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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Three Teaneck men charged in rape of girl, 15 Three Teaneck men charged in rape of girl, 15 Three Teaneck men charged in rape of girl, 15
Three Teaneck men charged in rape of girl, 15 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men raped a 15-year-old girl in a family home in Teaneck after another man brought her there, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Kareem Gibbs, 25, was being held on $500,000 bail and 22-year-old Kelisen Brewley on $400,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail after being arrested earlier today. Meanwhile, authorities continued the search for the alleged driver — Brewley’s brother, Keith, 27. The girl told investigators from Teaneck and Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit that Keith Brewley, whom she knew, drove her to the Maple Avenue home…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters snuff smoking rooftop at Garden State Plaza Macy’s Firefighters snuff smoking rooftop at Garden State Plaza Macy’s Firefighters snuff smoking rooftop at Garden State Plaza Macy’s
Firefighters snuff smoking rooftop at Garden State Plaza Macy’s YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Firefighters doused a 40-by-60-foot section of roof being replaced at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus that began smoking this afternoon, causing a store evacuation. Workers initially tried to snuff the smoldering section of mostly rubber materials with garden-style hoses before summoning firefighters around 2:45 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Macy’s and a portion of the mall were evacuated. The all-clear was given just before 4 p.m. as firefighters cleaned up. The rest of the mall was reopened before then. Macy’s was expected …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Vehicle overturns on Lincoln Tunnel helix Vehicle overturns on Lincoln Tunnel helix Vehicle overturns on Lincoln Tunnel helix
Vehicle overturns on Lincoln Tunnel helix BEYOND BERGEN: An SUV overturned on the inbound Lincoln Tunnel helix this afternoon. Chris Andrinopoulos got shots of the overturned vehicle following the 12:20 p.m. mishap, which closed all of the eastbound lanes, backing traffic to the NJ Turnpike. It was cleared by 1:40 p.m. The driver was taken to Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health and the passenger was taken to Hoboken University Medical Center, said Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority Police Department. Their injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, he said. Andrinopoulos noted that the vehicle’s airbags deploye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Illegal Salvadoran immigrant brought to court in Englewood housemate stabbing Illegal Salvadoran immigrant brought to court in Englewood housemate stabbing Illegal Salvadoran immigrant brought to court in Englewood housemate stabbing
Illegal Salvadoran immigrant brought to court in Englewood housemate stabbing YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An illegal alien from El Salvador remained held following an initial court appearance in the stabbing of his Englewood housemate. Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi entered a not guilty plea on behalf of 23-year-old Jose Wilbur Hernandez-Cerrito and continued his $500,000 bail. However, she noted that he is in the country illegally and would continue to be held on an ICE detainer even if bail is posted. Jose Wilbur Hernandez-Cerrito (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Bergen County Sheriff’s officers then returned …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck sneaker thief gets probation, stays in jail Teaneck sneaker thief gets probation, stays in jail Teaneck sneaker thief gets probation, stays in jail
Teaneck sneaker thief gets probation, stays in jail ONLY ON CVP: A 18-year-old Teaneck man who admitted stealing another teen’s sneakers was sentenced to probation yesterday — but he’s not leaving the Bergen County Jail. Ramadhan Muhammad, who pleaded guilty to the April 16 theft in Teaneck, is also prohibited from contacting the victim and must repay the cost of the stolen sneakers, as well as fines. He still faces drug possession and distribution charges following his arrest nine days ago in Hackensack, however. Superior Court Judge James J. Guida said he considers the 6-foot-1-inch, 142-pound Muhammad a risk to commit another crime, b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Cyclist thrown, not seriously injured in Route 17 crash Cyclist thrown, not seriously injured in Route 17 crash Cyclist thrown, not seriously injured in Route 17 crash
Cyclist thrown, not seriously injured in Route 17 crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 46-year-old motorcyclist from Jersey City was hospitalized with a possible broken nose after being thrown from his bike on Route 17 this morning. The cyclist was headed south near the Route 4 interchange just before 9 a.m. when traffic came to a sudden stop and his black 2005 Suzuki rear-ended a Honda van, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with facial cuts and the possible broken nose, the deputy chief said. The motorcycle was towed from the scene. The van sustained some rear bumper da…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police arrest 2 in gas station robbery Hackensack police arrest 2 in gas station robbery Hackensack police arrest 2 in gas station robbery
Hackensack police arrest 2 in gas station robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Surveillance video helped Hackensack police arrest two 18-year-old city men in a gas station holdup. The attendant at the Delta station at Hudson and Lafayette streets said he was in the booth a week ago yesterday when the 5-foot-7 robber approached just after 9 p.m. The bandit, who was wearing a black hoodie and scarf, pulled a handgun and demanded money, then ran off with $150, authorities said. Around 9:30 Friday night, city police arrested the alleged lookout, Joshua Berroa, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. A few hours later…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck man charged with threatening to burn down Ramapo College Teaneck man charged with threatening to burn down Ramapo College Teaneck man charged with threatening to burn down Ramapo College
Teaneck man charged with threatening to burn down Ramapo College YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Ramapo College student is charged with threatening to burn down the school, among other acts, in what authorities called an “expletive-laced email” to administrators. A grand jury in Hackensack returned an indictment yesterday charging 24-year-old Zachary Rackman with threatening to kill a former Ramapo administrator/professor, as well as “putting faculty and students in imminent fear of death” under circumstances believed to be an immediate threat. Rackman was arrested at his Teaneck home in January by Mahwah Detective Kevin Hebert and Officer Timothy Let…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah men take reduced pleas for robbing boy in bogus drug deal Mahwah men take reduced pleas for robbing boy in bogus drug deal Mahwah men take reduced pleas for robbing boy in bogus drug deal
Mahwah men take reduced pleas for robbing boy in bogus drug deal Two Mahwah men who jumped and robbed a 17-year-old boy of $60 after luring him into a bogus cocaine deal pleaded guilty to reduced charges in Hackensack today. What began as second-degree robbery charges were downgraded to disorderly assault offenses against Adam Krilla, 20, and 19-year-old Daniel F. Mapes as a result of their separate pleas. Krilla admitted that he was the one who assaulted the victim after he, Mapes and an underage accomplice set up the meeting at a Route 17 diner. Daniel F. Mapes, Adam Krilla (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Video removed from story about boy, 15, injured in zip line fall in Glen Rock Video removed from story about boy, 15, injured in zip line fall in Glen Rock Video removed from story about boy, 15, injured in zip line fall in Glen Rock
Video removed from story about boy, 15, injured in zip line fall in Glen Rock A PUBLISHER WRITES: After mulling it much of the day, I removed a grainy, distant video of a Hawthorne teen falling 30 or so feet from a zip line behind Glen Rock High School and deleted it from the CLIFFVIEW PILOT YouTube page. My hope throughout the past day and a half has been with those citizens who want school officials to move immediately to prevent such tragedies in the future. Whether that line should or shouldn’t have been there throughout summer vacation — and what was done to secure it — are extremely important public safety issues. To not discuss it openly would be irrespon…

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