Maryland state legislator Tiffany Alston — a liberal Democrat in the House of Delegates — has been indicted on theft charges after she allegedly used campaign funds to pay for her wedding. The Washington Post reports:

Charges brought by the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor allege that Del. Tiffany T. Alston (D-Prince George’s) spent thousands of dollars of campaign contributions to pay for wedding expenses and for the salary of an employee in her law firm.

In several instances, Alston wrote herself checks from the account of “Friends of Tiffany Alston” and then cashed the checks for personal use, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Alston is charged with one count of felony theft, one count of misdemeanor theft, one count of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary and two election law violations.

She was mostly unknown until this past spring, when she sponsored legislation to legalize gay marriage in Maryland. Following outrage from her constituents, she voted against her own legislation. The bill failed to pass, though liberals promise to push it again next January.