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
Accused accomplice ready to testify against ex-boyfriend in Englewood murder trial Accused accomplice ready to testify against ex-boyfriend in Englewood murder trial Accused accomplice ready to testify against ex-boyfriend in Englewood murder trial
Accused accomplice ready to testify against ex-boyfriend in Englewood murder trial EXCLUSIVE: Prosecutors who already had the brother of a man on trial for murdering the Brooklyn rapper Kampane in Englewood testifying against him picked up another key witness today: the defendant’s ex-girlfriend. Natuchka Etienne told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian in Hackensack today that she’s prepared to testify against Randy Manning, whose trial began Tuesday. In return, accomplice charges that were originally brought against Etienne will be dropped as long as she follows the requirements of the Pre-Trial Intervention Program, including regular phone monitoring, for a year …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Source: Customs lets in Bieber, entourage after Teterboro pot incident Source: Customs lets in Bieber, entourage after Teterboro pot incident Source: Customs lets in Bieber, entourage after Teterboro pot incident
Source: Customs lets in Bieber, entourage after Teterboro pot incident UPDATE: U.S. Customs agents cleared Justin Bieber and several people he was with to enter the U.S. tonight after the smell of marijuana prompted authorities to detain them, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incicent told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Although no drugs were found, a pair of drug-sniffing dogs — one from the Port Authority and the other from Customs and Border Protection — gave positive indications to their handlers. “Who knows what prompted the response?” the source said. “For all we know, it could have been connected to someone who leased the plane before them.” …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook police nab 3 in online prostitution bust Saddle Brook police nab 3 in online prostitution bust Saddle Brook police nab 3 in online prostitution bust
Saddle Brook police nab 3 in online prostitution bust YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A john who booked a date with a prostitute turned out to be an undercover Saddle Brook detective who, along with fellow officers from the township and Garfield, took three people into custody last night, authorities said. “Saddle Brook might be a bedroom community, but not that kind,” Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Responding to reports of prostitution in town, Saddle Brook detectives set up the sting with help from their Garfield colleagues, Kugler said. Around 9 o’clock last night, a woman who the chief said was soliciting busin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Super Bowl-area hotel letters: corn starch Super Bowl-area hotel letters: corn starch Super Bowl-area hotel letters: corn starch
Super Bowl-area hotel letters: corn starch UPDATE: Authorities this afternoon confirmed that 10 letters sent to Super Bowl-area hotels with the words “Al Qaeda” contained what preliminary tests indicate is corn starch. Law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that the envelopes were delivered to at least six area hotels close to MetLife Stadium: Courtyard by Marriott on Polito Avenue and Quality Inn directly across the street in Lyndhurst; Homewood Suites on Route 17 in East Rutherford; Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel on Rutherford Avenue in Rutherford; EconoLodge Meadowlands on Washington Avenue in Carstadt; …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Father-in-law testifies that child pornography found on computer of Charles Leaf was his Father-in-law testifies that child pornography found on computer of Charles Leaf was his Father-in-law testifies that child pornography found on computer of Charles Leaf was his
Father-in-law testifies that child pornography found on computer of Charles Leaf was his EXCLUSIVE: The father-in-law of former FOX TV reporter Charles Leaf testified yesterday in his son-in-law’s child sex assault trial that child pornography found by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives on Leaf’s computer was actually his. Krystof Wilsky, a retired career diplomat, traveled from his native Warsaw to Hackensack to testify in Leaf’s child sex assault trial. In doing so, he gave a primer in online sexual deviance that clearly left some jurors in shock. Wilsky said he used various computers in Leaf’s homes in Wyckoff, Englewood and elsewhere whenever he and his wife visited.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Van for developmentally disabled crashes in Washington Township, 4 taken to hospital Van for developmentally disabled crashes in Washington Township, 4 taken to hospital Van for developmentally disabled crashes in Washington Township, 4 taken to hospital
Van for developmentally disabled crashes in Washington Township, 4 taken to hospital YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: Four occupants of van, at least three of whom apparently are developmentally disabled, were hospitalized this morning following a crash in Washington Township. A Honda Civic driven by a woman with a male passenger apparently rear-ended the Spectrum for Living van at the intersection of Ridgewood Road and Colonial Boulevard shortly after 8:30 a.m. Washington Township police, along with township EMS and a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood responded. Injuries initially didn’t appear serious. STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving  

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rochelle Park liquor store owner admits hiding $905,575 from IRS Rochelle Park liquor store owner admits hiding $905,575 from IRS Rochelle Park liquor store owner admits hiding $905,575 from IRS
Rochelle Park liquor store owner admits hiding $905,575 from IRS YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rochelle Park man who owns a Bronx liquor store pleaded guilty in federal court in Trenton yesterday to filing a bogus tax return. Rafael Holguin, 51, admitted that he failed to report $905,575 worth of income for his Bronx Express Liquors store from 2007 through 2009. He pleaded guilty to a single count of tax evasion for the year 2008, when he failed to report $391,831 in cash receipts that he put into his personal bank account instead of one for the business. “As we begin this year’s tax filing season, this plea should serve as a reminder to the taxpaying pu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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New Milford pedestrian, 65, struck, killed by bus New Milford pedestrian, 65, struck, killed by bus New Milford pedestrian, 65, struck, killed by bus
New Milford pedestrian, 65, struck, killed by bus YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 65-year-old New Milford woman was killed last night when she was struck by a Rockland Coaches Red and Tan bus at Center Street and Boulevard. Police and EMS attempted CPR at the scene but were unsuccessful, Police Chief Frank Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. The woman’s identity was being withheld until family members could arrive at the hospital, the chief said. She was crossing the intersection of Center Street and Boulevard as the bus turned onto Boulevard from Center Street and struck her, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
Closter group home supervisor charged with stealing thousands from resident Closter group home supervisor charged with stealing thousands from resident Closter group home supervisor charged with stealing thousands from resident
Closter group home supervisor charged with stealing thousands from resident YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The checking account of a special needs resident at a Closter group home was drained of several thousand dollars before a borough detective tracked down and arrested a supervisor at the facility, Police Chief Dennis Kaine said today. Carl Cox apparently snatched the victim’s debit card and then swiped it at several ATMs the past year, Kaine told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. Notified that the account was overdrawn, the victim’s sister spoke with Detective Vincent Aiello, the chief said. Aiello investigated, then brought charges against Cox, who worked as a supe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Saddle Brook widower, 82, charged with ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with girl, 11 Saddle Brook widower, 82, charged with ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with girl, 11 Saddle Brook widower, 82, charged with ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with girl, 11
Saddle Brook widower, 82, charged with ‘inappropriate sexual activity’ with girl, 11 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 82-year-old retired widower from Saddle Brook was arrested yesterday and charged by authorities with having “inappropriate sexual activity” with an 11-year-old girl, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced this afternoon. Nicolangelo Pallotta of Susan Lane posted $100,000 bail and was released pending arraignment this coming Tuesday in Saddle Brook. He is charged with sexual assault and child endangerment, Molinelli said. The girl “disclosed the information to her mother, who advised the victim’s school what had occurred,” the prosecutor said. “Af…

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