Former Shire of Coorow deputy chief executive Sam Curulli has been granted bail after being charged with dozens of new offences, including alleged fraud, corruption and theft linked to his time at the Western Australian council.
Curulli, 27, was arrested on Saturday over allegations that he used expense accounts to obtain goods for personal benefit and sold some of the items, keeping the proceeds.
The alleged offences are said to have taken place between May and December 2025, before Curulli was dismissed from the local government role.
Further charges were laid late last week alleging that he possessed drugs and supplied methylamphetamine. Curulli appeared by video link at Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday to apply for bail in relation to those new matters.
He was released on bail with a $50,000 personal undertaking, while his mother provided the surety.
As a condition of his release, Curulli must not contact the Shire of Coorow or any of its employees, except for his father-in-law, councillor Gene Haddington.
He has also been barred from contacting Mia Maxfield, who was recently reinstated as the council’s chief executive after councillors reversed an earlier decision to terminate her contract. Maxfield has since been suspended on full pay, and no wrongdoing has been alleged against her.
