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 prosecutor welcomes decision in Paramus Catholic overseas sex case Bergen prosecutor welcomes decision in Paramus Catholic overseas sex case Bergen prosecutor welcomes decision in Paramus Catholic overseas sex case
Bergen prosecutor welcomes decision in Paramus Catholic overseas sex case YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Parents can take comfort in a state court’s ruling today that Paramus Catholic’s former vice-president of operations and assistant varsity football coach can both be prosecuted here on charges of having sex with three teenage students during a school trip to Germany, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. “To think that parents would entrust their children on school trips and not have anyone held legally responsible if anything criminal happens simply defies common sense,” the prosecutor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Molinelli said h…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wasn’t cellphone woman felt: Garfield mechanic pleads guilty to sexual contact Wasn’t cellphone woman felt: Garfield mechanic pleads guilty to sexual contact Wasn’t cellphone woman felt: Garfield mechanic pleads guilty to sexual contact
Wasn’t cellphone woman felt: Garfield mechanic pleads guilty to sexual contact EXCLUSIVE: A Garfield mechanic admitted in court yesterday that he groped a woman and pressed his groin against her after convincing her to bend over her car door. Adel Baladi, 46, originally insisted it was an accident and that the woman actually felt his cellphone. But Superior Court Judge James J. Guida said he would allow testimony from two previous victims and was ready to begin a trial this morning. Baladi, in turn, agreed to accept probation for a year in return for a guilty plea to a single count of criminal sexual contact. One of the previous victims lives in California, the …

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program targets underage drinkers Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program targets underage drinkers Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program targets underage drinkers
Jersey Shore ‘Cops in Shops’ program targets underage drinkers PUBLIC SAFETY: New Jersey officials are once again bringing their “Cops in Shops” program to the Shore in an effort to crack down on underage drinking. The initiative hits hard by having local police officers working undercover in liquore store looking for people under 21 trying to buy booze or those of legal age trying to buy it for them. This year, 28 towns will participate, including Absecon, Beach Haven, Lavallette, Neptune (Towship and City), Point Pleasant (Beach and Boro), Spring Lake Heights, Ship Bottom, Toms River and Wildwood. “Attitudes among some adults and young people abo…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Embattled Wood-Ridge schools superintendent officially out Embattled Wood-Ridge schools superintendent officially out Embattled Wood-Ridge schools superintendent officially out
Embattled Wood-Ridge schools superintendent officially out YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Wood-Ridge Board of Education tonight confirmed that Dr. Beth Ebler is finished with the district and will be paid through the end of August. Board members didn’t discuss their plans going forward — including what that means for interim superintendent Joseph Luongo, whom they appointed to the position earlier this month in what was then characterized as a temporary move. There was also no indication how district officials squared a five-year contract they signed Ebler to in May 2011. Fifty or so parents turned out for tonight’s board meeting in the hopes that…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Plea deal falls through, ‘Bond gang’ members going to trial Plea deal falls through, ‘Bond gang’ members going to trial Plea deal falls through, ‘Bond gang’ members going to trial
Plea deal falls through, ‘Bond gang’ members going to trial ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT:  Three remaining members of an offshoot of the infamous “James Bond Gang” of burglars are headed to trial after a last-minute plea agreement fell through this afternoon . Akeem “Light” Boone (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Jury selection in the trial of all three begins tomorrow. EXCLUSIVE: The last purported leader of what was once the infamous James Bond Gang of burglars agreed to spend four years in prison without parole today in exchange for admitting  his role in the theft of a safe from a Connecticut home that p…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack officer chases down ex-con in purse snatching from woman, 92 Hackensack officer chases down ex-con in purse snatching from woman, 92 Hackensack officer chases down ex-con in purse snatching from woman, 92
Hackensack officer chases down ex-con in purse snatching from woman, 92 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Hackensack ex-con with a staggering list of offenses over nearly two decades was chased down by a city police officer working an undercover detail after authorities said he snatched a 92-year-old woman’s purse as she sat on a park bench. “Fortunately, the woman was not harmed,” Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Officer Ralph Cavallo was on restricted duty and in plainclothes after injuring his hand during an April arrest when 52-year-old Kenneth Earl Lyons ran past him near the corner of Anderson and Union streets yes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Tenafly police charge former Cresskill man in burglaries Tenafly police charge former Cresskill man in burglaries Tenafly police charge former Cresskill man in burglaries
Tenafly police charge former Cresskill man in burglaries EXCLUSIVE: A former Cresskill man was arrested near his new home in Connecticut after Tenafly police tied him to a pair of home burglaries that netted several thousand dollars worth of jewelry and electronic equipment. Christopher Monani, 23, moved to northwest Connecticut with a friend last October after what sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT was a falling out with family members. Thanks to a Fort Lee jeweler, he became the key suspect in both a June 11 break-in on Jefferson Avenue and a June 15 burglary on Westervelt Avenue in Tenafly, police said. Among the items taken were a diamond weddin…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge denies new trial to Hackensack man convicted of raping girl, 13 Judge denies new trial to Hackensack man convicted of raping girl, 13 Judge denies new trial to Hackensack man convicted of raping girl, 13
Judge denies new trial to Hackensack man convicted of raping girl, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today denied a request for a new trial for a city man convicted four months ago of raping a 13-year-old girl after plying her and a 15-year-old with alcohol and drugs. Superior Court Judge James J. Guida set sentencing for July 19 after rejecting Ivan McKinney’s request. McKinney faces a potential prison term of 25 years to life. McKinney “vigorously denies the charges, and continues to do so, and plans on pursuing a substantial appeal,” his attorney, Jeffrey B. Steinfeld told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Jurors deliberated for roughly three hours in Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
One jumper off GWB stopped, another possibly in the Hudson One jumper off GWB stopped, another possibly in the Hudson One jumper off GWB stopped, another possibly in the Hudson
One jumper off GWB stopped, another possibly in the Hudson YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities were still searching the Hudson River this morning for the body of a woman believed to have jumped from the George Washington Bridge last night — hours before police intercepted one of two other people who threatened to leap to their deaths. Several pedestrians on the south walkway of the bridge called Port Authority Police around 10:30 p.m., saying that they saw an apparently agitated woman walking around. A short time later, they said, they passed the spot where they’d seen her and found clothing, a cellphone and a pocketbook. “There are no confirme…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen prosecutor not investigating Washington Township terminal leave ‘leak’ Bergen prosecutor not investigating Washington Township terminal leave ‘leak’ Bergen prosecutor not investigating Washington Township terminal leave ‘leak’
Bergen prosecutor not investigating Washington Township terminal leave ‘leak’ A Washington Township councilman said he “misspoke” when he said the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office was trying to find out who released its decision not to review terminal leave payments to three retired township offices to the media. Although it’s not the type of issue that New Jersey’s top county law enforcers ordinarily look into, township Council President Steve Cascio said two weeks ago that Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli was “investigating” the “leak” of information to local media. The supposed leak concerned Molinelli’s decision not to review how the payments to the …

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