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Jessika Lile broke down in tears as she sat on the stand listening to the hysterical 911 call she made in the moments after her husband, 42-year-old Nicholas Lile, was

By SARAH REESE | The Times | Published: January 29, 2021 CROWN POINT, Ind. (Tribune News Service) — A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs police officer pleaded not guilty Friday to a murder charge in the shooting death of a Lowell-area military veteran. Timothy R. Thomas, 40, appeared via videoconference before Lake Criminal Court Magistrate Kathleen Sullivan with his attorney Ben Murphy. Sullivan entered a not guilty plea on Thomas behalf, and Murphy said Thomas would waive his right to ...

Attorneys for Timothy R. Thomas, 40, of Highland, filed a petition to let bond in the case. Thomas is accused of murdering Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native and a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served as a corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion on seven combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Thomas told police he shot Lile to death in the basement of Liles home outside Lowell in self-defense. Liles family disputed Thomas version of events. Thomas initially was charged with ...

By SARAH REESE | The Times | Published: January 28, 2021 CROWN POINT, Ind. (Tribune News Service) — A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officer was being held without bond Thursday after prosecutors filed an upgraded charge of murder against him in the Jan. 3 shooting death of a 42-year-old military veteran near Lowell. Attorneys for Timothy R. Thomas, 40, of Highland, filed a petition to let bond in the case. Thomas is accused of murdering Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native and a 22-y...

On Saturday, Nicholas "Doc" Liles street was lined with American flags and dozens of illuminated lanterns were released into the cold night sky at sundown on what would have been

LOWELL — The family of a 42-year-old military veteran shot to death by a guest in his home Jan. 3 described him Wednesday as an "amazing father" and devoted husband, son, brother and friend.  Nicholas Lile, a Merrillville native, was a 22-year veteran, a U.S. Navy corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion who served "with pride and distinction" on seven combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, his family said.* Lile was in his basement with his wife, her friend and the friends re...