The Metropolitan Police Department has paid outside counsel more than $75,000 to represent it in a case over investigative reporter Jeff German’s devices.
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Clark County School District employees previously could mark emails as confidential, which would cause them to be erased from the system.
Melanie Tobiasson, a 55-year-old former justice of the peace, died by suicide Friday. She had resigned in 2021 after facing ethics charges.
A District Court judge Wednesday removed Robert Telles from his elected position as Clark County Public Administrator.
Rita Reid, a deputy in the Public Administrator’s Office, said in hindsight, a text from Robert Telles was a subtle threat. “It could have been us, it could have been me. There was a lot of anger.”
The Clark County official accused of murdering investigative reporter Jeff German was arrested at his home after a fight with his wife, who hid in a room and called police.
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles appeared in court Tuesday to face a murder charge.
The case seeks damages against big names in online travel booking, including Orbitz, Travelocity, Priceline and Hotels.com for allegedly failing to pay a fair share of room taxes.
Dave Marlon and “Gahyne Doahe,” the woman who filed the lawsuit under a pseudonym, negotiated a confidential settlement, according to court documents.
Critics decried Metro’s actions as non-transparent and contrary to Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s stance that his department focuses on helping ICE capture, deport violent offenders.
The Citizen Review Board either dismissed complaints or sided with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police internal affairs in most cases the past three years, records show.