The Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office arrested local
contractor Dennis N. RAWLEIGH Jr., 46, formerly of Perry, for one count of
Scheme to Defraud 2nd degree, a class A misdemeanor, after an investigation
into complaints of RAWLEIGH allegedly 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. Deputies said in a press statement that 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 the above charge and is to appear in Gainesville Town Court later this
month.
