Triple Play Scalper Tripped Up By Undercover Cop: Police

A New Lenox man trying to turn a profit by scalping highly coveted Triple Play concert tickets screwed up by selling them to an undercover cop, police said.

Erik Peterson, 49, had posted a flier in Jewel listing the tickets for sale at more than their face value, police said.

A detective posing as a prospective customer reportedly called Peterson and set up a deal to buy the tickets for $100 apiece. Peterson was charged with scalping after he allegedly consummated the deal Tuesday evening.

All 5,000 tickets for the three-show event featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steve Miller Band and Kenny Loggins sold out in the first five hours they were available Saturday morning, said Mayor Tim Baldermann.

“There’s a lot of people in town who didn’t get tickets and this guy’s trying to make money off it,” said Baldermann.

“That’s what bothers me,” he said.

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