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The state wants to prevent Drew Peterson from getting police information to use as evidence in the court proceedings involving a felony gun charge filed against him.

Will County Assistant State's Attorney Domenica Osterberger asked a judge June 13 to quash Peterson's subpoena.

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Peterson will return to Will County Judge Richard Schoenstedt's courtroom at 9:30 a.m. June 30.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1020712,4_1_JO24_PETERSON_S1.article
 
Drew Peterson’s teen son testifies before grand jury
By Danya Hooker, Suburban Life Publications
New! Thu Jun 26, 2008, 10:15 PM CDT

"Drew Peterson’s teenage son by Kathleen Savio testified before the grand jury Thursday.

Dressed in a suit and tie, Thomas Peterson, 15, left the Will County Court Annex building at about 4:15 p.m. in a red Mercedes driven by his attorney Robert Novelle.

Although the boy was not available to speak to reporters, his father lambasted authorities for putting a teen through the grand jury process.

“That’s grueling for an adult let alone a 15-year-old kid,” Drew Peterson said shortly after his son returned home from hours of testimony in front of the grand jury investigating his mom’s death and his step-mom’s disappearance.

Peterson said he hired Novelle to represent his two teen sons to “protect them from the state police.”

Police interviewed both boys in November at the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center. Peterson said he had brokered a deal with the state to allow the interviews in return for a promise to keep them out of the grand jury process.

“Well, they lied,” Peterson said.

Shortly after the testimony, police subpoenaed both boys to testify before the grand jury. Novelle then filed a motion to quash the subpoenas served to Thomas Peterson and his brother Kristopher, 13."

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When it comes to friends and enemies, Drew Peterson can count the Internet among the latter.

Two separate allegations in as many weeks against the former police sergeant have created a tsunami in the blogosphere, first with reports that Peterson exchanged flirtatious online chats and e-mails with an unknown woman and then with a true crime author alleging Peterson asked him to write a book pinning his third wife’s homicide on his missing fourth wife.

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/bolingbrook/homepage/x518434013
 
Drew Peterson and Britney Spears??

Tuesday 08 July 2008

"CHICAGO (WBBM) -- While the search for Stacy Peterson continues, Drew Peterson has been busy exchanging romantic e-mails on a chat room claiming he is going to be set up with a disgraced pop star.

READ THE EXCHANGES HERE ( http://www.drewpeterson1.blogspot.com/ )

WBBM's Mary Frances Bragiel reports.
The series of e-mails made public between Peterson and a woman named Ashley begin in March...with Peterson writing "How much broken glass do I need to crawl through to get a date with you?"

Ashley writes "a date? When and where?"

In April he writes, "Guess who I might get a date with as a publicity stunt? Britney Spears...a night on the town in Chicago."

Peterson's publicist Glen Selig says that Peterson did exchange emails with the woman, but says it was all innocent flirting and the in the end Ashley wanted more -- which Drew couldn't give her."

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drewslaw_11jul11,0,5955816.story?track=rss

Stacy Peterson allies buoyed by bill on hearsay testimony


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Friends and family of missing Bolingbrook woman Stacy Peterson rejoiced after state lawmakers Thursday sent to the governor's desk legislation that could affect the possible prosecution of the chief suspect in her disappearance, her husband, Drew.

"It's a good Stacy day today," said her close friend Sharon Bychowski. "Now Stacy's life has more meaning than it did."
 
Drew's 2nd son testifies

GRAND JURY | Teen says he told truth despite 'headache'

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Prosecutors pulled Drew Peterson's second teenage son in front of the grand jury Thursday, and the experience left the youth feeling sick.
"I've got a headache," Peterson's 13-year-old son, Kristopher, said upon returning home from his long appearance before the grand jury. When asked by his father if he told the truth at the hearing, Kristopher nodded.


Snip
The State Police have named Peterson a suspect in Stacy's disappearance and have classified the case a "potential homicide."
 
Drew Peterson to Appear in Court to Face Gun Charge

The hearing on July 14 is on Peterson's motion to dismiss the gun charge.

(PRNewsChannel) / Chicago, Ill. - The following is a media alert from Drew Peterson's attorneys Joel A. Brodsky and Andrew Abood.

Media Alert

What: Drew Peterson in Court on Gun Charges
Where: Will County Courthouse-Joliet, Illinois
Why: Hearing to be held on Drew Peterson's Motion to Dismiss gun charge.
Date: Monday, July 14, 2008
Time: 1:30pm
 
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1052357,4_1_JO12_PETERSON_S1.article

Bill could affect Peterson cases
HEARSAY LAWS

July 12, 2008

By JOE HOSEY
Drew Peterson's third wife has been silent for four years, and his fourth wife has not been heard from in nine months.

A bill on the governor's desk could allow them to speak.
It would give a judge the authority to allow hearsay evidence at a criminal trial passed through both the state House and Senate and is now waiting for the governor's signature.

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Pelkie would not say if the hearsay bill now on the governor's desk was drafted with Peterson in mind.

"(Glasgow) can't comment on a specific case," he said.

Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, contends the proposed law has no bearing on any potential murder case against his client, and he cited Giles v. California, the same case Glasgow went to Washington to hear.

