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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Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Federal grand jury indicts felon in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash Federal grand jury indicts felon in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash Federal grand jury indicts felon in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash
Federal grand jury indicts felon in 3-state rampage that ended in GWB crash YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal grand jury in Newark today indicted a career criminal in connection with a three-state rampage in which authorities said he raped and kidnapped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV at either end of the George Washington Bridge. Luis Figueroa, 33 — who has kept addresses in Ridgefield and the Bronx — is charged with kidnapping, aggravated sexual abuse, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, being a felon in possession of a firearm, arson and assaulting a U.S. government employee, in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi woman beat son, 2, with belt in front of day care workers, prosecutor says Lodi woman beat son, 2, with belt in front of day care workers, prosecutor says Lodi woman beat son, 2, with belt in front of day care workers, prosecutor says
Lodi woman beat son, 2, with belt in front of day care workers, prosecutor says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Staffers at a local day care center quickly summoned authorities after a 23-year-old Lodi mother repeatedly struck her 2-year-old son with a belt, leading to her arrest, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Mynasia Petty, a Hackesack High School graduate and former Costco and Fairway clerk who lives in a Route 46 apartment complex, was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with child endangerment. Petty hit the boy several times on his legs, causing “significant bruising,” in full view of day care members who noti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee man, 52, charged with having sex with girl, 14 Fort Lee man, 52, charged with having sex with girl, 14 Fort Lee man, 52, charged with having sex with girl, 14
Fort Lee man, 52, charged with having sex with girl, 14 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A married data entry clerk from Fort Lee had sex with a 14-year-old girl and was being held on $350,000 bail, authorities said this afternoon. Joey C. Lopez, 52, was arraigned yesterday on charges of sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact and child endangerment following his arrest hours earlier, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Lopez, of McCloud Drive, was taken into custody by members of Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Fort Lee police after a relative of the teen went to police, the prosecutor said. Detectives from both agencies intervie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Gas leak closes Washington Township shopping center, library after contractor hits lines Gas leak closes Washington Township shopping center, library after contractor hits lines Gas leak closes Washington Township shopping center, library after contractor hits lines
Gas leak closes Washington Township shopping center, library after contractor hits lines STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Senior Correspondent Boyd A. Loving UPDATE: A gas leak caused when a contractor accidentally cut two lines closed the A&P shopping center on Pascack Road and cleared the nearby publc library in Washington Township early this afternoon. Stores were evacuated as township police, firefighters and EMS workers responded around 12:30 p.m. A construction company digging a trench behind the Dunkin Donuts “completely cut” two 1½-inch gas lines, Washington Township Fire Chief William Bilias told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A Bergen County Hazardous Materials unit happene…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn high schooler caught breaking into homes looking for pills, police say Fair Lawn high schooler caught breaking into homes looking for pills, police say Fair Lawn high schooler caught breaking into homes looking for pills, police say
Fair Lawn high schooler caught breaking into homes looking for pills, police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fair Lawn police detective cracked four residential burglaries from yesterday with the quick arrest of an 18-year-old borough high school senior from West Milford. Detective Paul Donohue took Jared Cooney into custody following yesterday’s break-ins, which occurred between 4-7 p.m. on Ryder Road, Warren Road, Southern Drive and East Amsterdam Avenue. Cooney”confessed to driving around the borough, looking for homes with no lights on and no vehicles in their driveways to enter so that he could obtain prescription medications,” Sgt. Brian Metzler said this morning.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
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CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Re-statement of principles CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Re-statement of principles CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Re-statement of principles
Cliffview Pilot: Re-statement of principles CLIFFVIEW PILOT is local and loyal, fair and honest. No secret affiliations or hidden agendas. Straight. No slant. I grew up in North Jersey. It’s always been my center of the universe — a smart, savvy place where people aren’t easily fooled. That’s one reason why I will never tell you I heard something from someone who heard it from someone else. Instead, you get what can and can’t be verified — from the sources at the scene or with direct knowledge of the incident. Having a bit of an edge doesn’t hurt. Jerry DeMarcoCLIFFVIEW PILOTPublisher/Editor My goal is always to get it to you…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Wallington police pop pair after pawn shop pays $40 for stolen PC Wallington police pop pair after pawn shop pays $40 for stolen PC Wallington police pop pair after pawn shop pays $40 for stolen PC
Wallington police pop pair after pawn shop pays $40 for stolen PC YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two heroin addicts who stole a desktop PC were busted by a Wallington police detective after hocking it for $40, authorities said this morning. The 18-year-old Halston Avenue victim said he told Krzysztof Latocha (above, left) and Adam Jaworski (above, right), both 22, that he was going on a cruise. When he got back, the $700 computer was gone, Detective Lt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Kudlacik contacted Saddle Brook detectives and got an itemized spreadsheet of sales from a popular pawn shop in their town. “First we brought in Jaworski, then we brought in Latocha,” h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Troubled Ridgewood man with knife disarmed by police Troubled Ridgewood man with knife disarmed by police Troubled Ridgewood man with knife disarmed by police
Troubled Ridgewood man with knife disarmed by police YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Ridgewood police yesterday disarmed and subdued a troubled 55-year-old man who they said pulled a knife on them. Officers called to Chestnut Street found James Brown in need of psychiatric evaluation, Police Chief John Ward said this morning. Although he “initially calmed down and state that he would go to the hospital, Mr. Brown suddenly pulled out a knife and a brief struggle ensued,” Ward said. The officers quickly snatched the weapon from him, after which Brown was taken to Bergen Regional Medical Center, the chief said. He remained there this morning under…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Cliffside Park condo buildings fire believed accidental Cliffside Park condo buildings fire believed accidental Cliffside Park condo buildings fire believed accidental
Cliffside Park condo buildings fire believed accidental PHOTO/INSET: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Richard Criscione, TOP: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Damien Danis AFTERMATH: A windswept fire blew through five interconnected four-story condominium buildings under construction in Cliffside Park tonight, blowing embers that ignited a second blaze that destroyed the upper half of a three-story apartment building two blocks away and forced a neighborhood evacuation doesn’t appear suspicious, authorities said. No immediate serious injuries were reported, although a Palisade Avenue resident possibly suffered a heart attack and at least one firefi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Teaneck Bond Gang heirs, girlfriend accused of providing burglary addresses brought to court Teaneck Bond Gang heirs, girlfriend accused of providing burglary addresses brought to court Teaneck Bond Gang heirs, girlfriend accused of providing burglary addresses brought to court
Teaneck Bond Gang heirs, girlfriend accused of providing burglary addresses brought to court YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With a lawyer and two other defendants between them, a Teaneck couple were brought today before a judge who ordered that each remain held on $750,000 bail in connection with a three-county burglary spree. Janay Cole and Jamelle Singletary, both 26, were returned to the Bergen County Jail along with 30-year-old Jawal Erskine, also of Teaneck — and also being held on $750,000 bail — after the initial court appearance this afternoon in Hackensack. Jamelle Singletary, Lawal Erskine, William C. Collins (PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia) A f…

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