Wednesday, May 21, 2008

DREW PETERSON: COURT TAKES SUSPECTED WIFE-KILLER'S GUNS


Stacy and Drew with children Lacy, Kris, Tom and Anthony in a Christmas portrait.

Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson holds Thomas Peterson, his oldest child with ex-wife Kathleen Savio.
(Courtesy of the Peterson family)

Drew Peterson Charged With Felony Weapons Offense After Surrendering to Police
FOX NEWS/ Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Prosecutors have charged the prime suspect in Stacy Peterson's disappearance with a felony weapons offense.

Drew Peterson, 54, turned himself in to Illinois State Police Wednesday, after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.

The former Bolingbrook, Ill., police sergeant was processed and then released later in the afternoon after one of his son's posted bail.

Peterson walked into the police station shortly before 1 p.m. CDT, accompanied by his attorney, Joel Brodsky. He was taken shortly afterward to the Will County jail.

The weapons charge, a class three felony, stems from the fact that one of the 11 guns authorities seized Nov. 1 in their investigation into Peterson's fourth wife Stacy's disappearance is shorter than allowed by Illinois law, according to Brodsky. Specifically, the rifle's barrel doesn't meet the 16-inch length requirement.

Brodsky said the weapon in question is an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle that Peterson used while he was a police sergeant.

Peterson claimed he legally owned the rifle as an officer, and the law only pertains to civilians.

If convicted of unlawful use of a weapon, Peterson faces up to five years in prison. A court date hasn't yet been scheduled.
His son posted $7,5000, or 10 percent of a $75,000 bond, to secure his release pending trial.

THIS STORY KEEPS ROLLING ALONG...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356926,00.html
at 1 comment:

Sunday, May 18, 2008

TRENT BENSON: "IDEAL FATHER," DANGEROUS ARIZONA KILLER



The Lindsay Water and Ice store is closed one day after Mesa police arrested the owner, Trent Benson, in a series of killings and sexual assaults.
Tim Hacker, Tribune

'Ideal father' held in rape-murder string
By Katie McDevitt, Gary Grado and Nick R. Martin
EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE
Tucson, Arizona Published: 05.16.2008

MESA — Sometimes he bought a hot dog from her deli, and other times she bought ice from his store.

They were two business owners in the same Mesa strip mall — both single and both trying to make a living.

But on Thursday morning deli-owner Hgourtlande Just found out her "nice and friendly" neighbor, 36-year-old Trent Benson, was arrested in one of Mesa's biggest crimes in more than a decade.

A DNA match linked Benson to a string of rapes and slayings dating to November 2004, according to police.

(snip)

Outside Benson's six-week-old business — called Lindsay Water and Ice and located near Lindsay Road and University Drive — a woman sat on a table Thursday waiting for the store to reopen. A "Closed" sign was prominent in the front window.

Lucia Barry's eyes opened wide when she learned of his arrest.

"He looks so nice, so handsome ... very gentle," said Barry, a regular customer at the tidy store that sold ice cream, snow cones and candy as well as water and ice.

The manhunt for the accused serial predator intensified last December after police linked two homicides through DNA. It expanded about two weeks ago when more rape victims were identified.

Both homicide victims were strangled and raped, and one of the rape victims was beaten nearly to death and left in a Phoenix street.

A fourth victim, who survived, was kidnapped in daylight at a busy intersection.

BE GLAD THAT DNA WAS INVENTED...

FOR A PERSONAL INSIGHT INTO TRENT BENSON, READ THIS BLOG...
at 12 comments: