Zeb Little.

The arrest of former Alabama Senate Majority leader Zeb Little followed a grand jury indictment involving three counts of first-degree theft of property for stealing more than $25,000 of client trust funds, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall confirmed Friday.

According to a release from Marshall’s office, Little, 50, an attorney, was indicted by a Cullman County grand jury on three counts of felony theft of property. Little surrendered to the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office Thursday and was released on a $15,000 bond.

Following an investigation by the Cullman Police Department and the Attorney General’s Office, Marshall’s Criminal Trials Division presented evidence to a Cullman County grand jury on February 11, resulting in the three-count indictment. Specifically, the indictment charges Little, a Cullman native who lives in Tuscaloosa, with three counts of first-degree theft of property for stealing a combined total of more than $25,000 of client trust funds.

The AG’s release stated that no further information about the investigation or about the defendant’s alleged crimes other than that stated in the indictment may be released at this time.

If convicted, Little faces a potential penalty of two to 20 years on each theft of property count. First-degree theft of property is a class B felony.

Little served in the Senate for 12 years beginning in 1998, and he served as the majority leader from 2002 until 2010.