I must say that the revelations of this past week concerning this police officer whom everyone believed to be a hero who died in the line of duty in Fox Lake, Illinois, have been more than a little upsetting.
At first, it was hard to believe he had committed suicide which was bad enough, but then to learn that the suicide was committed to avoid the fall out from his stealing money from the Explorer Post he ran, well that was a real knockout punch.
His death caused much fear and worry here in the Fox Lake area (we live five miles from the village). Plus, the amount of grief and public outpouring toward his family was unprecedented. I doubt that any police officer had received more recognition from his town.
We attended two fund raisers as well as spent hours out on US-12 when they had the two+-hour procession from his funeral to the cemetery.
I sure wish we had known about the stealing and myriad of other things he did that were not square before we went trough all of that.
However, I'm just going to think we also did it to honor other police officers who have fallen in the line of duty and will continue to keep my blue light on.
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Showing posts with label Joe Gliniewicz Murder. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 7, 2015
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Way Too Much To Do
I really hate it when there is too much going on around here to do it all. Even with this very cool weather that arrived yesterday.
We've already decided not to go out to the NIU-Murray State game in DeKalb. We do plan to go to the Joe Gliniewicz benefit at out Fox Lake American Legion at 5 p.m.. There will be food and a band. later, we hope to get over to Saufen Und Spiel in nearby Johnsburg. a Rolling Stones tribute band called Hot Rocks is playing.
We also have a rib cook-off at Route 12 Bar and Grill and an End-of-the-Summer Party at Stormy Monday.
Decisions, Decisions. --RoadDog
We've already decided not to go out to the NIU-Murray State game in DeKalb. We do plan to go to the Joe Gliniewicz benefit at out Fox Lake American Legion at 5 p.m.. There will be food and a band. later, we hope to get over to Saufen Und Spiel in nearby Johnsburg. a Rolling Stones tribute band called Hot Rocks is playing.
We also have a rib cook-off at Route 12 Bar and Grill and an End-of-the-Summer Party at Stormy Monday.
Decisions, Decisions. --RoadDog
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Labor Day Weekend 2015-- Part 2
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH-- Listened to Bob Stroud's trip back to the Summer of '75 on his Rock and Roll Roots show on WDRV in the morning. We went to Sunnyside Tavern with hopes of having our raffle ticket drawn and winning $150. But to no avail. Then drove over to 'Cuda's on Grasslake Road for Bloody Marys. We were impressed with the number of signs as well as black and blue ribbons all along the road. The funeral procession for murdered Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz will travel down Grasslake Road tomorrow.
We then went to Nauti-Knots and sat out by the tiki bar on Bluff lake.. Last stop was at Lake View Place overlooking Grasslake. Came home and had a bonfire out on the patio.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH-- This day was largely one for "G.I. Joe" as people called Joe Gliniewicz. We went to the American Legion and watched the funeral and then went outside for the funeral procession. Estimates put somewhere around 1,500 police vehicles in it. A very moving affair.
Waited at the Legion for a couple hours as traffic had really been backed up.
--RoadDog
THE 10 RULES OF LIFE: Never give yopurself a haircut after three margaritas.
We then went to Nauti-Knots and sat out by the tiki bar on Bluff lake.. Last stop was at Lake View Place overlooking Grasslake. Came home and had a bonfire out on the patio.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH-- This day was largely one for "G.I. Joe" as people called Joe Gliniewicz. We went to the American Legion and watched the funeral and then went outside for the funeral procession. Estimates put somewhere around 1,500 police vehicles in it. A very moving affair.
Waited at the Legion for a couple hours as traffic had really been backed up.
--RoadDog
THE 10 RULES OF LIFE: Never give yopurself a haircut after three margaritas.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
The Funeral Procession for Lt. Joe Gliniewicz
Yesterday we had the funeral, procession and burial of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz here in western Lake County. Liz and I saw the procession go by the American Legion Post 703 in Fox Lake, Illinois, where he was a member.
We joined around 100 people in our little section along US-12 (Rand Road). Thousands lined the 19-mile route from Antioch High School where the funeral took place to Fox Lake where he was a police officer and back to Antioch for his burial.
This was surely one of those things that don't happen very often, thankfully. All along Grasslake Road and US-12 were heavily decorated with black and blue ribbons and lots of U.S. flags. I carried a flag. Plus, there were lots of homemade signs.
We went to the Legion to await the procession and watched the funeral. The place was packed. I was surprised to see a friend of mine, the Reverend Lisle Kauffman, get up and speak. And, the speech Joe's brother gave was one of the saddest I've ever heard.
Monday, September 7, 2015
Saying Goodbye to Lt. Joe Gliniewicz
In a short time we will be leaving to take a drive along Grasslake Road in Lake County, Illinois. Right now, visitation is taking place in Antioch and there will be a funeral, all taking place at the Antioch High School to handle the huge crowds expected.
After that, they estimate there will be around 1000 cars in a funeral procession to take place over 19 miles along ILL-Hwy 59, Grasslake Road, US-12 and Rollins Road before returning to Antioch for the burial.
