Here’s what the Massachusetts State Retirement Board provided to the Herald about some recently convicted staties:. Former MSP Troopers Calvin Butner and Perry Mendes. Butner and Mendes both ...

The former Mass State Police sergeant who was federally convicted in the Commercial Driver’s License bribery scheme takes home more than $100,000 a year from his pension, according to state records.

Ex-staties have to be sentenced before the Massachusetts State Retirement Board considers stripping them of their pension. Butner and Mendes are expected to be sentenced in mid-July.

Under state law, “pension forfeiture requires a criminal conviction,” Timothy J. Smyth, executive officer of the Boston Retirement System. But even with that, there's wiggle room.