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Richard Scrivani, 23, was brought to Hackensack Municipal Court this morning for a first appearance on theft charges following his February arrest in Key Largo — for erratic bike riding.
Scrivani also must make appearances in New Milford — tentatively scheduled for Dec. 11 — and in Dumont in connection with a Feb. 2 incident in which an officer was injured.
It began with a theft at a Madison Avenue CVS, authorities said. Moments later, a black Audi matching a broadcast description passed New Milford Officer Bryan Mone on River Road.
Mone pulled the car over at Cedar Road, New Milford Police Chief Frank Papapietro said. Scrivani “became combative,” then got back into the car and hit the gas, hitting Giacabone’s right arm, the chief said.
Giacobone was treated at Holy Name Medical Center and quickly returned to full duty, the chief said.
Meanwhile, a search began for Scrivani, who a little over two weeks later in Key Largo.
His bicycle had no lights on it as Scrivani rode against traffic, weaving across lanes, when a Monroe County sheriff’s deputy stopped him on Feb. 17, authorities in Florida said.
Scrivani was “vague” and told the officer he’d been “hanging out” at Publix with friends — which they said was closed. When pressed, he couldn’t identify any of those friends, Becky Herrin, a Monroe County Sheriff’s spokeswoman said.
Scrivani also told them his name was Russell Cooper, that he was from New York and that he wasn’t carrying any ID, she said.
The officer said he would have to pat him down and Scrivani took off on foot. As the officer was calling for backups, Scrivani tripped and fell, Herrin said.
He got up and the officer tried zapping him with a stun gun, but Herrin said Scrivani’s jacket apparently blocked the jolt. He began running again, she said, but the deputy tackled him.
The two were fighting when backups arrived and helped subdue Scrivani.
Herrin said they found him carrying his New Jersey driver’s license, as well as a cigarette pack filled Oxycodone, Xanax, crack cocaine and a small metal pipe.
“Scrivani later admitted to smoking crack cocaine just 10 minutes before his encounter with the deputy,” she said.
A quick check turned up the warrant out of New Jersey, as well, Herrin said.
Scrivani, who’d been on probation from drug court when the February incident occurred, was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury in April.
He faces a host of offenses that include:
- assaulting police, assault by auto, resisting arrest, eluding (New Milford)
- drug court violation (Bergen County)
- robbery (Dumont)
- theft (Hackensack)
Local authorities are hoping to convince a judge to have him appear in a courtroom at the jail, saving the need to transport him to the various jurisdictions.
MUGSHOT: Courtesy BCSO
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