Swansea eatery coming to location of former Bristol County Auto Exchange

SWANSEA — An eatery is coming to the location of a recently closed car dealership.

Bucko’s Pizza appears to be coming soon to 2388 Grand Army of the Republic Highway according to a sign on the building.

A Bucko’s Pizza used to operate at 544 Milford Road in Swansea which is now known as Plaza Pizza II.

The restaurant will replace the defunct Bristol County Auto Exchange.

In October, Swansea Police announced that the department had obtained multiple arrest warrants for 46-year-old Edward Cicciu of Attleboro on fraud-related charges.

Since May, several dozen people had reported to Swansea Police that they were defrauded by Bristol County Auto Exchange.

Through an extensive investigation, Swansea Police determined that Cicciu would receive cars on loan from a local auction but would not receive the titles for the vehicles until he paid the auction company in full. The vehicles were then put up for sale at Bristol County Auto Exchange. Cicciu would allegedly complete a sale, take the payment, attach fake or forged license plates, and promise that a title and registration would be mailed to the purchaser.

Cicciu would then allegedly stop responding to the victims and never pay the auction company for the vehicle. The purchasers never received the titles and therefore could not register the vehicles.

An exact opening date for Bucko’s was not posted.