10 Pension Stories That Will Make You Sick
From Lake County, Illinois, Round Lake Beach police officer Larry Kuffel. Officer Kuffel had been on the job for 29 years when he was charged in April of 2009 with aggravated criminal sexual assault for numerous sexual encounters with a 16 year-old girl. His son’s former girlfriend. Prosecutors contended he had “groomed” the young woman. He retired soon after charges were filed. He was convicted in May of 2010 and sentenced to a 60 day local jail term, 30 months additional confinement with release for work and sex-offender treatment and was required to register as a sex offender. Officer Kuffel receives a police department pension worth more than $50,000 a year with a 3% annual increase for the rest of his life.