Former Cusick clerk pleads guilty to stealing $195,000

NEWPORT – Former Town of Cusick clerk and councilmember Luke Michael Servas, 38, pleaded guilty to a single count of bank fraud in U.S. District Court Wednesday, Aug. 14. Servas admitted to embezzling more than $195,000 between October 2022 and March 2023, and trying to blame it on the late Duane Schofield, who was Cusick Mayor at the time, according to the plea agreement.

Fifty other charges were dropped in exchange for the plea.