Taking a dirtnap

As the investigation into the death of Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz expanded, detectives began to examine text messages that indicate the officer was taking money from the town’s Police Explorer training program.



http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/11/04/texts-reveal-joe-gliniewicz-stress-over-fox-lake-finances-i-am-pretty-well-f/

In death, Illinois police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz was praised by his fellow officers as a "hero" — a cop's cop who took pride in mentoring kids to strive for their best before, police said, he was gunned down during a foot chase in September.

But the narrative personifying his "G.I. Joe" nickname took a stunning turn Wednesday: Police announced the 30-year veteran officer in the Chicago suburb of Fox Lake killed himself after years of criminal activity, including embezzling money through the Explorers youth program.

Gliniewicz fatally shot himself as part of a "carefully staged suicide," said George Filenko, commander of the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force. The veteran officer was feeling the heat, he said, as village administrators started taking a close look at the Explorer program's finances.

Over the past seven years, Gliniewicz, 52, had funneled an unspecified "five-figure amount" from the Explorers for personal purposes — including mortgage payments, travel expenses, gym memberships, adult websites and loans to associates, Filenko said at a news conference.

After poring over emails and text messages in search of clues, police say they determined Gliniewicz had been forging signatures on documents and communicating about his illicit acts with at least two other people. The case remains open.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fox-lake-lt-joseph-gliniewicz-committed-suicide-illinois-police-n457231