Steve Penny, the former president and chief executive of U.S.A. Gymnastics, was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of evidence tampering in a Texas investigation into sexual abuse by Lawrence G. Nassar, the imprisoned former doctor for the national gymnastics team.

A grand jury in Walker County, Tex., indicted Penny on Sept. 28 on allegations that he had ordered the removal of documents from a national team training center in the county after learning that an investigation had begun into Nassar’s behavior at the site.

If convicted, Penny could face two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, according to a statement from the district attorney’s office in Walker County.

The gymnastics federation has had two chief executives since Penny resigned under pressure in March 2017, and both were also forced out. The latest replacement, Mary Bono, stepped aside from her interim appointment on Tuesday, after holding the job less than a week.