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The Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested local contractor Dennis N. Rawleigh Jr., 46, of Batavia, formerly of Perry, on one count of scheme to defraud 2nd<\/sup>, a class A misdemeanor, after an investigation into complaints of Rawleigh not completing work he received payments for.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Very little work was completed on the Perry home and none on the Gainesville residence.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Rawleigh attempted to pull the large barn down with a chain and his pickup with negative results.\u00a0 No further attempt to tear the barn down was made since June, 2015.<\/p>\n Rawleigh was issued an appearance ticket for and is to appear in Gainesville Town Court later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s 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 \u2026<\/p>\n