Accused pavement scammer's case is continued

Monday, July 21, 2014 11:12 PM EDT

By JUSTIN MUSZYNSKI STAFF WRITER

BRISTOL A local man charged with doing driveway work without a license and known to solicit the elderly while seeking paving jobs stood before a judge Monday morning.

Brian Curylo, 28, of 41 Pleasant St., arrested earlier this month, appeared briefly in Bristol Superior Court before his case was continued to Aug. 11.

He was charged July 7 with second-degree larceny, offering home repair without a license, no notice of cancellation, failure to provide notice of cancellation rights and failure to provide oral cancellation rights.

Curylo, who is free on $5,000 bond, had his home improvement license revoked in March, and was ordered to pay just over $30,000 to five former customers and $5,750 in civil penalties, according to a release from the Department of Consumer Protection. He has a lengthy criminal history that includes larceny and conspiracy to commit larceny.

This month, police spotted him working on a 93-year-old womans driveway. Officers said they knew Curylo wasnt supposed to be doing contracting work, so they arrested him. Police later said he had agreed to work on the womans driveway for $550.

Curylo and his business, Hot Top Paving, have been the subject of numerous complaints. He was being investigated last month after someone reported to police that he took over $800 but never returned to do the work.

That investigation was eventually dropped after Curylo told authorities he had planned to finish the job, but he wound up voiding the deal and returning the customers money.

Justin Muszynski can be reached at (860) 584-0501, ext. 7250, or jmuszynski@bristolpress.com.

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