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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Lyndhurst, NJ
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NJ correction officer gets 5 years for scaring prostitutes into free sex NJ correction officer gets 5 years for scaring prostitutes into free sex NJ correction officer gets 5 years for scaring prostitutes into free sex
NJ correction officer gets 5 years for scaring prostitutes into free sex YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A New Jersey State correction officer must serve at least two years in prison for posing as a police officer in order to coerce four prostitutes into having free or cut-rate sex with him, following his sentencing this morning. Under an agreement with the state, Juan R. Stevens pleaded guilty to official misconduct in return for prosecutors’ recommendation that he be sentenced to five years in prison — including two before he’s eligible for parole. They also dropped several charges against him. Stevens, 51, of Burlington Township, also forfeits his state job and is …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Bogus utility workers take $11,000 in cash, jewelry, sports treasures from elderly Elmwood Park couple Bogus utility workers take $11,000 in cash, jewelry, sports treasures from elderly Elmwood Park couple Bogus utility workers take $11,000 in cash, jewelry, sports treasures from elderly Elmwood Park couple
Bogus utility workers take $11,000 in cash, jewelry, sports treasures from elderly Elmwood Park couple YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Elmwood Park couple in their 80s had more than $11,000 in cash, jewelry and memorabilia stolen by a pair of con men who got into their home yesterday by pretending to be utility workers. The men came to the Beech Street couple’s door just after 2 p.m. saying that they needed to check the water pressure. The high number of water-main breaks due to recent frigid temperatures gave them a perfect cover for a diversion theft, authorities said. One of the thieves also wore some type of identification card around his neck to trick the couple, Elmwood Park Detective Cap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Missing Wayne woman, Garfield man believed spotted Missing Wayne woman, Garfield man believed spotted Missing Wayne woman, Garfield man believed spotted
Missing Wayne woman, Garfield man believed spotted HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? A woman in Burlington County told police that she gave a man and woman fitting the description of a missing North Jersey couple a ride yesterday, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. UPDATE (Jan. 19): The bodies of a New Jersey couple whose families reported them missing last month have been found in a car in the Wayne garage of the woman’s mother, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. READ MORE …. The woman told police she picked up a couple resembling Melissa A. Pereira, 25, of Wayne and 24-year-old Jorge E. Rodriguez of Garfield on Route 12 and took them to the Hu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Driver in Fair Lawn police chase, crash is ex-con just out of prison Driver in Fair Lawn police chase, crash is ex-con just out of prison Driver in Fair Lawn police chase, crash is ex-con just out of prison
Driver in Fair Lawn police chase, crash is ex-con just out of prison YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a stolen car that crashed in Paramus after he authorities said he fled police in Fair Lawn is a 54-year-old career criminal released from state prison three months ago, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. As CLIFFVIEW PILOT first reported late Tuesday afternoon, Frank Pierro served three years in connection with a pair of 2010 burglaries, one of them in Mahwah and the other in Somerset County. Today’s chase began around 3:50 p.m. on Route 4 west after Detective Sgt.Tim O’Shaughnessy and Detective Paul Donohue got a hit on the vehicle’s license plate as stole…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah restaurant employee charged with sexually assaulting co-worker Mahwah restaurant employee charged with sexually assaulting co-worker Mahwah restaurant employee charged with sexually assaulting co-worker
Mahwah restaurant employee charged with sexually assaulting co-worker YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An employee at the River Palm Terrace in Mahwah was being held on $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest on charges of groping a co-worker. The 34-year-old woman told police that Isaac Jacome, a 44-year-old Mexican national from Suffern, asked her for a ride home Sunday night, then “put his hand over her mouth, uttered an apology and then began to grope her,” Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. She said she “yelled at him to stop but he continued and tried to kiss her” and then “tried to remove her pants and s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Girl, 8, in sex-assault trial says Fox TV reporter didn’t molest her Girl, 8, in sex-assault trial says Fox TV reporter didn’t molest her Girl, 8, in sex-assault trial says Fox TV reporter didn’t molest her
