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 A man had accused former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson along with two fellow officers of breaking his thumb while he was in police custody in May 2007.
Police say that Timothy Brownlee was arrested after a neighbor complained he was using vulgar language and was uncooperative, and that Brownlee's actions in the booking room required officers to restrain him.
The incident in the booking room was videotaped, and Peterson was not on duty, Peterson's attorney Joel Brodsky said. Brownlee sued in December, more than a month after Peterson's wife, Stacy, disappeared.
"Brownlee putting Drew in this case was nothing more than yet another attempt ... to profit, to make money off this unfortunate circumstance," Brodsky said. "I'm glad that this one was resolved quickly."
Brownlee was initially charged with disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice, but the charges were later dismissed, according to his federal lawsuit.
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 Brownlee's attorney did not immediately return a telephone message left after business hours Monday.
Peterson has been named a suspect in his wife's disappearance, which authorities have called a possible homicide, but has not been charged. Stacy Peterson was last seen Oct. 28 and was reported missing by her family the next day.
Peterson has denied any involvement in her disappearance. He has said he believes she left him for another man and is alive.
The investigation prompted the exhumation of the Peterson's third wife, Kathleen Savio. Prosecutors have said evidence indicates her 2004 death may have been a homicide staged to look like an accident. Peterson has not been named a suspect in her death.
[Associated
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