Politician arrested over murder of Las Vegas journalist: local media | Inquirer News

Politician arrested over murder of Las Vegas journalist: local media

/ 04:12 PM September 08, 2022

A view of the city of Las Vegas, in Nevada, U.S., May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: A view of the city of Las Vegas, in Nevada, U.S., May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Los Angeles, United States — Las Vegas police said Wednesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering a journalist in the US casino hub, with local media saying the suspect is a politician who had been the focus of investigative stories by the reporter.

Jeff German had been working on a series of stories for the Las Vegas Review-Journal concerning alleged wrongdoing by Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, the newspaper said.

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German, 69, was found dead outside his home on Saturday, with local media reporting that he had been stabbed multiple times.

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“The suspect in the homicide that occurred on September 2, 2022, has been taken into custody,” said a brief statement from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

The statement did not name the suspect and no further details were offered.

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But the Review-Journal named Telles, 45, as the man detained, citing Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo. Clark County jail records showed Telles was in custody in connection with an open murder investigation.

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Earlier on Wednesday, local television station KTNV reported that the official’s home had been searched by police.

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Officers had released images of their prime suspect — a man wearing a wide straw hat and long orange shirt — along with a maroon vehicle they believe is connected to the murder.

German had reported for several months on Telles’ oversight of the local public administrator’s office, his newspaper said.

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The stories covered complaints against Telles of bullying, favoritism and other alleged wrongdoing at a local government office that handles the property of people who die without a will.

“The arrest of Robert Telles is at once an enormous relief and an outrage for the Review-Journal newsroom,” the newspaper’s executive editor, Glenn Cook, was quoted as saying by the media outlet.

“We are relieved Telles is in custody and outraged that a colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an elected official.”

German had recently filed public records requests for communications between Telles and three other county officials, the Review-Journal reported.

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Telles is due in court on Thursday afternoon, Clark County jail records showed.

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