Girl, 8, in sex-assault trial says Fox TV reporter didn’t molest her UPDATE: Showing considerable composure, an 8-year-old girl testified in Hackensack today that former FOX 5 reporter Charles Leaf never touched her and that molestation allegations she made to a therapist years ago were fed to her by her nanny, whom she called “Weronika.” “Did anybody ever touch your private parts?” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kenneth Ralph asked the younster, the prosecution’s first witness in Leaf’s sex assault trial, which opened this morning. “No,” the girl replied. “If they did, would you tell us?” he asked. “Yes,” she said firmly. “Weronika told me to sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Guatemalan native from Fairview gets 8 years in sexual assault of girl Guatemalan native from Fairview gets 8 years in sexual assault of girl Guatemalan native from Fairview gets 8 years in sexual assault of girl
Guatemalan native from Fairview gets 8 years in sexual assault of girl EXCLUSIVE: A Guatemalan native from Fairview is going to state prison for nearly 81½ months for sexually assaulting the daughter of a family associate when she was between 9 and 10. Although a permanant legal U.S. resident, Jose Juarez-Roca isn’t an American citizen, so he will be deported once he completes his sentence, Superior Court Edward A. Jerejian said yesterday in Hackensack. “Have you had a chance to consult with an immigration attorney, and are you prepared to plead guilty, knowing you risk deportation?” the judge asked him. Juarez-Roca, through an interpreter, said he did and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Rutherford man sentenced for trying to pay $10,000 to have drug, weapons charges dropped Rutherford man sentenced for trying to pay $10,000 to have drug, weapons charges dropped Rutherford man sentenced for trying to pay $10,000 to have drug, weapons charges dropped
Rutherford man sentenced for trying to pay $10,000 to have drug, weapons charges dropped A Rutherford man was sentenced this morning to three months in federal prison, followed by three months of home confinement with electronic monitoring, for trying to pay someone at the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office $10,000 to have criminal charges dropped against him. Mahmud Hammad, 37, was arrested in May 2012 on drug and weapons possession charges during a Woodland Park Police “Click It or Ticket” checkpoint aimed at catching people not wearing their seatbelts. While asking for credentials, an officer smelled marijuana inside Hammad’s 2008 Infiniti SUV, police said at the time. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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9/11 scammers with ‘Memorial Truck’ admit conning donors 9/11 scammers with ‘Memorial Truck’ admit conning donors 9/11 scammers with ‘Memorial Truck’ admit conning donors
9/11 scammers with ‘Memorial Truck’ admit conning donors YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two convicted scammers who claimed to support families of emergency responders killed on 9/11 — and conned Gov. Christie into posing for a photo with them — today admitting stealing more than $120,000 in donations. Mark Niemczyk, 67, of Tinton Falls, and Thomas Scalgione, 41, of Manahawkin, collected the money selling t-shirts and soliciting donations at 9/11 events while driving around in a truck painted with the Twin Towers and the names of police and firefighters who died at Ground Zero. Each pleaded guilty today in Toms River to a charge of third-degree theft b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Lawyer: Lower bail justified for Englewood woman charged with beating mother-in-law, 82 Lawyer: Lower bail justified for Englewood woman charged with beating mother-in-law, 82 Lawyer: Lower bail justified for Englewood woman charged with beating mother-in-law, 82
Lawyer: Lower bail justified for Englewood woman charged with beating mother-in-law, 82 EXCLUSIVE: The attorney for an Englewood woman charged with severely beating her elderly mother-in-law told a judge in Hackensack today that he can prove that a “substantial reduction” in her $125,000 bail is justified. Mary Tene, 54, wasn’t the only one present when the 82-year-old victim lost several teeth and sustained a concussion, attorney Aaron Miller said: Tene’s husband, Jimmy Miller, was indicted on the same charges based on evidence later presented to a grand jury. Miller was originally charged with lesser offenses, which the grand jury upgraded a little over a month ago after h…

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