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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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook woman charged with prostitution while daughter, 9, was in other room Saddle Brook woman charged with prostitution while daughter, 9, was in other room Saddle Brook woman charged with prostitution while daughter, 9, was in other room
Saddle Brook woman charged with prostitution while daughter, 9, was in other room ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Saddle Brook woman provided sex for money as part of online-advertised at-home massage services while her 9-year-old daughter was in another room, police told CLFFVIEW PILOT. State child welfare authorities took custody of the youngster after township police arrested 32-year-old Lisglabel Rivera at her Finnegan Apartment apartment earlier today, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Rivera, who also works for Univision in Teaneck and has lived in Saddle Brook about three months, was “conducting massage and prostitution” in the living room of her Finnigan Avenue home “while…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
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Charges formally announced against four in Mahwah arson Charges formally announced against four in Mahwah arson Charges formally announced against four in Mahwah arson
Charges formally announced against four in Mahwah arson YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Confirming a CLIFFVIEW PILOT account from yesterday, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli this afternoon formally announced the arrests of a Rockland man along with his son, daughter and her boyfriend on arson charges in connection with a fire that destroyed a house under construction on property where he once operated a controversial chicken farm. John E. Demarino Sr., (top, left) who turned 41 on Monday, remained held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with arson for hire in the Nov. 19 blaze, records show. Being held on $100,000 bail each …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Investigation of Bogota poll workers casting residents’ votes could overturn last month’s election Investigation of Bogota poll workers casting residents’ votes could overturn last month’s election Investigation of Bogota poll workers casting residents’ votes could overturn last month’s election
Investigation of Bogota poll workers casting residents’ votes could overturn last month’s election YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating allegations that poll workers in Bogota cast votes for some elderly and Spanish-speaking voters in last month’s close-shave mayoral election, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. A judge in Hackensack yesterday also ordered that the voting machines and any and all other materials in the Nov. 4 Bogota election be preserved and presented to attorney John Schettino for incumbent Democratic Mayor Tito Jackson, who was defeated by Republican Chris Kelemen last month by 26 votes, and defeated Councilwoman Ingrid Brito. Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Defendant in Wyckoff drug, vandalism case found passed out at green light, police say Defendant in Wyckoff drug, vandalism case found passed out at green light, police say Defendant in Wyckoff drug, vandalism case found passed out at green light, police say
Defendant in Wyckoff drug, vandalism case found passed out at green light, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 21-year-old Wyckoff man already facing charges of trashing his parents’ home, leaving behind a stash of amphetamines, anabolic steroids and testosterone drugs, was again arrested after he was found drunk and asleep behind the wheel of his car at a traffic light, police said. Officer Kyle Ferreira spotted the car stopped at a green light at the intersection of Godwin Avenue and Franklin Avenue before dawn Nov. 27. Tyler Speziale was asleep, his head on the steering wheel, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. Speziale “did not respond to the blowing of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fair Lawn police grab burglar in the act after owner spots him on surveillance camera from home Fair Lawn police grab burglar in the act after owner spots him on surveillance camera from home Fair Lawn police grab burglar in the act after owner spots him on surveillance camera from home
Fair Lawn police grab burglar in the act after owner spots him on surveillance camera from home YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The owner of a Fair Lawn electronics refurbishing business watched on his home computer as a burglar began grabbing items from his warehouse. So he called police, who said they caught the thief in the act. Officers responding to Closeout Solutions on Wagaraw Road just after 5 a.m. said they found 40-year-old Igone Tejada of Paterson inside. He’d gathered Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, cell phones, laptop computers and car radios into two a plastic shopping bag and backpack and was also carrying a knife, flashlight and crack pipe after two K9 units from the Bergen Cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Guatemalan national gave Cliffside Park girl oral sex, indictment charges Guatemalan national gave Cliffside Park girl oral sex, indictment charges Guatemalan national gave Cliffside Park girl oral sex, indictment charges
Guatemalan national gave Cliffside Park girl oral sex, indictment charges EXCLUSIVE: A Guatemalan national from Cliffside Park gave oral sex to an 11-year-old girl he knew, an indictment returned in Hackensack charges. Luis Higinio Elias-Velasco, 41, was taken into custody in September by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Cliffside Park police after the girl talked to a state child welfare caseworker, authorities said at the time. Elias-Velasco, who is married and unemployed, is charged with aggravated sexual assault, as well as two counts of sexual assault that involve touching the girl’s crotch and buttocks and one of impairin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Closter business consultant charged with scamming Bergen investors did it before, authorities say Closter business consultant charged with scamming Bergen investors did it before, authorities say Closter business consultant charged with scamming Bergen investors did it before, authorities say
Closter business consultant charged with scamming Bergen investors did it before, authorities say ONLY ON CVP: A Closter man had been through a pre-trial intervention program that cleared previous charges when authorities last month accused him of scamming four victims out of more than $100,000 in a bogus overseas investment scheme, records show. Michael D’Antoni, a 56-year-old self-employed business consultant who also has acted in off-Broadway plays, was brought to the Bergen County Jail this week to face theft charges after being extradited from New York City. Authorities in Manhattan arrested the Demarest native when he showed up for a court hearing on Nov. 21. D’Antoni, who ope…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Cliffside Park man, 52, charged with repeatedly molesting young teen Cliffside Park man, 52, charged with repeatedly molesting young teen Cliffside Park man, 52, charged with repeatedly molesting young teen
Cliffside Park man, 52, charged with repeatedly molesting young teen CVP EXCLUSIVE: A Cliffside Park construction worker molested a young teen over the course of nearly two years, authorities have charged. Carlos Aldo Martins, 52, rubbed his crotch against the hers, touched her vagina over her clothes and stuck his fingers in it while getting her to touch him while the girl was between 14 and 16 years old, an indictment returned in Hackensack yesterday alleges. The Brazilian immigrant is charged with five counts of aggravated sexual contact, two counts of sexual contact and one of aggravated sexual assault. The indictment also charges Martins him with im…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Waldwick police officers to be honored for saving elderly resident’s life Waldwick police officers to be honored for saving elderly resident’s life Waldwick police officers to be honored for saving elderly resident’s life
Waldwick police officers to be honored for saving elderly resident’s life SHOUT OUTS: A trio of Waldwick police officers are being honored next week for saving the life of an 87-year-old resident who’d suffered a heart attack. Sgt. Tom Dowling and Officers Dave Passaretti and Officer Kyle Moore used CPR and an automated external defibrillator to revive the Moore Avenue resident on May 7. He was then taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood before spending some time in a rehabilitation facility, Lt. Douglas Moore said this morning. “The officers were unaware of the ultimate outcome after he was taken to the hospital,” Moore said. “But Sgt. Dowling recently st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Brooklyn man brought to Bergen to face charges in Englewood ‘gasoline alley’ beating Brooklyn man brought to Bergen to face charges in Englewood ‘gasoline alley’ beating Brooklyn man brought to Bergen to face charges in Englewood ‘gasoline alley’ beating
Brooklyn man brought to Bergen to face charges in Englewood ‘gasoline alley’ beating ONLY ON CVP: A Brooklyn man captured by a strike force of Englewood and New York City police, Bergen County sheriff’s officers and U.S. marshals has been returned to New Jersey to face charges in connection with the baseball-bat beating of a Route 4 gas station attendant nine months ago. Charles Morgan, 28, was being held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail today following his extradition earlier this week. Police said Morgan told the 54-year-old attendant that he was having trouble opening the outside bathroom door of the “gasoline alley” Sunoco station around 6 a.m. March 24. Whe…

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