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
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Prosecutor calls Garfield florist’s partner ‘cold, calculating hunter’ Prosecutor calls Garfield florist’s partner ‘cold, calculating hunter’ Prosecutor calls Garfield florist’s partner ‘cold, calculating hunter’
Prosecutor calls Garfield florist’s partner ‘cold, calculating hunter’ ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: “He is so cold, so calculating, that he sits and waits — like any good hunter would,” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer told jurors during closing arguments yesterday in the murder trial of Thomas Battinelli, accused of killing his business partner of 20 years at their Garfield shop. And he did it over money, she said. Michael Murphy’s body was discovered on Jan. 6, 2010 by an employee who authorities said ran directly across Midland Avenue to the Garfield Police Department. A rifle that belonged to Battinelli, which prosecutors said was th…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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A new Doomsday Diaries dawns at bergenPAC Friday A new Doomsday Diaries dawns at bergenPAC Friday A new Doomsday Diaries dawns at bergenPAC Friday
A new Doomsday Diaries dawns at bergenPAC Friday IN TUNE: Some sweet things have happened while Jay and Sean Sproviero, the teenaged founding brothers of Doomsday Diaries, were making other plans. One of them is opening this Friday for Zebra at bergenPAC in Englewood. “Over the last few years, we’ve been lucky enough to meet, and sometimes perform with, some incredible musicians, like Steven Wilson, John Wetton, Leslie West and Adam Holzman,” Sean Sproviero (above, left) told CLIFFVIEW PILOT, “and now it’s Randy, Felix and Guy from Zebra.” Some would say the luck of the Hasbrouck Heights twins is exactly what happens when you work as ha…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Bergen County memorial ‘Blue Mass’ honoring fallen police set for next week Bergen County memorial ‘Blue Mass’ honoring fallen police set for next week Bergen County memorial ‘Blue Mass’ honoring fallen police set for next week
Bergen County memorial ‘Blue Mass’ honoring fallen police set for next week The Bergen County Police Chief’s Association’s second Annual Law Enforcement Blue Mass honoring New Jersey fallen officers is scheduled for 9 a.m. next Wednesday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Ridgewood. “In this post 9/11 era, it is important for the public to be reminded that there are officers who are sacrificing themselves each day, too many officers lose their lives each year,” said Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane, the county chief’s association president. “[I]t is our job to remember each of them and their sacrifice,” Keane said. Following the Blue Mass is an 11 a.m.…

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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck gives youngsters hands-on with emergency services Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck gives youngsters hands-on with emergency services Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck gives youngsters hands-on with emergency services
Ridgewood Touch-a-Truck gives youngsters hands-on with emergency services SHOUT OUT: Ridgewood emergency service and public works employees treated youngsters today to hands-on adventure, sitting them in vehicles that touch their lives and giving them a taste of what it’s like to be behind the wheel. An added bonus was a Big Wheel Rodeo for children of all ages through Memorial Park at Van Neste Square, the site of the event. The event — featuring Ridgewood Police Chief John Ward (bike clothes), Officer Joseph Youngberg and  Fire Department Lt. Scott Schmidt — was sponsored by the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce, Little Ivy Learning Center and the village. STOR…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Bergenfield police: Driver leaves car at intersection, runs through traffic Bergenfield police: Driver leaves car at intersection, runs through traffic Bergenfield police: Driver leaves car at intersection, runs through traffic
Bergenfield police: Driver leaves car at intersection, runs through traffic A Bergenfield police officer got a surprise when he spotted a man darting in and out of traffic just after midnight yesterday morning and then found his car in an intersection with the engine still running. Eladio Torres, 21, of Pearl River was charged with DWI after being arrested by Officer David Keelor near the corner of West Clinton and South Washington avenues, Bergenfield Detective Capt. Cathy Madalone said. Torres, whose 1997 black Ford Thunderbird was parked in the roadway, told Keelor he’d just driven from Mahwah and was lost, Madalone said. The officer “detected a strong odor …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Boys battling illnesses will benefit from Renegade Pigs Motorcycle event this weekend Boys battling illnesses will benefit from Renegade Pigs Motorcycle event this weekend Boys battling illnesses will benefit from Renegade Pigs Motorcycle event this weekend
Boys battling illnesses will benefit from Renegade Pigs Motorcycle event this weekend HOW YOU CAN HELP: Two needy local boys — one of them 2-year-old Gavin Scimeca of River Vale — will be the beneficiaries of the Renegade Pigs Motorcycle Club-North Jersey Chapter’s 18th annual charity event this Saturday, rain or shine, at the Dog House Saloon in Washington Township. Gavin, whose father, Tony, is a River Vale police officer, has won countless hearts as he battles a rare kidney disease that requires a costly transplant before his 5th birthday. Gavin Scimeca Various fundraisers such as Saturday’s Renegade Pigs event have been held the past two years to help Tony and his wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn chain-reaction crash sends 4 drivers to hospital Fair Lawn chain-reaction crash sends 4 drivers to hospital Fair Lawn chain-reaction crash sends 4 drivers to hospital
Fair Lawn chain-reaction crash sends 4 drivers to hospital YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A four-car chain-reaction crash in Fair Lawn this afternoon sent all four drivers to the hospital. Two children who were in one of the vehicles were evaluated at the scene and deemed to not need medical attention. The crashes occurred on westbound Fair Lawn Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets. Four ambulances took the victims to the hospital — none with what were considered life-threatening injuries, emergency workers said — while flatbed trucks towed away the vehicles. A minor fluid spill was cleaned up by a towing company employee. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Lo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Mahwah resident snaps cellphone pic, police find would-be burglar under bed Mahwah resident snaps cellphone pic, police find would-be burglar under bed Mahwah resident snaps cellphone pic, police find would-be burglar under bed
Mahwah resident snaps cellphone pic, police find would-be burglar under bed YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A homeless former Washington Township man out on bail pending court hearings for burglaries and thefts in other towns was found hiding under a bed by Mahwah police this morning after a  quick-thinking resident who saw him casing the neighborhood snapped a photo with her cellphone. Chief James Batelli said Mahwah’s 911 dispatch center got the call just after 11 a.m. from a Winter Terrace woman. She said she’d seen the suspect walking outside her house, just off Franklin Turnpike, and then forwarded the photo. Officer immediately hit the neighborhood and found an u…

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Northern Valley, NJ
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Closter schools business administrator charged with DWI Closter schools business administrator charged with DWI Closter schools business administrator charged with DWI
Closter schools business administrator charged with DWI CVP EXCLUSIVE: Closter Public Schools Business Administrator Peter Iappelli is due to answer DWI charges tonight in Norwood Municipal Court following a March incident at the Rockleigh Country Club, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. A voice message was left for Iappelli, 32, of Closter, at his district office this afternoon at the request of a board secretary. Records show that Norwood police stopped Iappelli’s car just before midnight the night of March 15 after an alert went out to area police with the vehicle’s description. A dispatcher issued the alert after receiving a call from the coun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Entertainment manager charged with trying to sexually abuse Cliffside Park girl, 12 Entertainment manager charged with trying to sexually abuse Cliffside Park girl, 12 Entertainment manager charged with trying to sexually abuse Cliffside Park girl, 12
Entertainment manager charged with trying to sexually abuse Cliffside Park girl, 12 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A member of a Palisades Park entertainment management company was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and charged with trying to have sex with a 12-year-old Cliffside Park High School student. Wilson Crespo, 37, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with attempted sexual assault and child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said his investigators and members of the Cliffside Park police department arrested Crespo yesterday after the girl “reported the attempted sexual abus…

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