Former Emergency Services Director for Carbon County and Helper City Councilman Jason Llewelyn recently received a federal prison sentence for his role in misusing public funds.
Llewelyn was originally arrested and charged with 20 third-degree felony charges in Seventh District Court for the misuse of public funds. The case was later dismissed as the investigation was turned over to federal authorities.
Then, in November 2015, a grand jury indicted the former emergency services director on one count of theft from programs that receive federal funds.
Llewelyn recently appeared in court before Judge David Nuffer to receive his sentencing, which turned out to be six months in a federal prison. Following this prison time, Llewelyn will then be subject to a year of supervised release.
At the end of his sentencing, Llewelyn was informed that he must surrender by Jan. 12 at 12 p.m. His surrender must be to the federal Bureau of Prisons, who will then make the decision on where Llewelyn will spend his sentencing.
Llewelyn was first charged in Seventh District Court with 20 third-degree felony charges of misuse of public funds following an investigation in 2015.
According to investigator Wally Hendricks, the Carbon County Sheriff was notified of questionable services within the emergency operations department. That is when detectives began investigating the matter.
“We found reason to believe that that was the case,” Hendricks said about the alleged misuse of funds. Items were later seized from Llewelyn’s home, county-issued vehicle and houseboat.
Llewelyn was charged to pay restitution for these items in the amount of $65,000.