Former Perry Area, MI, Fire Rescue Chief to Pay $50,000 in Restitution
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MI – Former Perry Area Fire Rescue Chief Guy Hubbard was ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution to his former employer after being accused of embezzlement.
He was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 24, before Shiawassee County District Court Judge Matthew S. McKone.
Hubbard was ordered to pay the $50,000 in restitution, which he has already done, given 18 months of probation and 180 days in jail held in abeyance.
The 61-year-old pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor charge of embezzlement in October 2025.
The Shiawassee County Prosecutor’s Office dropped a felony charge of embezzlement and another misdemeanor charge of embezzlement against Hubbard in exchange for the plea, according to court records.
The fire chief was placed on temporary paid leave and later fired in 2023, but he was not criminally charged until March 2025.
The alleged embezzlement was investigated by the Michigan State Police Flint Post. The activity took place in 2017, according to court documents.
Hubbard joined the Perry Area Fire Rescue as a firefighter in 1989.
A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt. It does indicate that the defendant will accept punishment for the alleged crime.
Hubbard’s attorney, Curtis Zaleski, did not respond to a request for comment.
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