Records detail arrest of Stanislav Petrov, man beaten by deputies
The auto theft suspect who was beaten in a San Francisco alley by two Alameda County sheriff’s deputies was arrested earlier this year after federal agents seized methamphetamine and a gun during a raid on his Visitacion Valley residence, court records show.
In court documents unsealed Friday, the FBI agents said Stanislav Petrov was arrested on March 8 after a court-ordered search of his residence on Teddy Avenue was conducted in connection with a cyber crime investigation unrelated to Petrov.’’
During the search, the agents seized 4 ounces of methamphetamine, a small amount of heroin along with other drugs, and a semiautomatic pistol in a room where they found Petrov naked and in bed with a woman, the documents show.
The documents were released a week after Petrov was taken into custody again during another FBI raid on the Teddy Avenue home — hours after a man, Christopher Perez-Melo, 27, was shot multiple times while standing in front of the residence.
In the unsealed complaint, FBI agents described Petrov as a “convicted felon and career criminal ... convicted of 5 felonies and 3 misdemeanors.”
The agents listed his police record and said he is also “associated with the Norteño gang” and has a “continuous disregard for the law and public safety (that) makes him a danger.”