GLASSPORT, Pa. — Glassport Borough Council accepted Mayor Keith DiMarco’s resignation Tuesday night, hours after Allegheny County Police accused him of secretly placing a camera inside a bathroom at his home.
DiMarco, 54, faces two misdemeanor counts of violation of privacy.
He turned himself in Tuesday and was released on nonmonetary bail following his first court appearance.
The investigation began Friday, August 14, after DiMarco’s 21-year-old stepdaughter reportedly found a small wireless camera hidden in a plant above the toilet, according to the criminal complaint.
She told investigators she noticed the camera while taking a bath.
Glassport police contacted the Allegheny County Police Department because the investigation involved the borough’s mayor.
According to the complaint, DiMarco initially denied knowing how the camera got into the bathroom.
Investigators said he later admitted to purchasing three small cameras and placing one in the bathroom to secretly record his wife.
Detectives searched the home and seized several small wireless cameras and other electronic devices, according to police.
The investigation also extended to the Glassport Municipal Building.
Borough Council President Anthony Colecchi said County Police conducted a sweep of the building to determine whether any hidden cameras had been placed there.
“They’ve done a sweep,” Colecchi said. “I don’t know what they’ve discovered, what they have not discovered. That’s still under investigation by county police.”
DiMarco personally submitted a brief resignation letter before Tuesday night’s regularly scheduled council meeting.
His nameplate had already been removed from his now-former office by the time the meeting began, and his chair sat empty.
Colecchi read the resignation aloud before council members voted to accept it.
Colecchi said DiMarco expressed regret when he submitted the letter.
“He’s upset with himself, and I told him he needs to work on himself and do what he can to be a better person,” Colecchi said.
DiMarco had served as Glassport’s mayor for approximately eight and a half years.
Colecchi described him as a quiet mayor who had gotten along with borough officials from a municipal government standpoint.
Colecchi will temporarily assume the mayor’s duties under borough rules, he told Channel 11.
The council’s vice president will move into the president’s position during that period.
Council has 30 days to appoint a new mayor, who will serve until the next municipal election.
Colecchi said he did not yet know who would be interested in the position.
“We’re sitting here today in this position, and we are just at a loss for words, to be honest,” Colecchi said.
Residents attending Tuesday’s meeting expressed sharply different reactions to the allegations.
Michelle Perkoski called the situation “unacceptable, outrageous, scandalous” and said she was angry that DiMarco was released without having to post money.
“You mean to tell me that mayor got out of jail free, paid no money and got out of jail?” Perkoski said.
Nonmonetary bail allows a defendant to remain free while the case is pending without paying money upfront.
It is not a determination of innocence or guilt.
Other residents urged the public not to convict DiMarco before the allegations are discussed at length in court.
“I can’t believe people crucified someone when they don’t even know if he’s innocent or guilty,” Shirley D’Angelo said. “Why are these people already convicting him before he even goes to a case?”
The Allegheny County Police Department continues to investigate.
DiMarco is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on September 8.
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