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An Agawam police officer has been indicted in connection with allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from the Agawam Police Patrolman's Association.

(MassLive [file])

SPRINGFIELD — An Agawam police officer has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from the Agawam Police Patrolman's Association, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday.

Gary Nardi Jr., 45, of Ludlow, was indicted on Friday by a Hampden Superior Court grand jury on three counts of larceny over $250. He will be arraigned in Hampden Superior Court at a later date.

"We allege that this police officer abused his position as union treasurer by stealing funds in order to pay his personal bills," Healey said. "We will prosecute those who abuse their position of trust for personal profit."

Healey's office began an investigation in May. Since then, Nardi has been on paid administrative leave by the police department.

From 2011 through May 2016, Nardi was treasurer of the Agawam Police Patrolman's Association, where he was responsible for managing financials, according to the attorney general's office. The union is funded by monthly dues from members.

Authorities allege that Nardi stole the money through three different schemes. In the first, he allegedly took cash from the union by withdrawing funds from an ATM without authorization. In second, he allegedly paid his own bills using money from the union without authorization. In a third scheme, authorities allege Nardi wrote checks to himself from the union's bank account without authorization.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Vasiliades of Healey's Criminal Bureau. The investigation was handled by Sallyann Nelligan, director of Healey's Financial Investigations Division, and state police assigned to the AG's office.