They'll be coming to Fox Lake. Yesterday, we were on Grasslake Road and the whole way is covered with black and blue ribbons, signs, half mast flags and other things to say goodbye to "GI Joe."
This has been a very sad week for everyone around this area.
A Fitting Goodbye.
Local Policeman Killed in Fox Lake, Illinois-- Part 4: Blue Lives Matter, Too
SEPTEMBER 2ND, WEDNESDAY
This was the first thing I checked online when I got on the computer. Sadly, by 10 a.m., the murderers had not been caught, The police are still searching the big area south of Fox Lake from Sayton Road along US-12, Rollins Road and Ill. Highway 59.
Personally, I believe the killers must be a long way away from here. I know if i had done what they did, my first thing to do would be to get as far away as possible.
The authorities are keeping pretty much mum on any evidence they have and rightfully so. There is some question as to Joe Gliniewicz's gun. yesterday we heard that they had taken it. This morning the Tribune said the gun had been found.
A big fathering is planned for late afternoon at the Fox Lake Lake Front Park on Nippersink Lake. Several thousand are expected. We at first planned on going until we heard how many people were going to be there until we heard how many were expected. Lake Front Park can only hold so many cars, so parking would be a huge problem not to mention sitting and standing.
We went to Donovan's and watched the ceremony. At first, there did not appear to be many people there and we thought that we should have gone, but by the time it started, it was standing room only. We watched it at Donovan's. Everybody in the place was also watching and conversation mostly ceased. One of out buddies there is Jerry who is a retired Chicago policeman. He was livid over the whole thing and understandably so. All you hear nowadays is cop brutality to blacks, but they have a really dangerous job. I'd hate to think what would happen to good people if the cops weren't there.
Not only did Joe Gliniewicz, "G.I. Joe" as he was called, have Fox Lake connections, but also he grew up in nearby Antioch, Illinois, and graduated from that high school. This is also where he lives with his wife and four sons, two of whom are active duty military.
Two Villages Mourn Their Own.
This was the first thing I checked online when I got on the computer. Sadly, by 10 a.m., the murderers had not been caught, The police are still searching the big area south of Fox Lake from Sayton Road along US-12, Rollins Road and Ill. Highway 59.
Personally, I believe the killers must be a long way away from here. I know if i had done what they did, my first thing to do would be to get as far away as possible.
The authorities are keeping pretty much mum on any evidence they have and rightfully so. There is some question as to Joe Gliniewicz's gun. yesterday we heard that they had taken it. This morning the Tribune said the gun had been found.
A big fathering is planned for late afternoon at the Fox Lake Lake Front Park on Nippersink Lake. Several thousand are expected. We at first planned on going until we heard how many people were going to be there until we heard how many were expected. Lake Front Park can only hold so many cars, so parking would be a huge problem not to mention sitting and standing.
We went to Donovan's and watched the ceremony. At first, there did not appear to be many people there and we thought that we should have gone, but by the time it started, it was standing room only. We watched it at Donovan's. Everybody in the place was also watching and conversation mostly ceased. One of out buddies there is Jerry who is a retired Chicago policeman. He was livid over the whole thing and understandably so. All you hear nowadays is cop brutality to blacks, but they have a really dangerous job. I'd hate to think what would happen to good people if the cops weren't there.
Not only did Joe Gliniewicz, "G.I. Joe" as he was called, have Fox Lake connections, but also he grew up in nearby Antioch, Illinois, and graduated from that high school. This is also where he lives with his wife and four sons, two of whom are active duty military.
Two Villages Mourn Their Own.
Local Policeman Killed in Fox Lake-- Part 3: Joe Gliniewicz
SEPTEMBER 1ST, TUESDAY
As I drove north on US-12 (Rand Road) the short distance, about two miles, to Fox lake, I began seeing lot of police and emergency vehicles. The area starting where Ill-59 breaks off of US-12 had cop cars about every 150 feet, all facing he heavy undergrowth where they thought the three murderers were hiding.
By the time I got to South Sayton it was wall-to-wall police with several tents. Evidently this was the headquarters of the manhunt.
Needless to say, Liz was watching all the breaking news on TV and following it on Face Book Not only were there many policemen from the local area, but FBI and ATF. It was the main topic of conversation at several places we went to afterwards. Later we met our friends Sue and Paul at Half-Times in Johnsburg. This morning they had been in northern part of the Lower Michigan Peninsula at their cabin and had heard about it within an hour after 8 a.m. when the murder took place.
Sue bicycles with a woman from near the where the murder took place and when she had gone out for a ride, a policeman said this would not be a good day to do it and told her why. She went on Face Book and told Sue. Like I said, we didn't know anything until after 1 p.m.. They listened to the events unfolding on their drive home.
Sadly, at the end of the day, the murderers had not been caught.
As I drove north on US-12 (Rand Road) the short distance, about two miles, to Fox lake, I began seeing lot of police and emergency vehicles. The area starting where Ill-59 breaks off of US-12 had cop cars about every 150 feet, all facing he heavy undergrowth where they thought the three murderers were hiding.
By the time I got to South Sayton it was wall-to-wall police with several tents. Evidently this was the headquarters of the manhunt.
