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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Breaking news, morning wrap — free from CLIFFVIEW PILOT Breaking news, morning wrap — free from CLIFFVIEW PILOT Breaking news, morning wrap — free from CLIFFVIEW PILOT
Breaking news, morning wrap — free from Cliffview Pilot YOU CAN READ IT FIRST: Want to be on top of what’s breaking in Bergen County? CLIFFVIEW PILOT delivers it straight: A morning summary when you wake up. A breaking news blast as it happens. Or both. Tailor the CLIFFVIEW PILOT newsletter to fit your day. We make it easy. And don’t worry: You can instantly unsubscribe any time. Just be sure to tell your friends: YOU READ IT HERE FIRST SUBSCRIBE FREE: * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name * CVP Publications Morning Update Breaking News Email Format html text // 40) return; mc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters put down vacant Oakland house blaze Firefighters put down vacant Oakland house blaze Firefighters put down vacant Oakland house blaze
Firefighters put down vacant Oakland house blaze UPDATE: Firefighters tonight quickly put down a blaze in an empty Oakland house that neighbors said was in foreclosure. Oakland firefighters and EMS workers were joined by their colleagues from Franklin Lakes, Midland Park, Waldwick and Wyckoff at the three-alarm blaze at the Colony on Center Street near Route 287. The fire began in the attic of the just after 9 p.m. and spread to the back of the house. An immediate official cause hadn’t been determined. PHOTOS: Shawn Curcio  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Paterson men sold Molly, cocaine in Bergen, Passaic, prosecutor says Paterson men sold Molly, cocaine in Bergen, Passaic, prosecutor says Paterson men sold Molly, cocaine in Bergen, Passaic, prosecutor says
Paterson men sold Molly, cocaine in Bergen, Passaic, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and Paramus police arrested two Paterson men and seized 14 ounces of Molly — worth $15,000 on the street — and 2½ ounces of cocaine. Working from a tip, detectives from the county Narcotics Task Force targeted Francisco Fernandez, 28 (above, left), and 29-year-old Rafael Otero, who Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said were selling drugs in Bergen and Passaic counties. Detectives stopped both of them and two other men in Paramus after “observing activites consistent with drug distribution” while following them Wednesd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Burglar caught after walking in on Fort Lee resident, police say Burglar caught after walking in on Fort Lee resident, police say Burglar caught after walking in on Fort Lee resident, police say
Burglar caught after walking in on Fort Lee resident, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police said they grabbed a Bronx man moments after a resident confronted him in his home this morning. Aley Beretay, 30, told the South Street resident that he was looking for “Mike Lewis,” then quickly left, Fort Lee Police Capt. Stanley Zon said early this evening. Responding Vassilios Triantafillou, Antonio Hernandez and John Gallo found Beretay a few blocks away and arrested him on attempted burglary charges. He was being held on $25,000 bail Iin the Bergen County Jail. Fort Lee police, meanwhile, are asking that anyone who might have seen him in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police find missing Ridgefield Park man, 77 Port Authority police find missing Ridgefield Park man, 77 Port Authority police find missing Ridgefield Park man, 77
Port Authority police find missing Ridgefield Park man, 77 FOUND: A  77-year-old Ridgefield Park man with dementia, diabetes and high blood pressure was returned to his family today after Port Authority police found him. Paul Fein, who used to work at Lincoln Center, was gone when his live-in aid awoke today, Police Capt. Daniel Hippe said. Police found witnesses who said a man fitting his description got on a New York City-bound bus around 7 a.m., Hippe said. Village police also were assisted in a search by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, the Bergen County Police Department and village firefighters and DPW workers, the captain said.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah schools locked down after lost substitute teacher arouses suspicion Mahwah schools locked down after lost substitute teacher arouses suspicion Mahwah schools locked down after lost substitute teacher arouses suspicion
Mahwah schools locked down after lost substitute teacher arouses suspicion UPDATE: Four Mahwah schools were locked down this morning after a substitute teacher unsure of where he was supposed to work went from one to another. The high school was already in session and children were headed to class at the Joyce Kilmer, Ramapo Ridge and Lenape Meadows schools when police got two calls of a suspicious person just before 8 a.m. A man in a t-shirt and baggy pants with something in his pocket was going from school to school, they said. The fact that he was moving worried authorities, who sent 10 marked and unmarked units. A parent told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the 60-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian killed trying to cross Route 17 in Upper Saddle River Pedestrian killed trying to cross Route 17 in Upper Saddle River Pedestrian killed trying to cross Route 17 in Upper Saddle River
Pedestrian killed trying to cross Route 17 in Upper Saddle River YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A middle-aged pedestrian was struck and killed overnight while trying to make his way back across southbound Route 17 from a gas station convenience store in Upper Saddle River. Police couldn’t initially say for sure that the man was returning to the nearby Fair Motel after going to the Mobil convenience store when he was struck by a Dodge Caravan at 1:15 a.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He made it across the northbound lanes and then cleared the divider before he was struck,” Kane said. An emergency responder with direct knowledge of the in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Driver OK after crash topples utility pole in Lodi Driver OK after crash topples utility pole in Lodi Driver OK after crash topples utility pole in Lodi
Driver OK after crash topples utility pole in Lodi OVERNIGHT: A driver walked away with apparently minor injuries after taking down a utility pole on Outwater Lane above Route 46 in Lodi. EMS got the call around 3 a.m. today. A tow truck removed the vehicle. PSE&G responded to replace the pole and repair other damages. STORY / PHOTO: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Kevin Teel  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Chain-reaction crash shuts lanes of Route 4 at 208 Chain-reaction crash shuts lanes of Route 4 at 208 Chain-reaction crash shuts lanes of Route 4 at 208
Chain-reaction crash shuts lanes of Route 4 at 208 ONLY ON CVP: Three lanes of westbound Route 4 at northbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn were closed tonight following a rear-end, chain-reaction crash that injured two drivers — neither seriously — and wrecked three vehicles. The victims declined medical treatment after the 7:40 p.m. crash, which required all three vehicles to be towed. Fair Lawn police were investigating. Also responding were Fair Lawn EMS and Paramus police. STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Boyd A. Loving    

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Police Chiefs Association draws large gathering to 9/11 memorial service at Paramus mall Bergen County Police Chiefs Association draws large gathering to 9/11 memorial service at Paramus mall Bergen County Police Chiefs Association draws large gathering to 9/11 memorial service at Paramus mall
Bergen County Police Chiefs Association draws large gathering to 9/11 memorial service at Paramus mall TRIBUTE: “We will never forget and will always remember,” Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli told a large gathering of fellow chiefs, officers and dignitaries from throughout Bergen County at the annual 9/11 memorial service at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus. Batelli, who is president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association, presided over the solemn ceremony at the 4-foot-high by 3-foot-wide granite memorial donated by the association in 2002. “We gather here today, like we do all September 11th’s since this tragedy, to pay respect to those lost on that dreadful day and to tell t…

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