See the 11 RI Retirees Who Had Pensions Suspended
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See the 11 RI Retirees Who Had Pensions Suspended
11 RI Retirees Who Had Pensions Suspended
Pasquales Sorvillo
Retirement
Retired From: Cranston School Department
Year Retired: 2007
Current Annual Pension: $6,517
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: City of Cranston
Pension Suspended: November 2009
Days over 75-Day Limit: 106
Eugene Jeffers
Retirement
Retired From: Pawtucket School Department
Year Retired: 1997
Current Annual Pension: $37,721
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of Cumberland
Pension Suspended: 2009
Days over 75-Day Limit: 6.5
Ellen Bennett
Retirement
Retired From: Not available
Year Retired: Not available
Current Annual Pension: Not available
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: City of Cranston
Pension Suspended: 2009
Days over 75-Day Limit: 3
Paul Casto
Retirement
Retired From: City of Central Falls
Year Retired: 2000
Current Annual Pension: $5,566
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of West Greenwich
Pension Suspended: Before June 2010
Days over 75-Day Limit: *Not available
*State records did not indicate the number of days over the limit.
Louis Lanni
Retirement
Retired From: North Providence School Department
Year Retired: 2004
Current Annual Pension: $43,566
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: North Providence
Pension Suspended: 2009
Days over 75-Day Limit: 5
Paul Casto
Retirement
Retired From: City of Central Falls
Year Retired: 2000
Current Annual Pension: $5,566
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of West Greenwich
Pension Suspended: Before June 2010
Days over 75-Day Limit: 17
Eugene Jeffers
Retirement
Retired From: Pawtucket School Department
Year Retired: 1997
Current Annual Pension: $37,721
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of Cumberland
Pension Suspended: June 2010
Days over 75-Day Limit: 6
Pension Was Also Suspended in 2009
Joel Matthews
Retirement
Retired From: Woonsocket
Year Retired: Not available
Current Annual Pension: Not available
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: City of Woonsocket
Pension Suspended: October to December 2010.
Note: Matthews’ suspension was initially suspended after he began working three days after his retirement in May 2010. Over the course of the year he reached 75 days but state records do not indicate how far over he went.
Paul Labbadia
Retirement
Retired From: North Providence Fire Department
Year Retired: 2007
Current Annual Pension: Canceled*
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Coventry Fire District (fire chief)
Pension Suspended: 2011
Days over 75-Day Limit: 115
*Last month, the state announced that the pension for Labbadia had been permanently canceled after it was found that he did not log in enough years of service as a North Providence firefighter.
Makram Megalli
Retirement
Retired From: Woonsocket School Department
Year Retired: 2000
Current Annual Pension: $7,192
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: North Providence and Johnston
Pension Suspended: 2011
Days over 75-Day Limit: 43.5
William Ziehl
Retirement
Retired From: Not available
Year Retired: Not available
Current Annual Pension: Not available
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of Foster
Pension Suspended: August 2013
Days over 75-Day Limit: *Not available
*State records only indicate that Ziehl worked beyond 75 days but do not specify how many days he was over.
Joseph Rendine
Retirement
Retired From: Town of North Providence
Year Retired: 2001
Current Annual Pension: $23,146
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of North Providence
Pension Suspended: June 2014
Days over 75-Day Limit: 4.5
Eugene Jeffers
Retirement
Retired From: Pawtucket School Department
Year Retired: 1997
Current Annual Pension: $37,721
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of Cumberland
Pension Suspended: September 2014
Days over 75-Day Limit: 3
Pension Was Also Suspended in 2009 and 2010
William Ziehl
Retirement
Retired From: Not available
Year Retired: Not available
Current Annual Pension: Not available
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of Foster
Pension Suspended: 2014
Days over 75-Day Limit: 2.5
Pension Was Also Suspended in 2013
Leon Drury
Retirement
Retired From: Not available
Year Retired: Not available
Current Annual Pension: Not available
Post-Retirement Employment
Employer: Town of Cumberland
Pension Suspended: June 2014
Days over 75-Day Limit: *Not available
*State records only indicate that Drury worked beyond 75 days but do not specify how many days he was over.
