Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday night during a SWAT operation at his home, ABC News confirmed.
Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was found dead outside his home stabbed to death. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has said it was the result of an altercation he had a day earlier with somebody. German was well-known in Las Vegas as an investigative journalist.
Telles has non-life-threatening self-inflicted stab wounds, and his arrest came after a standoff with police. He was booked into Clark County Jail on a murder charge, according to inmate records.LVMPD Sheriff Joseph Lombardo and LVMPD Homicide and Sex Crimes Bureau Capt. Dori Koren are expected to hold a press conference on Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.
"We take this case very seriously and our investigators have been working non-stop to identify and apprehend the suspect," Koren had said. "We enacted our Major Case Protocol immediately following our initial response and are using all LVMPD resources to maximize the progress of this investigation."Related Topics
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Las Vegas police arrest county official in connection with reporter’s stabbing deathUPDATE: Police in Las Vegas arrested Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles on suspicion of murder in the death of investigative journalist Jeff German, Sheriff Joe Lombardo said.
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Police Arrest Vegas-Area Elected Official in Reporter DeathA Las Vegas-area elected public official named Robert Telles was arrested Wednesday as the suspect in the fatal stabbing of veteran newspaper reporter Jeff German, whose investigations of the official’s work preceded his primary loss in June.
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Police arrest Las Vegas-area elected official in death of reporterRobert Telles, 45, had been a focus of Jeff German’s reporting about turmoil including complaints of administrative bullying, favoritism and Telles’ relationship with a subordinate staffer in the county office.
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Suspect arrested in slaying of Las Vegas reporter Jeff GermanThe Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday that uniformed officers and police vehicles were seen outside the home of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles.
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Top county official arrested in connection with killing of Las Vegas investigative reporterA top Clark County official who was the subject of investigative stories by Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was arrested Wednesday night after his home was searched by police in connection with the journalist’s fatal stabbing
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Elected official arrested in stabbing of Las Vegas journalistClark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles, a Democrat, was taken into custody at his home by a police SWAT unit hours after investigators served a search warrant and confiscated vehicles in the criminal probe of the killing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
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