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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Saudino: NJ comptroller looking at how Bergen jail OT costs were reduced Saudino: NJ comptroller looking at how Bergen jail OT costs were reduced Saudino: NJ comptroller looking at how Bergen jail OT costs were reduced
Saudino: NJ comptroller looking at how Bergen jail OT costs were reduced EXCLUSIVE: The New Jersey Comptroller’s Office has begun examining how the Bergen County Jail keeps its overtime costs among the lowest in the state, Sheriff Michael Saudino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT today. The Comptroller’s Office wants to review his “methodology” so that it can “provide recommendations and suggestions to other correctional facilities around the state,” Saudino said. The Bergen jail holds both sentenced inmates and those awaiting trial in a combination of minimum, medium and maximum security settings, with the capacity of 1,250. It has more than 280 corrections officers. …

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack firefighter shows no remorse, gets 10 years in prison for raping girl, 13 Hackensack firefighter shows no remorse, gets 10 years in prison for raping girl, 13 Hackensack firefighter shows no remorse, gets 10 years in prison for raping girl, 13
Hackensack firefighter shows no remorse, gets 10 years in prison for raping girl, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today sentenced a 41-year-old former city firefighter to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, saying that he was troubled by the convicted public servant’s lack of remorse. Superior Court Judge James Guida also barred David Fernandez from public employment but took no action regarding his pension, which he said is out of his authority. The sentence followed emotional statements by the victim’s angry and tearful mother, who called Fernandez “the worst kind of monster — one who seems trustworthy.” “You raped  my child…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
One dead, another serious in Edgewater head-on crash One dead, another serious in Edgewater head-on crash One dead, another serious in Edgewater head-on crash
One dead, another serious in Edgewater head-on crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood Cliffs man was killed in an early-morning, head-on crash in Edgewater that closed River Road and tied up traffic on surrounding thoroughfares for hours. Naim Nezaj, 42, was driving a white Mercedes north on River Road when it struck a curb and he lost control of the vehicle in the 1100 block near the Admiral’s Walk condominiums around 5 a.m., authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Mercedes then “crossed over into the southbound lane,” hitting a Mitsubishi Lanser driven by a 36-year-old Jersey City woman, they said. Nezaj was pronounced dead at the sce…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack firefighters rescue cat caught eight stories up tree Hackensack firefighters rescue cat caught eight stories up tree Hackensack firefighters rescue cat caught eight stories up tree
Hackensack firefighters rescue cat caught eight stories up tree YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Responding to calls from concerned residents, members of the Hackensack firefighters rescued a cat this morning who was 80 feet up a tree. Davis Avenue residents called police after hearing the feline crying over night in a tree at Staib Park. Ladder 1 and Engine 5 responded, and two firefighters climbed the aerial ladder. “She was very cooperative,” the department’s Lt. Justin Derevyanik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “She was brought down in a hydrant bag, to the delight of the onlooking residents,” he said. “Then she was turned over to animal control to see whether her …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
‘We love you, Mark!’ spectator shouts at court appearance for accused killer of Waldwick woman ‘We love you, Mark!’ spectator shouts at court appearance for accused killer of Waldwick woman ‘We love you, Mark!’ spectator shouts at court appearance for accused killer of Waldwick woman
‘We love you, Mark!’ spectator shouts at court appearance for accused killer of Waldwick woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Waldwick man charged with killing his former live-in girlfriend in her bed as their 8-month-old son lay in a crib nearby was brought before a judge this morning in a Hackensack courtroom packed with loved ones from both sides and a platoon of sheriff’s officers and undersheriffs. “We love you, Mark!” a man in back shouted at the conclusion of the brief initial appearance for Mark Spatucci, 22, who said nothing and hung his head for most of the proceeding. Defense attorney Aidan O’Connor entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. Authorities said Spatucci climbed in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
NJ Transit police issue summonses to two drivers after train clips van in Ramsey NJ Transit police issue summonses to two drivers after train clips van in Ramsey NJ Transit police issue summonses to two drivers after train clips van in Ramsey
NJ Transit police issue summonses to two drivers after train clips van in Ramsey YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: NJ Transit police issued summonses today to a Mahwah woman whose car was clipped by a passenger train in Ramsey this morning, as well as another driver who they said contributed to the crash. Both Nora McNulty, whose 2013 Honda CRV was hit,  and 49-year-old Thomas Brannan, who was driving a 2012 Jeep, were charged with careless driving, NJT spokesman William Smith told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Ramsey man whothey said Our investigation has resulted in 2 drivers receiving summonses for careless driving: No injuries were reported after the CRV went past downed railroad gates…

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Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Breaking News
Female pedestrian killed in Fairview Female pedestrian killed in Fairview Female pedestrian killed in Fairview
Female pedestrian killed in Fairview YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Union City woman was struck and killed crossing a Fairview intersection today, in what police called an unfortunate accident. “There were no signs of intoxication or drugs or bad driving,” Fairview Detective Capt. Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The woman, in her late 50s, was struck just after 3:30 p.m. by a car driven by North Bergen woman, also in her 50s, who was turning onto Bergen Boulevard from Kennedy Drive near The Point diner. Emergency workers struggled to resuscitate the woman, who was pronounced dead at Palisades General Medical Center. Authori…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Fairview man upended by firehose Fairview man upended by firehose Fairview man upended by firehose
Fairview man upended by firehose YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A pedestrian sustained minor injuries after being struck by a fire hose in Fairview this afternoon. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. at the corner of Kamena Street and Anderson Avenue. A pumper truck was headed north and the hose came loose, witnesses told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. As the truck turned west on Kamena, the hose fell off the truck, they said. The victim had Someone had just come out of a corner eatery when another vehicle hit the hose, which snagged a small warning sign and he got tangled up in it. Cliffside Park and Fairview police and firefighters …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Deejay Dave Herman held stuffed animal waiting at airport for sex with girl, 7, authorities say Deejay Dave Herman held stuffed animal waiting at airport for sex with girl, 7, authorities say Deejay Dave Herman held stuffed animal waiting at airport for sex with girl, 7, authorities say
Deejay Dave Herman held stuffed animal waiting at airport for sex with girl, 7, authorities say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Former WNEW-FM disc jockey Dave Herman was holding a stuffed animal when federal agents and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office took him into custody today as he waited at the St. Croix airport for a 7-year-old girl he intended to sexually abuse, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Herman, 77, who has a home in the U.S. Virgin Islands, became the target of a sex sting after he contacted detectives from the Bergen County Computer Crimes Unit who were posing as a woman named “Kris” with a young daughter named “Lexi,” county Prosecutor John L. Molinel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
NJ human trafficking summit tomorrow expected to draw 200 NJ human trafficking summit tomorrow expected to draw 200 NJ human trafficking summit tomorrow expected to draw 200
NJ human trafficking summit tomorrow expected to draw 200 PUBLIC SAFETY: Nearly 200 people will gather tomorrow to learn the roles they can play in the state’s anti-trafficking strategy for the 2014 Super Bowl and beyond. Plans for the all-day summit at the War Memorial in Trenton are to also “address the needs and concerns of human trafficking victims and survivors and highlight the effective ways to resolve those issues,” acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said today. The approach of the Super Bowl demands heightened awareness of human trafficking, authorities said. Attendees will include human trafficking survivors, law enforcement off…

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