NIU student facing attempted murder charge out on pretrial release, cleared by judge to attend classes

Editor’s note: This is a developing story. The last update was made at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. DeKALB – A judge cleared Lester E. Bowen, an NIU sophomore history major, for pretrial release including attending class. According to the court documents obtained by the Northern Star at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bowen was placed on...