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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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn fire scene cleared Fair Lawn fire scene cleared Fair Lawn fire scene cleared
Fair Lawn fire scene cleared UPDATE: Six and a half hours after a fire that began in the basement storage room of a Fair Lawn adult day care center spread fire and smoke to other areas of the mixed-used building, firefighters cleared the scene. Heavy fire continued inside the former Shop-Rite building more than three hours after the blaze broke out around 2:45 this afternoon. The entire building was evacuated and no injuries were reported. PHOTO: Courtesy Douglas Haber Multiple vents were cut in the roof, sending clouds of smoke that could be seen for miles. Firefighters kept at it as the blaze ravaged the firs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Arrests in Hackensack pellet gun shootings Arrests in Hackensack pellet gun shootings Arrests in Hackensack pellet gun shootings
Arrests in Hackensack pellet gun shootings ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Two people were hit, and a young girl nearly struck, by shots fired by a man with a pellet gun from a window across from a Hackensack parking lot, say city police, who made two arrests in the shooting. Nicholas Battaglia, a 25-year-old pizza maker and window washer, apparently was taking potshots at people “for fun,” Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The first victim, a 31-year-old woman walking with her 9-year-old daughter through the Pizza Hut parking lot at Essex and State streets across from Battaglia’s apartment, said she heard a s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Saudino: Donovan lied about BCPD pay hikes Saudino: Donovan lied about BCPD pay hikes Saudino: Donovan lied about BCPD pay hikes
Saudino: Donovan lied about Bcpd pay hikes A SHERIFF WRITES: It is unfortunate that the County Executive has grown accustomed to purposefully releasing lies to the taxpayers of Bergen County in an effort to cover up the nearly 10% pay increase she gave the Bergen County Police Department immediately after taking office. She continues to issue false information regarding the Sheriff’s Office in order to justify her support for not eliminating duplicative services in law enforcement. The most recent lie concerns the “$10.5 million in raises” alleged in a recent [newspaper] article. The actual amount is less than half, which represents…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Signatures needed to fight parole of Bergen Sheriff’s officer’s killer Signatures needed to fight parole of Bergen Sheriff’s officer’s killer Signatures needed to fight parole of Bergen Sheriff’s officer’s killer
Signatures needed to fight parole of Bergen Sheriff’s officer’s killer HELP NEEDED: After learning from the widow of Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka that her husband’s killer is up for parole next Friday, law enforcement officers are pushing a petition campaign into overdrive. Help is needed. On behalf of Patricia Rybka and her family, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino and the sheriff’s office PBA Local #134 need to collect as many names as possible on petitions demanding that Stephen Perry stay behind bars for life. “As time passes the impact of this killing diminishes to the public, interest fades and the Parole Board somehow takes thi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus officers chase down, fight accused mall thieves Paramus officers chase down, fight accused mall thieves Paramus officers chase down, fight accused mall thieves
Paramus officers chase down, fight accused mall thieves YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Paramus police officers chased down a Brooklyn couple after they bought nearly $4,000 worth of merchandise with stolen credit cards at the Garden State Plaza, Acting Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this morning. Alerted by security at the Lord & Taylor store, Officer Keith Bland spotted the pair. A woman identified as Tyairie Green, 22, assaulted Bland, temporarily allowing her partner, 25-year-old Anthony Battle to bolt, Ehrenberg said. Lt. Barbara Steinberg helped arrest Greene, who continued fighting, the acting chief said. At the samet time, Off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
League of Women Voters: Why have Bergen PD? League of Women Voters: Why have Bergen PD? League of Women Voters: Why have Bergen PD?
League of Women Voters: Why have Bergen PD? The League of Women Voters of Bergen County will hold a public forum next month to discuss the role of the Bergen County Police Department. Scheduled speakers for the April 9 event (7:30 p.m.) at Bergen County Community Service Building in Paramus will include Brian Higgins, the BCPD chief and public safety director for the county. Higgins “will review the history and mission of the county police and explain the broad scope of services that the Department of Public Safety provides,” a release from the league this morning says. Other panelists “will discuss the interaction between the mu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Pot found in baby food jars during PIP seatbelt stop Pot found in baby food jars during PIP seatbelt stop Pot found in baby food jars during PIP seatbelt stop
Pot found in baby food jars during PIP seatbelt stop YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Palisades Interstate Parkway police today said they found nearly a pound of pot, some of it hidden in baby food jars and a food takeout container, during a seat-belt check roadblock. Officers Frankie Garrett, Lee Frazzano, and Jeffrey Kimbro were working the line on the northbound PIP ramp from Fletcher Avenue yesterday when they spotted a 2001 Jeep Cherokee with what they said was an obstructed rear license plate. Garrett asked the driver for his credentials and “was able to detect a strong odor of marijuana,” said Lt. Michael Coppola, the department’s commanding …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police seize stolen cheese worth $200,000 Saddle Brook police seize stolen cheese worth $200,000 Saddle Brook police seize stolen cheese worth $200,000
Saddle Brook police seize stolen cheese worth $200,000 ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Saddle Brook detective sergeant uncovered a $200,000 stolen shipment of muenster cheese from Wisconsin that authorities said was destined for sale on the black market. Detective Sgt. Thomas Johnson was investigating a report of an attempted truck arson that led him to the Vince Lombardi rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield, where surveillance was set up on Tuesday, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight. Johnson, along with Detective Capt. Vincent Laurentino, worked with the New Jersey State Police Cargo Theft Unit and disco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Manslaughter charge against Mahwah man in heroin overdose Manslaughter charge against Mahwah man in heroin overdose Manslaughter charge against Mahwah man in heroin overdose
Manslaughter charge against Mahwah man in heroin overdose NOWHERE BUT CVP: A Mahwah man originally accused of putting what turned out to be a fatal dose of heroin into the hands of a 20-year-old Rockland County man was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury this week on manslaughter charges, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Three weeks after Harris Apfelbaum was found dead in Park Ridge on Oct. 3, a Mahwah patrol officer stopped Uldis Mende for a traffic violation and found him carrying 70 decks of heroin intended for sale, records show. Investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office discovered that Mende, a Latvian national, helped Apfelb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen PD Chief Higgins cuts sick leave by 35 percent Bergen PD Chief Higgins cuts sick leave by 35 percent Bergen PD Chief Higgins cuts sick leave by 35 percent
Bergen PD Chief Higgins cuts sick leave by 35 percent YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Sick time at the Bergen County Police Department spiked to more than 14,000 hours in the time it was without a police chief following John “Jack” Schmidig’s retirement, but Chief Brian Higgins today said he’s cut that by 35 percent in little more than a year. “This is the equivalent of 599 shifts and a savings in sick leave payouts of $234,000,” Higgins told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Higgins said he established a series of new policies to address various issues, including one reining in sick time usage, after he became chief in June 2011. It was signed off …

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