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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fire destroys Gabriel’s Restaurant sign in Wayne Fire destroys Gabriel’s Restaurant sign in Wayne Fire destroys Gabriel’s Restaurant sign in Wayne
Fire destroys Gabriel’s Restaurant sign in Wayne YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fire last night destroyed the landmark sign atop Gabriel’s restaurant in Wayne but was kept out of the interior of the building The owner, Wayne Co. 2 Fire Chief John Gabriel, was inside the kitchen cooking when the blaze broke out around 10:30 outside the Mountainview Boulevard eatery, just off Route 23, emergency workers said. Gabriel and others made sure everyone got out safely. Hoses strung up the fire escape were turned on the sign. The interior sustained minor smoke damage on the first floor bar area, firefighters said. Part of the exterior was damaged by…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Catholic Jazz Ensemble goes clubbing Bergen Catholic Jazz Ensemble goes clubbing Bergen Catholic Jazz Ensemble goes clubbing
Bergen Catholic Jazz Ensemble goes clubbing IN TUNE: You imagine auditoriums and school concerts when you think of the Bergen Catholic Jazz Ensemble, but blowing the roof off a nightclub? Nemo was bearing down on New Jersey, but you wouldn’t have known it from the size of the audience pressed into Trumpets in Montclair for what became a blast of a different kind. The Peter Furlan Project headlined, led by the amazing saxophonist from Clarkstown, who is also an adjunct music professor at Bergen Community College and the jazz ensemble director and ProTools instructor for Bergen Catholic. Author: Lynn Paret After his sextet’s set,…

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Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Car slams NJ Transit bus in Ridgewood Car slams NJ Transit bus in Ridgewood Car slams NJ Transit bus in Ridgewood
Car slams NJ Transit bus in Ridgewood Six passengers, a bus driver and a motorist all escaped injury when a Mercedes SUV rear-ended a New York City-bound NJ Transit in Ridgewood last night. The crash occurred on East Ridgewood Avenue near South Pleasant Avenue. Police redirected traffic while Ridgewood firefighters attended to a minor fluid spill and disconnected the SUV’s battery to minimize the risk of fire. Damage to the bus was limited to the left rear bumper and fender, although the Mercedes appeared totaled. It removed by flatbed tow truck. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Investigators look at Paramus house fire Investigators look at Paramus house fire Investigators look at Paramus house fire
Investigators look at Paramus house fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification was called in today to collect evidence at the scene of a Paramus house fire. All of the occupants got out safely after the Ferndale Avenue fire broke out just after 11:30 this morning. First responders saw heavy smoke coming from a second-floor bedroom of the 2 1/2-story wood-frame house, where the fire was contained. The rest of the house had minor smoke damage, said firefighters, who quickly knocked down the blaze. STORY / PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
In case you missed it: Cliffview Pilot scoops In case you missed it: Cliffview Pilot scoops In case you missed it: Cliffview Pilot scoops
In case you missed it: Cliffview Pilot scoops As the snow approached, and began falling, news began to mount. For those of you who might have missed yesterday’s action, here’s a handy recap: FBI arrests ex-Passaic cop turned mobster, 68, for threats ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP:  A former cop turned mob enforcer — who once boasted of opening a victim’s head “like a cantaloupe” – threatened a man who owed another $30,000, saying he’ll “take the money and still hurt ya,” according to FBI agents who arrested him. READ MORE…. Bergen Art & Science Charter School *          *          *          *          * Garfield security…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Married Dumont man, 30, charged with sexually abusing girl over three years Married Dumont man, 30, charged with sexually abusing girl over three years Married Dumont man, 30, charged with sexually abusing girl over three years
Married Dumont man, 30, charged with sexually abusing girl over three years ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A married Dumont man was arrested and charged with sexually abusing a girl over a three-year period more than a decade ago, beginning when he was 16 and she was 8. Jason Negron, 30, is free on $100,000 bail, charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment. he was living in Bergenfield at the time, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said tonight. “The disclosure made by the now adult victim was just recently reported” to Bergenfield police, who contacted his investigators, the prosecutor said. The arrest followed an investigation by Molinelli’s …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack bank robber shows gun, jumps into waiting car Hackensack bank robber shows gun, jumps into waiting car Hackensack bank robber shows gun, jumps into waiting car
Hackensack bank robber shows gun, jumps into waiting car A brazen bandit pulled a handgun on several tellers at a Route 17 bank in Hackensack this afternoon before jumping into a waiting car with a bag of cash. A holdup alarm came in to Hackensack police headquarters just before 4 o’clock this afternoon from the PNC Bank. Bank employees said the robber, bundled up in gray and black, “went to the end of the teller station and pulled out what appeared to be a revolver,” Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He then “ordered the tellers individually to hand over the money in their drawers,” the captain said. The robber ran out a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Christie urges people to ‘be smart and be careful’ with Nemo Christie urges people to ‘be smart and be careful’ with Nemo Christie urges people to ‘be smart and be careful’ with Nemo
Christie urges people to ‘be smart and be careful’ with Nemo VIDEO: “If you don’t have to drive, please remain home. Stay off the roads,” Gov. Christie said late this afternoon, in urging people to “be smart and be careful” in the middle of a storm called Nemo. Darkness and dropping temperatures make driving especially difficult, the governor said. “Tonight’s a good night to stay home with your family and watch the snow come down — and not get in the middle of it,” he said (see video below). “This is a complex storm,” with forecasts ranging from 1 to 2 inches in southernmost New Jersey to 14 inches with blizzard conditions in the northeast, Chris…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Jurors find Mendeecees Harris not guilty in teen-sex trial Jurors find Mendeecees Harris not guilty in teen-sex trial Jurors find Mendeecees Harris not guilty in teen-sex trial
Jurors find Mendeecees Harris not guilty in teen-sex trial BREAKING NEWS: Jurors in Hackensack this afternoon acquitted VH1 “Love & Hip Hop” star Mendeecees Harris of sexually assaulting a teenager by coercing her with money and other manipulation in his Lodi home when she was 15. Fellow “Love & Hip Hop” star Yandy Smith was among those in the courtroom who leapt to their feet and stomped, clapped, shouted and sobbed, raising arms skyward, as the verdicts to the eight individual charges were read just before 4 p.m. “I love you!” one of them shouted to the jurors, who returned the verdicts after a few hours of deliberations. Sheriff’s of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
FBI arrests ex-Passaic cop turned mobster, 68, for threats FBI arrests ex-Passaic cop turned mobster, 68, for threats FBI arrests ex-Passaic cop turned mobster, 68, for threats
FBI arrests ex-Passaic cop turned mobster, 68, for threats ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A former Passaic cop turned mob enforcer — who once boasted of opening a victim’s head “like a cantaloupe” – threatened a man who owed another $30,000, saying he’ll “take the money and still hurt ya,” according to FBI agents who arrested him this morning. “You say you know I’m gonna get paid. I don’t believe nothing,” 68-year-old Stefano Mazzola is heard saying on a secretly recorded conversation. “I know what I’m gonna do, ’cause it doesn’t matter to me,” Mazzola says on the recording, transcribed in an FBI complaint on file in federal court in Newark. “It …

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