D-Pete Gets Punk'd

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 3, 2008 8:40PM

Oh, Drew Peterson, why can't people just leave you alone? Bolingbrook's Most Notorious Ex-Husband™ got an odd start to his Halloween on Friday thanks to a radio station's prank. It seems that some of the folks at B96 issued a challenge to its listeners: be the first trick-or-treaters at Peterson's house and win a shiny new cell phone. A pair of folks showed up on Peterson's doorstep on Friday morning, but hilarity did not ensue.

"The police heard about it," Peterson said, and the law showed up to intervene.

Police Chief Kevin McCarthy said the situation outside Peterson's Pheasant Chase Court home had "really calmed down" by the afternoon and that the radio station agreed to pull the plug on its contest.

"One of the lieutenants called the radio station and told them to knock it off," McCarthy said, noting that Peterson has a "no trespassing" sign on his lawn and that interlopers risked arrest.

So far, there's no word on whether or not those early-bird trick-or-treaters got what was promised to them.