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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Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Apparent overdose in death of East Rutherford woman, 28, at Lyndhurst motel Police: Apparent overdose in death of East Rutherford woman, 28, at Lyndhurst motel Police: Apparent overdose in death of East Rutherford woman, 28, at Lyndhurst motel
Police: Apparent overdose in death of East Rutherford woman, 28, at Lyndhurst motel EXCLUSIVE: A 28-year-old East Rutherford woman whose body was found this morning in a Lyndhurst motel was the apparent victim of a drug overdose, police said. Police were called around 11:15 a.m. to the Winslow Motor Hotel on Rutherford Avenue, off eastbound Route 3, after a housekeeper found the woman’s body, Police Chief James O’Connor said. She checked in on Friday and then extended the stay yesterday, he said. There were no immediate signs of foul play, but the investigation was continuing, O’Connor said. CLIFFVIEW PILOT is withholding the woman’s identity out of consideration for…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Ridgewood woman charged with blocking arrest of Wyckoff DWI convict after chase Ridgewood woman charged with blocking arrest of Wyckoff DWI convict after chase Ridgewood woman charged with blocking arrest of Wyckoff DWI convict after chase
Ridgewood woman charged with blocking arrest of Wyckoff DWI convict after chase YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Ridgewood woman faces hindering charges for refusing to allow officers to question her daughter’s boyfriend at her home following a police chase, Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox said today. Fox said 21-year-old Daniel Chaupiz of Wyckoff sped off after Patrolman Kyle Ferreira tried to stop him for driving erratically on Wyckoff Avenue in the early morning hours of Jan. 3. Ferreira eventually broke off the brief pursuit because of the weather and road conditions, and police subsequently tracked Chaupiz to the Walthery Avenue home of 53-year-old Kimberly Alvano, F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Sokolich to Christie: Save gas, stay away from Fort Lee Sokolich to Christie: Save gas, stay away from Fort Lee Sokolich to Christie: Save gas, stay away from Fort Lee
Sokolich to Christie: Save gas, stay away from Fort Lee SPITEGATE: Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich publicly told Gov. Chris Christie to save the gas, stay in Trenton and cancel his plans to come to Bergen County today to personally apologize for the politically spiteful lanes closures that jammed traffic at the George Washington Bridge over four days in September. “An apology today, and comin’ on up today, might be premature,” Sokolich told reporters at Borough Hall, “cause I have a distinct feeling there’s gonna be another press conference or two or three or 12 after this.” Christie at first told reporters during a news conference in Trenton tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield man charged with sexually assaulting teen remains free on bail Bergenfield man charged with sexually assaulting teen remains free on bail Bergenfield man charged with sexually assaulting teen remains free on bail
Bergenfield man charged with sexually assaulting teen remains free on bail EXCLUSIVE: A Bergenfield man remains free on $250,000 bail following his arraignment on charges of sexually assaulting a pre-teen girl several times. Luis Lopez, 51 (above, right) is charged with seven counts, including aggravated sexual assault and impairing the morals of a minor. He was arrested in early December 2012 after the girl, then 13, went to staff at her school who called police. Among other allegations, Lopez is charged with penetrating the child’s vagina with his fingers and making her rub his penis with her foot. A Colombian national, Lopez is due back in court for a sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Investigator in TV reporter child sex trial talks of gap in victim interview recording Investigator in TV reporter child sex trial talks of gap in victim interview recording Investigator in TV reporter child sex trial talks of gap in victim interview recording
Investigator in TV reporter child sex trial talks of gap in victim interview recording EXCLUSIVE: The second day in the child sex-abuse trial of former Fox 5 reporter Charles Leaf in Hackensack today featured a former investigator testifying about an interview she observed with the then-4-year-old girl who prosecutors say was the victim. Lead investigator Barbara Stio spoke of a missing portion of the interview video, as well as altered notes and anatomical dolls that were used. Stio, now retired from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, said she was watching Sgt. Cora Taylor interview the girl in 2010 from behind mirrored glass at the Children’s House in Hackensack when …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Volvo rolls off Route 208 in Fair Lawn Volvo rolls off Route 208 in Fair Lawn Volvo rolls off Route 208 in Fair Lawn
Volvo rolls off Route 208 in Fair Lawn YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A 19-year-old driver escaped serious injury after her Volvo rolled off Route 208 in Fair Lawn while she was reached for gum, police said. The woman was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with a head injury that was characterized as moderate following the crash, around 4:10 p.m., at Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn police said. Woodcliff Lake Firefighter Ken Bertani, who witnessed the crash, said the four-door sedan was headed east on Route 208 when it crossed two lanes, hit the curb and rolled several times into a set of stairs at the Saddle River Ro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
VIDEO: Rutherford woman, 18, escapes injury when car barrels through Rite-Aid front door VIDEO: Rutherford woman, 18, escapes injury when car barrels through Rite-Aid front door VIDEO: Rutherford woman, 18, escapes injury when car barrels through Rite-Aid front door
Video: Rutherford woman, 18, escapes injury when car barrels through Rite-Aid front door ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT (VIDEO): It happens in an instant: A car plows through the front entrance of a Rite Aid in Rutherford, narrowing missing an 18-year-old woman leaving the store. In a store surveillance video supplied by Rutherford police, the Rutherford woman jumps out of the way as the 2009 Chevrolet Aveo — which jumped the curb with a 71-year-old woman, also from Rutherford, behind the wheel: Neither was injured seriously in the crash, which occurred around 12:40 p.m. at the Park Avenue store. The younger woman told police she would see her own doctor. Police and firefight…

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Fourth suspect in Bergenfield shootings arrested Fourth suspect in Bergenfield shootings arrested Fourth suspect in Bergenfield shootings arrested
Fourth suspect in Bergenfield shootings arrested YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A fourth suspect wanted in the shooting of two men in Bergenfield during a September home invasion was captured by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Bergenfield police at an East Orange apartment earlier today. Authorities had been searching for 24-year-old Hassan “Smoke” Sly, an alleged Crips gang member from Newark who Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said “was present during the home invasion/robbery, was armed with a gun and was an active participant in the robbery/shooting.” TOP: Zakeer Roberts (left), Mario Ferreira BELOW: Ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: Rutherford man in kidnap hoax contacted witness Feds: Rutherford man in kidnap hoax contacted witness Feds: Rutherford man in kidnap hoax contacted witness
Feds: Rutherford man in kidnap hoax contacted witness SPECIAL REPORT: A Rutherford man accused of making a false kidnapping report to a U.S. Embassy of a woman whose Facebook profile he created violated the terms of his bail by going into the store of a boy who was victimized in the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. A hearing in U.S. District Court in Newark this afternoon was postponed until later this month as Fishman’s prosecutors seek to have a federal judge revoke the $50,000 bail of Andriy Mykhaylivskyy. Mykhaylivskyy — a Ukrainian immigrant who called himself “Andriy Haddad” — was 18 years old when he was arrested in August …

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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck businesswoman charged with scamming Veterans Administration out of $1.2M Teaneck businesswoman charged with scamming Veterans Administration out of $1.2M Teaneck businesswoman charged with scamming Veterans Administration out of $1.2M
Teaneck businesswoman charged with scamming Veterans Administration out of $1.2M YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Federal agents arrested a 54-year-old Teaneck businesswoman this morning on charges of obtaining $1.2 million in government contracts by falsely claiming that her company was owned by service-disabled military veterans. Miriam Friedman was due in federal court in Newark this afternoon in connection with a federal wire fraud complaint, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Friedman, who surrendered with her lawyer this morning to special agents from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of the Inspector General, owns and operates Office Dimensions Inc.,…

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