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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi woman braves smoke, flames in Edgewater condo fire Lodi woman braves smoke, flames in Edgewater condo fire Lodi woman braves smoke, flames in Edgewater condo fire
Lodi woman braves smoke, flames in Edgewater condo fire SHOUT OUT: No one attending a “Friendsgiving” dinner seemed to quite know how to react as smoke from a kitchen stove fire quickly filled an Edgewater condo, so Whitney Rodriguez of Lodi began throwing their clothes and other belongings into the hallway, then grabbed a towel and oven mitt and tried to beat back the flames. By the time a firefighter got Rodriguez out of the Avalon apartment off River Road, the smoke had burned her throat and vocal cords. All that the 33-year-old former ambulance worker cared about was that the fire was snuffed and none of her loved ones was hurt. Unable t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Turnpike single-car crash site tough for responders to reach Teaneck Turnpike single-car crash site tough for responders to reach Teaneck Turnpike single-car crash site tough for responders to reach
Teaneck Turnpike single-car crash site tough for responders to reach ONLY ON CVP: A car hit a New Jersey Turnpike guardrail in Teaneck several times last night before it came to rest facing the wrong way, blocking two lanes and backing up traffic for miles. A tow truck was needed to move the vehicle before Teaneck firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Corps workers could get to it because of the location — at milepost 119.1 — and the backup. The process took nearly a half-hour, responders at the scene said. The driver was taken to Holy Name Medical Center with injuries that responders said didn’t appear life-threatening. PHOTO: Izzy Infield

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Woman dies on flight from London to Newark Woman dies on flight from London to Newark Woman dies on flight from London to Newark
Woman dies on flight from London to Newark BEYOND BERGEN: A 23-year-old Newark woman believed to have a pre-existing condition died on a flight from London that landed last night at Newark Airport, Port Authority officials confirmed this morning. The woman, who was traveling alone, “was found unconscious and pronounced dead on the plane at 8:30 p.m. while [United Airlines Flight 115] was in flight,” the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. It arrived just after 9:50 p.m. and her remains were taken to the state Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Retiring Bergen County Police chief proud of department’s ‘quiet professionalism,’ expertise Retiring Bergen County Police chief proud of department’s ‘quiet professionalism,’ expertise Retiring Bergen County Police chief proud of department’s ‘quiet professionalism,’ expertise
Retiring Bergen County Police chief proud of department’s ‘quiet professionalism,’ expertise EXCLUSIVE: As he draws closer to retiring from the department he’s headed for the past 3½ years, Bergen County Police Department Chief Brian Higgins tonight looked back — and ahead. Higgins, who’s officially retiring at the end of the month, addressed his staff today. Then he answered some questions for CLIFFVIEW PILOT. CVP: If [Bergen County incumbent Executive] Kathlee Donovan won last month’s election, would you still be retiring? Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins (r.) at court appearance for Lodi man accused of seriously injuring BCPD officer in DWI crash (FILE PHOTO: CLIFFVI…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Electric car downs utility pole in Paramus, jamming evening rush Electric car downs utility pole in Paramus, jamming evening rush Electric car downs utility pole in Paramus, jamming evening rush
Electric car downs utility pole in Paramus, jamming evening rush ONLY ON CVP: Evening rush-hour traffic in the center of Paramus was slowed, continuing past 6:30 p.m., after a Tesla downed a utility pole. Paramus firefighters extricated the driver, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with the assistance of a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital, after the 4:10 p.m. crash on Farview Avenue. Farview was closed in both directions between Midland and Haase Avenues. Gridlocked traffic conditions on Midland Avenue resulted. Paramus police, EMS workers, firefighters and Heavy Rescue all responded. The car, which ended up on a nearby f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Victim in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting being charged, defendant considered victim Victim in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting being charged, defendant considered victim Victim in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting being charged, defendant considered victim
Victim in Cliffside Park hi-rise shooting being charged, defendant considered victim YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In a pair of previously undisclosed developments, a woman charged in connection with a shooting at a Cliffside Park hi-rise last month is being considered a victim, as well — while the man shot was also being charged in the case, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Registered nurse Erin Hoyer, who lives in the Greenhouse building on Anderson Avenue where the Nov. 11 shooting occurred, has remained held on $350,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being arrested soon after with Jersey City brothers Wessan and Anas Abulaban. Wessan Abulaban, a 34-year-old ex-con, lost a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights contractor waves machete at neighbor during argument, police charge Hasbrouck Heights contractor waves machete at neighbor during argument, police charge Hasbrouck Heights contractor waves machete at neighbor during argument, police charge
Hasbrouck Heights contractor waves machete at neighbor during argument, police charge ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Hasbrouck Heights custom concrete contractor was freed on $20,000 bail after being arrested early this morning on charges that he threatened his neighbor with a machete. It’s unclear what the two men who share a two-family MacArthur Avenue house were arguing about. “It became slightly physical,” at which point 57-year-old Jeffrey S. Grosfeld “went to the rear of the home and retrieved a machete,” Detective Sgt. Michael Colaneri Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He then walked to the front in a threatening manner with it over his head, yelling that he’s been to jail and wil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Ramsey police charge two others in marijuana deal robbery at Route 17 motel Ramsey police charge two others in marijuana deal robbery at Route 17 motel Ramsey police charge two others in marijuana deal robbery at Route 17 motel
Ramsey police charge two others in marijuana deal robbery at Route 17 motel ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Ramsey police have charged two more men in connection with a bogus marijuana deal robbery at a Route 17 motel. Nicholas M. Manuele (above, left) was freed after posting $100,000 bail while Jerome A. Ashby (right) remained held on that amount in the Bergen County Jail. Both are 18. Ramsey police charged the pair wth two counts of robbery by force and criminal restraint with the risk of injury in connection with the Nov. 11 mugging of an 18-year-old Allendale man in a room at the Maple Shade MOtel. Already charged in the robbery was Christopher Balcolm, also 18, who was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Woman, son flee Elmwood Park house fire Woman, son flee Elmwood Park house fire Woman, son flee Elmwood Park house fire
Woman, son flee Elmwood Park house fire YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An 85-year-old woman and her 41-year-old son fled their Elmwood Park home as a fire quickly swept through it, collapsing the second floor, this morning. Garfield, Saddle Brook and Clifton firefighters also responded, along with Elmwood Park EMS, to the 1½-story home on 16th Avenue off 55th Street just before 9:30 a.m. No one was injured, Police Chief Michael Foligno told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The mother and son “evacuated themselves when they noticed the smoke and flames,” the chief said. “The fire did not appear to be suspicious and was believed to have started in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack firefighters quickly on scene of Route 4 SUV crash Hackensack firefighters quickly on scene of Route 4 SUV crash Hackensack firefighters quickly on scene of Route 4 SUV crash
Hackensack firefighters quickly on scene of Route 4 SUV crash UPDATE: Two passengers in an SUV crash on westbound Route 4 in Hackensack this morning sustained minor injuries and were removed through the sunroof by city firefighters. Hackensack firefighters responded to the highway at Hackensack Avenue entrance just after 8 a.m. Bergen County Police and a crew from Hackensack University Medical Center also responded. The vehicle was removed by a flatbed truck. PHOTOS: Courtesy HACKENSACK FD

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