The Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office arrested local contractor Dennis N. Rawleigh Jr., 46, of Batavia, formerly of Perry, on one count of scheme to defraud 2nd, a class A misdemeanor, after an investigation into complaints of Rawleigh not completing work he received payments for.
In November 2016, Rawleigh, doing business as Rawleigh’s Tear Down, allegedly received over $15,000.00 in payments from a Town of Gainesville woman to perform work on two houses she owns, one in the Village of Perry and one in the Town of Gainesville.
Very little work was completed on the Perry home and none on the Gainesville residence.
The second victim, a male subject from the Town of Sheldon, reported paying Rawleigh a $3,200.00 down payment to tear down a barn.
Rawleigh attempted to pull the large barn down with a chain and his pickup with negative results. No further attempt to tear the barn down was made since June, 2015.
Rawleigh was issued an appearance ticket for and is to appear in Gainesville Town Court later this month.