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Conviction for molesting girl doesn't stop retired Round Lake Beach cop's pension

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Now-retired Round Lake Beach police officer Leroy Kuffel will collect $53,709 in pension funds in 2013, even though he was convicted of molesting a teenage girl while off duty in 2009.

Former Round Lake Beach police officer Leroy Kuffel was convicted of molesting a teenage girl and is on the Lake County sheriff's sex offender registry.

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Citing state law and a legal opinion, Round Lake Beach village officials say they determined they can't end former police officer Leroy Kuffel's pension, even though he was convicted of molesting a teenage girl while off duty.

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Citing state law and a legal opinion, Round Lake Beach village officials say they determined they can't end former police officer Leroy Kuffel's pension, even though he was convicted of molesting a teenage girl while off duty.

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Round Lake Beach taxpayers continue to provide a pension for retired police officer Leroy Kuffel, who was convicted of molesting a 16-year-old girl and is on a law-enforcement agency's sex-offender registry. Mayor Richard Hill said the village has determined it can't halt Kuffel's pension. “We don't want to exhaust any more (village) funds,” he said of fighting the pension.