(Radio Iowa) – The Keokuk County Emergency Management director has been arrested on a felony theft charge. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. says 66-year-old Larry Smith was arrested following a state audit that determined Smith traded the Emergency Management Agency’s 2006 diesel truck for 800 dollars to a fleet dealership in September. He then paid 800 to the dealership to buy the truck for himself. The vehicle was estimated to be worth 66-hundred to more than 14-thousand dollars.

The audit said with the trade-in amount for the vehicle less than its value, the Keokuk County agency incurred additional costs. Smith resigned in October. The D-C-I says the investigation is ongoing– but no further details are being released at this time.