A District Court hearing to possibly remove accused murderer Robbert Telles as the Clark County public administrator Wednesday was pushed back a week.
Jeff German Murder
Police have seized personal electronic devices from German’s home that the news organization believes he used for work.
Dozens of media organizations are supporting the Review-Journal’s motion to prevent authorities from reviewing the personal devices of slain reporter Jeff German.
The Review-Journal on Monday asked a judge to prevent authorities from accessing slain investigative reporter Jeff German’s cellphone and computers.
Jeff Wells, Clark County Deputy Manager, has overseen four departments where serious misconduct was exposed by the Review-Journal, including the public administrator’s office.
The longtime investigative reporter for the Review-Journal is remembered by friends and colleagues
Slain Review-Journal reporter Jeff German posthumously won Podcast of the Year at Saturday night’s Nevada Press Foundation Awards of Excellence dinner.
A Clark County employee alleged to have partaken in an “inappropriate relationship” with the official accused of killing Review-Journal veteran journalist Jeff German has switched departments, a county spokesman confirmed Thursday.
The Review-Journal wants to prevent prosecutors and defense attorneys from accessing information that could identify Jeff German’s confidential sources.
A Review-Journal reporter’s stabbing death was the first slaying of an American journalist tied to an elected official in at least 30 years.
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 district attorney’s office filed a complaint Tuesday asking a judge to remove Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles from office.
Murder suspect Robert Telles gave a jailhouse interview Friday but refused to answer questions about the killing of Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
Murder suspect Robert Telles grew up in a once-powerful political dynasty in El Paso, Texas. His father was an ex-city councilman who pleaded guilty in a fraud case.
Slain reporter Jeff German and two other former Las Vegas Review-Journal reporters will be inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame on Sept. 24.