A deputy with the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office is accused of having sexual contact with a prisoner during transport to the county jail, the sheriff’s office announced Tuesday.

Eric Glenn Lambeth Jr. was arrested last Friday following an investigation which began three days earlier after a complaint that Lambeth had sexual contact with an inmate en route to the jail.

Lambeth was terminated Friday. He had worked as a corrections officer in the Escambia County Detention Center, as well as the patrol division.

He is charged with custodial sexual abuse and a felony ethics violation. He was booked into the Escambia County Detention Center and later release after posting $45,000 bond.

Custodial sexual abuse is a Class C felony in Alabama, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The ethics violation charge is a Class B felony and carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.