The Review-Journal has agreed to give prosecutors, police and defense attorneys the majority of files from the phone of slain investigative reporter Jeff German.
Courts
A Las Vegas judge on Tuesday granted prosecutors’ motion to continue the murder trial for former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles.
Prosecutors told a judge that they do not want to move forward with a trial this month for Robert Telles, who is accused of killing R-J reporter Jeff German.
Defense attorney Robert Draskovich said he wants a recording of a death threat sent to Jeff German before the reporter was killed.
The murder trial for a former elected official accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German is scheduled to begin next month, but attorneys may still push back the case.
Robert Telles made the allegation as part of his effort to have judge removed from his case.
A District Court judge Wednesday removed Robert Telles from his elected position as Clark County Public Administrator.
Police have seized personal electronic devices from German’s home that the news organization believes he used for work.
Murder suspect Robert Telles gave a jailhouse interview Friday but refused to answer questions about the killing of Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles appeared in court Tuesday to face a murder charge.
Telles, an attorney and elected Clark County’s public administrator, was arrested this week in the killing of Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
Jeff German’s relentless pursuit of stories exemplified the kind of dogged work he practiced throughout a roughly four-decade journalism career in Las Vegas.