Savio Family Fumes That Drew Treated Like V-I-Peterson While In Custody
The sister and brother-in-law of Drew Peterson's slain third wife are upset over the perceived preferential treatment the accused killer gets from county personnel.
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Drew Peterson might be a lonely guy while he's locked away by himself in the county jail, but he has plenty of people to talk to every time he goes to court. And the family of the disgraced ex-cop's slain third wife isn't happy about that at all.
"He's getting preferential treatment," said Mitch Doman, the brother-in-law of Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio.
Prosecutors say Peterson drowned Savio in March 2004 and staged her death scene to make it look like she perished in a freak bathtub accident. He wasn't charged with her murder until May 2009, and is still awaiting trial.
During Peterson's numerous court appearances in the past three years, Savio's sister, Sue Doman and her husband Mitch have taken offense to the companionable way courthouse personnel treat Peterson, especially compared to other inmates.
"Does he get preferential treatment because he's an ex-cop?" Mitch Doman wondered. "It's not right."
And Mitch Doman went so far as to point his finger at Sheriff Paul Kaupas for being what he feels is too chummy with the accused wife-killer.
"The sheriff's yakety-yaking with him," Doman said of Kaupas, who worked as an undercover drug agent with Peterson in the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad in the 1980s.
While working undercover on the special team, Peterson was fired from his cop job and indicted on charges of official misconduct and failure to report a bribe.
The criminal charges were eventually dropped and Peterson ended up getting his job back. Sources have said the special prosecutor assigned to the case blew the speedy trial term.
But Kaupas said this history he shares with Peterson has nothing to do with the conversations they have in court when his old colleague is brought over for hearings leading up to his July 23 murder trial.
"Drew's not the only inmate I talk to in that place," the sheriff said, pointing out that when he takes tours of the county jail he will "talk to all the inmates. Ain't nothing wrong with that."
But Sue Doman finds quite a bit wrong with it. While she confided that the friendly relationship Peterson seems to have with courthouse personnel upsets her, she declined to discuss it since she will be called as a witness at the murder trial.
But that hasn't stopped her husband from speaking up.
"The fact that he gets preferential treatment is, pardon my French, s---," said Mitch Doman, who pointed out that it is hard for his wife to have to watch the man accused of murdering her sister laughing and talking in court.
"I see it with my own eyes," Mitch Doman said. "He's, 'Blah blah blah' with the bailiffs and 'blah blah blah' with the deputies. I don't care if he's friends with the sheriff. It's ridiculous."
And Joliet resident Mike Ferguson, who was locked up at the county jail along with Peterson for three months in 2010, also said the former cop was treated differently than other inmates.
"Any time Drew Peterson had any type of movement, the whole jail would go on lockdown," said Ferguson, telling how jail staff acted as if they were transporting Hannibal Lecter or the Count of Monte Cristo when Peterson had to be taken someplace.
Peterson's attorney, Joseph "Shark" Lopez, disputed the Domans' claims that his client was being handled with kid gloves by the county.
"That's a figment of their imagination," Lopez said, noting that he does not understand why the Domans are so upset.
"I don't know what to tell them—they should be upset maybe because Kathy married him," Lopez said, insisting that Peterson gets treated no better than anybody else brought over to court from the county jail.
"I have other clients in custody there and it's the same thing," Lopez said. "The deputies are just nice. There's no rule that says deputies have to be mean. It's not like they're going to Starbucks and getting him apple fritters and grande lattes."
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The green lantern
7:58 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Boo-freakin-hooo. He's been locked up for 3 years by the Will County good old boy system, on little to no evidence. What more do these savages, I mean Savios want.
Peter Noteman
8:40 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
..."they should be upset maybe because Kathy married him" Nice thing for an attorney to say about his client,lol. Even Shark Lopez knows what an ahole Droopy is.
John Moreli
10:14 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
So what! It's not against the law!!!
Freddie Kissell
10:27 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Peter: I thought the same thing. And green lantern, what is wrong with you? Little to no evidence? Right. Drew's innocent as a baby.
walt scherff
10:51 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
According to the American Justice system, he is innocent until proven guilty -- and so far (over 3 years) nothing has been proven - so until such time as the jury of his peers says 'guilty', then he has to be considered innocent - and that would include his being safe from some of the bad guys in jail that still consider him the same as a cop......
Freddie Kissell
10:43 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
What, Moreli? What's not against the law? Are you always this far out of the loop?
John Moreli
10:46 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Freddie what Will County is doing , if they are with Drew,its not against the law! Get with it!
John Moreli
11:27 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Freddie do you mean actual physical evidence against Drew or evidence only as hearsay!
Tony
1:41 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
I have heard of people being convicted of murder without a body for evidence but htiere was a lot of circumstancial evidence.I don't like this hearsay stuff, it opens to many doors for future trials, what if Drew wanted to use hearsay evidence to prove his innocence. I am sure he could pay enough people to say that this warm hearted family man wouldn't kill a flea and some defrocked priest might swear that drew swore on a stack of bibles that he had nothing to do with anyone of his wives deaths.
Ernie Carneau
3:28 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Welllll, I don't think guards should be cruel or non-professional with inmates, and a good rapport keeps things running smoother at the jail. But really, they have to make sure he's not killed in there, or they'd be in deep "S". He has been on national if not international TV. I doubt that all of the guards are chummy with him, but there's always one. If I was a guard, I'd tell him that I knew he was responsible for what had occurred. Proving it is another thing. He'll never get away with that in the public eye. Like OJ, He'll never live a comfortable life again. And the guards have to be careful that they're not charged with doing something wrong. It's going to be interesting to see what the jury does with this one. My guess is he'll be convicted. The longer this goes, the bigger the chance of that! After all, why hasn't his 4th wife ever surfaced anywhere? If he gets off of the case with Kathleen Savio, he'll have that trial to face.
