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JOLIET, Ill. -- State police released a statement Saturday evening alleging that a man who may be Drew Peterson requested two trucker drivers haul a package to an undisclosed location.

On Oct. 29 at approximately 3:30 a.m., two truck drivers were approached by two men at a truck stop in Bolingbrook, according to a release from Illinois State police.

One of the two men is believed to be Drew Peterson and the other described as a white male in his early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build, the release said.

http://www.nbc5.com/news/14748085/detail.html?dl=mainclick

 

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A man believed to be Drew Peterson asked two truck drivers to transport a package to an undisclosed location the day after the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy, Illinois State Police said Saturday.

The alleged incident took place at a Bolingbrook truck stop around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 29, Trooper Mark Dorencz said in a statement.

The man said to be Peterson was accompanied by a white male in his early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build, the statement said.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-071201peterson,0,2362692.story

 

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Friends and family of the long-missing Lisa Stebic joined in the search for Stacy Peterson Saturday, as one of husband Drew Peterson's relatives talks about a mystery in the case involving a blue barrel.

But the search was called off after four hours due to the snowstorm that blew in on Saturday afternoon.

More than 200 volunteers came to search for Stacy on Saturday despite high winds and freezing temperatures, according to Lisa Stebic's family representatives. The search was held in Romeoville near the Sanitary and Ship Canal. The turnout in suburban Romeoville was the biggest so far in the high-profile Peterson case, which police are investigating as a possible homicide.

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/stacy.peterson.search.2.600115.html

 

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CHICAGO — Two truckers said a former police officer suspected in his wife's disappearance may have asked them early on the day she was reported missing to carry a package for him, police said Saturday.

The truckers said two men, including a man they now believe was former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson and another man in his 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and stocky build, approached them at about 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 29 at a Bolingbrook truck stop, Illinois State Trooper Mark Dorencz said in a written statement.

The men asked the truckers to "transport a package to an undisclosed location;" after reaching the location, the men would "regain possession of the package and continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers," the statement said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314521,00.html

 

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Saturday search thwarted by snow:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_web4dec02,1,7715088.story

Chicago Tribune Editorial: "Peterson Isn't That Stupid"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-change_peterson_bd02dec02,1,5784764.story

As a former veteran police officer, Peterson knows exactly how spousal disappearances are investigated these days, and that detectives drag every last observation and scrap of information out of everyone in the community and extended family.

He also knows that the reason evildoers get caught is usually not because they've left a trail of physical evidence, but because they've somehow let others in on their secrets.

So I'm inclined to think that the proof of Peterson's guilt, if it exists or is ever found, will be far more subtle and surprising than witness accounts of him carelessly hauling around an improvised coffin.

 

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Police: Truckers say Peterson sought aid

http://www.newsweek.com/id/67796/page/1

 

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More than 200 people braved freezing temperatures to scour areas in Chicago's southwestern suburbs Saturday looking for signs of two missing mothers.

But the search for 23-year-old Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic, 38, was called off after four hours when snow and sleet thwarted the effort.

"We just hoped that one of our families would have closure today and one of our families might have some answers," said Melanie Greenberg, a cousin of Stebic, who vanished from her Plainfield home in April.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/676953,4_1_JO02_SEARCH_S1.article

 

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CHICAGO — Drew Peterson denied reports Sunday that he and another man enlisted the help of two truckers to transport a package the morning his wife Stacy was reported missing.

In an interview with FOX News' Jamie Colby, Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky said that such an encounter never took place.

"We dispute it because it did not happen. The incident doesn't make logical sense," Brodsky said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314521,00.html

 

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Drew Peterson denies a police statement that the former Bolingbrook police sergeant approached two truck drivers about moving a container shortly after his fourth wife disappeared, CNN reported Sunday.

"There is absolutely, positively, 100 percent no validity to this," Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, said in a statement, CNN reported.

The truck drivers "may have some motivation, trying to insert themselves into a high-profile case," CNN reported Brodsky as saying in the statement. "They may be concocting some sort of scheme to sell their story to a tabloid."

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/677760,4_1_JO03_TRUCKER_S1.article

 

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Police department alleges the former sergeant ran background checks on wife's friends

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. -- Drew Peterson is not only a suspect in his fourth wife's disappearance and his third wife's death, the former police officer is now under investigation for police misconduct, ABC News has learned.


The Bolingbrook Police Department, where the 53-year-old was a sergeant, has turned over evidence to prosecutors that alleges Peterson used department computers to track private citizens not under active police investigation.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=5810272

 

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North Aurora firefighters were out in the Fox River early Monday morning, investigating a floating blue object.

