TROY – A Rensselaer County grand jury indicted a city police detective Friday for allegedly stealing money from the Troy Police Benevolent Association while he was the union’s president in 2017.

Detective Aaron Collington, 49, was indicted on a charge of third-degree grand larceny. Collington, who has nearly 20 years on the force, faces a future arraignment in Rensselaer County Court.

Collington is accused of stealing $6,200 from the union's banking account to pay his rent, according to earlier court filings. Collington has been free without bail since he was arrested in October 2017.

Statements filed by State Police investigators alleged Collington took the cash from the Troy Police Benevolent Association's bank account and deposited in his personal account at SEFCU.

Investigators alleged he used the money to pay rent on a house in Nassau. Collington's landlord told investigators the money paid for three months back rent for June, July and August 2017, late fees, and the upcoming rent for September 2017.

Collington led the PBA for nearly one year. He resigned his union post in September 2017. The union represents the city's police officers and sergeants.

Collington was earning a salary of about $79,926 when he was initially charged, according to the Seethroughny.net website.

Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares was named as a special prosecutor after Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove asked that his office be recused from the case.