Snowplow Scam Artist Caught in the Act
Michael J. Agresta was arrested in Bath Township on Sunday. He's also wanted in Lakewood.
Michael J. Agresta, 40, of Highland Heights, was arrested in Bath over the weekend after allegedly conning several area gas stations out of hundreds of dollars. Area police chiefs say the scam was the same across Northeast Ohio: Agresta would pull up to gas stations in a snowplow truck, show fake invoices to clerks and demand payment for work he never completed. "He committed the same offense at the Shell W. 117th Street and Clifton (Boulevard)," said Lakewood Police Chief Timothy Malley. When Agresta attempted the scam in Bath on Sunday evening, the attendant grew suspicious and alerted Bath poilce. Agresta was charged with attempted theft, a second-degree misdemeanor, and was handed over to Solon police, which had issued a warrant for …
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