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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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Hudson corrections officer charged in Ridgefield Park DWI crashes Hudson corrections officer charged in Ridgefield Park DWI crashes Hudson corrections officer charged in Ridgefield Park DWI crashes
Hudson corrections officer charged in Ridgefield Park DWI crashes EXCLUSIVE: A Hudson County corrections officer was charged with DWI after his car struck two other vehicles in Ridgefield Park, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Police who responded to a call outside the Scott Court complex just before 1 a.m. on Saturday found 40-year-old Thomas Caraccio near his Nissan and two parked cars that had been side-swiped, a report says. After failing a field sobriety exam, he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and taken to headquarters, where he failed a breath test, as well, the Ridgefield Park police report says. Police charged Caraccio with DWI and iss…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Ex-Ramsey police officer denied new trial in child sex case Ex-Ramsey police officer denied new trial in child sex case Ex-Ramsey police officer denied new trial in child sex case
Ex-Ramsey police officer denied new trial in child sex case YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack today denied the request of a former Ramsey police officer cleared of more serious charges in a child sex trial earlier this year for a new trial on his conviction of a lesser count. Jeffrey Kimmel was to have been sentenced last Friday. But Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma temporarily postponed the sentencing hearing while he decided on the former officer’s request. After issuing his ruling late this morning, the judge set a July 12 sentencing date. Roma rejected defense attorney Craig Swenson’s argument that Kimmel could not be guilty …

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Hackensack, NJ
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Federal judge dismisses suit by slain mobster’s family against Mordaga Federal judge dismisses suit by slain mobster’s family against Mordaga Federal judge dismisses suit by slain mobster’s family against Mordaga
Federal judge dismisses suit by slain mobster’s family against Mordaga UPDATE: A federal judge has put an end to an attempt by the family of a reputed organized-crime associate from Tenafly to put blame for the unsolved mob-style hit on him on Michael Mordaga, the former chief of detectives for Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. CLIFFVIEW PILOT was the first to report when U.S. District Court Judge Faith Hochberg dismissed the portion of the lawsuit filed by the heirs of Frank P. Lagano that named Molinelli’s office: READ MORE…. Hochberg yesterday dismissed the rest of the complaint, which claimed that Mordaga blew the 71-year-old Lagano’s cover as …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
North Arlington man charged with molesting two girls, 12, 13 North Arlington man charged with molesting two girls, 12, 13 North Arlington man charged with molesting two girls, 12, 13
North Arlington man charged with molesting two girls, 12, 13 YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A North Arlington man was arrested on charges of molesting two underaged girls – one 12 and the other 13 – after one of them told her mother, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this morning. Richard G. Grossy, a married, 39-year-old recyclying company worker, was being held on $250,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual contact, child endangerment and promoting obscene material, among other counts. Grossy was arrested at his High Street home yesterday by North Arlington police and members of Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office…

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Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Nine graduation partiers busted on the Palisades Nine graduation partiers busted on the Palisades Nine graduation partiers busted on the Palisades
Nine graduation partiers busted on the Palisades YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Nine people from Pearl River were taken into custody by Palisades Interstate Parkway police after they were caught celebrating graduation with pot and booze past the safety barriers at the Rockefeller Lookout overnight. Five adults received summonses and four juveniles were issued complaints and released to their parents after Officer Joseph Villone found them around 2 a.m., Acting Chief Michael Coppola said this morning. Villone first discovered a vehicle with pot in plain view at the Englewood Cliffs lookout off the Palisades Interstate Parkway, Coppola said. M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutor: Palisades Park man, 40, had sex with New Milford teen Prosecutor: Palisades Park man, 40, had sex with New Milford teen Prosecutor: Palisades Park man, 40, had sex with New Milford teen
Prosecutor: Palisades Park man, 40, had sex with New Milford teen A 40-year-old Palisades Park man who last fall participated in the town’s National Night Out against crime held a secret crime of his own, prosecutors said today: He’d been sleeping with a New Milford girl beginning when she was 14. The three-year relationship was discovered by a staffer at New Milford High School, who called local police, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Police and detectives from Molinelli’s Special Victims’s Unit arrested Leo Lopiccolo today and charged him with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment. Lopiccolo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Fort Lee police: NYC real estate agent hit cyclist, took off Fort Lee police: NYC real estate agent hit cyclist, took off Fort Lee police: NYC real estate agent hit cyclist, took off
Fort Lee police: NYC real estate agent hit cyclist, took off YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fort Lee police hunted down and charged an East Harlem real estate agent who lives just off Columbus Avenue with hitting a bicyclist on Lemoine Avenue with his Chevy Tahoe and then taking off. Lee Williams was behind the wheel of the white, 2003 model truck when it pulled out of the Moori Bank driveway on Main Street and struck the victim on the sidewalk around 3:30 last Wednesday, Fort Lee Police Chief Keith Bendul said this afternoon. The cyclist was taken to Holy Name Hospital with injuries that Bendul said weren’t life-threatening. Williams took off, but witn…

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Hackensack ‘James Bond Gang’ successor gets 4 years for Connecticut safe robbery Hackensack ‘James Bond Gang’ successor gets 4 years for Connecticut safe robbery Hackensack ‘James Bond Gang’ successor gets 4 years for Connecticut safe robbery
Hackensack ‘James Bond Gang’ successor gets 4 years for Connecticut safe robbery EXCLUSIVE: The last purported leader of what was once the infamous James Bond Gang of burglars agreed to spend four years in prison without parole today in exchange for admitting  his role in the theft of a safe from a Connecticut home that police found them trying to crack open in an Englewood garage. Today’s guilty plea isn’t all for Akeem “Light” Boone, however: The Hackensack ex-con still faces charges in at least two other cases – one in Bergen County and the other in Sussex – that could keep him behind bars much longer. One of his co-defendants, Jamie Singletary, also took a plea in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Broken ribs, brain damage lead to charges against former Fort Lee man in infant son’s death Broken ribs, brain damage lead to charges against former Fort Lee man in infant son’s death Broken ribs, brain damage lead to charges against former Fort Lee man in infant son’s death
Broken ribs, brain damage lead to charges against former Fort Lee man in infant son’s death YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A former Fort Lee man broke three of his infant son’s ribs and damaged his brain, causing the 10-week-old boy’s death last year, Bergen County Prosecutor John L Molinelli said this morning, officially confirming the arrest of a 32-year-old Michael Marrara Jr. Family members at the time said that little Andrew Jeremy Marrara died of SIDS on March 26, 2012. Marrara posted this photo on Facebook of his arm on Father’s Day this past Sunday However, as CLIFFVIEW PILOT exclusively reported, detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office arrested Marrara and char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian struck on Route 4 in Paramus dies Pedestrian struck on Route 4 in Paramus dies Pedestrian struck on Route 4 in Paramus dies
Pedestrian struck on Route 4 in Paramus dies YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 63-year-old man struck by an SUV on Route 4 east in Paramus as he apparently tried to cross the highway last night was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center just before 9:30. No charges have been filed against the driver, but the investigation was continuing, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said this morning. William Platt was in the center lane of the highway, just east of Forest Avenue, when he was struck by a 2008 Jeep Patriot, Ehrenberg said. Emergency workers immediately began CPR, to no avail. Route 4 eastbound was closed during…

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