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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Mortgage fraud gets former Mariner’s Bank CEO from Englewood Cliffs 1 year in federal prison Mortgage fraud gets former Mariner’s Bank CEO from Englewood Cliffs 1 year in federal prison Mortgage fraud gets former Mariner’s Bank CEO from Englewood Cliffs 1 year in federal prison
Mortgage fraud gets former Mariner’s Bank CEO from Englewood Cliffs 1 year in federal prison ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A former mortgage broker from Englewood Cliffs who was once the CEO of Mariner’s Bank was sentenced today to a year in federal prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud in order to secure a $1.48 million residential real estate loan for a local car dealer. CLIFFVIEW PILOT first reported the arrest by FBI agents of James Cockinos, 58, the owner/president of Federated Mortgage Company of America in Edgewater, who inn April today pleaded guilty to a charge that exposed him to several years in federal prison and up to $1 million in fines. In addition to the prison term, U.…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Dozen children overcome by chlorine at Bergen Y in Washington Township Dozen children overcome by chlorine at Bergen Y in Washington Township Dozen children overcome by chlorine at Bergen Y in Washington Township
Dozen children overcome by chlorine at Bergen Y in Washington Township UPDATE: A dozen children and three adults were taken to area hospitals after they were exposed to excessive chlorine levels at the Bergen County YJCC in Washington Township this afternoon, authorities confirmed tonight. The incident at the Pascack Road center began around 3:15 this afternoon. Ambulances from Hillsdale, Ridgewood, Tri-Boro, Closter, Hackensack North, and Valley Hospital responded, along with Washington Township police and firefighters and a hazardous materials crews from Bergen County and Paramus, a news release issued by township police tonight said. Those stricken were…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Former Salomon secretary from Wallington gets 54 months for stealing $1.3 million Former Salomon secretary from Wallington gets 54 months for stealing $1.3 million Former Salomon secretary from Wallington gets 54 months for stealing $1.3 million
Former Salomon secretary from Wallington gets 54 months for stealing $1.3 million YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wallington woman who worked for Citibank was sentenced today to 54 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1.3 million from he 99-year-old former Wall Street banker and son of the founder of Salomon Brothers, then using the money for a Mercedes, a Range Rover and $45,000 in vacation cruises, among other purchases. U.S. District Judge William J. Martini also sentenced Karen Febles to three years of supervised release and ordered forfeiture and restitution of $1,154,911. She was also ordered to surrender $38,000 in cash that she’d put toward her bail. Febl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Former reality TV star Flo Kaja used another’s ID to get Percoset, Tenafly police say Former reality TV star Flo Kaja used another’s ID to get Percoset, Tenafly police say Former reality TV star Flo Kaja used another’s ID to get Percoset, Tenafly police say
Former reality TV star Flo Kaja used another’s ID to get Percoset, Tenafly police say YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Florina “Flo” Kaja apparently thought she might catch a break when she told two Tenafly police officers investigating her for prescription fraud that she was once the star of the “Bad Girls Club” reality show – only the hospital bracelet she’d just used to order more than a dozen Percoset from a local CVS pharmacy had another woman’s name on it, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Persistence by Tenafly Officers Jason Heese and Sean Gaffney, who were summoned by a CVS customer concerned by the behavior of Kaja and a friend who was with her, led to the arrests of both women.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Port Authority: Hackensack man at airport had $23,000 in counterfeit bills Port Authority: Hackensack man at airport had $23,000 in counterfeit bills Port Authority: Hackensack man at airport had $23,000 in counterfeit bills
Port Authority: Hackensack man at airport had $23,000 in counterfeit bills It was his 34th birthday as Fred Moloche of Hackensack strode through JFK Airport after arriving from Peru — with $23,000 in counterfeit hundred-dollar bills in his luggage, authorities said. Moloche, who lives just off Route 80 on West Franklin Street, was held by a TSA agent who alerted Port Authority police. They took him into custody and notified the U.S. Secret Service, which verified that the bills were bogus, Joseph Pentangelo of the Port Authority said. Moloche was being held on $10,000 bail pending an Aug. 6 court hearing on first-degree forgery charges.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Fingerprint leads to arrest in Saddle River burglary, car theft Fingerprint leads to arrest in Saddle River burglary, car theft Fingerprint leads to arrest in Saddle River burglary, car theft
Fingerprint leads to arrest in Saddle River burglary, car theft YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Thanks to a fingerprint lifted from a burglarized home where a high-end car was stolen, Saddle River police tracked down a suspect in the break-in. The fingerprint was taken by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and entered into a national database after a Mill Road resident called police about the June 7 burglary and theft of the vehicle, Saddle River Police Lt. John Gaffney said. Within hours, police in Brooklyn’s 79th Precinct recovered the car, which had been used in another burglary. Then, on July 3, police in the 44th Precinct in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen County Police get 20 stun guns: Good move? Bergen County Police get 20 stun guns: Good move? Bergen County Police get 20 stun guns: Good move?
