Update: Steven Petrilli is finally on trial for this murder, so it is a good time to revisit this story from July 26, 2006, days after SFPD Officer Nick Birco's death at the hands of Petrilli.
Here's the original story . . .
Wednesday morning SFPD Officer Nick Birco was broadsided by a speeding van and he was killed.
Inside the van were four cowards; three men and a woman. They had just beaten and robbed a victim who was waiting at a bus stop on Bayshore Boulevard. The van was spotted by police and a wild chase began through the streets of San Francisco.
After slamming broadside into Officer Birko's police cruiser, the van struck two other cars and even struck two buildings before SFPD officers were able to bring the bad guys down and put them in cuffs.
Officer Birko was assigned to the Bayview Station. That station also lost Officer Isaac Espinoza to a Bayview - Hunters Point dope dealer in 2004 who shot and murdered the officer at point blank range.
As happens all too often, the good guys die and the bad guys live. The driver of the van was Steven Wayne Petrilli. This punk is a career criminal at the age of 19 and a real creep. At the time he killed Nick Birco he was supposed to be sitting in jail. Instead he was free on $175,000 bail on a charge of burglary. Petrilli is also facing a charge of lewd conduct with a 13-year old child.
This isn't the first time Petrilli put lives in danger by racing through San Francisco streets after running from the police. In 2005 he lead police in a high-speed chase in a stolen car.
And that's not all. Petrilli was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon in his car. He was also sentenced to attend a drug treatment program. This guy is the bottom of the human gene sludge pool. According to police reports and public records, Petrilli appears to be a real bastard; a robber, a drug abuser, a thief, a child molester and a murderer. Steven Wayne Petrilli deserves absolutely nothing better than to rot in a cell at San Quentin's Death Row.
It's time we start burying the bad guys more often and stop burying so many of our heroes.
Inside the van were four cowards; three men and a woman. They had just beaten and robbed a victim who was waiting at a bus stop on Bayshore Boulevard. The van was spotted by police and a wild chase began through the streets of San Francisco.
After slamming broadside into Officer Birko's police cruiser, the van struck two other cars and even struck two buildings before SFPD officers were able to bring the bad guys down and put them in cuffs.
Officer Birko was assigned to the Bayview Station. That station also lost Officer Isaac Espinoza to a Bayview - Hunters Point dope dealer in 2004 who shot and murdered the officer at point blank range.
As happens all too often, the good guys die and the bad guys live. The driver of the van was Steven Wayne Petrilli. This punk is a career criminal at the age of 19 and a real creep. At the time he killed Nick Birco he was supposed to be sitting in jail. Instead he was free on $175,000 bail on a charge of burglary. Petrilli is also facing a charge of lewd conduct with a 13-year old child.
This isn't the first time Petrilli put lives in danger by racing through San Francisco streets after running from the police. In 2005 he lead police in a high-speed chase in a stolen car.
And that's not all. Petrilli was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon in his car. He was also sentenced to attend a drug treatment program. This guy is the bottom of the human gene sludge pool. According to police reports and public records, Petrilli appears to be a real bastard; a robber, a drug abuser, a thief, a child molester and a murderer. Steven Wayne Petrilli deserves absolutely nothing better than to rot in a cell at San Quentin's Death Row.
It's time we start burying the bad guys more often and stop burying so many of our heroes.
2 comments:
Petilli has been charged with murder, manslaughter, evading police and robbery. Petrilli is unemplyed and he has been living on welfare and food stamps (in addition to his robberies and burglaries to pay for his drug habit. Petrilli has Norteno gang affiliations and is also currently facing criminal charges against him for molesting a 13-year-old child. Hopefully this time we will be able to send Petrilli to prison for life.
I'd rather see him executed.
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