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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
New Port Authority police academy class: 2nd largest ever New Port Authority police academy class: 2nd largest ever New Port Authority police academy class: 2nd largest ever
New Port Authority police academy class: 2nd largest ever SHOUT OUT: The Port Authority is taking applicants for its 112th Police Academy, the first new class in three years. The new class, which will begin in August, will train up to 175 police officers as part of what the authority called its “ongoing reform efforts to restructure the department and ensure it effectively meets its policing and security mission.” The 2013 class will be the second largest in Port Authority history to the 236 recruits who graduated in September 2002. The agency said it “is notifying approximately 2,800 eligible candidates who previously expressed continued inte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack man, 38, charged with sexually abusing girl for 2 years Hackensack man, 38, charged with sexually abusing girl for 2 years Hackensack man, 38, charged with sexually abusing girl for 2 years
Hackensack man, 38, charged with sexually abusing girl for 2 years YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married Hackensack man is charged with sexually abusing an underage over nearly two years. Carlos Bermudez-Rosado, 38, was arrested over the weekend by members of Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Hackensack police and charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. Bermudez-Rosado, who works at a Carlstadt company that produces materials for treating burns, continued to be held on $350,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. “The juvenile female victim disclosed the sexual abuse to school personnel who contacted t…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Near-fatal beer bottle incident at Route 4 club: Attack or self-defense? Near-fatal beer bottle incident at Route 4 club: Attack or self-defense? Near-fatal beer bottle incident at Route 4 club: Attack or self-defense?
Near-fatal beer bottle incident at Route 4 club: Attack or self-defense? ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A vicious attack with a broken beer bottle left a Hackensack man with a life-threatening gash in his neck after a confrontation with his best friend of 14 years. But was it unprovoked or self-defense? The jury trial of Cristian Murillo-Munoz, 25, continues today in Hackensack, following openings last week. The 26-year old victim, a single father with a young daughter, said he went to Studio 4 in Fort Lee on Jan. 21, 2012 to “meet my girlfriend, have a drink, and drive home with her.” As he walked into the club along a narrow corridor just before closing, he sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
3 Hackensack officers plead guilty in beating case, two resign 3 Hackensack officers plead guilty in beating case, two resign 3 Hackensack officers plead guilty in beating case, two resign
3 Hackensack officers plead guilty in beating case, two resign A former Hackensack PBA chief and an officer involved in scuffles that led to charges and suspensions quit their jobs today after pleading guilty in connection with the beating of a resident – which also drew a guilty plea from a third officer who remains on the force. Anthony Ferraioli, 48, admitted in Superior Court in Hackensack that he went after the man following an earlier assault at a Paramus restaurant involving colleague Richard Sellitto, 28. Sellitto, meanwhile, admitted that he lied to investigators in an effort to cover up for Ferraioli. A third officer, 22-year veteran Albe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Services for brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 7, of Westwood Services for brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 7, of Westwood Services for brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 7, of Westwood
Services for brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 7, of Westwood A TRIBUTE: Visiting hours for 7-year-old Elizabeth Anne Fasciano of Westwood are scheduled for this Wednesday, with a funeral the following morning. A 10 a.m. funeral Mass will be held Thursday at the Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River, followed by burial in Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah. Elizabeth, who made a deep and lasting impression on so many people, died of brain cancer yesterday. “There were no more treatment options,” a friend of the family told CLIFFVIEW PILOT last night. “It was time for her pain to end.” VISITING: 2-5 p.m., 7:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday Church of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack police buy-and-busts snag eight Hackensack police buy-and-busts snag eight Hackensack police buy-and-busts snag eight
Hackensack police buy-and-busts snag eight ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A series of undercover marijuana buys led to a pair of separate raids that netted Hackensack police several bags of pot, Ecstasy and packaging equipment, along with charges against eight men. One of those arrested — 25-year-old Lawrence Jennings — was brought into court earlier today and charged with violating terms of a drug court agreement. He was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. Also being held — on $125,000 bail — was Pedro Colon, 22, who lives in a taxpayer-subsidized on Newman Street that was raided Friday night. Colon is charged with variou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck police issue image of Dunkin Donuts robber Teaneck police issue image of Dunkin Donuts robber Teaneck police issue image of Dunkin Donuts robber
Teaneck police issue image of Dunkin Donuts robber YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Teaneck police have supplied CLIFFVIEW PILOT with a surveillance image of an armed man in a gray hoodie who robbed a Dunkin Donuts on Teaneck Road late last night. “Give me the money,” two employees at the shop in the Walgreens shopping plaza told police he said after coming in around 11:45 p.m. He then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Detective Lt. Andrew McGurr described the robber as about 5-foot-8 with a red scarf and sunglasses obscuring his face.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
K9 Veterans Day this Wednesday in Bergen K9 Veterans Day this Wednesday in Bergen K9 Veterans Day this Wednesday in Bergen
K9 Veterans Day this Wednesday in Bergen SHOUT OUT: Military service dogs get their special Veterans Day event in Bergen County this Wednesday. New Jersey was the first of 11 states to adopt legislation recognizing this special day and this will be its inaugural event, honoring U.S. military working dog teams and recognizing sponsors and volunteers for their support of Tails of Hope Foundation Inc. Active duty and retired military dog teams will be honored, as will Customs and Secret Service dogs, search-and-rescue dogs and border patrol dogs, among others. They and their handlers are invited, as are members of the public. WHEN:…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Brain cancer takes brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 6, of Westwood Brain cancer takes brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 6, of Westwood Brain cancer takes brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 6, of Westwood
Brain cancer takes brave angel Elizabeth Fasciano, 6, of Westwood Elizabeth Fasciano, a Westwood youngster who made a deep and lasting impression on so many people, died of brain cancer earlier today. “There were no more treatment options,” a friend of the family said tonight. “It was time for her pain to end.”  Visiting hours are scheduled for this Wednesday, with a funeral the following morning. CLICK HERE …. Elizabeth, 7, was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was 13 months old. She endured craniotomies, high-dose chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant, at tremendous expense to her family. Yet so many came to their aid, holding fundraisers…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Respected Ridgewood attorney hit by car was Jersey City Jesuit, author Respected Ridgewood attorney hit by car was Jersey City Jesuit, author Respected Ridgewood attorney hit by car was Jersey City Jesuit, author
Respected Ridgewood attorney hit by car was Jersey City Jesuit, author A TRIBUTE: At 71, attorney Ronald Sarno was still working, both from his Ridgewood home and a Manhattan office. Clients described the Jersey City native – a onetime priest, eight-time author and consultant to the turn-of-the-70s TV show “The Mod Squad” — as honest and trustworthy. So it’s with sadness that some began learning this weekend that the St. Peter’s Prep graduate — who began as a Jesuit and then became a hospital administrator before turning to law — died Friday of injuries from being struck by a car while walking home from the train near his Ridgewood home. It was a tragic iron…

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