The counsel for Connecticut Senate Republicans was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with stealing almost $250,000 from the Senate Republican Leadership Committee.

West Hartford resident Michael Cronin, 56, was arrested by inspectors from the Division of Criminal Justice for his role in allegedly dipping into the SRLC coffers over a five-year period. Cronin, who was treasurer of the political action committee since 2003, called investigators with the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office to report that he had stolen from the PAC, according to a police affidavit.