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   The county official arrested in last week’s stabbing death of   
   Las Vegas-based investigative reporter Jeff German was taken   
   into custody with self-inflicted wounds, police said Thursday.   
      
   Bloody shoes and a cut-up straw hat are part of what led police   
   to arrest Clark County Public Administrator Robert “Rob” Telles   
   in the stabbing death of journalist Jeff German, authorities   
   revealed.   
      
   In addition, Telles’ DNA was found at the scene, police said,   
   according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where German had   
   spent the past 10 years on staff.   
      
   German had been investigating Telles’ alleged doings when the   
   journalist’s body was found outside his home on Saturday   
   morning. Police released a description and images of a vehicle   
   that turned out to match one parked in Telles’ driveway. Upon   
   searching his house, investigators found cut-up, bloody shoes   
   and a cut-up straw hat that matched the disguise of a suspect   
   caught on surveillance video.   
      
   When they caught up with and arrested Telles, they found him   
   with self-inflicted wounds, though his injuries were not   
   considered life-threatening, said Captain Dori Koren of the Las   
   Vegas police homicide unit, according to the Review-Journal.   
      
   Telles was allegedly lying in wait at the side of German’s house   
   when the journalist went outside. German, 69, had been   
   investigating reports of complaints against the 45-year-old   
   Telles that alleged administrative bullying, favoritism and a   
   possibly inappropriate relationship with a subordinate staffer.   
      
   The Democrat had lost the primary in June to Assistant Public   
   Administrator Rita Reid, and his term was set to expire at the   
   end of this year.   
      
   German hadn’t stopped there, having recently made public-records   
   requests for emails and text messages between Telles and three   
   other county officials. On top of that, Telles was unhappy about   
   “additional reporting that was pending,” Koren said Thursday.   
      
   Leaders of his newspaper expressed both relief and outrage.   
      
   “We are relieved Telles is in custody and outraged that a   
   colleague appears to have been killed for reporting on an   
   elected official,” executive editor Glenn Cook said in a   
   statement. “Journalists can’t do the important work our   
   communities require if they are afraid a presentation of facts   
   could lead to violent retribution. We thank Las Vegas police for   
   their urgency and hard work and for immediately recognizing the   
   terrible significance of Jeff’s killing. Now, hopefully, the   
   Review-Journal, the German family and Jeff’s many friends can   
   begin the process of mourning and honoring a great man and a   
   brave reporter.”   
      
   German’s family also spoke out.   
      
   “Jeff was a loving and loyal brother, uncle and friend who   
   devoted his life to his work exposing wrongdoing in Las Vegas   
   and beyond,” they said in a statement to the Review-Journal.   
   “We’re shocked, saddened and angry about his death. Jeff was   
   committed to seeking justice for others and would appreciate the   
   hard work by local police and journalists in pursuing his   
   killer. We look forward to seeing justice done in this case. We   
   also want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love, support   
   and recognition for Jeff and his life’s work.”   
      
      
      
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