An Algonquin man who possessed over 100 pounds of cannabis and laundered more than $1 million from drug sales has been sentenced to 13 years in prison but will only be required to serve four years. Christopher J. Galie, 36, of the 1400 block of North Harrison Street in Algonquin, was charged with 12 counts […]
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Trial for Melodie Gliniewicz, wife of disgraced Fox Lake police officer, scheduled for November
A Lake County judge has set the trial date for November for Melodie Gliniewicz, the wife of late Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, who is accused of helping her husband steal money from the police department. Melodie Gliniewicz, 56, of the 38500 block of North Lakeside Place in Antioch, was charged in 2016 with […]
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Lake Villa man charged with money laundering, tax fraud following large cocaine bust
A Lake Villa man was arrested after police and the ATF found him in possession of three kilos of cocaine. He was also charged with tax fraud and money laundering. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) – Downers Grove Field Office & Chicago […]
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Property manager in Fox Lake charged with money laundering, theft of over $1 million
A woman who was the property manager of a homeowner’s association in Fox Lake has been charged with stealing and laundering over $1 million, police said. Michele L. Kirk, 50, of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, was charged with two counts of theft as a Class X felony and three counts of money laundering, a Class 1 […]
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Algonquin man charged with laundering over $500K made from drug sales
An Algonquin man was charged with laundering over $500,000 of drug money through real estate, cryptocurrency and gold, police said. Christopher J. Galie, 35, of the 1400 block of North Harrison Street in Algonquin, was charged with 12 counts of money laundering, a Class 1 felony. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Task Force arrested […]