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
Garfield man wins $292,935 — twice — with Jersey Cash 5 lottery tickets Garfield man wins $292,935 — twice — with Jersey Cash 5 lottery tickets Garfield man wins $292,935 — twice — with Jersey Cash 5 lottery tickets
Garfield man wins $292,935 — twice — with Jersey Cash 5 lottery tickets SHOUT OUT: A Garfield man’s big Jersey Cash 5 win was more than twice as nice. John Roland said he bought two separate tickets at his usual spot in town — River Drive Bar & Liquor (see map, above) — with numbers that matched the five drawn. They bagged $292,935 each. He also bought another that matched four numbers, winning an extra $515 and putting his grand total over $586,000. That gave him two-thirds of the jackpot. “I found out I had won on Friday the 13th at 6:30 a.m. when I opened the newspaper,” Roland told lottery officials. “I was pinching myself to see if I was still …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Enroll now: Bergen County sheriff’s 2014 Citizens Police Academy Enroll now: Bergen County sheriff’s 2014 Citizens Police Academy Enroll now: Bergen County sheriff’s 2014 Citizens Police Academy
Enroll now: Bergen County sheriff’s 2014 Citizens Police Academy SHOUT OUT: Enrollment for the 14th class of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy is open, Sheriff Michael Saudino announced this morning. The number of participants has grown larger every year, which Saudino said is a testament to “community involvement and commitment to public safety.” Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino (PHOTOS: Mary K. MIraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) The free academy uses a classroom-style format to demonstrate the types of equipment and tactics used by law enforcement in a wide range of areas — including motor vehicle stops, th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Driver, daughter, 8, avoid injury in Route 17 flying ice crash Driver, daughter, 8, avoid injury in Route 17 flying ice crash Driver, daughter, 8, avoid injury in Route 17 flying ice crash
Driver, daughter, 8, avoid injury in Route 17 flying ice crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A driver and his 8-year-old daughter escaped serious injury after a piece of ice that flew off a tractor-trailer hit their windshield on Route 17 just before noon today. The southbound motorist told police the ice came from a rig headed north in the area of A&S Drive. The ice broke the windshield but “it did not appear that the ice penetrated the passenger compartment,” Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The girl complained of face pain but her father declined medical treatment at the scene, Guidetti said. “There is no informa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police motorcycle club sets fundraiser for Fort Lee girl, 17, with rare cancer Police motorcycle club sets fundraiser for Fort Lee girl, 17, with rare cancer Police motorcycle club sets fundraiser for Fort Lee girl, 17, with rare cancer
Police motorcycle club sets fundraiser for Fort Lee girl, 17, with rare cancer SHOUT OUT: A group of local police officers who ride in the Untouchables Motorcycle Club has joined the effort to help raise money for a Fort Lee teen with a rare form of cancer through a rollicking benefit with food and live music. Brianna Piccinich, a 17-year-old junior at Fort Lee High School, was diagnosed in December with Ewing Sarcoma — a primary bone cancer that affects mainly children and adolescents. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment. *      *      *      *      *      * WHAT: Fundraiser for Brianna Piccinich WHEN: 8 p.m., Fri., March 14 WHERE: UMC Clubhouse,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
$2,500 reward offered for missing Tenafly dog $2,500 reward offered for missing Tenafly dog $2,500 reward offered for missing Tenafly dog
$2,500 reward offered for missing Tenafly dog HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Hudson, a 3½-year-old Golden Retriever, isn’t a jumper. So his owners have no idea how he vanished from their Tenafly backyard last night. SHOUT OUT!! Hudson, a 3½-year-old Golden Retriever from Tenafly who went missing over the weekend, was found tonight behind a dentist’s office in town — and appears none the worse for wear, aside from some scratches and a wicked thirst. READ MORE …. They’re hoping CLIFFVIEW PILOT readers can help find the missing 87-pound purebred pooch. And they’re offering a $2,500 reward. Hudson, whose sister died a little over a month ago, wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Man who repeatedly raped Edgewater girl, 12, gets dozen years in prison Man who repeatedly raped Edgewater girl, 12, gets dozen years in prison Man who repeatedly raped Edgewater girl, 12, gets dozen years in prison