John Moreli
3:49 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Ernie what would the Guard accomplish by telling Drew he knew he's responsible! Like Drew would tell the Guard he did something! Convicted? Where's Stacy's mother? It's been fifteen years!
Ernie Carneau
6:42 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
John, why would it have to accomplish anything? The statement was that the jail staff were too friendly with Peterson. That is what I would do if I was one of the guards, and it would be during a discussion that he began, beings' as he's so friendly in the jail with everyone. Of course he would deny everything. They always do. He is one cool cookie. I still think there's a chance, and a good one, that he'll be convicted. You lost me. Stacy's mother? Fifteen years?
Gina
6:29 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
He'll burn for sure!
Marine Sniper
6:41 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
"That's a figment of their imagination," Lopez said, noting that he does not understand why the Domans are so upset.
Lopez does not understand why the Domans are so upset? Was the "Shark" trying to be imposingly sarcastic?
Or was it just the known "flaw" in all Lopez genealogical structure?
Semper Fi!
anthony
7:46 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
"Peterson was fired from his cop job and indicted on charges of official misconduct and failure to report a bribe." Wonder when he pondered "i can get away with anything"
Marine Sniper
7:54 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
I think the majority of "cops" ponder that when they are first initiated into the, "club".
Semper Fi!
John Moreli
7:55 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Only for the judge to to toss out the charges against Drew as unfounded and unsubstantiated and erroneous charges filed!
TOM TOM
10:38 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Does anyone think that the guards are trying to be NICE to Drew especially to get INFO out of him???? Come On I know whats going on....Don't you?
BTW ....you don't know about the evidence YET.....but you will soon enough...
"getting all the ducks in a row........"
Reality Bytes!
11:53 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
The official misconduct was stemming from Peterhead going rogue and buying drugs from Bindy Rock, who Peterhead was trying to send up the river. Rumors have it he was using drugs at the time and the whole things was covered up by his MANS buddies. Also, there was some suggestion that he himself was selling drugs and that is how he made such great money for a cop...
A friend of mine is a guard at county and says Peterhead is spending most of his time in infirmary, away from the other inmates. Too bad, maybe one of them would shank his ass, and then this would all be a mute point. He says Drew is off limits, they aren't allowed to say much to him in fear of backlash from Kaupus.
Freddie Kissell
11:57 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
What is a mute point, pro streeter?
Reality Bytes!
11:55 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Oh and by the way, Joe Hosey was good for printing crap like this in the Herald News when he didn't see his name on the front page often enough.... He is Drew's buddy, right Joe?
Preston Bibbs
12:33 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
I personally can say i'm glad I never shook hands or met Drew I mean the Devil
John Moreli
8:26 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Pro Streeter some of your facts are erroneous !
Jerry
8:51 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
I feel dumber for having read this thread of comments.
John Moreli
8:59 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Why is that Jerry?
John Moreli
10:12 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Hello its a fact about Bindy Rock so why do you find it necessary to remove the comment?
John Moreli
10:17 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Pro Steeter leaves a comment about Bindy Rock and Drew and it stays?
Reality Bytes!
10:40 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
I suppose you probably referred to Bindy Rock killing a police officer... He didn't kill the cop, another cop did by mistake... Drew was out to get Bindy Rock from the time Bindy was released from jail, sort of a personal vendetta. He started buying drugs without authorization from his superiors, and without anyone elses knowledge. Thats a fact! Drew Peterson was never a law abiding police officer like you'd all like to think he was. Bindy Rock has been released from prison by the way, just recently...
Reality Bytes!
11:04 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Just in case you wao check my eronious statements: http://www.acandyrose.com/stacy_peterson_bindy_rock_files.htm
Go ahead and read....
John Moreli
11:44 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
I know the Bindy Rock case with out looking it up! Bindy didn't pull the trigger but his violent actions caused the tragic chain of events and he's just as guilty of murder as if he pulled the trigger him self! He's scum and a low life!
Reality Bytes!
9:51 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
Um, no he isn't guilty and that is why he was released. What kind of a dumb statement is that? What violent actions? They were robbing a warehouse... As for Peterhead, he was fired from Bolingbrook PD for cause.. For slow people, he was doing drugs and pissed dirty... He appealed and somehow got his job back... As for Bindy Rock, yes he is a lowlife, but so is Peterhead, a dirty wife murdering cop who frequently abused his power lowlife who belongs right where he is, except he belongs in General Population with the rest of the lowlifes...
John Moreli
11:45 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Also when Bindy got released from prison he went back to crime and drugs himself!
John Moreli
9:50 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
Pro Streeter Bindy not guilty? Plus no proof Drew was doing drugs or ever proven he was dirty!
Reality Bytes!
10:17 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
What do you think being fired "for cause" means? Are you serious? And no, he was not guilty, as made obvious by his release... You truly have no clue... The fact that he leaked the name of a state police detective to Bindy Rock during an investigation doesn't make him dirty? He would have surely gotten that officer killed if he hadn't been tipped off to Drew leaking his name. John, I don't think you have any idea what you are talking about. Every point you have made has been completely opposite of the truth. I'm gonna leave it at that...
Freddie Kissell
12:08 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
Ooooh, cop fight between Moreli and pro streeter! Hahaha! Who's the tougher tough guy? HAHA!
Reality Bytes!
6:55 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
Nope, construction worker... And I'm not trying to act tough, just gets frustrating arguing with the uninformed. Should I change my name to Dirty Harry???
Freddie Kissell
12:08 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
I smell bacon...
Randall
5:08 pm on Sunday, September 2, 2012
The bad will always stick up for the bad.. Birds of a feather flock together.. Takes one to know one..