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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Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
What wasn’t reported about the death of Ashley Riggitano What wasn’t reported about the death of Ashley Riggitano What wasn’t reported about the death of Ashley Riggitano
What wasn’t reported about the death of Ashley Riggitano YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Reports of the suicide of a young jewelry designer from Paramus from the George Washington Bridge yesterday missed another sad fact: It was her birthday. Ashley Riggitano, who turned 22 yesterday, went over the span on the northbound side of the upper level just before dusk, leaving behind a long note citing five people who she said wronged her — as igniting a stream of stories that are likely to continue for awhile. Riggitano recently was graduated from the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in Manhattan and had just come back from a trip south. She also atte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park arrest in Saddle Brook Wal-Mart theft Elmwood Park arrest in Saddle Brook Wal-Mart theft Elmwood Park arrest in Saddle Brook Wal-Mart theft
Elmwood Park arrest in Saddle Brook Wal-Mart theft ONLY ON CVP: A quick call from a Wal-Mart security guard followed by an immediate alert from Saddle Brook police led to an arrest in Elmwood Park in the theft of a $200 cellphone. An Elmwood Park police officer stopped 24-year-old Rodney Gonzalez’s car on Van Riper Avenue just before 7:30 last night, moments after he pushed past a Wal-Mart security guard and took off on Route 46 West, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Saddle Brook Sgt. Tony Maneri showed up with the security guard, who identified Gonzalez as the thief, Kugler said. Gonzalez was released witho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Accuser in Mendeecees Harris teen sex trial: ‘I didn’t know he was on TV’ Accuser in Mendeecees Harris teen sex trial: ‘I didn’t know he was on TV’ Accuser in Mendeecees Harris teen sex trial: ‘I didn’t know he was on TV’
Accuser in Mendeecees Harris teen sex trial: ‘I didn’t know he was on TV’ EXCLUSIVE: Meticulous and detailed questioning by defense attorney Brian Neary this morning didn’t shake a woman in the Mendeecees Harris sex trial from her steadfast insistence that the “Love & Hip Hop” star forced her into sex for money when she was only 15. BREAKING NEWS: Jurors in Hackensack this afternoon acquitted VH1 “Love & Hip Hop” star Mendeecees Harris of sexually assaulting a teenager by coercing her with money and other manipulation in his Lodi home when she was 15. READ  MORE…. “Mister,” she said to Neary, “this incident occurred 4 years ago. I don’t remember when …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Feds arrest former Mariner’s Bank CEO in mortgage fraud Feds arrest former Mariner’s Bank CEO in mortgage fraud Feds arrest former Mariner’s Bank CEO in mortgage fraud
Feds arrest former Mariner’s Bank CEO in mortgage fraud ANOTHER CVP SCOOP: A former mortgage broker from Englewood Cliffs who was once the CEO of Mariner’s Bank was arrested by federal agents this morning on charges of fraudulently securing a $1.5 million commercial real estate loan for a local car dealer. James Cockinos, the owner/president of Federated Mortgage Company of America in Edgewater, temporarily slipped $350,000 into the bank account of the car dealer’s wife to help her husband secure a $1.5 million federal loan to buy property in Englewood Cliffs, an FBI complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark alleges. Cuckinos, who abr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Breaking News
Rutherford police arrest ex-con in burglary video Rutherford police arrest ex-con in burglary video Rutherford police arrest ex-con in burglary video
Rutherford police arrest ex-con in burglary video YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Goes to show the value of surveillance cameras: In no time, Rutherford police caught a man they said was in the middle of a burglary when he was interrupted by the homeowners. A surveillance video shows Deran Scott Stenborg carrying a book as he rang the bell and knocked on the front door of the home just before 2 o’clock Monday. After getting no response, he tried the doorknob, then walked around to the back, where he forced open the rear door with his hip. COURTESY: Rutherford PD He was removing removing prescription medications from a kitchen cabinet when the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Police say Hackensack girl, 12, shared sex images with South Jersey man, 19 Police say Hackensack girl, 12, shared sex images with South Jersey man, 19 Police say Hackensack girl, 12, shared sex images with South Jersey man, 19
