Posted on 05/19/2009 7:02:55 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at silive.com ...
This chattered the tranquility of the office.
chattering nabob’s
I don’t know. I think if you buy a guy a set of teeth, they’re his, absent some contract to the contrary.
Enamel the game is fame.
This should take a bite out of crime.
;-)
I think the story would be better if he had used his false teeth to reclaim his gun.
thanks, bfl
Obviously the other guy was a raging anti-dentite.
Dang it!!! I was trying to remember that line from Seinfeld. Thanks for the reminder.
;-)
This is the Staten Island Coogine version of “keepin’ it real.”
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