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Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 2h2 hours ago
#DrewPeterson trial recessed for the day. State expected to rest its case in chief first thing tomorrow.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 3h3 hours ago
State replaying tape of #DrewPeterson sentencing hearing, including "I DID NOT KILL KATHLEEN!" (Press room was braced for it this time.)
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 3h3 hours ago
Since lunch break, witnesses have FBI agent, Menard CC have been t'fying to chain of custody-related issues regarding the rec'ding device.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 35m35 minutes ago
FBI Special Agent Brian Clark now testifying in #DrewPeterson trial
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 35m35 minutes ago
Antonio "Beast" Smith is stepping down from the witness stand in the #DrewPeterson trial. He first took the stand on Monday.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 45m45 minutes ago
Updated story: #DrewPeterson attorneys target inconsistencies in informant's testimony.
article link:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-drew-peterson-trial-day-4-met-20160526-story.html
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 1h1 hour ago
After lunch in #DrewPeterson trial, Liefer done with cross. AAG Steve Mate starting re-direct.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 3h3 hours ago
Liefer: "Because he doesn’t say that, isn't that true?"
Smith: “Not in those words.”
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 3h3 hours ago
"We listened hrs and hrs of recordings. Can your refer to the specific date and time when #DrewPeterson said 'kill James Glasgow?'"
“No.”
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 4h4 hours ago
Atty honing in on how kites were handled by other inmates, questioning if others may have read them, compromising the secrecy of the play
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 4h4 hours ago
#DrewPeterson atty hitting Smith for divulging deets of the plan to Gabriel in kites despite FBI warning to keep his mouth shut.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 4h4 hours ago
In "kite" to his friend Adrian Gabriel b4 the secret recing of #DrewPeterson began, Smith mentioned that the device wouldn't be on his chest
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 4h4 hours ago
#DrewPeterson attorney also hammering at comforts Smith has in BOP. "How many fantasy football teams did you have in Menard?"
"None."
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 4h4 hours ago
...and thousands for Smith's cooperation, or the deal with LEOs was off.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 4h4 hours ago
#DrewPeterson atty hammering at notes Smith sent to cellmate in Stateville, in which he appeared to brag that they were getting freedom...
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
"... So before we talk about anything else, are you gonna keep me safe.”
WillCo SAO investgator: "Well, we'll defn'tly see what we can do."
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
Smith: “I’ll get the conviction. But I just want to know, b/c I’ve seen a lot of people work with IA and prosecutors and they get f'd over..
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
Smith said he wanted to be transferred from Pontiac b/c he was afraid of the guards and the inmates due to his cooperation on other probes.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
(pt. 2) "...Wear a wire, get him to write stuff down, but like I said, I don’t want to do anything unless you guys care about my welfare."
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
Smith in 8/2015 to Will Co. SAO: Like I told you, I’ll do anything you want to get this conviction.... (pt.1)
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
"...more classes, more jobs," Smith said of BOP digs. "It’s open all day, so ur in and out of your cell whenever you want. Btr fud..env'mt.”
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
Smith hasn't seen #DrewPeterson since. Now in Fed. prison for safety, though it has it's upsides, he said....
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
Smith was transferred out of Menard a few days later for safety. "I wore a wire in a max security joint. It’s the worst thing you could do.”
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 5h5 hours ago
After 11/29/15 Smith didn't talk de hit #DrewPeterson. "He was already suspicious, so to keep bringing it up would be even more suspicious."
Matt Wallberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 6h6 hours ago
ICYMI... Recordings: Photo staged by authorities raised Drew Peterson's suspicions
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 6h6 hours ago
Weather moving in from the west as #DrewPeterson trial gets ready for day 4. Can't get enough of this view.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 6h6 hours ago
At hotel this a.m. met 2 cyclists riding x the US. Learned KY's has rep among cyclists for having most mean, unchained dogs. #weirdfacts
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 7h7 hours ago
Read @ReporterHal: Feds investigating how nearly $5,000 check ends up in alderman's hands
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 18h18 hours ago
Dinner and a show after day 3 of #DrewPeterson trial #KeepJournalismGlamorous
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 18h18 hours ago
Updated story with Wednesday's testimony from the #DrewPeterson trial
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 22h22 hours ago
#DrewPeterson trial finished for the day, and pros. say done with recordings. Tomorrow may be final direct of Smith, then cross examination.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 23h23 hours ago
Recording of the 11/29/14 is probably the hardest one to decipher so far. Jurors have prosec'tn transcript to aid them, over Def. object'n
MAtt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 23h23 hours ago
Next day, #DrewPeterson said he thought pic was fake. "I mean, are you kidding me? I’m telling ya, the spidey sense were going off."
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 24h24 hours ago
Photo made #DrewPeterson suspicious, Smith test'fd. Said at chow, DP said "red flags" abt pic of Glasgow, but didn't explain at that time.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 24h24 hours ago
#DrewPeterson said he likes rom/coms: "I like to laugh all the time at movies, especially in here. We don't have a lot to laugh about"
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 1d1 day ago
Prosecutor asked why he was concerned it appeared staged.
“Because Drew Peterson used to be a cop.... He thinks about stuff like that.”
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 1d1 day ago
"It was obvious, it was set up," Smith tst'fd. "They had, ‘James, stand here. The other guy, stand here.’"
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 1d1 day ago
...and wrote "This ****'s obvious" on the back of the photo when #DrewPeterson sent it back to him.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 1d1 day ago
Photo of Glasgow, his first assistant and an FBI agent posing as the wife of Smith's uncle. Smith was concerned it looked staged...
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 1d1 day ago
Smith tst'fd he got kite back from #DrewPeterson saying, "That’s my friend and his first assistant."
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · 1d1 day ago
Smith tst'fd that on 11/25/14 he sent pic of glasgow to #DrewPeterson via a "kite" saying "Drew is that your friend at his office, Glasgow?"
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · May 25
Loving the Randolph Co. Crthouse. Clean, panoramic views of the Mississippi, and an eclectic mix of 60's-80's hits playing in the bathrooms
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · May 25
Updated story on #DrewPeterson trial with today's test'ny. Hat tip to @PatRegan1 for making it readable
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · May 25
Now #DrewPeterson complaining state police stole from his home. "They stole a ****in' Rug Doctor!...You know, to shampoo your carpet with."
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · May 25
Smith said he couldn't wait to see stories about Glasgow's murder on the news. "We'll be mother****in' high-fiving," #DrewPeterson said
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · May 25
And now they're talking about *advertiser censored*. I'll spare you the details.
Matt Walberg ‏@mattwalberg1 · May 25
Apparently you can make an apple pie crust by scraping the peanut butter frosting of the prison cookies and crushing the cookies into dough.
