Ex-Daily News veteran Jerry Schmetterer died Monday - New York Daily News
He passed away at his Manhattan home with wife Emily and son David at his side.
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He passed away at his Manhattan home with wife Emily and son David at his side.
1938 – 2015 Sergeant Joseph Coffey, the legendary New York City detective who took on the mob and worked on some of the city’s most high-profile cases, including Son of Sam, died at home in Levittown, New York, in late September. He was 77. Coffey decided on a career with the police at an early age when mobsters shot at his father after he resisted their attempt to influence the truck-driving union to which he belonged. “He vowed that he would catch these guys, lock them up, and that’s how he started,” his widow, Susan, told 1010 WINS, a New York City radio station.