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Source: Cops move to dump Drew Peterson's son
August 28, 2010 (OAK BROOK, IL) (WLS) -- The Oak Brook Police Dept. has taken a first step toward firing the son of accused wife killer Drew Peterson, according to a high-ranking law enforcement source.
Department officials placed Stephen Peterson on paid administrative leave Friday. No reason was provided for the suspension of Peterson, a 6-year veteran Oak Brook policeman.
However, the ABC7 I-Team has learned that Peterson's suspension was a result of hiding weapons for his father Drew, including an illegal AR-15 assault rifle.
A source familiar with details of the Peterson case told the I-Team on Saturday that it was Stephen Peterson's testimony about accepting the weapons from his father that prompted the first move toward termination. "We believe he was obligated to turn them in" to authorities the law enforcement source said.
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This is not the first time Drew Peterson's police officer son has been in trouble. Stephen Peterson has been suspended on at least five occasions in his short career. His resume of punishment includes a suspension in April, 2008 for violating Oak Brook Police Dept. rules. He wore his police uniform and used a village squad car to drive to Joliet for his appearance in front of a Will County grand jury that was investigating his father.
That suspension followed an I-Team report in Dec. 2007 that Illinois state investigators had subpoenaed the personnel files of three men with connections to the village of Oakbrook Police Department. Among them was Steve Peterson.State authorities removed Steve Peterson's police personnel file and other records of his patrol activities during key period of his step-mothers' disappearances. In 2007 the I-Team was by investigators that state police seized the Oakbrook department personnel files of two of Peterson's closest friends on the force. One had resigned while under investigation for professional misconduct. The other was terminated for lying and unauthorized access of criminal files.
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Source: Cops move to dump Drew Peterson's son
August 28, 2010 (OAK BROOK, IL) (WLS) -- The Oak Brook Police Dept. has taken a first step toward firing the son of accused wife killer Drew Peterson, according to a high-ranking law enforcement source.
Department officials placed Stephen Peterson on paid administrative leave Friday. No reason was provided for the suspension of Peterson, a 6-year veteran Oak Brook policeman.
However, the ABC7 I-Team has learned that Peterson's suspension was a result of hiding weapons for his father Drew, including an illegal AR-15 assault rifle.
A source familiar with details of the Peterson case told the I-Team on Saturday that it was Stephen Peterson's testimony about accepting the weapons from his father that prompted the first move toward termination. "We believe he was obligated to turn them in" to authorities the law enforcement source said.
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This is not the first time Drew Peterson's police officer son has been in trouble. Stephen Peterson has been suspended on at least five occasions in his short career. His resume of punishment includes a suspension in April, 2008 for violating Oak Brook Police Dept. rules. He wore his police uniform and used a village squad car to drive to Joliet for his appearance in front of a Will County grand jury that was investigating his father.
That suspension followed an I-Team report in Dec. 2007 that Illinois state investigators had subpoenaed the personnel files of three men with connections to the village of Oakbrook Police Department. Among them was Steve Peterson.State authorities removed Steve Peterson's police personnel file and other records of his patrol activities during key period of his step-mothers' disappearances. In 2007 the I-Team was by investigators that state police seized the Oakbrook department personnel files of two of Peterson's closest friends on the force. One had resigned while under investigation for professional misconduct. The other was terminated for lying and unauthorized access of criminal files.
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