CAHOKIA – St. Clair County sheriff Rick Watson let lawyer Leah Captain speak for him at a police pension board meeting on Oct. 16, when trustee Francella Jackson asked him how he came up with the numbers for his pension.
SPRINGFIELD – Trustees of Cahokia village and its police pension fund improperly increased benefits for St. Clair County Sheriff Rick Watson by raising his salary as he retired in 2011, Department of Insurance examiners found in July.
CAHOKIA – Pension benefits for former Cahokia police chief Rick Watson, now St. Clair County sheriff, were boosted by 33 percent in his last 35 days as chief, according to records of the trustees and the state insurance commission.