Peterson Denied Police Pension

FILE – In this May 8, 2009 file photo, former Bolingbrook, Ill., police officer Drew Peterson leaves the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., after his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his third wife Kathleen Savio. On Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, prosecutors resume their case against Peterson in the second week of his trial. They got off to a rocky start, enduring frequent tongue-lashings from the judge over testimony that he has deemed inadmissable. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Convicted murderer Drew Peterson is back in the news. The former Bolingbrook Police sergeant was denied his police pension late last week after a ruling by an Illinois appeals court. Peterson is currently serving a 38-year prison sentence for the murder of his third wife Kathline Savio, 40-years in prison for trying hire a hitman to kill Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow and remains the person of interest in the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy Peterson.