Judge dismisses weapons charges against Peterson

A jubilant Drew Peterson hugged and kissed his attorneys Thursday after they persuaded a Will County judge to dismiss two felony weapons charges that could have sent him to prison for up to five years. "There was a potential to put me in prison for this. This is a happy day for me," Peterson said outside the Joliet courthouses after embracing his attorneys, Joel Brodsky and Andrew Abood.

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