The story of former Illinois police sergeant and murder suspect Drew Peterson airs on Lifetime this weekend. Rob Lowe plays the controversial ex-cop suspected in the death and disappearance of this third and fourth wives. The 2007 disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, touched off an investigation that prompted authorities to reopen the case involving the accidental drowning of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio. Peterson has repeatedly denied involvement in both cases, but was indicted in 2009 and charged with Savio's murder. He is currently awaiting trial. Last year, Peterson tried, unsuccessfully, to stop production on the TV movie about his case. "Drew Peterson: Untouchable" airs tonight at7 pmon Lifetime. full story
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Marion County Police Beat for Sunday, January 22
A 21-year-old Centralia woman is in the Marion County Jail on alleged drug charges. Shea Leigh Terry of Wabash Street in Centralia was arrested for alleged possession of methamphetamine, possession of meth precursors, possession of less than 2.5 grams of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.
She was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's Deputies. 36-year-old Patricia Adele Gregory of DeVonia Street in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police for alleged driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and on Marion and Clinton County warrants.
She remains in the Marion County Jail. Centralia Police arrested 25-year-old Shane Alan Littleton of South Hickory Street in Centralia on Marion and Clinton County warrants and for alleged resisting arrest. He remains in the Marion County Jail. - http://goo.gl/whzTt
Centralia, Big Muddy, Vandalia Prisons Among Overcrowded in State
All three State Correctional facilities in the area are housing well over the number of prisoners they were designed to handle. The Centralia Correctional Center currently has 1,534 inmates, 161 percent over the design capacity of 950.
The Big Muddy Correctional Center at Ina has 1,922 inmates, 202-percent of the design capacity population of 952.
The Vandalia Correctional Center has 1,720 inmates, 156-percent of the design capacity of 1,100. Statewide, Illinois prisons have 15,000 more inmates than they were designed to hold.
The Department of Corrections say even though all the prisons are well over their design capacity, they are within the prisons' "operational capacity" even as some inmates are held in non-traditional areas such as gymnasiums.
Meanwhile, some Illinois lawmakers have been meeting with the Governor's staff in hopes of coming up with a way to address prison overcrowding by the end of the spring session. They include alternatives to incarceration, such as treatment instead of prison for low-level drug offenders.
A spokesperson for Governor Pat Quinn says he is working with lawmakers for'safe, sustainable prisons'. The prison population has grown by seven percent in two years, since Democratic Governor Pat Quinn shut down an early release program for good conduct after the AP reported a secret plan that pushed inmates out even faster.
Some of those released under the program committed more crimes. 48,620 are currently incarcerated in the state's prison system. - http://goo.gl/O8msM