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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield man who went missing dies, son writes tribute Bergenfield man who went missing dies, son writes tribute Bergenfield man who went missing dies, son writes tribute
Bergenfield man who went missing dies, son writes tribute UPDATE: An 81-year-old Bergenfield man found in a neighbor’s yard nearly four days after he went missing died last night, which brought an online tribute from his son today that moved many to tears. “The suffering that he had to endure was complicated and he was not able to recover,” a close family friend of Donald Wicklund told CLIFFVIEW PILOT earlier today. “Donny” Wicklund, who had Alzheimer’s disease, was “conscious and verbal,” with wounds that police described as superficial, when he was found last Sunday, four days after he went for an evening walk and didn’t return. He was taken t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Two shot, 2 sought, in Bergenfield this morning Two shot, 2 sought, in Bergenfield this morning Two shot, 2 sought, in Bergenfield this morning
Two shot, 2 sought, in Bergenfield this morning YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two men were shot and wounded, one seriously, in the south end of Bergenfield this morning. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three men have been arrested and charged in a drug robbery gone wrong that led to the shootings yesterday of two Bergenfield men, one seriously, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said shortly before 6 p.m. READ MORE…. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office was summoned in connection with the shootings at 85 Westside Avenue, near the Bergenfield Library, just before 10 a.m. Police from Tenafly and Dumont were also assisting. All were look…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mother forgives Hasbrouck Heights drunk driver for death of son, 24 Mother forgives Hasbrouck Heights drunk driver for death of son, 24 Mother forgives Hasbrouck Heights drunk driver for death of son, 24
Mother forgives Hasbrouck Heights drunk driver for death of son, 24 ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A Hasbrouck Heights man who killed his best friend in a drunk-driving crash was sentenced to three years in state prison — but not before being forgiven by the dead man’s mother, in a speech that brought tears to the eyes of many in a Hackensack courtroom. The last that Patricia Spinnler of North Haledon said she’d heard from her son, George Kantakis, he texted her after midnight on March 29, 2012, saying, “I’m on my way home and I love you.” A short time later, a 2002 Ford Taurus driven by an intoxicated Lukasz Skibicki came speeding around a curve on Route 208 i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Repeat Lodi drug dealer gets 10 years for selling cocaine at day-care center Repeat Lodi drug dealer gets 10 years for selling cocaine at day-care center Repeat Lodi drug dealer gets 10 years for selling cocaine at day-care center
Repeat Lodi drug dealer gets 10 years for selling cocaine at day-care center ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A Lodi man who sold cocaine at a Garfield day-care center where he worked was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday. “I think society needs to be protected from him,” Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi said. Eric “E. Love” Hill, 45, was arrested and charged with 10 counts of drug dealing and possession after he sold cocaine to undercover officers at Lincoln School No. 6 on Palisade Avenue twice in September 2012 and again two months later. Public defender Gail Hargrove argued for a six-year term out of compassion for a man who “has come to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Careening Woodcliff Lake SUV takes out mailboxes, street light, more Careening Woodcliff Lake SUV takes out mailboxes, street light, more Careening Woodcliff Lake SUV takes out mailboxes, street light, more
Careening Woodcliff Lake SUV takes out mailboxes, street light, more YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: An out-of-control Lexus SUV took out several mailboxes, a street light and a cable box as it careened down a Woodcliff Lake hill before crashing this morning. Members of Tri-Boro Volunteer Ambulance Corps tended to the elderly driver before taking her to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Woodcliff Lake firefighters took care of a fuel spill followign the crash on Blueberry Drive. The Lexus sustained heavy front-end damage and was removed by flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Former WNY cop turned activist questions trooper, Bergen detectives over Turnpike confrontation Former WNY cop turned activist questions trooper, Bergen detectives over Turnpike confrontation Former WNY cop turned activist questions trooper, Bergen detectives over Turnpike confrontation
Former WNY cop turned activist questions trooper, Bergen detectives over Turnpike confrontation A former West New York police officer turned civil rights activist has asked the State Police and Bergen County Police Department to investigate the behavior of their officers during a heated exchange with two Bergen County police officers on the NJ Turnpike. For one thing, Rich Rivera says, the state trooper involved may have “put himself or others in danger by participating in the stop.” Rivera (above, right) also questions whether the trooper may have escalated the situation by arguing with a BCPD detective who cursed at him while asking why he had his gun drawn. Rivera asks several …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford man headed to trial in Wallington attempted murder case Rutherford man headed to trial in Wallington attempted murder case Rutherford man headed to trial in Wallington attempted murder case
Rutherford man headed to trial in Wallington attempted murder case EXCLUSIVE: A Rutherford man who authorities said beat the Wallington father of a former friend so badly that he needed brain surgery is set to go to trial for attempted murder in October, along with a roommate who they said tried to cover for him. Julio Pina-Catena, 41, has been held in the Bergen County Jail since being arrested in June 2011 for attacking the victim, 56-year-old Nelson Martin, whose family he once lived with in Hudson County. Pina-Catena’s original $1 million bail was later reduced to $750,000. His roommate, Kenny Cabrera (above, right), posted bail and was released a li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington rough sex sentence: time served, probation North Arlington rough sex sentence: time served, probation North Arlington rough sex sentence: time served, probation
North Arlington rough sex sentence: time served, probation ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The case of a man cleared of attempted murder charges but convicted of aggravated assault and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend during rough sex in her North Arlington apartment ended quietly yesterday when a judge in Hackensack sentenced him to the 405 days he spent in jail and a year’s probation. “Good luck to you,” Superior Court Judge Donald R. Venezia told Thomas Cieslik. Defense attorney Joe Depa said his client continues to maintain his innocence. However, Depa said: “Your honor, he’s very sorry and he completely agrees with the court’s actions.” At t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
JFK baggage handlers charged with swiping laptops, iPads, jewelry, more JFK baggage handlers charged with swiping laptops, iPads, jewelry, more JFK baggage handlers charged with swiping laptops, iPads, jewelry, more
JFK baggage handlers charged with swiping laptops, iPads, jewelry, more Seven baggage handlers at JFK Airport were arrested by Port Authority police detectives and charged with systematically stealing thousands of dollars worth of electronics, jewelry — including a $5,000 watch — and other personal items from El Al Airlines passengers, an authority spokesman said tonight. El Al got so many complaints about missing property that the Israeli airline installed a surveillance camera in the baggage hold of a 747 that shuttled between Terminal 4 at JFK to Israel. Prosecutors said the videos showed the handlers — commonly known as “ramp rats” — stuffing some of the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Donovan chief of staff cites ‘breakdown of professionalism’ in county police, trooper confrontation Donovan chief of staff cites ‘breakdown of professionalism’ in county police, trooper confrontation Donovan chief of staff cites ‘breakdown of professionalism’ in county police, trooper confrontation
Donovan chief of staff cites ‘breakdown of professionalism’ in county police, trooper confrontation YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: In her administration’s first criticism of the behavior of two Bergen County police officers who went face-to-face and chest-to-chest with a state trooper on the NJ Turnpike, county Executive Kathleen Donovan’s chief of staff tonight referred to the incident as “an unfortunate breakdown of professionalism.” Baratta, responding to an email from CLIFFVIEW PILOT, issued a statement from Donovan (above, right) addressing a call from a trio of Democratic freeholders that the county executive replace Bergen’s police chief, Brian Higgins (above, left), in his dual job as pu…

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