FORT COLLINS, Colo.—The city of Fort Collins has stopped paying the legal bills of suspended police Lt. Jim Broderick after he reached the city’s $250,000 cap for his defense on perjury charges.
City officials say a plea agreement or guilty verdict would require Broderick to reimburse the city within 90 days.
Broderick is accused of lying during the investigation and prosecution of Tim Masters in the slaying of Peggy Hettrick in 1987. Masters spent almost 10 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned by DNA evidence.
According to the Fort Collins Coloradoan ( ), Broderick has been on paid leave for two years while receiving his full salary of about $102,000 a year.
He also received more than $27,000 for completing fitness tests and not using sick leave.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan,
