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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Surveillance photo of Northvale PNC Bank robber released Surveillance photo of Northvale PNC Bank robber released Surveillance photo of Northvale PNC Bank robber released
Surveillance photo of Northvale PNC Bank robber released YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The PNC Bank in Northvale was robbed late this afternoon by a man who police suspect might be responsible for other New Jersey bank holdups. No weapon was shown during the robbery at the bank at Paris Avenue and Livingston Street just before 4:30 p.m., police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. They were looking for a man with a “partially shaved head,” about 5-foot-10 and 200 pounds, with fair skin and either black or Hispanic. GoogleMaps PHOTO The robber handed the teller a note inside a folder (see surveillance photo) and fled on foot east on Paris Avenue with an undisclo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Police confirm report that stabbing suspect was found hanged at Elmwood Park motel Police confirm report that stabbing suspect was found hanged at Elmwood Park motel Police confirm report that stabbing suspect was found hanged at Elmwood Park motel
Police confirm report that stabbing suspect was found hanged at Elmwood Park motel UPDATE: Paterson police today officially confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report yesterday that a 36-year-old city man wanted in connection with the stabbing of his girlfriend earlier in the day was found hanged in a Route 46 motel in Elmwood Park in an apparent suicide. Police were called to the Red Carpet Inn around 11 a.m. yesterday following the stabbing on the 900 block of Madison Avenue more than four hours earlier. Authorities withheld the release of information until next of kin could be notified. A release was then issued today. “Cause of death is an apparent hanging,” it said, in par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Don’t ‘reward’ injured police officers by cutting disability pension, NJ PBA president says Don’t ‘reward’ injured police officers by cutting disability pension, NJ PBA president says Don’t ‘reward’ injured police officers by cutting disability pension, NJ PBA president says
Don’t ‘reward’ injured police officers by cutting disability pension, NJ PBA president says THE NJ PBA PRESIDENT WRITES: The most recent round of stories and editorials calling for reforms to the PFRS Disability Pension process is merely a repeat of what the State PBA has been asking for since 2008. Unfortunately, nearly every article, pension “expert” and editorial on the subject misses the underlying problem by focusing on the egregious stores of a few retired officers. The real problem with the system for awarding accidental disabilities stems entirely from a State Supreme Court decision that widened the definition for approving accidental disabilities thereby making it almos…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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NJ Transit train clips car in Saddle Brook NJ Transit train clips car in Saddle Brook NJ Transit train clips car in Saddle Brook
NJ Transit train clips car in Saddle Brook YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No injuries were reported after an NJ Transit train clipped a van on the tracks in Saddle Brook tonight. The Port Jervis-bound train hit the Nissan around 5:30 p.m. at the Midland Avenue grade crossing near Erie Street, New Transit’s Nancy Snyder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, adding that NJT police were investigating the cause. About 200 passengers were delayed briefly as the car was quickly removed, although subsequent service delays of 20 to 30 minutes were reported, Snyder said. Unconfirmed reports were that a single occupant was in the car. Snyder said NJ Transit p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Washington Township teen held in stabbing death of sister, 20 Washington Township teen held in stabbing death of sister, 20 Washington Township teen held in stabbing death of sister, 20
Washington Township teen held in stabbing death of sister, 20 UPDATE: A 17-year-old Washington Township boy was in custody after stabbing his 20-year-old sister to death with a kitchen knife during an argument in their home Thursday night, Bergen County Prosecutor, John Molinelli said Friday morning. Travis Gallo was home with sister Teia Gallo (both above) and a younger brother who called police just before 5:30 p.m., Molinelli said. A fourth sibling arrived at the Pershing Avenue home off Ridgewood Road around the same time as responding officers, he said. Travis Michael Gallo had stabbed his sister “numerous times with a knife, which [he] had tak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor confirms arrests of 2 founding James Bond Gang members, 3 others Prosecutor confirms arrests of 2 founding James Bond Gang members, 3 others Prosecutor confirms arrests of 2 founding James Bond Gang members, 3 others
Prosecutor confirms arrests of 2 founding James Bond Gang members, 3 others YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli this afternoon confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report from this morning that two original members of the infamous James Bond Gang — both of whom were on intensive parole despite extensive criminal histories — were among a group of men and a 17-year-old juvenile arrested on burglary-related charges in a takedown this week. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and a task force of officers from local police departments arrested Jeffrey Whitaker, 50, of Teaneck; William “Christopher” Collins, 41, of Hackensack and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Ex-Paterson school district worker, 76, convicted of misconduct, $190,000 overbilling Ex-Paterson school district worker, 76, convicted of misconduct, $190,000 overbilling Ex-Paterson school district worker, 76, convicted of misconduct, $190,000 overbilling
Ex-Paterson school district worker, 76, convicted of misconduct, $190,000 overbilling YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 76-year-old former Paterson school district employee could be going to state prison after jurors today convicted her of official misconduct for having the school district hire her own company to organize conferences for district parents without disclosing her financial interest in the company. Jurors in Paterson also found Anna N. Taliaferro,  formerly of Paterson and currently of Virginia Beach, guilty of fraudulently overbilling the district by more than $190,000. The guilty verdicts on all counts followed a three-month trial stemming from a Dec. 13, 2010 indic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Wood-Ridge, Hasbrouck Heights police nab Florida fugitive in Christmas raid Wood-Ridge, Hasbrouck Heights police nab Florida fugitive in Christmas raid Wood-Ridge, Hasbrouck Heights police nab Florida fugitive in Christmas raid
Wood-Ridge, Hasbrouck Heights police nab Florida fugitive in Christmas raid EXCLUSIVE: Police from Hasbrouck Heights and Wood-Ridge teamed up to nab a fugitive ex-con wanted out of Florida for trying to strangle his estranged wife — twice — and assaulting her 14-year-old son. U.S. Marshals were looking for Nicholas Schewe when he returned to the woman’s home in Hernando County on Dec. 14 and attacked her again before fleeing. Schewe, who was also wanted by other jurisdictions, ended up hiding out with a woman who lives at the Avalon Bay Communities in the Westmont Station section of Wood-Ridge, Detective Joseph Rutigliano Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He was drivin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Christmas Eve crash in Wyckoff claims North Haledon woman, 76 Christmas Eve crash in Wyckoff claims North Haledon woman, 76 Christmas Eve crash in Wyckoff claims North Haledon woman, 76
Christmas Eve crash in Wyckoff claims North Haledon woman, 76 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 76-year-old North Haledon woman who died in Christmas Eve crash was identified today by Wyckoff police. What caused Loralee Quinn’s 2013 Toyota Sienna to veer off the road and slam into a utility pole on eastbound Sicomac Avenue near the Hawthorne border couldn’t be determined, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said. Quinn, the only occupant of the vehicle, was taken by the Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps to St. Joseph’s Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Car slams into tree in Ridgewood during snow squall Car slams into tree in Ridgewood during snow squall Car slams into tree in Ridgewood during snow squall
Car slams into tree in Ridgewood during snow squall YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The morning snow squall victimized at least driver, whose sub-compact skidded off the roadway and slammed into a tree in Ridgewood. The woman was taken to The Valley Hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after her Ford coupe crashed on East Ridgewood Avenue near Walthery Avenue around 11:45 a.m. Ridgewood firefighters attended to a minor fluid spill as village police investigated. Traffic on westbound East Ridgewood Avenue was slowed until the vehicle could be removed by a flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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