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
Fort Lee traffic stop produces nearly pound of cocaine, stolen gun, brick-pressing machine Fort Lee traffic stop produces nearly pound of cocaine, stolen gun, brick-pressing machine Fort Lee traffic stop produces nearly pound of cocaine, stolen gun, brick-pressing machine
Fort Lee traffic stop produces nearly pound of cocaine, stolen gun, brick-pressing machine YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police seized nearly a pound of cocaine — some of it hidden in an electronically-controlled dashboard compartment — along with a stolen .380 caliber semi- automatic handgun and a machine used to shape coke into bricks following a traffic stop on Route 4. Francisco Oropez-Lima, 27, of Passaic told Detective T.J. Cullen he was in the country illegally and had no driver’s license after the detective stopped his 2000 Mercury Sable on the highway’s westbound for having tinted windows Friday night, Detective Capt. Stanley Zon said this afternoon. Oropeza-Lima ac…

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Fort Lee, NJ
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Female driver found asleep in Holland Tunnel traffic, twice legal limit Female driver found asleep in Holland Tunnel traffic, twice legal limit Female driver found asleep in Holland Tunnel traffic, twice legal limit
Female driver found asleep in Holland Tunnel traffic, twice legal limit BEYOND BERGEN: A drunk driver registered twice the legal limit on a blood-alcohol test after she was found passed out behind the wheel, backing up traffic headed toward the Holland Tunnel, before dawn this morning, Port Authority police said. Officers found 29-year-old Jennifer Owen of Kearny asleep at the wheel of her 2007 Honda around 5 a.m. at 14th Street and Marin Boulevard, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The northbound vehicle was straddling the double-yellow line and the engine was running, he said. After an officer awoke her by tapping on the window, Owen…

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Paramus, NJ
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Paramus police nail Westchester pickpocket crew Paramus police nail Westchester pickpocket crew Paramus police nail Westchester pickpocket crew
Paramus police nail Westchester pickpocket crew YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police said they grabbed three members of a Christmas season pickpocket crew after they used stolen credit cards to buy video games and consoles. Officer Matthew McQuire stopped the Westchester, NY trio in a 1998 red Mercury Mountaineer on Friday after security guards at Best Buy spotted one of them, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said this morning. In the vehicle was $3,000 worth of Playstations, consoles, games (Grand Theft Auto and others) and gift cards bought from the store with a credit card swiped from an unsuspecting customer at Fairway Mark…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn CVS shoplifter turns robber, hits employee, flees Fair Lawn CVS shoplifter turns robber, hits employee, flees Fair Lawn CVS shoplifter turns robber, hits employee, flees
Fair Lawn CVS shoplifter turns robber, hits employee, flees HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Fair Lawn police were seeking the public’s help finding a shoplifter who hit a female CVS employee in the face when she tried to stop him last night. The robber — in his 40s or 50s, with salt and pepper hair — was headed out the back door of the Fair Lawn Avenue store with a basket containing nearly $250 worth of Vicks cold medication and energy drinks when the 40-year-old worker chased after him and grabbed the basket, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He then “swung his body around and struck the employee in the face,” the sergeant said. “He then dropped the basket and fled …

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cresskill bandit drops trail of cash after pharmacist interrupts burglary Cresskill bandit drops trail of cash after pharmacist interrupts burglary Cresskill bandit drops trail of cash after pharmacist interrupts burglary
Cresskill bandit drops trail of cash after pharmacist interrupts burglary YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cresskill pharmacist interrupted a burglar who left a trail of cash tonight as he fled out the back door, authorities said. The owner of Hudson Drugs told police he’d stopped by the Union Avenue pharmacy to drop off some paperwork around 6:40 p.m. when he noticed a sunglass rack moving inside, Detective Charles Franke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Responding officers found a smashed glass door panel, a tired iron and “quite a mess,” along with a trail of $70 or so in cash, Franke said. The burglar apparently got a small amount of cash and nothing else from the pharmacy…