Though details are scarce, reporters on the scene confirmed that firefighters were there at the request of the North Aurora Police Department, who suspected the object may be related to the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Stacy Peterson of Bolingbrook, missing since October.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/678606,AU03_BARREL_WEB.article

 

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With each new element that's uncovered in the investigation of Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson, her family says they get a renewed sense of hope they'll find out what happened to her.

But as her husband, Drew Peterson, a suspect in her disappearance, returned home with groceries Monday evening, he complained about media coverage of the increasingly bizarre case.

"I'm waiting for my eighth grade prom date to show up and say I was a bad kisser," Drew Peterson said. "I don't think I was, but…"

As CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports, two "no trespassing" signs warned reporters to stay off the property.

"If the network would put some effort into helping these people losing their homes all over the country because of the poor economies, I think it would be a nicer thing rather than harassing me," Peterson said. "I guess I'm a big story."

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/drew.peterson.stacy.2.601524.html

 

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Prosecutors are reviewing an internal Bolingbrook
Police investigation to determine whether a former sergeant
suspected in his wife's disappearance could be criminally charged
for what the department alleges were instances of official
misconduct.

Police Lt. Ken Teppel declined Monday to provide any details of
Drew Peterson's alleged misconduct, but a "Good Morning America"
report that it included allegedly using police computers to find
information on friends of Peterson's missing wife brought strong
denials from Peterson's attorney.

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/p...n=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

 

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Brodsky says it is not unheard of for people wanting to transport illegal contraband to ask truckers to drive it to locations for pick up. He says trucks aren't stopped and searched as much as other vehicles.

The attorney speculated a truck driver who had been so sought out had seen Peterson in the news and placed Peterson's face onto the guy who approached him.

http://www.wandtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7445474

 

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Attorney Says Peterson Denies Improper Usage, Truck Stop Reports

The investigation of former police sergeant Drew Peterson takes a new turn this week as police look back at his career as a cop and any misuse of his power.

But Peterson only had one thing to say to NBC5's Alex Perez on Monday.

"There are families out there losing their homes and people should put some effort into helping them rather than harassing my family," he said as he pulled away from his driveway.


http://www.nbc5.com/news/14764820/detail.html?dl=mainclick

 

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BOLINGBROOK -- Drew Peterson's attorney claims he knows why the police chief wants his client arrested, but the department shot back that the lawyer doesn't know what he's talking about.

The attorney, Joel Brodsky of Chicago, said he wrote a letter dated Nov. 26 to the Will County State's Attorney saying if they go after Peterson for allegedly misusing department computers, they should go after every Bolingbrook officer who ever worked the night shift.

But Charles B. Pelkie, spokesman for State's Attorney James Glasgow, said his boss is not going after anyone, including Peterson.

"There is no prosecution at this time," Pelkie said.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/679353,4_1_JO04_PETERSON_S1.article

 

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Drew Peterson never misused police databases to get information on family or friends, including a man with whom his missing wife, Stacy, traded sexually suggestive text messages, Peterson's lawyer said Monday.

But attorney Joel Brodsky said if authorities target his client for allegedly misusing department computers, they should go after every Bolingbrook officer who ever worked the night shift.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/679601,CST-NWS-boling04a.article

 

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Search conducted at Peterson home

December 4, 2007
FROM STAFF REPORTS

Officials executed a search warrant Tuesday evening at the Bolingrbook home of missing 23-year-old mother Stacy Peterson.

Drew Peterson was at the home at the time of the search, according to reports. During a search of his home Nov. 1, also on a warrant, Peterson spent most of the day at a neighbor's home.

 

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BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) ― State police Tuesday night served a new search warrant to former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson whose wife, 23-year-old Stacy Peterson, has been missing for more than a month. Drew Peterson is considered a suspect in the case.

CBS 2's Mai Martinez spoke with Drew Peterson, who said state police had just given him some follow-up legal paperwork. But CBS 2 cameras were outside the Peterson home when state police arrived, and a spokesperson for Will County's state's attorney said the new warrant expands the scope of the original search warrant regarding items in Drew Peterson's vehicle. Two vehicles were earlier seized as part of the investigation.

http://cbs2chicago.com/westsuburbanbureau/drew.peterson.stacy.2.602734.html

 

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Ex-cop's lawyer says move could imperil state's case

State police served a third search warrant on Drew Peterson Tuesday night, focusing on items in the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's vehicles.

"There was a search warrant served tonight [that] expands the scope of the initial search warrant, specifically in regard to the vehicles," said Charles Pelkie, spokesman for Will County State's Atty. James Glasgow. "We're looking at additional materials inside the vehicles—items and materials that were not specified in the first search warrant."

Pelkie would not say what those materials were.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peterson_05dec05,0,5628118.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout