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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood detectives grab fugitive wanted in attempted rape of NYC jogger Englewood detectives grab fugitive wanted in attempted rape of NYC jogger Englewood detectives grab fugitive wanted in attempted rape of NYC jogger
Englewood detectives grab fugitive wanted in attempted rape of NYC jogger YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Englewood police have confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report from earlier this morning that city detectives yesterday arrested a man wanted in New York police for trying to rape a jogger pushing her baby carriage in a park overlooking the Hudson River. Englewood police had been looking for city resident Oscar Ruiz, 35, since being alerted by the NYPD several days ago. “We work with them on almost daily basis on many things,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “We have a solid network of communication.” Around 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Detective…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn police: Driver was high on heroin, had 124 bags Fair Lawn police: Driver was high on heroin, had 124 bags Fair Lawn police: Driver was high on heroin, had 124 bags
Fair Lawn police: Driver was high on heroin, had 124 bags YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Pennsylvania man was being held on $20,000 bail after Fair Lawn police said they found him carrying 124 bags of heroin moments after he’d gotten high. Detective Sgt. Tim O’Shaughnessy and Detectives Paul Donohue and Peter Yuskaitis approached 36-year-old James Snyder’s car in the parking lot of a River Road CVS Friday night after seeing him “discard evidence of recent drug use,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning. After arresting Snyder, of Carbondale, PA, detectives found a needle and four Oxycontin pills, as well as the heroin bags, which were wrapped togethe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Palisades Parkway police charge Fort Lee driver with bias intimidation, threats, PCP possession Palisades Parkway police charge Fort Lee driver with bias intimidation, threats, PCP possession Palisades Parkway police charge Fort Lee driver with bias intimidation, threats, PCP possession
Palisades Parkway police charge Fort Lee driver with bias intimidation, threats, PCP possession YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee man who refused to pull over his pickup truck screamed racial epithets, threatened to kill two back-up officers and kicked the doors and windows of a police cruiser so hard that it needed repairs, Palisades Interstate Parkway police said tonight. Detective Jeffrey Kimbro saw Thomas E. Nash speeding and driving the 1995 truck erratically on the northbound Parkway in Alpine Friday night, Acting Chief Michael J. Coppola said. Kimbro chased it for roughly two miles before Nash finally pulled over, Coppola said. The detective “noticed that the driver appear…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Funeral set for Medal of Honor hero from Cresskill, 96 Funeral set for Medal of Honor hero from Cresskill, 96 Funeral set for Medal of Honor hero from Cresskill, 96
Funeral set for Medal of Honor hero from Cresskill, 96 A funeral service for Nicholas Oresko, the World War II Medal of Honor hero who died Friday at the age of 96, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Bergen Community College before his burial in George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus. TRIBUTE: They said that World War II hero Nicholas Oresko had no family, but nothing could be further from the truth — not after the Medal of Honor recipient’s funeral service and interment today. READ MORE …. The service will be held at BCC’s Anna Maria Ciccone Theater before interment at the memorial cemetery. Oresko, who was the oldest living Medal of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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‘Bergen’s Boldest’ sheriff’s officers pull plane to help Special Olympics ‘Bergen’s Boldest’ sheriff’s officers pull plane to help Special Olympics ‘Bergen’s Boldest’ sheriff’s officers pull plane to help Special Olympics
‘Bergen’s Boldest’ sheriff’s officers pull plane to help Special Olympics SHOUT OUT: Twenty Bergen County Sheriff’s officers put their backs into raising funds for Special Olympics New Jersey today during the annual plane pull at Newark Airport. This year’s pull helped the NJ Law Enforcement Torch Run raise nearly $45,000 by mid-afternoon, organizers say. The members of PBA Local 134 — also known as “Bergen’s Boldest” — have participated in the 16-year event since 1999. Today, they joined nearly 30 other teams in  competitions that included a dozen officers pulling the 46½-ton (93,000-lb) 737 in one and only six in another. Time and distance were key factor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Lyndhurst Police Volunteer Emergency Squad wears pink gloves for breast cancer awareness Lyndhurst Police Volunteer Emergency Squad wears pink gloves for breast cancer awareness Lyndhurst Police Volunteer Emergency Squad wears pink gloves for breast cancer awareness
