Pawt. car shop owner arrested again

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - The owner of a Pawtucket car shop accused of scamming customers is arrested again by Rhode Island State Police.

Dino Coccia was taken into custody in North Providence by the Violent Fugitive Task Force on Thursday on four Superior Court Bench Warrants:

• Failure to Appear/Unlawful Appropriation
• Failure to Appear/Unlawful Appropriation
• Failure to Appear/Obtaining Money under False Pretenses
• Failure to Appear/Obtaining Money under False Pretenses

He was processed at the Lincoln Barracks and turned over to the Superior Court.

Coccia is the owner of America Sales and Collision Center. He was arrested in May after he was accused of selling two customers the same car and renting out cars he was supposed to be repairing.

More than two dozen people have come forward, claiming to be victims of his scheme.

In July, the Attorney General filed 50 new charges against him, including obtaining money under false pretense, unlawful appropriation, uttering bad checks and one count of attempted larceny.