The Gliniewicz case riveted the Chicago area for weeks back in 2015. It started when Lt. Gliniewicz was found fatally shot; his last radio transmission blamed two men and a manhunt was launched. Then, it was revealed that he had shot himself because he was under investigation for embezzling from the Fox Lake Police Explorer program.
The widow of Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz was indicted Thursday on several felony counts of money laundering and misuse of charitable funds.
Monday's hearing focused on former Fox Lake Village Administrator Anne Marrin, who investigated Lt. Gliniewicz's handling of the Explorer program's money. Melodie Gliniewicz's attorneys are arguing that prosecutors withheld information about why Marrin was forced out later. On Monday, Fox Lake Mayor Donnie Schmidt testified that Marrin was fired for not following orders and using inappropriate language with employees and trustees. She was not fired, he said, for anything to do with the Gliniewicz case.Lt. Gliniewicz carefully staged suicide after committing criminal acts
A Fox Lake police officer whose shooting death led to a massive manhunt in September killed himself, carefully staging the scene to look like a homicide after years of stealing money from his department's youth program, officials said Tuesday.