Fox Lake Cop

It's been all over the news. The Fox Lake, Illinois officer whose death sparked an outpouring of support now is embroiled in a dark web of lies and deceit.

According to a report by Officer Joe Gliniewicz, three suspects were on the loose and the officer had been shot to death.

This spawned a massive manhunt and an outpouring of support by the community. What no one would have thought is that it was all staged.

Now, instead of being hailed a hero, Gliniewicz is being scolded. What you need to understand is that he had experience staging crime scenes. This would come in handy when he staged his death to look like a murder.

The official report by the coroner is that no defense wounds were found, meaning the death was a suicide. It only gets more twisted.

Gliniewicz had been embezzling money from the police explorers program that he founded. The money was spent on personal vacations, adult website memberships, and mortgages.

Now, Gliniewicz's wife and son are also under investigation. The memorial fund set up for the officer has also been frozen.

Apparently Gliniewicz even hired a hit am to take out the village administrator who was uncovering the fraudulent activities. This was all to keep his activities a secret.

In a shocking revelation, Gliniewicz gave teenagers 24 hour access to the police station as well as forging the signature of the police chief in order to get surplus military equipment. Many times while on duty, Gliniewicz would wear camouflage fatigues instead of the police uniform. He also spent a lot of police time running the explorer program.

He was able to get away with a lot of things because the town kept forgiving him and officials exerted almost no control over him.

The town glossed over serious allegations instead of firing Gliniewicz. He was allowed to do what he wanted and get away with it. A Lake County Sherrifg even said Gliniewicz should have been fired a long time ago.

Reconstructing Gliniewicz's career shows a series of problems followed by second and third chances, which eventually became promotions to positions of more authority.

Fox Lake mayor Donny Schmidt even admitted that accountability measures need to be put in place so this never happens again. He also acknowledged that the town is foolish if there is no acknowledgement better things can be done.