An Indiana State Excise Police officer was arrested early Wednesday at his home in Fort Wayne following a three-month investigation into burglary at the state excise police evidence room in Columbia City.

According to the Indiana State Police Criminal Investigation Division at the Fort Wayne Post, Whitley County Sheriff Detective Chuck Voegley initiated the investigation of the Aug. 4 burglary and, with the assistance of State Police Detective Mark Heffelfinger and Whitley County Prosecutor Investigator Mike Christie, put together a case that resulted in the arrest of Aaron M. Bishop, 34, on Class D Felony charges of theft and official misconduct.

He has served with the excise police for about five years.

A search warrant was executed on Bishop’s residence in the 7000 block of Stonegate Place in Fort Wayne about 10 p.m. Tuesday, and items of an evidentiary nature were located and secured, according to a written statement from Indiana State Police.

It said evidence was also located at a residence in Edon, Ohio, where an alleged accomplice – who is being held in the Williams County (Ohio) Jail – on unrelated charges is said to reside.

Bishop was being held in the Whitley County Jail pending and initial hearing.