack victim in Route 95 pileup VIDEO: Teaneck ambulance worker, bystanders rescue heart attack victim in Route 95 pileup VIDEO: Teaneck ambulance worker, bystanders rescue heart attack victim in Route 95 pileup
Video: Teaneck ambulance worker, bystanders rescue heart attack victim in Route 95 pileup CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTOS/VIDEO: Arianny Luna EXCLUSIVE  VIDEO/PHOTOS: Unable to get a stretcher to him, a Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps member and bystanders used a blanket to drag a 58-year-old man in the early stages of a heart attack on a blanket to a waiting ambulance following a more than 30-car pileup caused by a jack-knifed tractor trailer on Route 95 in Teaneck this morning, CLIFFVIEW PILOT video shows. The man — one of 16-people injured in the crash just after 8 a.m. — was taken to Holy Name Medical Center by the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps. One woman also was freed af…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen roundup: Massive pileups, chain reaction crashes, driver ejected Bergen roundup: Massive pileups, chain reaction crashes, driver ejected Bergen roundup: Massive pileups, chain reaction crashes, driver ejected
Bergen roundup: Massive pileups, chain reaction crashes, driver ejected YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Sixteen people — including a 58-year-old man in the early stages of a heart attack — were taken to Holy Name Medical Center by Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps after a jack-knifed tractor-trailer caused a more than 30-car pileup on southbound Route 95 in Teaneck at the Leonia border in this morning’s icy conditions. *      *      *      *      *      * EXCLUSIVE  VIDEO/PHOTOS: Unable to get a stretcher to him, a Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps member and bystanders used a blanket to drag a 58-year-old man in the early stages of a heart attack on a blanket to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Punctured lung, broken ribs, 9 summonses, criminal charges for Hasbrouck Heights woman who crashed in Leonia after police chase Punctured lung, broken ribs, 9 summonses, criminal charges for Hasbrouck Heights woman who crashed in Leonia after police chase Punctured lung, broken ribs, 9 summonses, criminal charges for Hasbrouck Heights woman who crashed in Leonia after police chase
Punctured lung, broken ribs, 9 summonses, criminal charges for Hasbrouck Heights woman who crashed in Leonia after police chase ONLY ON CVP: A 29-year-old Hasbrouck Heights woman remained hospitalized today with a punctured lung and broken ribs after she crashed her Honda on a Leonia side street following a low-speed chase from the George Washington Bridge on Thursday, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Port Authority police charged Serena Wolstenholme with eluding police and being under the influence of heroin — and issued her nine summonses for offenses that include DWI (ORIGINAL STORY: Port Authority police pursuit ends when Hasbrouck Heights woman crashes in Leonia, heroin suspected). She was released without bail b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Investigators eye identity theft ring in murder of Fort Lee man found in Bronx car trunk Investigators eye identity theft ring in murder of Fort Lee man found in Bronx car trunk Investigators eye identity theft ring in murder of Fort Lee man found in Bronx car trunk
Investigators eye identity theft ring in murder of Fort Lee man found in Bronx car trunk YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (w/VIDEO): Law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the investigation told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning that NYPD homicide detectives, working with Fort Lee police, are exploring an ID theft ring’s relationship to a 24-year-old Fort Lee man whose body was found in the trunk of his car on a Bronx street after he was strangled. “The latest information being developed is that he may have stiffed someone,” a police source said. Jordan Johnson / Carriage House, Fort Lee The information follows the NYPD’s release of surveillance video of a person wanted in conne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen teen party employee who had sex with underage girl gets monitoring, not prison Bergen teen party employee who had sex with underage girl gets monitoring, not prison Bergen teen party employee who had sex with underage girl gets monitoring, not prison
Bergen teen party employee who had sex with underage girl gets monitoring, not prison EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A 23-year-old man who worked with a company that staged parties throughout Bergen County for underage teens got off with no prison time yesterday for having sex with one of them — but will remain under Megan’s Law parole supervision for at least 15 years. Walter Casanovas (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Walter Casanovas, 23, of Bayonne, faces unannounced home visits, computer monitoring — even the possible seizing of computers — after telling the judge he didn’t know that the girl was under 16. Casanovas was arrested last June…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park police nab four more out-of-towners on drug charges Elmwood Park police nab four more out-of-towners on drug charges Elmwood Park police nab four more out-of-towners on drug charges
Elmwood Park police nab four more out-of-towners on drug charges YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Four more out-of-towners got pinched by Elmwood Park cops in separate stops while coming through town with drugs yesterday and overnight, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. Balazs Laszlo, 28, of Ridgefield Park had 30 bags of heroin when he was stopped in the area of Market Street and Legion Place around 3 p.m., the chief said. Officers found 110 bags of heroin when they stopped Vincent Celentano of River Vale and Shelby Zanotti of Clifton, both 22, six hours later on Locust Street, he said. The three defendants in both incidents were charged with dr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge reduces bail for woman charged in Hackensack limo driver’s murder Judge reduces bail for woman charged in Hackensack limo driver’s murder Judge reduces bail for woman charged in Hackensack limo driver’s murder
Judge reduces bail for woman charged in Hackensack limo driver’s murder ONLY ON CVP: A judge yesterday lowered bail for a part-time hairdresser from Newark accused of lying to investigators who charged her boyfriend in the cold-blooded killing of a popular Hackensack limousine driver on Route 80 last summer. Jomaris Gonzalez (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Another judge in Hackensack previously denied the bail reduction for Jomaris Gonzalez, a 28-year-old mother of three, but Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi agreed with defense attorney Adam Lustberg that a reduction in charges against her in a d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Medieval Times rider injured after falling from horse Medieval Times rider injured after falling from horse Medieval Times rider injured after falling from horse
Medieval Times rider injured after falling from horse ONLY ON CVP: A cast member at Medieval Times in Lyndhurst was hospitalized with rib injuries tonight after falling off a horse, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The 21-year-old Fort Lee resident was taken to Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center by members of the Lyndhurst Police Emergency Squad after meeting them in the locker room shortly after the mishap just before 6 p.m., Police Capt. John Valente told CVP. An original ALS call was cancelled.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Midland Park woman had 12-year-old send her sexual images, authorities charge Midland Park woman had 12-year-old send her sexual images, authorities charge Midland Park woman had 12-year-old send her sexual images, authorities charge
Midland Park woman had 12-year-old send her sexual images, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Midland Park woman was arrested on charges of directing a 12-year-old victim to send her digital images “that were sexual in nature,” authorities said tonight. Amanda Giardina was charged with two counts of child endangerment — one for possession and the other for instructing the victim to send the images — after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit and Midland Park police arrested her yesterday, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. She was released without bail on a summons, he said. Giardina, who Molinelli said…

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