How slain Las Vegas journalist Jeff German may have helped capture his own killer
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This story originally aired on Feb. 16, 2024. It was updated on March 8, 2025. 911 OPERATOR: 911 emergency … Do you need police, fire, medical? JEFF GERMAN | "Mobbed Up" podcast: He had a reputation of being a brutal killer, yet he was never convicted of a single murder … He had the coldest eyes I've ever seen. JEFF GERMAN | "Mobbed Up" podcast: A couple of hours later with four stitches under my lip, I had a war story to tell. "The Clark County Public Administrator's Office has been mired in turmoil and internal dissension over the past two years with allegations of emotional stress, bullying and favoritism, leading to secret videotaping of the boss and a co-worker outside the office." NEWS REPORT: Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside his home in the Northwest Valley ... 911 CALL: Can you please send somebody here? My husband is going crazy. ROBERT TELLES (police bodycam video): Who did I hit? ... cameras, cameras. CAPT. DORI KOREN (to reporters): We received positive DNA results that showed Robert Telles' DNA at the crime scene. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE RADIO: Our target is still calm on the phone. However, he has made a couple 405 comments. LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE RADIO: ... based on the 405 comments, we are going to go ahead and make the official request for SWAT.
Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was a man who lived for his job. And as it turns out, may have died for it. In September 2022, he was stabbed to death by an assailant outside his home. NEIGHBOR: I have a neighbor across the street from me. He's laying in the side yard, um, I believe he's dead. He's got blood over him. JEFF GERMAN | "Mobbed Up" podcast: In my stories, I got used to calling Spilotro by his street name – Tony the Ant. He hated that and it sometimes left me at the receiving end of Spilotro's nasty stares and his menacing fits of anger. OFFICER: Our cameras are on.
German was a local legend – renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers. ROBERT TELLES: You guys just wanna take me down 'cause I'm a public official.
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