Bergen County Police get 20 stun guns: Good move? SPECIAL REPORT: Two dozen Bergen County Police officers have been trained to use 20 Tasers that the agency bought as alternatives to deadly force, a spokesman for County Executive Kathleen Donovan announced today. In addition for use by its SWAT team, county police “will be offering this as a service to other municipalities in situations where this might be an alternative to deadly force,” said the spokesman, John Gil. Local officers would have to undergo the same training, which includes instruction on recognizing mental illness and dealing with emotionally disturbed people. The New Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Former ‘Bad Girls Club’ reality TV star busted for prescription fraud in Tenafly Former ‘Bad Girls Club’ reality TV star busted for prescription fraud in Tenafly Former ‘Bad Girls Club’ reality TV star busted for prescription fraud in Tenafly
Former ‘Bad Girls Club’ reality TV star busted for prescription fraud in Tenafly YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A day before two other reality-show celebrities were indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark, a former star of the Oxygen show “Bad Girls Club” was busted by Tenafly police for prescription fraud. Florina “Flo” Kaja, 30, checked herself in to Englewood Medical Center under a different name on Saturday and then tried to use her hospital bracelet to fill a prescription at a CVS in Tenafly the next morning, police said today. Billed as the first Albanian Muslim woman on reality TV and an outspoken advocate of LGBT rights, the “bisexual party girl” quickly posted $1…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Wyckoff boy, 16, caught with $10,000 worth of Oxy Wyckoff boy, 16, caught with $10,000 worth of Oxy Wyckoff boy, 16, caught with $10,000 worth of Oxy
Wyckoff boy, 16, caught with $10,000 worth of Oxy YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Wyckoff police officer interrupted a drug deal on the ballfield of a local school caught a 16-year-old boy with $10,000 worth of Oxycodone, Chief Benjamin Fox said today. Patrolman Kyle Ferreira became suspicious of the teen and aother boy, then saw them make an exchange, Fox said. As he approached, both took off. Ferreria chased down the 16-year-old, who the chief said is from Wyckoff. He was carrying 315 Oxycodone pills in does ranging from 5mg to 80 mg. Juvenile complaints were signed against the teen that are the adult criminal equivalent of drug posses…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
3 attempted murder charges against man in Hackensack shootout 3 attempted murder charges against man in Hackensack shootout 3 attempted murder charges against man in Hackensack shootout
3 attempted murder charges against man in Hackensack shootout UPDATE: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced today that the man who he said fired point-blank at police and was then shot himself has been charged with three counts of attempted murder on a police officer. Robert Leonardis, 22, remains in a coma at Hackensack University Medical Center, in the custody of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office. His bail is $1.5 million. In addition to the attempted murder charges, Leonardis is charged with various weapons offenses in connection with the illegal .45-caliber handgun he used in the shootout, the prosecutor said. For the full acco…

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