She’s asking for a prompt hearing to lift the temporary court order that is freezing her personal checking and savings accounts.
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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 September 1 in Fox Lake.
Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, 52, was found fatally wounded in a remote area of the northern IL community, about 55 miles (88 km) north of Chicago on September 1.
But, in the meantime, Gliniewicz says she is unable to pay her mortgage, doctor bills and other family expenses. Attorneys said in the release that Melodie Gliniewicz was asking all to “refrain from rushing to, or misplacing, judgment” and “has faith the truth will come out in time, and if necessary, in court”.
Melodie Gliniewicz’s attorneys have filed a motion to stop the bank account freeze.
He says the 31-year-old from Vernon Hills didn’t urge police to escalate the search for three men initially sought in Gliniewicz’s death.
The widow of an IL policeman who staged his suicide asked a court to give her access to bank accounts frozen as authorities investigate possible criminal activity, her attorney said on Wednesday.
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Prosecutors also said the account funded a trip to Hawaii in August 2014 that cost $5,683. They say deposits into the Explorer account included money from Joe Gliniewicz’s paychecks and a loan from his retirement account totaling $58,800.