Lyndhurst Police Volunteer Emergency Squad wears pink gloves for breast cancer awareness SHOUT OUT: The Lyndhurst Police Volunteer Emergency Squad is doing its part for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by wearing pink gloves. “This is part of our ongoing commitment to promote healthy living in the community we serve,” LPES Capt. Tarcisio Nunes said. The “Generation Pink” gloves are from Medline, which is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each, as well as other Medline pink-branded products, to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). Since 2005, Medline has committed more than $1.2 million to the NBCF to help fund mammograms for people who cannot afford …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hip-hop producer ‘Piper’ of Englewood gets three years in prison for pot, guns Hip-hop producer ‘Piper’ of Englewood gets three years in prison for pot, guns Hip-hop producer ‘Piper’ of Englewood gets three years in prison for pot, guns
Hip-hop producer ‘Piper’ of Englewood gets three years in prison for pot, guns EXCLUSIVE: A low-level record producer with houses in Englewood and California was sentenced to a plea-bargained three years in state prison yesterday for trying to import West Coast weed to Bergen County — through the mail. The man known professionally as “Piper” — who recently boasted of working with rapper 50 Cent — pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges after he, his mother and his girlfriend were arrested for receiving nearly 30 pounds of pot in separate shipments. U.S. Postal inspectors tipped off investigators to the far-ranging scheme, which authorities said involved 10 pounds…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, 96, dies in Englewood, local officer salutes him Oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, 96, dies in Englewood, local officer salutes him Oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, 96, dies in Englewood, local officer salutes him
Oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, 96, dies in Englewood, local officer salutes him A TRIBUTE: Nicholas Oresko, the nation’s oldest living Medal of Honor recipient at 96, died tonight at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. Scott McNiff, a Westwood police officer, was among the last to see him. This is his account of that visit, as told to CLIFFVIEW PILOT Publisher/Editor Jerry DeMarco. Just hours ago, a group of soldiers, police officers, state troopers and others stood in a circle, holding hands, beside the bedside of our nation’s oldest living Medal of Honor recipient. Nicholas Oresko waves during the Hoboken Memorial Day Parade in 2010. Courtesy NJ.COM He was abo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield mechanic gets probation for groping, grinding female customer Garfield mechanic gets probation for groping, grinding female customer Garfield mechanic gets probation for groping, grinding female customer
Garfield mechanic gets probation for groping, grinding female customer EXCLUSIVE: A judge in Hackensack today rejected a Garfield mechanic’s bid to withdraw his guilty plea to grinding his groin into a female customer’s backside, sentencing him to two years probation. Two  more victims contacted authorities after reading online accounts of the ongoing case of Adel Baladi, both Superior Court Judge James J. Guida and Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Dion Findley said before today’s sentencing (Although they didn’t mention it by name, CLIFFVIEW PILOT is the only media publication that has written about the case). Jury selection for a trial was nearly complet…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan laid to rest amid honors, tributes Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan laid to rest amid honors, tributes Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan laid to rest amid honors, tributes
Ramsey soldier killed in Afghanistan laid to rest amid honors, tributes A TRIBUTE (PHOTOS): Fallen Army Staff Sgt. Timothy McGill was honored by friends, family, military officials and community members as he was laid to rest today. “If he could say one thing right now, it would be to take all of this attention off of him,” his sister, Megan McGill, said following a civil ceremony in which McGill was awarded military honors. “Because he was doing his job, and he was doing what he was so passionate about.” Timothy Raymond McGill, 30 — a lifelong Ramsey resident, volunteer firefighter and member of the borough’s DPW in-between deployments — was killed Sept. 21 …

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