Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles will be held without bail in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, a judge ruled Thursday.
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“This is a terrible and jarring homicide — one that has deeply impacted Las Vegas,” Sheriff Joe Lombardo said at a morning news conference. “Every murder is tragic, but the killing of a journalist is particularly troublesome.”
During a later court hearing, prosecutors linked German’s killing to his reporting on Telles’ conduct as an elected official. Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Scow said German’s reporting “ruined his political career, likely his marriage.”
“This was him lashing out, the defendant lashing out, at the cause of the unraveling of his life at this point,” Scow said.
Telles’ defense attorney, Travis Shetler, did not reply to requests for comment. He did not make an argument regarding Telles’ bail on Thursday.
Telles, 45, was arrested in connection with German’s death on Wednesday evening, about 12 hours after police arrived at his west Las Vegas house to conduct a search. He was loaded into an ambulance outside his home, and police said he was suffering from self-inflicted wounds. Authorities described the wounds as superficial cuts on his arms.
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