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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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Wyckoff police: Fugitive dealer who had steroids, testosterone drugs smashed parents’ car, house Wyckoff police: Fugitive dealer who had steroids, testosterone drugs smashed parents’ car, house Wyckoff police: Fugitive dealer who had steroids, testosterone drugs smashed parents’ car, house
Wyckoff police: Fugitive dealer who had steroids, testosterone drugs smashed parents’ car, house HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Wyckoff police are asking the public’s help in finding a 20-year-old borough man who they said left behind methamphetamine, anabolic steroids and testosterone drugs after smashing his parents’ car, as well as windows and doors in their home. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Wyckoff man being sought by police for trashing his parents’ home, leaving behind a stash of amphetamines, anabolic steroids and testosterone drugs, turned himself in last night, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. READ MORE…. Tyler G. Speziale “is believed to be in the company of a female frien…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Doctor brings sight to Dominican girl on NJ police foundation chief’s mercy mission Doctor brings sight to Dominican girl on NJ police foundation chief’s mercy mission Doctor brings sight to Dominican girl on NJ police foundation chief’s mercy mission
Doctor brings sight to Dominican girl on NJ police foundation chief’s mercy mission YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 13-month-old blind girl brought to the US from the Dominican Republic for emergency surgery can now see out of one eye. “The operation on Baby Scarling’s left eye was a success,” Joseph Occhipinti, the executive director of the National Police Defense Foundation, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “Next Wednesday the doctor will operate on the right eye,” he added. “Hopefully all her eyesight will be restored.” Occhipinti’s foundation brought Scarling Cabrera – known as “Baby Scarling” — and her mother here for yesterday’s free surgery by Brian Campolattaro, a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Retired North Arlington fire chief critical after violent Lyndhurst crash Retired North Arlington fire chief critical after violent Lyndhurst crash Retired North Arlington fire chief critical after violent Lyndhurst crash
Retired North Arlington fire chief critical after violent Lyndhurst crash SPECIAL REPORT: A popular retired North Arlington fire chief remained in critical condition following a violent crash in Lyndhurst on Saturday, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Robert “Bob” Melofchik was in a North Arlington Fire Department SUV when it was broadsided on the passenger side at the corner of Lake and Dellafield, Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor confirmed tonight. Melofchik, who is also a fire instructor, was serving as acting  North Arlington fire chief, covering the borough while department officials attended the New Jersey Firemen’s Convention Friday and Saturday in Wildw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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NJ Transit train service restored after Ramsey man, 39, is struck, killed NJ Transit train service restored after Ramsey man, 39, is struck, killed NJ Transit train service restored after Ramsey man, 39, is struck, killed
NJ Transit train service restored after Ramsey man, 39, is struck, killed Seven customers were aboard a New Jersey Transit train that struck a 39-year-old borough man in Ramsey early this morning 200 or so yards west of a grade crossing. Service had been completely restored by 8:30 following the incident two hours earlier. It occurred west of the Goertzen Plaza crossing and involved a Hoboken-bound main line train, NJ Transit’s Nancy Snyder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Service was temporarily suspended between Allendale and Suffern, Snyder said. The Port Jervis line had service temporarily suspended east of Suffern, she said. NJT police were continuing an investigat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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1,800 t-shirts in Bergen’s 20th annual Clothesline Project herald hope of abuse survivors 1,800 t-shirts in Bergen’s 20th annual Clothesline Project herald hope of abuse survivors 1,800 t-shirts in Bergen’s 20th annual Clothesline Project herald hope of abuse survivors
1,800 t-shirts in Bergen’s 20th annual Clothesline Project herald hope of abuse survivors YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: In the largest display of its kind in Bergen County, 1,800 t-shirts that hung on The Green outside the county courthouse yesterday gave each of their creators the loudest voices of those at the 20th annual Clothesline Project. The t-shirts, created by victims and survivors, were created and displayed to raise community awareness of domestic violence against women, men and children. One of those creators, a survivor of domestic abuse, told the hushed gathering how feelings of shame, guilt and the fear of loneliness kept her “captive to a distorted definition of love.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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NJSP seeking cause of 287 crash that left circus performers’ camper dangling from bridge NJSP seeking cause of 287 crash that left circus performers’ camper dangling from bridge NJSP seeking cause of 287 crash that left circus performers’ camper dangling from bridge
Njsp seeking cause of 287 crash that left circus performers’ camper dangling from bridge New Jersey State Police were still trying to determine what made a member of the Big Apple Circus lose control of a pickup truck, sending a camper dangling over a Route 287 overpass in Mahwah yesterday. NJSP Sgt. Adam Grossman said the crash remains under investigation, a day after the Ford F350 overturned and the camper tilted precariously over the bridge, blocking two lanes of the highway. The State Police Incident Management Unit, along with the New Jersey Department of Transportation, diverted traffic from the area following the 10 a.m. crash. Two female occupants of the Ford got ou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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The complete Bergen County police consolidation plan — with highlights The complete Bergen County police consolidation plan — with highlights The complete Bergen County police consolidation plan — with highlights
The complete Bergen County police consolidation plan — with highlights YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A long-awaited police consolidation plan unveiled today by the four Democratic majority members of the Bergen County freeholder board promises to save anywhere from $90.6 million to $200.4 million over 25 years by putting the county police department under the control of the county sheriff. Freeholder Chairman David Ganz said the entire blueprint will be released to all county officials on Friday. However, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has obtained a copy (SEE BELOW). No one loses his or her job, or takes a pay cut, under the proposal. However, the chain of command changes drama…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Security guard at Rutherford hotel charged with sexually assaulting boy, 16 Security guard at Rutherford hotel charged with sexually assaulting boy, 16 Security guard at Rutherford hotel charged with sexually assaulting boy, 16
Security guard at Rutherford hotel charged with sexually assaulting boy, 16 A 25-year-old Jersey City man working as a security guard at a Rutherford hotel is charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy who was staying there over the weekend as part of a class trip out of upstate New York. Jose M. Olivares was arrested at his home on Monday by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Rutherford police and charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. The incident occurred “during the early morning hours” Sunday at the hotel, county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. “The victim had been on a school trip…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Garfield couple headed to trial in connection with Cliffside Park’s man murder Garfield couple headed to trial in connection with Cliffside Park’s man murder Garfield couple headed to trial in connection with Cliffside Park’s man murder
Garfield couple headed to trial in connection with Cliffside Park’s man murder EXCLUSIVE: A Garfield couple charged in connection with the murder of a Cliffside Park man last July are headed to trial now that prosecutors have refused to offer them plea bargains. Due to the seriousness of the charges, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer said Michael Sampson won’t be offered an opportunity to reduce his potential sentence by pleading guilty to murdering Hector Tito Zabala Jr. Nor will Jacquelin Pierro, who faces lesser charges of hindering Sampson’s apprehension, child endangerment and drug offenses, she said. However, that doesn’t mean their def…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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11 caught, three sought in Bergen bogus driver’s license roundup 11 caught, three sought in Bergen bogus driver’s license roundup 11 caught, three sought in Bergen bogus driver’s license roundup
11 caught, three sought in Bergen bogus driver’s license roundup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Using cutting-edge “facial scrub” software, investigators have arrested 11 people yesterday and today and charged them with obtaining phony driver’s licenses while on the suspended list, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced this afternoon. Working with the state Motor Vehicle Commission, detectives from Molinelli’s White Collar Crimes Squad investigated 27 cases referred this year from state officials, leading to the charges. Eleven of those charged were arrested yesterday and today. They were being held on $25,000 bail each pending court hearings. …

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