Needless to say, Liz was watching all the breaking news on TV and following it on Face Book Not only were there many policemen from the local area, but FBI and ATF. It was the main topic of conversation at several places we went to afterwards. Later we met our friends Sue and Paul at Half-Times in Johnsburg. This morning they had been in northern part of the Lower Michigan Peninsula at their cabin and had heard about it within an hour after 8 a.m. when the murder took place.
Sue bicycles with a woman from near the where the murder took place and when she had gone out for a ride, a policeman said this would not be a good day to do it and told her why. She went on Face Book and told Sue. Like I said, we didn't know anything until after 1 p.m.. They listened to the events unfolding on their drive home.
Sadly, at the end of the day, the murderers had not been caught.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Local Policeman Killed in Fox Lake-- Part 2: Joe Gliniewicz
September 1, 2015
Murders are a rare thing in this area of northeast Illinois and this one, of a policeman, was particularly unnerving. After I found out what had happened on Tuesday, I went to several businesses in Round Lake and overheard clerks and patrons talking about it. I drove Il-134 to US-12 south of where the police were searching for the three men who killed "GI Joe" as he was called.
I went to the Menard's and the people there told me that there were a lot of heavily armed law enforcement people behind the store. The clerk out in the nursery section said today was her birthday and she was worried about being outside all by herself. She said she would now be like her mother, whose birthday is on September 11th.
About this time, we started hearing all sorts of emergency vehicle sirens and looked out to the road and saw lots of them driving very fast and heading in our general area. I figured this would be a good time to get out of there and left.
I went to Bay Road and had to wait a real long time to turn onto US-12 heading north toward Fox Lake. It seemed that every time our turn light would go green, another cop car would come roaring through, causing us to miss several lights.
Murders are a rare thing in this area of northeast Illinois and this one, of a policeman, was particularly unnerving. After I found out what had happened on Tuesday, I went to several businesses in Round Lake and overheard clerks and patrons talking about it. I drove Il-134 to US-12 south of where the police were searching for the three men who killed "GI Joe" as he was called.
I went to the Menard's and the people there told me that there were a lot of heavily armed law enforcement people behind the store. The clerk out in the nursery section said today was her birthday and she was worried about being outside all by herself. She said she would now be like her mother, whose birthday is on September 11th.
About this time, we started hearing all sorts of emergency vehicle sirens and looked out to the road and saw lots of them driving very fast and heading in our general area. I figured this would be a good time to get out of there and left.
I went to Bay Road and had to wait a real long time to turn onto US-12 heading north toward Fox Lake. It seemed that every time our turn light would go green, another cop car would come roaring through, causing us to miss several lights.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Local Policeman Killed in Fox Lake, Illinois: How I Found Out About It
Today will certainly be a day to remember in this area of Illinois. At around 8 a.m., a Fox Lake police lieutenant, Joe Gliniewicz, was killed by three culprits when he broke up what appears to be a robbery.
I didn't know anything about it when I left home here in nearby Spring Grove, right up US Highway 12 about four miles from Fox Lake. This was at about 12:40 p.m.. The first idea that I had that something was going on was when I took Sayton Drive by the Walgreens on US-12 and could not go east on Rollins Road as it was blocked by police. I then saw a helicopter, but with all the road construction going on in the area, figured that was yet another closed road.
But when I saw two WGN sound vans parked in the shopping plaza, I knew something was going on. I would have called Liz to tell her to check the news, but I was driving and it is against the law to talk on cell phones in Illinois.
I took Grand Avenue to Il-59 and then Wilson Road back to Rollins and into Round Lake Beach to see "Man From Uncle" at the Regal Theater on Rollins. When I got to the door of it, I saw a sign that they were temporarily closed due to a problem in the area. Since the attempted shooting last week, Regal Theaters have instituted a search policy for anyone bringing bags into their theaters. They are being very careful about the crazies.
A woman came out and told me that a cop had been shot in Fox Lake and that there were several suspects on the loose. The theater would be closed until this was over.
--RoadDog
I didn't know anything about it when I left home here in nearby Spring Grove, right up US Highway 12 about four miles from Fox Lake. This was at about 12:40 p.m.. The first idea that I had that something was going on was when I took Sayton Drive by the Walgreens on US-12 and could not go east on Rollins Road as it was blocked by police. I then saw a helicopter, but with all the road construction going on in the area, figured that was yet another closed road.
But when I saw two WGN sound vans parked in the shopping plaza, I knew something was going on. I would have called Liz to tell her to check the news, but I was driving and it is against the law to talk on cell phones in Illinois.
I took Grand Avenue to Il-59 and then Wilson Road back to Rollins and into Round Lake Beach to see "Man From Uncle" at the Regal Theater on Rollins. When I got to the door of it, I saw a sign that they were temporarily closed due to a problem in the area. Since the attempted shooting last week, Regal Theaters have instituted a search policy for anyone bringing bags into their theaters. They are being very careful about the crazies.
A woman came out and told me that a cop had been shot in Fox Lake and that there were several suspects on the loose. The theater would be closed until this was over.
--RoadDog
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