An Alabama judge has been indicted on 18 felony charges.

Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judge Gilbert P. Self, 62, of Florence, is charged with use of office for personal gain or for the gain of family members, one count of making a false representation to Examiners of Public Accounts, and one count of perjury, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Monday.

Self surrendered to the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Joe Hamilton said the judge turned himself in about 10:30 a.m. Monday and was released after posting bonds totaling $75,000.

The alleged crimes happened from April 2020 through February 2023 when Self was the presiding judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, which solely covers Lauderdale County.

Self is accused of using more than $50,000 of public funds to employ his son and the use of public funds for personal purchases such as a sofa, alcoholic beverages, and eyeglasses.

Authorities contend he also used his office to reimburse himself with public funds for a variety of vacations, including a ski trip to Montana, a beach trip, a cycling trip across three states, and a trip to St. Ignace, Michigan.

The indictment also charges him with paying himself out of public funds for travel to events he did not attend in Reno, Nevada; Duck Key, Florida; Mackinac Island, Michigan; and Alabama.

Findings from an audit of Self were initially made public late last year.

“The indictment further accuses Self of double-dipping for per diem and mileage and making false representations to the Examiners of Public Accounts during an audit,’’ according to Marshall’s press release. “Finally, the indictment charges Self with making a false statement while sworn to tell the truth in front of the Grand Jury of Lauderdale County in January 2024.”

The Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division obtained an indictment of Self after an investigation stemming from the audit conducted by the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts into the Lauderdale County Presiding Judge’s Judicial Administration Fund and the Law Library Fund.

If convicted, Self faces up to 20 years in prison and a $30,000 fine for each of the 16 ethics charges, which are Class B felonies, and up to 10 years in prison and a $15,000 fine for making a false statement to the Examiners and for perjury, which are Class C felonies.

After the audit findings were released in 2023, Self told the Alabama Daily News that the pandemic disrupted his office’s accounting procedures.

“We didn’t follow acceptable accounting principles, primarily because there’s no one trained or experienced in those principles here that were in charge of the books during that period of time.

“But the buck stops with me and I accept full responsibility for the mistakes that were made.”