Robert Telles, charged with Jeff German’s murder, has two public defenders despite court rules saying only the indigent can get free counsel. He reported 6 properties and an income of $20k a month.
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In life, Jeff German fought to protect sources. After his slaying, law enforcement and defense attorneys are fighting to obtain his devices, putting those protections at risk.
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.”
Telles, an attorney and elected Clark County’s public administrator, was arrested this week in the killing of Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
Hundreds of thousands of traffic tickets — even those for serious offenses — are reduced to parking violations, a Review-Journal investigation found. And with a siloed court system, bad drivers face little punishment.
Motorcycle groups in Nevada had a long history of violent clashes before last month’s shooting on a Henderson highway.
The 230 pounds of the cocaine that were found Friday were wrapped in bags and boxes found on top of a load of tomatoes, the Metropolitan Police Department wrote in an arrest report released Tuesday.
Nevada System of Higher Education regents voted 9-3 on Thursday to conclude an investigation into Chancellor Melody Rose’s sex-based hostile work environment complaint and restore two board officers.