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Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo speaks at a news conference on the arrest of Clark County Public Administrator Robert "Rob" Telles, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. Telles was arrested Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigations of the official's work preceded his primary loss in June. (AP Photo/John Locher) Las Vegas police Captain Dori Koren speaks at a news conference on the arrest of Clark County Public Administrator Robert "Rob" Telles, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. Telles was arrested Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigations of the official's work preceded his primary loss in June. (AP Photo/John Locher) Las Vegas police Captain Dori Koren speaks at a news conference on the arrest of Clark County Public Administrator Robert "Rob" Telles, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. Telles was arrested Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigations of the official's work preceded his primary loss in June. (AP Photo/John Locher) Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo speaks at a news conference on the arrest of Clark County Public Administrator Robert "Rob" Telles, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. Telles was arrested Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigations of the official's work preceded his primary loss in June. (AP Photo/John Locher) Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo speaks at a news conference on the arrest of Clark County Public Administrator Robert "Rob" Telles, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. Telles was arrested Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigations of the official's work preceded his primary loss in June. (AP Photo/John Locher) A police officer stands near the front door of the house of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles home earlier in the day in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (AP Photo/John Locher) A police officer stands near the front door of the house of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles home earlier in the day in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (AP Photo/John Locher) A police officer takes up a position around the house of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles' home earlier in the day in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (AP Photo/John Locher) A police officer knocks on the front door of the house of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles home earlier in the day in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (AP Photo/John Locher) A police officer stands at the front door of the house of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles' home earlier in the day in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (AP Photo/John Locher) Police take positions around the house of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles' home earlier in the day in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (AP Photo/John Locher) A police officer unholsters his gun while taking a position at the house of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles' home earlier in the day in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (AP Photo/John Locher) In this May 11, 2022, file photo, Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, in his Las Vegas office. Police say they are serving search warrants in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas newspaper reporter last week. In a statement Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 Metro Police didn’t specify where they were searching in connection with the death of reporter Jeff German. But the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported  uniformed officers and police vehicles were seen outside the home of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, right, talks to Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German in his Las Vegas office on May 11, 2022. Authorities served search warrants at Telles home on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in connection with the fatal stabbing of German. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) Metro Officers depart the home of Robert Telles on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles home on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) Outgoing Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles washes his car outside his home on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. Authorities served search warrants at Telles home on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in connection with the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) In this March 24, 2014, file photo, Immigration Reform for Nevada supporter Robert Telles is seen during an event outside the office of U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., in protest of Congress not taking action on comprehensive immigration reform. Police say they are serving search warrants in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas newspaper reporter last week. In a statement Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 Metro Police didn’t specify where they were searching in connection with the death of reporter Jeff German. But the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported  uniformed officers and police vehicles were seen outside the home of Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) Jeff German, investigative reporter, poses for a portrait at the Las Vegas Review-Journal photos studio, in Las Vegas, on Jan. 19, 2017. German was stabbed to death outside his home and police are looking for a suspect, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers found journalist German dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, after authorities received a 911 call, reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)