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
Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf did paralegal work while awaiting child sex trial Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf did paralegal work while awaiting child sex trial Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf did paralegal work while awaiting child sex trial
Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf did paralegal work while awaiting child sex trial EXCLUSIVE: Former Emmy-winning Fox 5 investigative reporter Charles Leaf has done paralegal work the past few years while awaiting the start of his child sex-abuse trial in Hackensack. “I’ve always been interested in the law, and actually considered going to law school before I went into TV news,” Leaf told CLIFFVIEW PILOT on Thursday, as both sides cleared some final legal hurdles. “The work can be challenging,” Leaf said, “although there are also long periods of sitting in court on hard benches, waiting for the legal process to unfold.” Leaf has appeared stressed yet composed while wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Source: Juveniles spotted at scene of Englewood arson fire Source: Juveniles spotted at scene of Englewood arson fire Source: Juveniles spotted at scene of Englewood arson fire
Source: Juveniles spotted at scene of Englewood arson fire ONLY ON CVP: An Englewood DPW worker spotted two teens running from a vacant house severely damaged by an apparent arson fire this afternoon, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The city employee was driving past the house at 255 Liberty Road just before 2:30 p.m. when he saw smoke and rushed inside to see whether anyone was home, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. That when the two juveniles “came running out and fled the area,” he said. The two-alarm blaze was ignited on the first floor, which was pretty much destroyed even though firefighters had it entirely extinguished in minu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus police: Greek tourist lied about being shot at mall Paramus police: Greek tourist lied about being shot at mall Paramus police: Greek tourist lied about being shot at mall
Paramus police: Greek tourist lied about being shot at mall YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 23-year-old tourist from Greece shot in the chest with a small-caliber bullet lied when she said it happened outside the Garden State Plaza on New Year’s Eve, Paramus police said this afternoon. Maria-Eleni Eleftheriadou, of Haravi Corfu, was struck by a small-caliber bullet but not in the mall parking lot, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. “Detectives worked throughout New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses,” Ehrenberg said. “Numerous inconsistencies began to develop in the case between the report and the evid…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Blow by blow: Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase Blow by blow: Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase Blow by blow: Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase
Blow by blow: Allendale man charged in Hackensack shooting, chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 60-year-old Allendale man led police on a mad chase this afternoon, ramming his SUV into two police cars and injuring three officers, after a shooting in the parking lot of Foschini Park, city Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. James Thompson was being processed at Hackensack police headquarters tonight after being stitched up at Hackensack University Medical Center. He was being charged with four counts of aggravated assault, as well as eluding, resisting arrest, weapons possession, leaving the scene of crashes involving injuries and a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police: Stolen Range Rover contained thousands of dollars in DJ equipment Saddle Brook police: Stolen Range Rover contained thousands of dollars in DJ equipment Saddle Brook police: Stolen Range Rover contained thousands of dollars in DJ equipment
Saddle Brook police: Stolen Range Rover contained thousands of dollars in DJ equipment YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A red 2007 Range Rover reported stolen from a Saddle Brook driveway while the owner was warming it up this morning contained $8,600 worth of deejay equipment, police said. The Bell Avenue resident told police he started the $21,000 SUV then went back inside the house around 7 a.m., then emerged moments later to find it gone. Saddle Brook police are comparing notes with their counterparts in Newark, where Range Rovers are extremely hot items for car thieves this winter. “We commonly see this type of opportunity crime occurring at stop-and-go businesses like 7Eleve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Former Wood-Ridge High School coach who admitted sex with male student gets probation Former Wood-Ridge High School coach who admitted sex with male student gets probation Former Wood-Ridge High School coach who admitted sex with male student gets probation
Former Wood-Ridge High School coach who admitted sex with male student gets probation EXCLUSIVE: A former girls varsity softball coach at Wood-Ridge High School received probation today for having sex with a male student there. Under the terms of her plea agreement, 29-year-old Jillian Clementi Cooper of Glen Ridge won’t be permitted to teach or coach again in the U.S., either paid or as a volunteer. “I am very embarrassed and sorry about the offense, and it will never happen again,” Clementi (above, in court today) told Superior Court Judge James J. Guida in Hackensack. Clementi, who also taught at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, said that she is now “h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Alpine siblings get missing dog back after car overturns in Vermont Alpine siblings get missing dog back after car overturns in Vermont Alpine siblings get missing dog back after car overturns in Vermont
Alpine siblings get missing dog back after car overturns in Vermont SHOUT OUT: An elderly Alpine couple whose dog wandered off after their car overturned on a Vermont highway yesterday afternoon got him back after a state trooper this morning found the chilly pooch 150 yards or so away. Vermont State Police said relatives of David and Nancy Andrews were caring for Zorro — who, like his owners, was none the worse for wear after yesterday’s crash on Route 91 in Rockingham. David L. Andrews, an 83-year-old former orthopedic surgeon and college professor, told police he fell asleep, after which they said the 2010 Honda Accord careened off the road and into a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Hudson County ex-con in North Arlington gun arrest was on parole for second time Hudson County ex-con in North Arlington gun arrest was on parole for second time Hudson County ex-con in North Arlington gun arrest was on parole for second time
Hudson County ex-con in North Arlington gun arrest was on parole for second time EXCLUSIVE: One of three Hudson County men who North Arlington police said had a loaded gun in their car when they were stopped going through town was out on parole after serving 33 months behind bars — his second state prison stretch in the past five years, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. At 25 years old, he’s looking at an even longer sentence now if convicted of the gun charge. While companions Christian Torruellas and Bernardo Guzman, both of Jersey City, were released Tuesday after posting $21,000 bail each, ex-con Jonathan Zayas of Union City remained held this morning in the Bergen Count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Greek tourist shot outside Garden State Plaza, possibly with pellet gun Greek tourist shot outside Garden State Plaza, possibly with pellet gun Greek tourist shot outside Garden State Plaza, possibly with pellet gun
Greek tourist shot outside Garden State Plaza, possibly with pellet gun YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Paramus police were investigating the New Year’s Eve shooting oustide the Garden State Plaza, possibly with a pellet gun, of a Greek woman visiting the United States. Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said detectives interviewed the woman after being summoned to Hackensack University Medical Center around 6:30 last night. The victim told them she and two other people were walking east towards Route 17 between Legal Seafood and Macy’s when she was hit in the chest. All three then drove off, she said. A short time later, she told police, she noticed a small wound, s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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New Year’s Day fire guts Midland Park home New Year’s Day fire guts Midland Park home New Year’s Day fire guts Midland Park home
New Year’s Day fire guts Midland Park home (via www.mpkpress.com) A fire tore through a two-family home on the corner of Godwin and Paterson avenue on New Year’s Day morning, sending two residents to the hospital and rendering the home uninhabitable. According to Midland Park Fire Chief Mark McCombs the fire at…

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