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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Former EMT captain Roche paid in $226K to pension fund, could collect $4.93M in retirement

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Former EMT captain Michael Roche, who retired in November 2018, saved $225,903 toward a pension over 32 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Roche would collect as much as $4.93 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Roche received $103,618 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Roche will have already received $320,274 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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