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
Lodi car service driver charged with statutory rape Lodi car service driver charged with statutory rape Lodi car service driver charged with statutory rape
Lodi car service driver charged with statutory rape YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married car service driver from Lodi was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with having a sexual relationship with an underage girl. The girl’s mother took her to Hackensack University Medical Center after learning of the alleged relationship with 36-year-old Christian Calderon and workers there summoned authorities, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Members of his Special Victims Unit and Lodi police arrested Calderon early this morning on aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment charges, he said.…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Cable repair man charged with trying to molest Fairview, Ridgefield Park women, one 71, other 60 Cable repair man charged with trying to molest Fairview, Ridgefield Park women, one 71, other 60 Cable repair man charged with trying to molest Fairview, Ridgefield Park women, one 71, other 60
Cable repair man charged with trying to molest Fairview, Ridgefield Park women, one 71, other 60 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man accused of making unwanted sexual advances to a Rockland County woman while he worked for a cable company was charged with committing the same crimes against two Bergen County women in their homes — one a 71-year-old from Fairview and the other a 60-year-old from Ridgefield Park. Jonathan Malave, 31, was being held on $250,000 bail, charged with sexual assault and criminal sexual contact after being arrested at his Towaco home yesterday. Malave, who is unemployed, was working as a service technician when he “engaged in inappropriate sexual activity” with the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Kids watch as Fort Lee police chase ends with arrests outside school Kids watch as Fort Lee police chase ends with arrests outside school Kids watch as Fort Lee police chase ends with arrests outside school
Kids watch as Fort Lee police chase ends with arrests outside school YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Youngsters were arriving at a Fort Lee elementary school and pre-school kindergarten across the street from one another when a morning rush-hour police chase ended near the doors of both buildings. Elementary School No. 2 was immediately locked down as police stopped the car on Jones Road beneath the Route 1 bridge, barely 50 feet from the school crosswalk, and arrested three Bronx men who they said were carrying codeine without a prescription. As his colleagues took the trio into custody, one officer kept back onlookers — some of them parents with small children — …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pizza deliveryman caught pointing gun in Little Ferry road-rage incident, police say Pizza deliveryman caught pointing gun in Little Ferry road-rage incident, police say Pizza deliveryman caught pointing gun in Little Ferry road-rage incident, police say
Pizza deliveryman caught pointing gun in Little Ferry road-rage incident, police say CVP EXCLUSIVE: A pizza delivery worker involved in a road rage incident near what used to be the Little Ferry circle pulled a realistic-looking gun on the other driver — right in front of a police officer, authorities said. Officer Angelo Ratto was on a utility detail as work continued on the Route 46 bridge over the Hackensack River when he heard a car horn, turned his head and saw Joshua Mino, 20, of Clifton give another driver the finger yesterday afternoon, Detective Ronald Klein Jr. told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Mino then reached over to the passenger seat, grabbed an air gun …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
SUVs collide in Ridgewood SUVs collide in Ridgewood SUVs collide in Ridgewood
SUVs collide in Ridgewood ONLY ON CVP: A collision of SUVs in Ridgewood htis morning sent one onto a nearby lawn. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the noon-time crash involving a Toyota Highlander and Lincoln MKX at the corner of Grove Street and South Van Dien Avenue, which caused serious front-end damage to both. Ridgewood firefighters to a minor fluid spill. Village police were investigating. Both vehicles were removed by flatbed tow truck. STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Family confirms that body pulled from Passaic River is Wallington man, 61 Family confirms that body pulled from Passaic River is Wallington man, 61 Family confirms that body pulled from Passaic River is Wallington man, 61
Family confirms that body pulled from Passaic River is Wallington man, 61 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST Loved ones of a 61-year-old Wallington man who’d been missing since before dawn Sunday confirmed for CLIFFVIEW PILOT just after noon today that his was the body pulled from the Passaic River yesterday. The family of Marian Kolodziej identified the body at the Essex County Medical Examiner’s Office, which handles autopsies for Passaic County authorities. Passaic city police, who are investigating, said after 4:30 p.m. that there was no immediate appearance of foul play. A purely Polish speaker, Kolodziej was wearing a three-quarter-length black coat, gray slacks an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Kenyan marathoner runs home to Hasbrouck Heights from Bogota after teen sex assault, police say Kenyan marathoner runs home to Hasbrouck Heights from Bogota after teen sex assault, police say Kenyan marathoner runs home to Hasbrouck Heights from Bogota after teen sex assault, police say
Kenyan marathoner runs home to Hasbrouck Heights from Bogota after teen sex assault, police say CVP EXCLUSIVE: A world-class marathoner from Kenya accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl ran from Bogota police last night — and kept going for more than four miles until he was home in Hasbrouck Heights, authorities said this afternoon, confirming an earlier CLIFFVIEW PILOT report. Eric Chirchir — who turned 31 years old today — entered the women’s locker room at the Bogota Golf Center, where he worked, and assaulted the teen there, Bogota Police Capt. James Sepp told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Police responding moments later to a call from another golf center employee spotted Chirchir, who took…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Bomb scare clears Waldwick kids dance studio Bomb scare clears Waldwick kids dance studio Bomb scare clears Waldwick kids dance studio
Bomb scare clears Waldwick kids dance studio ONLY ON CVP: Several children were cleared from a Waldwick dance studio last night after someone called in a bomb threat to the complex where it’s located. The Bergen County Police Bomb Squad checked the North Street complex — which has 10 or so businesses in three buildings — after it was evacuated around 4:50 p.m. Nothing of note was immediately reported found. Waldwick police and firefighters also responded. STORY/PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Breaking News
Suspicious fire tears through Mahwah house under construction Suspicious fire tears through Mahwah house under construction Suspicious fire tears through Mahwah house under construction
Suspicious fire tears through Mahwah house under construction UPDATE: A suspicious fire tore through a 2½-story wood-frame house under construction on a Mahwah cul-de-sac, authorities said. Arson investigators were called to the Lakeview Drive scene off Stag Hill Road. “It was fully involved when police and firefighters got there” around 9 p.m., an emergency responder told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Within a half-hour, they went to defensive positions. Firefighters drafted water from the lake due to a lack of area hydrants. A firefighter slipped partially into the lake during the operation but didn’t fall and wasn’t injured, officials said. All units we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Park Ridge couple charged with scamming Toys R Us, luggage company out of $3M Park Ridge couple charged with scamming Toys R Us, luggage company out of $3M Park Ridge couple charged with scamming Toys R Us, luggage company out of $3M
Park Ridge couple charged with scamming Toys R Us, luggage company out of $3M YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A divorced Park Ridge couple surrendered to federal agents this morning on charges of defrauding Toys R Us and another international company out of a combined $3 million through a bogus marketing business that they secretly owned and operated. Barbara Brown, 64, was an administrator with Toys R Us in Wayne when the government says she she steered a contract to CEM Direct Marketing — a fictitious company created by her and her husband, Philip Charles DeGrunchy. From November 2007 through early March 2010, CEM submitted more than 60 invoices for purported consulting …

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