Ex-Jail Guard Seeks Pension Amid Scandal

A New Jersey jail guard who stepped down amid a prostitution scandal is appealing a decision to get a disability pension.

Cpl. Jim Maribo claimed he retired on disability in October before a disciplinary hearing over whether Maribo had met with a prostitute that was previously held in the Ocean County Jail.

A state pension board agreed with the county that the 43-year-old wasn’t eligible because he had resigned.
The Asbury Park Press reports Maribo has asked the Administrative Law Office to overturn the ruling, making him eligible for an accidental disability pension of nearly $62,000 a year.

Treasury Department spokesman Bill Quinn tells the newspaper the former guard otherwise would need to wait 16 years to collect his regular $31,197 pension.

Maribo declined to comment.

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