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Dealer, Employee Charged With Threatening Customer

Charges were filed against the owner and an employee of F&R Auto Sales after a customer claimed they threatened her. The dealership first made headlines in January when a video of its employees harassing a pizza delivery man went viral.

by Staff
March 10, 2015
1 min to read


WESTPORT, Mass. — The owner of F&R Auto Sales and an employee of the dealership have been charged with threats to do bodily harm and intimidation of a witness after a customer contacted police claiming they had threatened her. Police said in the past year they have received 26 complaints against the dealership, which first made headlines in January when a video of its employees harassing a pizza delivery man went viral, WCVB 5 reports.

The woman contacted police after a car she purchased from F&R Auto Sales did not pass a safety inspection. She alleged that, over the phone, two employees used profanities, threatened to punch her in the face and made a sexual comment. Owner Francis R. Correiro and an employee named Mark Dambrosca have been charged.

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