The Nevada official accused of killing an investigative journalist over unfavorable coverage gave a jailhouse interview to the journalist’s newspaper.
In his jailhouse interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles refused to talk about his role in Jeff German’s death. Telles used the dodge that law enforcement uses when they don’t want to answer, saying he couldn’t comment because of the ongoing investigation.
The Daily Mail further reported:
Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 45, has been accused of killing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, 69, earlier this month.
In a new jailhouse interview with the newspaper, Telles refused to answer any questions about the German case as it is still being investigated.
However, he insisted he has ‘certainly made mistakes’ in his past.
‘I’ve just really try to do my best, to live my life doing good for others, and I’m hoping that, again, with everything that’s rolling around in the media these days, that people really see that,’ he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal from inside the walls of the Clark County Detention Center.
Despite his inability to discuss the case, Telles was arrested on September 7 after DNA evidence found under German’s fingernails allegedly matched the public official’s.
German was found stabbed to death outside his home on September 3, a day after a straw hat-wearing suspect was found on surveillance footage near the journalist’s home.
German – who worked in Sin City for most of his career – died of ‘multiple sharp force injuries’ in a homicide, the Clark County Office of the Coroner Medical Examiner said earlier this month.
When police searched Telles’ home, they found bloodied shoes and a cut up straw hat.
Telles’ car – a red GMC – was also found to match the vehicle seen on surveillance. Reporters also stalked the public official’s home and found him washing his car after the incident.
When Telles – who admitted he did not know if he’d resign from office – was arrested, he reportedly had self-inflicted cuts on his arms.
An arrest report obtained by DailyMail.com shows that he barricaded himself inseide his home, made suicidal statements and slashed his arms with a knife when SWAT teams arrived to arrest him.
He was also suspected of taking drugs in the moments before he was cuffed, forcing officers to take him to the hospital before he was booked into the county jail.
Prosecutors have accused the public official of ‘lying in wait’ to kill the journalist, who had extensively reported on the turmoil in Telles’ office, including an alleged inappropriate relationship with a staffer Roberta Lee-Kennett, 45.
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