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 family judge Conte moving to criminal court Bergen family judge Conte moving to criminal court Bergen family judge Conte moving to criminal court
Bergen family judge Conte moving to criminal court EXCLUSIVE: Semi-retired Bergen County Family Division Judge John A. Conte is sliding over to help the Criminal Division handle a backlog of cases beginning in September, pending approval from state Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Adding to a long and distinguished career, Conte will continue to work three days a week at the Hackensack courthouse – an arrangement made possible when he came out of retirement in 2008, offering his services to help the county’s family court. Rabner renewed the two-year term in 2010 and again last December. Conte, 76, was appointed to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Brother of major Menendez donor gets probation for $21,000 in illegal campaign contributions Brother of major Menendez donor gets probation for $21,000 in illegal campaign contributions Brother of major Menendez donor gets probation for $21,000 in illegal campaign contributions
Brother of major Menendez donor gets probation for $21,000 in illegal campaign contributions A federal judge in Newark today sentenced an Elmwood Park businessman to two years of probation and fined him $8,600 for making $21,400 in illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez on behalf of his wealthy, politically-connected brother. Benedetto Bigica, 45, admitted in federal court in Newark this January that he steered the illegal contributions to “the campaign committee of a federal candidate” and then was reimbursed by his brother, Joseph Bigica. Joseph Bigica, an insurance broker with several major municipal contracts in North Jersey, was sentenced to five years i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge schools superintendent: surprised to learn she’s being replaced Wood-Ridge schools superintendent: surprised to learn she’s being replaced Wood-Ridge schools superintendent: surprised to learn she’s being replaced
Wood-Ridge schools superintendent: surprised to learn she’s being replaced ONLY ON CVP: Wood-Ridge Board of Education members have scheduled a special meeting this Thursday to discuss hiring an interim schools superintendent to replace Dr. Beth Ebler — who said she was surprised when CLIFFVIEW PILOT broke the news to her this morning. (EDITOR’S NOTE 5/29/2013: District officials posted a notice this morning that tomorrow’s meeting has been cancelled.) UPDATE: The Wood-Ridge Board of Education today appointed an interim superintendent to replace Dr. Beth Ebler, who the board president said was on “leave.” READ  MORE…. “I have no idea what they’re thinking. I d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Woman believed jumped from Palisades found fine near Alpine Lookout Woman believed jumped from Palisades found fine near Alpine Lookout Woman believed jumped from Palisades found fine near Alpine Lookout
Woman believed jumped from Palisades found fine near Alpine Lookout ONLY ON CVP: What began as fears of a jumper vanished when a woman who’d gone missing walked up to a Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer near the Alpine Lookout just after daybreak and said she was lost. Rappel teams were called to the lookout area after the woman was reported to have possibly jumped Sunday night and police found her car nearby. As it turned out, “she was lost overnight in the woods,” Acting PIP Police Chief Michael J. Coppola told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “She walked up to one of our officers the next morning, asking to help find her car.”

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
GWB jumper body found, briefcase left behind GWB jumper body found, briefcase left behind GWB jumper body found, briefcase left behind
GWB jumper body found, briefcase left behind YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: New York City firefighters recovered the body of a man in a bright-orange track suit who jumped from the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge early this morning and took it to Ross Dock (above) in Fort Lee. Police found a briefcase he’d left behind on the south walkway, Chris Valens, a Port Authority spokesman, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Soon after, his body was found below and brought into an FDNY boat. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Utility break closes Kinderkamack Road in River Edge — for days Utility break closes Kinderkamack Road in River Edge — for days Utility break closes Kinderkamack Road in River Edge — for days
Utility break closes Kinderkamack Road in River Edge — for days YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Kinderkamack Road remains closed indefinitely — possibly for days — while crews work to repair a line that spilled hot oil after it was ruptured by a water main break. Police urge avoiding the area completely if you’re heading in either direction between Reservoir Avenue and Main Street, near Route 4. You can negotiate your way through town, however, using Howland Avenue and either of a few streets. The water pipe broke near Rutgers Place around 11:15 last night. Emergency workers and utility crews responded after the utility line was ruptured. The line carries…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn pedestrian struck, sustains head, leg injuries Fair Lawn pedestrian struck, sustains head, leg injuries Fair Lawn pedestrian struck, sustains head, leg injuries
Fair Lawn pedestrian struck, sustains head, leg injuries YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No sooner had Fair Lawn police announced the launch of a pedestrian safety program beginning next week than a woman was struck this morning at the intersection of 20th Street and Fair Lawn Avenue. The 37-year-old victim, from Fair Lawn, was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood at around 7:30 a.m., moments after the crash, Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. She sustained head and leg injuries that weren’t believed to be life-threatening, he said. The driver — a 58-year-old woman from Fair Lawn driving a 2003 Chevy Trailblazer — wasn’t charg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Think New Jersey police are overpaid? Try doing the job Think New Jersey police are overpaid? Try doing the job Think New Jersey police are overpaid? Try doing the job
Think New Jersey police are overpaid? Try doing the job AN OFFICER WRITES: In light of a recent newspaper article about police salaries in New Jersey being among the highest in the nation: First off, let’s remind ourselves that New Jersey’s cost of living is one of, if not the highest, in the country, and that most jobs in New Jersey, including private sector jobs, pay more than other states. The article in question is outright offensive to police officers for many reasons — Number One being that it implies that police work is “less dangerous” in suburban or rural areas compared to urban areas. In some respects, that is true. However, in many …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Warning to police who have Facebook profiles Warning to police who have Facebook profiles Warning to police who have Facebook profiles
Warning to police who have Facebook profiles WHAT WE THINK: Most of the law enforcement friends I share profiles with are bright, discreet professionals who are aware of the potential damage the wrong kind of information posted on Facebook can do. What I’m not sure all of you consider is your safety, as well as that of your loved ones and colleagues. Hear me out. Yes, some officers have embarrassed themselves and their departments — and have been disciplined for it. Officers and departments have been sued by defendants. A New Mexico officer involved in a fatal off-duty shooting some time back listed his job on Facebook as “human waste…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Police seek witnesses to Route 3 wrong-way fatal crash Police seek witnesses to Route 3 wrong-way fatal crash Police seek witnesses to Route 3 wrong-way fatal crash
Police seek witnesses to Route 3 wrong-way fatal crash Police are hoping to find witnesses to a fiery crash on Route 3 in Clifton last night, in which a GMC truck headed the wrong way slammed head-on into a Camaro, killing the car’s 80-year-old driver. The 2000 GMC Yukon, driven by a 44-year-old Nutley, woman entered Route 3 east headed west just after 11:30 before it crashed into the 1983 Chevy, police said. The Yukon’s driver was ejected and later taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, which has a trauma unit. The 80-year-old Rutherford resident was pronounced dead at the scene. If you saw anything or know anything a…

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