Staten Island man used gun to reclaim false teeth from business associate, cops say

Staten Island Advance

He paid for those false teeth, and he wanted them back.

Even if they were in somebody else's mouth.

So authorities say Staten Island resident Joseph Nativo, 47, pulled a revolver on his former business associate and took them.

Nativo, a contractor who lives on the 200 block of Shirley Avenue in Eltingville, is accused of slamming the revolver down on a desk at his business, Atec Contracting on 360 Targee St. in Stapleton on May 7, then demanding that 40-year-old Gennario Sibbio take the chompers out of his mouth and hand them over.

He also demanded Sibbio give up $1,200 in cash, two cell phones, a Bluetooth wireless device and his jacket.

Nativo tells it differently, though -- sure, he demanded the teeth back, since he paid for them in the first place, but he never pulled out a gun.

Police referred to Sibbio as Nativo's "former business partner," but Nativo characterizes him as an ex-worker who stole from the company.

"He's not my partner. He's my employee," Nativo said. "I fired him, let him go. I paid for his new teeth to be put in... I told him to leave the company. I asked for my teeth back."

Attempts to reach Sibbio were unsuccessful today.

Police arrested Nativo on Monday, charging him with a single count of first-degree robbery.

He was arraigned and released on $1,000 bail until his next court appearance July 1.

The other items, Nativo said, also belonged to him.

"He owes me over $27,000 from the company," Nativo said. "I took his phones. I took his car. Everything that I gave him, I took it."

Joseph Sorrentino, Nativo's lawyer, said the allegations against his client were Sibbio's way of retaliating for his firing.

"We believe, certainly, that the allegations of the complaint are at worst untrue, at best exaggerated."

Nativo said multiple witnesses can vouch that he never pulled out a gun.

"We yelled and we argued, don't get me wrong," Nativo said, "but in the end, those teeth belonged to me."

-- Reported by John Annese

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May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009

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A Long Island burglar who tried to live outside the law of gravity was nabbed early yesterday when he fell through a false ceiling and landed at cops' feet, police said.

Nassau police said Seamus Troy II, 19, of New Hyde Park, had stolen a car and broken into an eyewear store on Hillside Avenue in New Hyde Park at 6:45 am.

Responding officers were told by a witness the burglar was still inside.

The cops looked but could not immediately find Troy -- until he crashed through the ceiling and fell onto the floor right in front of them, a police spokesman said.

Troy was charged with various offenses, including burglary and car theft.

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Bowl of chili used to fend off robbers in Claiborne County

By Rebecca Ferrar

Knoxville News Sentinel
Thursday, May 14, 2009

 

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When two men broke into her home, Wanda Bray defended herself with what she had - a bowl of chili and some household objects.

"The woman fought them off," said Capt. David Honeycutt of the Claiborne County Sheriff's Department, of the 58-year-old Bray. "She threw a bowl of homemade chili and got after them with a broom."

Authorities later arrested three men in connection with the home-invasion robbery, and two of them were also charged with a convenience store heist.

The robbery occurred at about 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Arthur community of Claiborne County.

After Bray threw "household objects" at the robbery suspects, they fled the scene, a Sheriff's Department press release states.

The victim told deputies the robbers ran into her home and demanded her medication.

"They probably got away with some blood pressure pills," Honeycutt said.

Claiborne County Sheriff David Ray said that while Honeycutt was investigating the home-invasion robbery, his investigation took him to a location where authorities discovered a vehicle used in another robbery last week of the Tiger Ma

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Police: Convicted bank robber returns
to scene for second failed crime

By JOHN GALLAS
Staff Writer

If at first you don't succeed, rob the same bank again.

But Shawn Carl Bullock failed -- again, Ormond Beach police said Tuesday.

Bullock, 35, already served 3 1/2 years in prison for robbing the Bank of America at 299 N. Nova Road in Ormond Beach in 2003. Police say he presented a note to a teller at that same bank on March 6. The note implied he had a gun and he got away with cash -- just as he did six years ago.

The next day during a traffic stop, Daytona Beach police found $1,000 in 50- and 100-dollar bills along with drugs on Bullock, police said. But it was Bullock's family who recognized him from bank surveillance photos police released, and on Monday he was charged with the bank heist.

