August 31, 2007 - Charles Thomas, 38, a Northern High music teacher, was arraigned, accused of stealing 19 instruments, an amplifier and music stands worth about $40,000.
Thomas was charged with one count of embezzling and one count of larceny.
Full Name: Charles Miguel Thomas
September 1 - Detroit Free Press:
Police said Thomas took the instruments between February and June -- when the school was one of 33 closed in a cost-cutting move. He scratched off serial numbers, then painted the initials of his company, Code Base Production, onto the cases, court records said.Police found other instruments at the charter school where he had been hired.
A school official audited the school's music department and found 72 instruments missing, court records said.
