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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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Fire damages three vehicles at Englewood dealership Fire damages three vehicles at Englewood dealership Fire damages three vehicles at Englewood dealership
Fire damages three vehicles at Englewood dealership YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fire damaged three cars at an Englewood auto dealership tonight. Firefighters limited the damage in the 7 p.m. blaze to a car being worked on that suddenly ignited and two others that ended up catching fire in the lot outside Town Audi on South Dean Street, Police Detective Capt. Timothy Torell told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Teaneck and Tenafly firefighters assisted. No injuries were reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Ridgewood parking inspector who got probation repaying $188,337 of $460,000 authorities said he stole Ex-Ridgewood parking inspector who got probation repaying $188,337 of $460,000 authorities said he stole Ex-Ridgewood parking inspector who got probation repaying $188,337 of $460,000 authorities said he stole
Ex-Ridgewood parking inspector who got probation repaying $188,337 of $460,000 authorities said he stole SPECIAL REPORT: A former Ridgewood public works inspector sentenced to probation yesterday is repaying the village only $188,337 of the nearly half-million dollars in parking-meter quarters that authorities said he stole, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has found. Media reports following Thomas Rica’s sentencing in Hackensack yesterday put the figure as low as $250,000 and as high as the $460,000 total cited by authorities. However, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Daniel Keitel confirmed CLIFFVIEW PILOT‘s accounting today — adding that authorities have been unable to determine exactly how much mone…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
SUV plows through front of Waldwick martial arts studio SUV plows through front of Waldwick martial arts studio SUV plows through front of Waldwick martial arts studio
SUV plows through front of Waldwick martial arts studio YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A Lexus SUV plowed through the front of a vacant martial arts studio in Waldwick early this evening. The crash at Master Cha’s Summit Martial Arts occurred around 5 p.m. on East Prospect Avenue. There was no immediate word on injuries. Response was instant: The fire station is across the street. PHOTOS: Dave Rohner  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
NJ attorney general orders rape kit evidence held at least 5 years NJ attorney general orders rape kit evidence held at least 5 years NJ attorney general orders rape kit evidence held at least 5 years
NJ attorney general orders rape kit evidence held at least 5 years PUBLIC SAFETY: New Jersey’s top cop has ordered authorities to hold onto DNA and other evidence from sexual assault medical exams for at least five years in those cases when a victim chooses not to report the crime or release information to law enforcement — an enormous change over the previously mandated 90 days. The directive by acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman revising the Evidence Retention Guidelines recognizes that victims should be afforded more than 90 days to make the difficult decision about whether to participate in a criminal investigation and prosecution before evidence …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Leonia per diem recreation employee charged with luring boy, 6, having sex with girl, 13 Leonia per diem recreation employee charged with luring boy, 6, having sex with girl, 13 Leonia per diem recreation employee charged with luring boy, 6, having sex with girl, 13
Leonia per diem recreation employee charged with luring boy, 6, having sex with girl, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Leonia per diem employee had sex with a 13-year-old girl he supervised during open gym sessions at the borough recreation center earlier this year, said authorities who initially arrested him on charges of luring a 6-year-old boy from a park to his home. William Joseph Slaughter, 22, was first charged following his arrest late last Thursday. Slaughter “was familiar with the child and his siblings from having spoken to them in the park several times beginning on June 30,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinellil said this afternoon. Despite the objections of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Breaking News
River Vale couple dealt heroin, authorities charge River Vale couple dealt heroin, authorities charge River Vale couple dealt heroin, authorities charge
River Vale couple dealt heroin, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Authorities have charged a River Vale couple with dealing heroin. Investigators recovered less than a half ounce of the drug during a search of the Midvale Court home of Shelby V. Zanotti, who was arrested along with her boyfriend, Vincent Celentano of Wilson Court, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Zanotti and Celentano, both 21, remain free on $15,000 bail each. Participating in the July 2 residence raid along with the prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force and River Vale police were the Bergen County Regional Swat Team and a Bergen County…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee apartment building fire quickly put down Fort Lee apartment building fire quickly put down Fort Lee apartment building fire quickly put down
Fort Lee apartment building fire quickly put down YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee firefighters quickly snuffed a third-floor apartment building fire, preventing a potential catastrophe, last night. Firefighters and police got the unit’s female tenant and her cats safely out of the six-story brick building at 2160 Center Avenue after the fire broke out in the woman’s living room around 9:40 p.m. The blaze was brought under control in less than 40 minutes. No serious injuries were immediately reported, although two firefighters were taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion before being released. EMS workers evaluated a couple of residen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Hackensack man set hair of neighbor, 78, on fire Police: Hackensack man set hair of neighbor, 78, on fire Police: Hackensack man set hair of neighbor, 78, on fire
Police: Hackensack man set hair of neighbor, 78, on fire ONLY ON CVP: A dispute that had been simmering for some time erupted when a 64-year-old Hackensack man lit a 78-year-old woman’s hair on fire in a bar downstairs from the high-rise where each lives, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Accompanied by his attorney, Steven Schaffel turned himself in last night after leaving town following the June 17 incident, Hackensack Police Director Michael Mordaga said. The victim, who recovered from her injuries, was having drinks with friends at the Bel Posto restaurant on Prospect Avenue when Schaffel got up from where he was sitting, passed by and ign…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Ridgewood inspector accused of stealing half-million dollars in quarters gets probation, begins repaying village Ex-Ridgewood inspector accused of stealing half-million dollars in quarters gets probation, begins repaying village Ex-Ridgewood inspector accused of stealing half-million dollars in quarters gets probation, begins repaying village
Ex-Ridgewood inspector accused of stealing half-million dollars in quarters gets probation, begins repaying village UPDATE: An assistant Bergen County prosecutor handed a $64,000 check to a detective in a Hackensack courtroom today, representing a down payment on $460,000 that a former Ridgewood public works inspector who admitted stealing nearly a half million dollars in quarters must repay. Thomas Rica is also barred from accepting public employment for life. Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma (STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Half the money that Rica paid today came from family members, including $25,000 loaned him by his brother, Assistant Bergen County Pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Overnight storm topples tree branch, smashes windshield, yanks wires in Ridgewood Overnight storm topples tree branch, smashes windshield, yanks wires in Ridgewood Overnight storm topples tree branch, smashes windshield, yanks wires in Ridgewood
Overnight storm topples tree branch, smashes windshield, yanks wires in Ridgewood YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Cleanup from an overnight storm continued into this afternoon in Ridgewood, where a large tree branch took down cable TV and telephone lines and smashed the front windshield of a parked car. No one was hurt when the branch fell outside a home in the 600 block of Whithill Road. Crews from the village Parks & Recreation Department-Shade Tree Division used chain saws, backpack leaf blowers and a giant chipper/shredder to clear debris from two homes on the block. Damage appeared to have been limited to the car windshield, some shrubs, and a wooden fence. No power …

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