State's Attorney Freezes Melodie Gliniewicz's Bank Accounts

The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has frozen the personal and financial bank accounts of Melodie Gliniewicz, the wife of disgraced Fox Lake police officer Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, the Daily Herald reports.

Melodie learned her account had been frozen when she attempted to buy gas on Nov. 9. In total, six accounts and two credit cards were frozen on Nov. 6, according to the article.

Melodie Gliniewicz’s attorneys released several financial documents that detail spending by and the amounts of money taken by Lt. Gliniewicz from Fox Lake Explorers accounts, including 98 charges totaling $7,216 for hormone supplements, over $5,600 for a trip to Hawaii and 238 coffee runs totaling $2,455, the newspaper reports. Gliniewicz also spent the money on movies at the Fox Lake Theater and adult entertainment and dating websites.

The bank accounts were frozen amidst an investigation into Medlodie’s involvement in an embezzlement scheme that police said lead her husband to stage his own murder when he killed himself on Sept. 1 in Fox Lake.

Melodie, 51, is asking the public and authorities to not be quick to pass judgement and her attorneys are seeking to overturn the court order to freeze her accounts, the Chicago Tribune reports. Melodie is unable to pay her mortgage, medical bills and other family expenses since her accounts have been frozen.

“This matter is pending a criminal investigation,” State’s Attorney Mike Nerheim told the Chicago Tribune. “We believe that the evidence we have supplied so far strongly supports the action we have taken. Because this matter is now in litigation, we would be unable to comment publicly. We look forward to litigating this case in a court of law.”

Read more on the Daily Herald and the Chicago Tribune.