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Las Vegas investigative reporter’s murder caught on camera, shown to grand jury

The murder of Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German was caught on camera. FOX5 obtained the shocking video through a public records request for the evidence presented to a grand jury.
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The murder of Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German was caught on camera. FOX5 obtained the shocking video through a public records request for the evidence presented to a grand jury. […] FOX5 is choosing to not share the video of the murder itself, only the moments before and after.
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The video comes from a neighbor’s security camera.
 
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Trial date set for ex-politician in Las Vegas reporter's murder

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A trial date was set for the trial of a former Clark County official accused of killing a local journalist on Wednesday. Robert Telles'
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Robert Telles’ trial is scheduled for April 17 at 10:30 a.m. in Las Vegas District Court. Telles waived his right to a jury trial in his initial arraignment hearing, meaning the trial will be conducted by the judge alone.
 
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Telles investigated in alleged kickback scheme tied to house flipping

Telles ran the alleged scheme between 2020 and his arrest for the murder of Jeff German, sources said. He approached at least one real estate agent who refused to participate and notified police.
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Las Vegas police are investigating allegations that former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles orchestrated a house-flipping scheme to personally profit from property sales handled by his office[.]
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Telles had approached at least one real estate agent who refused to participate in the sales and then notified the police.
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Telles, whose elected position administers estates and secures the property of dead people while family or executors are located, approved home sales to private individuals he was working with at below-market value. The buyer then would flip the properties within a few months, splitting the profit with Telles, sources said.
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New details released about alleged motive in RJ reporter’s killing

Hours before investigative reporter Jeff German was killed, Robert Telles was told that Clark County was preparing to release copies of his emails to the Review-Journal.
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Hours before Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was killed, then-Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was told that the county was preparing to release copies of his emails to the news organization.
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Lee-Kennett told Metropolitan Police Department detectives that the day before German was killed, she and Telles were sent an email from Clark County attorneys informing them that the county was planning to release “emails and Microsoft Teams messages between her and Telles[.”]
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At about 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 2, Lee-Kennett emailed Telles about the message from the county attorneys. Telles responded that he would “review the email,” the affidavits state. At 9:12 a.m., a maroon GMC Yukon Denali registered to Telles’ wife left their home[, and a similar vehicle was spotted outside German’s house at 10:54 a.m.]
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www.esquire.com

Murder and Loathing in Las Vegas

The employees of the Clark County public administrator's office were at odds over their ambitious boss, Robert Telles. Then Vegas’s biggest newspaper ran an exposé on the chaos, the reporter behind the story turned up dead—and Telles was charged with his murder. Now his staff is left wondering...
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This article is extremely well-written and includes an exclusive prison interview with Telles along with interviews with Telles’s coworkers (including Lee-Kennett). It details the extremely toxic atmosphere of the work environment during Telles’s reign, how Jeff German became involved, and the aftermath.

I highly, highly recommend it.
 
news3lv.com

Robert Telles emails reveal attempts at damage control in months following investigation

Emails sent by Robert Telles reveal an increasing office divide and a slow retreat from official duties, all while blaming others for the fallout from a series
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Through a public records request, News 3 received over 400 pages of emails from Clark County.

The emails obtained range from May 15—the day German's initial report was published in the Review-Journal—through September 2. They are recounted and summarized in chronological order.
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You can read them at the link above.
 
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Emails: Telles faulted office consultant hired to manage turmoil, warned of fraud

Michael Murphy, a former coroner, was hired by Deputy County Manager Jeff Wells to handle office turmoil following a May 15 investigative story by Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
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New county records show the day after the June primary, former Clark County public administrator Robert Telles blamed consultant MM for making “a bit of a mess” in the office, and warned of potential ineptitude and theft as he lamented losing his re-election bid.
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In an email to JW, Telles wrote, “The office is a little black box where it is easy for the public administrator and staff to abuse the office. This includes the potential for ineptitude, theft and kickbacks from vendors.”
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Biggest criminal murder trials set to begin in 2023​


April 17 — Robert Telles (Nevada)

Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 46, is set to go on trial on April 17, 2023, for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.

German was found murdered outside his home on Sept. 3. He had been stabbed seven times.

Telles was indicted on Oct. 20 and charged with murder with a deadly weapon against a victim 60 or older.

 
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RJ seeks sanctions after police search of slain reporter’s phone

The Review-Journal is asking a judge to impose sanctions on the Metropolitan Police Department for not informing the newspaper that investigators have searched the cellphone of slain reporter Jeff ...
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Interesting development in the case concerning journalists’ rights concerning confidential sources.
 
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Judge denies RJ request for sanctions against Metro over search of slain reporter’s phone

A judge has rejected a motion from the Las Vegas Review-Journal calling for sanctions on the Metropolitan Police Department over how investigators searched the cellphone of slain reporter Jeff Germ...
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A judge has rejected a motion from the Las Vegas Review-Journal calling for sanctions on the Metropolitan Police Department over how investigators searched the cellphone of slain reporter Jeff German.
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The Supreme Court is now left to decide if and how German’s personal devices could be searched, although the high court could order the case to be returned to District Court[.]
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apnews.com

Murder trial date postponed in Vegas journalist slaying case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — With a crucial question yet to be decided by the state Supreme Court, a Nevada judge on Wednesday postponed a murder trial for a former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his office.
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With a crucial question yet to be decided by the state Supreme Court, a Nevada judge on Wednesday postponed a murder trial for a former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his office.

Robert “Rob” Telles’ new trial date was reset for Nov. 6 after the former Democratic county administrator’s new defense attorney, Damian Sheets, told a judge in Las Vegas he was still collecting information about the case and would not be prepared for trial in April.
 
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Judge rules Telles will represent himself in murder trial

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge has ruled that Robert Telles, the former Clark County Public Administrator, who is accused of killing an investigative journalist will be allowed to represent himse…
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Telles’ trial is set to begin on Nov. 6, 2023.
 
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Telles’ motion to have judge dismissed rejected

A judge rejected a motion from former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles on Thursday to have the judge overseeing his murder case removed.
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A Las Vegas judge rejected a motion from former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles on Thursday to dismiss the judge overseeing his murder case in the death of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
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[Telles] is scheduled to appear in court again on Wednesday for a hearing on the Review-Journal’s motion to quash the subpoenas, and a hearing on a motion he filed requesting to be moved to a different unit in the jail.
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