VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) — A former southern Indiana police chief has been arrested on charges alleging he took more than $35,000 from an evidence vault.

Indiana State Police say former Vincennes Police Chief Dustin Luking was arrested Wednesday at a business in his nearby hometown of Lawrenceville, Illinois, and awaits extradition to Knox County to face charges of theft, forgery and official misconduct.

The money was discovered missing from the Vincennes Police Department after an investigation began in July 2019.

The 48-year-old Luking resigned from the department the following October. Separately, his wife, 49-year-old Bethany Shelton Luking, has arrested in connection with prescription drugs missing from a senior center where worked.