Drew Peterson Arrested

[sciencegirl]

Drew Peterson is turning himself in to the police department on weapons charges. No link yet.

OMG!!!! One of the guns Peterson owns is about an inch short and is illegal in Illinois :girl_haha:

[tbrito1]

OMG are you kidding me....do you think he's doing this to put his name out there again...ya know another plug....

[packy]

His attorney is saying that the gun that was too short was confiscated when he was still a police officer so the charge is bogus.

[tbrito1]

His attorney is saying that the gun that was too short was confiscated when he was still a police officer so the charge is bogus.

of course Brodsky would have something to say!!! :71541:to both brodsky and drewpy!

[Battnt]

Drew Peterson faces arrest on gun charge

By Matthew Walberg | Tribune reporter
12:46 PM CDT, May 21, 2008



Drew Peterson was expected to turn himself in to Illinois State Police on Wednesday afternoon, hours after an arrest warrant was issued for a felony weapons violation, said his attorney.

At around 12:30 p.m., Peterson left his home and shouted "I love you" to a throng of reporters gathered outside his home before getting into the gold Mercedes owned by his attorney Joel Brodsky.

Spokesmen for both the State Police and the Will County state's attorney's office would not comment on the matter, but Brodsky said the charge was related to an assault rifle Peterson carried while employed by the Bolingbrook Police Department.

"He was a SWAT team member, and he was allowed to have two duty weapons," Brodsky said. "This was a registered duty weapon with the Bolingbrook Police Department, and he carried it for 10 years. The State Police had this weapon in their possession before he retired, so there is no basis for this charge."


Brodsky said the charge is related to a technical requirement about the length of the gun barrel.

"According to what I was told, [the barrel] was three-eighths of an inch too short."

Brodsky said his client will be fingerprinted and photographed, and then will be able to leave after posting 10 percent of the $7,500 bond in the arrest warrant.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson-webmay22,0,1202975.story

[mollybrown]

Petereson released on bond.....


http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6156635

[KittyMom]

awwww....I just refreshed and saw the thread and almost danced. Now I'm all let down. :sad0119:

[mollybrown]

awwww....I just refreshed and saw the thread and almost danced. Now I'm all let down. :sad0119:
I'm sorry Kitty, But it's a start :hifive:

One arrest warrant at a time. :s1gyahoo:

[KittyMom]

I'm sorry Kitty, But it's a start :hifive:

One arrest warrant at a time. :s1gyahoo:

You're right. Wonder how funny man feels with LE making him dance now?

[mollybrown]

You're right. Wonder how funny man feels with LE making him dance now?

Well it's wednesday and Drew P and Brodski still have 3 more evenings of talk TV.

maybe DP will put in a request to be on "DWTS" next season. :67302:

[Cat]

Well it's wednesday and Drew P and Brodski still have 3 more evenings of talk TV.

maybe DP will put in a request to be on "DWTS" next season. :67302:

It wouldn't surprise me a bit, Molly. :s1gyahoo:

[mollybrown]

well not an interview, YET.... but Greta will dicuss it tonight.

http://www.foxnews.com/ontherecord/index.html

[mollybrown]

Also comments on Nancy Grace.....

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/nancy.grace/

Darn AI and SYTYCD grrrrrr

Why does all the good stuff happen on the week days.

[Pauli]

I'm going to be the killjoy here.. but I have said all along that unless they find Stacy's body he is going to walk away from all of this. I don't think they will bring any charges against him in Kathleen's death. I believe the only thing that will come of that is probably a civil suit brought against him by her family. If you remember he transferred all of his assets to one of his sons quite a while back. So there will be nothing there for them to get, except possibly a part of his pension.

[mollybrown]

I'm going to be the killjoy here.. but I have said all along that unless they find Stacy's body he is going to walk away from all of this. I don't think they will bring any charges against him in Kathleen's death. I believe the only thing that will come of that is probably a civil suit brought against him by her family. If you remember he transferred all of his assets to one of his sons quite a while back. So there will be nothing there for them to get, except possibly a part of his pension.

