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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Passaic man held on $1M bail in kidnapping, beating of Garfield ex-girlfriend Passaic man held on $1M bail in kidnapping, beating of Garfield ex-girlfriend Passaic man held on $1M bail in kidnapping, beating of Garfield ex-girlfriend
Passaic man held on $1M bail in kidnapping, beating of Garfield ex-girlfriend YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Passaic man held his ex-girlfriend captive after breaking a broomstick over her head and dragging her from her Garfield apartment yesterday afternoon before police rescued her and arrested him, authorities said. Elvis Valerio, 35, kicked open the 23-year-old victim’s dead-bolted door and threatened to kill her younger sister if she called police, Garfield Police Lt. Richard Uram said. Area surveillance images show Valerio walking toward the apartment with the broom in his hand and several minutes later pulling the victim along by the wrist with the broken stick i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Nothing taken in Satin Dolls break-in overnight, Lodi police say Nothing taken in Satin Dolls break-in overnight, Lodi police say Nothing taken in Satin Dolls break-in overnight, Lodi police say
Nothing taken in Satin Dolls break-in overnight, Lodi police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Someone smashed their way through the front glass door at Satin Dolls on Route 17 in Lodi overnight but got nothing from the strip club’s safe, police said. The break-in occurred sometime between 2 and 5 a.m., Detective Capt. Donald Scorzetti said. Whoever was responsible then pried open an office door to get to the safe but apparently came away empty-handed, he said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification took fingerprints and processed evidence from the scene. Satin Dolls — famous for being the setting of the Bada-Bing club on “The Sopr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man threw drugs from car during chase, Elmwood Park police say Hackensack man threw drugs from car during chase, Elmwood Park police say Hackensack man threw drugs from car during chase, Elmwood Park police say
Hackensack man threw drugs from car during chase, Elmwood Park police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack man threw what were believed to be drugs from his car during a chase last night, Elmwood Park police said. James Iarossi, 29, was arrested after he refused to pull over for a motor vehicle offense and was eventually stopped near Essex Street and Prospect Avenue in Hackensack around 6:45 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said this morning. “During the pursuit officers believe that the suspect was throwing narcotics out of the vehicle along Rt. 80,” the chief said. “Those items were not recovered.” In addition to criminal charges of eluding and posses…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen police consolidation plan: What changes, what remains Bergen police consolidation plan: What changes, what remains Bergen police consolidation plan: What changes, what remains
Bergen police consolidation plan: What changes, what remains ANALYSIS: The consolidation of the Bergen County Police Department into the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office will require some major changes — but no one will lose his or her job, under a Memorandum of Agreement signed this morning by new County Executive Jim Tedesco, county Sheriff Michael Saudino and county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. Pending the expected approval of county freeholders, what was the BCPD becomes the Bureau of Police Services. How best to carry out that consolidation will mostly be determined Sheriff Michael Saudino. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco signs MOA (PHOTO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Electrical panel blamed for Cliffside Park house fire Electrical panel blamed for Cliffside Park house fire Electrical panel blamed for Cliffside Park house fire
Electrical panel blamed for Cliffside Park house fire ONLY ON CVP: Cliffside Park firefighters quickly extinguished a house blaze this morning that they said apparently started in a basement electrical panel. Sparks flew from wires in front of the one-family, three-story, wood-frame house on St. Paul Avenue. Fairview and Ridgefield firefighters joined their colleagues. STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Reporter Richard Criscione

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
South Hackensack taxi-cab bandit suspected in Hackensack knifepoint robbery South Hackensack taxi-cab bandit suspected in Hackensack knifepoint robbery South Hackensack taxi-cab bandit suspected in Hackensack knifepoint robbery
South Hackensack taxi-cab bandit suspected in Hackensack knifepoint robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A taxi cab-riding suspected heroin addict who was turned away from two fast-food restaurants before taking several hundred dollars from a South Hackensack motel clerk is believed responsible for the knife-point robbery of a CVS in Hackensack this afternoon. The robber — described as white, 30-something, with reddish hair and a mustache — was wearing the same dark, hooded sweatshirt with white inner lining in the 3:45 p.m. holdup today on Main Street as in the previous incidents, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT exclusively. He also was carrying a backpa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Tattooed robber gets $500 from Elmwood Park bank Tattooed robber gets $500 from Elmwood Park bank Tattooed robber gets $500 from Elmwood Park bank
Tattooed robber gets $500 from Elmwood Park bank BREAKING NEWS: Police were looking for a robber who took $500 in cash from an Elmwood Park bank around 6 o’clock tonight after threatening to shoot the teller. A weapon was mentioned but not shown in the robbery of the Chase Bank branch at 100 Broadway, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. The robber was described as white, in his 20s, about 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9, with tattoos on his hands and wearing a black hoodie. “He passed a note to [the teller] demanding money and threatened that he had a gun and that he would shoot her if she didn’t give him the money,” Folig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack man lays on tracks, killed by train Hackensack man lays on tracks, killed by train Hackensack man lays on tracks, killed by train
Hackensack man lays on tracks, killed by train YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 52-year-old man laid on the tracks before being struck and killed by an NJ Transit train in Hackensack tonight, multiple authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Jorge Arcila of Hackensack lay down on the track at the intersection of Railroad and Central Avenues and was struck by Pascack Valley Line train 1625 out of Hoboken at 5:17 p.m. A bus picked up the 300 or so passengers on the four-car train, which left Hoboken at 3:39 p.m. and was due to arrive in Spring Valley at 5:50 p.m., NJ Transit officials told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Four trains were cancelled as a result and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Booze involved in two car crashes, two fights and hospitalization of boy, 16, in Wyckoff Booze involved in two car crashes, two fights and hospitalization of boy, 16, in Wyckoff Booze involved in two car crashes, two fights and hospitalization of boy, 16, in Wyckoff
Booze involved in two car crashes, two fights and hospitalization of boy, 16, in Wyckoff YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Alcohol played a direct role in a pair of weekend car crashes, two domestic violence incidents and the hospitalization of a 16-year-old boy in Wyckoff the past week, police said this afternoon. Police were responding to a call of an erratic driver when they found a car that had run off the road and struck a utility police on Cresthaven Road at 1:25 a.m. Saturday, Chief Benjamin C. Fox said. Christie L. Muirhead, 28, of Lee Court,was released to her father after being issued summonses to appear in Municipal Court on Jan. 21 to answer charges of DWI, reckless driving…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police grab three in BB slingshot attacks Fort Lee police grab three in BB slingshot attacks Fort Lee police grab three in BB slingshot attacks
Fort Lee police grab three in BB slingshot attacks 2460 Lemoine Ave. (left), 2450 (right) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police investigating a series of possible bullet holes in business windows seized several weapons — including high-velocity slingshots — along with large steel-ball ammo, while arresting three local men. Lt. Andrea Cappola, Detectives Thomas Keelen and Edward Young and Officers Vassilios Traintafillou and Dean Mirkovic cracked the case while investigating what turned out to be the last in a week-long series of incidents yesterday afternoon, Detective Capt. Stanley Zon said this afternoon. In each case, large steel …

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