The Latest: Wife of cop who staged suicide 'devastated'
FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) - The latest on the indictment of the wife of a northern Illinois police officer who staged his suicide after embezzling from a youth program (all times local):
3:45 p.m. Attorneys for the wife of a northern Illinois police officer who killed himself after embezzling from a youth program is vehemently denying charges that she took part in the scheme.
The law firm of Keller & Buckley describes Melodie Gliniewicz as "devastated" by a Lake County Grand Jury indictment handed down Wednesday and says that she was a victim of her husband's "secret actions."
The 51-year-old Gliniewicz was indicted Wednesday on felony counts of money laundering and disbursing charitable funds without authority for personal benefit.
On Sept. 1, Fox Lake Police Department Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was found shot to death in a remote area of the community. His death that appeared to be a homicide triggered a massive manhunt but in November authorities announced that Gliniewicz had killed himself after realizing his scheme was about to be discovered by authorities killed himself.
A spokesman for the Lake County Sheriff's Department says that investigators determined that the couple's adult son, D.J. Gliniewicz, received money from the account but did not have any idea where it came from and will not be charged with any financial crime.
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3 p.m.
The wife of a northern Illinois police officer who killed himself after embezzling from a youth program has turned herself in after being indicted by a grand jury.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office says Melodie Gliniewicz turned herself in when she learned of the indictment. Office spokesman Christopher Covelli says she is being processed and taken to the county jail.
Her husband, Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, died Sept. 1. Authorities say he staged his suicide to look like a homicide because he feared discovery of the decades of embezzlement.
Authorities say Melodie Gliniewicz served as an adviser to the Fox Lake Police Explorer Post her husband ran.
A grand jury on Wednesday indicted the 51-year-old Gliniewicz on felony counts of money laundering and disbursing charitable funds without authority for personal benefit.
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2:30 p.m.
A grand jury has indicted the wife of a northern Illinois police officer who authorities say killed himself after embezzling from a youth program.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office says a grand jury on Wednesday indicted 51-year-old Melodie Gliniewicz on felony counts of money laundering and disbursing charitable funds without authority for personal benefit.
A Lake County Judge issued an arrest warrant for Gliniewicz and set bond at $50,000.00.
Her attorney did not immediately respond to a voicemail and email seeking comment.
Her husband, Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, died Sept. 1. Authorities say he staged his suicide to look like a homicide because he feared discovery of the decades of embezzlement from the Fox Lake Police Explorer Post.
Authorities say Melodie Gliniewicz served as an adviser to the Explorer Post.