Woman who shot Glendale Heights cop back in trouble

A Carol Stream woman who pleaded guilty earlier this month to shooting a Glendale Heights police detective during a lover’s quarrel has been arrested again.

This time, Maureen Manos is facing charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of ammunition by a felon and obstructing police during a bank robbery investigation.

Manos, 49, appeared in DuPage County bond court Friday where bail was set at $100,000, meaning she must pay $10,000 cash to be released from jail.

Assistant State’s Attorney Nick Catizone said Manos’ arrest stemmed from an investigation of a man suspected of robbing two Carol Stream banks and one in Wheaton during the past month.

On Friday, FBI officials announced bank robbery charges against Stephen K. Bolf, 28, who had been sharing an apartment with Manos on the 600 block of Gundersen Drive in Carol Stream.

Bolf was taken into custody on Thursday afternoon by Carol Stream police officers who saw Bolf and an unidentified friend behind West Suburban Bank at 895 E. Geneva Road, according to a federal complaint. Police initially questioned Bolf because he matched the physical description of the lone man who robbed the bank of more than $1,500 on Oct. 13, the complaint says.

Bolf eventually admitted committing the Oct. 13 bank robbery, according to the complaint. But when authorities were searching Bolf’s apartment, he told them some of his belongings, including a backpack and a lockbox, were missing.

Manos, who was inside the apartment, told police that she had moved Bolf’s belongings to a neighboring apartment.

When police went to the second address, they found the lockbox, which contained unspecified amounts of heroin, cocaine and ammunition, Catizone said. The complaint indicates that three small bags of heroin were found inside the backpack.

On Friday, a federal judge ordered Bolf held without bond, pending his next scheduled court appearance. If convicted, Bolf faces a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

FBI officials said they are continuing to investigate whether Bolf may have been involved in other local bank robberies.

Manos’ arrest came less than two weeks after she pleaded guilty to shooting Detective Jennifer Marcellis in the right arm. She was shot early Jan. 30, 2010 during an argument that happened when she returned to her Wayne home to find Manos with her identical twin sister, who also lived there.

An investigation by the DuPage County Major Crimes Task Force later cleared the victim and her sister Janelle — also a Glendale Heights officer at the time — of any wrongdoing in the off-duty shooting.

Authorities said Jennifer Marcellis dated Manos for several years but they broke up sometime before the altercation. Both sisters, then 31, listed the defendant as their girlfriend in court records.

Prosecutors said Manos gave varying details about the events leading up to the shooting but ultimately admitted she took a gun to the twins’ home and loaded it when she arrived.

The injured officer required surgery but was able to return to work. Janelle Marcellis, a 10-year officer, resigned in June 2010 while facing an unrelated driving under the influence charge, to which she pleaded guilty last October, according to court records.

Manos, who claimed the gun went off accidentally, pleaded guilty Oct. 7 to reckless discharge of a firearm and was sentenced to two years of probation and 30 days in a work release program. She also isn’t allowed to possess guns as a result of her plea, prosecutors said.

If Manos is found to have violated her probation with the new arrest, she could face resentencing on the original charge, officials said.

Manos’ attorney couldn’t be reached for comment.