On 1/14/2013, a
joint operation between members of the Bates County Sheriff’s Office, Butler
Police Department and Nashville Metro Police Department netted a wanted
Fugitive from Nashville, Tennessee. The
initial report to local law enforcement was that suspect was wanted on 5 counts
of Aggravated Rape and was considered armed and dangerous and suicidal.
Acting on
information from Nashville Detectives, officers set up surveillance on a family
member’s residence in Butler Missouri, confirming that the suspect’s vehicle
was in the driveway. Members of the
Butler Police Department and the Sheriff’s Response Team assembled to affect
the arrest, while local Detectives applied for a search warrant. During that
time the surveillance team visually confirmed the suspect was at the house.
When the suspect
and a family member walked toward his vehicle in an apparent attempt to leave, the
surveillance team decided to execute the arrest in the driveway.
Suspect Robert G
Lile was transported to the Bates County Sheriff’s Office.
On 1/15/2013,
Lile was taken before the Honorable Judge Hopkins where he waived extradition
to Tennessee.