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Paterson, NJ
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NYPD officer attacked at Harlem station house, security heightened in precincts citywide NYPD officer attacked at Harlem station house, security heightened in precincts citywide NYPD officer attacked at Harlem station house, security heightened in precincts citywide
Nypd officer attacked at Harlem station house, security heightened in precincts citywide SPECIAL REPORT: A New York City police officer sustained a broken arm after being attacked inside a Harlem police precinct this afternoon, leading to heightened security at all station houses, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Jihaad Curry, 27, of the Bronx, walked into the 28th Precinct stationhouse and asked: “If I go to jail tonight would I get something to eat?” He followed that with: “If I punch you in the face, how long would I go to jail?” they said. He then fought with two officers who tried to escort them out. They sustained minor injuries and Curry was cahrged with assaulting a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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Christie tells Obama to get NJSP trooper killer Chesimard from Cuba Christie tells Obama to get NJSP trooper killer Chesimard from Cuba Christie tells Obama to get NJSP trooper killer Chesimard from Cuba
Christie tells Obama to get Njsp trooper killer Chesimard from Cuba Before any talk of normalizing relations with Cuba even begins, President Obama must demand that convicted NJSP trooper killer JoAnne Chesimard be returned, Gov. Chris Christie insisted in a letter to the White House. CLICK HERE for the letter Christie vehemently disagreed with re-establishing diplomatic ties with the communist nation “without a clear commitment from the Cuban government of the steps they will take to reverse decades of human rights violations will result in a better and more just Cuba for its people.” He also wrote: “Cuba’s provision of safe harbor to Chesimard by prov…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Tommy Fox’s in Bergenfield sending special gifts to troops overseas Tommy Fox’s in Bergenfield sending special gifts to troops overseas Tommy Fox’s in Bergenfield sending special gifts to troops overseas
Tommy Fox’s in Bergenfield sending special gifts to troops overseas SHOUT OUTS: A special Christmas delivery is headed overseas for troops from Bergen County this week, thanks to the owners, employees, patrons and friends of Tommy Fox’s in Bergenfield. More than $4,000 was donated — and countless inches of facial hair grown — during a Movember fundraiser to buy necessities for troops from the Bergenfield/Dumont/New Milford area. Gerry Fox “We were blown away by the enthusiasm and willingness to help from everyone involved,” co-owner Tommy O’Reilly (photos above) told CLIFFVIEW PILOT yesterday. A regular at the popular Washington Avenue venue sparked t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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NJPBA urges members to use extra caution amid ‘open hostility’ NJPBA urges members to use extra caution amid ‘open hostility’ NJPBA urges members to use extra caution amid ‘open hostility’
Njpba urges members to use extra caution amid ‘open hostility’ Following yesterday’s cold-blooded execution of two New York City police officers in Brooklyn, New Jersey State PBA Executive Vice President Marc Kovar issued an urgent email alert this morning to his union’s 33,000 members: “PBA members and all officers, specifically uniformed officers, need to take extra caution and use increased safety in the coming weeks. “The heightened hostility from nationwide protests have led to a fever pitch of anti-police sentiment. This open hostility has created more tense encounters with officers even on routine incidents such as motor vehicle stops. “The …

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Masked men with shotguns rob Satin Dolls of $30,000 Masked men with shotguns rob Satin Dolls of $30,000 Masked men with shotguns rob Satin Dolls of $30,000
Masked men with shotguns rob Satin Dolls of $30,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lodi police late this morning confirmed an earlier report on CLIFFVIEW PILOT that two masked robbers with shotguns took a reported $30,000 from Satin Dolls on Route 17 before dawn. The robbers pointed their weapons at three people — one believed to be an owner and another a manager — hitting one of them with the butt end of a gun and forcing them to open a safe at the popular strip club around 4:30 a.m., a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They then ran north in the southbound lanes of Route 17 and fled in a dark car, according to witnesses. Lodi polic…

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