Police say Hackensack girl, 12, shared sex images with South Jersey man, 19 ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE: A parent who caught a 12-year-old Bergen County girl exchanging graphic sexual images online called police, who arrested a 19-year-old South Jersey man she apparently was Skype-ing with, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Hackensack detectives went to Burlington County last week to arrest Joshua A. Vangorden on charges of sexual assault and child endangerment. Vangorden, who’s worked the past two years at Fort Dix, remained held on $200,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail. A 2010 graduate of Toms River High School, Vangorden was brought before Central Municipal Court Judge L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teen in Mendecees Harris sex trial says he called her ‘better than’ mother Teen in Mendecees Harris sex trial says he called her ‘better than’ mother Teen in Mendecees Harris sex trial says he called her ‘better than’ mother
Teen in Mendecees Harris sex trial says he called her ‘better than’ mother SPECIAL REPORT: The alleged victim in the teen-sex trial of Mendeecees Harris testified today that he told her she was “better than [her] mother” after coercing her into oral sex by revealing his knowledge of a dark secret from her past. BREAKING NEWS: Jurors in Hackensack this afternoon acquitted VH1 “Love & Hip Hop” star Mendeecees Harris of sexually assaulting a teenager by coercing her with money and other manipulation in his Lodi home when she was 15. READ  MORE…. Speaking in a barely audible whisper, her voice sometimes breaking, the now-19-year-old woman told jurors in Hacken…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Donovan calls on utilities commissioner to resign Donovan calls on utilities commissioner to resign Donovan calls on utilities commissioner to resign
Donovan calls on utilities commissioner to resign YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: As promised, Bergen County Executive Kathleen A. Donovan today asked for Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority Commissioner Ken Gabbert’s resignation for accepting $4,200 in compensation last year, even though he once opposed such stipends. “You can imagine my disappointment to hear that, in direct contradiction of this administration’s stated policy and your personal agreement, you have accepted compensation for your part-time duties as a member of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority,” Donovan wrote in a letter to Gabbert, a copy of which was obtai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford man, 51, found in parking lot likely died of natural causes New Milford man, 51, found in parking lot likely died of natural causes New Milford man, 51, found in parking lot likely died of natural causes
New Milford man, 51, found in parking lot likely died of natural causes YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 51-year-old New Milford man whose body was found in the parking lot of the apartment complex where he lived apparently died of natural causes, Police Chief Frank Papapietro said this afternoon. After receiving a call at 12:45, police found the body in front of a garage in the rear of 239 Reichelt Road, the chief said. “There were no signs of trauma. He still had his wallet and his money. There were no defense wounds,” Papapietro told CLIFFVIEW PILOT earlier this afternoon. The body was taken by the Medical Examiner’s Office. Identification was being withheld …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Teen-sex trial begins for Mendeecees Harris of VH1 ‘Love & Hip Hop’ Teen-sex trial begins for Mendeecees Harris of VH1 ‘Love & Hip Hop’ Teen-sex trial begins for Mendeecees Harris of VH1 ‘Love & Hip Hop’
Teen-sex trial begins for Mendeecees Harris of VH1 ‘Love & Hip Hop’ YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Mendeecees Harris manipulated a girl in her mid-teens into having sex with him on a regular basis in his Lodi home, a prosecutor told jurors in Hackensack today during opening arguments in the former “Love & Hip Hop” star’s rape trial. “We call it taking candy from a baby,” Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Demetra  Maurice said. BREAKING NEWS: Jurors in Hackensack this afternoon acquitted VH1 “Love & Hip Hop” star Mendeecees Harris of sexually assaulting a teenager by coercing her with money and other manipulation in his Lodi home when she was 15. READ …

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