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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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Third-generation Port Authority Police officer among new recruits sworn today Third-generation Port Authority Police officer among new recruits sworn today Third-generation Port Authority Police officer among new recruits sworn today
Third-generation Port Authority Police officer among new recruits sworn today SHOUT OUT: The late Thomas F. Kennedy worked for the Port Authority Police for 38 years, followed by his son, Thomas, who’s a sergeant with the department. Today, his grandson, Thomas F. Kennedy, joined the ranks during graduation ceremonies in Elizabeth. Like his father, young Thomas Kennedy will be assigned during his probationary period to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan. His grandfather joined the force 60 years ago, and was assigned to LaGuardia Airport, beginning the family’s proud tradition. His father became a sergeant 10 years ago and works with the Emergency…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Snow shuts parts of PIP after several crashes Snow shuts parts of PIP after several crashes Snow shuts parts of PIP after several crashes
Snow shuts parts of PIP after several crashes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Today’s morning snow squall led to a series of Palisades Interstate Parkway crashes involving eight cars altogether — one of them a police car — that at one point shut down both sides of the highway at end New Jersey end. Three involved injuries and three cars had to be towed, PIP Police Chief Michael Coppola told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Closures were southbound at Exit 5 and two northbound — at Fletcher Avenue/George Washington Bridge and Exit 2. Coppola later issued a release saying that the department at 10 a.m. “received numerous 9-1-1 calls within the matter of min…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Police officer disputes driver’s account of crash involving Chief Brian Higgins Bergen County Police officer disputes driver’s account of crash involving Chief Brian Higgins Bergen County Police officer disputes driver’s account of crash involving Chief Brian Higgins
Bergen County Police officer disputes driver’s account of crash involving Chief Brian Higgins EXCLUSIVE: A Mahwah woman claims that Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins was speeding when his county-owned vehicle rear-ended her car on Route 17 in Ramsey late last month — an account disputed by the county police officer who took the report. Higgins couldn’t have been going as fast as Donna Orlando said he was based on the damage to her red 2010 BMW 528, the officer wrote in the accident report, a copy of which was obtained by CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Orlando also “seemed to be very confused about what occurred,” Bergen County Police Officer Justin Garcia wrote. Jeanne Baratta, Chief o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fourth suspect arrested in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion robbery Fourth suspect arrested in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion robbery Fourth suspect arrested in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion robbery
Fourth suspect arrested in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A six-week manhunt ended yesterday with the arrest of a fourth suspect in the luxury high-rise home-invasion robbery of developer Fred Daibes in Edgewater, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Molinelli also disclosed the identity of another suspect charged earlier in connection with the the Nov. 26 overnight robbery at the St. Moritz, which Daibes built and lives in. Jorge Valencia, 46, was being held on a fugitive warrant pending his extradition to New Jersey following his arrest in the Boston area yesterday. Valencia (above, left) is cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Surprise revelation in child sex trial: Fox 5 reporter’s work computer searched for kiddie porn Surprise revelation in child sex trial: Fox 5 reporter’s work computer searched for kiddie porn Surprise revelation in child sex trial: Fox 5 reporter’s work computer searched for kiddie porn
Surprise revelation in child sex trial: Fox 5 reporter’s work computer searched for kiddie porn EXCLUSIVE: A retired investigator testified today that Bergen County detectives searched for child pornography on the work computer of former Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf — a fact apparently not told to defense lawyers or prosecutors before his child sex abuse trial began this week. Barbara Stio said a forensic computer expert who accompanied  her and her colleagues from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office to Fox 5 headquarters in New York found nothing illegal. The revelation, however, brought strong challenges from the defense team — both with jurors in and out of the Hackensack courtr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Source: Suspicious Bergen courthouse package contained Epsom salt Source: Suspicious Bergen courthouse package contained Epsom salt Source: Suspicious Bergen courthouse package contained Epsom salt
Source: Suspicious Bergen courthouse package contained Epsom salt EXCLUSIVE: A manila envelope received at the Bergen County Courthouse contained nearly two tablespoons of Epsom salt, drawing Hackensack firefighters and the county Hazardous Materials Unit this afternoon, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “Everyone is relieved that there was no harm, no danger,” a source with knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “But somebody put that in there.” A courthouse staff member gave the envelope to a sheriff’s officer following the discovery in Room 415 of the Civil Division late this afternoon, said Dave Martinez, a spokesman for Bergen County Sheriff Mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park pedestrian, 91, struck, killed Cliffside Park pedestrian, 91, struck, killed Cliffside Park pedestrian, 91, struck, killed
Cliffside Park pedestrian, 91, struck, killed YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 91-year-old Cliffside Park man was struck and killed by a sedan driven by a 78-year-old Edgewater man on Gorge Road this afternoon. The shaken driver stopped the 2008 Hyundai (photo, above) and remained at the scene in the 400 block of Gorge Road following the crash, just before 4 p.m., witnesses said. Witnesses told police the victim was crossing the street in the middle of the block, from west to east, when he was struck by the northbound car, Cliffside Park spokesman William Maer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. No summonses were issued, he said. “It doesn’t appear t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Beloved Cliffside Park firefighter dies after extended call Beloved Cliffside Park firefighter dies after extended call Beloved Cliffside Park firefighter dies after extended call
Beloved Cliffside Park firefighter dies after extended call TRIBUTE: Visiting hours and a firefighters turnout are scheduled Saturday for a beloved Cliffside Park firefighter who suffered an apparent heart attack yesterday after a 16-hour fire watch in the frigid cold. Cosmo Paris, 59, was returning home after the call at 696 Anderson Avenue when he was stricken, authorities said. “Firefighter Paris responded to an activated alarm which created a hazard in the building necessitating fire officials to order a stand-by at the location for a fire watch. The fire watch duty extended 16 hours in sub-freezing temperatures,” the U.S. Fire Administration …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Car hits tree off Garden State Parkway, driver seriously injured Car hits tree off Garden State Parkway, driver seriously injured Car hits tree off Garden State Parkway, driver seriously injured
Car hits tree off Garden State Parkway, driver seriously injured YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 57-year-old motorist from Paramus was seriously injured this afternoon when his car slammed head-on into a tree as he tried to turn onto the Garden State Parkway. The Mitsubishi Lancer struck the tree on Pascack Road around 1:30 p.m. as the southbound driver tried onto a Garden State Parkway entrance ramp near Cambridge Road in Paramus and lost control of the vehicle, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Responding were Paramus police and EMS, along with paramedics from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The victim was taken by ambula…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Four thieves team up to swipe $130,000 in furs at Riverside Square in Hackensack Four thieves team up to swipe $130,000 in furs at Riverside Square in Hackensack Four thieves team up to swipe $130,000 in furs at Riverside Square in Hackensack
Four thieves team up to swipe $130,000 in furs at Riverside Square in Hackensack YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In what amounted to seconds, a quartet of hit-and-run fur thieves combined to snatch three chinchilla coats worth $130,000 from a store at the Riverside Square mall in Hackensack. Two men went into the Idra Alta Moda store on the mall’s first level while another waited just outside late yesterday afternoon, Hackensack Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The getaway driver apparently kept the car running. In a flash, the two men in the store grabbed the three coats off display racks and bolted. “The coats weren’t chained or anything,” Salcedo sa…

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