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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police find homeless ex-convict with knife under girl’s bed Fair Lawn police find homeless ex-convict with knife under girl’s bed Fair Lawn police find homeless ex-convict with knife under girl’s bed
Fair Lawn police find homeless ex-convict with knife under girl’s bed Family members were home but a little girl wasn’t in the room when Fair Lawn police said they found a homeless convicted burglar under her bed, carrying a knife, change and her jewelry box, before dawn yesterday. The mother called police to the Harrison Drive home at 3:45 a.m., saying she believed someone was in the house, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The officers found 56-year-old Kenneth Webb soon after, he said. Webb had apparently opened an unlocked window and cut a screen to get in, Metzler said. The sergeant said he also broke into another Harrison Drive home that belonged to a family…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Mosque planned for Midland Park outrages residents Mosque planned for Midland Park outrages residents Mosque planned for Midland Park outrages residents
Mosque planned for Midland Park outrages residents (via http://bergenpress.com) Midland Park residents upset that a mosque is coming to town are planning to speak out at tonight’s council meeting.  As Northwest Bergen Press reported yesterday, Teaneck-based El-Zahra Education Foundation is purchasing the former Irving-Park Christian…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack cab driver in Route 80 shooting dies after passenger swaps seats Hackensack cab driver in Route 80 shooting dies after passenger swaps seats Hackensack cab driver in Route 80 shooting dies after passenger swaps seats
Hackensack cab driver in Route 80 shooting dies after passenger swaps seats ONLY ON CVP: Police have a suspect in the shooting death of a 39-year-old Hackensack cab driver, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They also questioned a woman who was with them. Jeffrey Mansilla was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center just after 3 a.m. Mansilla was believed to have been with two other people he knew when “an argument got heated,” one law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “One thing led to another, and he ended up shot.” A second source said police found blood on the shoulder of Route 80 in Saddle Brook. A third source with direct knowledge of the ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police issue sketch in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting Police issue sketch in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting Police issue sketch in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting
Police issue sketch in Ridgefield Park gas station shooting YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield Park police today issued a composite sketch of a robber who they said shot a service station attendant in the stomach Monday night. The man in the sketch is described as black, about 25 and around 5-foot-10. He was wearing a dark-colored hoodie and “some other type of head covering” beneath the hood when he accosted a 52-year-old attendant at the Delta gas station at the east end of the Hackensack River Bridge to Little Ferry just after closing at 10:30 p.m. Monday, police said. He “produced a black handgun and demanded all the money,” then “fired one s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Victim driven to HUMC after mysterious Route 80 shooting Victim driven to HUMC after mysterious Route 80 shooting Victim driven to HUMC after mysterious Route 80 shooting
Victim driven to Humc after mysterious Route 80 shooting EXCLUSIVE: A gunshot victim who showed up at Hackensack University Medical Center led State Police to shut down two lanes of Route 80 overnight to try and determine who shot him and where, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. ONLY ON CVP: A 39-year-old Hackensack man shot during a mysterious overnight incident on Route 80 has died, while suspects continued to be interviewed, sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. READ MORE…. State Police confirmed that they were called just after 3 a.m. to milepost 62.7 of Route 80 in Saddle Brook, just west of Exit 62. Two lanes were c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park, Fairview police investigate pellet gun shootings Elmwood Park, Fairview police investigate pellet gun shootings Elmwood Park, Fairview police investigate pellet gun shootings
Elmwood Park, Fairview police investigate pellet gun shootings YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police in Elmwood Park and Fairview this morning were trying to determine whether a pair of pellet-gun shootings in their towns last night were related. A possible third shooting may have occurred in Cliffside Park, authorities said. The first incident was reported just after 7:45 p.m., when two teens were struck by pellets in Columbus Park in Fairview, Detective Capt. Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. No one was seriously injured, he said. Then, around 1 a.m., a 21-year-old woman standing outside BLVD Bar and Grill, just off Route 80 in Elmwood Park, was hit twi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer driver killed in GWB crash, bridge finally reopened by noon Tractor-trailer driver killed in GWB crash, bridge finally reopened by noon Tractor-trailer driver killed in GWB crash, bridge finally reopened by noon
Tractor-trailer driver killed in GWB crash, bridge finally reopened by noon UPDATE: Gridlock, tie-ups and long lines of traffic that stretched for miles continued into the morning rush after a tractor-trailer driver was killed in a crash on the eastbound upper level of the George Washington Bridge. Just before the collision, a motorist got out of his car and jumped off the north walkway, the Port Authority confirmed. The incidents don’t appear related, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. All lanes of the bridge were reopened by noon — after several CLIFFVIEW PILOT followers reported traffic delays of up to five hours. The cab of the second rig got wedged un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn
Don't Let Elderly Loved Ones Get Conned Of Savings, Authorities Warn State authorities on Wednesday urged citizens to protect their senior loved ones from financial exploitation. Investment scammers see anyone who is 55 or older, whether working or retired, as a potential target, authorities said in a World Elder Abuse Awareness Day warning. “Each year [we] handle hundreds of cases involving elderly people who have been victimized financially by family members, friends, or total strangers,” acting Attorney General Robert Lougy said. Experts say financial abuse of the elderly is rising with the rapid aging of the North American population, due in part to the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford police say illegal Russian immigrant had gun, trove of pills, cocaine, Molly New Milford police say illegal Russian immigrant had gun, trove of pills, cocaine, Molly New Milford police say illegal Russian immigrant had gun, trove of pills, cocaine, Molly
New Milford police say illegal Russian immigrant had gun, trove of pills, cocaine, Molly YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New Milford police seized a handgun, $4,550 in cash and a trove of illegal prescription pills and other drugs while arresting an undocumented Russian immigrant who worked at an Emerson supermarket, Chief Frank Papapietro said this afternoon. Officer Derek Mattessich pulled over a speeding car that was weaving along Reichelt Road just before 10:30 Friday night shortly after Detective Kevin Van Saders spotted the driver involved in what looked to be a drug buy, Papapietro said. The driver, 29-year-old Dim Akopian, “appeared nervous and was shaking,” the chief said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
FBI joins probe of Fair Lawn TD Bank robbery FBI joins probe of Fair Lawn TD Bank robbery FBI joins probe of Fair Lawn TD Bank robbery
FBI joins probe of Fair Lawn TD Bank robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three robbers made off with an undetermined amount of cash in the holdup of a TD Bank branch in Fair Lawn this afternoon, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. One was described as 5-foot-8 and possibly wearing a New York Yankees hat and a plaid green shirt or jacket. Authorities said he passed a note to a teller and collected the cash without showing a weapon. He then took off on foot to 6th Street, where a witness told police he was picked up by the two others in a gold or tan minivan, possibly a Honda Odyssey. The vehicle then headed toward Paterson ov…

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