A public official who was central to stories written by slain Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of murder, according to a report.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing Las Vegas Police Sheriff Joe Lombardo, reported that Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was taken into custody after officers searched his home for hours before Wednesday.
Tails was questioned by the police prior to the arrest as they searched. According to the video, when he returned to his home on Wednesday evening, he refused to answer questions from reporters as he had gone inside posted on twitter by Review-Journal reporter Brett Clarkson.
Soon after, around 6 a.m., his house was cordoned off by police officers in tactical gear, while he remained inside, According to the review-journal, where the German worked before he was killed on Friday. The news outlet reported that 30 minutes later Tails was wheeled out in a stretcher and thrown into an ambulance.
Tales lost a Democratic primary in June, partly because of German investigative stories about his conduct in office, the report said. Some of the allegations against Telles included “emotional tension, bullying and favoritism,” according to the outlet.
German was also reportedly working on a possible follow-up story about Telles before he was stabbed.
Telles tweeted several times about the reporter and his articles, writing on June 18 twitter post: “Waiting for lying smear piece #4 by @J GermanRJ. #onetrickpony I think he’s crazy I died by not crawling into a hole.”
Police originally showed up at Tails’ home at 6:30 a.m. local time and said hours later they were serving search warrants linked to the murder.
Police said the 69-year-old German was found dead on Saturday morning – a day after he was stabbed during an altercation.
The respected reporter who has exposed decades of political corruption in the region did not tell his bosses in the Las Vegas Review-Journal that there was any threat against him or that he was concerned for his safety before his death, the newspaper’s executive editor said Sunday. Told.
The Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner said the German died from “multiple sharp force injuries”.