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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield Park couple charged in $1,000 knifepoint holdup Ridgefield Park couple charged in $1,000 knifepoint holdup Ridgefield Park couple charged in $1,000 knifepoint holdup
Ridgefield Park couple charged in $1,000 knifepoint holdup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgefield Park couple were charged today with the $1,000 knifepoint robbery earlier this month of a Teaneck Road store following a raid of their apartment this morning. Adam Almarzoh, 22, was “brandishing a large carving type knife” when he entered CMS Market just after 8 p.m. Jan. 7 and demanded money, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said early this evening. A female employee at the store, which has a Western Union outlet, turned over the cash and he fled, the prosecutor said. Ridgefield Park detectives quickly developed Almarzoh and 20-year-old Ke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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‘America’s top spider web artist’ from Dumont, 62, five others charged in pot bust ‘America’s top spider web artist’ from Dumont, 62, five others charged in pot bust ‘America’s top spider web artist’ from Dumont, 62, five others charged in pot bust
‘America’s top spider web artist’ from Dumont, 62, five others charged in pot bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 62-year-old Dumont man considered by some America’s top spiderweb artist was busted for selling pot from his home — along with five men from throughout North Jersey who were charged with buying from him. Emil “Rocky” Fiore — who mounts the webs on glass — was taken into custody yesterday after narcotics detectives stopped a car containing four of the ther men following an alleged buy at his Sherwood Road home, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. The fifth was arrested during the raid of Fiore’s home, he said. Omar Rodriguez (MUGSHOTS…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Two hospitalized after Paterson group home bus for teens with disabilities rear-ends sedan in Fair Lawn Two hospitalized after Paterson group home bus for teens with disabilities rear-ends sedan in Fair Lawn Two hospitalized after Paterson group home bus for teens with disabilities rear-ends sedan in Fair Lawn
Two hospitalized after Paterson group home bus for teens with disabilities rear-ends sedan in Fair Lawn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fifteen teenagers with disabilities from a group home in Paterson were aboard a school bus that crashed in Fair Lawn this afternoon, an adult aide who had difficulty breathing and the other car’s driver to the hospital. The 77-year-old driver of the First Student Charter Bus Services of Englewood bus chartered by Youth Consultation Services rear-ended a 2007 Honda Accord driven by a 60-year-old Paterson woman in the westbound left lane of Broadway at 32nd Street just after 2:30 p.m., Police Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The aide was taken to Hackensack U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Mother charged with hiding metal bar that son hit Garfield police officer with Mother charged with hiding metal bar that son hit Garfield police officer with Mother charged with hiding metal bar that son hit Garfield police officer with
Mother charged with hiding metal bar that son hit Garfield police officer with YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The mother of a man charged with hitting a Garfield police officer in the head with a metal bar after he responded to a domestic violence call was charged with hiding the weapon, police said this morning. Meanwhile, her son was being held on $300,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and two illegal weapons possession counts. The officer was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where a CT scan found no serious damage, following the Lanza Avenue incident yesterday afternoon. The eight-ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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‘Walk to Remember’ 118 police LOD deaths last year set for Liberty State Park on Saturday ‘Walk to Remember’ 118 police LOD deaths last year set for Liberty State Park on Saturday ‘Walk to Remember’ 118 police LOD deaths last year set for Liberty State Park on Saturday
‘Walk to Remember’ 118 police LOD deaths last year set for Liberty State Park on Saturday SHOUT OUT: Jersey City’s Police Detectives Benevolent Association will host a benefit “A Walk to Remember” at Liberty State Park tomorrow honoring the 118 police officers killed in the line of duty last year across the United States. All proceeds from the event will benefit the family of Detective Melvin Santiago, who was shot and killed last July 13 while responding to a holdup. CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO Contributions to the association’s Fallen Officers Fund will be designated for Santiago’s younger brother, Alex. The first 1,000 people to register for the walk will receive a wool cap w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Wood-Ridge man, 72, facing public sex charge leaps to death from Hackensack parking garage Wood-Ridge man, 72, facing public sex charge leaps to death from Hackensack parking garage Wood-Ridge man, 72, facing public sex charge leaps to death from Hackensack parking garage
Wood-Ridge man, 72, facing public sex charge leaps to death from Hackensack parking garage UPDATE: Hackensack police, having made family notification, officially confirmed this morning that a 72-year-old Wood-Ridge man who authorities said they caught having sex with another man in a public bathroom in Lyndhurst jumped to his death from the fifth level of a parking garage yesterday. William Manahan was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center soon after his body was recovered from the garage at 50 Second St., Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officers responding to a call about men engaged in lewd activity in the Bergen County Park South restro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
NYPD confirms CVP story: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in Bronx car trunk NYPD confirms CVP story: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in Bronx car trunk NYPD confirms CVP story: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in Bronx car trunk
Nypd confirms CVP story: Body of Fort Lee man reported kidnapped found in Bronx car trunk YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The NYPD this morning officially confirmed yesterday afternoon’s CLIFFVIEW PILOT report that the body of a 24-year-old Fort Lee man reported missing by his girlfriend earlier this week was found in the trunk of his car in the Bronx. NYPD officers found the fully-clothed body of Jordan Johnson in his 2013 BMW X550 Gran Turismo on East211 Street and Tryon Ave. in the Bedford Park section around 2 p.m., sources with direct knowledge of the discovery told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, which published the news shortly after 3:30. A license plate reader registered a hit on the missin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Elmwood Park police continue grabbing Bergen heroin suspects out of Paterson Elmwood Park police continue grabbing Bergen heroin suspects out of Paterson Elmwood Park police continue grabbing Bergen heroin suspects out of Paterson
Elmwood Park police continue grabbing Bergen heroin suspects out of Paterson YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Elmwood Park police continued to snatch up suspects they said are carrying heroin into or through town from neighboring Paterson with the arrest last night of a Dumont man accused of having 24 bags when he was stopped. Officers arrested 29-year-old Michael Etoile after stopping him around 11 p.m. in the area of East 54th Street and 13th Avenue, Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. He was released pending a court hearing on charges of possessing drugs and drug paraphernalia and having drugs in a motor vehicle. This follows the arrest Wednesday afternoon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Federal judge refuses to dismiss racketeering, bribery charges against Ferriero Federal judge refuses to dismiss racketeering, bribery charges against Ferriero Federal judge refuses to dismiss racketeering, bribery charges against Ferriero
Federal judge refuses to dismiss racketeering, bribery charges against Ferriero YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: For the second time, a federal judge has refused to dismiss charges against Joseph A. Ferriero, the former chairman of the Bergen County Democratic Organization. After refusing to toss a federal indictment against him last fall, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Wednesday let stand, without comment, charges that Ferriero conducted BCDO affairs through a pattern of racketeering under what’s known as the federal RICO Act. She said he also could be prosecuted under New Jersey bribery statutes, which his lawyer contended are over-broad. Ferriero is charged with sol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood police say author, 67, secretly recorded girl in bathroom Ridgewood police say author, 67, secretly recorded girl in bathroom Ridgewood police say author, 67, secretly recorded girl in bathroom
Ridgewood police say author, 67, secretly recorded girl in bathroom YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 67-year-old author who used to live in Ridgewood secretly videotaped a 17-year-old girl using his bathroom, said authorities who charged him with invasion of privacy and destroying evidence after he turned himself in, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Nicholas Sunday, who currently lives in Prospect Park, posted $25,000 bail and was released after surrendering to village police over the weekend, Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving A court-ordered search of computers and electronic devices seized from the Ridgewo…

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