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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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Rockland man charged in sex slave trafficking of minor Rockland man charged in sex slave trafficking of minor Rockland man charged in sex slave trafficking of minor
Rockland man charged in sex slave trafficking of minor YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rockland County man forced an underage girl into sexual slavery, threatening to kill her family if she didn’t cooperate and taking her to New Jersey and Philadelphia, with the help of three other men, to turn tricks, federal authorities said today. Wilbur “Wilby” Senat, 23, of Haverstraw, was already in federal custody after FBI agents on charges of sex trafficking of a minor when the government announced this morning that two of his three alleged accomplices were due in U.S. District Court in Newark this afternoon. Those two — Karl “Dreadhead” Venord, 30, and 35…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Trial set in Englewood murder of rapper Kampane Trial set in Englewood murder of rapper Kampane Trial set in Englewood murder of rapper Kampane
Trial set in Englewood murder of rapper Kampane EXCLUSIVE: The man accused of murdering rapper Kampane, setting his body on fire in an empty Englewood house and then leaving the corpse in an SUV parked on a Paramus cul-de-sac will go to trial in January. Whether two people charged as accomplices will be tried with ex-con Randy K. Manning or separately remained an open question following a hearing in Hackensack yesterday. Natuchka Etienne and Delroy Clarke are both accused of helping Manning (above, left) try to conceal the killing of the rapper, whose real name was Rhian Stoute. Rhian “Kampane” Stout Prosecutors said Clarke (above,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Breaking News
Opinion: Why we need Dusty’s Law to protect guide dogs, handlers Opinion: Why we need Dusty’s Law to protect guide dogs, handlers Opinion: Why we need Dusty’s Law to protect guide dogs, handlers
Opinion: Why we need Dusty’s Law to protect guide dogs, handlers By Kirsten Eversen (Morristown Green) State laws protecting the rights of guide dogs and handlers vary, but few provide real protection, compensation, and lawful response. These attacks often receive limited response because animal control officers cannot assist immediately and do not work on nights or weekends. Skittles as a puppy. Photo courtesy of Kirsten Eversen (Morristown Green) If passed, Dusty’s Law would offer round-the-clock police protection for New Jersey’s guide dog teams who need immediate assistance. My family and I are “puppy raisers” for The Seeing Eye Inc. We have ra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Mahwah man charged in fatal heroin overdose wants statements to detective excluded Mahwah man charged in fatal heroin overdose wants statements to detective excluded Mahwah man charged in fatal heroin overdose wants statements to detective excluded
Mahwah man charged in fatal heroin overdose wants statements to detective excluded EXCLUSIVE REPORT: The lawyer for one of the first people charged in Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinell’s heroin enforcement initiative tried to convince a judge today to exclude statements made to investigators who accused him of putting what turned out to be a fatal dose of heroin into the hands of a 20-year-old Rockland County man. Uldis Mende, 21, is charged with getting the heroin in Paterson that caused the death of Harris Apfelbaum of Suffern last Oct. 2. Mende (above, left), a Latvian national who lives in Mahwah, was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury in March after bei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Lupica of Daily News blasts Christie for calling Jets reporter ‘idiot’ Lupica of Daily News blasts Christie for calling Jets reporter ‘idiot’ Lupica of Daily News blasts Christie for calling Jets reporter ‘idiot’
Lupica of Daily News blasts Christie for calling Jets reporter ‘idiot’ VIDEO: (via NJ.com) A day after Chris Christie verbally attacked one of their reporters while co-hosting a sports radio program, a New York City tabloid returned fire against the outspoken governor. The front page of today’s Daily News features a headline that reads, “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
North Bergen man charged with attempted sex assault of Fairview girl, 8 North Bergen man charged with attempted sex assault of Fairview girl, 8 North Bergen man charged with attempted sex assault of Fairview girl, 8
North Bergen man charged with attempted sex assault of Fairview girl, 8 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 32-year-old North Bergen man was being held on $200,000 bail in the attempted sexual assault of an 8-year-old Fairview girl. Abraham Anibol Chumil of 86th Street, was arrested yesterday by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Fairview Police. An investigation found that Chumil “engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct” with the girl sometime last week, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. Chumil, who is single and unemployed, knows the family, according to Molinelli. He is charged with second-degree attempted se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Federal agents arrest Rutherford man, 18, in Bulgarian kidnap hoax Federal agents arrest Rutherford man, 18, in Bulgarian kidnap hoax Federal agents arrest Rutherford man, 18, in Bulgarian kidnap hoax
Federal agents arrest Rutherford man, 18, in Bulgarian kidnap hoax YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 18-year-old Ukrainian man living in Rutherford created a fake online high school girl to establish a relationship with a New Jersey boy and then used him to help falsely report her kidnapping, prompting a massive search in Bulgaria, the government said today. Andriy Mykhaylivskyy — who calls himself “Andriy Haddad” — was arrested this morning by agents from the U.S. Department of State after admitting the hoax earlier this month, federal authorities said. Although investigators didn’t suggest a possible motive, they noted that Mykhaylivksy claimed the purported …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
East Rutherford girlfriend beating trial: not guilty East Rutherford girlfriend beating trial: not guilty East Rutherford girlfriend beating trial: not guilty
East Rutherford girlfriend beating trial: not guilty EXCLUSIVE: It took a jury less than half a day to find an East Rutherford man not guilty of beating and threatening to kill his former girlfriend this afternoon. The jury began deliberations just before noon today before announcing the acquittal of Chester J. Betts Jr., just after 3 p.m. Betts, 45, covered his face with his hands and sobbed quietly as they read the several “not guilty” findings. His attorney, public defender Ian Silvera, smiled patted him on the shoulder. Both left the courtroom without commenting. Prosecutors accused Betts of beating the woman so badly that he broke …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff police grab Paterson men with hundreds of pharmacy storage bins Wyckoff police grab Paterson men with hundreds of pharmacy storage bins Wyckoff police grab Paterson men with hundreds of pharmacy storage bins
Wyckoff police grab Paterson men with hundreds of pharmacy storage bins YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Wyckoff police said today that they’ve cracked the thefts of hundreds of plastic storage bins from various pharmacies with the arrests of two Paterson men, one of whom was picked up for the same offense three times in the past three months. Some of the bins began to spill out of the back of a rental truck Saturday night as Patrolman Peter Goodman saw the vehicle turn onto Godwin Avenue from the Boulder Run shopping center, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said this afternoon. The bins belong to the CVS Pharmacy in the shopping center, the chief said. “The theft of these…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn traffic stop turns up assortment of knives Fair Lawn traffic stop turns up assortment of knives Fair Lawn traffic stop turns up assortment of knives
Fair Lawn traffic stop turns up assortment of knives EXCLUSIVE: A busted brake light led to a motor vehicle stop and the discovery of several weapons, including a meat cleaver with electrical tape around the handle and two mini-baseball bats under the driver’s seat, Fair Lawn police said today. The motorist also was driving while on the suspended list, it turned out. Lt. James Corcoran stopped the 1994 Ford Explorer just over the Maple Avenue bridge just after noon on Saturday, Detective Sgt. Brian Metzler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. The driver, 42-year-old Marquette V. Henderson of Paterson, gave the officer bogus information, l…

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