ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an Illinois police officer whose fatal shooting this summer led to a large manhunt had in fact carefully staged his own death. And they say he had been embezzling money for years from a police program that he oversaw.
Police say Charles Gliniewicz spent thousands of dollars of the money for personal purchases, mortgage payments and travel.
Shortly before his death, Gliniewicz radioed dispatchers that he was pursuing three suspicious men, but speculation about a possible suicide mounted as investigators struggled to find solid leads.
