Peterson Won't Get His Guns, Cars Back

Ill. Judge Denies Request; Drew Peterson's Attorney Wants Alleged Grand Jury Leaks Probed

(CBS/AP)  A judge is denying a former Bolingbrook police officer's request to have items including 11 guns and two cars returned after they were seized during the search for his missing wife.

Drew Peterson's lawyers had hoped a judge would rule in his favor Monday. But the request was denied.

The weapons and cars were among a series of items that were taken by investigators searching for 23-year-old Stacy Peterson who vanished in late October.

Peterson is a suspect in her disappearance.

Meanwhile, Peterson's lawyer says he wants a special prosecutor to look into leaks from a grand jury convened in the case.

Attorney Joel Brodsky calls the leaks about his client, Drew Peterson, "prodigious to say the least."

The Will County grand jury has been hearing what is meant to be sealed testimony in the investigation of Stacy Peterson's disappearance in late October. Many details have appeared in media reports, often attributed to unnamed sources.

Brodsky says he doesn't blame prosecutors but wonders if details are coming from someone on the grand jury or others involved in the investigation.

Over the weekend, the search of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for Stacy Peterson was sparked by cell phone records that indicated that Drew Peterson was near there when he received an anxious call from his sister-in-law, Cassandra Cales, a source said, according to CBS News station WBBM-TV.

Cales has said she called Drew Peterson's cell phone about 11 p.m. Oct. 28. Stacy Peterson was last seen that morning. Cales said Peterson sounded out of breath and said he was at his home. But Cales said she was outside his house and he was not there.

The search of the canal floor, however, did not yield much other than removing abandoned cars from the waterway, said a police source involved in the investigation, reports WBBM.

[Krazcarl]

What is going on they won''t give a murderer his guns and car that''s plain mean....

[Krazcarl]

Waterboarding it is needed her any arguments??

[aogilmor]

Most cops join the force because of, !AHEM! size issues anyway. Not surprising she went looking to get satisfied somewhere else. Should have watched her back though, or got a brother or her dad to bring some frontier justice. A shame.

[stagg_lee]

This story is becoming a joke. The video is already a month old. Just a repeat. When is this guy going to be questioned? This creep makes $7000.00 a month. He could vanish and never be heard from again. I say, this creep is getting special treatment.

[larissasue]

what truley is concerning me about this case is the fact that this psycho still has all four of the children! He has been named a suspect in Stacy''s disapearnce, and now the death of his 3rd wife is being investigated as a possible homicide. I just dont understand, there are children in this country that have been taken away from there parents for relatively petty things, but not here? does anyone out there have any knowledge of why them kids are still with him? I have a horrible gut feeling that when he gets backed into a corner, and knows he''s going to be caught, he won''t think twice about hurting them kids!

[babs19721]

I think Drew is very smug and arrogant. He plays with the media and enjoys it. As for the accidental shooting that barely missed Stacy, I don''t think it was accidental. Since he is now a suspect in Kathleen''s death, which there is a possibility he staged her death to be an accident, then who is to say that he didn''t send Stacy to the garage to get him a soda and while she is in the garage he "accidently" misfires a bullet into the upstairs bedroom floor, which is directly above the garage. Sounds like too much of a coincidence to me. The only problem that night was that he "missed" Stacy when the gun went off. That is my theory. Stacy knew too much about Kathleen''s death and in my opinion Drew had to get rid of her, too. Of course, this is just a theory and as our constitution states, innocent until proven guilty. But, if I were a betting person, Drew is definatley guilty by his words & action. For example: not looking for his wife, transferring money into son''s account, always blaming Stacy who is not here to defend herself, arrogance, smugness, and too many more reasons to list.

[icunow2]

He is 30 years older...the only coonection to someone that young is between the legs. He wacked her and it is only a matter of time before he jumps out of the window.

[dixiecharms]

Keep in mind this man does not need the public''s assistance with $$$$$ - he now has his pension of about $7,000 a month to tide him over --- not too shabby.

[inmo-2009]

Sure we thought he may be innocent until all the clues came to light. A cousin says heh elped him move a lrge barrell, a neighbor saw that.
His last wife died - and not of an accident.
He is not upset or looking ofr the mother of his children.
Now he wantsd us to help him with legal fees? why not ask us to help him find his wife?
He has guilt written all over his actions. but of course he is still innocent until proven guilty - but he is presumed guilty enough that the police commisioner was upset he resigned before he could be fired.

[bluehart-2009]

Drew looks like a creep, behaves like a creep, and "smells" like a creep. Therefore, he must be a creep. What kind of husband exhibits actions as he has when their wife is missing? Laughing and joking around and video taping the news crew? When this story first broke, Drew was wearing a baseball cap and a bandanna around his face to hide. Now he''s all spit and polish for the media. He has even set up a website for fund raising for his defense, his children and for hiring a private detective to find his wife. Shouldn''t any money be used to FIRST find his wife? If he''s not guilty, as he claims to be, then why does he need money for defense? Why does he need the cars and all those guns back when they are being held for the investigation? Wouldn''t he want to be HELPING the police, especially since he''s a police officer himself? Just sounds to ''fishy'' to me. Just another Scott Peterson. Why do these ''men'' think they can just kill their wives for whatever reason they deem suitable and think they can get away with it? Most of these situations, the women are trying to get away from a monster and end up being killed. What makes a man so madly possessive/obsessive that he can''t just let her go, when it''s obvious that she doesn''t want to be in the relationship? Maybe it''s a mental defect, mommy issues, or abandonment issues. Get help, get a divorce, get over it - don''t commit murder. Yeah, I think he''s guilty.