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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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor: Garfield rapist broke into home, threatened woman with ax Bergen prosecutor: Garfield rapist broke into home, threatened woman with ax Bergen prosecutor: Garfield rapist broke into home, threatened woman with ax
Bergen prosecutor: Garfield rapist broke into home, threatened woman with ax YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 55-year-old Garfield man beat and then raped a woman after breaking into her home, then threatened to kill her — while wielding an ax — if she reported him, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. Jorge Merced was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail pending a court appearance after he was arrested yesterday by Garfield police and members of Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit. Merced is charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, burglary, two counts of weapons possession and c…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Airbags help motorist when car slams into tree in Waldwick Airbags help motorist when car slams into tree in Waldwick Airbags help motorist when car slams into tree in Waldwick
Airbags help motorist when car slams into tree in Waldwick EXCLUSIVE: The driver of a Toyota Matrix was injured after it slammed into a tree on Wyckoff Avenue near Whites Lane in Waldwick this afternoon. Emergency workers said the injuries to the driver, who was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, weren’t life-threatening — thanks, in part, to the car’s airbags. Responding were Waldwick police, firefighters and EMS, along with the hospital’s paramedic unit. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
‘Baby-faced’ Lyndhurst killer gets 7 years for witness tampering ‘Baby-faced’ Lyndhurst killer gets 7 years for witness tampering ‘Baby-faced’ Lyndhurst killer gets 7 years for witness tampering
‘Baby-faced’ Lyndhurst killer gets 7 years for witness tampering YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A remorseless baby-faced killer sentenced to life in prison for gunning down an aspiring police officer in Lyndhurst got another seven years today for intimidating witnesses in the case. Fernando “Fipo” Carrero Jr. declined to speak during the defense portion of this morning’s sentencing. He later asked to address Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi just before Bergen County Sheriff’s officers led him out for his return to state prison in Ossining, N.Y. She refused. “The way it goes here,” the judge said, “the defense speaks first, then the pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Real estate agent could avoid charges in Montvale arson, fraud Real estate agent could avoid charges in Montvale arson, fraud Real estate agent could avoid charges in Montvale arson, fraud
Real estate agent could avoid charges in Montvale arson, fraud EXCLUSIVE: A real estate agent could be headed for trial in Hackensack if she doesn’t get into a special program that could clear her record of charges in connection both an arson fire that nearly destroyed a Montvale house and a mortgage fraud out of Paterson. Nanette L. Vignapiano of Sparta was one of three people who Bergen County authorities said conspired to torch the Montvale house after attempting to sell the place without the owner’s knowledge. While investigating that case, detectives found evidence that Vignapiano, 45, allegedly participated in another fraudulent sale, that of a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority officer finds $2,100 in fake hundreds Port Authority officer finds $2,100 in fake hundreds Port Authority officer finds $2,100 in fake hundreds
Port Authority officer finds $2,100 in fake hundreds YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Port Authority Police traffic stop outside the Holland Tunnel turned up $2,100 in counterfeit $100 bills, authorities said this morning. The driver, who was cited in Brooklyn last month for having tinted windows on his Infinity, was stopped for the same infraction around 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the Port Authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. When Officer John Defillipo looked a little closer, he found a fat stack of “Benjamins” (photo, above). The driver, 19-year-old Omar Gray, and his passenger, Noel Miguel, 22, both of Flatbush, were ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police join ‘NJ COP SHOT’ program Fair Lawn police join ‘NJ COP SHOT’ program Fair Lawn police join ‘NJ COP SHOT’ program
Fair Lawn police join ‘NJ COP Shot’ program SHOUT OUT: Fair Lawn PBA Local 67, in conjunction with the Fair Lawn Police Department, has joined other PBA locals and police departments throughout New Jersey in displaying ‘NJ COP SHOT’ stickers on the bumpers of patrol and auxiliary patrol units. Thanks to NJ COP SHOT, $20,000 in reward money is paid out for information leading to the arrest and conviction of someone who shoots a police officer. “We wholeheartedly support this important program, “said PBA Local 67 President Michael O’Brien (above, right).”Anyone who kills or seriously injures a New Jersey law enforcement officer shoul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County tow truck slides into Ramapo River, spills fuel Bergen County tow truck slides into Ramapo River, spills fuel Bergen County tow truck slides into Ramapo River, spills fuel
Bergen County tow truck slides into Ramapo River, spills fuel ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A Bergen County tow truck pulling tree stumps as part of the county’s mosquito control program slipped into the Ramapo River tonight and had to be pulled out itself. The Mahwah Fire Department’s hazardous materials team placed absorbent booms in several locations downriver to contain at least five gallons of fuel that spilled from the truck after it slid into the river off Halifax Road around 6:30 p.m., emergency workers told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Bergen County Police also responded because a county-owned vehicle was involved in the incident. New Jersey’s DEP was not…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Wood-Ridge BCC prof in fatal wrong-way crash was pounding vodkas at Martell’s, report says Wood-Ridge BCC prof in fatal wrong-way crash was pounding vodkas at Martell’s, report says Wood-Ridge BCC prof in fatal wrong-way crash was pounding vodkas at Martell’s, report says
Wood-Ridge BCC prof in fatal wrong-way crash was pounding vodkas at Martell’s, report says (via NJ.com) The woman who slammed head-on into a car while driving a stolen SUV the wrong way on Route 18 South began drinking vodka in Point Pleasant Beach before noon – and had not eaten all day, police revealed on Wednesday. Ashley Sara Chieco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: NJ State Police dashboard camera shows Bergen County Police confrontation VIDEO: NJ State Police dashboard camera shows Bergen County Police confrontation VIDEO: NJ State Police dashboard camera shows Bergen County Police confrontation
Video: NJ State Police dashboard camera shows Bergen County Police confrontation YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan’s chief of staff this afternoon said that two county police officers received unspecified discipline for going face-to-face with a New Jersey State Police trooper in a profanity-laced shouting match on the shoulder of the NJ Turnpike. The officers berate the trooper for briefly removing his gun while investigating their unmarked van, in a May 31 confrontation captured on the trooper’s dashboard video camera and first reported exclusively on CLIFFVIEW PILOT in June. The six-year veteran shouts back that a series of incidents …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Rosemarie D’Alessandro of Hillsdale still driven 40 years after daughter Joan’s murder Rosemarie D’Alessandro of Hillsdale still driven 40 years after daughter Joan’s murder Rosemarie D’Alessandro of Hillsdale still driven 40 years after daughter Joan’s murder
Rosemarie D’Alessandro of Hillsdale still driven 40 years after daughter Joan’s murder TRIBUTE: After all she’s done to help others since her 7-year-old daughter was horrifically murdered 40 years ago, there’s so much more for Rosemarie D’Alessandro – beginning with a pair of commemorative, fund-raising events that she hopes will draw huge crowds next weekend. Final arrangements are in place for a full day, with an afternoon event for kids – featuring food, refreshments, music, games and other activities – followed by a four-course dinner/dance party for adults, both at the Westwood Elks Lodge, on Sat., Sept. 7 (more below). After a bit of back-and-forth among local officia…

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