John Poliks:  

Life I attended Nursery School with "Auntie Barb" Ruelke, went to Kindergarten and 1st grade at Lincoln School, 2nd grade and part of 3rd at St. Joseph's School, before returning to Lincoln to finish 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th; then Keene Junior High (7-3 and 8-3) before K.H.S. I then spent a P.G. year at Bridgton (Maine) Academy and earned letters playing varsity football, ice hockey and baseball. I entered Northeastern University in the fall of 1968, earned a letter in freshman ice hockey and played varsity ice hockey, before leaving school in the fall of 1970. During the latter years of high school and through my years in Boston, I covered sports for the Keene Sentinel, Manchester Union-Leader and Concord Monitor. While at Northeastern, I worked for The Associated Press in Boston (covering the Joseph P. Kennedy funeral), and the Newport (R.I.) Daily News. I got into police work in Boston as a special police officer with the Boston P.D. for four years and served as a bodyguard for Teddy Green of the Boston Bruins and for Jerry Lewis for six nights on Cape Cod. I moved to Baltimore to join the Baltimore Police in December, 1974. I was in uniform for 8 months before getting promoted to Detective in the Internal Investigation Division for two years. I then worked undercover vice for two years before going deeper undercover buying and selling "stolen" property and food stamps. The last 12 years of my career, I was assigned to the Economic Crimes Unit of the State's Attorney's Office and attended President Clinton's first inauguration January 20, 1993 as the bodyguard for the Baltimore State's Attorney. I received a Gold Record from the Recording Industry Association of America for a pirated music investigation which started in Baltimore, went to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New Jersey before culminating in Philadelphia. The investigation was featured on the Discovery Channel. I also protected Mel Blount of the Pittsburgh Steelers, jockey Willie Shoemaker and other athletes and celebrities. I retired 4/13/95 (20+years) as a Detective, got married 4/23/95 and worked for a little over a year in the Attorney General's Office investigating Medicaid fraud. I helped provide security during Pope John Paul II's visit to Camden Yards in October, 1995. In 1996 I became a Special Agent, Office of the State Prosecutor, investigating bribery, misconduct in office and other crimes committed by elected or public officials in Maryland. As an agent, I write and execute search warrants, conduct wire taps and scrutinize bank records. My grand jury testimony indicted Linda Tripp for wiretapping (as lead investigator, I spent two hours interviewing Monica and several more body-guarding her during her court appearance)...I work undercover on many bribery and political corruption cases in Maryland and frequently travel out-of-state on those investigations. My wife Lynn (an Assistant State's Attorney in Baltimore),daughter Marissa (conceived on the way to the K.H.S. reunion i...Expand for more