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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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck Security Guard Charged In Sex Assaults Of Lyndhurst Girl Teaneck Security Guard Charged In Sex Assaults Of Lyndhurst Girl Teaneck Security Guard Charged In Sex Assaults Of Lyndhurst Girl
Teaneck Security Guard Charged In Sex Assaults Of Lyndhurst Girl TEANECK, N.J. — A 39-year-old security guard from town was charged with having “inappropriate sexual conduct” with a Lyndhurst girl over the course of five years, beginning when she was 11. Joshua M. Kilonzo was being held on $400,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault by contact, aggravated sexual contact, criminal sexual contact and two counts of child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said members of his Special Victims Unit arrested Kilonzo at the prosecutor’s Paramus office earlier today. Authorities had been notified by the Division of …

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Lyndhurst, NJ
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Teaneck security guard held on $400,000 in alleged 5-year sex assaults of Lyndhurst girl Teaneck security guard held on $400,000 in alleged 5-year sex assaults of Lyndhurst girl Teaneck security guard held on $400,000 in alleged 5-year sex assaults of Lyndhurst girl
Teaneck security guard held on $400,000 in alleged 5-year sex assaults of Lyndhurst girl YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 39-year-old security guard from Teaneck was charged with having “inappropriate sexual conduct” with a Lyndhurst girl over the course of five years, beginning when she was 11. Joshua M. Kilonzo was being held on $400,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault by contact, aggravated sexual contact, criminal sexual contact and two counts of child endangerment. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said members of his Special Victims Unit arrested Kilonzo at the prosecutor’s Paramus office earlier today. Authorities had been notified by th…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield man charged with selling pot Bergenfield man charged with selling pot Bergenfield man charged with selling pot
Bergenfield man charged with selling pot YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Narcotics investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and local police charged a Bergenfield man with selling marijuana from his home. Kevin Cabrera, 22, was being held on $25,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with drug distribution, following his arrest Tuesday at his Highland Avenue home, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. MUGSHOT: Courtesy BCPO

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Foul play ruled out in death of Westwood woman, 64 Foul play ruled out in death of Westwood woman, 64 Foul play ruled out in death of Westwood woman, 64
Foul play ruled out in death of Westwood woman, 64 NEWSBREAK: Authorities ruled out foul play in the death of a 64-year-old woman found in her bed this afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Bergen County Medical Examiner, prosecutor’s detectives, investigators from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and Westwood police responded to Mill Street following the discovery earlier today. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Pa. Driver, 87, Killed By Train In Emerson Pa. Driver, 87, Killed By Train In Emerson Pa. Driver, 87, Killed By Train In Emerson
Pa. Driver, 87, Killed By Train In Emerson EMERSON, N.J. -- An 87-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed by an NJ Transit train after driving along the tracks in Emerson around 5:30 this morning. The driver apparently came in off First Avenue in Westwood and headed south for nearly a mile when his car was struck by the #1602 train on the Pascack Valley Line near the Stop & Shop, about a half-mile north of the Emerson train station, NJ Transit's Jennifer Nelson told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The vehicle then caught fire, she said. The Hoboken-bound train, which left Spring Valley 20 minutes earlier, had 110 customers aboard who were later …

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Driver, 87, killed by train in Emerson after driving onto tracks Driver, 87, killed by train in Emerson after driving onto tracks Driver, 87, killed by train in Emerson after driving onto tracks
Driver, 87, killed by train in Emerson after driving onto tracks UPDATE: An 87-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed by an NJ Transit train after driving along the tracks in Emerson around 5:30 this morning. The driver apparently came in off First Avenue in Westwood and headed south for nearly a mile when his car was struck by the #1602 train on the Pascack Valley Line near the Stop & Shop, about a half-mile north of the Emerson train station, NJ Transit’s Jennifer Nelson told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The vehicle then caught fire, she said. The Hoboken-bound train, which left Spring Valley 20 minutes earlier, had 110 customers aboard who were later transf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Fort Lee police charge local man with renewed racist, pornographic harassment campaign Fort Lee police charge local man with renewed racist, pornographic harassment campaign Fort Lee police charge local man with renewed racist, pornographic harassment campaign
Fort Lee police charge local man with renewed racist, pornographic harassment campaign YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Maryland corrections officer from Englewood who was charged last year with sending pornographic, racist and threatening letters to no fewer than seven law enforcement agencies, among others, is back behind bars on similar charges. Nicolay Levinson, 32, had been free on $200,000 bail following his arrest in late September last year when Fort Lee police began receiving complaints again last month, Capt. Stanley Zon said this morning. Together with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, borough police investigated threatening and harassing letters mailed to v…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen NAACP president praises Maywood police for restraint in pellet gun encounter Bergen NAACP president praises Maywood police for restraint in pellet gun encounter Bergen NAACP president praises Maywood police for restraint in pellet gun encounter
Bergen NAACP president praises Maywood police for restraint in pellet gun encounter SHOUT OUTS: The president of the Bergen County NAACP chapter today praised two Maywood police officers who held their fire when a 19-year-old suspect moved his hands toward the waistband of his shorts, where they could see the butt of what turned out to be a pellet gun. “As America is entrenched in the debate of excessive use of force by police officers against people of color, the Bergen County NAACP would be remise if we didn’t recognize the restraints of your officers as they averted a situation that could have resulted in serious injury or death,” Anthony Cureton wrote to Maywood Police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Missing Hawthorne Man, 96, Found at NY Golf Course Missing Hawthorne Man, 96, Found at NY Golf Course Missing Hawthorne Man, 96, Found at NY Golf Course
Missing Hawthorne Man, 96, Found at NY Golf Course HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- An early-morning report of a car fire at a Rockland County golf course led to the discovery and rescue of a missing 96-year-old Hawthorne man, Nyack Free Press reported. Pat Lembo was reunited with his daughter and son-in-law after he was found in the area of the 11th tee box of the Patriot Hills Golf Course in Stony Point after 6:30 a.m. yesterday, the web site said. Lembo was found in the area of his 2004 Lincoln Towncar, which Nyack Free Press said was destroyed by fire after the vehicle got struck in the terrain and he tried to free it. CLICK HERE for the full story.

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Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford police create ‘Safe Zone’ for residents to do business online New Milford police create ‘Safe Zone’ for residents to do business online New Milford police create ‘Safe Zone’ for residents to do business online
New Milford police create ‘Safe Zone’ for residents to do business online PUBLIC SAFETY: New Milford police have joined law enforcement agencies who are inviting residents who buy, sell or trade through Craigslist, eBay and other online sites to do so at headquaters to help prevent fraud, theft, robbery — or “sheer violence.” Police won’t get involved in any transactions in the “Safe Zone” unless a customer alerts them to something suspicious, Police Chief Frank Ramaci said. Meantime, residents and merchants can avail themselves of a “safe and neutral location” in an “open, well lit, and possibly a videotaped area” for person-to-person transactions, he said. …

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