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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI - A Muskegon County sheriff’s deputy fired in June has been charged with felony misconduct while in office, court records show.

Former Muskegon County Sheriff Det. Darric Roesler, 51, was charged Oct. 16 in 60th District Court, court records show. He waived a preliminary hearing, and the case was bound over to 14th Circuit Court, records show.

The charges stem from prosecutors linking Roesler to engaging in a sexual relationship with a woman he was investigating.

Roesler allegedly had a consensual sexual relationship with a woman he was investigating in a case where the woman was accused of embezzling more than $10,000 from a “vulnerable adult,” Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson told MLive/The Muskegon Chronicle.

The felony charge for Roesler has a punishment of up to five years in state prison, a $10,000 fine or both, according to Michigan law. He was released on a $5,000 bond, records show.

The Michigan State Police notified Muskegon County Sheriff Michael Poulin in April of the investigation into Roesler, Poulin said. Roesler was fired from his detective position in the sheriff’s department in June after immediately being placed on administrative leave and then later a suspension without pay.

The termination was for Roesler violating department policy, Poulin said.

Roesler still lists his job as a medical examiner investigator for the county in his LinkedIn page. He was formerly a Muskegon city firefighter.

A date has not been set yet in circuit court for Roesler’s next hearing.