Getting his money back was like pulling teeth — so that’s exactly what he did.
A Staten Island man who bought his business partner dentures to make him more presentable snatched the false teeth back in a bizarre gunpoint robbery, authorities said yesterday.
Joseph Nativo, 47, allegedly pulled a revolver on Gennario Sibbio, 40, in the victim’s office at Atec Environmental, a gas-tank excavation company in Clifton, at 7 a.m. on May 7, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
Sibbio told cops that Nativo slammed the gun down on the desk and demanded he turn over his false teeth.
“I didn’t steal [the teeth]. I asked for them back because I paid for them,” Nativo told The Post.
He said he bought the dentures for Sibbio because “he didn’t look respectable when he talked to customers.”
Nativo also took $1,200 in cash, two cellphones, a Bluetooth and Sibbio’s jacket, a court complaint says.
Nativo, who was arrested Monday, claims there was no gun used.