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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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
$25,000 reward in 2010 killing of Palisades Park woman $25,000 reward in 2010 killing of Palisades Park woman $25,000 reward in 2010 killing of Palisades Park woman
$25,000 reward in 2010 killing of Palisades Park woman REWARD OFFERED: A $25,000 reward is being offered by the family of Dolores Alliotts of Palisades Park for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer or killers. Alliotts’s body was found in a 12th Street home on April 28, 2010 after she was stabbed and the building was torched, authorities said. “Detectives believe, based on available statistics and evidence, that the killer may have had some prior interaction with Alliotts,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. “This may have been a brief interaction that would not normally raise suspicion, such as a del…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
National Police Week: Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice National Police Week: Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice National Police Week: Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice
National Police Week: Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice SHOUT OUT: More than 1,700 members of the Police Unity Tour were among those preparing for tonight’s 25th Annual Candlelight Vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., an event expected to draw more than 25,000 people. The unity tour participants — who’ve come from various points around the globe — arrived in the nation’s capital yesterday afternoon after making the trek to the memorial on bicycles, leaving from six “spokes” along the East Coast. As always, loved ones of those who died in the line duty and others cheered on the cyclists as they made their…

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Englewood, NJ
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Volunteer carpenters creating Englewood Cliffs community center Volunteer carpenters creating Englewood Cliffs community center Volunteer carpenters creating Englewood Cliffs community center
Volunteer carpenters creating Englewood Cliffs community center SHOUT OUT: Members of Carpenters Local 253 volunteered this Saturday to begin renovating the former Englewood Cliffs Ambulance Corp building, which the borough plans to turn into a community center. Northeast Council of Carpenters senior representatives Peter Gowing and George Schreck arranged for the carpenters to gut the interior of the building. Then, in the coming weeks, the Carpenters Apprentice Training Center from Kenilworth will install new framing, drywall, ceilings and flooring — at no cost to the borough.

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Dinner for retired Bergen sheriff’s officer, firefighter with Lou Gehrig’s disease Dinner for retired Bergen sheriff’s officer, firefighter with Lou Gehrig’s disease Dinner for retired Bergen sheriff’s officer, firefighter with Lou Gehrig’s disease
Dinner for retired Bergen sheriff’s officer, firefighter with Lou Gehrig’s disease PLEASE HELP: A fundraiser for former Bergen County Sheriff’s officer and lifetime Fort Lee firefighter William Cumiskey is being held to help him fight Lou Gehrig’s disease. Cumiskey was diagnosed with ALS shortly after retiring from the sheriff’s office in 2009 following a distinguished 25-year career. PBA Local #134 and the Fort Lee Fire Department are holding the beefsteak dinner fundraiser on June 8 at the Church of the Ascencion in New Milford. “Please join us for a night of food and drink as we support our brother officer and firefighter through this difficult time,” they ask. W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Family influenced decision on sentencing after Teaneck double killing, judge says Family influenced decision on sentencing after Teaneck double killing, judge says Family influenced decision on sentencing after Teaneck double killing, judge says
Family influenced decision on sentencing after Teaneck double killing, judge says A JUSTICE STORY: Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi spent a week debating how to sentence a Queens nightclub owner who was acquitted of killing two associates on a Teaneck street but convicted of drug conspiracy and lying to police. “You are two very, very different people,” DeAvila-Silebi, the presiding Superior Court judge in Bergen County, told Nicholas Kiriakakis on Friday. “Such potential — the education, family, morals, teaching,” she said. “That someone with such great potential can be here before me on these types of charges — it has been troubling me for days. “I could not get that o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Northvale boy, 8, hit by baseball in Harrington Park conscious, alert, police chief says Northvale boy, 8, hit by baseball in Harrington Park conscious, alert, police chief says Northvale boy, 8, hit by baseball in Harrington Park conscious, alert, police chief says
Northvale boy, 8, hit by baseball in Harrington Park conscious, alert, police chief says UPDATE: An 8-year-old Northvale boy hit in the chest with a ball at Highland Field in Harrington Park was conscious and alert before being placed into a helicopter bound for Hackensack University Medical Center this afternoon, Police Chief Albert Maalouf told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The youngster was sliding into third when a thrown ball struck him over his heart, Maalouf said. “At that point, his eyes began to roll back and he had no pulse,” the chief said. ALL PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEWPILOT.COM However, 40-year-old Maureen Renaghan of Harrington Park resident rushed to his aid, administered CPR…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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River Vale Chief McCann retires on high note River Vale Chief McCann retires on high note River Vale Chief McCann retires on high note
River Vale Chief McCann retires on high note YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After five years as River Vale’s top cop — and exactly 25 years in law enforcement — Police Chief Michael McCann filed for retirement last week, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. McCann, who began his policing career in Haworth, transferred to River Vale in 1994 as a patrolman. A year later, he was assigned to the Detective Bureau –and in 1998 he became a detective sergeant. McCann had a distinguished stretch as a detective, making his name rooting out con artists and swindlers. He was president of the National Association of Bunco Investigators in 2005-2006. Promoted…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Saudino: Donovan wrong in gun buyback claim Saudino: Donovan wrong in gun buyback claim Saudino: Donovan wrong in gun buyback claim
Saudino: Donovan wrong in gun buyback claim YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Executive Kathleen A. Donovan’s ongoing battle with county Sheriff Michael Saudino took a new turn with a Saturday morning news release in which she accused Saudino of “jeopardizing” citizens by not giving the county police bomb squad live mortar rounds turned in during a gun buyback program last month. The sheriff, in turn, suggested Donovan pay more attention to her “exploding budgets” than to second-guessing the work of his professional staff. “It’s unfortunate for the taxpayers that we have a county executive who doesn’t know what she’s doing or t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge in Hackensack has harsh words, 4-year sentence, for girlfriend beater Judge in Hackensack has harsh words, 4-year sentence, for girlfriend beater Judge in Hackensack has harsh words, 4-year sentence, for girlfriend beater
Judge in Hackensack has harsh words, 4-year sentence, for girlfriend beater ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: By viciously beating his former girlfriend, a Paterson man created four more victims, a judge in Hackensack who sentenced him to four years behind bars told him today. “I know you have four children, and your sentence to state prison will be a hardship for them,” Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi told Michael Maggette. “But you are the one who has created this hardship. “At some point, you haven’t learned your lesson,” the judge said. Public Defender Gail Hargrove asked that DeAvila-Silebi to reduce the sentence to three years, but the judge …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Pesticide may be to blame for fumes at Bergen EMS center, no word from Donovan administration Pesticide may be to blame for fumes at Bergen EMS center, no word from Donovan administration Pesticide may be to blame for fumes at Bergen EMS center, no word from Donovan administration
Pesticide may be to blame for fumes at Bergen EMS center, no word from Donovan administration EXCLUSIVE: Pesticide poisoning could be responsible for striking down four students — three of whom had to be hospitalized — at the Bergen County EMS Training Center in Paramus last night, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told CLIFFVIEW PILOT today. Despite calls and messages that began this morning, Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan’s administration hasn’t provided any details about last night’s incident, in which four EMT students suddenly collapsed at what is one of the largest ambulance and rescue training facilities in the Northeast. The morning desk officer for …

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