A former treasurer of the Kidder Township Fire Company admitted in Carbon County court on Friday to stealing over $32,000 from the fire company’s relief fund and is facing a jail term at the time of sentencing.

Amanda J. Devine, 33, now of Northumberland, pleaded guilty to one count of theft, as a felony three, before Judge Joseph J. Matika.Matika told her that, in addition to repaying the stolen funds, sentencing guidelines calls for a minimum prison term of between three and 12 months on the low end and up to seven years maximum. There is no agreement in a plea bargain with the district attorney’s office concerning the sentence to be imposed, only that a felony count of receiving stolen property be dropped. The restitution figure, according to Assistant District Attorney Joseph Perilli is $32,821.33. Matika will have final say on the sentence.The money was taken from the account over a period of time from 2011 to 2015. Devine wrote checks to herself and then cashed them. She used the money for personal expenses, Perilli said.Devine reached an agreement in the case at the preliminary hearing last December. She waived her right to a hearing in exchange for the plea bargain in which the one charge was dropped. At the time she was not represented by legal counsel. Yesterday, attorney Matthew Schnell represented her as private counsel.Nathan Lipton, a forensic auditor and investigator for the Attorney General’s office, determined the amount of money missing.The case was investigated by township police Chief Matthew Kuzma and detective Neil Yurchak.Before her preliminary hearing, Devine created a GoFundMe page to ask friends and members of her family to help raise money for a deposit on a new place to live. According to the post, Devine, her husband John, and their three children were about to be evicted and did not have the money to secure a new place to live as well as the cost of securing a moving truck for the move.The post was made public by friends, something Devine apparently didn’t plan on, and it received a lot of negative responses from the public. It also received some support from others.Devine said little during the plea proceeding except to answer Matika’s questions concerning her plea.Matika deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report. Schnell also requested that his client be allowed to apply for placement in the county’s Intermediate Punishment Program — house arrest. Matika said she could apply, but it would be up to the probation office, and ultimately him, if she would be placed in it. Sentencing should occur in about 30 days.