Steve Hughes l Times Union, Albany, N.Y. (TNS)
Oct. 16—ALBANY — A parolee who was released from custody on a drug charge last week is accused of beating his sister to death with a hammer on Wednesday.
Alphonso Lester, 60, was arraigned Thursday morning in Albany City Court before Judge Holly Trexler and charged with second-degree murder and burglary in the death of Angela Helms, 61. He was sent to Albany County jail without bail.
As Lester was led from city court, a man in the courtroom crowd shouted, “You’re a murderer! You’re a murderer — you’re evil.”…