WOW I missed the part about him TRANSFERRING all his assets to Steven. I thought I read that Steven got a check for $250,000 to take care of the kids when he gets arrested. :0009:

I HAVE to have faith that justice will come for Stacy and Kathleen :innocent0001:

[Pauli]

WOW I missed the part about him TRANSFERRING all his assets to Steven. I thought I read that Steven got a check for $250,000 to take care of the kids when he gets arrested. :0009:

I HAVE to have faith that justice will come for Stacy and Kathleen :innocent0001:


I may be wrong, it's been so long since I have read all of the links... didn't he take out a second mortgage on the house to give to his son also?

[mollybrown]

I may be wrong, it's been so long since I have read all of the links... didn't he take out a second mortgage on the house to give to his son also?

Harlett, All I've heard about was the check he wrote. I still think he is a snake in the grass and needs to be stopped. I think that I have less to say about other "Persons of Interest" If he wasn't such a so "IN your face" egomaniac. I just want to SLAP that smirk off his smary face. :nonono::nocomment:

:girl_haha:

[5boxersmom]

How immature can one be? While Greta was interviewing Sharon, Drew was in the house using making the horns and lights go off on his two vehicles. :rolleye0001:

Sharon kept doing the interview. :zm10:

[mollybrown]

How immature can one be? While Greta was interviewing Sharon, Drew was in the house using making the horns and lights go off on his two vehicles. :rolleye0001:

Sharon kept doing the interview. :zm10:

I missed all the interviews because of the AI finally. Hope that they both post a link so I can see them all later. Sounds like Drew P was par for the course. :nocomment:

[KittyMom]

Well it's wednesday and Drew P and Brodski still have 3 more evenings of talk TV.

maybe DP will put in a request to be on "DWTS" next season. :67302:

Why did this image jump immediately to mind?

http://www.moviewallpapers.net/images/wallpapers/1977/saturday-night-fever/saturday-night-fever-1-1024.jpg


:grin:

[KittyMom]

I may be wrong, it's been so long since I have read all of the links... didn't he take out a second mortgage on the house to give to his son also?

IIRC, the house is still in Stacy's name and that is the reason he hasn't moved away from his hateful neighbor, Sharon. Bless his heart, Sharon just won't see him as the victim he is. :rolleye0001:

[awakening2lite]

I may be wrong, it's been so long since I have read all of the links... didn't he take out a second mortgage on the house to give to his son also?

I think this goes back to the issues over the will.
When Drew presented the will, it named Drew's uncle as executor. Her (Kathleen Savio's) family contends there was a will written after that will but was not able to produce it. Drew had his uncle make Drew the executor of the will and then he collected insurance, sold the house, etc, and put all of that into his son's name. Just before Kathleen died and before she could divorce him, the business they co-owned was sold and Drew also bought the home he lives in now. The home was bought prior to the marriage to Stacy and IIRC Kathleen actually co-signed the mortgage. Not knowing the laws on community property in that state, I might guess that Stacy does not have a legal interest in the home except for 1/2 the mortgage amounts that were paid during their marriage and 1/2 of any of the improvements and appreciation to the home since the marriage which will continue to accrue until she is found deceased or is declared dead.

I'm not at all certain anyone (excluding the IRS) could touch his pension.

[KittyMom]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,357143,00.html

Pelkie said that despite Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky's contention that the weapon's barrel was less than a half inch shorter than the 16-inch limit, it is actually a full five inches shorter than is allowed under Illinois law. He added that even with a flash suppressor that easily screws off still attached it is still shorter than 16 inches.



Somebody get Brodinski a pair of glasses AND a ruler. Man can't see or measure. :71541:

[LiveLaughLuv]

updated 10:22 a.m. EDT, Thu May 22, 2008

Drew Peterson makes bail on gun rap

Charge involves gun seized in search after wife disappeared

Authorities say barrel too short to comply with Illinois law

Police suspect ex-cop in Stacy Peterson's disappearance

Defense attorney says authorties are harassing Peterson


BOLINGBROOK, Illinois (AP) -- Former police Sgt. Drew Peterson turned himself in Wednesday on a weapons charge unrelated to the disappearance of his wife, a high-profile case in which he has been named as a suspect.


