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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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Disbarred Lincoln Park lawyer charged with stealing client’s $10,000 Disbarred Lincoln Park lawyer charged with stealing client’s $10,000 Disbarred Lincoln Park lawyer charged with stealing client’s $10,000
Disbarred Lincoln Park lawyer charged with stealing client’s $10,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A disbarred Lincoln Park lawyer who turned 43 today is charged with pocketing a $10,000 car insurance settlement without the victim’s knowledge, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced today. Rakesh J. Desai was arrested by prosecutor’s detectives after the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics tipped them off, Molinelli said. The accident occurred in 2003, he said. In October 2011, Molinelli said, Desai settled an insurance claim for $10,000 without consulting the victim, signed the person’s name to the back of the check and deposited it into a trust…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket playing Hoboken festival this summer Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket playing Hoboken festival this summer Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket playing Hoboken festival this summer
Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket playing Hoboken festival this summer YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bob Dylan, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket will perform at Hoboken’s Pier A Park on Friday, July 26, as part of Dylan’s AmericanaramA Festival of Music tour, Mayor Dawn Zimmer announced this morning. “After last year’s Mumford & Sons concert on Pier A, we received countless requests from our community for more similar events,” Zimmer said in a statement. “We’re excited to bring world-renowned talent to Hoboken to provide great entertainment options for our community in our own back yard and to support our local businesses.” Tickets go on sale Wednesday morning. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood police seek public’s help in identifying store clerk’s attacker Englewood police seek public’s help in identifying store clerk’s attacker Englewood police seek public’s help in identifying store clerk’s attacker
Englewood police seek public’s help in identifying store clerk’s attacker HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Englewood police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man who they said lunged at a convenience store clerk with a knife after arguing about the price of cigarettes. “The clerk believed the man was of West-Indian descent by his accent,” Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “He said he had problems with him in the past, but not to this extent. “He was pretty shook up by the incident.” Suveillance video captured images of the man entering the Monument 7Eleven yesterday and arguing with the 23-year-old clerk about the price of cigarettes, Torell sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Dump truck crash, fuel spill jam Garden State Parkway in Washington Township Dump truck crash, fuel spill jam Garden State Parkway in Washington Township Dump truck crash, fuel spill jam Garden State Parkway in Washington Township
Dump truck crash, fuel spill jam Garden State Parkway in Washington Township YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One person was injured and major backups followed a crash near the Washington Township toll plaza on the Garden State Parkway this morning that dumped more than 150 gallons of fuel from a dumptruck onto the roadway. Fuel tanks on the tandem axle truck ruptured, threatening a nearby storm drain, when it collided with a sedan between 7-7:30 a.m. Crews from the Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit responded, along with firefighters from Washington Township and Hillsdale. The injured motorist was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by members of the Westwood …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Pepper spray suspected in Dumont church incident that sickened dozens Pepper spray suspected in Dumont church incident that sickened dozens Pepper spray suspected in Dumont church incident that sickened dozens
Pepper spray suspected in Dumont church incident that sickened dozens CVP EXCLUSIVE: Authorities suspect pepper spray was released during a party last night at a gym attached to a Dumont church, drawing a mass casualty response by a host of local and county emergency agencies, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Dumont Police Chief Joseph L. Faulborn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon that an 11-year-old boy who didn’t realize the possible consequences of what he was doing was responsible for releasing pepper spray during a Saturday evening dinner at a Dumont church that sent two people to the hospital and sickened dozens of others. READ M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford police arrest 3 in Hasbrouck Heights purse snatch that injured victim Rutherford police arrest 3 in Hasbrouck Heights purse snatch that injured victim Rutherford police arrest 3 in Hasbrouck Heights purse snatch that injured victim
Rutherford police arrest 3 in Hasbrouck Heights purse snatch that injured victim EXCLUSIVE: A 52-year-old purse-snatch victim in Hasbrouck Heights fell from the getaway car before Rutherford police arrested three suspects from Brooklyn moments later. The victim told police that 20-year-old Kinzy “Lil Bitt” Gonzalez grabbed her purse, then hopped into a waiting car yesterday afternoon. The woman tried getting the purse back by opening the car door and was dragged briefly before falling as it sped away, Detective Michael Colaneri told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Moments later, Rutherford police stopped the vehicle. Arrested with Gonzalez were 23-year-old Clinton Steele and Ant…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Fire at Pompilios closes restaurant, Westwood Avenue Fire at Pompilios closes restaurant, Westwood Avenue Fire at Pompilios closes restaurant, Westwood Avenue
Fire at Pompilios closes restaurant, Westwood Avenue YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A kitchen fire at Pompilios Pizza & Restaurant closed a stretch of Weswood Avenue during late dinnertime tonight. No injuries and minor damage were reported in the 8:25 p.m. blaze, which ignited in the oven hood, emergency workers told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The restaurant was closed for the evening until health inspectors could determine when it was safe to re-open, they said. The Hillsdale Fire Department FAST team and Hillsdale firefighters joined their Westwood colleagues. Westwood Ambulance also remained on standby. The street was closed from the Kinderkamac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
More than 50 overcome at Dumont church, triage units set up More than 50 overcome at Dumont church, triage units set up More than 50 overcome at Dumont church, triage units set up
More than 50 overcome at Dumont church, triage units set up YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: More than 50 parishioners of a Dumont church were taken to area hospitals or treated in mobile casualty units after they reported chest pains and other respiratory problems. CVP EXCLUSIVE: Authorities suspect that pepper spray was released during a party last night at a gym attached to a Dumont church, drawing a mass casualty response by a host of local and county emergency agencies, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. READ MORE…. Hazardous materials teams from Bergen County, New Milford and Paramus joined mass casualty units from Englewood and Ridgewood after the call …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
40th anniversary candlelight vigil tonight for Joan D’Alessandro in Hillsdale 40th anniversary candlelight vigil tonight for Joan D’Alessandro in Hillsdale 40th anniversary candlelight vigil tonight for Joan D’Alessandro in Hillsdale
40th anniversary candlelight vigil tonight for Joan D’Alessandro in Hillsdale A candlelight vigil will be held tonight in the center of Hillsdale in remembrance of Joan D’Alessandro, the 7-year-old Brownie Scout slain by a neighbor 40 years ago yesterday as she sold cookies door-to-door. Speakers will tell Joan’s story — among them, her proud, caring, giving mother, Rosemarie D’Alessandro — during the 7 p.m. commemoration at Veteran’s Park. A police caravan will honor Joan’s memory. The song “White Butterfly,” dedicated to her, will be played. Attendees will also see renderings of a proposed white butterfly sculpture and garden, which is planned for the Hillsdale t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
You read it first on Cliffview Pilot (April 19) You read it first on Cliffview Pilot (April 19) You read it first on Cliffview Pilot (April 19)
You read it first on Cliffview Pilot (April 19) CVP FIRSTS: The action happens so fast sometimes that even we miss things. Yesterday was one of those kinds of news days, with major stories breaking throughout the area. In case you missed any of CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s scoops, here’s a recap of the best. Judge: Lyndhurst coach’s sentence for sex with student isn’t enough YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack reluctantly sentenced former Lyndhurst High School football coach Scott Rubinetti  this morning to five years probation and prohibited him from teaching or coaching anywhere in the United States, not even as a volunteer, for havin…

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