The charges against Alting, 70, are linked to incidents on Aug. 5, Aug. 20, Aug. 22, Sept. 6, Sept. 18 and Sept. 22, records show. Those dates correspond to previously reported thefts at the stores. Krammes, whose address is listed as Mulberry, faces four misdemeanor counts tied to the Aug. 5, Sept. 6, Sept. 18 and Sept. 22 incidents.

Both cases were filed by Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Patrick Harrington, who in early October appointed Elkhart County Prosecutor Vicki Becker as special prosecutor. The filings came so late Tuesday that the courthouse was closed, and it will be closed Wednesday for Veterans Day, so probable cause affidavits in both cases were not immediately available for review.

Alting, a Republican who spent 28 years in the state Senate, also was reportedly involved in a shoplifting incident in Monticello, where he lives, on Oct. 1. No charges have been filed in that case, and the White County prosecutor has not responded to repeated requests for information.

Lafayette police had described two people involved in at least some of the incidents, driving away from the superstore in a green truck. Krammes had not been publicly identified until now because she is not an elected official and there had been no confirmation of her involvement. She accompanied Alting to the primary election headquarters at the Tippecanoe County Building in May.

After the initial report of the shoplifting incidents, Alting released a statement saying he had been experiencing concerning changes in his judgment and cognitive functioning.

"Those changes have become serious enough that I have sought medical help and am now undergoing further evaluation, testing and treatment," he said. "During this time, I did things that were wrong and completely out of character for me. I take responsibility for my actions and apologize to my family, my constituents and the store employees involved."

After additional thefts were reported at the Lafayette Walmarts and later in the Naples, Florida, area, Alting said he would resign even if he won re-election. By then it was too late to remove his name from the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

On election night, Democratic political newcomer Natasha Baker flipped the longtime Republican District 22 seat, which is shared by Tippecanoe and Carroll counties, by a large margin. Alting appeared in the foyer of the Tippecanoe County Building to concede without Krammes and told supporters he had been blessed to serve.

"I want to thank the people of Tippecanoe County for all that you've done for me," he said, asking for prayers for himself and his family. "Thank you all, and bless you, bless you, Natasha."

Alting has reportedly consulted with Dr. Greg Loomis, former Tippecanoe County health department director and a retired neurologist, who said Alting's most recent MRI scan shows typical clusters of cholesterol pieces common for someone who is 70 and has some health challenges.

"There was no evidence of anything suggestive of a neurodegenerative disorder like Alzheimer's disease. But there's a lot of neurological diseases that can only be identified at autopsy," Loomis said. "So the best you can do is diagnosis of exclusion, and you exclude everything that you possibly can."