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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Monsey, NY
Breaking News
NJ denies ACLU request for high ed documents NJ denies ACLU request for high ed documents NJ denies ACLU request for high ed documents
NJ denies ACLU request for high ed documents YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The state has denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey to release the applications of all higher education institutions that applied for public funding for construction projects — saying such information, if made public, would “give an advantage to competitors or bidders.” For the state’s response, click: NJ HIGHER ED — ACLU-NJ The ACLU-NJ said it filed the requests to learn more about the nature of the schools receiving funding, and in particular to determine whether Gov. Chris Christie’s administration violated the divide between churc…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Suspicious call to 911 center puts Bergen emergency responders on alert Suspicious call to 911 center puts Bergen emergency responders on alert Suspicious call to 911 center puts Bergen emergency responders on alert
Suspicious call to 911 center puts Bergen emergency responders on alert ANOTHER PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Bergen County Police put local emergency responders on alert last night after receiving what was termed an “ambiguous threat” at the 911 call center in Mahwah. The call came in around 11 p.m., Bergen County Police Lt. James Mullin told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. “Be at the ready,” the caller said and hung up. The call was made from the Englewood area on a phone that came back to a woman at an address in Union City that police there said doesn’t exist, Mullin said. “It sounds like some kind of sick joke,” Mullin said, “but we didn’t take any chances and noti…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Drivers, young boys unharmed in Ridgewood crash, officer comforts youngsters Drivers, young boys unharmed in Ridgewood crash, officer comforts youngsters Drivers, young boys unharmed in Ridgewood crash, officer comforts youngsters
Drivers, young boys unharmed in Ridgewood crash, officer comforts youngsters YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood mother and her two young sons escaped injury this morning after two SUVs collided in the village, sending one into a utility pole. Ridgewood PD Patrol Officer Paul Dinice helped comfort the boys by giving them each toy replicas of police badges following the crash at the intersection of Dayton Street and South Maple Avenue. The driver of the other SUV also walked away unharmed. However, both vehicles had to be towed from the scene by flatbed tow trucks. Ridgewood Police Sgt. Peter Bolton provided traffic control assistance. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Wife of former Palisades Park mob associate says he never admitted rape Wife of former Palisades Park mob associate says he never admitted rape Wife of former Palisades Park mob associate says he never admitted rape
Wife of former Palisades Park mob associate says he never admitted rape ONLY ON THE PILOT: The wife of a former mob associate from Palisades Park on trial for rape said a recorded phone conversation between him and the alleged victim isn’t a confession because he doesn’t have the ability to understand the conversation. Three grueling days of testimony in the trial of Angelo “Ken” Wedra in Hackensack concluded yesterday with testimony from his wife and niece. Earlier this week, the alleged victim testified for two days. Under questioning from Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor David Calviello yesterday, Wedra’s wife, Marie Mattson, said she wasn’t shocked when…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Dave, Phil Alvin, Guilty Ones tear up City Winery stage Dave, Phil Alvin, Guilty Ones tear up City Winery stage Dave, Phil Alvin, Guilty Ones tear up City Winery stage
Dave, Phil Alvin, Guilty Ones tear up City Winery stage IN TUNE: A beaming, playful, full-throated Phil Alvin joined his younger brother Dave onstage at City Winery last night, ripping through “Border Radio,” “One Bad Stud” and — what else? — “Marie Marie” — after dueting on “What’s Up With Your Brother,” Dave’s musical response to old-time Blasters fans who’ve wondered how the man with the familar grimace has been faring. Alvin and his crackerjack three-piece, the Guilty Ones, had just crafted a set of his darker songs — among them, “Harlan County Line,” “Out of Control” and “Johnny Ace is Dead” — when Phil emerged from the wings to answe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Englewood police scale fire escape to stop domestic assault, child removed Englewood police scale fire escape to stop domestic assault, child removed Englewood police scale fire escape to stop domestic assault, child removed
Englewood police scale fire escape to stop domestic assault, child removed YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: As her 6-year-old screamed hysterically, a man beat his live-in gilfriend on the balcony of an apartment building on Englewood’s busy East Palisade Avenue shopping strip — until two uniformed officers saw him, scaled the fire escape and caught him off guard, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT early this evening. The man fought back and was eventually subdued by Officers Jerel Hammond and Joseph Doyle as backups arrived, Detective Capt Tim Torell said. But that wasn’t the end of it. Both Donavon Brantley Hall, 29, of Baton Route, La., and 36-year-old Naomi Stillitta…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Former Becton Dickinson engineer charged with stealing secrets for injector pen Former Becton Dickinson engineer charged with stealing secrets for injector pen Former Becton Dickinson engineer charged with stealing secrets for injector pen
Former Becton Dickinson engineer charged with stealing secrets for injector pen YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Mahwah man was arrested by federal agents this morning and charged with stealing trade secrets worth millions of dollars from Franklin Lakes-based medical technology giant Becton, Dickinson for a self-administered, disposal, medication pen injector. Ketankumar “Ketan” Maniar is due for a first appearance in U.S. District Court in Newark this afternoon on an FBI complaint accusing him of downloading enough confidential information to create “a veritable tool-kit for mass producing the Disposable Pen,” which it says he told agents he planned to use to find a j…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Garfield woman leads police to carjack suspect hiding in attic Garfield woman leads police to carjack suspect hiding in attic Garfield woman leads police to carjack suspect hiding in attic
Garfield woman leads police to carjack suspect hiding in attic YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A daylong manhunt involving several law enforcement agencies ended early last night after a Garfield woman told a city police sergeant she’d found her apartment door forced open and dead-bolted from the inside – and police found their 47-year-old subject hiding in her attic. It wasn’t difficult for Sgt. John Lesica and a team of officers who rushed to the Palisade Avenue apartment just after 5:30 p.m.: a coffee table that Dexter Mouzone had used to boost himself up into the attic was where he left it, Garfield Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. CLIFFVIEW PILOT…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Epileptic Hasbrouck Heights girl getting service dog, thanks to ‘special angels’ Epileptic Hasbrouck Heights girl getting service dog, thanks to ‘special angels’ Epileptic Hasbrouck Heights girl getting service dog, thanks to ‘special angels’
Epileptic Hasbrouck Heights girl getting service dog, thanks to ‘special angels’ SHOUT OUT: An epileptic Hasbrouck Heights girl who suffers from constant seizures will be getting the service dog she needs, thanks to the dedication of several borough police officers and the generosity of many who have donated more than $10,000 to make it happen. Six-year-old Marybeth Barrios was gliding across the floor of the Hasbrouck Heights VFW Hall in her purple dress and sandals Sunday afternoon, during a sold-out pasta dinner that helped boost the total. “I cried all day,” her mother, Tricia O’Brien Barrios, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “But it was a good cry. “This is going to chang…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Man charged with slashing co-worker with corkscrew in Hillsdale street fight Man charged with slashing co-worker with corkscrew in Hillsdale street fight Man charged with slashing co-worker with corkscrew in Hillsdale street fight
Man charged with slashing co-worker with corkscrew in Hillsdale street fight YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An overnight fight between two Hillsdale co-workers left one with a gash on his face and the other arrested and charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession. Both men apparently had been drinking after work and got into an argument on Broadway after the bar they were at closed yesterday. “There was some pushing and shoving,” Detective Adam Hampton told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “One of them then pulled out a corkscrew and slashed the other one on the cheek.” Uniformed officers who responded to the 3:50 a.m. call summoned an ambulance, then went to the alleged as…

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