Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles was taken into custody at his home this afternoon by a SWAT team as part of the investigation into the slaying of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German. The arrest came after police spent hours searching Telles’ home, where they seized a vehicle similar to the SUV tied to the stabbing suspect: a red or maroon GMC Yukon Denali. Telles himself was seen this afternoon at his home. He was later taken into custody after a standoff with police with what ABC News described as “non-life-threatening self-inflicted stab wounds.” Robert Telles has just arrived home. Reporters asked him if he had any comment. I asked why the police towed his vehicle. He had no comment. Story: pic.twitter.com/tgQ7JuI9BX — Brett Clarkson (@BrettClarkson_) September 7, 2022 Earlier this year, Germano reported on controversies in the Public Administrator’s office that included “allegations of administrative intimidation, favoritism and Telles’ ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a subordinate,” according to the AP. That reporting is said to be partly responsible for Telles’ defeat in the June primary. The Public Administrator’s office deals with the estates of people who die without a will or family connections. German, 69, continued to report on the matter and filed public records requests for emails and text messages between Telles and Assistant Public Administrator Rita Reid, real estate coordinator Roberta Lee-Kennett and Councilor Michael Murphy. Lee-Kennett was previously identified as the subordinate allegedly involved in the affair with Telles. The German was found on Saturday morning outside his home in the area. Police assumed he was stabbed in a fight the day before. The coroner found the German died of “multiple blunt force injuries” and ruled the case a homicide.
