"He was the gold standard of the news business. Fox 5 Las Vegas early morning weekday anchor Feven Kiflegiorgis, also known as Feven Kay, was arrested at approximately 7:30 a.m.
Review-Journal Executive Editor Glenn Cook said German had never told the newspaper's leadership of any concerns about his safety and added that the paper was devastated by his death. The newspaper said German had reported on crime and corruption among Las Vegas public officials, casino industry executives and the mob during his 40-year journalism career in the resort city. "Whoever killed German should be held to account." "Police must conduct a swift and transparent investigation into this killing and clearly determine the motive," he said in a statement. Police have not named Telles as a suspect in German's death or disclosed any motive for the killing.Ĭarlos Martinez de la Serna, program director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said it's imperative for authorities to get to the bottom of what happened to German. Telles lost his reelection bid during the Democratic primary in June after German's stories had run.
Journalists with the newspaper also observed a vehicle in Telles' driveway matching the description of the red GMC Yukon police say the suspect was driving. Police in Las Vegas arrested a county administrator Wednesday in connection to the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, hours after they visited and searched the county official's house, the newspaper said.Ĭlark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was taken into custody on suspicion of murder.Įarlier Wednesday, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department only confirmed in a statement to NPR that it was executing search warrants related to the weekend homicide on the 7200 block of Bronze Circle.īut the Review-Journal reported that law enforcement officers and police vehicles were spotted outside the home of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles on Wednesday morning, and that a section around the home was taped off. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German stands on the Las Vegas Strip on June 2, 2021.
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