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
New Year’s Day in Englewood: shooting, stabbing, mugging New Year’s Day in Englewood: shooting, stabbing, mugging New Year’s Day in Englewood: shooting, stabbing, mugging
New Year’s Day in Englewood: shooting, stabbing, mugging ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: The new year literally began with a bang in Englewood, where a volley of shots from a semi-automatic weapon ignited a series of events that included a mugging and an attempted murder that left a man hospitalized with a half-dozen stab wounds. It began with people leaving two separate New Year’s Eve parties — one on Liberty Road, the other on Belmont Street — around 4 a.m. Police responding to reports of “a rapid succession of shots” found a severely drunken 21-year-old Fair Lawn man who’d been assaulted, Police Chief Arthur O’Keefe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He refused to …

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Englewood, NJ
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Retiring Tenafly police chief taking helm of food pantry Retiring Tenafly police chief taking helm of food pantry Retiring Tenafly police chief taking helm of food pantry
Retiring Tenafly police chief taking helm of food pantry EXCLUSIVE: Retirement after 28 years will be special for Tenafly Police Chief Michael Bruno: He’ll soon become the new executive director of the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair. “I have done everything I hoped to do in my career but am moving on to do some work that is equally important to me,” Bruno, Tenafly’s chief the past 10 years, told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The pantry services mostly hard-working people from Newark, Bloomfield, Montclair and other Essex County towns who fall under the federal poverty level and are struggling to support their families. Many are senior citizens — une…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hillsdale crash injures three, two critically Hillsdale crash injures three, two critically Hillsdale crash injures three, two critically
Hillsdale crash injures three, two critically UPDATE: A 77-year-old driver’s car rear-ended one driven by a 17-year-old girl before swerving into oncoming traffic and slamming head-on into another vehicle in Hillsdale on New Years Eve. Firefighters extricated two of four people injured in the crash, one of whom was then flown by medical helicopter to Hackensack University Medical Center. All of the victims are from Hillsdale, said Police Sgt. Dan McLaughlin, who heads the department’s Traffic Division. The crash occurred around 6:15 on Hillsdale Avenue. between Yesler Way and Saddlewood Drive, near the library. A 55-year-old woman …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Serious charges could await gunman in Wyckoff holdup Serious charges could await gunman in Wyckoff holdup Serious charges could await gunman in Wyckoff holdup
Serious charges could await gunman in Wyckoff holdup YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Police investigating a shot fired during an attempted holdup of a Wyckoff pizzeria owner could bring charges against the gunman as serious as attempted murder, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “It remains unclear whether [he] was shooting at the victim, or whether the shot was an accidental discharge or intended to frighten the victim” at Giovanni’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this morning. Investigators also haven’t officially identified which of two Paterson men arrested in connection with the aborted robbery fired the .38-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Young Bogota police officers, neighbors rescue woman from burning home Young Bogota police officers, neighbors rescue woman from burning home Young Bogota police officers, neighbors rescue woman from burning home
Young Bogota police officers, neighbors rescue woman from burning home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A rookie police officer one week out of the academy, along with one on the force only a year, helped neighbors rescue a 65-year-old Bogota woman from her burning house last night. The call from Elm Street came in just before 11 p.m. “A trio of police officers arrived to find flames coming from the house and a woman calling for help from a second-floor window,” Police Chief John Burke told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A neighbor brought a ladder and another helped her down, with assistance from rookie Officer Kevin Gerahty (top, left) and colleagues Hector Liriano and Ryan Wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
House blazes test firefighters in Mahwah, Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights House blazes test firefighters in Mahwah, Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights House blazes test firefighters in Mahwah, Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights
House blazes test firefighters in Mahwah, Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A cluster of house blazes — in Mahwah, Bogota and Hasbrouck Heights — kept frigid firefighters busy into the overnight. BREAKING NEWS: Natural gas fed a fire that collapsed section of the Roc Harbour condominiums on River Road in North Bergen early today. North Hudson Regional Fire Chief Frank Montagne said the blaze apparently began in a closet of the 70-residence development, near the foot of Bulls Ferry Road. Everyone got out safely — although it was unclear if they included one of the development’s better-known residents, former Giants linebacker Jessie Armstea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood police save Iron Horse heart attack victim Westwood police save Iron Horse heart attack victim Westwood police save Iron Horse heart attack victim
Westwood police save Iron Horse heart attack victim SHOUT OUT: Westwood police saved a 65-year-old Hillsdale woman who suffered an apparent heart attack at the Iron Horse Restaurant tonight. Westwood Police Officers Christopher Horst, Richard Antonacci and Dean McCarroll found the victim at the Washington Avenue main entrance just before 6 o’clock. She was unresponsive, they said, so they immediately began CPR. Within minutes, ambulances from Valley Hospital and Hackensack University Medical Center pulled up. The CPR, in tandem with defibrillation, restored the woman’s pulse and breathing, Sgt. Michael Pontillo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Af…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Chemicals bring Bergen Hazmat to New Milford DPW Chemicals bring Bergen Hazmat to New Milford DPW Chemicals bring Bergen Hazmat to New Milford DPW
Chemicals bring Bergen Hazmat to New Milford DPW ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: Chemicals left at the New Milford DPW building prompted a call this morning to the Bergen County Hazardous Materials Response Team. The team, which determined that no threat existed, was called after a landscaper left chemicals for disposal. “The two each standing alone mean nothing,” New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “But the foreman was concerned what would happen if they got combined in the bin,” the chief said. “He decided it was better to be safe.” Officials were contacting the landscaper to be absolutely sure of what they have. Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Home health aide sexually abused River Edge girl, 15, authorities charge Home health aide sexually abused River Edge girl, 15, authorities charge Home health aide sexually abused River Edge girl, 15, authorities charge
Home health aide sexually abused River Edge girl, 15, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A home health aide was arrested and charged with sexually touching a 15-year-old River Edge girl. Members of the River Edge Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit arrested 30-year-old Grady Brown earlier today, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Working for Loving Hands Home Health Care out of Paramus, Brown was caring for an adult in the home when he “touched the female in a sexual manner on a number of occasions,” the prosecutor said this afternoon. Her mother called authorities, he said. Brown, of Presidential Boulev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
New Year’s Eve warning: New Jersey DWI patrols out in force New Year’s Eve warning: New Jersey DWI patrols out in force New Year’s Eve warning: New Jersey DWI patrols out in force
New Year’s Eve warning: New Jersey DWI patrols out in force Here’s your annual New Year’s Eve warning: Police will be out there not only on that night but on others, as well, over the next several days. “We want drivers, passengers, pedestrians and revelers alike to be safe before, during and after the revelry,” said Division of Highway Traffic Safety Acting Director Gary Poedubicky. “Plan to go out with a designated driver or take mass transit or a taxi,” he added. “If you can, spend the night, rather than getting behind the wheel. If you drink and plan to walk home, have a friend or family member escort you home.” This goes for any night, not …

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