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Coroner profits from indigent ; State pays official $1,000 to handle $150 cremations
[Near Northwest Final , NNW Edition]
Chicago Tribune - Chicago, Ill.
Author: Susan Kuczka, Tribune staff reporter
Date: Oct 1, 2004
Start Page: 1
Section: Metro
Text Word Count: 863
Abstract (Document Summary)

[Jim Wipper], who called [Kevin Smith] disgruntled, admitted using county- owned vehicles to move some bodies between the coroner's office and Lakes Crematory in Lake Villa. Wipper characterized it as a trade- off for the non-reimbursed expenses he incurs while acting as coroner, which he describes as a 24 hour-a-day job.

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