Drew Peterson turned himself in to face a gun charge. Police suspect him in his wife's disappearance.

Peterson turned himself in at the Bolingbrook Police Department, where he once worked, and was taken to the Will County jail.

An adult son posted 10 percent of a $75,000 bond to secure his release pending trial, Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky said.

Peterson left jail without commenting.

The arrest warrant had been issued Tuesday. Brodsky said the arrest was part of an effort by state police to harass Peterson.

"Any inconvenience they can cause him, so much the better," Brodsky said as he waited outside the jail. "They might believe it's a tactic to shake him up."

The gun, an illegal rifle, was one of 11 seized during a search of Peterson's suburban Chicago home November 1, shortly after Stacy Peterson disappeared in late October. Authorities say the rifle barrel is too short under Illinois law.

Brodsky said that Peterson, now retired, was still a police officer when the weapon was seized and that officers are exempt from the length provision of the law.

Will County State's Attorney spokesman Chuck Pelkie would not say whether police are exempt from the law, but said the charge against Peterson is valid and appropriate.

"An illegal weapon might be put back on the street and we can't let that happen," Pelkie said.

Illinois State Police Sgt. Thomas Burek denied that the charge was an attempt to harass Peterson.

The investigation into Stacy Peterson's disappearance has drawn worldwide media attention. Authorities have said they believe she is dead, and extensive searches have been conducted in forests, marshes, lakes and other areas in suburban Chicago.

Police are also investigating the death of Drew Peterson's previous, third wife, Kathleen Savio. She was found dead in a bathtub in 2004. Her death was initially ruled an accident.

After Stacy Peterson disappeared, Savio's body was exhumed and an autopsy determined she was the victim of a homicide. Burek said both investigations are "going well."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/22/missing.wife.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText

[awakening2lite]

All this time and all they can bust him for is an illegal gun barrel length?

Bless their hearts, they are trying...:z0tdntknw:

[Bayou Lass]

That P-O-S had to dump that blue barrel somewhere or bury it somewhere. I still hold hope that they will find her body and he will get what he deserves. I also believe that he killed Kathleen, but they will never be able to prove that only if Stacey's body turns up. You know he looks pure evil to me, what do you guys think?

[Amusedtdth]

That P-O-S had to dump that blue barrel somewhere or bury it somewhere. I still hold hope that they will find her body and he will get what he deserves. I also believe that he killed Kathleen, but they will never be able to prove that only if Stacey's body turns up. You know he looks pure evil to me, what do you guys think?

I also hope the find her. It's been way too long and I still believe the brother/inlaw or whoever he was really did help him. About his looks, I got this very funny e-mail and they superimposed his face into the cowardly lions and the resemblance was amazing. He really does look like the lion. I can't wait for this mans world to come crashing down, as karma will have it, it'll be when he least expects it yet not soon enuf for me.

[grammybears]

I don't know what is going to happen as far as Stacy being found, but I am very disgusted with all the publicity stunts that Drew and his attorney are doing.
This is any abused woman's nightmare

jmoo

[KittyMom]

http://www.tmz.com/2008/05/29/will-travolta-help-get-drew-peterson-off/

Posted May 29th 2008 8:20AM by TMZ Staff

Drew Peterson -- the ex-cop who's a suspect in the killing of an ex-wife and being investigated in the drowning of another -- could be getting some legal help from an unlikely (and unwitting) source: Scientolobig John Travolta.

Peterson's lawyers say that Illinois State Police wanted prosecutors to nab the ex-cop on a weapons violation for carrying an AR-15 assault rifle illegally. But this snap that Peterson took with Travolta years ago, they say, shows Peterson with the assault rifle while on duty, guarding John while on tour shilling "Battlefield Earth."

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tmz.com/media/2008/05/567-peterson-with-travolta-full-cropped.jpg

:rolleye0001:

[KittyMom]

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/976336,JO28_PETERSON_WEB.article

BOLINGBROOK — Movie star John Travolta could end up a star witness in the Drew Peterson saga if push comes to shove in the embattled ex-cop’s felony weapons case.

