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
Fairview man hit by own car in chain of Bergen Boulevard crashes Fairview man hit by own car in chain of Bergen Boulevard crashes Fairview man hit by own car in chain of Bergen Boulevard crashes
Fairview man hit by own car in chain of Bergen Boulevard crashes THE REAL STORY: A chain reaction of separate but related crashes as bizarre as they were unlikely left a Wayne man struck by his own car, a Fairview police vehicle smashed, a tractor-trailer blocking a dead end and ordinarily busy Bergen Boulevard closed for nearly two hours. The 51-year-old motorist, who was alert while being taken to Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, told police his legs were run over, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. He was trying to go west out of the dead end on Commercial Avenue towards Bergen Boulevard but was blocked by the 18-wheeler, which had clipped a near…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Wanted Bronx ex-con, Ridgefield man caught in Fort Lee McDonalds pot bust Wanted Bronx ex-con, Ridgefield man caught in Fort Lee McDonalds pot bust Wanted Bronx ex-con, Ridgefield man caught in Fort Lee McDonalds pot bust
Wanted Bronx ex-con, Ridgefield man caught in Fort Lee McDonalds pot bust BEYOND THE INITIAL REPORT: Fort Lee police said a quickie drug deal at the McDonalds near the George Washington Bridge led to the arrests of a small-time pot dealer from Ridgefield and an ex-con from the Bronx who’s wanted in Delaware. Officer Timothy Cullen of the department’s Narcotics Unit said he was patrolling the area when he spotted the deal go down in the parking lot of the McDonalds on Lemoine Avenue just before 8 o’clock last night. As Cullen looked on, a Lexus RX driven by 20-year-old Dale Balderacchi of Ridgefield pulled up to a Honda Accord driven by Nelson Flores, 41, Detect…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee doctors’ assistant charged in sex crimes against patients Fort Lee doctors’ assistant charged in sex crimes against patients Fort Lee doctors’ assistant charged in sex crimes against patients
Fort Lee doctors’ assistant charged in sex crimes against patients YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee physicians’ assistant is free on bail after being arrested and charged with sex crimes against two female patients. Investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Fort Lee police arrested Gung “Dan” Kim, 29, yesterday after the two women told them he “touched them in a sexual manner” at the SBK Medical Group office on Center Avenue, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Both women said the incidents occured last Friday while they were alone with him, the prosecutor said. Kim, of Metuchen, also works at the E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Hit-and-run leads to pot charges against Fair Lawn men Hit-and-run leads to pot charges against Fair Lawn men Hit-and-run leads to pot charges against Fair Lawn men
Hit-and-run leads to pot charges against Fair Lawn men YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fair Lawn police sergeant investigating a hit-and-run accident arrested two 18-year-olds who he said were stoned and carrying metal marijuana grinders and glass pot pipes. Sgt. Paul Scott was investigating the a crash at Morlot Avenue and John Street last Friday night in which witnesses said a green 1999 Subaru Forester came around the corner, slid and struck a curb and stop sign, Sgt. Richard Schultz said this morning. Scott was directed to Hedman Place, where he found the vehicle and the two occupants. “While speaking with both men, Sgt. Scott noticed [they] …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Searchers find woman’s body below Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs Searchers find woman’s body below Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs Searchers find woman’s body below Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs
Searchers find woman’s body below Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The body of a 65-year-old mental health advocate from Hackensack was recovered below the Rockefeller Lookout last night after police traced her cell phone to the base of the cliffs a few hundred feet below. Joint rappel teams from Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee and Edgewater quickly joined others in the search, along with area fire departments, after the alert went out from Palisades Interstate Parkway police. Officers became concerned after they found Ivka “Joan” Orlic’s abandoned vehicle in the Englewood Cliffs rest stop at the lookout around 7 o’clock last night, PI…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Stolen goods, drugs found in car of Fairview burglary pair Stolen goods, drugs found in car of Fairview burglary pair Stolen goods, drugs found in car of Fairview burglary pair
Stolen goods, drugs found in car of Fairview burglary pair EXCLUSIVE: A pair of heroin addicts grabbed by Fairview police moments after a burglary are being tied to other Bergen County break-ins, following a search of their car, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Several agencies have expressed interest in Adrian Rodriguez (above, right) and Marino Ortiz (left) after Fairview officers found what they believe are stolen goods — in additional to drugs — in the car, parked near a Westview Place home the pair allegedly targeted. One of those agencies is the INS, which was obtaining a detainer for Ortiz, a 34-year-old Cuban national from Union City who alre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Christie: How ‘unprecedented’ delay in Sandy relief compares with Katrina, other disasters Christie: How ‘unprecedented’ delay in Sandy relief compares with Katrina, other disasters Christie: How ‘unprecedented’ delay in Sandy relief compares with Katrina, other disasters
Christie: How ‘unprecedented’ delay in Sandy relief compares with Katrina, other disasters In tandem with his “Shame on Congress speech,” Gov. Christie’s administration today released  a comparison of the “unprecedented delay” in congressional approval for disaster relief funding for New Jersey and New York in the wake of Hurricane Sandy with national natural disasters that came before. The results are striking. Delay in Action on Hurricane Disaster Relief Funding Unprecedented Congressional Action By the Numbers “I would hope that the people in Congress could get their act together for about fifteen minutes and help people who are suffering. …If the Congress can’t e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Man, 71, charged with sexually abusing Upper Saddle River girl Man, 71, charged with sexually abusing Upper Saddle River girl Man, 71, charged with sexually abusing Upper Saddle River girl
Man, 71, charged with sexually abusing Upper Saddle River girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Upper Saddle River man who turns 71 this month has been held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail since Friday, charged with sexually abusing a young girl. Patrick Henry Gilberts had  moved to Gainesville, Florida, where Alachua County Sheriff’s officers arrested him Dec. 19, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today. He was arraigned at the jail on Monday. Gilberts, who is married, is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment, in connection with incidents that Molinelli said occured in October 2009. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Regional force could be part of Bergen police consolidation, Ganz says Regional force could be part of Bergen police consolidation, Ganz says Regional force could be part of Bergen police consolidation, Ganz says
Regional force could be part of Bergen police consolidation, Ganz says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Soon-to-be Freeholder Chairman David Ganz told CLIFFVIEW PILOT he’s asked Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins for a blueprint showing how his department “could cover all the Northern Valley towns” in the wake of last week’s defeat of such a deal for Demarest. “There’s a lot to be said for police consolidation,” Ganz said, while also noting that the freeholder board that takes control tonight could hit a surprising roadblock in pursuing a plan to merge Higgins’ department with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office. Ganz also said he’s also found value in a study t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Car rams shed in Harrington Park Car rams shed in Harrington Park Car rams shed in Harrington Park
Car rams shed in Harrington Park ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Advanced Life Support workers took a driver to the hospital after his car rammed into a shed in Harrington Park this afternoon. The incident happened around 4 p.m. on Blanche Avenue near the corner of Lafayette Road, across from Pondside Park. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS CLIFFVIEW PILOT PHOTO

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