A police officer who was lauded as a hero after his fatal shooting triggered an intense and costly manhunt in fact killed himself because he was about to be exposed as a thief, and carefully staged his death to make it seem like he died in the line of duty, authorities said Wednesday. Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz embezzled thousands of dollars from the town's Police Explorer program for seven years, and spent the money on such things as mortgage payments, travel expenses, gym memberships and adult websites, Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko said. "We have determined this staged suicide was the end result of extensive criminal acts that Gliniewicz...
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