And on Wednesday night Peterson took to Twitter to tell his side of the story.

Peterson questioned on Twitter how the politics blog Yellowhammer knew about his arrest before his wife did, and he said that his arrest had been an honest mistake after he had eaten from a container of cashew nuts at a Hoover Sam's Club store and put the container back without paying for them.

In addition to alleging a media conspiracy for his Wednesday shoplifting arrest, Peterson lashed out at Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard about Common Core curricula standards in Alabama public schools.

Sometimes there are coincidences. Sometime there are conspiracies. And sometimes there are just facts. #SomethingAintRight -- Dale Peterson (@Dale_Peterson) March 28, 2013

How, exactly, did @yhpolitics know about my day & my handful of cashews before my wife did? -- Dale Peterson (@Dale_Peterson) March 28, 2013

Who (other than me!) would be arrested for a handful of cashews? And how would Peterson-haters know so soon? I hadn't even been released yet -- Dale Peterson (@Dale_Peterson) March 28, 2013

@sblakeharris , when @yhpolitics is determined to make you out to be a thug & criminal, all questions are pressing. (Consider the source) -- Dale Peterson (@Dale_Peterson) March 28, 2013

In national politics, we have establishment and media in cahoots. Think that doesn't happen in AL? See: @yhpolitics & Mike Hubbard -- Dale Peterson (@Dale_Peterson) March 28, 2013

I picked up some cashews when I got to Sams this afternoon. Ate a handful. Put them in my cart & kept shopping. (cont'd) -- Dale Peterson (@Dale_Peterson) March 28, 2013

an hour later, when I went to checkout, I put the cashews back (forgetting I had eaten a few), purchased $700 of merchandise & went to jail -- Dale Peterson (@Dale_Peterson) March 28, 2013

Read Peterson's Tweets below.