“He’ll have to fly into Clow International Airport and testify,” Peterson’s attorney, Joel Brodsky, said of Travolta, the erstwhile mainstay of 1970s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.”

Peterson’s publicist, Glenn Selig, released a photograph of Peterson in his SWAT team regalia receiving an autograph from Travolta, who was in town to hype his 2000 film “Battlefield Earth.” Peterson and the SWAT team ended up on Travolta’s security detail, Brodsky said.

“They were on their way to a drug bust when they got pulled off, then got assigned to protect John Travolta,” he said.

Brodsky says the photo shows Peterson toting the semi-automatic assault rifle he was arrested for owning last week. Peterson was charged because the gun’s barrel is allegedly shorter than the legal length.

Brodsky has said Peterson’s department cleared him to use the rifle in his SWAT duties, making the short barrel legal.

Police Chief Ray McGury said Peterson never asked for permission to carry the weapon.

“I think he needs to take another look at his records, because this (photograph) isn’t the only thing I got (proving he use the gun on the job),” Brodsky said.

Likewise, the felony gun case is not the only thing the cops have got going against Peterson. State police have named him their sole suspect in the “potential homicide” of his missing fourth wife Stacy.

[MysteryPhobia]

I don't know what is going to happen as far as Stacy being found, but I am very disgusted with all the publicity stunts that Drew and his attorney are doing.
This is any abused woman's nightmare

jmoo

OMGOSH

You hit the nail on the head grammybears. He is being allowed to continue to abuse Stacy. If he could do this to her and Kathleen.. knowing what he did to them and that they are no longer living.. that says alot about what kind of man Drew Peterson is and what he is capable of.

It is all about him in his world.

As even as this sounds.. I can not wait for the day that man goes to prison. But.. know that.. no matter what happens.. he will answer for all he has done.. in the end.

[grammybears]

Yes he will. None of us can get away from the final judgement. But I would sure llike to see justice done here and now for all the abused and murdered victims.

jmoo

[lyndawitha"y]

Yes he will. None of us can get away from the final judgement. But I would sure llike to see justice done here and now for all the abused and murdered victims.

jmoo

:021:yeS..and it's that mindset that enables us to accept the injustices of this earth knowing the inevitable..We can only smile I guess:blondblush113268230

:11_2_104:

[Nut44x4]

Drew Peterson's attorneys file motion to dismiss weapons charge

2:35 PM CDT, May 30, 2008
Attorneys for Drew Peterson filed a motion in Will County Court on Friday to dismiss the felony unlawful use of a weapon charge filed last week against the former Bolingbrook police sergeant, saying that as a police officer he was exempt from the state's weapon laws.

Will County Judge Sarah Jones gave the state 14 days to respond. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June 30.

Friday marked Peterson's first court appearance since his arrest last week. Authorities said the charge stemmed from Peterson's ownership of an assault rifle with a barrel nearly five inches shorter than allowed by law.

Peterson and his attorneys, Joel Brodsky and Andrew Abood, claim the gun was registered with the Bolingbrook police for Peterson's use as a member of the department's SWAT team. But the Will County State's attorney's office contends the gun was privately owned by Peterson, and Bolingbrook police officials have said the department had no knowledge of the weapon.

In November, state police investigators probing the Oct. 28 disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, seized his vehicles, computers and 11 firearms from the couples' Bolingbrook home, including the weapon at the center of the felony case, a Colt model Sporter Lightweight, 223 Remington rifle.

Peterson, who has been named a suspect in his wife's disappearance, retired from the department in mid-November after a 30-year career. Authorities are also re-examining the mysterious 2004 drowning death of Peterson's ex-wife, Kathleen Savio. In February, Will County State's Atty. James Glasgow declared her death a homicide.

Peterson has steadfastly denied any involvement in his wife's disappearance or in Savio's death, and has not been charged in connection with either investigation.

