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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Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Lodi child porn trafficker gets more than 24 years in federal prison Lodi child porn trafficker gets more than 24 years in federal prison Lodi child porn trafficker gets more than 24 years in federal prison
Lodi child porn trafficker gets more than 24 years in federal prison YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Lodi man convicted of for amassing and sharing an extensive photo and video collection of children being sexually abused was sentenced today to more than 24 years in federal prison. Martin Villalobos, 41, was found guilty in January of two counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography following a one-week trial. U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler, who presided over the trial, had a range of from five to 20 years — with a mandatory 10 years on the possession count — in s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Moonachie man, 21, had sex with girl, 15, authorities charge Moonachie man, 21, had sex with girl, 15, authorities charge Moonachie man, 21, had sex with girl, 15, authorities charge
Moonachie man, 21, had sex with girl, 15, authorities charge YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Detectives from Moonachie and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit arrested a 21-year-old borough man on charges of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Klever Duta Asitimbay of Euclid Avenue was arrested after one of the girl’s parents contacted them — and they, in turn, alerted his office, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said this afternoon. Asitimbay — who is single and works for a frozen food delivery company in Wood-Ridge — was being held on $50,000 cash bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with sexual assault. He has a first appe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn man robbed, forced into sex, by Mahwah teens Fair Lawn man robbed, forced into sex, by Mahwah teens Fair Lawn man robbed, forced into sex, by Mahwah teens
Fair Lawn man robbed, forced into sex, by Mahwah teens YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 20-year-old Fair Lawn man told police he was robbed, forced into sex and left at the Mahwah train station by two teens he met earlier that night. Based upon his description of both suspects, Mahwah police went to their homes. But Police Chief James Batelli said their “parents/guardians refused to let them be interviewed.” The chief said his officers believe they’ve identified the residence where one of the alleged sexual assaults took and “located corroborating physical evidence to confirm that.” The purported victim said he took a train from Manhattan to Secau…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Breaking News
Allendale landlord found with illegal weapons, ammo, explosives pleads guilty to threatening tenant Allendale landlord found with illegal weapons, ammo, explosives pleads guilty to threatening tenant Allendale landlord found with illegal weapons, ammo, explosives pleads guilty to threatening tenant
Allendale landlord found with illegal weapons, ammo, explosives pleads guilty to threatening tenant YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Allendale landlord found with a cache of weapons, ammo and explosives admitted today that he threatened his tenant with a handgun. Sentencing was scheduled for Donald Scott for July 26. Under his plea agreement, Superior Court Judge Patrick J. Roma is expected to sentence him to five years in prison — three of which must be served before he is eligible for parole. The Bergen County Police SWAT team was called to Scott’s West Crescent Avenue house after the tenant said Scott pointed a gun at him during a dispute on the back patio last summer. Authorities sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Paramus mall shoplifting suspect whacks officer in head Paramus mall shoplifting suspect whacks officer in head Paramus mall shoplifting suspect whacks officer in head
Paramus mall shoplifting suspect whacks officer in head YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One of two accused shoplifters hit a Paramus police officer in the head before he and his alleged accomplice were grabbed by officers, authorities said this afternoon. Officer Keith Bland spotted 26-year-old Kemar D. Bogle of East Orange in a Route 4 mall parking lot while responding to the theft call of cologne and men’s clothes on Saturday. As Bland began taking him into custody, Bogle (above, left) hit him in the head with his arm, Detective Capt. Robert M. Guidetti said. Detective Thomas Schroeder, hearing Bogle’s description over his police radio, spotted hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Breaking News
High-end car thieves case Closter neighborhood, find key, take BMW High-end car thieves case Closter neighborhood, find key, take BMW High-end car thieves case Closter neighborhood, find key, take BMW
High-end car thieves case Closter neighborhood, find key, take BMW YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 2012 BMW was swiped from a Closter garage entered after whoever was responsible found the garage-door opener in a Mercedes parked in the driveway, police investigating the case said this morning. The owner told police the $90,-000 BMW 740iL sedan was taken sometime between 11 o’clock Saturday night and 6 a.m. Sunday after the thief or thieves went through the glove box and center console of an unlocked black Mercedes Benz C30 outside the garage and found the opener. Once in the Homans Avenue garage, whoever was responsible first searched a BMW X5 before finding a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Teaneck rabbi in teen sex trial has stroke, ‘not likely to recover’ Teaneck rabbi in teen sex trial has stroke, ‘not likely to recover’ Teaneck rabbi in teen sex trial has stroke, ‘not likely to recover’
Teaneck rabbi in teen sex trial has stroke, ‘not likely to recover’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A stroke suffered by Teaneck rabbi Uzi Rivlin has put him in the intensive care unit and all but ended his trial on charges of molesting two 13-year-old Israeli boys staying with him as part of a scholarship program. “Rabbi Rivlin is in the intensive care unit, and cannot walk or speak,” Superior Court Judge Patrick Roma said, reading from a letter written by Rivlin’s treating physician. Defense attorney Howard Simmons told the judge that Rivlin, 66, is in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck. Assistant Bergen Count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Pedestrian struck on rainy Fair Lawn street Pedestrian struck on rainy Fair Lawn street Pedestrian struck on rainy Fair Lawn street
Pedestrian struck on rainy Fair Lawn street YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A woman crossing Fair Lawn Avenue this morning was hospitalized with injuries that didn’t appear life-threatening. The driver of the Subaru SUV that hit her around 8:10 a.m. apparently was making a left off Pollitt Drive in a light rain. The 66-year-old Fair Lawn woman was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. No summonses were immediately issued to the driver, a 53-year-old Fair Lawn women. Police, however, said an investigation was continuing. The incident comes just as the Fair Lawn Police Department has begun a Pedestrian Safety Initiative,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Disturbance at Sikh temple brings large police response Disturbance at Sikh temple brings large police response Disturbance at Sikh temple brings large police response
Disturbance at Sikh temple brings large police response YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A disturbance inside a Sikh temple in Glen Rock during Sunday afternoon brought a massive response of uniformed officers from several area police agencies. No injuries were reported, nor was anyone arrested or detained. However, authorities asked all attending to leave the property of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Temple to avoid any potential escalation. Among the agencies responding today were the Bergen County Police Department and police from Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Paramus, Ridgewood, Waldwick and Hawthorne. The incident harkened to an episode 3½ years ago a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Man killed, elderly mother hospitalized, guns, explosives found in Bergenfield house fire Man killed, elderly mother hospitalized, guns, explosives found in Bergenfield house fire Man killed, elderly mother hospitalized, guns, explosives found in Bergenfield house fire
Man killed, elderly mother hospitalized, guns, explosives found in Bergenfield house fire YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man was killed and his 91-year-old mother hospitalized early this morning by a four-alarm fire in Bergenfield where emergency workers found guns, gunpowder and explosive devices in the basement, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon. James Taylor, 58, was killed in the fire, which Molinelli said was ruled accidental. His mother, Frances Taylor, was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck. Molinelli said what was found in the basement apparently didn’t contribute to the blaze, which broke out on Luke Avenue around 7:…

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