Friday 25 November 2022 11:56 PM Las Vegas Democrat accused of murdering reporter was going to have mistress ... trends now

The Las Vegas Democrat who is accused of fatally stabbing a journalist who exposed his martial affair was allegedly told by his mistress that photos revealing their tryst were set to come out hours before the killing.

Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 45, was arraigned in late September, officially being charged with the 'unlawful, heinous, senseless murder of [Las Vegas Review-Journal] reporter Jeff German.' 

Hours before German - a journalist who often exposed corruption throughout the region - was killed, Telles was told that Clark County was going to release emails and Microsoft Teams messages to the paper detailing his 'inappropriate relationship' with Roberta Lee-Kennett. 

German had done stories on the allegations and was working on a follow-up story at the time he was murdered. 

Lee-Kennett emailed Telles about what the county attorneys had told her at 7:30 the morning of September 3, with Telles responding that he would 'review' it, according to affidavits. 

Just under two hours later at 9:12, a GMC Yukon Denali registered to Telles' wife and by 10:54, a similar vehicle was seen on surveillance footage near German's home. 

According to prosecutors, a man walked into German's side yard at 11:18 and waited five minutes before the reporter emerged, when German was immediately attacked and killed.  

On September 1, the day before the killing, Lee-Kennett told local police that attorneys for the county were going to unveil her emails and Microsoft Teams correspondence between her and Telles.  

The Las Vegas Review-Journal said they were sent some emails between Telles and Lee-Kennett after German was killed, but they were not of a 'personal nature.' 

Telles has pled not guilty, but Lee-Kennett told police that Telles was 'very upset and angry' with German over his reporting, with his re-election campaign nearing its end, which officials believe as his motive. 

He has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder with a deadly weapon against a victim who is 60 or older.

A series of articles German published accusing Telles of having an affair with staffer Lee-Kennett, 45, and for facilitating a toxic workplace. Lee-Kennett received a transfer shortly after German was killed.

Prosecutors alleged that the public official blamed German for ruining his career and marriage, according to the New York Daily News. 

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When police searched Telles' home, they found bloodied shoes and a cut up straw hat, similar to the one seen on the suspect in the surveillance footage. 

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. 

Telles was arrested on September 7 after DNA evidence found under German's fingernails allegedly matched his.  

When Telles was arrested, he reportedly had self-inflicted cuts on his arms. 

An arrest report obtained by DailyMail.com shows that he barricaded himself inside 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 Lee-Kennett. 

His affair was revealed after German published a video of him exiting a vehicle with his supposed lover.

Lee-Kennett left the backseat of the car at the same time as the official, and can be seen hoisting her skirt down.

He did admit to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that there was 'hostility' in the office, despite his efforts 'to improve that office,' he claimed. 

'It’s unfortunate that that narrative somehow grew legs and ran,' he said. 

DailyMail.com previously revealed Telles had been railing against German for months – including in an angry series of messages on social media in which he accused him of rifling through his trash and writing 'lying smear pieces' about him.

His colleagues at the Review-Journal helped to track down the suspected killer when they staked out the suspects home, after recalling the tweets sent by Telles to German.

Telles lashed out at German in a series of public Twitter posts, accusing the reporter of preparing 'lying smear piece #4 by Jeff German, #onetrickpony I think he’s mad that I haven’t crawled into a hole and died.'

In a second post he added: 'Wife hears rustling in the trash* Her: "Honey, is there a wild animal in the trash?"

'Me: "No, dear. Look like it’s Jeff German going through our trash for his 4th story on me." Oh, Jeff…' 

In addition, District Attorney Steve Wolfson told KTNV that his office is working to have Telles removed from his position because he is 'unable to do his job.' 

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