The Staten Island man accused in a string of Brooklyn-shopkeeper murders went nuts in court today, as a judge said he was either “disruptive, confused, or bizarre.”
Salvatore Perrone, a door-to-door dress salesman initially dubbed “John Doe Duffel Bag” for his appearance carrying a satchel on surveillance video that helped nab him, continually interrupted his arraignment in Brooklyn Supreme Court, bursting out that he wanted to see his “real” lawyer and sister.
Court-appointed defense lawyer William Martin struggled to control his client and asked Justice Alan Marrus to order a psyche evaluation.
The judge agreed, adding: “I’m going to check off the box that says ‘disruptive, confused or bizarre behavior.”
Perrone wore an orange jumpsuit to court, with his hands shackled in front of him to a thick leather belt.
Martin entered a “not guilty” to all charges for his loony client.
“Excuse me, your honor. This man is not my attorney. I have not been given any access to the outside world,” he demanded loudly. “Everything has been taken from me – my money, my personal cell phone.”
Perrone did not want Martin to represent him.
“How do I reach my attorney?” he said. “Are we in the United States of America?”
The accused killer also demanded to see his sister.
“Mr. Martin, your attorney, can contact your sister for you,” Marrus said.
Perrone has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, covering three slayings that go back to this summer.
His first alleged victim was Mohamed Gebeli, 65, who was slain inside his Valentino Fashion Inc. in Bay Ridge on July 6.
Then on Aug. 2, 59-year-old Isaac Kadare was shot in the head inside his Amazing 99-Cent and Up Deals in Bensonhurst.
On Nov. 16, Rahmatollah Vahidipour was gunned down inside his She She Boutique in Flatbush.
Moe Gebeli, son Mohamed Gebeli, seethed in anger seeing Perrone’s antics in court.
“I wanted to reach him. I wanted to get my hands on him,” he said.
The grieving son still thinks about his slain dad every day.
“He was the best man in the world. Best man in the world,” said Moe, who was overcome with emotion and couldn’t speak anymore.
Additional reporting by David K. Li