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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Iman complaint prompts internal probe of Union City police arrest Iman complaint prompts internal probe of Union City police arrest Iman complaint prompts internal probe of Union City police arrest
Iman complaint prompts internal probe of Union City police arrest EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Union City internal affairs detectives are investigating a claim by Imam Mohammad Al-Hayek that a member of his North Hudson Islamic Educational Center was illegally searched and arrested after he rammed his car into another while allegedly under the influence of PCP, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The actions of all of the officers involved in the broad-daylight arrest on bustling Bergenline Avenue a week ago yesterday are being scrutinized as a result of the imam’s complaint, a Hudson County law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the case told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Big event to aid Moonachie, Little Ferry emergency services Big event to aid Moonachie, Little Ferry emergency services Big event to aid Moonachie, Little Ferry emergency services
Big event to aid Moonachie, Little Ferry emergency services HOW YOU CAN HELP: A major fundraiser for Moonachie and Little Ferry emergency service squads crippled by Hurricane Sandy is on tap in Garfield the end of this month. Meanwhile, others are doing their part, as well — and so can you. On Dec. 29, a “South Bergen Strong” beefsteak / tricky tray, hosted by the Lodi and Wallington fire departments, runs from 6 – 11 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of Garfield. Admission is $40 per person, with beefsteak by Giresi Caterers, along with beer, wine, soda, a 50/50 raffle and music by TNT DJ Entertainment. Special guests include the Honor Guard…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Reunion of Graham Parker, Rumour rocks Reunion of Graham Parker, Rumour rocks Reunion of Graham Parker, Rumour rocks
Reunion of Graham Parker, Rumour rocks IN TUNE: Reunion tours are dicey propositions, at best. For every stellar Pixies or X performance, there are a dozen or so Sex Pistol swindles. Not so with Graham Parker and the Rumour. Graham Parker & the Rumour at the Society for Ethical Culture (CLIFFVIEW PILOT photos) Parker, who has played New York-area venues regularly since he split with his former bandmates three decades ago, was in fighting shape, as always, belting out familiar tunes, stalking the front of the stage – even swiveling his hips and striking rock-star poses with his Telecaster – driving a sold-out crowd at Manha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Summones in 8 towns paid, Harrington Park man released from jail Summones in 8 towns paid, Harrington Park man released from jail Summones in 8 towns paid, Harrington Park man released from jail
Summones in 8 towns paid, Harrington Park man released from jail ONLY ON CVP: A Harrington Park man who received traffic tickets in eight different towns in just over two months was released after spending two nights in the Bergen County Jail. Roderick Oh, a 41-year-old Canada native who lives in Harrington Park, made good on the nearly $3,000 in combined fines in connection with a stack of summonses for, among other offenses, not inspecting his vehicle, not having a driver’s license or registration and, last week, not wearing a seat belt, according to court records. Police say that Oh (inset), a real estate investor with a petty-criminal past, has use…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Fugitive nabbed at Route 17 motel by Mahwah police, U.S. Marshals Fugitive nabbed at Route 17 motel by Mahwah police, U.S. Marshals Fugitive nabbed at Route 17 motel by Mahwah police, U.S. Marshals
Fugitive nabbed at Route 17 motel by Mahwah police, U.S. Marshals ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A joint operation involving Mahwah police and the U.S. Marshals Service last night collared a fugitive ex-con from Florida with a decade-long rap sheet dating back to when he was 16. Mahwah officers and federal marshals were stationed in, around and near the Super 8 motel on Route 17 when they surprised 26-year-old Cody Howell just after 8 p.m. Three of Cody J. Howell’s many mugshots are featured here Howell — who was involved in a high-speed car chase in Florida when he was 19 — is officially charged here with being a fugitive from justice. He was being held wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Tractor-trailer rips down tree limb in Teaneck Tractor-trailer rips down tree limb in Teaneck Tractor-trailer rips down tree limb in Teaneck
Tractor-trailer rips down tree limb in Teaneck ONLY ON CVP: A tractor-trailer hooked a low-lying tree limb after the trucker had to suddenly pull to the side of Teaneck Road to avoid a U-turning vehicle directly in front of him. CLIFFVIEW PILOT STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia The incident snarled both north- and south-bound traffic on Teaneck Road at about 3 p.m. this afternoon. Meanwhile, it became a matter of waiting for someone with a chainsaw for trucker Nick Stammer, who lives in Union City, Ohio, a small town on the Indiana state line about 700 miles west of Teaneck.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Glen Rock detectives solve late September burglary Glen Rock detectives solve late September burglary Glen Rock detectives solve late September burglary
Glen Rock detectives solve late September burglary Statistics may show that burglars often get away, but that didn’t stop Glen Rock police from tracking down a suspect from Union County and cracking a 2-month-old break-in. Oliver A. Blanco, 23, is being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with burglary and theft. Investigators from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office lifted fingerprints following the Sept. 30 break-in and theft of $5,000 in cash and jewelry from a Valley Road home, Glen Rock Police Chief Fred Stahman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. After weeks of investigating, Stahman said, his detectives obtained a warrant f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Tech students see justice system up close Bergen Tech students see justice system up close Bergen Tech students see justice system up close
Bergen Tech students see justice system up close SPECIAL REPORT: Bergen Tech students from Genevieve Allard’s Law and Justice class got more than they bargained for today when one of them asked Presiding Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi how the system handles defendants arrested on drug charges. “I have seen judges cry,” De-Avila Silebi told the youngsters.  “I have cried myself. “These are ordinary people. They look just like you.” The judge then gave them information some may find surprising: “If you’re with other people and someone dies while using drugs, you’ll face charges of drug-assisted death.” Allard, a former assistant Berge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Court upholds conviction of Moonachie man for sex with girl, 12 Court upholds conviction of Moonachie man for sex with girl, 12 Court upholds conviction of Moonachie man for sex with girl, 12
Court upholds conviction of Moonachie man for sex with girl, 12 ONLY ON CVP: Paul Gonzalez-Ortega claims he pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a 12-year-old runaway in a Carlstadt motel because of bad counsel from embattled lawyer Paul Bergrin, who is facing a retrial next year in the killing of a drug informant, the operation of a call-girl ring and a murder-for-hire plot. A state court this morning rejected the appeal, however, noting that Bergrin at the time hadn’t even been indicted yet by a federal grand jury. Agreeing with the Hackensack trial judge who heard the case, the state appeals court said Gonzalez-Ortega (inset, above) “has not pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Tolls go up on GWB, Holland, Lincoln, others Tolls go up on GWB, Holland, Lincoln, others Tolls go up on GWB, Holland, Lincoln, others
Tolls go up on GWB, Holland, Lincoln, others Tolls for the George Washington Bridge and other bridges and tunnels connecting New Jersey with New York go up again on Sunday. E-ZPass users will pay $10.25 during peak hours (up from $9.50) and $8.25 during non-peak hours (from $7.50). Cash payers have to fork over an extra buck, to $13. The new tolls go into effect on the George, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the Goethals and Bayonne bridges and the Outerbridge Crossing. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it needs the additional money to shore up a crumbling infrastructure and to finance rebuilding of the World T…

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