The Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Ector County and vice-chairman for the Libertarian Party of Texas was arrested by Odessa police Monday afternoon.

Benjamin Farmer, 32, was arrested and charged with burglary of a habitation, a second-degree felony, according to Odessa Police Department reports.

Farmer was released from the Ector County Detention Center Monday afternoon on a $25,000 bond, according to jail officials.

Farmer reportedly broke into a home on the 3700 block of Fern Circle and took an unreported amount of items from the property, the report stated.

Farmer was elected April 12 as vice chair of the State Libertarian Executive Committee.