Cop wants benefits after killing girls.

[JTFrog]

News - Metro-east news - Crime & Controversy
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010

Ex-trooper convicted in double fatal crash wants money for his injuries
Accident resulted in death of two sisters

BY BETH HUNDSDORFER - News-Democrat

Former Illinois State trooper Matt Mitchell is asking the state to compensate him for injuries from a crash in which he hit and killed two Collinsville sisters at triple-digit speeds.

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"This man has no shame. He has no shame when he recanted his plea of guilty. He has no shame when he insisted on the stand that he was not responsible for this crash," Keefe said. "And he has no shame when he files for worker's compensation benefits."

Mitchell was driving 126 mph in busy day-after-Thanksgiving traffic on Interstate 64 near O'Fallon while sending and receiving e-mails and talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone moments before the crash. Mitchell was responding to an accident near Lebanon, but help already was at the scene of the accident where Mitchell was responding, authorities said.

After the accident, Mitchell was suspended with pay for nearly two years, drawing his $68,000 annual salary. He resigned from the Illinois State Police after pleading guilty to the criminal charges.

Mitchell pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and reckless driving in exchange for a sentence of 30 months probation


Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2010/09/21/1408366/trooper-asks-for-help-with-his.html

[hedgehog]

1. Check the note at the bottom of the story about why the

newspaper disabled comments on this story.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. From the article, he may be entitled to the worker's comp

even if he is a shameless, irresponsible man who admitted to reckless homicide.

[Hepburn]

3. Cop think...whadda surprise....

...NOT! :mad:

[Baalath]

4. Union member

he is entitled to the benefits if that is the contract his union got for him.

While what he did is horrifying, Union members better not start losing their benefits and retirements because they are found guilty of a crime.

Shit, all they would have to do is arrest us all for some BS and strip us of everything we have coming to us and earned!