Maserati owner in hot water over service bill in Stamford

Andre Brown, 40, of New Jersey was charged with larceny for bouncing a check to a Stamford car dealership for servicing his Maserati. Andre Brown, 40, of New Jersey was charged with larceny for bouncing a check to a Stamford car dealership for servicing his Maserati. Photo: Stamford Police / Contributed Photo: Stamford Police / Contributed Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Maserati owner in hot water over service bill in Stamford 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

STAMFORD — A New Jersey man was extradited to Stamford for refusing to pay a local car dealer a service bill on the man’s Maserati.

Andre Brown, 40, of Plainfield, was charged with third-degree larceny and issuing a bad check.

Sgt. Steven Perrotta said Brown had his 2015 Maserati serviced at Miller Motorcars on Magee Avenue on Sept. 26 of this year. The bill came to $2,491 and Brown paid with a check.

But Perrotta said the check bounced and a credit card that Brown had left to back up the check turned out to be in collections.

After Miller Motorcars couldn’t get Brown to pay up, they contacted police. Perrotta said a property crimes investigator contacted Brown in October and he said he promised to pay Miller.

But he never did, Perrotta said. Brown was picked up on the larceny warrant in New Jersey and brought to Stamford on Wednesday.

No pleas have been made in the case.

jnickerson

@stamfordadvocate.com