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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor in Charles Leaf child sex assault trial calls alleged victim, 8, a liar Prosecutor in Charles Leaf child sex assault trial calls alleged victim, 8, a liar Prosecutor in Charles Leaf child sex assault trial calls alleged victim, 8, a liar
Prosecutor in Charles Leaf child sex assault trial calls alleged victim, 8, a liar ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The child sex abuse trial of former FOX 5 investigative reporter Charles Leaf closed late Friday with the prosecutor trying to impeach the credibility of his key witness — the now-8-year-old alleged victim. The girl, who was the first witness to testify in the trial when it began on Jan. 7, was the victim of “outside influences” who counseled her to lie on the stand, Assistant Prosecutor Kenneth Ralph told jurors in his closing remarks. The girl, showing considerable composure, testified that Leaf never molested her and that allegations she made two years ago were…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park firefighters rescue dog in attic blaze Ridgefield Park firefighters rescue dog in attic blaze Ridgefield Park firefighters rescue dog in attic blaze
Ridgefield Park firefighters rescue dog in attic blaze YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ridgefield Park firefighters aggressively attacked an attic blaze, despite running up against a great deal of clutter, while rescuing a dog yesterday. Mutual aid was provided by Bogota FAST team, along with Ridgefield Park Rescue & Ridgefield Park EMS. No injuries were reported at the Brinkerhoff Street fire. PHOTO: Joseph Dulanie

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Reckless driver who killed Palisades Park teen gets three years Reckless driver who killed Palisades Park teen gets three years Reckless driver who killed Palisades Park teen gets three years
Reckless driver who killed Palisades Park teen gets three years EXCLUSIVE: Sobbing as hard at times as the victim’s family, a limo driver with nine license suspensions over 27 years apologized Friday for killing an 18-year-old Palisades Park woman after he drove his SUV into her as she walked on the shoulder of Bergen Boulevard. “I wish this never happened. I wish I can change it,” said Yahya Ozkilic, 60, of Cliffside Park, before being sentenced to three years in state prison — a year of which he was given credit for already serving. “It happened. It just happened,” the Turkish-born Ozkilic said through a heavy accent in the Hackensack courtroom. “It…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Man takes own life on NJ Transit tracks in Glen Rock Man takes own life on NJ Transit tracks in Glen Rock Man takes own life on NJ Transit tracks in Glen Rock
Man takes own life on NJ Transit tracks in Glen Rock YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A man ducked under a railroad crossing gate in Glen Rock as an NJ Transit train approached, then deliberately was struck and killed tonight, an agency spokeswoman said. The man “ran underneath the grade crossing gate onto the gauge of the tracks and made no attempt to move” from the approaching Port Jervis-bound train carrying 450 or so customers and crew members at Rock Road near the CVS at 6:50 p.m., NJ Transit’s Nancy Snyder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Glen Rock police were first on the scene, followed by the Bergen County Police, NJ Transit police and a paramedic unit…

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Paramus, NJ
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Pickup smashes through doors, safe yanked out in daring Paramus jewelry center burglary Pickup smashes through doors, safe yanked out in daring Paramus jewelry center burglary Pickup smashes through doors, safe yanked out in daring Paramus jewelry center burglary
Pickup smashes through doors, safe yanked out in daring Paramus jewelry center burglary A burglary crew slammed a pickup truck through the doors of The Jewelry Center on Route 4 in Paramus, used a cable to drag a safe filled with $250,000 worth of gems to the parking lot, then loaded it into a getaway car with a backhoe, authorities said this afternoon. Possibly relying on the cover of the overnight snowfall, the thieves “backed a Ford F350 pickup truck through the glass doors, then attached a steel cable to the truck and a safe that had been located near the doors” just before 6 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They were quick, too. By the time police responded to…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Tractor-trailer with 38,000 pounds of soda caves in on Route 17 in Ramsey Tractor-trailer with 38,000 pounds of soda caves in on Route 17 in Ramsey Tractor-trailer with 38,000 pounds of soda caves in on Route 17 in Ramsey
Tractor-trailer with 38,000 pounds of soda caves in on Route 17 in Ramsey YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A trailer loaded with 19 tons of Malta India caved in, splitting itself, on Route 17 south in Ramsey this afternoon. Traffic backed up quickly on the highway, as Ramsey police, aided by members of the Ramsey Rescue Squad, shut the right lane of the highway so the cases could be offloaded. PHOTOS / REPORTING: Boyd A. Loving NJDOT officials were reportedly responding to the scene, as were the Bergen County Police. “It happens when trailers are overloaded,” one observer said after the collapse, which occurred just after 4 p.m. between the Swan Road exit and the tra…

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Free Internet safety meeting set for Teaneck Free Internet safety meeting set for Teaneck Free Internet safety meeting set for Teaneck
Free Internet safety meeting set for Teaneck PUBLIC SAFETY: Given recent Internet security breaches and other online safety concerns, two Teaneck councilmen are bringing in a group of experts to talk with citizens next week. Councilmen Elie Y. Katz and Yitz Stern have scheduled, among others, Teaneck Police Chief Robert Wilson, along with Brian Sinclair of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Investigators Aziza Salikhov and Brian Morgenstern from the Cyber Fraud Unit of the New Jersey State Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs. The event, titled “Staying Safe in a High Tech World,” is set for 7:15 p.m. next Thursday…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Shovels, not equipment, free driver in Ridgewood crash Shovels, not equipment, free driver in Ridgewood crash Shovels, not equipment, free driver in Ridgewood crash
Shovels, not equipment, free driver in Ridgewood crash YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood firefighters needed shovels to free the driver of an Audi sedan after it was broadsided and shoved into a snowbank this afternoon. A BMW SUV hit the Audi around 2:20 p.m. in front of 81 North Maple Avenue. No injuries were immediately reported. Both vehicles sustained damage and were removed by separate tow trucks. Police issued a summons to the driver of the BMW, which was exiting the Kings Shopping Plaza when it hit the northbound Audi. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Waldwick Superdome employees could hear collapse coming Waldwick Superdome employees could hear collapse coming Waldwick Superdome employees could hear collapse coming
Waldwick Superdome employees could hear collapse coming YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The company that installed the dome on the Superdome Sports Complex in Waldwick was cleaning up and working to get it aloft again after it collapsed this morning. The incident followed a series of overnight roof cave-ins reported at a Wallington elementary school, the New Milford Shop Rite and the Waste Management Facility in Hillsdale, as well as collapses at homes in Hackensack, South Hackensack and River Edge. “Employees of the Superdome were aware this might happen, given what the freezing rain, ice and snow has done in the tri-state area,” Police Lt. Dougla…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Hillsdale Waste Management roof collapse ‘could have been a disaster’ Hillsdale Waste Management roof collapse ‘could have been a disaster’ Hillsdale Waste Management roof collapse ‘could have been a disaster’
Hillsdale Waste Management roof collapse ‘could have been a disaster’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST:  The overnight collapse of a roof at the Waste Management transfer station in Hillsdale “could have been a disaster if it happened during the day,” Borough Fire Chief Jason Durie said this morning. The “catastrophic failure of the truss roof” occurred around 3 a.m. today at the facility off Brookside Place, Durie said. “It’s a good thing nobody was inside,” the chief said. “The middle of the roof collapsed, and the bay doors were blown out.” Following protocol, the Bergen County fire coordinator was contacted, as was the Hackensack Fire Department collapse team. …

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