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
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Escape brings more prison time for Mahwah man who stabbed ex-partner’s brother Escape brings more prison time for Mahwah man who stabbed ex-partner’s brother Escape brings more prison time for Mahwah man who stabbed ex-partner’s brother
Escape brings more prison time for Mahwah man who stabbed ex-partner’s brother ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A Mahwah man got five years tacked on today to what already was a lengthy state prison term after going on the lam for two months to avoid sentencing for trying to kill a man in Lodi. The sentence meted out by Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack was for bail jumping, obstruction of justice and contempt of court. Because of the nature of the crimes, Paul Kramer must serve at least 4½ more years behind bars once he is paroled in 2024 from the flat 15-year term that he began serving in January 2012 for the attempted murder. Presiding…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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Route 17 rollover jams traffic Route 17 rollover jams traffic Route 17 rollover jams traffic
Route 17 rollover jams traffic YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after his Nissan Altima collided with a tractor-trailer and rolled over on southbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River. Traffic was jammed in both directions after the 5:45 p.m. crash near Lake Street, as emergency workers freed the driver and cleared the scene. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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Hackensack, NJ
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Attorneys for Bergen synagogue firebomb suspects want case moved out of Bergen Attorneys for Bergen synagogue firebomb suspects want case moved out of Bergen Attorneys for Bergen synagogue firebomb suspects want case moved out of Bergen
Attorneys for Bergen synagogue firebomb suspects want case moved out of Bergen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Lawyers for two men accused in a string of Bergen County synagogue arsons will get their chances on Sept. 27 to request that either the charges be dismissed or the case moved to another county, following a court hearing today in Hackensack. First Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor John Higgins said he will present the state’s case against Aakash Dalal and Anthony Graziano beginning July 31. This surprised Dalal’s attorney Brian Neary, who called it inappropriate that a grand jury in Hackensack get the case when his request for a change of venue hadn’t yet been deci…

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Paterson, NJ
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Turkish national from North Bergen guilty of molesting woman on flight Turkish national from North Bergen guilty of molesting woman on flight Turkish national from North Bergen guilty of molesting woman on flight
Turkish national from North Bergen guilty of molesting woman on flight Federal jurors in Newark today convicted a Turkish national who lives in North Bergen of molesting a woman sleeping next to him on a flight from Phoenix to Newark. After standing for the verdict, 49-year-old Bower Aksal slumped into his chair and slowly placed his head on the defendant’s table, wiping tears. Sitting behind him in the Newark federal courtroom, the 50-year-old victim, wept as well, while nodding approval. The nine men and three woman on the jury deliberated for roughly seven hours over two days before convicting Aksal of sexual abuse and abusive sexual contact. Aksal, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Cliffside Park police: Report of drinking on recreation bus trip unfounded Cliffside Park police: Report of drinking on recreation bus trip unfounded Cliffside Park police: Report of drinking on recreation bus trip unfounded
Cliffside Park police: Report of drinking on recreation bus trip unfounded ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Three part-time counselors with the Cliffside Park Recreation Department have been cleared of any wrongdoing in a children’s bus trip during which one of them claimed online that they’d been drinking. Borough officials responded quickly to the Instagram post (above), docking each of the three a day’s pay and shifting them to other borough programs for a week while police investigated the July 8 waterpark trip, spokesman Bill Maer told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “The police department acted quickly and decisively,” Maer said. “They did a thorough investigation that found the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Little Ferry career criminal has sentence reduced Little Ferry career criminal has sentence reduced Little Ferry career criminal has sentence reduced
Little Ferry career criminal has sentence reduced ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A Little Ferry man convicted of spraying a man with mace during a Rochelle Park home robbery and holding up a Maywood gas station – both to buy heroin — can now be out of prison in 8½ years after having his sentence reduced. Calculations showed that Frederick Orsini received a harsher sentence in May than he agreed to under a plea bargain. So he was brought back before Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi, who cut the sentence to 10 years that Orsini, 37, must serve once he completes the time he’s now spending for another conviction at East Jersey…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen sheriff: Look to Urban League for help with foreclosures Bergen sheriff: Look to Urban League for help with foreclosures Bergen sheriff: Look to Urban League for help with foreclosures
Bergen sheriff: Look to Urban League for help with foreclosures SHOUT OUT: Sheriffs are known for carrying out foreclosure sales, but Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said that doesn’t keep him from pointing people toward alternatives to help pay their mortgages on time. One resource, Saudino said, is the Urban League for Bergen County. The league is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to helping economically disadvantaged residents through foreclosure counseling and mediation, among other free services. One program in particular, the New Jersey HomeKeeper program, provides financial assistance to eligible homeowners in danger of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn man, 81, gets five years in prison for kiddie porn Fair Lawn man, 81, gets five years in prison for kiddie porn Fair Lawn man, 81, gets five years in prison for kiddie porn
Fair Lawn man, 81, gets five years in prison for kiddie porn YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 81-year-old Fair Lawn man was sentenced to five years behind bars today for downloading what he knew were images and videos of children being sexually abused. In addition to the prison term, before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden – who issued the sentence in federal court in Newark – ordered Joseph Amari to undergo five years of supervised release. Amari, a widower already serving time in state prison for child endangerment, admitted to Hayden in March that he received images and videos of sexual abuse against children. His federal sentence will run co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Woodland Park industrial fire sends four to hospital Woodland Park industrial fire sends four to hospital Woodland Park industrial fire sends four to hospital
Woodland Park industrial fire sends four to hospital UPDATE Four people were taken to local hospitals as firefighters put down a stubborn blaze at a Woodland Park industrial complex that at one point sent plumes of smoke so high that they could be seen from New York City. Those injured were firefighters from Woodland Park and Totowa, a Woodland Park police officer and an employee at an auto detailing company where the fire apparently broke out, borough officials said during an impromptu news conference. Besides temperatures that peaked at triple digits, firefighters also had to contend with utility wires to get ladder trucks in place to pou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority police make second bicycle theft arrest in as many days Port Authority police make second bicycle theft arrest in as many days Port Authority police make second bicycle theft arrest in as many days
Port Authority police make second bicycle theft arrest in as many days YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Jersey City ex-convict with 12 felony convictions and 23 arrests on his record was arrested by Port Authority police this morning in connection with a pair of bicycle thefts at Journal Square. Louis Colon, 44, was sitting at the square at 9 a.m., drinking a beer, when officers grabbed him, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. It was the second bicycle-theft arrest for the PAPD at the busy Jersey City transportation hub in less than 24 hours (SEE: Port Authority police make arrest in Journal Square bicycle thefts). Today’s arrest followed an investigation into the theft…

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