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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus SUVs crash, seriously injure three Paramus SUVs crash, seriously injure three Paramus SUVs crash, seriously injure three
Paramus SUVs crash, seriously injure three YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three people were injured, at least one possibly seriously, when two SUVs crashed at the corner of Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue last night, ripping the door off one of the vehicles. Unofficial reports were that a front-seat passenger in one of the vehicles wasn’t wearing a seat belt and suffered a severe injury. Two Paramus Emergency Medical Services ambulances and a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood were dispatched to the scene, where a Jeep Liberty and Honda Pilot collided just after 8 o’clock last night. The impact ripped off the Pil…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Downed Hawthorne power line cuts power in Bergen Downed Hawthorne power line cuts power in Bergen Downed Hawthorne power line cuts power in Bergen
Downed Hawthorne power line cuts power in Bergen YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A downed high-voltage line early this evening ignited a small brush fire, slowed northbound traffic on Route 208 and caused power outages in Glen Rock, Hawthorne and Ridgewood. The right lane and shoulder of the road were blocked Van Winkle Avenue as PSE&G crews neutralized the downed line and Hawthorne firefighters extinguished the small blaze around 5 p.m. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Alleged heroin dealer charged by Mahwah police, fired on the spot Alleged heroin dealer charged by Mahwah police, fired on the spot Alleged heroin dealer charged by Mahwah police, fired on the spot
Alleged heroin dealer charged by Mahwah police, fired on the spot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mahwah police arrested a Rockland County man on drug distribution and possession charges after one of his alleged buyers was found carrying a hypodermic syringe and 10 small bags of heroin. The buyer was asking motorists on Franklin Turnpike for a ride to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern when Officers Stacey Conley and Richard Albro stopped him, Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said this afternoon. He was “sweating profusely and had a small area of fresh blood on his arm, Batelli said, describing his behavior as “erratic”. Patting him down for their safety,…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst police catch construction site thief red-handed, chief says Lyndhurst police catch construction site thief red-handed, chief says Lyndhurst police catch construction site thief red-handed, chief says
Lyndhurst police catch construction site thief red-handed, chief says ONLY ON THE PILOT: Sometimes old-fashioned detective work quickly cracks a case, said Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor, explaining how his officers arrested a borough man on charges of stealing tools, wire and other construction items that he then hocked. Following the theft last Friday of an air compressor, nail guns and assorted air conditioning and plumbing tools from a home construction site on Stuyvesant Avenue, Detective Ronald Guirland and Officer Richard Pizzuti began visiting area pawn shops. They quickly identified 38-year-old Shane Beddard as a suspect and started followin…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pepper spray robberies bring Little Ferry career criminal 16 years in prison Pepper spray robberies bring Little Ferry career criminal 16 years in prison Pepper spray robberies bring Little Ferry career criminal 16 years in prison
Pepper spray robberies bring Little Ferry career criminal 16 years in prison EXCLUSIVE: Calling his rap sheet “one of the longest I’ve seen,”  a judge in Hackensack yesterday sentenced Frederick Orsini of Little Ferry to 16 years in state prison for a pair of holdups in which he pepper-sprayed his victims to get money for drugs. Already serving time for robbery at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway, the 37-year-old Orsini won’t be eligible for parole for another 10 years at the earliest. That’ll be followed by five years of intensive supervision, under Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi’s sentence. Defense attorney Adolph Gallucio sought lenienc…

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Mystery of rifle casings found at graves of North Arlington officer’s sons solved Mystery of rifle casings found at graves of North Arlington officer’s sons solved Mystery of rifle casings found at graves of North Arlington officer’s sons solved
Mystery of rifle casings found at graves of North Arlington officer’s sons solved EXCLUSIVE: Two rifle shell casings found at the graves of a North Arlington police officer’s two sons in Holy Cross Cemetery were deliberately put there by a pair of well-meaning grave diggers, Chief Louis Ghione told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. “They knew the officer’s name and assumed two spent shells they found near the graves belonged there,” Ghione said. “So they put them at the foot of the headstone. “When they heard that we were looking into where the shells came from and why they would be put there, they immediately went to their superintendent and foreman,” the chief said. The sup…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Bronx man surrenders to Fort Lee police following 15-pound pot discovery Bronx man surrenders to Fort Lee police following 15-pound pot discovery Bronx man surrenders to Fort Lee police following 15-pound pot discovery
Bronx man surrenders to Fort Lee police following 15-pound pot discovery YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bronx man surrendered to Fort Lee authorities last night to face charges connected to what police said was the discovery of 15 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car. K-9 Officer Rick Hernandez was working a seatbelt enforcement detail on Lemoine Avenue near the George Washington Bridge just before 11 o’clock last Sunday night when he “detected the odor of raw marijuana” coming from one of the cars, Police Chief Keith M. Bendul said early this evening. The driver, 32-year-old Edwin Diaz, refused to consent to a search of the vehicle, Bendul said. Hernandez…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood physician indicted in explosives case spent time in mental hospital Ridgewood physician indicted in explosives case spent time in mental hospital Ridgewood physician indicted in explosives case spent time in mental hospital
Ridgewood physician indicted in explosives case spent time in mental hospital A Ridgewood physician found with explosive chemicals and firearms in his house was indicted this week by a grand jury in Hackensack, which revealed that he’d once spent time in a mental institution — and, as a result, was prohibited from owning or having guns. Roberto Rivera, who turns 61 next month, remains held on $1 million bail in the Bergen County Jail. He’s also had his license temporarily suspended by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners pending the outcome of the case. CLIFFVIEW PILOT first reported exclusively that authorities feared domestic terrorism after Rivera c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Donovan vetoes second freeholder attempt at pay-to-play ordinance Donovan vetoes second freeholder attempt at pay-to-play ordinance Donovan vetoes second freeholder attempt at pay-to-play ordinance
Donovan vetoes second freeholder attempt at pay-to-play ordinance YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Once again, Bergen County Executive Kathleen A. Donovan today vetoed a pay-to-play ordinance adopted by the county freeholder board earlier this month that eases restraints to political parties by no-bid contractors doing business with the county. As with the first veto, Donovan cited what she called an “ill-conceived attempt [to] weaken what has been described as one of the strongest ordinances banning pay-to-play in the State of New Jersey.” In a letter explaining the veto, the county executive cited constitutionall concerns raised by the wording of the ordinance…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Fairview police arrest two in pot bust, one in break-ins Fairview police arrest two in pot bust, one in break-ins Fairview police arrest two in pot bust, one in break-ins
Fairview police arrest two in pot bust, one in break-ins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fairview police today said an anonymous tip led to the arrests of two borough brothers on pot-selling and possession charges after more than a pound of marijuana was found in their apartment. Mohamed Omar (above, left) and Mostafa Omar remained free pending grand jury action after posting $35,000 bail each, Fairview Police Sgt. Vincent Bellucci said today. Sgt. Michael Martic had gone to their 5th Street apartment on a tip of a suspicious vehicle when he ran into two men in the hallway who “raised his suspicions about drug activity” there, Bellucci said.  A third c…

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