Trial of former BPD officer delayed

Posted on July 13, 2015

Brenton Van Hoveln was fired from the Bloomington Police Department in May 2014. (Photo courtesy McLean County Jail)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – A former Bloomington Police officer has had his trial delayed after rejecting a plea deal this Monday in McLean County Court.
The Illinois Supreme Court is reviewing a pre-trial motion made by the judge.

Brenton Van Hoveln was fired last May after 19 years with the police department for allegedly writing 11 fake traffic tickets between January and April of 2014. A deal offered by the state’s attorney’s office would have dropped four felony counts and instead charged Van Hoveln with a class A misdemeanor.

Van Hoveln is charged three counts of forgery and one count of official misconduct.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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