CROWN POINT â A U.S. Veterans Affairs police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a Navy veteran earlier this year appeared in court Friday once again free on bond.
Timothy R. Thomas, 40, of Highland, posted a $7,000 cash bond Thursday afternoon after Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez granted his petition to let bail.
Thomas appeared before Vasquez on Friday morning, along with attorneys Christopher Cooper and Ben Murphy.
Thomas had requested a "gag order" against the wife to slain Navy veteran Nicholas Lile, 42, who died after Thomas shot him Jan. 3 in the basement of Lile's home near Lowell.