Locker Break-ins

Times-Union: Rensselaer worker charged in locker break-ins, DPW employee told police he thought items were "junk"

A city employee was arrested for breaking into court officers' lockers in the old City Hall and taking batons and "Family Guy" DVDs.

James E. Thomas, of Nelson Avenue, an employee of the city Department of Public Works, was charged with third-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal mischief and petit larceny in the Feb. 5 incident.