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WEST VIRGINIA NEWS
from Eyewitness News Online Disgraced county official loses fight over pension October 10, 2008 3:38 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va.
A former Lincoln County assessor convicted in a vote-buying scandal has lost an attempt to reclaim his state pension. The West Virginia Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a 2007 Kanawha County Circuit Court ruling stripping 58-year-old Jerry Weaver of his pension benefits. The lower court ruling upheld a 2006 Consolidated Public Retirement Board decision to revoke the benefits for "less than honorable service." Weaver pleaded guilty in December 2005 to conspiring to buy votes in numerous elections and was sentenced to one year behind bars. Weaver argued the state could not rescind its contributions to his pension because his crime wasn't linked to his duties as assessor. A call to a phone number for a Jerry Weaver of Hamlin was unanswered Friday. |
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