The New York State Police have arrested a New York State Department of Transportation employee following an investigation into the theft of state property and official misconduct.<\/p>\n
On February 4, 2026, State Police in Oneida received a larceny complaint from the New York State Department of Transportation Investigations Bureau regarding an incident that occurred on October 27, 2025, at approximately\u00a01:30 p.m., at a DOT facility located at\u00a0635 Lenox Avenue\u00a0in the City of Oneida, Madison County.<\/p>\n
An investigation conducted by members of the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation determined that\u00a0Tina L. Barretta, age 59, of Rome, NY, while employed as a maintenance worker with the New York State Department of Transportation, allegedly directed that approximately 10 tons of asphalt millings be loaded into a DOT truck during work hours. The material was subsequently transported to a private residence on Wood Creek Road in the Town of Rome, Oneida County, where it was deposited without authorization.<\/p>\n
The value of the asphalt millings is estimated at approximately $250. The investigation also determined that a State vehicle was used in the commission of the offense.<\/p>\n
On February 5, 2026, Barretta voluntarily responded to SP Oneida, where she was arrested and charged with:<\/p>\n
Petit Larceny (PL 155.25), Class A MisdemeanorOfficial Misconduct (PL 195.00), Class A Misdemeanor<\/p>\n
Barretta was processed and released on appearance tickets returnable to Oneida City Court\u00a0on February 26, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n
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The New York State Police were assisted in this investigation by the New York State Department of Transportation Investigations Bureau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York State Police have arrested a New York State Department of Transportation employee following an investigation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-133684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news","11":"tag-new-york-state","12":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}