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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Hackensack, NJ
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Prosecutors got ‘wrong man’ in Garfield florist partner’s murder, defense attorney says Prosecutors got ‘wrong man’ in Garfield florist partner’s murder, defense attorney says Prosecutors got ‘wrong man’ in Garfield florist partner’s murder, defense attorney says
Prosecutors got ‘wrong man’ in Garfield florist partner’s murder, defense attorney says YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Money was the motive for Ridgefield flower salesman Thomas Battinelli to shoot his business partner in the back of the head as he sat at his desk, reading the Bergen Record, in their Garfield shop, a prosecutor told jurors in Hackensack during opening arguments in the murder trial this morning. But Battinelli’s attorney insisted they got the wrong man — and pointed instead to one of their drivers. Over the course of four years, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Danielle Grootenboer said, Battinelli stole $75,000 from Michael A. Murphy before shooting his partner of …

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Paterson, NJ
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Mahwah officer finds morphine, oxy, cocaine in traffic stop Mahwah officer finds morphine, oxy, cocaine in traffic stop Mahwah officer finds morphine, oxy, cocaine in traffic stop
Mahwah officer finds morphine, oxy, cocaine in traffic stop ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A Mahwah police officer picked off a motorist traveling with morphine, oxycontin and cocaine in his car — and no valid New Jersey identification, Chief James Batelli said this morning. Officer Ryan Hill stopped 22-year-old Timothy James Murphy’s car after he saw it suddenly cut off another, the chief told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Murphy told Hill he’s been living in Dumont but was traveling between Suffern and Paterson for work, Batelli said. Another man in the car had no identification but said he was from Mount Vernon, N.Y., the chief said. Both men gave “inconsistent sto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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South Korean national who slashed Little Ferry man to be deported South Korean national who slashed Little Ferry man to be deported South Korean national who slashed Little Ferry man to be deported
South Korean national who slashed Little Ferry man to be deported ONLY ON CVP: A South Korean national who slashed another man with a knife in Little Ferry last June most likely will be deported once he is released from jail into federal custody next week, a judge in Hackensack said yesterday. The INS has placed a detainer on 39-year-old convicted felon Kwang Seo, who pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the attack in a Little Ferry apartment. In turn, prosecutors dropped a pair of weapons charges and an attempted assault count. Superior Court Judge James J. Guida agreed to sentence Seo to the time he’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Man who had sex with girl, 12, could get same number of years in prison Man who had sex with girl, 12, could get same number of years in prison Man who had sex with girl, 12, could get same number of years in prison
Man who had sex with girl, 12, could get same number of years in prison ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A judge in Hackensack today told a repeat sex offender who admitted statutorily raping a 12-year-old girl that he could sentence him to a dozen years in prison in a few months. Miguel Alexander Crespo, 35, will remain held in the Bergen County Jail until the July 19 sentencing. Meanwhile, authorities told CLIFFVIEW PILOT that they will continue trying to determine whether there were any more victims. Under a plea deal that Crespo accepted from prosecutors, “the recommended sentence is that you serve a state prison term of 12 years,” Superior Court Judge James J.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Police: Stevens grad student had cybersex exploits with Minnesota girl, 15 Police: Stevens grad student had cybersex exploits with Minnesota girl, 15 Police: Stevens grad student had cybersex exploits with Minnesota girl, 15
Police: Stevens grad student had cybersex exploits with Minnesota girl, 15 ONLY ON CVP: As a student in one of the hottest graduate programs for data analysis and business intelligence in the country, Daniel Byron Derringer was on track for a six-figure job — until police arrested him at his parents’ Union City home and charged him with coercing a 15-year-old Minnesota girl into posing naked on a webcam, among other sexual offenses. Posing as another girl of the same age, the Stevens Tech student “convinced the victim to take her top off and expose her breasts in front of her webcam” while recording it, state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said this afternoon. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Bergenfield suspended driver jailed on warrants out of four towns Bergenfield suspended driver jailed on warrants out of four towns Bergenfield suspended driver jailed on warrants out of four towns
Bergenfield suspended driver jailed on warrants out of four towns ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A weekend argument brought Bergenfield police to a home where they said they found a man who was wanted on warrants out of four towns — all for not showing up for court after he was caught driving while on the suspended list. Records show Christopher R. McElroy, 46, was being held in the Bergen County Jail until he can make good on at least part of his arrears after he failed to pay: $1,033 to Teaneck (Feb. 6); $1,033 to Dumont (Aug. 14, 2012); $600 to Bergenfield (Feb. 27, 2012); $350 to River Vale (March 19, 2012) The Bergen County Sheriff’s Department also had a wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Ex-Ramsey police officer guilty of one count, innocent of other in child sex trial Ex-Ramsey police officer guilty of one count, innocent of other in child sex trial Ex-Ramsey police officer guilty of one count, innocent of other in child sex trial
Ex-Ramsey police officer guilty of one count, innocent of other in child sex trial Jurors in the child sex abuse trial of former Ramsey police officer Jeffrey Kimmel split their verdict this afternoon, finding him innocent of the more serious charge of child sexual abuse but guilty of child endangerment through sexual conduct. Kimmel family members sobbed quietly, with some exclaiming, “Thank God” when the verdict of not guilty to the first count of sexually assaulting a then-6-year-old girl was read. They showed little reaction when the second was announced. “The family is disappointed,” defense attorney Craig Swenson told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “Jeff is disappointed.  They’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Authorities seek hit and run killer of Lodi waiter, avid reader in Hasbrouck Heights Authorities seek hit and run killer of Lodi waiter, avid reader in Hasbrouck Heights Authorities seek hit and run killer of Lodi waiter, avid reader in Hasbrouck Heights
Authorities seek hit and run killer of Lodi waiter, avid reader in Hasbrouck Heights HOW YOU CAN HELP: Authorities are hoping the public can help find a hit-and-run driver who killed a 31-year-old waiter and avid reader from Lodi in Hasbrouck Heights over the weekend. “Live your life, live your life, live your life,” wrote 31-year-old Vladimir Artavia, who was killed sometime between 2:15 and 3 a.m. Saturday. Hasbrouck Heights police, responding to several 911 calls, found his body in the eastbound lane of Williams Avenue near Louis Street, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said today.. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Born in Cosa Rica, Artavia worked as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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3 Lyndhurst family members charged in mortgage scam 3 Lyndhurst family members charged in mortgage scam 3 Lyndhurst family members charged in mortgage scam
3 Lyndhurst family members charged in mortgage scam YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Three men from the same Lyndhurst family were arrested and charged by Bergen County authorities with scamming homeowners trying to modify their mortgages, sending some of them into foreclosure. Adan R. Cueva, a former mortgage loan professional, ran the year-long scam — along with his father and brother — out of Time Consulting & Associates on Ridge Road, promising to reduce callers’ mortgage payments and lower their interest rates to 2%, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said early this afternoon. Time Consulting charged from $3,500 to $5,000, most ti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Parts of Hackensack, Maywood, Teaneck lose power Parts of Hackensack, Maywood, Teaneck lose power Parts of Hackensack, Maywood, Teaneck lose power
Parts of Hackensack, Maywood, Teaneck lose power ALERT: PSE&G said it’s trying to determine what knocked power out to nearly 2,000 customeres in Hackensack, Maywood and Teaneck this morning. Power was returned just before 10:30 following the “circuit lockout,” a utility representative told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. “We’re still trying to determine where and why it happened,” she said. PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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