The house of a prime Clark County official who was the topic of investigative tales by Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal reporter Jeff German was searched by police Wednesday as a part of the homicide investigation into the journalist’s deadly stabbing.
Las Vegas Metro police served the warrant on the house of Clark County Administrator Robert Telles, who misplaced a main election in June after German’s tales uncovered allegations of bullying, favoritism and an inappropriate relationship between Telles and a subordinate. Telles had publicly accused German of being a “bully” and working a “smear” marketing campaign in opposition to him.
Telles has not been charged with against the law and couldn’t be reached for remark.
The search got here a day after police introduced they linked a purple or maroon 2007 to 2014 GMC Yukon Denali to the deadly stabbing of German, 69, exterior his northwest Las Vegas dwelling. German was discovered Saturday morning, however investigators stated they consider the slaying occurred Friday morning and safety footage had tied the SUV to a suspect assailant.
An SUV matching that description was towed from Telles’ driveway Wednesday morning as detectives searched the home. Las Vegas police Tuesday launched two photographs they stated had been potential leads within the killing. One was a picture of an unidentified suspect whose look was disguised by a large straw hat, gloves and orange long-sleeve shirt. The person was seen casing the world. The second was of the Denali, which had chrome handles and a sunroof.
Las Vegas Metro police, following the search warrant initiation, acknowledged it was “at present serving search warrants” in reference to German’s killing. The division wouldn’t present particular addresses. It was unclear if Telles is the only goal of the warrants.
In a considerably complicated sequence of statements, Las Vegas Metro repeatedly referred to as it an “remoted incident” when pressed concerning the hazard to the general public. However in addition they stated, “It seems the suspect was probably casing the world to commit different crimes earlier than the murder occurred.”
Based on Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal, German was engaged on a brand new story about Telles the week he was stabbed to dying.
Telles, who stays in workplace till December, has publicly chastised German, accusing him in a single tweet of writing a “mendacity smear piece” and in one other of being a “bully.”
Govt editor Glenn Prepare dinner stated German hadn’t communicated any considerations over his security to the paper’s management group.
“It’s our hope that they discover this individual in a short time in order that we will get solutions to all of the questions that we’ve got as his colleagues and mates, because it pertains to the work all of us do,” he instructed The Instances over the weekend.
German was beforehand a longtime columnist and reporter for the Las Vegas Solar, the place he coated courts, politics, labor, authorities and arranged crime, in response to his biography. He joined the Evaluate-Journal in 2010, the place his investigative work spanned tales on organized crime, political corruption and authorities failures.
Prepare dinner stated German’s “bread and butter” was “breaking massive tales,” with lots of his investigations resulting in important reforms.
