Telles, now 45, remains jailed without bail on suspicion of murder in the Sept. Efforts to contact Telles’ wife, Mae Ismael, by telephone and email were not successful. His attorney in that case, Ross Goodman, did not immediately respond Tuesday to telephone and email messages. The records, first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, show the case was dismissed and closed in March 2021 after Telles paid a $418 fine, attended counseling and stayed out of trouble. Robert Telles, the Clark County public administrator who took office in January 2019, accepted a plea agreement in September 2020 to resolve misdemeanor battery and resisting a public officer charges after his wife called 911, according to Las Vegas Municipal Court and police dispatch records. 31, but Clark County officials said he is suspended and has been banned from county offices or property pending a review of his position as an elected official.LAS VEGAS (AP) - An elected official accused of killing a Las Vegas investigative journalist in what authorities allege was retaliation for articles critical of him and his office faced court sanctions two years ago for resisting arrest in a domestic violence case, records show. Telles was a lawyer who practiced probate and estate law before he was elected public administrator in 2018, replacing a three-term predecessor. 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 courts, politics, labor, government and organized crime. Authorities said they did not immediately find the weapon used to kill German.Ĭlark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, a Republican running for governor in November, said investigators were attempting to enhance security video that he described as “distorted” but that might show the attack. Police said a search warrant turned up items at Telles’ home including blood-stained shoes and a straw hat that had been cut up. “He was fighting for his life,” Graham said.Ĭlark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has called German’s death “brutal and meaningless” and said a decision whether to seek the death penalty will be made in coming months. That judge, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Elana Lee Graham, called the police report detailing the attack “chilling.” She spoke of apparent defensive wounds on German’s arms and said DNA believed to be from Telles was found under German’s fingernails. A local judge reset the hearing for Sept. Telles’ attorney, Travis Shetler, asked during a brief Tuesday court appearance for additional time to prepare for Telles’ arraignment, and prosecutors did not oppose the delay. 2 slaying of veteran Review-Journal staff writer Jeff German (GEHR-man). LAS VEGAS (AP) - An elected official accused of killing a Las Vegas investigative journalist in what authorities allege was retaliation for articles critical of him and his office faced court sanctions two years ago for resisting arrest in a domestic violence case, records show.
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