MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange on Thursday announced the arrest of a former state trooper on felony theft and ethics charges. Spanish Fort resident Jonathan Dees, 49, surrendered at the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. He was released later in the day on a $5,000 bond.

Dees’ arrest comes one day after another former state trooper and former custodian, both once assigned to the Tuscaloosa State Trooper Post, also were arrested on felony theft and ethics charges.

Dees had been assigned to the Mobile office of the Department of Public Safety.

Strange’s office presented evidence to a Baldwin County grand jury on Feb. 3. The panel chose to indict Dees based on their findings.

Dees is accused of second-degree theft of property. He allegedly stole gasoline valued at more than $500, roughly between July 2009 and January 2011.

Strange’s office also stated in a press release that Dees intentionally used his official public position as an Alabama State Trooper for unlawful personal gain to himself or a family member, related to the alleged gasoline theft.

He is also accused of intentional use of equipment facilities, time, materials, labor, or other public property under his discretion and control, being his state vehicle and gasoline, which “had a material effect to his own private benefit.”

The attorney general’s office is declining at this time to release any more information about the allegations, including whether the arrests are related. It is not known whether Dees has hired an attorney, and attempts to contact him were unsuccessful.

Second-degree theft is a class C felony, punishable by one year and a day, to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000. Use of official position for personal gain, a violation of the state ethics law, is a class B felony, with each count punishable by two to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $30,000.