The state also has two weeks to respond to a motion by Peterson's attorneys to modify their client's bond, to allow him to leave Illinois while out on bail. The state will also have a chance to respond to subpoenas Peterson's attorney issued to the Bolingbrook Police Department seeking their client's weapon records.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson_webmay31,0,6759782.story

[KittyMom]

Has anyone seen a quote from Travolta? He's got to be laughing himself silly over Drew's latest gimmick.

[KittyMom]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381881,00.html

Drew Peterson is due in court on a weapons charge for a having a gun authorities say had a barrel that was too short.

The former Bolingbrook police sergeant is expected in Will County court Monday afternoon in Joliet.

Peterson's attorneys have asked that the felony charge be dismissed.

The semiautomatic assault rifle was seized during an investigation into the disappearance of Peterson's wife, Stacy Peterson. Peterson hasn't been charged in connection with her disappearance.

Peterson's attorney has argued he is exempt from the law because he used the rifle on duty as a police officer.

Prosecutors have said Peterson owned the gun privately. Bolingbrook police contend they didn't know about the rifle.

[awakening2lite]

Judge Allows Drew Peterson to Leave Illinois on Vacation While Considering Motion to Dismiss Weapons Charge

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

EXCERPT

A grand jury indicted the former Bolingbrook police sergeant Thursday on two felonies related to a semiautomatic rifle seized by authorities investigating the disappearance of his wife, Stacy. The new charges, filed Friday, supersede a single felony weapons charge filed May 21, alleging Peterson possessed an assault rifle with a barrel shorter than allowed by law.

source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,383459,00.html

[KittyMom]

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/drew.peterson.gun.2.772600.html

Jul 16, 2008
Peterson's Attorney: There Is No Such Gun
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (STNG) ― Friends of Drew Peterson say they held on to the ex-cop's secret folding gun after Illinois State Police missed it during a search of his home three days after his wife vanished.

Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, has denied there was such a gun.

He mocked Ric Mims, a former friend of Peterson's, on CNN's "Nancy Grace" show after Mims said Peterson showed him the gun, saying, "Hey [the police] didn't find this one." Mims said Peterson was "chuckling."

On the show, Brodsky called the claim "simply another fabrication of slick Ric Mims."

"He's trying to sell another story to the National Enquirer now that he's run out of money," Brodsky added.

But other friends of Peterson, Len Wawczak and his wife, Paula Stark, say Peterson signed the folding gun over to Paula Stark the day after the State Police pulled Peterson's firearm owner's identification card.

Stark and Wawczak made the admission after being confronted with a State Police evidence receipt for a Ruger .357 Magnum revolver and a North American Arms .22-caliber revolver seized from their home March 19. Stark's name is on the receipt.

The couple said the .22 is the folding gun Mims spoke of on the "Nancy Grace" show.

Stark also produced a handwritten contract for the "Transpher [sic] of 1 North American Arms Corp. S.S. .22 cal revolver" from Drew Peterson to Paula Stark dated Feb. 28 -- shortly after the State Police revoked Peterson's FOID card and right after he returned from New York City, where he appeared on the "Today" show. Stark and Wawczak watched Peterson's children while he was in New York.

Wawczak said Peterson wrote out the transfer for Stark while sitting at the desk in his home office.

"It was written before me, her, Drew and Kris," Peterson's teenage son, Wawczak said.

Stark and Wawczak said they took the gun home but it was taken from them less than a month later, when state cops came to their home to seize Stark's Ruger after her FOID card was suspended because it listed an inaccurate date of birth and outdated address.

The State Police have named Peterson a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Stacy, and have classified the case a "potential homicide."

[KittyMom]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson-both-18jul18,0,7679524.story

Lawyers representing the estate of Drew Peterson's third wife are now free to file a wrongful-death lawsuit against Peterson after his attorneys withdrew a motion Thursday that sought to block them.

But attorneys for Kathleen Savio's estate said that a wrongful-death lawsuit against the former Bolingbrook police sergeant likely won't be initiated until after the grand jury investigating Savio's death was discharged.

[LiveLaughLuv]

Friends of Drew Peterson say they held on to the ex-cop's secret folding gun after Illinois State Police missed it during a search of his home three days after his wife vanished.

