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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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
U.S. charges Lyndhurst man in $10 million mortgage fraud U.S. charges Lyndhurst man in $10 million mortgage fraud U.S. charges Lyndhurst man in $10 million mortgage fraud
U.S. charges Lyndhurst man in $10 million mortgage fraud YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lyndhurst man conducted bogus real estate closings even though he wasn’t an attorney or title agent, as part of what the government said was a long-running, large-scale mortgage-fraud scheme of short sales and flips by a group of associates who caused roughly $10 million in losses, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced this morning. Among those charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud is 32-year-old Kenneth Sweetman, an Essex County native who the government said also keeps a residence in Nutley. He was due for a first appearance in federal court in Newark th…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Employer support of National Guard and Reserve grows in Bergen Employer support of National Guard and Reserve grows in Bergen Employer support of National Guard and Reserve grows in Bergen
Employer support of National Guard and Reserve grows in Bergen SHOUT OUT: As part of a mission to raise awareness and support for our reservists, the New Jersey chairman of the Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve (ESGR) recently visited the Teaneck Armory. ESGR, a Department of Defense agency, was established in 1972 to provide free education, consultation, and, if necessary, mediation between business owners and employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve. The all-volunteer group aims to show business owners the benefits of hiring guardsmen and reservists, who “bring integrity, global perspective and proven leadership to the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority: ‘Stranger’ tried to slip GWB E-ZPass with pickup, trailer Port Authority: ‘Stranger’ tried to slip GWB E-ZPass with pickup, trailer Port Authority: ‘Stranger’ tried to slip GWB E-ZPass with pickup, trailer
Port Authority: ‘Stranger’ tried to slip GWB E-zpass with pickup, trailer ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: He didn’t know the area, Curtis Hicks told Port Authority police who stopped his Ford pickup and trailer for rolling through E-ZPass without paying — but it turns out he was born in Harlem and raised in Paterson, they said. PAPD Officer Jason Malice spotted the truck after it passed through without a license plate, the Port Authority’s Steve Coleman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “The pickup was pulling a trailer, and the plate on the trailer was bent in a manner to prevent the toll lane camera from reading it,” Coleman said, adding that there weren’t any E-ZPass …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge: Public ‘will be served’ once Donovan pays sheriff’s officers Judge: Public ‘will be served’ once Donovan pays sheriff’s officers Judge: Public ‘will be served’ once Donovan pays sheriff’s officers
Judge: Public ‘will be served’ once Donovan pays sheriff’s officers INSIDE THE RULING: Taxpayers “will be served, not harmed” if Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan delivers the negotiated 2011 and 2012 pay raises that she so far has denied county sheriff’s officers, Superior Court Judge Joseph Conte wrote, in refusing to reconsider his order of last month that Donovan do so immediately. Donovan’s denial has become “a hardship to those officers who have not received the benefits of their approved negotiated contracts,” the judge (photo above) wrote in the nearly 14-page decision first obtained by CLIFFVIEW PILOT in Hackensack this afternoon. YOU RE…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Tinted windows on GWB lead to heroin bust of North Bergen man Tinted windows on GWB lead to heroin bust of North Bergen man Tinted windows on GWB lead to heroin bust of North Bergen man
Tinted windows on GWB lead to heroin bust of North Bergen man ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: It began with a stop for excessively tinted windows, continued with a “rambling” tale of making a wrong turn in Paramus and ending up on the George Washington Bridge — and led to the discovery of 50 decks of heroin, Port Authority officials said today. Port Authority Police Police Officer Ryan Ust was on patrol just after 6 o’clock last night he spotted the 2004 Ford Sedan, the authority’s Steve Coleman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. He pulled over the driver, 37-year-old Kenneth Harden of North Bergen, who gave Ust “a rambling story about dropping someone off at …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Roof collapses in North Arlington industrial fire, HazMat on scene Roof collapses in North Arlington industrial fire, HazMat on scene Roof collapses in North Arlington industrial fire, HazMat on scene
Roof collapses in North Arlington industrial fire, HazMat on scene UPDATE (VIDEO): The roof of a North Arlington industrial building collapsed during a roaring four-alarm blaze that took firefighters from several departments hours to bring under control — before it rekindled tonight around 7 p.m. North Arlington fire (PHOTO, VIDEO: Mike Villanova) A firefighter was taken to Clara Maass Medical Center with a minor hand injury earlier in the day, officials told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. ABOVE PHOTO: Rob Munoz The cause of the Ewing Avenue fire, reported at 11: 35  a.m., wasn’t immediately determined. “All of the employees  were accounted for early on,” an …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Marked bills lead Wyckoff police to ex-employee in $25,000 theft Marked bills lead Wyckoff police to ex-employee in $25,000 theft Marked bills lead Wyckoff police to ex-employee in $25,000 theft
Marked bills lead Wyckoff police to ex-employee in $25,000 theft YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Planting a stack of unmarked bills at former Ridgefield Park baseball phenom Garett Teel’s sports training center, Wyckoff police cracked the theft of $25,000 by arresting a former employee, Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. Teel contacted borough police after discovering the cash thefts, Fox said. Patrolman William Plisich was watching the Braen Avenue building when 25-year-old Edward Sarro III let himself in using a passcode just after 2:30 a.m. yesterday, the chief said. Sarro, of Hawthorne (above), was leaving moments later when Plisich and Detective Ja…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen judge refuses to delay order that Donovan pay sheriff’s officers Bergen judge refuses to delay order that Donovan pay sheriff’s officers Bergen judge refuses to delay order that Donovan pay sheriff’s officers
Bergen judge refuses to delay order that Donovan pay sheriff’s officers YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Superior Court judge refused to delay his order that Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan implement the 2011 and 2012 pay raises to Bergen County Sheriff’s officers that she thus far has denied, in a ruling first obtained by CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “I am very pleased,” PBA Local 134 attorney Steven B. Hunter said this afternoon following the release of Superior Court Judge Joseph Conte’s ruling. “I hope the county executive agrees, and provides the raises the sheriff’s officers have been waiting for a year.” “The judge got it right, twice,” added Catherine Elston…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Citywide support convinced Mordaga to become Hackensack police director Citywide support convinced Mordaga to become Hackensack police director Citywide support convinced Mordaga to become Hackensack police director
Citywide support convinced Mordaga to become Hackensack police director EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): New Hackensack Police Director Mike Mordaga had few reservations about applying for the job — not after being contacted by, among others, the department PBA, business owners and clergy once the City Council created the position last fall. “For me, this is not a job,” he told CLIFFVIEW PILOT shortly after his appointment was announced. “This is returning to the Hackensack police department, which was my passion, where my career was, and to the city, so that I can work with the department and the residents and the businesspeople, as a team, to bring pride back to th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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It’s official: Mordaga is Hackensack’s 1st police director It’s official: Mordaga is Hackensack’s 1st police director It’s official: Mordaga is Hackensack’s 1st police director
It’s official: Mordaga is Hackensack’s 1st police director YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: It’s official: Well-known and highly respected career cop Michael Mordaga tonight was officially named Hackensack’s first-ever police director. “For me, this is not a job,” Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT tonight, after his appointment was announced. “This is returning to the Hackensack police department, which was my passion, where my career was, and to the city, so that I can work with the department and the residents and the businesspeople, as a team, to bring pride back to the department and restore the faith of its citizens.” EXCLUSIVE (ONLY ON CVP): New Hacken…

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