Trial Date Set for Melodie Gliniewicz

FOX LAKE, IL - The widow of disgraced Fox Lake Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz is expected to go to trial in June.

Melodie Gliniewicz, 51, of Antioch appeared in court Friday where a trial date was set for June 27, the Daily Herald reports. It was the first time the widow of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz appeared in court since a Feb. 3 hearing where she pleaded not guilty to two counts of money laundering and several counts of disbursing charitable funds without authority for personal benefit or use.

Melodie Gliniewicz was indicted by a grand jury earlier this year following an investigation into an embezzlement scheme that ended up robbing the Fox Lake Explorers program of thousands of dollars. Police said Lt. Gliniewicz staged his own murder after embezzling funds from the Explorer program for years. He was found shot dead in Fox Lake on Sept. 1.

Melodie Gliniewicz played a “fiduciary role as an adult advisor with the Fox Lake Police Explorer Post,” which was run by her late husband, Lake County Sheriff’s Office Detective Christopher Covelli said in a news release following Melodie Glineiwicz’s indictment.

Detectives determined some of the personal expenses paid from the police explorer account included a trip to Hawaii, payments to businesses such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Fox Lake Theatre, and over 400 restaurant charges, Covelli said.

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