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
Breaking News
Hackensack driver hospitalized in Route 17 crash in Wood-Ridge Hackensack driver hospitalized in Route 17 crash in Wood-Ridge Hackensack driver hospitalized in Route 17 crash in Wood-Ridge
Hackensack driver hospitalized in Route 17 crash in Wood-Ridge PHOTO: A Hackensack driver was hospitalized — and received a summons — after Wood-Ridge police said he pulled his car onto southbound Route 17 from the Fiesta last night and it was struck by another vehicle. The victim was exiting the restaurant lot onto the ramp when the crash occurred just before 10:30 p.m., Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. He received a summons for failing to yield, Rutigliano said. The other driver was ticketed for not having insurance, the chief added.

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Pascack Valley, NJ
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Reported sightings of missing Oakland woman unfounded, search efforts intensify Reported sightings of missing Oakland woman unfounded, search efforts intensify Reported sightings of missing Oakland woman unfounded, search efforts intensify
Reported sightings of missing Oakland woman unfounded, search efforts intensify UPDATE: Several hearts stopped briefly today after two people thought they’d spotted Meaghan “Meg” Elizabeth McCallum, a 30-year-old Oakland woman who went missing nearly two weeks ago. However, family members said the woman spotted by a church minister and local service station attendant was someone else. “Heidi (McCallum, her mother) reviewed video and confirmed it wasn’t her,” one told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Loved ones and authorities are hoping the tips continue to come in. Meg’s brother, Glen, who is on active duty with the U.S. Army and served in the Middle East, is due home from Germ…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Judge: Window closing on plea deals for four in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Judge: Window closing on plea deals for four in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Judge: Window closing on plea deals for four in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery
Judge: Window closing on plea deals for four in Edgewater luxury high-rise robbery Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor David Calviello, defense attorney Ron Bar-Nadav, Ramona P. Mercado-Vasquez, defense attorney Gayle Hargrove, Jorge Valencia (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: As the last of four defendants in the home invasion robbery and beating of developer Fred Daibes at his Edgewater high-rise was arraigned today, a judge in Hackensack said all of them should be prepared to discuss plea bargains. Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian set an April 27 court date for prosecutors and defense lawyers to repor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Security guard at Rutherford hotel won boy’s trust with ‘macho’ stories before sexual assault, prosecutor says Security guard at Rutherford hotel won boy’s trust with ‘macho’ stories before sexual assault, prosecutor says Security guard at Rutherford hotel won boy’s trust with ‘macho’ stories before sexual assault, prosecutor says
Security guard at Rutherford hotel won boy’s trust with ‘macho’ stories before sexual assault, prosecutor says EXCLUSIVE REPORT: A Jersey City man working as a security guard at a Rutherford hotel ingratiated himself with a group of teenage boys on a class trip with “macho stories” about exploits in the U.S. Marine Corps before sexually assaulting one of them, an assistant prosecutor told CLIFFVIEW PILOT today. Jose M. Olivares, 26, remained in the upstate New York boys’ room after the three youngsters went to sleep, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Dion Findley said this afternoon. A 16-year-old told investigators he later awoke to find Olivares sitting on his cot, giving him oral sex, accordin…

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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Careless driving summons for Hawthorne woman whose SUV rammed Glen Rock utility pole Careless driving summons for Hawthorne woman whose SUV rammed Glen Rock utility pole Careless driving summons for Hawthorne woman whose SUV rammed Glen Rock utility pole
Careless driving summons for Hawthorne woman whose SUV rammed Glen Rock utility pole UPDATE: A 35-year-old Hawthorne woman was issued a summons for careless driving after she crashed her SUV into a utility pole in Glen Rock before dawn yesterday, police said today. Lincoln Avenue was temporarily closed in both directions after the woman’s 2005 Ford Escape slammed into the pole at 3:23 a.m., Police Chief Fred Stahman told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. “She had serious but not life-threatening injuries,” the chief added.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd appointed department officer in charge Hackensack Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd appointed department officer in charge Hackensack Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd appointed department officer in charge
Hackensack Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd appointed department officer in charge SHOUT OUT: Hackensack Police Capt. Timothy Lloyd today was officially appointed officer in charge — “another step forward in the progression of the department,” city Police Director Michael Mordaga told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Lloyd, who was born and raised in the city and attended its schools, had the full support of the local PBA and FOP. The Bergen County Chiefs Association was pleased with Mordaga making the appointment. “We support the idea of an officer in charge because it goes in the direction of someday having a chief of police,” Wood-Ridge Police Chief Joseph Rutigliano, the county c…

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Northern Highlands, NJ
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New underage sex charges against Midland Park man boost bail to $250,000 New underage sex charges against Midland Park man boost bail to $250,000 New underage sex charges against Midland Park man boost bail to $250,000
New underage sex charges against Midland Park man boost bail to $250,000 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Midland Park man originally accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl has been charged with additional assaults involving two other girls before he turned 18, authorities said today. James Stoldt was first arrested Feb. 24 after investigators interviewed a now-14-year-girl who said they had sex, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said at the time. Authorities that day also charged his father, 57-year-old software engineer Richard Stoldt, with possession of child pornography and released him on a summons. They also seized computers that M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Lawyer seeks having DNA evidence tossed against Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman Lawyer seeks having DNA evidence tossed against Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman Lawyer seeks having DNA evidence tossed against Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman
Lawyer seeks having DNA evidence tossed against Waldwick man in murder, burning of East Rutherford woman YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today set a May 12 hearing for a challenge by the lawyer for a Wood-Ridge man charged in the bludgeoning and burning of a 70-year-old East Rutherford realtor against the DNA used to arrest him. Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi granted the request by Richard Potter on behalf of his client, 39-year-old Daniel Rochat. Potter is challenging the results of a “touch DNA” test, which uses less material than usual from a biological sample. “Tthe DNA labs modify the accepted tests to deal with a sample in the billionths of a gram…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Police say illegal immigrant slashed cab driver in Ramsey to duck $45 fare Police say illegal immigrant slashed cab driver in Ramsey to duck $45 fare Police say illegal immigrant slashed cab driver in Ramsey to duck $45 fare
Police say illegal immigrant slashed cab driver in Ramsey to duck $45 fare YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Salvadoran national who lives in Ramsey slashed a cab driver’s hand and fled, stiffing him for $45 before dawn this morning, then was tracked to his home soon after by a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 unit, authorities said. Jose Manuel Hernandez Ascencio, 18, slashed the driver at Erie Plaza at 12:10 a.m. with a red-handled knife after claiming that he didn’t have enough money to pay the fare, Police Chief Bryan Gurney told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The Ramsey Ambulance Corps tended to the driver, who declined hospitalization, Gurney said. The K-9 unit, meanwhile, led off…

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Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Six hospitalized in 3-vehicle Dumont crash involving ambulance Six hospitalized in 3-vehicle Dumont crash involving ambulance Six hospitalized in 3-vehicle Dumont crash involving ambulance
Six hospitalized in 3-vehicle Dumont crash involving ambulance PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT (top), Izzy Infield (above) PHOTOS: An ambulance transporting a patient with its lights and siren on collided with two other vehicles and landed on its side in Dumont near the Cresskill border late this morning. Six people were taken to area hospitals — two with serious injuries — following the collision involving the Guardian Ambulance at Knickerbocker and Grant avenues just before noon. A seventh person involved declined treatment. PHOTO: Christopher Lubben The patient that who was in the ambulance was tended to by EMTs for shortness of breath. Several fir…

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