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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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen sheriff’s fall festival: Fun, games, costumes, safety tips Bergen sheriff’s fall festival: Fun, games, costumes, safety tips Bergen sheriff’s fall festival: Fun, games, costumes, safety tips
Bergen sheriff’s fall festival: Fun, games, costumes, safety tips SHOUT OUT: With Halloween coming up, next weekend’s Fall Safety Fest sponsored by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office takes on added meaning this season, amid reports of a man trying to lure children into his car in three local towns. Children and their families will learn important Halloween safety tips through a variety of demonstrations and tours. They’ll also discover the various functions of the county sheriff’s office. There will be K9 demonstrations, haunted jail tours, face painting, bicycle races and a costume contest. Free admission includes food and entertainment, thanks to PB…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Luring incident in Hackensack similar to those in Maywood, Oradell, police say Luring incident in Hackensack similar to those in Maywood, Oradell, police say Luring incident in Hackensack similar to those in Maywood, Oradell, police say
Luring incident in Hackensack similar to those in Maywood, Oradell, police say The vehicles are different, but the descriptions children in Hackensack, Maywood and Oradell have given police of a man who’s approached them on the street are strikingly similar. “We definitely could be looking for the same person,” a detective in one of the towns told CLIFFVIEW PILOT Friday afternoon. The most recent incident occurred earlier, when an 11-year-old boy told police he was approached by a man driving a Jeep Wrangler near the corner of Union and Sussex Streets around 7:30 a.m. The boy described him as older, with stubby facial hair and wearing sunglasses and said he asked wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Westwood firefighters forced to fend off bed bugs Westwood firefighters forced to fend off bed bugs Westwood firefighters forced to fend off bed bugs
Westwood firefighters forced to fend off bed bugs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Westwood firefighters had to take precautions while arrangements were made for their gear to be professionally de-contaminated Friday after they responded to a residence ridden with bed bugs. Three hours after the call, an alert went out for the firefighters involved to return to the firehouse. They were instructed to shower and clean themselves and their clothing thoroughly. Their gear also must be treated by a professional company. “Those things can spread like wildfire,” one firefighter told CLIFFVIEW PILOT Friday night. Because firefighters, paramedics an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Notorious jewel thief tied to Englewood, Teaneck diamond ring thefts worth nearly $50,000 Notorious jewel thief tied to Englewood, Teaneck diamond ring thefts worth nearly $50,000 Notorious jewel thief tied to Englewood, Teaneck diamond ring thefts worth nearly $50,000
Notorious jewel thief tied to Englewood, Teaneck diamond ring thefts worth nearly $50,000 EXCLUSIVE SCOOP: The smooth-talker who slipped out of an Englewood jewelry store with a 2-carat $29,000 diamond ring and from a Tenafly shop with another gem worth $19,850 isn’t your average jewel thief, police told CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Ex-convict Robert “Whitey” Petrino, a 55-year-old “Southie” from Boston, has been it at it for decades. Petrino (mugshot, above) was already facing charges in connection with the thefts of five engagement rings worth $48,000 in West Hartford when detectives from Englewood and Tenafly tied him to their capers. What’s more, Petrino is considered a key suspect in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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FBI says ‘Eminem’ bank robber threatened to ‘shoot the first person I see’ FBI says ‘Eminem’ bank robber threatened to ‘shoot the first person I see’ FBI says ‘Eminem’ bank robber threatened to ‘shoot the first person I see’
FBI says ‘Eminem’ bank robber threatened to ‘shoot the first person I see’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: “Give me all the money or I’ll shoot the first person I see,” the man once known as “the Eminem robber” wrote on a note he passed during a holdup Tuesday in Rutherford, an FBI agent wrote in a complaint that will be entered into the record when the defendant is brought into federal court in Newark this afternoon. Michael Hasuga, 54, recently of Bloomfield, was arrested by Rutherford police who chased him after he fled the Wells Fargo branch on Sylvan Street with $710, the complaint says. Moments earlier, it says, Hasuga (mugshot, above) passed the handwritten note …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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State court: Bergen woman can’t sue ex who dumped her after abortion State court: Bergen woman can’t sue ex who dumped her after abortion State court: Bergen woman can’t sue ex who dumped her after abortion
State court: Bergen woman can’t sue ex who dumped her after abortion YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County man who promised to stay in a relationship if his girlfriend got an abortion can’t be sued for dumping her after she did, a state court ruled this week. “The mere refusal to perform a promise does not constitute fraud,” the New Jersey Appellate Division said in affirming a ruling by Superior Court Judge Alexander H. Carver III in Hackensack in the case listed as “R.P. v. B.Y.” The couple began dating in October 2010, court papers show. When the woman told her boyfriend she was pregnant and wanted to have the child, she claimed, he “threatened to ter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Oradell incident connected to possible Maywood luring? Oradell incident connected to possible Maywood luring? Oradell incident connected to possible Maywood luring?
Oradell incident connected to possible Maywood luring? ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Police are comparing notes after a 7-year-old Oradell girl told police a man who in some ways resembles one wanted in connection with a possible luring in Maywood got out of his car in front of her house and approached her and her little brother. The man pulled up in a small gray vehicle just before 5:30 Tuesday night, the Woodland Avenue youngster told police. She said she immediately snatched up her little brother from the front lawn, ran inside and told their mother. The mother told police she looked outside, but no one was there. The man was desc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Details of Demarest, Bergen County ‘pro-county, pro-municipal, pro-union’ police merger obtained Details of Demarest, Bergen County ‘pro-county, pro-municipal, pro-union’ police merger obtained Details of Demarest, Bergen County ‘pro-county, pro-municipal, pro-union’ police merger obtained
Details of Demarest, Bergen County ‘pro-county, pro-municipal, pro-union’ police merger obtained ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The police departments from Demarest and Bergen County could form an historic merger that would transform the locals into county officers and give the community “enhanced police services” — if both the borough council and county freeholders approve the move, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The New Jersey Civil Service Commission would then have to analyze the duties and responsibilities of Demarest patrol officers and sergeant to make sure they conform to those of their county counterparts, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Demarest doesn’t have any lieutenants or captains.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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SUV careens off second level of Mahwah parking deck, driver rescued SUV careens off second level of Mahwah parking deck, driver rescued SUV careens off second level of Mahwah parking deck, driver rescued
SUV careens off second level of Mahwah parking deck, driver rescued YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A woman was pulled from an SUV that crashed off a Mahwah parking deck this afternoon. The accident near the Sheraton Crossroads at 1 International Way brought police, fire, EMS and a tow truck to the scene just after 5:30. Lisa Siciliano, 46, of Mahwah was exiting the parking garage, driving from the 3rd level to the 2nd, when her 20012 Honda CRV hit a concrete pillar and then headed straight through the cable safety rails, Police Lt. Jeffrey Dino said. The vehicle was suspended by the safety cable outside the garage when the emergency workers converged on the sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Suspended Suspended.

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