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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Newtown, CT
Breaking News
Conflicting reports of Connecticut shooter’s identity Conflicting reports of Connecticut shooter’s identity Conflicting reports of Connecticut shooter’s identity
Conflicting reports of Connecticut shooter’s identity UPDATE: Authorities in Connecticut aren’t yet positively identifying the shooter in the Newtown school massacre. CNN has identified him as 24-year-old Ryan Lanza of Hoboken. However, a police source has told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the shooter was his brother, Adam Lanza, and that Ryan was taken in for questioning. Two men officially described by Hoboken police as roommates were reportedly taken into custody at the five-story apartment building at 1313 Grand Avenue, where at leaset one of the Lanza brothers lived. However, a police source told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that one other person was scoope…

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Newtown, CT
Breaking News
Connecticut school shooter misidentified, actually his brother Connecticut school shooter misidentified, actually his brother Connecticut school shooter misidentified, actually his brother
Connecticut school shooter misidentified, actually his brother YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (3 p.m.) Authorities have misidentified the Connecticut school shooter: They now say it is Adam Lanza, the brother of Ryan Lanza, who was taken into custody earlier today. UPDATE: The gunman in the Connecticut school massacre has been officially identified as Adam Lanza — a developmentally disabled student — and not his older brother, Ryan, of Hoboken, who was scooped up and taken in for questioning soon after the incident, as CLIFFVIEW PILOT reported exclusively earlier this afternoon. READ MORE…. The apartment building at 1313 Grand Avenue where Ryan Lanza li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
No grand jury in Leonia police shooting, Bergen prosecutor says No grand jury in Leonia police shooting, Bergen prosecutor says No grand jury in Leonia police shooting, Bergen prosecutor says
No grand jury in Leonia police shooting, Bergen prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST (1:40 p.m.): Rickey McFadden was wielding a cheap steak knife with a 7-inch blade that he refused to drop as he charged at a police officer when he was shot and killed on a Leonia street, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today, in declining to present the case to a state grand jury for review. “I do believe this was a justified shooting,” the prosecutor said. The state Attorney General can agree with his Leonia decision, disagree with it, or send it back for further investigation. During an early afternoon news conference, Molinelli displayed aerial v…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge dismisses ticket by Lyndhurst sergeant against chief Judge dismisses ticket by Lyndhurst sergeant against chief Judge dismisses ticket by Lyndhurst sergeant against chief
Judge dismisses ticket by Lyndhurst sergeant against chief ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A judge in Hackensack dismissed a vehicle summons written by a Lyndhurst police sergeant against Chief James O’Connor, with whom he’s had a long-running feud. Sgt. John Giammetta, who is suing O’Connor, the township and the Police Department in an unrelated civil case, issued the chief a summons on April 18 for abandoning a white GMC pickup without license plates at the corner of Orient Way and Sixth Avenue. The vehicle had “for-sale” on the front and rear windshields. However, Central Municipal Court Judge Ray McGeady yeseterday tossed out the ticket. Giammetta and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Westwood car buff, 68, climbs out after rollover Westwood car buff, 68, climbs out after rollover Westwood car buff, 68, climbs out after rollover
Westwood car buff, 68, climbs out after rollover YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 68-year-old Westwood motorist whose custom car landed on its roof after a rollover early this afternoon calmly kicked out the rear windshield and climbed out, unharmed, Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The owner was driving his 1988 Lincoln Mark VII north, crossing Fourth Avenue onto the Forest Avenue extension, when the crash occurred around 12:30, the chief said. “He apparently accelerated too hard, veered to one side and hit the curb,” Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The car rolled, landing on its roof. Both the car …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Body pulled from Passaic River in Lyndhurst Body pulled from Passaic River in Lyndhurst Body pulled from Passaic River in Lyndhurst
Body pulled from Passaic River in Lyndhurst ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Authorities pulled a body from the Passaic River in Lyndhurst, just south of the Route 3 bridge, earlier today. A construction worker spotted the male body in the river between Rutherford and Lake Avenues, close to the overpass, around 11:20 this morning, Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He called Lyndhurst police, who notified county authorities. The body was removed by the Bergen County Police Department’s Water Search & Recovery Unit and taken to the county Medical Examiner’s Office, Higgins said. Circumstances surrounding th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Judge orders Cliffside Park cop to resign — again Judge orders Cliffside Park cop to resign — again Judge orders Cliffside Park cop to resign — again
Judge orders Cliffside Park cop to resign — again A Superior Court judge in Hackensack today upheld his own order that suspended Cliffside Park Police Officer Jon Lemkin forfeit his job. Central Municipal Court Judge Roy McGeady made the ruling while also refusing to reverse last month’s conviction of Lemkin for altering his license plates and installing emergency lights in his own car without proper authorization. McGeady, in his previous ruling, acquitted Lemkin of actually driving with the altered plates and an additional violation of failing to display a valid inspection sticker on his vehicle, following a four-day trial. Lemkin, 3…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Trapped driver freed after Ramsey crash Trapped driver freed after Ramsey crash Trapped driver freed after Ramsey crash
Trapped driver freed after Ramsey crash ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A station wagon collided with two other vehicles and then plowed into a column at a Ramsey strip mall, trapping a motorist who kept her foot on the accelerator, causing a huge amount of smoke from the burning tires. The crash occurred around 1:30 this afternoon outside the Dress Barn at the Interstate Shopping Center off Route 17 and Franklin Turnpike. Ramsey police, fire and EMS responded and removed the trapped driver of the station wagon. Both she and the driver of another car sustained minor injuries but declined to be taken to the hospital. Ramsey crash, Inte…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Driver climbs from car after Westwood rollover Driver climbs from car after Westwood rollover Driver climbs from car after Westwood rollover
Driver climbs from car after Westwood rollover YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 68-year-old Westwood motorist whose custom car landed on its roof after a rollover early this afternoon calmly kicked out the rear windshield and climbed out, unharmed, Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The owner was driving his 1988 Lincoln Mark VII north, crossing Fourth Avenue onto the Forest Avenue extension, when the crash occurred around 12:30, the chief said. “He apparently accelerated too hard, veered to one side and hit the curb,” Westwood Police Chief Frank Regino told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The car rolled, landing on its roof. Both the car …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Firefighters quickly put down Emerson house fire Firefighters quickly put down Emerson house fire Firefighters quickly put down Emerson house fire
Firefighters quickly put down Emerson house fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: No serious injuries were immediately reported, although a firefighter had to be treated after a fast-moving blaze at Westwood restaurant owner Luke Farrelly’s home in Emerson was quickly knocked down. Union Street, Emerson, fire (CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos) The fire broke out at 101 Union Street, directly behind Emerson Junior-Senior High School, just before 1 p.m. and was under control in under a half-hour. Farrelly, who has owned P.J. Finnegan’s for decades, lives in the 44-year-old house with his family. Several fire and ambulance companies assisted, includin…

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