Article: LAWYER: COP HIT ON DREW'S FIANCEE

JOLIET - A state police detective took a break from the Drew Peterson case long enough to ask the alleged wife-killer's young girlfriend out on a date, Peterson's lawyer said after a court appearance Tuesday.

Attorney Joel Brodsky said, "I'll confirm that," when asked whether a state police investigator asked out Peterson's 24-year-old girlfriend and supposed fiancee, Chrissy Raines.

Brodsky also said he believes state police protocol "does not include dating a witness as a proper method" of investigation.

Brodsky said the detective asked Raines out to "dinner and a movie."

Trooper Mark Dorencz of the state police failed to return calls for comment on Brodsky's allegation.

Peterson, a ...

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