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At 10-7 Investigates has an update to a
story we've been following for months.
A City Councilman in Horseshoe d
pleaded guilty to felony Grand Theft.
Curtis Corvinas was charged a year ago
after he stole money from the ts
Volunteer Fire district while he was chief.
Although he left the department
after the theft was discovered,
Corvinas kept his seat on counc,
infuriating a lot of people who
live in the small town along Hw.
55. But now? That's changed.
I've tried getting a hold of
Corvinus multiple times, by the,
and he has never returned my calls or emails.
A stain on a quaint community
that is kind of like having
a four month old black eye.
We all make mistakes and no one's perfect.
I think at the end of the day,
you know, owning up
to those mistakes and and.
And taking responsibility for
the things that you did in the
actions that you took,
you know, goes a long ways.
But it took more than a year
and lots of taxpayer dollars for
Horseshoe Bend City Councilman Curtis
Corvinus to own up to his mista.
And it came in the form of this
plea deal he took on May 2nd,
where he admitted to stealing
from the town's Volunteer Fire
district while he was Fire Chie.
You
had opportunity to turn
yourself in right away,
plead guilty right away, and and avoid.
Any further conversation or any
kind of actions or anything else
going forward and instead you k,
drug it on for many, many month.
Ryan Sturm Corvinus is former bt
friend, very very very poor tas.
Was disappointed to learn
what Corvinus did. So
many more other options to
get financed if you need it.
Stealing from a volunteer
organization whose only means
of support is either through.
Tax dollars or straight out
donations from the good people.
It's, you know,
it's pretty it's pretty bad.
The Boise County Prosecutor's Oe
charged Corvinus with felony Grand Theft.
He officially pleaded guilty tot
just weeks before his trial was
scheduled to start in front of a jury.
Court documents show Corvinus misused
more than $3600 of public money
between November 2021 and March 2022,
using money from the department's burnout
fund to pay for personal expens.
And not depositing charitable cash donations.
According to a Facebook post
from the department,
Corvinus even admitted to it at the time.
Do you feel like that impacted trust that
people have in their public officials?
I think that
it definitely makes people more weary.
You know, I would hope that it
wouldn't deter people from, you know,
either a volunteering their timd
their efforts to those, you kno,
to those entities or be donating their money.
And Sturm knows that first handa
former Boise County commissioner himself.
It's a public service and it's and it's
here for the people and and it's you know,
those firefighters have put a lf
energy and effort and time of tr
lives and their and their existence into
taking care of the community and
the residents and of course the people
that travel up and down the hig.
While he lost his job as Fire C,
Corvina still held his seat on y
Council leading the small rural city.
And making decisions about what
to do with taxpayer dollars.
Idaho law allowed him to stay
on council because he hadn't
been convicted of a felony. It's
a basis of the foundation of thb
is to have trust and and for people to
know that you're making good decisions,
that you have their best interes
at heart, both financially.
And health and person.
I mean, you're breaking your oaf
office by just taking from people who
trusted in you to take care of .
Some of those who lost trust in
him started a recall petition ts
spring to get Corvinus off counl
in case he wasn't found guilty.
Now that's not necessary,
City Attorney Anthony Pantera s.
Since he pleaded guilty
to felony Grand Theft,
Corvinus is off council and
his seat is now vacant.
Mayor Pat Goff has to appoint
someone to the position and
council has to approve them.
I would hope that, you know,
it sends a message that, you kn,
people care that that this meana
lot to the community, a lot to e
people and that and that we wou,
you know, that we're going to go ahead
and stand up for what's right ad
what's just and that we, you kn,
that we'll continue to operate that way.
The stain on the quaint communi.
Yeah, absolutely.
Now slowly dissolving.
Just ready to move on.
Glad it's behind us.
You know, of course,
now we just wait to see who the
next person is going to be thats
going to take that spot and
hopefully they'll do a good job.
Corvinus is not in custody.
His sentencing is set for August
18th at 10:00 AM in Boise Count.