Robert Telles

Investigators descended on Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles' home around 7 a.m. Wednesday, searching the property for over six hours.

Telles tagged German and the Review-Journal in the tweet. Support local journalism by [subscribing to the RGJ today](https://cm.rgj.com/specialoffer/). But police appeared to zero in on the elected official as a suspect less than 24 hours after a press briefing, during which homicide Capt. and towing away a red GMC Yukon Denali from the scene. Authorities were not alerted about the killing until the following morning, after a 911 caller reported finding German's body on the side of his home. A Marquette University graduate, German was known for his stories uncovering government malfeasance and political scandals.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has taken Clark County Administrator Robert Telles into custody following a search warrant earlier Wednesday ...

Police spent most of the day searching the home of Robert Telles even towing two vehicles off the property. (FOX5) - The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has taken Clark County Administrator Robert Telles into custody following a search warrant earlier Wednesday morning. LVMPD: Robert Telles is in custody in connection with stabbing death of journalist

Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal ...

German was the writer and host for Season 2 of “Mobbed Up: the Fight for Vegas,” the Review-Journal’s acclaimed true-crime podcast. The other captures [a vehicle](https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/police-release-details-of-vehicle-tied-to-rj-reporters-killing-2635069/) police say was tied to the suspect: a 2007 to 2014 red or maroon GMC Yukon Denali with chrome handles and a sunroof. Later in the month, he called him a bully. [lost his re-election bid ](https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/embattled-county-official-concedes-race-remains-combative-2596677/)in the primary after German’s findings were published. Detectives interviewed Telles while the search of his home was being conducted the following morning, according to authorities. an officer walked a young boy and girl, both wearing backpacks, across the street and beyond the crime scene tape to a waiting parent. “The arrest of Robert Telles is at once an enormous relief and an outrage for the Review-Journal newsroom,” Executive Editor Glenn Cook said. The investigative reporter was pursuing a potential follow-up story about Telles in the weeks before he was killed. Other people walked past the tape and asked the stationed officer if they could walk to the school to pick up their children. The stunning development came a day after Las Vegas police asked for the public’s help in identifying a suspect in the case. Shortly before 9 a.m., police released a statement saying they were “currently serving search warrants” in connection with the homicide investigation. Police arrived at Telles’ home on Spanish Steps Lane in the western valley around 6:30 a.m.

Clark County Public Admin Robert Telles lost his re-election primary in June after a series of damning stories by Jeff German, who was stabbed to death last ...

“Jeff was a tenacious reporter and he had been doing this kind of work for 40 years,” said Geoff Schumacher, a former colleague of German’s at the Las Vegas Sun. Donlon, like German, has been on the receiving end of Telles’ public wrath, as he was accused of posing as an employee of the office in estate cases. “He was the gold standard of the news business. He was fearless and stood his ground when he felt a story was right. Schumacher is now vice president of exhibits and programs at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas. German was an advocate for the workers in a “divided” office, Reid said. Benjamin Donlon is not, and has never been, an employee of the Clark County Public Administrator.” “You may believe I am not the man that I have always portrayed myself to be. Detectives had released grainy pics of someone in a straw hat, gloves, and an orange long-sleeved shirt they believe to be involved. “Journalists can’t do the important work our communities require if they are afraid a presentation of facts could lead to violent retribution. On Wednesday, the car was towed just after noon. Telles’ potential connection to German’s death came to light after some of German’s colleagues witnessed cops arrive at Telles’ home Wednesday morning.

A Nevada politician was arrested in connection with the death of a Las Vegas journalist who had recently targeted the county official in his stories, ...

Now, hopefully, the Review-Journal, the German family and Jeff's many friends can begin the process of mourning and honoring a great man and a brave reporter. As his current term ends on January 2, 2023, Telles ran for re-election but lost the primary on June 14. He was a journalist who wrote for the Las Vegas Journal-Review and was found dead outside his home on Saturday, September 3. Telles, a 45-year-old Democrat, took office as Clark County Public Administrator in Nevada in 2019. "We believe the altercation took place outside of the home," Capt. Recently, German had written stories about Telles, exposing the county official's purported wrongdoing.

Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested as a suspect in the murder of Las Vegas newspaper reporter Jeff German.

"Greater access to firearms in the Black community reduced the rate of lynching in the Jim Crow South," [Makowsky summed up the results](https://mobile.twitter.com/mikemakowsky/status/1567552761213992961) on Twitter. They understood that the enforcement institutions would ensure the laws would work as intended." It's about the institutions and mechanisms of enforcement," Makowsky "Telles was seen in newspaper photos washing a similar vehicle parked in his driveway on Tuesday, and KTNV-TV reported the vehicle was towed away after police arrived on Wednesday." "Firearms restrictions, from the 19th and early 20th centuries, were designed for Black disarmament, but they weren't *written* for Black disarmament. [paper](https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Guns_under_Jim_Crow_8_4_22.pdf)—to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Law and Economics—comes from Mike Makowsky and Patrick Warren, two associate professors of economics at Clemson University. The letter "also leveled what the employees allege was a threat to retaliate against them for stepping forward." Telles' arrest came after police asked the public for help in identifying German's killer. "A half-dozen current and former employees interviewed by the Review-Journal are alleging the hostile work environment was fueled by the elected administrator of the office, Robert Telles, carrying on an 'inappropriate relationship' with a staffer that has harmed the office's ability to deal with the public in overseeing the estates of those who have died." Reporter was "pursuing a potential follow-up story" after earlier negative reporting on the official. [reported](https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/embattled-county-official-losing-re-election-bid-posts-angry-letter-2594362/) at the time. His current term ends January 2023.