Former NW Iowa Fire Firefighters Assoc. Sec/Treasurer sentenced to probation for stealing funds
July 3rd, 2024 by Ric Hanson
STORM LAKE, Iowa (KCAU) ā The former secretary and treasurer of the Storm Lake Volunteer Firefighters Association has been sentenced for stealing from the association.
KCAU-TV reports 39-year-old Jesus Rojo, of Storm Lake, was sentenced to two-years of probation on July 1st, for stealing more than $10,000 from the association. Rojo plead guilty May 6th to second-degree theft, a class D felony.
In addition to probation, Rojo was ordered to pay back the funds he stole from the association. Rojo was the secretary and treasurer of the Storm Lake Volunteer Firefighters Association between January 3 and July 6 and was arrested in September.