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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Summit set tomorrow: Game-planning against Super Bowl 2014 human trafficking Summit set tomorrow: Game-planning against Super Bowl 2014 human trafficking Summit set tomorrow: Game-planning against Super Bowl 2014 human trafficking
Summit set tomorrow: Game-planning against Super Bowl 2014 human trafficking PUBLIC SAFETY: A massive turnout of New Jersey law enforcement authorities will meet with tourism executives, faith-based leaders and others tomorrow to plot a strategy to fight human trafficking for next year’s Super Bowl, among other events. Authorities say the Super Bowl each year is a magnet for prostitution — often through human trafficking. According to Forbes, 10,000 prostitutes were brought to Miami for the Super Bowl in 2010 and 133 underage arrests for prostitution were made in Dallas during the 2011 Super Bowl. New Jersey is particularly at risk during Super Bowl 2014 at MetLif…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Dumont cashier agrees to 45 years for killing ex-girlfriend with rifle Dumont cashier agrees to 45 years for killing ex-girlfriend with rifle Dumont cashier agrees to 45 years for killing ex-girlfriend with rifle
Dumont cashier agrees to 45 years for killing ex-girlfriend with rifle ANOTHER PILOT SCOOP: A supermarket cashier from Dumont admitted today that his shot his ex-girlfriend dead because he “caught her cheating” on him — a crime for which he agreed to be sentenced to 45 years behind bars in September. “I caught her cheating, so I went to New York and bought a gun,” Jordan Turner told Presiding Superior Court Judge Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack. “When you shot her, it was your intention to kill her, right?” Public Defender Francis Meehan asked him. “Yes,” Turner replied. After killing 22-year-old Heather Reyes in February 2011, Turner went to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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DWI for unlicensed motorcylist in Wood-Ridge crash DWI for unlicensed motorcylist in Wood-Ridge crash DWI for unlicensed motorcylist in Wood-Ridge crash
DWI for unlicensed motorcylist in Wood-Ridge crash ANOTHER PILOT SCOOP: Wood-Ridge police said a motorcyclist whose bike struck a vehicle, injuring him and his girlfriend, was intoxicated at the time — and doesn’t have a license. Michael Digiorgio of Hasbrouck Heights was charged with DWI, careless driving and riding without a license after the Saturday evening crash at Fourth and Fritsch streets, Wood-Ridge Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Police determined that Digiorgio, 37, “was driving erratically” when his motorcycle hit an SUV coming the other way just after 7 p.m., the chief said. Both Digiorgio and his girlf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Murderer going to trial for burying girlfriend in Teaneck basement Murderer going to trial for burying girlfriend in Teaneck basement Murderer going to trial for burying girlfriend in Teaneck basement
Murderer going to trial for burying girlfriend in Teaneck basement ONLY ON CVP: A New York man convicted of sealing his girlfriend’s body in the basement steps of a Teaneck building after killing her in his Harlem apartment in 2008 is going to trial on July 16. Julio Flores, who already is serving a 20-year-to-life sentence for murder, had until today to decide whether to accept a plea offer from prosecutors for desecrating human remains. He told Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi in Hackensack this morning that he’d rather take his chances with a jury. “So Mr. Flores, today’s your last day,” the judge said. “What are you going to do?” Julio F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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Dad: Falling behind in child support doesn’t automatically make you a ‘deadbeat’ Dad: Falling behind in child support doesn’t automatically make you a ‘deadbeat’ Dad: Falling behind in child support doesn’t automatically make you a ‘deadbeat’
Dad: Falling behind in child support doesn’t automatically make you a ‘deadbeat’ A FATHER WRITES: Behind the headline “Bergen sheriff rounds up 55 deadbeat dads, moms,” there is much more than forgotten children and mug shots: The reality is that the children of the mothers and fathers taken into custody in most child support enforcement cases in New Jersey never see a dime of the recovered money. I am not faulting Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino, whose officers are only executing warrants issued by judges. But let’s be careful about assuming that a parent paying child support is better than one who owes. Most child support cases in New Jersey are brought by cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Hillsdale suicidal gun call bring several departments, ends peacefully Hillsdale suicidal gun call bring several departments, ends peacefully Hillsdale suicidal gun call bring several departments, ends peacefully
