Sep 10, 2008 3:55 pm US/Central
Drew Peterson's Ex-Friend Pleads Guilty To Attack
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Len Wawczak and Drew Peterson were involved in an altercation July 25, outside a local barbershop.
Joliet Herald News
The man who wore a wire on Drew Peterson pleaded guilty Wednesday to confronting the former suburban cop outside a southwest suburban barber shop and shoving him during a heated dispute.
Len Wawczak appeared Wednesday morning in Bolingbrook Local Court and pleaded guilty to a local ordinance charge of battery against Peterson in the July 24, 2008 incident, according to Bolingbrook police Sgt. John Sullivan.
Will County Judge Ray Nash said the disposition for the case should be released within the next few business days, according to Sullivan.
Peterson kept his cool as his neighbor and former friend ambushed him in the parking lot of the Hyroglyphics Barber Shop in the 300 block of North Schmidt Road, hurling obscenities as gawkers egged him on.
"I'll beat the [expletive] out of you!" Wawczak yelled. "You ain't nothing but a murderer. Say something!"
"Hit me," Peterson replied. "I'm going down."
As Wawczak kept yelling, Peterson turned around and Wawczak pushed him in the back. Peterson later said his back hurt.
Both men later turned themselves in at the Bolingbrook Police Dept., where Peterson was released and Wawczak charged with battery.
Wawczak had just heard that Peterson was supposedly telling people he had slept with Wawczak's wife. He also was angry after hearing that Peterson has shot dirty looks at Wawczak's 20-year-old son at the barbershop.
Earlier that week, Wawczak and his wife, Paula Stark, said they had worn a wire on Peterson for seven months.
Peterson has been named a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. Police are also investigating the bathtub drowning of Peterson's fourth wife, Kathleen Savio, which has been labeled a homicide.
Peterson has denied having anything to do with Savio's death or Stacy's disappearance.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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