Business Owner Scammed North Bellport Man For Nearly $4K In Repair Job: Police

NORTH BELLPORT, NY — A Brentwood man who charged a North Bellport man for home repairs and never finished the job was rounded up in a traffic stop on Tuesday, Suffolk police said.

A North Bellport man told police last week that in October, he hired Francis Warner, of
Warner Brothers Air Max HVAC, to do work on his home, and Warner, who owns the company,
agreed to a cash payment of $3,850 and never returned to complete the work, according to police.

Warner, 41, was arrested during a traffic stop in Brentwood at 11 a.m., and detectives charged him with third-degree grand larceny, police said.

He is being held overnight at the 5th Precinct in Patchogue and will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Wednesday.

Detectives are asking anyone who may have been a victim of Warner to call the 5th Squad at 631-854-8538.