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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Prosecutor confirms arrests in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Prosecutor confirms arrests in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Prosecutor confirms arrests in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery
Prosecutor confirms arrests in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report yesterday that a couple charged in a gunpoint home invasion at a luxury Edgewater high-rise were arrested by his detectives and ordered held on $1 million bail each. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The victim of a luxury high-rise home invasion in Edgewater was pulled from his bed by four gunmen who broke his ribs while beating him, then tied him up and spent three hours stealing $2 million in cash, gold and jewelry, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon, in formally anno…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Unwanted Thanksgiving guest pulls machete, threatens New Milford family, police say Unwanted Thanksgiving guest pulls machete, threatens New Milford family, police say Unwanted Thanksgiving guest pulls machete, threatens New Milford family, police say
Unwanted Thanksgiving guest pulls machete, threatens New Milford family, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An uninvited guest at a Thanksgiving dinner threatened the hosts with a machete, then had to be pulled from his van by officers who found the weapon and two baseball bats, New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro said tonight. Joseph Hoo, 48, of Montclair got the machete out of his van after the Greve Drive hosts asked him to leave around 1:50 p.m., the chief said. Brandishing the weapon, he “made threatening remarks to the family inside,” the victim told police. Officers Michael Lafrano and Brian Carlino quickly pulled the van over, but Hoo “became uncooperativ…

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Paramus, NJ
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Early Christmas gift for Paramus police: 7 new special officers Early Christmas gift for Paramus police: 7 new special officers Early Christmas gift for Paramus police: 7 new special officers
Early Christmas gift for Paramus police: 7 new special officers SHOUT OUT: Just in time for the holidays, seven new Paramus special police officers recently graduated from the Bergen County Police Academy, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. “Special Police Officers play a vital role in facilitating the heavy flow traffic caused by holiday shopping within Paramus, which in turn frees up regular officers to handle crime and other emergencies,” Ehrenberg said. Assigned to the department’s traffic division, the part-time Class 1 Special Police officers “will assist with details such as street crossings, sporting events, concerts, fireworks and other town funct…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
See Doomsday Diaries at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, get free CD See Doomsday Diaries at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, get free CD See Doomsday Diaries at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, get free CD
See Doomsday Diaries at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, get free CD IN TUNE: Buy a ticket for the Dec. 13 Doomsday Diaries debut album-release party at Mexicali Live in Teaneck and get a free copy of the full-length CD, “Forbidden Secrets,” which will be dropped on iTunes and Amazon.com on Dec. 17. Led by teenagers Jay and Sean Sproviero of Hasbrouck Heights, Doomsday Diaries will be opening for progressive rock/jazz fusion guitarist Jane Getter at the Mexicali gig. Doomsday Diaries Getter was an ensemble director at School of Rock in South Hackensack, attended by the brothers — who wrote all of the tunes on the new album. The twins — also known as J …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Car barrels off Parkway into ditch behind Washington Township house Car barrels off Parkway into ditch behind Washington Township house Car barrels off Parkway into ditch behind Washington Township house
Car barrels off Parkway into ditch behind Washington Township house YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A car veered off the northbound Garden State Parkway and into a drainage ditch behind a Washington Township home this morning. An occupant was taken to the hospital by the River Vale Volunteer Ambulance Corps after complaining of severe leg pain in the 7:30 a.m. crash at mile marker 167.3 The car, with New York license plates, had to be removed by a flatbed tow truck after it careened into the ditch behind the Hoover Avenue home. New Jersey State Police assigned to the Garden State Parkway Bloomfield barracks were investigating. Washington Township police also r…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Arrests in $2 million Edgewater home invasion robbery Arrests in $2 million Edgewater home invasion robbery Arrests in $2 million Edgewater home invasion robbery
Arrests in $2 million Edgewater home invasion robbery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man and a woman charged in a home invasion at a luxury Edgewater high-rise were ordered held on $1 million bail each today following their arrests by investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The victim of a luxury high-rise home invasion in Edgewater was pulled from his bed by four gunmen who broke his ribs while beating him, then tied him up and spent three hours stealing $2 million in cash, gold and jewelry, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon, in formally announcin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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PIP police charge Hasbrouck Heights man with quarter-pound pot, supplies at Palisades lookout PIP police charge Hasbrouck Heights man with quarter-pound pot, supplies at Palisades lookout PIP police charge Hasbrouck Heights man with quarter-pound pot, supplies at Palisades lookout
PIP police charge Hasbrouck Heights man with quarter-pound pot, supplies at Palisades lookout YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hasbrouck Heights man was carrying nearly a quarter-pound of pot while parked at the Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police said tonight. Officer Robert Littlejohn Jr. was checking the parking area of the interstate park just after 10 p.m. when he “detected an odor of raw marijuana” coming from a Saab parked there last Wednesday night, Acting PIPD Chief Michael Coppola said. The driver, 22-year-old Ayhan Eren, got out and approached the officer, who ordered him back into the car while he summoned backup, Coppola said. After…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County PD adds special patrols to Thanksgiving weekend roads Bergen County PD adds special patrols to Thanksgiving weekend roads Bergen County PD adds special patrols to Thanksgiving weekend roads
Bergen County PD adds special patrols to Thanksgiving weekend roads PUBLIC SAFETY: The Bergen County Police Department has assigned patrol officers to roving DWI enforcement beginning today and continuing through the weekend, Lt. James Mullin said this afternoon. The patrols are paid for through a Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund fed by a surcharge on those arrested by county police who are convicted of DWI. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 416 motorist killed over the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend nationwide last year. Of those deaths, 42% involved a driver who had a blood-alcohol content of .08% or higher. PHO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Car crashes into GSP south Pascack toll plaza Car crashes into GSP south Pascack toll plaza Car crashes into GSP south Pascack toll plaza
Car crashes into GSP south Pascack toll plaza UPDATE: No major injuries were reported after a car slammed into the Pascack toll plaza on the southbound Garden State Parkway in Washington Township around 1:40 this afternoon. No ambulance was required, and the scene was cleared quickly, New Jersey State Police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT.  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Water company imposter steals Fort Lee widow’s cash, credit card, jewelry Water company imposter steals Fort Lee widow’s cash, credit card, jewelry Water company imposter steals Fort Lee widow’s cash, credit card, jewelry
Water company imposter steals Fort Lee widow’s cash, credit card, jewelry EXCLUSIVE: Six weeks shy of her 80th birthday, a Fort Lee woman still considered herself sharp — until she lost cash, her credit card and precious jewelry yesterday to a con man posing as a water company worker. It’s left her with a Thanksgiving holiday that she’d rather forget. The white, 40-something crook came to the 14th Street house, where the woman lives alone, in the early afternoon, her son told CLIFFVIEW PILOT (The mother and son’s names are being withheld). After telling her that he needed to check the water, the slick thief had the widow run the bath, turn on the water in her k…

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