Hillsdale suicidal gun call bring several departments, ends peacefully YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police officers from several departments had surrounded a Hillsdale house and a SWAT team was setting up when a suicidal man who told his sister he had a gun surrendered to police. He was unarmed, Hillsdale Police Chief Chip Stalter told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The 50-year-old Orchard Place resident was unarmed and came out roughly 20 minutes after police got the 6:40 p.m. call from the sister, who lives in Florida, the chief said. Police from “just about every town in the [Pascack] Valley arrived right away and surrounded the house,” he said. They included Westwood, Wood…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Stop by Fair Lawn officer in Paramus leads to cocaine discovery Stop by Fair Lawn officer in Paramus leads to cocaine discovery Stop by Fair Lawn officer in Paramus leads to cocaine discovery
Stop by Fair Lawn officer in Paramus leads to cocaine discovery A Fair Lawn police lieutenant en route to Washington Township Municipal Court made a traffic stop on Route 17 that led to a foot chase and the discovery of more than three ounces of cocaine. Fair Lawn Lt. James Corcoran notified Paramus police that he’d pulled over a 1999 Nissan Maxima in front of the GNC on the highway for passing on the shoulder, Detective Capt. Robert Guidetti said. The passenger took off, he said — but he didn’t get far: Paramus Officers Paul Siemon and Doug Ohlendorf found him behind the Guitar Center. Guidetti said the officers found a brown paper bag he stashed u…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes business owner must mortgage home to avoid jail in workers compensation case Franklin Lakes business owner must mortgage home to avoid jail in workers compensation case Franklin Lakes business owner must mortgage home to avoid jail in workers compensation case
Franklin Lakes business owner must mortgage home to avoid jail in workers compensation case EXCLUSIVE: A Franklin Lakes man can avoid jail time if he takes out a mortgage on his house to repay $111,813 to the state Uninsured Employer’s Fund, under an agreement with the state Attorney General’s Office, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Daniel Leskanic, a principal in a company named Atlantic Grinding Services, LLC, struck the deal with state prosecutors after being charged with failing to pay workers’ compensation insurance. He would have faced up to 18 months in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted at a trial. Instead, Leskanic applied for and was admitted into the Pre-Trial Inte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Manhunt in brutal Englewood stabbing ends in the Bronx Manhunt in brutal Englewood stabbing ends in the Bronx Manhunt in brutal Englewood stabbing ends in the Bronx
Manhunt in brutal Englewood stabbing ends in the Bronx ANOTHER PILOT SCOOP: An Englewood police manhunt ended today when nearly two dozen detectives descended on a small, first-floor apartment in the Bronx and arrested a 26-year-old ex-con in a brutal stabbing two weeks ago at a West Palisade Avenue takeout restaurant. EXCLUSIVE: An Englewood man charged in a brutal stabbing at a city takeout restaurant was processed at police headquarters and taken to the Bergen County Jail on $500,000 cash bail after waiving extradition in the Bronx this morning. READ MORE …. Marque Edwards seemed “clearly tired of running” when the squadron of officers a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Helicopter airlifts unconscious 18-month-old son of police officer to hospital Helicopter airlifts unconscious 18-month-old son of police officer to hospital Helicopter airlifts unconscious 18-month-old son of police officer to hospital
Helicopter airlifts unconscious 18-month-old son of police officer to hospital UPDATE: The 18-month-old son of a Saddle River police officer was breathing as he was placed into a chopper at HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley in Westwood after losing consciousness. Word later was that he was doing OK. Westwood police cleared the way for a Hillsdale ambulance to get to the hospital landing area on Old Hook Road following the incident moments earlier at a grandparent’s home on Stratton Avenue — ironically, the same block where the late James Gandolfini’s sister lives. “He’s unconscious but breathing,” Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. AirMed One p…

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