Nevada prosecutors stated Wednesday they won’t search the dying penalty within the capital homicide case in opposition to Robert Telles, a former Clark County official accused of stabbing an investigative journalist to dying in Las Vegas final month.
Telles, 45, pleaded not responsible to homicide with a weapon of a sufferer 60 years or older and could possibly be sentenced to life in jail with out parole if convicted.
Prosecutors allege that Telles focused Las Vegas Overview-Journal reporter Jeff German, 69, after the journalist printed stories vital of Telles’ conduct as head of the Clark County Public Administrator’s workplace.
Robert Telles, accused within the dying of Las Vegas Overview-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, seems in courtroom throughout a listening to on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Las Vegas.
(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Overview-Journal through AP)
Robert Telles in a Las Vegas courtroom after being arrested within the stabbing dying of Jeff German.
(Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Overview-Journal through AP)
German reported in Might of this 12 months that the workplace had a “hostile work atmosphere” fueled by Telles’ “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer. Telles, a Democrat, misplaced his bid for reelection the subsequent month.
Telles allegedly stabbed German seven instances shortly earlier than midday on Sept. 2 on the journalist’s house.
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Prosecutors say that Telles’ DNA was discovered beneath German’s fingernails and that surveillance video confirmed Telles strolling close to German’s house whereas sporting a reflective vest and huge straw hat shortly earlier than the assault. The same hat was later discovered at Telles’ house throughout a search, in response to police.
An lawyer for Telles didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Wednesday.
Jeff German, investigative reporter, poses for a portrait on the Las Vegas Overview-Journal pictures studio.
(Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Overview-Journal through AP)
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After German’s dying, his household stated that he “devoted his life to his work exposing wrongdoing in Las Vegas and past.”
“We’re shocked, saddened and indignant about his dying,” the household’s assertion stated. “Jeff was dedicated to searching for justice for others and would recognize the laborious work by native police and journalists in pursuing his killer. We look ahead to seeing justice completed on this case.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.