Are there no repurcussions for them withholding evidence???

I am no gun expert so please forgive my ignorance. What does having a shorter barrel on the gun do at discharge?


Lawyers representing the estate of Drew Peterson's third wife are now free to file a wrongful-death lawsuit against Peterson after his attorneys withdrew a motion Thursday that sought to block them.

But attorneys for Kathleen Savio's estate said that a wrongful-death lawsuit against the former Bolingbrook police sergeant likely won't be initiated until after the grand jury investigating Savio's death was discharged.

Good for the Savio family. I do hope they get what they want.

[rem16]

A Will County judge refused to throw out a gun charge against Drew Peterson on Wednesday.

Judge Richard Schoenstedt set a pretrial hearing for Aug. 28.

In May, Peterson was charged with felony use of an unlawful weapon—namely an assault rifle whose barrel was nearly 5 inches shorter than allowed by state law, according to authorities.

The charge carries a penalty of up to 5 years in prison.

Peterson, 54, has been named a suspect in the Oct. 28 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy, who was 23 at the time. Authorities are also conducting a murder investigation into the 2004 drowning of his previous wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson has not been charged in those cases and maintains he has done nothing wrong.

The weapon in question was a modified Colt model Sporter Lightweight, 223 Remington rifle that Peterson's attorney, Joel Brosky, earlier said was "a registered duty weapon" that his client had used for 10 years in connection with his work as a SWAT team member with the Bolingbrook Police Department before he retired in November. He said Illinois State Police had the weapon in their possession before Peterson's retirement, so there was "no basis for this charge."

However, the weapon "was illegal, and it was privately owned," a spokesman for the Will County state's attorney's office asserted at the time an arrest warrant was issued for Peterson on the gun charge.

Spokesman Charles Pelkie agreed that the weapon had been in possession of state police, "so it wasn't really an issue."

"But we can't allow an illegal weapon to go back out on the street," he said. "At this point, it was appropriate to file the charge."

While state law provides an exemption for law enforcement to carry a shorter weapon, Pelkie said that does not apply to Peterson but declined to say why.

Bolingbrook police spokesman Lt. Ken Teppel said the weapon was not issued by the department, and any personal weapons owned by Peterson must be lawful.

"If it's a personal weapon, he is still bound by state law, federal law," Teppel said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson-gun-web-jul31,0,4593650.story

Good!

[rockford2]

:happy0158:

[grammybears]

I read on another site that Drew had told the judge on the gun case that he had plans to take his children on vacation. The judge granted Peterson to go. But now there seems to be talk about Drew going to Florida with his attorney and the childdren were home. I believe it was Michale Robinson who was staying with the older boys and the two younger ones were I believe with his son and his wife.
I will try to find the link on this so until then jmoo

[cavimom]

I am a bit disturbed that there are not search teams out searching for Stacy Peterson! ( OR that there weren't search teams at the time) Is it because she isnt a child? Look at all the volunteers searching for Caylee Anthony.. I JUST DONT GET IT??? There MUST be some kind of evidence as where to look? JMO, Im frustrated with this case.. sorry :frustratedf:

[rockford2]

I am a bit disturbed that there are not search teams out searching for Stacy Peterson! ( OR that there weren't search teams at the time) Is it because she isnt a child? Look at all the volunteers searching for Caylee Anthony.. I JUST DONT GET IT??? There MUST be some kind of evidence as where to look? JMO, Im frustrated with this case.. sorry :frustratedf:


Hello, Cavimom. We have at least 4 other high profile cases of missing people near Stacy Peterson's home, and there is not enough man power to search high and low for every missing person unfortunately. IF....IF, Peterson had something to do with his missing wife, he was a cop for many years, and another unfortunately, he would know what to do with a body, and any evidence.

JMO that the cops do not have enough or any evidence to charge him in his wife's disappearance, so they are going to do whatever they can to 'bust his ba!!s and rattle his cage, so to speak, and they is the handgun charge.

What scares me is that the fact that there are at least 2 men, possibly 3 and then Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic who are all missing....generally in the same area, and could there be a serial killer out there??? :shrug1: