Cops: Riverhead painter arrested after posting sign

A Riverhead painter faces a charge of criminal mischief after he had a disagreement with a client over money and then posted a sign to the other man’s store, saying the man “doesn’t pay,” according to a Southold Town police press release.

Louis Cardamone, 50, hung the sign on the Greenport store after the store’s owner declined to pay him in advance for a paint job, police said. The owner paid Mr. Cardamone half the money up front and said he would pay him the rest upon completion of the job, police said.

The sign caused damage to the siding on the Main Street building, police said.

Mr. Cardamone was arrested Saturday evening and released on cash bail, police said.