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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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen judge refuses to step out of murder plot case in synagogue firebombings Bergen judge refuses to step out of murder plot case in synagogue firebombings Bergen judge refuses to step out of murder plot case in synagogue firebombings
Bergen judge refuses to step out of murder plot case in synagogue firebombings YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack ruled today that she has no conflict in presiding over the case of a man accused of plotting to kill a former colleague of hers in the county prosecutor’s office after being arrested and jail on charges of plotting a series of Bergen synagogue firebombings. “I am not going to recuse myself,” Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi told defense attorney Brian Neary. The only time she has contact with the assistant prosecutor, Martin Delaney, “is when he appears in court,” the judge said during Aakash Dalal’s arraignment on charges…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Two in Fairview liquor store scam flee, one caught in North Bergen Two in Fairview liquor store scam flee, one caught in North Bergen Two in Fairview liquor store scam flee, one caught in North Bergen
Two in Fairview liquor store scam flee, one caught in North Bergen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fairview police last night grabbed one Bronx man, and were seeking another, after they allegedly tried using phony credit cards at a Broad Avenue liquor store. The two sped away in a Mercedes Benz as responding officers arrived at the Liquor Depot — driving south in the northbound lane — around 7 o’clock last night, Detective Capt. Martin Kahn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The driver tried to turn at 86th Street and Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen but crashed the car into another liquor store, the captain said. One man fled, but police grabbed the other. Royer Soto, 19…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Police foundation honoring physician who treats headaches, facial pain without drugs, surgery Police foundation honoring physician who treats headaches, facial pain without drugs, surgery Police foundation honoring physician who treats headaches, facial pain without drugs, surgery
Police foundation honoring physician who treats headaches, facial pain without drugs, surgery When Dr. Ira Klemons decided to devote his life to eliminating headaches and facial pain four decades ago, he couldn’t have imagined that nearly 38 million Americans would later be found to be sufferers. At the time, the most common approach involved medications, all of which have side effects, and surgery, which carries its own risks. Klemons has built a different approach at the Center for Headaches and Facial Pain. It’s brought relief to tens of thousands of patients – many of them police, firefighters and other emergency responders who have come in with headaches, migraines, face pain…

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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus to raise awareness, funds END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus to raise awareness, funds END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus to raise awareness, funds
END DWI Walk of Remembrance in Paramus to raise awareness, funds SHOUT OUT: The first annual END DWI Walk of Remembrance, dedicated to reminding people about the dangers and potential hearbreak of drunk driving while raising funds for the group’s mission, is scheduled at Van Saun Park in Paramus this Sunday, Sept. 29. “Every step taken by those who participate is for someone who can no longer take that step as a result of a totally preventable tragedy — a drunk-driving incident,” said Bogota Police Chief John Burke, a member of END DWI’s Board of Directors. The event will include a ceremony at the END DWI Memorial Tree Grove, where trees are planted an…

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Blown manhole cover rocks Ridgewood Blown manhole cover rocks Ridgewood Blown manhole cover rocks Ridgewood
Blown manhole cover rocks Ridgewood YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A loud boom followed by a momentary loss of electricity rocked Ridgewood tonight after a manhole cover blew. Authorities were trying to determine the cause of the 7 p.m. blast, which shook business owners, customers and church goers tonight in the area of Prospect and Dayton Streets. Police and firefighters responded after receiving several calls and found the blown manhole cover in front of 11 Prospect Street. Firefightes checked the basements of several nearby buildings and found a light smoke condition at 54 East Ridgewood Avenue. They ventilated the basement,…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Don’t buckle up your child the wrong way — here’s why Don’t buckle up your child the wrong way — here’s why Don’t buckle up your child the wrong way — here’s why
Don’t buckle up your child the wrong way — here’s why PUBLIC SAFETY: Cold, hard facts show why children must be safely buckled in whenever you drive somewhere, no matter how far you go — a message that’s being reinforced during national “Child Passenger Safety Week,” which began today. In order: More children under 13 die in motor-vehicle crashes than from nearly any other cause; Two-thirds of them are between 4 and 12; Three of every four children aren’t properly restrained in vehicles. Used properly, car seats reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71% for infants and 54% for toddlers in cars, and 58% and 59% for infants and toddlers in …

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hasbrouck Heights detectives collar accused burglar, with assist from NJT cops Hasbrouck Heights detectives collar accused burglar, with assist from NJT cops Hasbrouck Heights detectives collar accused burglar, with assist from NJT cops
Hasbrouck Heights detectives collar accused burglar, with assist from NJT cops YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With an assist from their NJ Transit colleagues, Hasbrouck Heights police took an accused burglary into custody early this morning. A Terrace Avenue resident reported the break-in on Thursday, Detective Michael Colaneri told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Possible suspects were developed,” and the list was narrowed down to 49-year-old Robert Kearns, who lives in town, Colaneri said. An alert was then issued, he said. NJ Transit police picked up Keans at Penn Station in Newark just after 3 o’clock this morning. Colaneri said he and fellow Detective Joseph Armeli then went …

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook special police officer charged in boyfriend’s NJ bank robbery spree Saddle Brook special police officer charged in boyfriend’s NJ bank robbery spree Saddle Brook special police officer charged in boyfriend’s NJ bank robbery spree
Saddle Brook special police officer charged in boyfriend’s NJ bank robbery spree EXCLUSIVE REPORT: FBI agents captured a man wanted for robbing seven banks across four counties by tracing the getaway car from a holdup two days ago to his girlfriend – a now-former Saddle Brook “special” police officer, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Authorities reviewing surveillance video spotted Jennifer Pinto’s Chevy Equinox leaving the Lusitania Savings Bank in Hillside moments after it was held up on Wednesday, a federal complaint says. Government agents then tracked it to her parents’ house in the township, a law enforcement source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The FBI was tailing her whe…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood couple charged with torching car for insurance Englewood couple charged with torching car for insurance Englewood couple charged with torching car for insurance
Englewood couple charged with torching car for insurance YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Englewood woman and her boyfriend were in the city lockup tonight, charged with torching her car in order to collect on the insurance. Katima McCullough, 32, “was behind on car payments and dodging repossession,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Police and fire responded to the fire call around 1 p.m. Sunday and found McCullough’s 2007 Nissan Murano ablaze on Elmore Avenue in the city’s Fourth Ward, Torell said. “No one was in or around the vehicle and the responding firefighters immediately saw signs of an intentional setting,” the…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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‘Walk for Thought’ in Paramus to help those with brain injuries ‘Walk for Thought’ in Paramus to help those with brain injuries ‘Walk for Thought’ in Paramus to help those with brain injuries
‘Walk for Thought’ in Paramus to help those with brain injuries SHOUT OUT: What began 10 years ago as a walk to support individuals and families living with brain injury, has become something much bigger — both literally and figuratively. Jane and Joe Concato of Westwood have followed a similar path. Jane wasn’t sure she could run a support group for those who, like her, sustained a brain injury. But Joe was pumped enough for both of them. As a result, they continue to bring more participants and donors into the fold, many of whom will be involved with this year’s “Walk For Thought” on Sept. 28 at Saddle River County Park in Paramus. Thousands from …

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