A man who stole merchandise from Home Depot and tried to crash into store employees with his van is heading to prison.
Philip Sarner, 44, was sentenced in Albany County Court to 8 years in prison. He was convicted in February of one count of robbery in the first degree while threatening use of a dangerous instrument and one count of criminal mischief in the fourth degree.
Sarner entered the store at Latham Farms on Sept. 21, 2023, and was spotted on a surveillance video acting suspiciously as he took power tools off the shelves. He loaded hand tools into a contractor’s bag and headed toward an emergency exit, according to the Albany County District Attorney’s Office…