Paradise Garage owner extradited to answer larceny charges


LIME ROCK — Glenn Kurrus, a former owner of the Paradise Garage on Route 112, has been arrested in California on larceny charges filed here in Connecticut. This week, according to sources at the Litchfield County state’s attorney’s office, Connecticut State Police were preparing to bring him back from prison in Santa Rosa, Calif., to Litchfield County. He is expected to appear in Bantam Superior Court and have his charges presented on Thursday, Dec. 20.

This arrest is on criminal charges. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the state Department of Consumer Protection also have several civil complaints against Kurrus. He has been accused of defrauding clients at his Lime Rock garage. One car owner said he brought his sports car to Kurrus and asked him to repair it; Kurrus allegedly sold the car instead.

"This criminal matter relates to a similar consumer fraud that our action addresses," Blumenthal said this week. "We know of at least a dozen consumers who claim they’ve been harmed by his deceptive practices. Our civil action remains pending. The law firm that had been representing him has moved to withdraw from the case.

"The arrests in California are pursuant to an action separate from ours brought by the Litchfield County state’s attorney’s office. He was arrested on those warrants in California and will be returned to Connecticut."

Representatives from the state police and the state’s attorney’s office confirmed that Kurrus is being extradited to Connecticut, and that he is likely to be held at the police barracks at Troop L in Litchfield until his hearing on Dec. 20. Kurrus moved from Lime Rock to California last January. In May, the attorney general seized three Porsches from the Lime Rock business and listed some half-dozen substantial complaints of deceptive business practices against Kurrus and his company, which is also called Evolution Motor Sports. At that time, Kurrus claimed these charges had been resolved.

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