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   Robert Telles, a longtime Las Vegas resident with a political   
   and legal background, is under arrest on suspicion of murdering   
   a journalist.   
      
   Metro took the Clark County public administrator into custody at   
   his home Wednesday afternoon. The Clark County Public   
   Administrator was charged in connection with the recent slaying   
   of Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, Sheriff   
   Joe Lombardo said..   
      
   Telles placed third in his office’s Democratic primary this   
   summer, following the publication of a Review-Journal   
   investigation into complaints about his actions in the office.   
   He was bested by his office’s top supervisor, Rita Reid. His   
   term is slated to end in January.   
      
   Personal life   
      
   Telles, 45, has said he’s lived in Las Vegas for more than 20   
   years. He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, grew up in El Paso,   
   Texas and then lived in the Denver area before moving here,   
   according to a May 2021 interview with Veterans in Politics.   
      
   He told the Review-Journal he worked as an HVAC technician at   
   the College of Southern Nevada before graduating from UNLV’s   
   William S. Boyd School of Law in spring of 2014.   
      
   Prior to his time in office, he operated Accolade Law, a small   
   firm focused on probate and estate planning. He was named Nevada   
   Legal Service’s “Pro Bono Attorney of the Year” in 2014.   
      
   Telles told the Review-Journal earlier this year that he had   
   been married for over a decade and has three children.   
      
   Political career   
      
   Telles, a Democrat, was elected to serve a four-year term as a   
   public administrator in late 2018 and was endorsed by long-time   
   Public Administrator John Cahill, who did not seek re-election.   
      
   It appears to be the first political position he held in Nevada.   
      
   The public administrator is responsible for securing dead   
   people’s property while their family or executor is located,   
   according to the county. The office also administers estates in   
   court when families cannot.   
      
   The position pays roughly $120,000 in annual salary, according   
   to data from the Transparent Nevada website.   
      
   In late 2019, Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed Telles to the state’s   
   newly created Board of Indigent Defense Services.   
      
   Volunteer work   
      
   He’s been active in a variety of local organizations according   
   to his LinkedIn page, including the Clark County Bar   
   Association, Las Vegas Rotary Club and Olive Crest foster-care   
   agency.   
      
   Officials with the organizations said Wednesday they were   
   stunned to hear police had searched his home.   
      
   “I never had a reason to doubt his integrity, his energy or his   
   commitment to public service,” said Rotary Club secretary Stuart   
   Lipoff.   
      
   Telles joined the Las Vegas chapter of the service club in 2013,   
   where he became a board member for a time and was a frequent   
   participant in charitable activities, Lipoff said. However, the   
   two hadn’t seen each other in person for about two years.   
      
   Similarly, Bar Association secretary-treasurer Paul Ray said he   
   knew Telles to be a “friendly guy” during the four years he   
   served as a committee chairman for the organization.   
      
   “He’s very active in serving in the community, it doesn’t seem   
   like it goes together (with the killing),” Ray said.   
      
   Olive Crest CEO Donald Verleur said Telles passed a criminal   
   background check before he joined the organization’s board of   
   trustees in November 2017.   
      
   Telles did not help set policy in the role, but instead helped   
   fundraise, Verleur said. He left the organization in 2020,   
   citing other obligations.   
      
   “Olive Crest has been around since 1973, almost 50 years,   
   something like this has never occurred,” Verleur said.   
      
   LVRJ investigation   
      
   Telles was the subject of Review-Journal investigation published   
   by German earlier this year.   
      
   Current and former employees in his office leveled allegations   
   of emotional stress, bullying and favoritism against him. Some   
   claimed he was in an “inappropriate relationship” with a female   
   subordinate staffer.   
      
   After the story ran, top county officials hired a former coroner   
   to address the issues in Telles’ office.   
      
   Telles publicized his frustrations with German through Twitter   
   on multiple occasions. The official labeled the reporter as an   
   “obsessed” bully who was preparing another ““lying smear piece.”   
      
   Telles also published a letter on his election website stating   
   the accusations against him were false.   
      
   Home raided   
      
   Police served search warrants at Telles’ two-story home in the   
      
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