"Because of the Giles case, the new hearsay law does not make a whit of difference," Brodsky said.

......................full article at link.........................
 
Judge Richard Schoenstedt said Monday he would rule on July 30 on a motion to dismiss weapons charges against former Bolingbrook Police officer Drew Peterson.

In May, Peterson, whose fourth wife Stacy disappeared Oct. 28, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon for possessing a short-barreled assault rifle. Subsequently, a grand jury indicted him on the charges.

Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, has asked the court to dismiss the charges because, as a former police officer, Peterson is exempt from such restrictions.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1054991,jo14_peterson_web.article
 
Judge says Peterson can leave Illinois on vacation
[SIZE=-1]Journal Gazette and Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA[/SIZE]
Judge says Peterson can leave Illinois on vacation

JOLIET, Ill. - A Will County judge modified Drew Peterson's bond Monday, allowing him to leave Illinois on vacation with his children while the judge mulls a defense motion to dismiss felony weapons charges.
 
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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.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/drew.peterson.gun.2.772600.html
 
May, the lawyers representing Drew Peterson and his uncle asked a Will County judge to stop the court proceedings in Kathleen Savio’s newly reopened probate case until a later date.

Around 3 p.m. Wednesday, they changed their minds.

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“It is more like a gift than a problem,” he said Thursday morning.

A wrongful death lawsuit would give him the opportunity to depose — or question — the state police and others to find out what they know.

“It would almost be like a private grand jury,” Brodsky said.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1061453,jo17_savio_web.article
 
The Chicago Tribune's version of the story:

Drew Peterson's lawyers end effort to block wrongful-death suit in Savio case
Drew Peterson's lawyers withdraw motion to halt case

"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.

"That's something we'll have to look at," said John Q. Kelly, a New York attorney representing the Savio family."

and

"Joel Brodsky, one of Peterson's attorneys, said he withdrew his motion to delay the court proceedings to reopen Savio's estate because he expects the Illinois Appellate Court to make its decision in the next couple of months.

And besides, he said, if Savio's attorneys file a wrongful-death lawsuit, he'll have subpoena powers to interview grand jury witnesses."
 
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/s...08/0004850453&EDATE=WED+Jul+16+2008,+03:07+PM


SNIP/
Phoenix Books Announces New True Crime/Mystery Title, Fatal Vows: The Tragic Wives of Sergeant Drew Peterson, Detailing the as yet Unsolved Mystery That Continues to Intrigue the Nation


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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix Books is proudto announce the September release of the first-ever book to detail thedisturbing Drew Peterson case. Fatal Vows: The Tragic Wives of SergeantDrew Peterson is the true story of the Bolingbrook, Illinois, PoliceSergeant, whose third wife was found dead in a dry bathtub, and whosefourth wife -- thirty years his junior -- vanished seemingly into thin airin the fall of 2007. Drawing upon exclusive interviews with the families of both StacyPeterson and Kathleen Savio, Joseph Hosey investigates the real DrewPeterson and the tragic story of his wives' questionable ends. Finally,Hosey poses the question all of America is asking: WHERE IS STACY?/SNIP
 
Chicago Sun-Times Exclusive:

Drew's pals wore wire

SEARCHING FOR STACY | Drew's chilling words caught on tape


July 23, 2008
BY JOE HOSEY Sun-Times News Group
Drew Peterson likes to talk an awful lot — especially for a guy whose third wife was murdered and fourth wife is missing.
And now two of his closest friends say they caught it all, cooperating with State Police by wearing a wire and recording seven months of intimate conversations with the former Bolingbrook cop.


More at link: http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/1069491,boling072308.stng
 
Peterson lawyer says couple lied about wearing wires

Friends reportedly recorded talks with ex-cop after disappearance of Stacy Peterson

A Bolingbrook couple who said in a published report that they had secretly recorded for police their conversations with Drew Peterson made up the story after a falling-out with Peterson over money, his attorney said Wednesday morning.

"No way this happened," attorney Joel Brodsky said in an interview with WGN-Ch. 9, referring to the reported wires worn by Len Wawczak and Paula Stark, who have been friends of Peterson's for years.

In addition, there is "no way" that Illinois State Police and prosecutors would allow undercover witnesses to talk to the news media, Brodsky said, adding that if indeed there are tapes, he might have a legal basis for having them excluded from any future trial because their existence had not been disclosed to Peterson.

Brodsky said Peterson also was confident that he had said nothing incriminating to the couple and asserted that any tapes would prove his innocence.


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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-drew-peterson-wire-web-jul24,0,5006.story?track=rss
 
Drew Peterson's Friends Claim They Wore Wire

Peterson's Attorney Dismisses Claims As False, Says Friends Want Money

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) &#8213; Drew Peterson's attorney is speaking out, after friends of the former Bolingbrook police sergeant taped their private conversations with him.

As CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports, Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky said the couple just wants to "sell their story," and that they are trying to extort money from his client. Brodsky also questions why the sensitive information they claim to possess would be released now.


http://cbs2chicago.com/local/drew.peterson.friends.2.777644.html

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