Crime & Safety

Bolingbrook Police Pension Board Looking to Strip Drew Peterson of Retirement Benefits

Drew Peterson's defense team said they doubted the Bolingbrook police pension board would be successful in taking away his pension.

Updated, March 11

The Bolingbrook police pension board has hired an outside attorney to review trial transcripts and advise whether Drew Peterson's conviction requires him to lose his $79,000-a-year pension, according to the Morris Daily Herald

The board has "retained public pension expert Charles Atwell," according to the report. 

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If the pension board did decide to move forward in stripping Peterson of his pension, there would be a public hearing "in which Peterson could call witnesses and board members would act almost like jurors," the Morris Daily Herald reported

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Original story 

Officials of the Bolingbrook police pension board confirmed to the Chicago Sun-Times this week they are looking to strip Drew Peterson of his pension. 

If the board is successful, Peterson would lose $79,000 a year in retirement benefits. 

Under state pension law, Peterson can lose his pension benefits if the pension board decides he used his "police powers or even his skills as a veteran officer" in murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, according to the Chicago Tribune

Peterson's defense team "believes the effort will be fruitless," according to the Chicago Sun-Times, and Peterson would challenge any attempt to take away his pension.

Read more about Drew Peterson possibly losing his pension from the Chicago Sun-Times. 


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