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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 a formal appearance before Judge Salvador Vasquez. Thomas is accused of murdering Nicholas Lile, a...
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 Lile's home outside Lowell in self-defense. Lile's family disputed Thomas' version of events. Thomas initially was charged with voluntary manslaughter, a level 2 felony, and released from jail Jan. 5 after posting a $5,000 ca...
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-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served as a corpsman attached to a U.S. Marines battalion on seven ...
On Saturday, Nicholas "Doc" Lile's 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