Salvatore Perrone (Image source: Franconia Township, PA Police Department).
A clothing salesman accused in the serial slayings of three Brooklyn shopkeepers – including beloved Bay Ridge clothier and family man Mohamed Gebeli – says an MTA subway security video will prove he’s innocent of at least one of the murders. Continue reading »
Con Edison building (Image courtesy of Stig Nygaard).
According to the Daily News, the son of murdered Bay Ridge clothier Mohamed Gebeli will no longer have to pay an electric bill that ballooned to over $700 while the family store was kept off limits - and the shop’s lights were kept on – as police spent over two months investigating the crime scene for clues.
The alleged killer, Salvatore “Son of Sal” Perrone, was arrested on Nov. 21, and charged with the murder of three Brooklyn shopkeepers – the first of which was Mohamed Gebeli.
From Daily News:
Mohammed Gebeli, 65, was shot dead July 6 at Valentino’s Fashions [ibid] in Bay Ridge — the first of Salvatore Perrone’s three suspected victims.
Police kept the store closed while they conducted the investigation.
Gebeli’s son, Moe, got the shop keys back on Sept. 20 after he returned from Egypt, where he buried his father and visited relatives. The lights were on for more than two months.
Moe Gebeli then received a letter from Con Edison which threatened to take away the clothing store’s electrical meter – unless the family paid $734.66.
While Con Ed acknowledged to reporters that Gebeli had called customer service and mentioned the police investigation, they denied knowing that his father had been killed.
On Friday, November 31, the utility agreed to prorate the bill – virtually eliminating any charges that had accrued during the period when family members didn’t have access to the store.
But despite the apparent happy ending, just as many Hurricane Sandy victims have learned while living in houses without power, the bills – they just keep on coming…
“I’m glad you’re telling me that,” Moe Gebeli told Daily News. “Because I just got another bill in the mail today for $1,627.49.”
Con Edison building (Image courtesy of Stig Nygaard).
[UPDATED] 12/13/12 Con Ed is now saying the store’s electric bill will be prorated not to include charges that accrued during the more than two month police investigation. Read More
After suffering the loss of a father and husband, the family of slain Bay Ridge store owner Mohamed Gebeli is reportedly fighting Con Edison over an unpaid bill from the 77 days their shop Valentino Fashion was an off-limits crime scene.
According to the Daily News, Moe Gebeli, son of ‘Son of Sal’ victim Mohamed Gebeli, is speaking out against the utility for insisting he pay a $734.66 bill – or face the loss of electricity to the small mens clothing shop that serves as the still-grieving family’s main source of income.
“How is this fair?” Moe Gebeli asked reporters last Thursday. “It’s like a slap in the face.” Continue reading »
Salvatore Perrone in 2001 (Image source: Franconia Township Police Department).
The suspect in the killing of Bay Ridge clothier Mohamed Gebeli, as well as two other Brooklyn shopkeepers, was indicted yesterday on first degree murder charges, as reported by CBS.
Salvatore Perrone, age 64, of Staten Island was arrested and charged by police just before Thanksgiving last week. Continue reading »
Salvatore Perrone (Image source: Franconia Township Police Department).
The neighbors of triple murder suspect Salvatore Perrone painted a picture of an unhinged man whose off-putting behavior included posing as a retired police detective, as reported by Chris Francescani for Reuters.
Police sources seemed to compliment the anecdotes of civilians who crossed paths with Perrone – who is currently awaiting his next hearing on first and second-degree murder charges in the brutal slayings of shopkeepers Isaac Kadare, 59, Mohammed Gebeli, 75, and Rahmatollah Vahidipour, 78.
According to the Daily News, cops say the man fellow residents in his Staten Island neighborhood referred to as “Son of Sal,” and who affected a fake Italian accent while speaking with one of his girlfriend’s neighbors in Queens, claimed to work for the CIA during his police interrogation.
“If you work for the CIA, where’s your ID?” asked one investigator.
“At the CIA, we don’t carry ID,” Perrone responded, according to the Daily News source.
A gun found in Perrone’s – aka “John Doe Duffle Bag’s” gym bag matches the ballistics of a gun used in three separate killings of Brooklyn store-owners this year. Mohammed Gebeli of 5th Avenue’s Valentino Fashion was the first of the three shopkeepers to be killed. The murder of Gebeli, a beloved member of the Bay Ridge community, occurred on Friday, July 6, 2012.
Perrone will remain in Rikers Island’s North Infirmary wing until his next court appearance, which is expected to be sometime today.
John Doe Duffle Bag, the person-of-interest in the shopowner serial killings, captured by a surveillance camera near the site of the third murder. Police have matched the gun found in possession of Salvatore Perrone with all three shootings.
The gun found in the duffle bag of Salvatore Perrone – aka “John Doe Duffle Bag” – is a ballistics match with the gun used in three separate killings of Brooklyn store-owners this year, according to a report by the NY Daily News. Mohammed Gebeli of 5th Avenue’s Valentino Fashion was the first of the three store-owners, killed on Friday, July 6, 2012.
Perrone – a Staten Island resident that turns 64 tomorrow – has not yet been charged, but is in police custody. He was arrested after the NYPD had released surveillance camera photographs of four persons-of-interest, a group that included Perrone.
Police has linked the murders of the three Middle Eastern shopkeepers to the same gun before the recovery of Perrone’s sawed-off .22 caliber shotgun. Police also found black gloves, legless pantyhose, a bloody kitchen knife, and two folding knives that could have been used in the crimes, according the Daily News report.
Isaac Kadare, the owner of a 99-cent store on 86th Street in Bensonhurst, was killed on August 2. Rahmatolla Vahidipour, the 78-year-old owner of a store on Flatbush Avenue, was murdered on November 16.