Man who repeatedly raped Edgewater girl, 12, gets dozen years in prison ONLY ON CVP: A judge in Hackensack reluctantly sentenced a Haledon man to a dozen years in state prison yesterday for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old Edgewater girl — giving the youngster a mild heart attack. Miguel Crespo said he spied the 100-pound, four-foot girl alone downtown in March 2012 and offered her a ride. She accepted and was driven to his Haledon apartment, where Crespo admitted giving her a cocktail of drugs and alcohol and then raping her several times. He then refused to return her home until the next morning, telling her frantic mother on the phone that he was a good S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Demarest PD seeks help finding source of fake device found in Northern Valley HS closet Demarest PD seeks help finding source of fake device found in Northern Valley HS closet Demarest PD seeks help finding source of fake device found in Northern Valley HS closet
Demarest PD seeks help finding source of fake device found in Northern Valley HS closet Demarest police are seeking the public’s help in identifying how an imitation device initially thought to be an explosive ended up in a storage locker at Northern Valley Regional High School. Although it turned out to be possibly a hoax or prank, the discovery prompted the evacuation of the school yesterday afternoon. Police Chief James Powderley described the device only as “a little more sophisticated” than an alarm clock. He asked that anyone with information about its origin call his department: (201) 768-1540). Or leave an anonymous tip at: www.wetip.com or 1-800-78-CRIME.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Port Authority police nab Bronx man in JFK trailer theft Port Authority police nab Bronx man in JFK trailer theft Port Authority police nab Bronx man in JFK trailer theft
Port Authority police nab Bronx man in JFK trailer theft BEYOND BERGEN: A former employee of a cargo company that operates out of JFK Airport was arrested by Port Authority police on charges of swiping a $25,000 trailer by attaching it to his own rig. DHL Cargo reported the empty 2006 Great Dane “swingdoor” missing late last month, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. Detectives viewed surveillance video from the area and interviewed company managers about current and former employees, Pentangelo said. They also checked the exit and entry logs. On Wednesday, DHL called them and said the trailer, with New Jersey license plates, was spotted …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield police: Four grabbed after Passaic holdup, two swallow heroin bags Garfield police: Four grabbed after Passaic holdup, two swallow heroin bags Garfield police: Four grabbed after Passaic holdup, two swallow heroin bags
Garfield police: Four grabbed after Passaic holdup, two swallow heroin bags EXCLUSIVE: Two of four men arrested by Garfield police in connection with a robbery in Passaic last night were taken to the hospital after they deliberately swallowed bags of heroin, authorities said today. Officers on the lookout following the 8:40 p.m. robbery spotted car fitting the broadcast description in an Outwater Lane parking lot, Capt. Darren Sucorowski told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Four men were inside, he said. Approached by police, Brandon Olivier, 18, of Wallington and 19-year-old Adam Olszewski started swallowing bags of heroin, the captain said. Police arrested them and the tw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Marine vet from Lodi gets 7 years for Saddle Brook DWI crash that killed two Marine vet from Lodi gets 7 years for Saddle Brook DWI crash that killed two Marine vet from Lodi gets 7 years for Saddle Brook DWI crash that killed two
Marine vet from Lodi gets 7 years for Saddle Brook DWI crash that killed two EXCLUSIVE: A Marine veteran was sentenced today to a plea-bargained seven years in state prison for a drunk driving crash that killed two men who were changing a tire off Route 80 in Saddle Brook. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi denied a defense attorney’s plea for leniency on the vehicular homicide conviction, saying that the decision by Jacob Cintron to drink and drive on Oct. 2, 2011 was a purposeful act. Cintron, a 31-year-old father of two from Lodi, led an exemplary life until then, the judge said. However, she said: “I expect people to be of good character, …

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