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
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Prosecutor: Hackensack man, 19, had sex with Lodi girl, 13 Prosecutor: Hackensack man, 19, had sex with Lodi girl, 13 Prosecutor: Hackensack man, 19, had sex with Lodi girl, 13
Prosecutor: Hackensack man, 19, had sex with Lodi girl, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old Hackensack man was arrested and charged yesterday with having sex with a 13-year-old Lodi girl. Ahmed Hansford, who is single and unemployed, was arrested by detectives of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and Lodi police after the girl disclosed the relationship to a caseworker from the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, who immediately contacted authorities, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Hansford was being held on $151,000 bail, charged with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Upper Saddle River police bust 4 in $120,000 fortune-telling scam Upper Saddle River police bust 4 in $120,000 fortune-telling scam Upper Saddle River police bust 4 in $120,000 fortune-telling scam
Upper Saddle River police bust 4 in $120,000 fortune-telling scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A “psychic/spiritualist” working with a pair of twin brothers and a third accomplice conned an Upper Saddle River woman out of $120,000 through a fortune-telling scam in which they promised to help a sick child get better and rid the family of demons, borough police said today. Three of those charged have been arrested, while the “psychic/spiritualist” who police said masterminded the alleged scheme remained a fugitive this morning. Beginning in 2011, the victim visited Cathy Johnson at a Route 17 south astrology center in Wood-Ridge, Upper Saddle River Police Chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Leonia crossing guard killed in fire ‘quiet, unsung heroine of the community’ Leonia crossing guard killed in fire ‘quiet, unsung heroine of the community’ Leonia crossing guard killed in fire ‘quiet, unsung heroine of the community’
Leonia crossing guard killed in fire ‘quiet, unsung heroine of the community’ UPDATE: A 65-year-old crossing guard and her 34-year-old special needs daughter were killed in a ferocious overnight fire at their home, authorities confirmed tonight. Harriette Townsend’s body was officially identified earlier this evening, Leonia Police Chief Thomas Rowe told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. A second body pulled from the house was believed to be her daughter, who suffered from epilepsy. Autopsy results were expected to identify her soon after, authorities said. Townsend’s brother, Howard Coleman, got the 95-year-old family matriarch to safety after the fire broke out around 5:30 a.m.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergen County Police detectives charge photographer with not delivering wedding photos, videos Bergen County Police detectives charge photographer with not delivering wedding photos, videos Bergen County Police detectives charge photographer with not delivering wedding photos, videos
Bergen County Police detectives charge photographer with not delivering wedding photos, videos YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A portrait photographer who authorities said tried to elude capture was caught yesterday by Bergen County Police officers on charges of stiffing four customers of $12,000 for videos and photos from their weddings. It was a year ago Feb. 8 that  John Bentz, an investigator with the Bergen County Office of Consumer Affairs, began looking into complaints by customers who said their contracts weren’t honored by M.S. Photography LLC of Bergenfield. M.S. Photography LLC closed without any word from the registered owner, Imelda M. Silva of West New York, they said. “Sev…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Police chief’s daughter among success stories at Bergen sheriff’s officers swearing in Police chief’s daughter among success stories at Bergen sheriff’s officers swearing in Police chief’s daughter among success stories at Bergen sheriff’s officers swearing in
Police chief’s daughter among success stories at Bergen sheriff’s officers swearing in SHOUT OUTS: Among the success stories at the swearing-in of eight new Bergen County Sheriff’s officers today was a woman who triumphed after at first falling short of a dream. “I am extremely grateful to Sheriff [Michael] Saudino for giving me this opportunity,” Shayna Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT following the afternoon ceremony at the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack.  “I know how fortunate and privileged it is in being chosen. I am committed and looking forward to the challenge of the police academy.” Kugler is no ordinary recruit: Her father, Robert, is Saddle Brook’s police chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Garfield police arrest man with $1,500 worth of ‘skull candy’ heroin Garfield police arrest man with $1,500 worth of ‘skull candy’ heroin Garfield police arrest man with $1,500 worth of ‘skull candy’ heroin
Garfield police arrest man with $1,500 worth of ‘skull candy’ heroin YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Garfield police officers on a quality-of-life detail stopped and arrested a motorist carrying $1,500 worth of heroin stamped “skull candy” last night, authorities said. Mitchell Pillot Jr., 18, of Palisade Avenue in Garfield was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. He is charged with heroin possession, possession with the intent to sell the drug and possession with intent within 1,000 feet of a school and 500 feet of a public park. Pillot was arrested around 8:30 p.m. yesterday after police stopped his Volkwagen Jetta on Outwater Lane as part of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Final defendant in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion arraigned Final defendant in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion arraigned Final defendant in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion arraigned
Final defendant in Edgewater luxury high-rise home invasion arraigned YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With attorneys for his co-defendants in attendance, the alleged mastermind of a home invasion robbery of developer Fred Daibes at his St. Moritz high-rise apartment was arraigned in Hackensack late this afternoon. Defense attorney Ian Silvera entered a not-guilty plea for Jorge Valencia, a 46-year-old Colombian national arrested in the Boston area nearly three weeks ago. Developer Fred Daibes at court appearance for other defendants last year(STORY / PHOTOS: Mary K. Miraglia, CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter) Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Sile…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood police reach out to schoolkids, they reach back Ridgewood police reach out to schoolkids, they reach back Ridgewood police reach out to schoolkids, they reach back
Ridgewood police reach out to schoolkids, they reach back SHOUT OUTS: Ridgewood police officers continued their outreach to village youngsters today with a visit to the Benjamin Franklin School, followed by a special announcement by Chief John Ward about the department’s Michael Feeney Youth Ambassador Program. Michael Feeney, a 10-year-old village boy who died last month of a rare form of bone cancer, helped Ward with various ideas for the program as it was being formed — and was named honorary chief, with his own badge, for his dedication and commitment to public service. “I have asked Michael’s sister, Cassie, to assume his position as honora…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack detectives arrest 2, seek third in Riverside fur thefts Hackensack detectives arrest 2, seek third in Riverside fur thefts Hackensack detectives arrest 2, seek third in Riverside fur thefts
Hackensack detectives arrest 2, seek third in Riverside fur thefts YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two Mount Vernon, N.Y. men were in custody and a third was being sought in connection with the thefts of $130,000 worth of chinchilla fur coats from a shop at Riverside Square Mall in Hackensack earlier this month. Two of the coats have been recovered — one at a tailor shop in Mount Vernon and the other at a clothing store in Harlem, Detective Capt. Thomas Salcedo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. One was valued at $23,950 and the other $19,995. The most expensive one — valued at more than $86,000 — hadn’t been recovered yet, he said. Detectives Ryan Weber and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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North Bergen man gets 97 months in fed pen for molesting woman on plane North Bergen man gets 97 months in fed pen for molesting woman on plane North Bergen man gets 97 months in fed pen for molesting woman on plane
North Bergen man gets 97 months in fed pen for molesting woman on plane YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Turkish national who lives in North Bergen was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison for molesting a woman sleeping next to him on a flight from Phoenix to Newark. Bawer Aksal, 49, was convicted by a federal jury in July of sexually assaulting the 50-year-old woman — a decision that was later upheld by U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares. Aksal, an ethnic Kurd who runs a service company that includes the St. Regis Hotel in New York and El Mexicano restaurant in Paterson among its affiliations, insisted during the trial what happened aboard United Airl…

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