Shooting death of cop that sparked manhunt was his own 'carefully staged suicide' after he secretly embezzled money from youth programs to pay off his mortgage and visit adult websites

WOW JUST WOW!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3302697/Investigators-discuss-new-information-officers-death.html

A money-laundering cop faked a chase and a shooting before staging his own suicide, leading to a massive police manhunt for suspects who didn't exist.

Charles Gliniewicz killed himself on September 1 after embezzling funds from police in the village of Fox Lake, Illinois, for seven years, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

The 52-year-old officer, nicknamed GI Joe, was initially hailed as a hero, but police say he committed the 'ultimate betrayal' by stealing cash set aside for teenagers who aspired to one day join law enforcement.

The married father-of-four took a 'five-figure' sum - which was supposed to be used by the Explorers youth program - and spent it on vacations, personal items, mortgage payments and adult websites.

Detectives looked at more than 6,500 pages of text messages, 40,000 emails and over 1,000 bank documents following his death and found he was at the center of illicit activity.

Police said that before Gliniewicz shot himself two months ago, he laid out his baton, pepper spray and personal glasses to mislead officers and make it look like there was a struggle.

Just a few bad apples though, I'm told. And don't you dare suggest otherwise. Cops would never plant stuff or lie and certainly never plan And discuss such things with others. That's just a conspiracy theory!  We try not to be Anti-Cop but they make it so difficult not to.