Kohlmeier Memorial Ride supports Boys & Girls Club

Posted on June 17, 2017
The Central Illinois Chapter of the Iron Pigs Motorcycle Club is sponsoring the Casey Kohlmeier Memorial Ride on June 24. (Photo courtesy Iron Pigs)

By Cynthia Grau/WJEZ News

PONTIAC – The fourth annual Casey Kohlmeier Memorial Ride is happening June 24, with registration beginning at 10 a.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County and ending at the Pontiac VFW for food, music and an auction.

Pontiac Police Officer Casey Kohlmeier and his K9 partner Draco were killed by a drunk driver while on duty October 30, 2013.

The Central Illinois Chapter of the Iron Pigs Motorcycle Club is sponsoring this event. Chapter president Michael Wittenberg explained fellow officers have been honoring Kohlmeier with this ride to benefit organization he’d supported until his death.

“Casey was big into the Boys and Girls Club. He was on the board. He had a big showing there a lot of the time, so we decided we would start putting our benefits towards the Boys and Girls Club,” Wittenberg said.

Cynthia Grau can be reached at [email protected].

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