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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Former Edgewater firefighter whose group called for investigation of NYPD reported missing Former Edgewater firefighter whose group called for investigation of NYPD reported missing Former Edgewater firefighter whose group called for investigation of NYPD reported missing
Former Edgewater firefighter whose group called for investigation of Nypd reported missing HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? A former Edgewater firefighter who describes himself as the creator of a group seeking to have U.S. Marshals investigate the NYPD has gone missing, his father told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Family members said haven’t heard from 40-year-old Arthur Pellerano Jr. since Nov. 20, said his father, who reported his son missing with Edgewater police yesterday. “It’s not like him not to talk to my ex-wife,” Arthur Pellerano Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “He has two cellphones and a landline somewhere in Cliffside Park, and his isn’t answering any of them.” The younger Pellera…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst police nab would-be cat burglar who fell from roof Lyndhurst police nab would-be cat burglar who fell from roof Lyndhurst police nab would-be cat burglar who fell from roof
Lyndhurst police nab would-be cat burglar who fell from roof YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A would-be Christmas morning cat burglar from Queens was caught by Lyndhurst police after falling off the roof, authorities said. Officers called by a neighbor found 30-year-old Andy Parades on Stuyvesant Avenue near Lake Avenue just after 5 a.m. yesterday after being called by a Livingston Avenue neighbor who saw him fall. “Upon hearing a loud noise from outside of her third-floor apartment window, [the woman] looked outside and observed a male suspect lifting up a screen and begin to open a window to a second-floor apartment below,” Capt. John Valente told CLIFFV…

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Hackensack, NJ
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46 fraud counts against man who fought with police at Paramus mall 46 fraud counts against man who fought with police at Paramus mall 46 fraud counts against man who fought with police at Paramus mall
46 fraud counts against man who fought with police at Paramus mall ONLY ON CVP: An accused identity thief from Queens who fought with Paramus police officers at a Garden State Plaza store was charged with 46 counts of credit card fraud by a grand jury in Hackensack. Officers Gregg Hooper and Ben Fox responded to a fraud-in-progress alert from the Sephora store on March 1, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg told CLIFFVIEW PILOT at the time. Ehrenberg said Charles T. Thompson was trying to return items he bought earlier in the day in Willow Grove, PA. Store employees recognized Thompson as having bought items with counterfeit money four months earlier, the chi…

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Monsey, NY
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Criminal charges for ‘Put Wings on Pigs’ Facebook post up to special judge Criminal charges for ‘Put Wings on Pigs’ Facebook post up to special judge Criminal charges for ‘Put Wings on Pigs’ Facebook post up to special judge
Criminal charges for ‘Put Wings on Pigs’ Facebook post up to special judge SETTING IT STRAIGHT: Whether a Facebook user from Massachusetts can be criminally charged for writing “Put Wings on Pigs” on his personal page won’t be determined by police but by a court official. Charles Dirosa wasn’t arrested, nor are there criminal charges pending, Chicopee police said earlier this week. “This matter is referred to the Clerk Magistrate of the Chicopee District Court. It is a PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING,” the department wrote on its Facebook page. “Which means a clerk will review the facts and determine if in fact this incident should have a criminal complaint issued.” Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Police chiefs want Westwood boy who wrote book about bullied student killer removed from school Police chiefs want Westwood boy who wrote book about bullied student killer removed from school Police chiefs want Westwood boy who wrote book about bullied student killer removed from school
Police chiefs want Westwood boy who wrote book about bullied student killer removed from school SPECIAL REPORT: The police chiefs from Washington Township and Westwood this week urged that an 11th grader who self-published a book last year about a bullied youngster who turns to murder be temporarily removed from school for his and others’ safety following a social network scare this past week. The chiefs’ letter is the latest development in an emerging district battle between parents and police on one side and school administrators on the other over how to respond to a perceived threat while protecting the First Amendment rights of each student. More than 200 fellow students stayed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Time for elected officials to ‘step up,’ show support for law enforcement, says president of Bergen police chiefs assocation Time for elected officials to ‘step up,’ show support for law enforcement, says president of Bergen police chiefs assocation Time for elected officials to ‘step up,’ show support for law enforcement, says president of Bergen police chiefs assocation
Time for elected officials to ‘step up,’ show support for law enforcement, says president of Bergen police chiefs assocation A POLICE CHIEF WRITES: I am calling for our elected officials to step up to the plate and show their support for law enforcement through this country. The sound of silence has been deafening and the criminal element has interrupted that silence to heighten the hostility toward law enforcement. It is not only the uniformed officer being targeted but reports have been filed of off-duty and retired officers in their private vehicles being followed and in some cases approached with words and actions signifying the intention to do harm to the officers. Our elected officials, from a local cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah house fire kills dog, cat while residents at church Mahwah house fire kills dog, cat while residents at church Mahwah house fire kills dog, cat while residents at church
Mahwah house fire kills dog, cat while residents at church A dog and cat died from smoke inhalation in a Christmas afternoon house fire that broke out in Mahwah this morning while the residents were at church, authorities said. Officers Michael Connington and Matthew Lombardo tried getting in but were forced back after a neighbor saw flames coming out a back window at the Wyckoff Avenue house, Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officials deemed the house unihabitable, Batelli said. The residents were staying with relatives.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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PIP police say speeding driver had Oxy, ‘shrooms, scales, knockoff DVDs, fireworks PIP police say speeding driver had Oxy, ‘shrooms, scales, knockoff DVDs, fireworks PIP police say speeding driver had Oxy, ‘shrooms, scales, knockoff DVDs, fireworks
PIP police say speeding driver had Oxy, ‘shrooms, scales, knockoff DVDs, fireworks YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver stopped for passing cars on the right at 75 miles an hour on the Palisades Interstate Parkway had bags of hash, Oxycodone, mushrooms and other drugs, along with scales, grinders, 79 counterfeit DVDs and fireworks, authorities said this morning. Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Officer Michael Griffin stopped a 2014 gray minivan driven 36-year-old Tommy “Guido” Borzumato of Astoria, Queens on the parkway’s southbound side just south of the Alpine exit around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. He “immediately observed an odor of burnt marijuana emanating from the vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Husband of missing Emerson woman lived under childhood friend’s identity Husband of missing Emerson woman lived under childhood friend’s identity Husband of missing Emerson woman lived under childhood friend’s identity
Husband of missing Emerson woman lived under childhood friend’s identity EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A missing Emerson woman’s husband, arrested yesterday for pretending to be someone else, took his identity from a childhood friend who died in a motorcycle crash in their native Irish County Carlow, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The real Joseph Murphy was 34 when he was killed in September 2002. His funeral drew dozens of area bikers. The phony Murphy — actually 51-year-old Paschal Delahanty — used the same birthdate as his late friend. The real Murphy’s death had a couple of twists of its own: Hours before he died, he’d attended the funeral of another biker. He and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Bogota police deliver Christmas magic Bogota police deliver Christmas magic Bogota police deliver Christmas magic
Bogota police deliver Christmas magic SHOUT OUT: In the true spirit of Christmas, Bogota police delivered food and toys to needy families in town. Thanks to Sgts. Daniel Maye and Craig Lynch, Officers Hector Liriano, Ryan Ward, Kevin Geraghty, Michael LaFerrera and Auxiliary Police Officer Al Dahzy, large satchels of toys were delivered to very surprised and happy children. In addition, a holiday dinner consisting of an 18-pound turkey and all the fixins were delivered to the parents. Officers collected many of the items and others were donated to them for the annual event. “I could not be prouder of my department and the…

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