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GA: Savannah Looks To Avoid Paying Convicted Police Chief's Pension
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Bruce W. Krafft
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"Savannah city officials are asking Georgia’s Attorney General to weigh in on whether the city can revoke some or all of former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Chief Willie Lovett’s pension.
Lovett has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after being convicted of gambling and other federal corruption charges stemming from his time as chief. But he’ll still collect his $130,000 annual city pension."
"At a city council work session on Thursday, City Attorney Brooks Stillwell said the city can’t change that under state law." ... |
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xqqme
(3/3/2015)
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The time to act is in the penalty phase of the criminal prosecution... if a criminal uses an official position, such as a police chief job, to further a criminal enterprise, then ask for forfeiture of some of the assets "earned" through the criminal activity.
However, once the criminal prosecution is over and the punishment meted out, you can't go back and get another bite at that apple. |
| Comment by:
jac
(3/3/2015)
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| At the very least, they should garnish his pension to pay the cost of his incarceration. |
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