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
Arrest in bomb threat at River Vale assisted living community Arrest in bomb threat at River Vale assisted living community Arrest in bomb threat at River Vale assisted living community
Arrest in bomb threat at River Vale assisted living community YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After a search by the Bergen County Bomb Squad, River Vale police arrested a former worker at Jewish Home Assisted Living who they said threatened to blow up his ex-employer’s car. An employee at the senior community told borough police that 59-year-old Mohamed M. Foda of Piermont called and “threatened to bomb his former employer’s car in retaliation for his firing,” River Vale Sgt. John DeVoe said tonight. Police cordoned off the area near the boss’s vehicle and called for the bomb squad as a precaution, DeVoe said. The area was eventually cleared “after a dili…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Illiterate man averts trial with plea in Dumont pornography case Illiterate man averts trial with plea in Dumont pornography case Illiterate man averts trial with plea in Dumont pornography case
Illiterate man averts trial with plea in Dumont pornography case ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Both sides avoided a trial just before opening arguments today when a physically and mentally disabled man admitted letting a 14-year-old boy look at pornographic magazines in his Dumont apartment. “I tried to stop him, but I couldn’t,” Doug Matthews told Superior Court Judge James J. Guida. “I knew he was too young, but when he wouldn’t stop I just quit trying.” Jurors were waiting to enter the courtroom as defense attorney Milagros Camacho and Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Dion Findley of the Sex Crimes Unit crafted a plea agreement that also satisfied requ…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Tee off on back pain: Spine surgeon, fitness pro set free seminar at Greenhouse Golf Tee off on back pain: Spine surgeon, fitness pro set free seminar at Greenhouse Golf Tee off on back pain: Spine surgeon, fitness pro set free seminar at Greenhouse Golf
Tee off on back pain: Spine surgeon, fitness pro set free seminar at Greenhouse Golf Playing 18 holes is probably one of the most relaxing ways for most of the 25 million golfers in America to spend a day. But for those with chronic back and neck pain, it not only hinders their ability to enjoy the game – it could prevent them from playing altogether. To help area golfers learn how to avoid this pain without compromising the power and accuracy of their swing, orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. Dante Implicito has teamed up with Greenhouse Golf in Waldwick and PGA Tour Fitness Pro Scott Riehl for a free seminar. Using Greenhouse Golf’s state of the art technology, attendees at “…

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Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Closter student says pickup driver tried to lure her Closter student says pickup driver tried to lure her Closter student says pickup driver tried to lure her
Closter student says pickup driver tried to lure her YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 14-year-old girl told Closter police a man in a pickup truck tried to pick her up as she walked home from school yesterday. The teen said she’d left Northern Valley Regional High School at 2:45 and was walking north on Knickerbocker Road, crossing High Street (above), when the man called to her from across the street, Closter Police Chief Dennis Kaine told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. He apparently was stopped at the light heading south, the chief said. The girl said she ignored him but he called out again, offering her a ride. At that point, the chief said,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Wood-Ridge traffic stop turns up 5 warrants Wood-Ridge traffic stop turns up 5 warrants Wood-Ridge traffic stop turns up 5 warrants
Wood-Ridge traffic stop turns up 5 warrants YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A traffic stop by a Wood-Ridge police lieutenant turned up five outstanding warrants for a driver, including one for not answering a DWI charge. Wood-Ridge Police Lt. O’Donnell said 34-year-old Brian Mulligan of Belleville gave him the name and birthdate of another person following Tuesday’s stop, Detective Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A quick computer check found that the name and vehicle didn’t match. Once O’Donnell determined Mulligan’s true identity, he discovered $7,735 in warrants — the largest $5,000 out of Nutley in connection with what records…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Earth Day tree grove dedication at Overpeck Earth Day tree grove dedication at Overpeck Earth Day tree grove dedication at Overpeck
Earth Day tree grove dedication at Overpeck An Earth Day dedication ceremony featuring the official debut of a tree grove donated to Overpeck Park by the world’s largest after-school math and reading enrichment company is set for Monday. Six cherry trees are arranged in a crescent, in memory of Toru Kumon, the founder of Kumon North America, and Takeshi Kumon, his son and first student. Kumon North America‘s corporate offices in Teaneck are just over a mile from the grove, which has two benches that bear plaques with quotes chosen by the widows of both men. “For 25 years, Kumon has helped thousands of children in Bergen County,” …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police: 100 summonses in a week for not yielding to pedestrians Fort Lee police: 100 summonses in a week for not yielding to pedestrians Fort Lee police: 100 summonses in a week for not yielding to pedestrians
Fort Lee police: 100 summonses in a week for not yielding to pedestrians PUBLIC SAFETY: More than 100 drivers who didn’t yield to pedestrians were issued summonses last week by undercover police in Fort Lee as part of a “Be Seen, Be Safe” pedestrian safety push, Chief Keith Bendul said. The stakeout — in which officers pose as pedestrians and then nail motorists who don’t yield the right of way — was conducted twice on Hudson Terrace, including for the first time on a weekend. Extreme? Not in a borough where seven pedestrians were struck — one of them killed — in January, followed by seven more pedestrians struck over the next two months, the chief said. C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Murder of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura still felt Murder of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura still felt Murder of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura still felt
Murder of Fair Lawn Officer Mary Ann Collura still felt (via NJ.com) Hundreds gathered Wednesday evening to pay tribute to the borough’s first female police officer, just yards from where she was gunned down coming to the aid of a fellow officer. It was 10 years to the day that Mary Ann Collura, an 18-year veteran of the Fair Lawn Police Department, was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Son of slain Garfield florist speaks well of accused killer Son of slain Garfield florist speaks well of accused killer Son of slain Garfield florist speaks well of accused killer
Son of slain Garfield florist speaks well of accused killer CVP EXCLUSIVE: The son of a man shot dead at his wholesale flower business in Garfield had nothing but nice things to tell jurors today about his father’s business partner, who is standing trial for his murder. Thomas Battinelli was an asset to the business as a second-generation wholesale flower seller with specialized knowledge of flowers and florists, and was known as the number 2 man to slain owner Michael Murphy, the victim’s son, Justin Wilson, told jurors in Hackensack. “You thought Tom Battinelli was a good guy?” defense attorney Brian Neary asked. “Yes,” Wilson said.  “We all w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
‘No credible evidence’ that 2 men visiting NJ firehouses were threats ‘No credible evidence’ that 2 men visiting NJ firehouses were threats ‘No credible evidence’ that 2 men visiting NJ firehouses were threats
‘No credible evidence’ that 2 men visiting NJ firehouses were threats YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: State fire safety officials this afternoon confirmed an earlier report on CLIFFVIEW PILOT that two “suspicious men” visiting fire stations in New Jersey posed no threat, saying they have “no credible evidence that these individuals intended to do any harm.” CLIFFVIEW PILOT broke the story about the alert (below) this morning, which said that two men “appearing to be of Middle Eastern descent” visited the Mantua Township firehouse in Gloucester County and were escorted out after they tried to take photos and conduct interviews. The alert, issued by the state Divisio…

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