Drew pulled over for speeding on way to help 'friend'

Drew Peterson was in such a hurry to pick up a 22-year-old female friend who needed a ride over the weekend that he got stopped for speeding by Naperville Police.

But the former Bolingbrook Police officer avoided a ticket, instead receiving a warning after being curbed about 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the western suburb.

Peterson, 54, said he was stopped on his way to pick up a friend who called him for a lift after the driver of the car in which she was riding was taken into custody by Naperville Police.

"I was just being a good samaritan," he said, declining to identify the woman, but insisting she wasn't a girlfriend. "Let's call her a friend," said Peterson, whom police have labeled a suspect in the Oct. 28 disappearance of his wife, Stacy Peterson, 23.

Naperville Police on Monday confirmed that Drew Peterson had been stopped.

A source said Peterson was travelling less than 10 miles over the posted speed when he was stopped.

Peterson was simply helping a young woman who works at a tanning salon he sometimes visits, Peterson's attorney said.

"That's just the type of guy he is," said attorney Joel Brodsky.