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
Life in prison for Ridgefield florist in partner’s murder Life in prison for Ridgefield florist in partner’s murder Life in prison for Ridgefield florist in partner’s murder
Life in prison for Ridgefield florist in partner’s murder BREAKING NEWS: A Ridgefield flower salesman was sentenced to life in prison today for killing his business partner by shooting him in the back of the head as he sat at his desk — something the sentencing judge said was done in a “dastardly, cowardly way.” Thomas Battinelli, 56, maintained the same tight-lipped expression he had throughout the trial, as well as when he was convicted by jurors in May of murdering Michael Murphy, also 56, of Montvale. The jury also found him guilty of criminal weapons possession, theft and hindering apprehension. Under the sentence imposed by Superior Court …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook officer, firefighter breaks leg in Fair Lawn motorcycle crash Saddle Brook officer, firefighter breaks leg in Fair Lawn motorcycle crash Saddle Brook officer, firefighter breaks leg in Fair Lawn motorcycle crash
Saddle Brook officer, firefighter breaks leg in Fair Lawn motorcycle crash EXCLUSIVE: A Saddle Brook police officer and assistant fire chief was recovering from surgery after he broke his leg during a pre-dawn motorcycle crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn. Officer Doug Habermann, 36, was off duty and headed south on the highway just before 1 a.m. when, he said, the throttle apparently got stuck and the bike hit the center divider. Habermann, whose femur was broken in the crash, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, emergency workers told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The popular, well-known, 13-year police veteran is expected to be out of both jobs for three to s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Woman in domestic call steals police car Woman in domestic call steals police car Woman in domestic call steals police car
Woman in domestic call steals police car BEYOND BERGEN: A combative woman who was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser following a domestic dispute kicked out the partition window, climbed into the front and drove off, police in Camden County said. Lindenwold police officers responding to the call at 1:10 this morning said 35-year-old Danyl Fontanez told them there no longer was a problem. When they tried to explain that they are required to check out the call, they said, she became combative — to the point that they had to arrest her. They’d returned to the home when Fontanez slipped off the cuffs and made he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus Park owners: Please save carousel Paramus Park owners: Please save carousel Paramus Park owners: Please save carousel
Paramus Park owners: Please save carousel After reading in CLIFFVIEW PILOT about the closing of the Golden Carousel at Paramus Park, Casey Marie Hittel of New Milford wrote to the owners: To Whom It May Concern, I wish to address the removal of the Carousel at Paramus Park, the only mall in this area I actually enjoy going to. As a loyal customer for over 30 years, and the child of loyal customers since the mall’s creation, I am truly disheartened. I am not upset only because of the carousel’s removal, but in the manner in which the managing company of Paramus Park has conducted themselves in this change. To give the owners…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Attic tenant charged with sexually assaulting Englewood boy, 14 Attic tenant charged with sexually assaulting Englewood boy, 14 Attic tenant charged with sexually assaulting Englewood boy, 14
Attic tenant charged with sexually assaulting Englewood boy, 14 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An unemployed Guatemalan national living in an attic apartment is charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy. Saul Sanchez-Hernandez, 44, was being held on $402,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. After learning of what were several alleged incidents, the boy’s aunt alerted Englewood police, who contacted the Special Victim’s Unit of Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s office, the prosecutor said early this afternoon. Together, both agencies investigated, he said. They arrested Sanchez-Hernandez yesterday, charging him with three counts of aggravat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgefield police: busy month Ridgefield police: busy month Ridgefield police: busy month
Ridgefield police: busy month Here’s a month’s worth of activity from Ridgefield Police: On 8-17-13 at 105am, a resident of Walnut street reported an unknown male was in the rear of her home and fled towards Ridgefield Memorial High School. The party was located by P.O. Paul Svorec and P.O. Scarola. He was found to be under the influence and in possession of heroin and syringes. The 28 year old Maple Avenue resident was transported to Bergen County Jail on a $2,500.00 failure to appear warrant out of Central Municipal Court. He is due in Ridgefield Municipal court in August. On 8-10-13, at 11:33 pm, Sergeant Ken Sheri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man accused of ‘electronically stalking’ Mahwah woman enters special court program Man accused of ‘electronically stalking’ Mahwah woman enters special court program Man accused of ‘electronically stalking’ Mahwah woman enters special court program
Man accused of ‘electronically stalking’ Mahwah woman enters special court program EXCLUSIVE: A Brooklyn man accused of electronically stalking a Mahwah woman has been admitted to a special program that will remove the charges against him if he meets certain conditions, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Yekeseil Gluck, 39, was accepted into the Pre-Trial Intervention program after prosecutors charged him in January with making a series of calls to the woman’s home, work and cellphones. The 22-year-old woman told police she was getting 2-3 calls every day of the week, all from blocked numbers. Some were simply open lines with dead air, while others were characterized as “alar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn, Bergenfield swear in new police officers Fair Lawn, Bergenfield swear in new police officers Fair Lawn, Bergenfield swear in new police officers
Fair Lawn, Bergenfield swear in new police officers SHOUT OUTS: The Fair Lawn Police Department welcomed two new officers tonight, one of whom returned to duty with the borough and both of whom came from the Paterson force. Loved ones, friends and both Fair Lawn and Paterson police officers attended as Juan Rodriguez (above, left) and Peter Federico (right) were sworn in by Mayor John Cosgrove. Bergenfield swore in two new police officers, as well — Adam Fingeroth and Peter J. Morano. They are pictured with Chief Michael Carr and promoted Capt. Cathy Madalone (SPECIAL to CLIFFVIEW PILOT) New Fair Lawn Police Officer Juan Rodriguez Rodr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn police: Drunk driver swapped seats with drunk passenger after fleeing crash Fair Lawn police: Drunk driver swapped seats with drunk passenger after fleeing crash Fair Lawn police: Drunk driver swapped seats with drunk passenger after fleeing crash
Fair Lawn police: Drunk driver swapped seats with drunk passenger after fleeing crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A drunk driver switched places with his passenger after leaving the scene of accident — only there was one problem: He was drunk, too, Fair Lawn police said. So both ended up being charged. Officers Stephen Buskiewicz, Luke Hintzen and Chris O’Shaughnessy found the car on Morlot Avenue and Plaza Road, a short distance from the single-vehicle crash on nearby Route 208. Buskiewicz “discovered through questioning that the driver and passenger had switched places after the crash,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said. So the officers gave both roadside sobriety tests. Both fa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Prospects ‘very good’ for Cliffside Park Mayor Calabrese after stroke Prospects ‘very good’ for Cliffside Park Mayor Calabrese after stroke Prospects ‘very good’ for Cliffside Park Mayor Calabrese after stroke
Prospects ‘very good’ for Cliffside Park Mayor Calabrese after stroke Doctors consider the prospects for Cliffside Park Mayor Gerald “Gerry” Calabrese’s very good for surviving a mild stroke he sustained yesterday while in Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, a spokesman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Because he was in the hospital for an unrelated minor issue, the doctors caught the stroke very early,” spokesman Bill Maer said, “so we expect good results.” That the stroke was caught so quickly dramatically limits any possible short- or long-term issues, Maer added. The longest-serving mayor in state history, Calabrese was resting comfortably and communicating …

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