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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Unveiling set for Joan D’Alessandro sculpture in Hillsdale Unveiling set for Joan D’Alessandro sculpture in Hillsdale Unveiling set for Joan D’Alessandro sculpture in Hillsdale
Unveiling set for Joan D’Alessandro sculpture in Hillsdale SHOUT OUT: The unveiling of a sculpture and garden dedicated to the memory of a 7-year-old Brownie Scout killed by a neighbor is set for a week from this Thursday at the Hillsdale train station. A green tarp will be removed, revealing the butterfly statute honoring Joan D’Alessandro, amid music, table displays and some remarks during what will be the 17th anniversary of Joan’s Law being signed in New Jersey, said her mother, Rosemarie. Both the sculpture and garden will be “lasting symbols of the need to protect our children while remembering Joan,” Rosemarie D’Alessandro told CLIFFVIEW P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Bogota teacher charged with having female student, 15, touch him Bogota teacher charged with having female student, 15, touch him Bogota teacher charged with having female student, 15, touch him
Bogota teacher charged with having female student, 15, touch him YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bogota health and physical education teacher was arrested this afternoon and charged with having a 15-year-old student touch his genitals three years ago, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Robert Colasuono, 39, was being held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact, a third-degree crime. The girl told a staff member at the Bogota Junior-Senior High School near the end of the 2013 school year that Colasuono grabbed her hand and put it on his crotch in March 2014, when she was in eighth grade, police said. Records sho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood police seek public’s help in Route 4 ‘gasoline alley’ station beating Englewood police seek public’s help in Route 4 ‘gasoline alley’ station beating Englewood police seek public’s help in Route 4 ‘gasoline alley’ station beating
Englewood police seek public’s help in Route 4 ‘gasoline alley’ station beating YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Route 4 gas station attendant was beaten by a man with a baseball bat in an apparent robbery attempt early this morning before he wrested it away and chased him off, police said. The assailant pulled into the westbound station in Englewood’s “gasoline alley” in a white car (above) just before 6 a.m., Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. The 54-year-old attendant told police the driver leaned into the doorway of the store area (above) and told him he couldn’t unlock the station bathroom. When he went outside to help, he was attacked, he s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Accused Lyndhurst killer intends to plead insanity, defense lawyer says Accused Lyndhurst killer intends to plead insanity, defense lawyer says Accused Lyndhurst killer intends to plead insanity, defense lawyer says
Accused Lyndhurst killer intends to plead insanity, defense lawyer says EXCLUSIVE: A state psychologist told a judge in Hackensack today that a Lyndhurst man accused of stabbing his neighbor to death may never be competent to stand trial — after which the defendant’s lawyer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that he’s pleading insanity no matter what. Under a judge’s order, 51-year-old Stephen C. Baldino has been undergoing treatment and evaluation at the Anne Klein Forensic Center in West Trenton since the beginning of 2013. This came after authorities arrested and charged him in the March 2012 stabbing death of neighboring tenant 59-year-old Lydja Mitchell after an argum…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police add robbery charges for ‘Bergen bandit’ Garfield police add robbery charges for ‘Bergen bandit’ Garfield police add robbery charges for ‘Bergen bandit’
Garfield police add robbery charges for ‘Bergen bandit’ EXCLUSIVE: Garfield police today added robbery charges to the list of those against a man who held up businesses in three other towns, as well. Hamilton Sanchez-Olmo, 21, was already being held on $2.25 million bail in the Bergen County Jail. He is charged with two robberies in Hasbrouck Heights and one each in Elmwood Park, Lodi and now Garfield, along with weapons counts in each. Sanchez-Olmo was arrested in Lodi just after midnight last Monday, shortly after police said he robbed a 7-Eleven there. A Bergen County Police Department K9 unit and Lodi police found Sanchez-Olmo hiding i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Prosecutor says Palisades Park man, 22, had sex with Fort Lee girl, 15 Prosecutor says Palisades Park man, 22, had sex with Fort Lee girl, 15 Prosecutor says Palisades Park man, 22, had sex with Fort Lee girl, 15
Prosecutor says Palisades Park man, 22, had sex with Fort Lee girl, 15 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 22-year-old Palisades Park man was arrested and charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl. The girl’s father “became aware of what had occurred” and called Fort Lee police, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. They then notified Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. An investigation led to the arrest Friday of Malik S. Bell of 12th Street, the prosecutor said. Bell, who is single and unemployed, was being held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault and chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter Ladies Auxiliary hosts sock hop fundraiser Closter Ladies Auxiliary hosts sock hop fundraiser Closter Ladies Auxiliary hosts sock hop fundraiser
Closter Ladies Auxiliary hosts sock hop fundraiser SHOUT OUT: The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knickerbocker Hook & Ladder Co. in Closter is hosting a “Rockin’ Sock Hop” fundraiser in May. “Dig out those poodle skirts and leather jackets,” said the auxiliary, which supports Closter firefighters. “Costumes welcomed and encouraged.” Hamburgers and hot dogs will be served. BYOB. Music will be provided by DJ Johnny Mac. WHEN: 7 p.m. May 31 WHERE: Ladies Auxiliary of the Knickerbocker Hook & Ladder headquarters, 100 Ruckman Road, Closter TICKETS: $25 (before May 23) $28 at the door CALL: (201) 750-1123 EMAIL: ladiesauxiliary.clo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack firefighters, families march for MDA kids Hackensack firefighters, families march for MDA kids Hackensack firefighters, families march for MDA kids
Hackensack firefighters, families march for MDA kids SHOUT OUT: Several members of the Hackensack Fire Department and their families participated today in the MDA Muscle Walk 2014, raising $1,500 so that a youngster can attend MDA Summer Camp. Today’s event at the Prudential Center in Newark paid tribute to children and adults served by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and raised funds in support of MDA’s global research program for muscular dystrophy and related diseases. More than 50,000 people nationwide participated in MDA Muscle Walks last year, raising a record-breaking $7 million. More than $23 million has been raised since t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Cyclist hospitalized after Fair Lawn crash Cyclist hospitalized after Fair Lawn crash Cyclist hospitalized after Fair Lawn crash
Cyclist hospitalized after Fair Lawn crash YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A motorcyclist was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren’t conidered life-threatening after his bike collided with a car in Fair Lawn this morning. The 10:45 a.m. crash occurred at Plaza Road and Carol Place, spilling the cyclist and ripping the passenger-side mirror from the four-door Toyota Corolla. Fair Lawn police and EMS workers tended to the cyclist. The motorcycle was removed by flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Rochelle Park Knights comedy beefsteak dinner to benefit Hoehl family Rochelle Park Knights comedy beefsteak dinner to benefit Hoehl family Rochelle Park Knights comedy beefsteak dinner to benefit Hoehl family
Rochelle Park Knights comedy beefsteak dinner to benefit Hoehl family SHOUT OUT: A beefsteak fundraiser to benefit the family of popular public servant Thomas Hoehl, featuring comedian Doug Karpf (inset), is set for April 5 at the Rochelle Park Knights of Columbus. Tickets for the 18-and-older event, catered by Giresi’s of Lodi, are $50 each. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Hoehl, a 42-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran, died in October, leaving a wife and three girls who were 2, 10 and 14. “To show our love for him and for his family, we hope to raise money to help with their current expenses and his children’s college expenses,” the Knights said. Originally…

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