The suspect was not immediately named and no details were released. But police had searched the home of 45-year-old Robert “Rob” Telles, a local elected official, earlier Wednesday and towed a vehicle similar to the one sought in the criminal investigation into the fatal stabbing of the veteran reporter whose investigative work sparked outrage. of the official.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and local television news crews reported seeing police vehicles at the home of Telles, the Clark County public administrator who has been a recent focus of German’s reporting. KTNV-TV reported that officers entered and exited the home.
The suspect in the homicide that occurred on September 2, 2022, was taken into custody.
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) September 8, 2022
Tells, dressed in a white hazmat suit, had no comment when he returned home a few hours later and was approached by a KLAS-TV reporter, the news station reported.
In the evening, news crews watched the uniformed men knock on the door of the house and no one answered.
Telles, 45, had been at the center of German’s reporting of turmoil, including allegations of administrative bullying, favoritism and Telles’ relationship with an incumbent in the county office that handles estates of people who die without a will or family ties.
Telles had tweeted complaints about German in recent months, the Review-Journal reported, including claims in June that German was a bully who was “obsessed” with him.
Asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect involved in the homicide that took place on September 3rd near Vegas Dr & Tenaya Way.
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— LVMPD (@LVMPD) September 5, 2022
The developments came after police on Tuesday showed a short video of a possible suspect walking down a sidewalk dressed in bright orange “construction gear” and distributed a photo of a red or maroon 2007-2014 GMC Yukon Denali SUV with chrome handles, a sunroof and a luggage rack that officials said may be connected to the case.
Newspaper photos showed Telles washing a similar vehicle parked in his driveway Tuesday, and KTNV-TV reported the vehicle was towed after police arrived Wednesday.
German spent months reporting on the turmoil surrounding Telles’ oversight of the office that handles the estates of people who die without a will or family ties.
County officials hired a consultant for the public administrators’ office after German’s reports were released in May. Telles, a 45-year-old Democrat, lost the June primary. His term ends in January.
The Review-Journal reported Wednesday that German recently filed public records requests for emails and text messages between Telles and three other county officials.
Michael Murphy, the former Clark County coroner hired to deal with friction and allegations of intimidation and favoritism in the public administrators’ office, did not immediately return a phone message.
The German, 69, was found stabbed to death outside his home on Saturday morning. Police said he was apparently killed Friday in a fight with another person and described the attack as an isolated incident.
German died of “multiple blunt force injuries,” the Clark County Coroner said, and the case has been ruled a homicide. Messages left by The Associated Press for Telles at his county office were not immediately returned.
Security images police showed of the possible suspect did not show the person’s full face. The individual was wearing a wide brimmed straw hat, bright orange reflective long sleeve shirt, blue jeans, gray shoes and was carrying a black or dark blue shoulder bag.
German joined the Review-Journal in 2010 after more than two decades at the Las Vegas Sun, where he was a columnist and reporter covering the courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime.
He was known for stories about government breaches and political scandals and for his coverage of the 2017 mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival that killed 60 people and injured more than 400 others.