Bullock of Ormond Beach was charged with robbery and grand theft, and was held Tuesday at the Volusia County Branch Jail on $52,000 bail.

Internet ad leads cops to stolen property

PATRICIO G. BALONA
May 12, 2009

DELAND -- An Internet ad for GPS units police say were stolen attracted more than customers for a DeBary man accused of burglarizing cars.

A DeLand detective checking out Web sites selling stolen merchandise tracked down the navigating systems, too.

But before DeLand police could pick up Timothy Mulroney for the 4 a.m. April 16 car burglaries, he was arrested by sheriff's deputies four days later for breaking into several mailboxes and a van in a DeBary neighborhood, according to a Sheriff's Office charging affidavit.

On Thursday, DeLand police interviewed the jailed Mulroney, 18, and charged him with burglary of a conveyance, dealing in stolen property and grand theft, DeLand police Sgt. John Anderson said.

On April 16, DeLand police responded to reports of three cars broken into in the neighborhood of Bent Oaks Boulevard. Three cars in the subdivision had the driver's side windows smashed and GPS instruments were removed from the cars, a DeLand police report states.

According to the report, a crime-scene analyst for DeLand police found an ad for the stolen satellite gadgets on craigslist.com. The person advertising left a number for a cell phone. Police called Mulroney and tried to set up an undercover purchase, but Mulroney did not call back.

And then, on April 20, deputies arrested Mulroney and two others, Jared Toledo, 20, and Majin Toledo, 22, addresses unknown, when a neighbor called to complain that someone had broken his mailbox.

Jared Toledo told deputies Mulroney kicked down about 10 mailboxes while driving through the Glen Abbey subdivision looking for cars to break into, a sheriff's charging affidavit states. The trio left after getting into an unlocked van and stealing a stereo, the affidavit states.

The Toledos and Mulroney were arrested and charged with felony unarmed burglary of an unoccupied structure/conveyance for the April 20 incident.

When DeLand police spoke to Mulroney in jail Thursday, he admitted committing the burglaries and assisted detectives in recovering the stolen goods, Anderson said. The GPS units were in a bedroom closet in the DeBary home of Mulroney's mother, the DeLand police report states.

Port Orange man calls 9-1-1 to report robbery of drug money

By JULIE MURPHY
Staff Writer

The men even called 9-1-1 to have deputies help them recover the money.

"Yeah I was scared," said Wesley Fehl of Port Orange. "I had two guns pointed at my head."

Fehl, 22, said Tuesday by phone that he and Kenneth Jones, 20, South Daytona, drove to a house on Sunset Boulevard near Holly Hill about 6:30 p.m. Monday to buy marijuana from two acquaintances of Jones.

"They invited me inside the house so they could do this," he said. "They both jumped me. My buddy had walked outside. When he came back in they threw him to the ground."

By then, Fehl had already been relieved of the $12,000, his wallet, and cell phone. Jones' acquaintances ran out of the house and drove off.

Fehl and Jones jumped into their own vehicle, drove after their assailants and called 9-1-1 to report the robbery, sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said in a written report.

"I was just held at gunpoint trying to buy drugs. We're following the dude right now," the caller told a Sheriff's Office dispatcher

The dispatcher urged the men not to follow the car and put themselves in further danger, Davidson said.

"But he's got my money," the caller said. "I don't want him to get away with my money."

Fehl still feels that way.

"I don't think police have gone back to the house yet," he said. "As far as they know, they aren't in trouble. And, I want my money back."

But investigators followed up, Davidson said. Suspects were identified and after warrants were issued for their arrest, the home was raided.

Craig Anthony Williams, 34, who lives in the house, was arrested and charged with one count of armed robbery. He was being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail with no bail allowed Tuesday night.

Investigators continue to look for Lavarus Peterkin, 29, Daytona Beach. He is described as about 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a tattoo on his right hand.

Because the investigation is ongoing, Davidson would not say if deputies found marijuana in the house when it was searched. He didn't know if the guns had been recovered.

While all of the men have criminal records, Fehl's is the longest and includes drug-related arrests, according to court records.

Pending the completion of the investigation, charges could be filed against the victims -- including a third man, Patrick Marsh, 22, Lake Helen, who was not with Fehl and Jones but reportedly supplied the money, Davidson said.

"We're still evaluating everyone's actions," he said Tuesday.

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